1. Allied foreign intelligence provides name of terrorist year in advance. 2. Ignore hard intelligence, because Skynet knows all 3. SMS clear text and Facebook used to plan horrific crime
If a population is artificially supported by a form of civilization and industrialization the number of people increases above the natural subsistence capacity for the region. Just add a major disruption (over a long enough time) and the population cannot survive. This naturally leads to migration, always has, always will.
Simply put: Subsistence is the lowest common denominator.
Almost like "The Box" used in the Dune universe... Pain by nerve induction. Non-lethal, but remove your and from the box...dogh! relating Torture to what i've seen in a fictional movie / television program where everything is TRUE
If this is an exercise in blue sky thinking. I envision a day where this type of non-lethal device could replace the 16th century technology that is today's firearm. Taser and similar electrical / neural-electrical disruptive technologies are limited in that they require a conductive media (wires) to deliver the shock. I also believe that sonic cannons have an undisclosed liability. (if you use it and bystanders suffer permanent hearing loss) The same can be said for chemical agents, no single chemical agent is 100% safe. Flash bang grenades can blow up infants... and so on...
Incapacitating agents are a possibility, vomiting definitely will spoil the mood for any riotous activity... I just don't want to have to finger-swipe and do mouth to mouth on anybody that aspirates (yuck)
I agree that the evolution/purpose of the internet (and all wide area networks) can be exploited for nefarious purposes.
But, to not have a firewall is STUPIDITY!
Tea Leaves show that people/businesses/government entities can and will be sued for cyber security breaches. I'm just asking our government to do the most basic of functions that "a government" is created for, wielding the collective power of it's people. If a government can't protect it's own its not really fulfilling its purpose.
Just wondering.. we already monitor 100% of traffic leaving our shores, why can't we use that deep packet inspection to build a firewall?
Plus, we could whitelist packets from known addresses and charge a penny per packet for "trusted" delivery. That sucking sound you would hear is all of the call centers and offshore support organizations being sucked back to our shores....
My thoughts exactly... It's funny that one of their favorite toys is no longer available because of the risk of a digital fingerprint and a wide open back door.
I was just stirring the pot, because I see the human element as the point of failure in most scenarios. (had to laugh about Cardinals v. Astros in the news yesterday) If the human involved had changed his (default/typical) password after moving to a competing company, the unauthorized access wouldn't have been practical. --it's likely the same password on social media, email, banking, etc..
Most (I'm talking non-programmers) people don't realize that an unscrupulous web site or service can store your password in clear text. Just because it isn't displayed doesn't imply that it hasn't been saved someplace in the cloud with enough information to attempt similar credentials against other sites and services.
I have to agree, and if they weren't expecting Cherry and tested against Tropical Punch (ok, too much Kool-Aid metaphor )
Unfortunately we get legal departments involved and everybody becomes "risk averse" so nobody will take ownership of the truth. (flashback to Cruise / Nicholson, and another Kool-Aid tie in) Truth, you can't handle the Truth!
Here is my shot at Truth: Strong biometric authentication is the only solid machine / human authentication available today.
"I asked everyone to look at their systems from the perspective that they would need to detect, track, and limit a privileged access breach"
I didn't see how what I had said was unreasonable, but it was like I turned a long tailed cat loose in a rocking chair convention. What is wrong with assuming the worst and seeing what you can do about it? If you can't admit that your administration level accounts can be hacked, I don't believe you understand what you are up against.
My white board at work has a permanent sketch of a generic internet/cloud services topology that my wife can refer to. All of the communications arrows between services have been centralized in the diagram and I've drawn a big red circle that encloses these connectors. The label on the circle is TRUST... if you can't TRUST the people that connect the services together you can't TRUST anything.
If it's been identified one time, it's likely been happening on a larger scale but as yet undetected. It's becoming very easy to be either paranoid or self censoring. I don't have anything to hide, but being sliced/diced/dissected/analyzed by the big data cloud does get a little bit old. It's easy to see the results of this overreaching data collection, just research a medical condition (especially one that has a name brand pharmaceutical treatment), research a popular consumer appliance, research a new vehicle, etc... then pay attention to the advertisements that appear on websites over the next couple days... do you notice anything... like ads for what you researched?
I occasionally poison my search results by just doing random searches. I pick a person/place/thing that I have no real interest in, and watch the ad world turn. It must really throw off the "kevin by the beach" bucket when I search for Vespa parts, the latest gay romance novel, women named ISIS, and the 10 day weather for geopolitical sites of interest. http://www.weather.com/weather...
There are some college degrees that you don't make money at... The people that graduate in those fields don't do it for the money, but for the good they do for others. This is well intentioned, but it may hurt some of the neediest. Can you imagine if our social safety net was staffed exclusively with life coaches?
I like applying some relativistic physics to the creation story.... Let's say you are along for the ride during the big bang...(play along please). From our spot, getting blown out into the cosmos at speeds that ignore our current universal constants... it could have felt like it took seven days to get here, and yes I would have sat back, took a look around, and said it was good.
Great comments and observations. CA's are the weak link in the current HTTPS model. (unfortunately trust has been broken, and millions of computers are delivered with CA configurations that most users are not aware of)
I drew a diagram on my office wall to help explain the difficulties of "Trust" in the internet/cloud world to my wife. Her problem is unique to a small subset of Americans.. her profession (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) is granted "Privileged" communication status similar to Attorney/Client rights... This limits her choices as to who and what can be trusted as a computer system. In bold RED marker I circled all of the entities that would need to be "trusted" to one extent or another to keep her data secure when placed onto the internet/cloud. It makes it really difficult to communicate with clients when the ubiquitous solution is the least secure. Her simple answer when faced with current choices was NO, it's my license at risk why should I trust anybody.
At the end of the conversation, she asked me to build her something that could be trusted... (good-bye free time, sex life, hobbies, etc...)
The analytics that went into this research have wide ranging application potential. This could be the tipping point for full exploitation of genetic markers in a wide range of medical/genetic diagnostics. It may not be as easy to build as say a single test like BRAC, but I could envision a series of grouped diagnostics markers that could be funneled into a matrix that would show the probability disease. Also, this is an excellent example of government (TAX) money well spent on research. Thank you NIH.
I believe that the climate will change (getting warmer & sea level rise). So, my question is... If I want the best property for possible self sufficiency where would that be? My first thoughts would be a minimum of 50' above sea level, and on the windward side of a large geographic feature (plateau / mountain) . The problem I haven't worked out is the variability of Ocean currents and prevailing winds? Will a currently Dry region increase in Precipitation, or should I stick with regions that get 20+ inches of rain on annual average? (and hope it doesn't change).
I grew up on the "Tug Hill" plateau in New York, and their micro climate is influenced by their latitude, altitude, prevailing winds, and proximity to the Great Lakes. It may be a good place to track their micro climate going forward.
If you don't already know, the real value of facebook is the content that people post and the data mining that takes place behind the scenes. These social networks are a huge "SELL TO ME" sign that glows brighter with every like, repost, and share. I'm not surprised that the $$$ machine want's to control the content, they don't need us urinating in the same well we drink from.
Amen, and Amen.
I wasted so much of my life meeting meaningless deadlines. When my children were growing up, the wisest advice I gave them was to NOT choose a computer career. (both are Social Workers like their Mom) Sure, It's less money but they will live longer and be much happier with a life worth living.
Programmers come in two shades... Green and Jaded
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1. Allied foreign intelligence provides name of terrorist year in advance.
2. Ignore hard intelligence, because Skynet knows all
3. SMS clear text and Facebook used to plan horrific crime
Blame: Edward Snowden -- Priceless
NAILED IT!
If a population is artificially supported by a form of civilization and industrialization the number of people increases above the natural subsistence capacity for the region. Just add a major disruption (over a long enough time) and the population cannot survive. This naturally leads to migration, always has, always will.
Simply put: Subsistence is the lowest common denominator.
Almost like "The Box" used in the Dune universe... Pain by nerve induction. Non-lethal, but remove your and from the box ...dogh! relating Torture to what i've seen in a fictional movie / television program where everything is TRUE
If this is an exercise in blue sky thinking. I envision a day where this type of non-lethal device could replace the 16th century technology that is today's firearm. Taser and similar electrical / neural-electrical disruptive technologies are limited in that they require a conductive media (wires) to deliver the shock. I also believe that sonic cannons have an undisclosed liability. (if you use it and bystanders suffer permanent hearing loss) The same can be said for chemical agents, no single chemical agent is 100% safe. Flash bang grenades can blow up infants... and so on...
Incapacitating agents are a possibility, vomiting definitely will spoil the mood for any riotous activity... I just don't want to have to finger-swipe and do mouth to mouth on anybody that aspirates (yuck)
I thought this sounded promising. If you feel like you're on fire, it is a strong incentive to stop/drop/roll. https://youtu.be/dmuyLIrSjxI
We just need to get this into a handheld size.
I agree that the evolution/purpose of the internet (and all wide area networks) can be exploited for nefarious purposes.
But, to not have a firewall is STUPIDITY!
Tea Leaves show that people/businesses/government entities can and will be sued for cyber security breaches. I'm just asking our government to do the most basic of functions that "a government" is created for, wielding the collective power of it's people. If a government can't protect it's own its not really fulfilling its purpose.
Just wondering.. we already monitor 100% of traffic leaving our shores, why can't we use that deep packet inspection to build a firewall?
Plus, we could whitelist packets from known addresses and charge a penny per packet for "trusted" delivery. That sucking sound you would hear is all of the call centers and offshore support organizations being sucked back to our shores....
My thoughts exactly... It's funny that one of their favorite toys is no longer available because of the risk of a digital fingerprint and a wide open back door.
Karma
ROFL... thanks for the absurdity break
Crying because it sooooo true.
The automatic threat detection is cool stuff... If Google is doing it on the road, you know it exists in the skies.
The automatic backup camera has been problematic with the F-35... it only switches on when the plane is in reverse :-)
I am in 100% agreement.
I was just stirring the pot, because I see the human element as the point of failure in most scenarios. (had to laugh about Cardinals v. Astros in the news yesterday) If the human involved had changed his (default/typical) password after moving to a competing company, the unauthorized access wouldn't have been practical. --it's likely the same password on social media, email, banking, etc..
Most (I'm talking non-programmers) people don't realize that an unscrupulous web site or service can store your password in clear text. Just because it isn't displayed doesn't imply that it hasn't been saved someplace in the cloud with enough information to attempt similar credentials against other sites and services.
I have to agree, and if they weren't expecting Cherry and tested against Tropical Punch (ok, too much Kool-Aid metaphor )
Unfortunately we get legal departments involved and everybody becomes "risk averse" so nobody will take ownership of the truth. (flashback to Cruise / Nicholson, and another Kool-Aid tie in) Truth, you can't handle the Truth!
Here is my shot at Truth: Strong biometric authentication is the only solid machine / human authentication available today.
"I asked everyone to look at their systems from the perspective that they would need to detect, track, and limit a privileged access breach"
I didn't see how what I had said was unreasonable, but it was like I turned a long tailed cat loose in a rocking chair convention. What is wrong with assuming the worst and seeing what you can do about it? If you can't admit that your administration level accounts can be hacked, I don't believe you understand what you are up against.
My white board at work has a permanent sketch of a generic internet/cloud services topology that my wife can refer to. All of the communications arrows between services have been centralized in the diagram and I've drawn a big red circle that encloses these connectors. The label on the circle is TRUST... if you can't TRUST the people that connect the services together you can't TRUST anything.
If it's been identified one time, it's likely been happening on a larger scale but as yet undetected. It's becoming very easy to be either paranoid or self censoring. I don't have anything to hide, but being sliced/diced/dissected/analyzed by the big data cloud does get a little bit old. It's easy to see the results of this overreaching data collection, just research a medical condition (especially one that has a name brand pharmaceutical treatment), research a popular consumer appliance, research a new vehicle, etc... then pay attention to the advertisements that appear on websites over the next couple days... do you notice anything... like ads for what you researched?
I occasionally poison my search results by just doing random searches. I pick a person/place/thing that I have no real interest in, and watch the ad world turn. It must really throw off the "kevin by the beach" bucket when I search for Vespa parts, the latest gay romance novel, women named ISIS, and the 10 day weather for geopolitical sites of interest. http://www.weather.com/weather...
There are some college degrees that you don't make money at... The people that graduate in those fields don't do it for the money, but for the good they do for others. This is well intentioned, but it may hurt some of the neediest. Can you imagine if our social safety net was staffed exclusively with life coaches?
I like applying some relativistic physics to the creation story.... Let's say you are along for the ride during the big bang...(play along please). From our spot, getting blown out into the cosmos at speeds that ignore our current universal constants... it could have felt like it took seven days to get here, and yes I would have sat back, took a look around, and said it was good.
If your possibly looking for the vendor name... there is one listed in the stroy tags. (or was that a generalization)
Great comments and observations. CA's are the weak link in the current HTTPS model. (unfortunately trust has been broken, and millions of computers are delivered with CA configurations that most users are not aware of)
I drew a diagram on my office wall to help explain the difficulties of "Trust" in the internet/cloud world to my wife. Her problem is unique to a small subset of Americans.. her profession (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) is granted "Privileged" communication status similar to Attorney/Client rights... This limits her choices as to who and what can be trusted as a computer system. In bold RED marker I circled all of the entities that would need to be "trusted" to one extent or another to keep her data secure when placed onto the internet/cloud. It makes it really difficult to communicate with clients when the ubiquitous solution is the least secure. Her simple answer when faced with current choices was NO, it's my license at risk why should I trust anybody. At the end of the conversation, she asked me to build her something that could be trusted... (good-bye free time, sex life, hobbies, etc...)
The analytics that went into this research have wide ranging application potential. This could be the tipping point for full exploitation of genetic markers in a wide range of medical/genetic diagnostics. It may not be as easy to build as say a single test like BRAC, but I could envision a series of grouped diagnostics markers that could be funneled into a matrix that would show the probability disease. Also, this is an excellent example of government (TAX) money well spent on research. Thank you NIH.
I believe that the climate will change (getting warmer & sea level rise). So, my question is... If I want the best property for possible self sufficiency where would that be? My first thoughts would be a minimum of 50' above sea level, and on the windward side of a large geographic feature (plateau / mountain) . The problem I haven't worked out is the variability of Ocean currents and prevailing winds? Will a currently Dry region increase in Precipitation, or should I stick with regions that get 20+ inches of rain on annual average? (and hope it doesn't change). I grew up on the "Tug Hill" plateau in New York, and their micro climate is influenced by their latitude, altitude, prevailing winds, and proximity to the Great Lakes. It may be a good place to track their micro climate going forward.
...or Native Advertising
If you don't already know, the real value of facebook is the content that people post and the data mining that takes place behind the scenes. These social networks are a huge "SELL TO ME" sign that glows brighter with every like, repost, and share. I'm not surprised that the $$$ machine want's to control the content, they don't need us urinating in the same well we drink from.
Amen, and Amen. I wasted so much of my life meeting meaningless deadlines. When my children were growing up, the wisest advice I gave them was to NOT choose a computer career. (both are Social Workers like their Mom) Sure, It's less money but they will live longer and be much happier with a life worth living. Programmers come in two shades... Green and Jaded