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Journal: Out of Touch with Reality I

Lifestyle Hackers Jim Routh and Gary McGraw examine why twenty-somethings skateboard  right past security controls, and what it means for employers (i.e.  you!) November 02, 2009 The insider threat, the bane of computer security and a topic of  worried conversation among CSOs, is undergoing significant change.  Over the years, the majority of insider threats have …

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Journal: Microsoft, Cyber-Security, Syllable, & Integrity

Silent Install Firefox Plugin Backfires on Microsoft posted by Kroc Camen    on Sat 17th Oct 2009 05:27 UTC Now a security hole has been found in a plugin that Microsoft have  been silently installing into Firefox.  Along with .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, Microsoft have been silently  installing a Windows Presentation Foundation Plugin that allows the …

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Journal: Drones versus Pioneers–Defining the Finish Line

A foolish article about a foolish survey about a foolish educational system captures all that is wrong with America today.  The best and the brightest become hackers and self-directed pioneers (Richard Stahlman is the most righteous, Bill Gates the most obvious).  The “well-behaved” are the ones that cross “the finish line” because they do not …

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Journal: Tyranny Looms Large–First the Internet, then the Guns, then Liberty Lost

Tyranny looms large in America, because We the People have become ignorant, inert, and too subject to mass deception.   Read the headline and first pargragraph, then (below the fold) the Phi Beta Iota comment, and then the full story online.  One bird, two wings.  Time to retire this turkey, starting with Rockefeller, Webb, and Warner.  …

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