They say “Clothes make the man”…what happens when “Clothes reveal everything about the man?” The Emergence of RFID Microchips in Clothing (Part 1) Imagine walking into a store you have never previously visited and a clerk walks up to you and asks, “How are those size 36 Dockers pants working out for you? Would you…
Category: Technology
Mr. Robot’s Black Hat Bag of Tricks
Note: For all you Mr. Robot fans like myself who were looking forward to tonight’s Season Finale, bad news: 1 Update on 8/26/2015 at 5:01 p.m. ET: The season finale of Mr. Robot was scheduled to air tonight at 10 p.m. ET, but USA Networks announced just before 5 p.m. that it was holding the…
Acoustic Kitty: More Weird Cold War Spy-Gear
By Luis A. Mercado Ever wished you could talk to animals to find out what they know? Well, so did the CIA. During the Cold War, when espionage was the stage for many of the ways the U.S. and the Soviets tried to one-up each other, the latest project of choice was, “Acoustic Kitty”. “Acoustic…
Defeating Drone Surveillance (Part 3)
This is third installment of Drones and the CO. If you missed them or just want to review, here are the FIRST and SECOND installments. There is no doubt that the U.S. is fast becoming a “Surveillance State” similar to the ‘Islamic Bastion of Great Britain’, where there is currently one CCTV camera for every 11…
Guerilla “Drone-Craft” (Part 2)
This is the second installment about Drones and the CO. The first one can be read HERE. By Hammerhead As Drone (UAV) Technology grows, so will the expanding creativity in how to exploit it. Add to this the growing concern and at times, outright resentment, of how the Military and Local, State and Federal Law…
Rape Prevention: Understanding Personal Location Data on “Dating” Apps
Whether you are a female CO or have one in your life that you care about, this is very important information..the Predators out there are getting smarter and using cyber tools more and more to track, stalk and eventually rape or murder young women all over this nation. Knowledge is Power, let’s start using it….
I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watching Me…
Your Watch is Watching you. Who is Watching Your Watch? Not Worried About the Internet of Things? Well You Just Became a Part of It. As more and more “things” that you interact with every day become hooked into the internet, you leave a permanent trail of digital exhaust that enables hackers and government agencies…
The “Batteriser”: Essential Prepper Gear
Batteriser is a $2.50 gadget that extends disposable battery life by 800 percent by Jon Phillips | Bob Roohparvar tells a killer story of industrial espionage. He says the robbery occurred last October at his Batteroo office space in a sprawling Silicon Valley office park. The target was intellectual property surrounding Batteriser, a simple metal sleeve…
Emergence of License Plate Readers
Are you still naive enough to think it’s nobody’s business where you’ve been??? Big Brother begs to differ! Suppose someone were to follow you around in your car 24 hours a day and record where you were, who you were with, where you parked and how long you were there. Then suppose this person put…
Russians Hacked Joint Chiefs of Staff
Investigators say they believe the same Russian hackers that carried out attacks on the White House and State Department last year and the attempted penetration of the Pentagon last month were responsible for a major cyberattack that shut down the Joint Chiefs of Staff email for the past 11 days, The Daily Beast has…