Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
U.S. Government Wants Three Days to Issue Permission to Fly
October 14th, 2007Most Americans must be thinking something like, “Well, at least they’re not pointing the Active Denial Weapon at me right now. My TV works. Life is great.” Via: Register: Under new rules proposed by the Transport Security Administration (TSA) (pdf), all airline passengers would need advance permission before flying into, through, or over the United […]
1,000 Drive Through Flu Shots to be Given in 3 Hours for Terrorism Drill
October 11th, 2007I N C R E D I B L E Via: Arizona Republic: Chandler health officials are asking residents to roll down their car windows and roll up their sleeves for an emergency terrorism drill that will test the efficiency of mass drive-through vaccinations. The first drill of it’s kind at Chandler Regional Medical Center […]
Step Right Up: Public Demonstrations of Raytheon’s Directed Energy Pain Gun
September 26th, 2007Will it re-heat your freedom fries? Via: Daily Mail: “Where do I put my finger? There … OK? Nothing’s happening … is it on?” “Yes, it’s on. Move your finger a bit closer.” “Er … ow! OW!” Not good. I try again. “OWWW!” I pull my hand away sharpish. My finger is throbbing, but seems […]
New Service Eavesdrops on Internet Calls to Display Ads Based on What’s Being Talked About
September 24th, 2007HA I thought, “Who would use this?” The answer came to me seconds later: Drunk college students. They’ll have to program a cunning drunken slur filter. Via: AP: A startup has come up with a new way to make money from phone calls connected via the Internet: having software listen to the calls, then displaying […]
With Police Present, Private Research Group Tries to Take Blood, Breath and Saliva Samples from Motorists at Checkpoint
September 21st, 2007Hundreds of people complied! Via: Denver Post: The Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office was apologizing Monday after a weekend effort to help a research group led to complaints about what appeared to be a DUI checkpoint – but wasn’t. Sheriff’s officials who participated in the stops now acknowledge that the nonprofit organization requesting voluntary DUI and […]
U.S. Government’s Plan to Protect You From Terrorist Livestock
September 19th, 2007It’s baaaaaaaaack. Actually, it never left. But we knew that. Via: Alternet: NAIS would compel all owners of such animals to register their premises and personal information in a federal database, to buy microchip devices and attach them to every single one of their animals (each of which gets its very own 15-digit federal ID […]
Black Ops Jungle: The Academy of Military Industrial Complex Studies
September 19th, 2007Via: Mother Jones: Dedicated to everything from architecture to sports medicine, “career academies” claim to offer high school kids focus, relevancy, and solid job prospects. Now add a new kind of program to the list: homeland security high. In late August, Maryland’s Joppatowne High School became the first school in the country dedicated to churning […]
Judge Wants Everyone in UK on DNA Database
September 6th, 2007Via: Guardian: The entire UK population and every visitor to Britain should be put on the national DNA database, a top judge said today. Lord Justice Sedley, one of England’s most experienced appeal court judges, described the country’s current system as “indefensible”. “We have a situation where if you happen to have been in the […]
Zombie Breeding Program in Britain
August 30th, 2007Via: Daily Mail: Jobless Britain: One in five homes relies entirely on benefits The number of households in which nobody works for a living rose to more than three million this summer, official figures revealed yesterday. Among them were a growing number of lone parent families – the first increase in the figure for single […]
Zombie Breeding Program in New York
August 30th, 2007Via: MSNBC: Paying kids for good grades is a popular (if questionable) parenting tactic. But when school starts next week, New York City will try to use the same enticement to get parents in low-income neighborhoods more involved in their children’s education and overall health. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has raised more than $40 million (much […]
