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Rather than grovel and beg for the U.S. government to respect our privacy, these innovators have taken matters into their own hands, and their work may change the playing field completely. People used to assume that the United States government was held in check by the constitution, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and which […]
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GIH: We now have a better picture of how some tech giants were handling NSA requests for information. Of course, we cannot be sure that this represents an accurate picture of data released. Also, many of the NSAs collection strategies such as the TAO program, involve hacking or otherwise collecting info without the consent of […]
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GIH: Alternative investing takes a new dimension with the introduction of ‘cryptocurrencies’ – designed mostly as payment systems, the value fluctuates based on customer demand, and marketplaces offer you the ability to trade your Bitcoins for USD or EUR. Whatever your opinion if this is a valid investment, if one had purchased Bitcoin near it’s […]
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Advances in technology have led to more sophisticated crimes by exploiting security vulnerabilities of new technologies. This is exacerbated by the fact that understanding of these technologies and their use is only by a few, while the majority of end-users are unaware. Generally speaking, following standard security practices will thwart 95% of electronic crimes such […]
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Google’s connection to the US Military and specifically, the intelligence community, should be alarming both for political and technical reasons. We can assume that Google has been compromised and any data exchange over Google networks including search, apps, web services such as Gmail, Google+, and others, are being recorded and analyzed. Also disturbingly, Google is […]
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From SOTT: Oh 2013, what a high-tech year you were! From the general recognition (finally) that the US government was spying on everyone, everyone’s dog, and everyone’s dog’s lawn presents, to the almighty Mobile Revolution, to the 64-bit iPhone with 2X the awesome, to the complete abortion that is Windows 8/8.1… Yes, it was a year to […]
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Used by the CIA, diplomats, and business professionals to read volumes of info quickly, the Vortex XStream is a simple desktop based application that will flash words on your screen based on a text file, enabling you to read significantly faster and absorb more info than traditional reading. Think different! How we assimilate information is […]
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It’s hard to believe that the computer systems running multi-billion dollar markets are crashing, like the Nasdaq has been doing on a near weekly basis. But now it’s happening to the US Treasury market. It makes one wonder about the real stability of our markets, when the systems that run them are constantly breaking. While […]
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The NSA has been found to tap into Level3’s backbone internet cables, through a variety of means. According to Level3 financials, it seems they have an open agreement with the US departments of defense, justice, and homeland security. More disturbing is the fact that if tech companies don’t cooperate, they’ll just get the data downstream […]
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Since when have content restrictions become normal? China imposes a ‘great firewall’ on users where many sites such as blogger.com are completely blocked. Is it more scary to realize that the site you are viewing may display different content based on your IP, or not at all? Fortunately there is a solution, VPNs and proxy […]
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