Archive for the 'Technology' Category
SSL Enabled Google Searches
May 22nd, 2010“Your investigative staff will collect its best evidence while users are lulled into a false sense of security afforded by web, e-mail or VOIP encryption.” —Governments Using Forged SSL Certificates for Man in the Middle Attack on “Secure” Web Sessions A reader asked me if SSL enabled Google search was worth using. I would say […]
TD Ameritrade Clients Unable to Log In, Trade
May 20th, 2010Say what? Morningstar analyst Michael Wong said all of the online brokers had similar problems during the sudden market plunge on May 6. There was sharp selling today as well. Still believe that ‘fatfinger’ nonsense from May 6? Via: AP: Some clients of online brokerage T.D. Ameritrade Holding Corp. were unable to log into their […]
Amazon is Tracking the Most-Highlighted Kindle Passages
May 19th, 2010DISCLOSURE: Cryptogon is an Amazon affiliate. Now, the piece below states that Amazon, “Doesn’t show which customers made the highlights.” Let me translate that for you: The NSA knows which customers made the highlights. These will add welcome subtleties to your MAIN CORE file, don’t you think? All of this led me to wonder: Just […]
LifeLock CEO’s Identity Stolen 13 Times
May 19th, 2010Via: Threat Level: Apparently, when you publish your Social Security number prominently on your website and billboards, people take it as an invitation to steal your identity. LifeLock CEO Todd Davis, whose number is displayed in the company’s ubiquitous advertisements, has by now learned that lesson. He’s been a victim of identity theft at least […]
Booz Allen Hamilton Received $400 Million in Cyberwar Contracts in the Past Six Weeks
May 19th, 2010My guess as to which goon will have the largest role in recovery efforts following any major network centric false flag operation: Mike McConnell. —IEEE: Build Backup Routes for Undersea Communications Infrastructure “Before we have to learn the hard way” Via: Wired: Coincidences sure are funny things. Booz Allen Hamilton — the defense contractor that’s […]
Virtual Reality Mind Control Experiments
May 19th, 2010Via: Technofascism Blog: Ultra-creepy mind-control experiments now go mainstream. The video of this experiment looks like a scene from the Manchurian Candidate. I’m sure the souped up version of this “experiment” with the “volunteer” on psychosis-inducing pharmaceuticals is much more effective. Notice how the video involves all the classic elements of mind control: loss of […]
And Now… Telepresence Robots
May 19th, 2010Via: Wired: Robots have replaced humans on assembly lines, battlefields, space missions and rescue operations. Now how about doing something useful, like sitting through endless meetings for you? Meet the Anybots QB, a telepresence robot that can represent you in the office by sitting in conference rooms, going to meetings and rolling about through the […]
Hack Attacks On Car Control Systems
May 19th, 2010Via: BBC: The computer systems used to control modern cars are very vulnerable to attack, say experts. An investigation by security researchers found the systems to be “fragile” and easily subverted. The researchers showed how to kill a car engine remotely, turn off the brakes so the car would not stop and make instruments give […]
Conficker Worm: The Enemy Within
May 16th, 2010Via: The Atlantic: When the Conficker computer “worm” was unleashed on the world in November 2008, cyber-security experts didn’t know what to make of it. It infiltrated millions of computers around the globe. It constantly checks in with its unknown creators. It uses an encryption code so sophisticated that only a very few people could […]
Facebook Founder Called Trusting Users “Dumb Fucks”
May 16th, 2010Via: Register: Loveable Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg called his first few thousand users “dumb fucks” for trusting him with their data, published IM transcripts show. Facebook hasn’t disputed the authenticity of the transcript. Zuckerberg was chatting with an unnamed friend, apparently in early 2004. Business Insider, which has a series of quite juicy anecdotes about […]
