Another indication that Anonymous has
no idea what the implications of their action are... I can only hope
they live long enough to learn.
"After one of their members was
kidnapped in Veracruz, Mexico by the Zetas drug cartel, Mexican
Anonymous members have issued an ultimatum to the Zetas in a recently
posted YouTube video. The video demands
the release of the kidnapped member and threatens to publish
information of cartel members and affiliates in Veracruz if the
victim is not released by November 5. The Houston Chronicle article
warns that there will be bloodshed if Anonymous publishes information
on the Zeta's operations, either perpetrated by rival cartels or
reprisal attacks by the Zetas themselves."
“Hey! This looks really cool, let's
get one!” Both the tazer and the “bean bag” are close range
weapons. I wonder how they can be safely used from a moving
aircraft?
"The Montgomery County
Sheriff's Office in suburban Houston, Texas is preparing
to launch operations with a newly received Shadowhawk MK-III
unmanned aerial vehicle, paid for by grant
money received by the Department of Homeland Security.
The MK-III is a product marketed for both military and law
enforcement applications. Michael Buscher, chief executive officer
of manufacturer Vanguard
Defense Industries, said this is the first local law enforcement
agency to buy one of his units. 'The aircraft has the capability to
have a number of different systems on board. Mostly, for law
enforcement, we focus on what we call less lethal systems,' he said,
including Tazers that can send a jolt to a criminal on the ground or
a gun that fires bean bags known as a 'stun baton.' 'You have a stun
baton where you can actually engage somebody at altitude with the
aircraft. A stun baton would essentially disable a suspect,' he
said. The MK-III also has more lethal options available, capable of
carrying either a 40mm or 37mm grenade launcher or 12 gauge shotgun
with laser designator."
Yes, it's a bit cutesy, but it might
help get the point across...
By Dissent,
October 29, 2011
Theodore J. Kobus III has a nice little
A
to Z of Healthcare Data Breaches on Data Privacy Monitor.
[I like letter “I”:
I
- IT is not the only one responsible for breaches-- it is a C-suite
issue
Another perspective?
Keen
On … It’s Official: Privacy Is Dead (TCTV)
Dov
Seidman, author of the re-released How
and CEO of LRN, says we have
entered an “era of behavior” in which we can no longer separate
our private and public lives.
As Seidman told me when we caught up
earlier this week on Skype, the era of behavior
means that our reputations now always “precede us”. And this
“unprecedented transparency” compounds the possibility of doing
both good and evil.
… But is Seidman really correct?
Do we really want to live in an era in which our behavior can be
scrutinized by anyone and one mistake
can ruin our reputations forever?
(Related) So, is this the “new
private?”
Hasan M. Elahi writes in the NY Times
about his run-in with the FBI several months after September 11th,
2001. They'd received an erroneous report that he had explosives and
had fled the country, so they were surprised when he showed up at an
airport and was flagged by watch-list software. Elahi chose not to
fight the investigation, and provided the FBI with
enough detail about his life to convince them that he was a lawful
citizen. [Necessary because the FBI (DHS) presumes guilt. Bob]
But then, he kept going, providing more and more information about
his life, documenting
his every move and making it available online. His
experience has been that providing too much information affords
almost the same privacy blanket as too little. [and it allows you to
toss in a bit of disinformation every now and then Bob]
Quoting:
"On my Web
site, I compiled various databases that show the airports I’ve been
in, food I’ve eaten at home, food I’ve eaten on the road, random
hotel beds I’ve slept in, various parking lots off Interstate 80
that I parked in, empty train stations I saw, as well as very
specific information like photos of the tacos I ate in Mexico City
between July 5 and 7, and the toilets I used. ... A lot of work is
required to thread together the thousands of available points of
information. By putting everything about me out there, I am
simultaneously telling everything and nothing about my life. Despite
the barrage of information about me that is publicly available, I
live a surprisingly private and anonymous life."
It would be good for schools to spend
like “starving students” rather than someone who can “rely on
the taxing of strangers”
"In light of massive national
budget cuts, the Portuguese government will
force public schools to move to free/open source software (Google
translation of original
in Portuguese). Schools with some 50,000 outdated computers
won't see their software licenses renewed, the main reason being the
cost of hardware upgrade inherent to mostly Microsoft software
updates. Will the Euro debt crisis be a driving force to the spread
of open source software?"
Took them long enough...
Siri
Ported To iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G
Perspective Childhood is different.
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