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Competing Billion-Dollar Tech Companies Are Joining Forces. Here's Why.

The combination of open innovation and accelerated computing represents one of this decade’s most important technology trends. It’s transforming the concept of the closed-off supercomputer to a more diverse open architecture. As a result, companies that haven’t worked together before—and that may, in fact, be competitors—are collaborating together on groundbreaking projects.

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2015/12/192015/12/18

Antechinus: Kazakhstan – Mass Surveillance Experiment?

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Kazakhstan: A poorly thought-out surveillance technique or an experiment for the West?

The Government of the Kazakhstan plans to implement a new internet control policy for the whole population starting from 1st January 2016. The announcement was published by Kazakhtelecom JSC, the largest telecommunications company in the country, on Monday 30th November 2016; and stated the government would oblige the population to install a “national security certificate” on every internet-capable device in the country, including desktops and mobile devices; leaving Kazakhtelecom (the ISP) able to carry out ‘man-in-the middle (MitM) attacks; all the other operators would be obliged by law to do the same, meaning that all HTTPS connections in Kazakhstan will be inspected.

2015/12/182015/12/18

Antechinus: Qatar Buying Russian Bombs from Ukraine to Create False Flag Atrocities in Syria?

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False Flag Operation: Where will the Ukrainian bombs explode?

Funded by Qatar, to be blamed on the Russians.

Why does the Qatari Minitry of Defense want to buy enormous arsenal of Russian air bombs, not only unfit for their aircraft, at a price 3 times higher than the market?

2015/12/172015/12/16

Stephen E. Arnold: Google Timeline = Police State

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Google Timeline Knows Where You Have Been

We understand that to get the most out of the Internet, we sacrifice a bit of privacy; but do we all understand how far-reaching that sacrifice can be? The Intercept reveals “How Law Enforcement Can Use Google Timeline to Track Your Every Move.” For those who were not aware, Google helpfully stores all the places you (or your devices) have traveled, down to longitude and latitude, in Timeline. Now, with an expansion launched in July 2015, that information goes back years, instead of just six months. Android users must actively turn this feature off to avoid being tracked.

2015/12/162015/12/16

DefDog: John Hamre Gets It Wrong — and Politico Lets Him Slide — “Electronic Pearl Harbor” is Original to Winn Schwartau

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The ‘electronic Pearl Harbor’
Eighteen years ago I was the first to use that term publicly. It was the wrong analogy then. Not anymore.

The phrase became a touchstone in the long national argument over cybersecurity, for better or worse. I was not the author of the phrase. That honor goes to a dear friend of mine, retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Tom Marsh, who had just led a national commission looking at cyber vulnerabilities. Tom came to my office to summarize the findings and used the Pearl Harbor metaphor.

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