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MouseTrap Security
Watched a cartoon last night. Had a great lesson in tightly wound (ultralinear) security systems. The owner of the house, in an effort to rid the place of Jerry the mouse, has placed mousetraps everywhere with huge hunks of beautiful … Continue reading
Cuba’s CraigsBlackList
Something I wrote about a year ago is a reality in Cuba. An early iteration of a CraigsList for illicit goods. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Total Air Superiority…
Means you can use turboprop spy planes. Great move on the part of someone – 37 of these planes for just under $1 billion. Order of magnitude better than traditional acquisition cycles. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Crashing the Mega-D Botnet
Paraphrasing Bruce Sterling, this took down an eastern European economy with it. Quoting at length from PCWorld: The bots receive marching orders from online command and control (C&C) servers, but those servers are the botnet’s Achilles’ heel: Isolate them, and … Continue reading
Craig ‘Lazie’ Lynch = Social Media Rockstar
A real social media guru. Escaped from a prison in England, and has made a real dent in the social media sphere (think LonelyGirl15 only real). Here’s the story. Note the persistent social engagement through a variety of profiles to … Continue reading