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Crime Awareness: IRS Scammers

Posted on 1 March 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

“This is the IRS. Call us back immediately to avoid an arrest warrant being issued.” Last week, one of our officers responded to a fraud complaint involving an unknown con artist who scammed a victim out of $15,000. It all began with a simple voicemail message, “This is the IRS. Call us back immediately to…

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Why You Should More Afraid of Apple than the Feds

Posted on 1 March 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

I know I suggest this book alot, but you need to read Future Crimes by Marc Goodman. It will absolutely open your eyes to how companies like Apple, Microsoft and the thousands of other Data Brokers out there COLLECT your personal, private information and then treat it as a valuable commodity to be bought and…

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Why You Should Side With Apple and Not the FBI in the San Bernardino I-Phone Case

Posted on 25 February 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

I have the utmost respect for Bruce. The man knows his stuff and is the final word in topics of this sort. -SF By Bruce Schneier Earlier this week, a federal magistrate ordered Apple to assist the FBI in hacking into the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. Apple will fight this order…

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A Bite of the Apple: Privacy Versus National Security

Posted on 21 February 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

  There is an interesting conundrum in the works between the FBI and Apple. But interestingly enough, while several other companies (Like Google) have come out in support, the public sector is not raising the same cry as they should. Perhaps they don’t understand the issue. When the smart phone hit the scene, it took the world…

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Matthew Bracken Talks SHTF and Dirty Civil War

Posted on 20 February 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

MATTHEW BRACKEN is a former Navy SEAL (BUD/S Class 105), a Constitutionalist, and a self-described “freedomista”.  This interview was first published in the Fall 2014 issue of Forward Observer. You might think that the most courageous thing Matt Bracken’s ever done is taking a SEAL team to Beirut, Lebanon in 1983, the same year of…

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Seven Ways Crowd-Sourcing is Changing Society

Posted on 19 February 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

I highly Recommend everybody read the book Future Crimes by Marc Goodman to get an in-depth look at how deep this cyber rabbit hole really goes. And really read those “Service Agreements” and “Privacy Statements” before you download that next free app!-SF The term was coined in 2005 when businesses began attempting to gather data…

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Apple’s FBI Battle is Complicated, Here is What is Really Going On

Posted on 19 February 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

  THE NEWS THIS week that a magistrate ordered Apple to help the FBI hack an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooter suspects has polarized the nation—and also generated some misinformation. Those who support the government say Apple has cooperated in the past to unlock dozens of phones in other cases—so why…

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The Espionage Economy

Posted on 7 February 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

U.S. firms are making billions selling spyware to dictators. By James Bamford Ricardo Martinelli resides in a condo at the Atlantis, a luxury high-rise on Florida’s Biscayne Bay made famous by the TV series Miami Vice. A hefty, white-haired billionaire, Martinelli, 63, was viewed just a few years ago as one of Latin America’s most…

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Security Firm Warns of NEW Chinese Cyber Attacks

Posted on 4 February 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

China is stepping up their game and timeline for War. -SF China’s cyber attacks against U.S. government and private sector databases are part of a major intelligence-gathering operation and are likely to continue, according to a new report by a cyber security firm. Chinese hackers stole health care data pertaining to some 80 million Americans…

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Dutch Police Teaching Eagles to Capture Renegade Drones

Posted on 2 February 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

Notice they use the words “renegade” and “law-breaking” in reference to the “types” of drones targeted. One can assume with laws in America becoming more and more restrictive concerning drones, we may be seeing trained Eagles in the skies in the U.S very soon. -SF As quadcopters and other remote controlled flying devices becomes more…

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