Archive for September, 2013
U.S. Senate Committee Backs Use of Force in Syria
September 4th, 2013I’m baffled by this situation. There is a very long and sickening history of the Executive doing whatever it wants when it comes to the use of military force (see: Presidential War Power by Louis Fisher). I don’t know why Mr. Nobel Peace Prize winner Obomb-ya is bothering with Congress to get America’s next war […]
‘School Is a Prison’
September 4th, 2013I hope that everyone who sees this post clicks through and reads the whole piece. Also, here’s the book: Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life by Peter Gray Via: Salon: Parents send their children to school with the best of […]
Think Of Tor As A Honeypot
September 4th, 2013This is .mil laughing out loud at Tor heads. “Tor is known to be insecure against an adversary that can observe a user’s traffic entering and exiting the anonymity network.” Gee, I wonder who might be capable of doing something like that: NSA Laughs at PCs, Prefers Hacking Routers and Switches Via: ohmygodel .PDF: Tor […]
NSA Laughs at PCs, Prefers Hacking Routers and Switches
September 4th, 2013“No one updates their routers” ??? I always updated the routers, switches and firewalls that I was responsible for. Ah well, these kids today… Via: Wired: The NSA’s focus on routers highlights an often-overlooked attack vector with huge advantages for the intruder, says Marc Maiffret, chief technology officer at security firm Beyond Trust. Hacking routers […]
Can’t Get Enough of China’s Ghost Cities
September 4th, 2013Macro scale madness. Via: io9: China’s building boom has created a ton of abandoned cities and massive ruins — most of which are brand new, and have never had people living in them. Here are the deserted Chinese cities, mostly built in the last 10 years, which could be sets for your next dystopian movie.
With Camera Sales Slowing, Canon Looks to Surveillance Sector for Growth
September 4th, 2013Via: Reuters: Nosy governments and nervous homeowners, among other drivers of the surveillance society, may soon upstage amateur photographers as the focus for big camera makers such as Canon Inc who spot growing opportunities in the security market. Canon, the industry leader, has been hit with a sudden downturn in shipments of its top-end digital […]
Readers Keep Cryptogon Going in September
September 3rd, 2013Thank you. Pookie $75 CM €10 MW $25 Thanks also go out to the person who signed up for hosting with BlueHost. I received $90 as a result. I’m happy to mention your domains when you sign up for hosting with BlueHost, but as people become more apprehensive about being associated with Cryptogon in any […]
Snowden Reportedly Used High-Ranking Official’s Profiles to Troll NSA’s Intranet
September 3rd, 2013Something had to be very wrong on that network. Snowden must have pretty much had top level access to pull this off. Even so, it boggles the mind that something like disabling multi factor authentication didn’t generate some sort of notification at the next level up the pyramid. I’ve been out of the sysadmin game […]
Israel Confirms Missile Test in Mediterranean
September 3rd, 2013Interesting time and place for a “missile test.” So, what was this, really? Via: Al Jazeera: Russia has announced that its missile early warning system detected the launch of two missiles from the central part of the Mediterranean Sea fired towards the sea’s eastern coastline, and later confirmed in an Israel statement by Reuters news […]
Fukushima: Japanese Government to Build Ice Wall in Desperate Attempt to Contain Leaks of Contaminated Water
September 3rd, 2013For a moment, let’s just assume that this will work. I doubt that it will work, but let’s pretend that will. What happens to all of the frozen slop when the grid goes down during the next disaster and the “ice wall” thaws out? Have a nice day! Via: AP: The Japanese government announced Tuesday […]
