Phi Beta Iota: We must not forget that BBC has been a funded subsidiary of the CIA for some time — the lack of integrity across our academic, government, law enforcement, and media institutions is now catastrosphic.
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Stephen E. Arnold: Google Math & Algorithms Not Trustworthy?
Commerce, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Ineptitude, IO Deeds of War, IO Impotency
Google and Search Trust: Math Is Objective, Right?
Trust, however, seems to mean different things to different people. Consider the write up “It’s Time to Stop Trusting Google Search Already.” The write up suggests that people usually trust Google. The main point is that those people should not trust Google.
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Reference: National Intelligence University Strategy Plan — Comments by Robert Steele
Corruption, Government, Idiocy, Ineptitude
Thoughts on NIU Strategy
Neither the IC nor NIU understand the full spectrum of threats, most of which are not military. Top ten threats to humanity per LtGen Dr. Brent Scowcroft and High Level Panel are, in this order: poverty, infectuous disease, environmental degradation, inter-state conflict, civil war, genocide, other atrocities, proliferation, terrorism, transnational crime.
Yoda: CIA’s Open Source Enterprise Blows (Again)
#OSE Open Source Everything
US to close CIA division’s UK intelligence monitoring unit
The US is to close its monitoring unit in the UK, marking the end of nearly 75 years of side-by-side collaboration with the BBC’s open-source intelligence division at Caversham Park. The Open Source Enterprise, a division of the US’s Central Intelligence Agency, has been run out of the Berkshire stately home since 1943. US officials have worked closely with their British counterparts to monitor foreign TV and radio broadcasts, as well as online information.
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Robert Steele: President Mark Cuban in 2020?
Cultural IntelligenceIt's a bit pre-mature to talk about running against Donald Trump in 2020. We need to see how the 100+ indictments play out; how deeply Attorney General Jeff Sessions tapped into the unprocessed NSA databases (I and one other told him he could easily nail 2,500 traitors, pedophiles, and frauds (both charity and electoral) if he followed our 26 May 2017 advisory); and whether the President will champion the Election Reform Act of 2017; an Open Source Agency with a Trump Channel; and a Grand Strategy conversation with America.
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Mongoose: Sex toy company recording users’ remote sex sessions
Commerce, Corruption, IO Impotency
Sex toy company admits to recording users' remote sex sessions, calls it a ‘minor bug'
I have some news: the Internet of Things is a mess. A hacked refrigerator sounds slightly scary, but a vibrator-controlling app that records all your sex sounds and stores them on your phone without your knowledge? That's way worse.
Today, a Reddit user pointed out that Hong Kong-based sex toy company Lovense's remote control vibrator app (Lovense Remote) recorded a use session without their knowledge. An audio file lasting six minutes was stored in the app's local folder. The users says he or she gave the app access to the mic and camera but only to use with the in-app chat function and to send voice clips on command — not constant recording when in use. Other users confirmed this app behavior, too.
Yoda: Only 8% of Last Year’s Blockchain Projects Still Active
IO ImpotencyThere were more than 26,000 new blockchain projects last year – only 8% are still active
- More than 26,000 open-source blockchain projects were created on the software collaboration platform GitHub in 2016
- Just 8 percent of these projects remain actively maintained, according to Deloitte
