Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Steve Wozniak: ‘We’ve Lost a Lot of Control’
December 8th, 2010Via: CNN: The world has mostly caught on to Steve Wozniak’s vision of having a computer in every home. But this digital lifestyle can sometimes turn rotten, he said last week. Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs and designed, programmed and built some of the world’s first personal computers, laments the byproducts of a […]
Saudi Arabia: U.S. TV Effective for Countering Jihad
December 8th, 2010In summary, the U.S. military is aware that “American Culture” is a strategic weapon that is capable of defeating an enemy, or entire populations, without necessarily having to kill them. The U.S. military, however, must and will kill in order to allow “American Culture” into a society in order to repurpose it. Military failures will […]
North Carolina: Police Will Take Fingerprints from People in the Field
December 8th, 2010Here’s a glimpse at the future of the U.S.: Army Reveals Afghan Biometric ID Plan; Millions Scanned, Carded. And here’s what the opening phase looks like. Via: McClatchy: Next month, 13 law enforcement agencies in the region will begin using a new handheld device that lets an officer scan a person’s fingerprints and seek a […]
Spooks at the Cup
December 6th, 2010Via: New Zealand Herald: Laws allowing spies to intercept text messages, snoop on computers and track people online will be pushed through Parliament before next year’s Rugby World Cup. The move has brought accusations that the Government is passing laws behind closed doors. But Prime Minister John Key says the bill must be passed before […]
U.S. Gets In on Censorship Action
December 6th, 2010Via: Info/Law: The U.S. government is grabbing domain names to prevent users from reaching content it views as illegal. Not content that has been adjudicated illegal, as far as we know – content that is alleged to be illegal. To content owners, and probably to ICE, it looks only natural that we’d prevent people from […]
Human Resources
December 5th, 2010If Cryptogon had a “required viewing” list, Human Resources would be at the top. However, this is not a movie for beginners. I’ve been gazing down the barrel of this predicament of ours for twenty years and I felt my pulse quicken and the hair on my arms standing on end as I watched this. […]
X-37B Returns to Earth After Seven Months in Orbit; Mission and Capabilities Remain Classified
December 3rd, 2010Via: AP: The U.S. Air Force’s secrecy-shrouded X-37B unmanned spaceplane returned to Earth early Friday after more than seven months in orbit on a classified mission, officials said. The winged craft autonomously landed at at Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California coast 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles, Vandenburg spokesman Jeremy Eggers said. “It’s […]
WikiLeaks Open Thread
December 3rd, 2010I’m officially exhausted with the WikiLeaks spectacle. I’m now blocking any mention of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange from my feeds and email submissions. Enough already. Wake me up when I can locally search the whole damn thing on my own. This clown act is a bore. Ok, so these were the stories that caught my […]
Network Device Fingerprinting
December 1st, 2010Via: Wall Street Journal: Advertisers no longer want to just buy ads. They want to buy access to specific people. So, Mr. Norris is building a “credit bureau for devices” in which every computer or cellphone will have a “reputation” based on its user’s online behavior, shopping habits and demographics. He plans to sell this […]
BitTorrent Based DNS to Counter U.S. Domain Seizures
December 1st, 2010I like it. I’m not yet able to believe the hype about how it supposedly, “Can’t be touched by any governmental institution,” but I’ll definitely be following developments. Something like this needs to happen. Via: TorrentFreak: The domain seizures by the United States authorities in recent days and upcoming legislation that could make similar takeovers […]
