Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
Italy to Require Anyone Who Uploads Video to the Internet to Obtain Government Authorization
January 17th, 2010Via: The Industry Standard:
New rules to be introduced by government decree will require people who upload videos onto the Internet to obtain authorization from the Communications Ministry similar to that required by television broadcasters, drastically reducing freedom to communicate over the Web, opposition lawmakers have warned.
The decree is ostensibly an enactment of a European Union [...]
The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s
January 13th, 2010After recoiling in horror as I read the New York Times piece below, I started to wonder…
Is the command line interface the solution to this… phenomenon?
And things like BASIC, LOGO and Zork? If using the machines from the command line doesn’t make the kids want to go run around outside a little more, at least [...]
Stimulus to Bring Body Scanners to Airports
January 7th, 2010Mission accomplished.
Via: CNN:
The U.S. government is using $25 million in stimulus money to buy and install full body scanners in airports this year, in an effort to ramp up security and create jobs.
The Transportation Security Administration is using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to purchase 150 of the full body scanners, according [...]
Parents Arrested for Failing to Register Home-Schooled Kids
January 6th, 2010Via: CBS6:
A Montgomery County couple has been arrested on child endangerment charges for failing to register their children with the school district as they were home-schooled, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
Richard Cressy, 47, and Margie Cressy, 41, both of the town of Glen, never registered their four children or their home-schooling curriculum with [...]
What’s New in the British Police State?
January 6th, 2010The relentless crapification of Britain continues. Click through for lots of links.
Via: Josh Fulton:
We last checked in with the British police state about two months ago. Let’s see what’s new.
Britain: Children Reaching Age 3 Without Being Able to Say a Word
January 4th, 2010The piece says that television isn’t a factor, but keep this USA Today article in mind:
A study released Monday adds to the debate over whether television impairs children’s language development. It found that parents and children virtually stop talking to each other when the TV is on, even if they’re in the same room.
For every [...]
National Irish Bank Moves to Cashless Banking (Not The Onion)
December 29th, 2009What if you want more cash than whatever pissant amount they allow you to remove from the ATM each day? Oh, I almost forgot, only criminals need that much cash.
Via: Irish Times:
IT MIGHT sound like a contradiction in terms, but for the first time one of the main Irish consumer banks is moving to cashless [...]
“I don’t understand how he had a valid visa if he was known on the terror watch list.”
December 27th, 2009More: Sharp-dressed man aided terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab onto plane without passport:
A Michigan man who was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 says he witnessed Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab trying to board the plane in Amsterdam without a passport.
Kurt Haskell of Newport, Mich., who posted an earlier comment about his experience, talked exclusively with [...]
Are Americans a Broken People?
December 16th, 2009In general, Americans represent a collective battered spouse who hopes that the batterer will change. Spitting teeth and squinting through two black eyes, they usually go back for more of the same.
This isn’t politics. It’s pathology.
—The Devil and Mr. Obama
Via: Alternet:
Can people become so broken that truths of how they are being screwed do not [...]
Move to National ID Cards Delayed
December 16th, 2009Helpful map shows states that passed anti RealID legislation (Orange):
Via: Wired:
The United States’ quest for a national identification database associated with driver’s licenses won’t be finished by year’s end.
The deadline was Dec. 31 for the states to create what would be the largest identification database of its kind under the auspices of the Real ID [...]
