Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Schneier: Microsoft Vista SP1 Includes Random Number Generator that Could Contain NSA Backdoor
December 18th, 2007But since most people don’t know which operating system that they’re using… Via: Bruce Schneier: Dual_EC_DRBG Added to Windows Vista Microsoft has added the random-number generator Dual_EC-DRBG to Windows Vista, as part of SP1. Yes, this is the same RNG that could have an NSA backdoor. It’s not enabled by default, and my advice is […]
Mobile Labs to Target Iraqis for Death Using Biometric Data
December 18th, 2007Years ago, when the news broke that U.S. Forces were collecting biometric data from Iraqis, I was so shocked by the program that I made an effort to archive audio from an NBC news piece about it. Now we know that the data is being used, in part, to draw up execution lists. Remember that […]
The Final Frontier for Solar Energy: An Absurd Boondoggle in Space
December 12th, 2007Scientists in the U.S., Europe and Japan want to build a massive solar concentrator in space to beam gigawatts of power down to the surface of the planet. (The idea has been around, on paper, for years.) Clean, green power, They say. Absurd? Maybe not, if we consider some of the cast of characters, and […]
U.S. Marines Request Airborne Death Ray; Seek ‘Psychological’ Edge by Roasting Foes with Laser
December 6th, 2007Via: Wired: Exactly one year ago today, the First Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq signed off on an “urgent operational need” for an airborne tactical laser that could, in the words of the formal request, create “instantaneous burst-combustion of insurgent clothing, a rapid death through violent trauma, and more probably a morbid combination of both.” […]
U.S. Department of Defense Acquiring System to Scan Irises of Many People in a Crowd at Once
December 6th, 2007Wave your stupid sign and smile for the birdy. Congratulations, you’re now f*cked for life. Enjoy your protest, though. Via: USA Today: A growing number of sheriff’s departments are using iris scans to identify sex offenders, runaways, abducted children and wandering Alzheimer’s patients. More than 2,100 departments in 27 states are taking digital pictures of […]
EXXONMOBIL’S NEW BATTERY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE APPLICATIONS
December 1st, 2007“I don’t know. I see things like the ‘sustainable’ WalMart and the FedEx hub covered with solar panels and I have to wonder if this Peak Oil thing is actually going to be the kill shot that we think it’s going to be… Maybe They have a much better grip on this thing than we […]
Domestic Spying, Inc.
November 29th, 2007Excellent piece. I highly recommend clicking through to read the entire thing. Via: CorpWatch: A new intelligence institution to be inaugurated soon by the Bush administration will allow government spying agencies to conduct broad surveillance and reconnaissance inside the United States for the first time. Under a proposal being reviewed by Congress, a National Applications […]
Feds Lose Bid for Amazon.com Customer Records
November 29th, 2007Which Feds? The Feds who point the business end of the NarusInsight Intercept Suite at our heads didn’t go to court. Since that program doesn’t officially exist, why would They go to court? So, no, those Feds weren’t in court, requesting sensitive information from Amazon, because those Feds already have it. This story is a […]
Google: The Cornerstone of Clean, Green Fascism
November 28th, 2007So few people can see the big picture with regard to clean, green fascism. I’m going to make it painfully clear and simple with the juxtaposition of two of today’s stories about Google. Story #1) Google Hopes to Undercut Coal with Cheap, Renewable Energy: By now, everyone is familiar with Google’s corporate motto, “Don’t be […]
CLUB OF ROME PLAN FOR EUROPEAN, MIDDLE EASTERN AND NORTH AFRICAN ENERGY NETWORK: TRANS-MEDITERRANEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY COOPERATION (TREC)
November 25th, 2007Of all the hate-to-say-I-told-you-sos on Cryptogon, this one probably takes the cake… They—the elite, the people who run the world—have a Plan. And anyone who’s trying to convince you that the world is ending because we’re running out of energy is either ignorant of basic, observable, physical phenomena, or they’re in on the scam. It’s […]
