This is not what I want to hear and certainly not all or even most cops are crooked, but there is no way to know which ones are on the take. Of course, this is not new. Going back to prohibition and earlier, there were cops that were willing to look away in exchange for […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is a bit scary and something I know way too much about. Back in the dark ages, I worked on a team that developed the first first GPS system – for the Air Force. It was not designed to help you find the nearest Starbucks, but rather to protect Air Force personnel from our […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Tennessee School District Sends $3 Mil to “Money Mules” – Mules May Wind Up With Felony Convictions Hopefully the US Attorney is a nice person and realizes that these people were just pawns in the game. $3 million later, they caught the ringleader, who also was a pawn – for his supposed fiancé – whom […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The FTC has been investigating Amazon (Twitch), Meta (Facebook), YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, Discord, Reddit and Whatsapp (Meta). The probe began in 2020 investigating their data collection methods, how they track personal and demographic info and the impact of that on kids. FOUR YEARS into it, the FTC released a report. FTC chair Lina Khan […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Historically, we have physical universe attacks like Columbine or Gaza and the many variants in between. Then we have the cyber universe attacks like Caesar’s Casino and Crowdstrike (which was a cyber incident but not an attack). But more recently, we have begun to see cyber-physical attacks. The Colonial Pipeline attack that shut down the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The NFL wants to improve security. That is probably a good concept. As a result, they are shifting away from ID cards, which are easily forged or stolen to facial recognition. But not everyone is happy. The NFL wants all personnel, including cops providing security, to provide them with facial scans to get into sensitive […]
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