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…
Category: Technology
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…
The West’ Failure of Imagination
“The mastery of modern technology and media are central to the authoritarian resurgence.” Pay attention guys and gals….school is out. For the democracies to triumph in the long battle against Soviet communism enormous commitment was necessary. Both geopolitical and ideological, the struggle called for military investment, patience and resolve. As crucially, this challenge required…
Approaching UAV’s as a CO Skill-Set and not just a Weekend Hobby
The civilian operator has to understand that the future of conflict, regardless if it is domestic or foreign, is going to involve technology on a massive scale. With hybrid warfare now being perfected by both state and non-state actors, the civilian operator/prepper needs to plan on also using a combination of conventional, asymmetrical and…
Going Grey: The TOR Browser
**Authors Note:This is the first in a series of articles that will cover different tradecraft involving staying anonymous and “off the radar” as much as possible. No tricks here..just goo ole’ fashioned common sense combined with a touch of technology here and there.** Since I come to the conclusion there is no such…
This Gun for Hire: 5 Russian Weapons of War for Sale
By Evan Gottesman American arms reach a wide range of customers across the globe. However, there are some countries the United States will not sell weapons to for a variety of political and strategic concerns. For these nations, Russia offers a reliable alternative to U.S. products. Although many Russian arms are of a lower caliber…
Hackers can Disable a Sniper Rifle-or Change it’s Target
Welcome to the 5th Dimension of Warfare gents. We know about Sea, Air, Land and Space, now we get to truly be one of the first Generations to see how War plays out in the 5th Cyber Arena….Scary? You Bet your Ass. But if you take only one thing away from this article, don’t let…
We Are All Big Brother Now
This article presents an interesting question…in a world where connectivity and constant surveillance are a given, where is the line drawn in who is REALLY Big Brother? By exposing the wrongs of police and politicians, video-phone democracy is reinventing freedom. But is this just another form of mob rule? By MICHAEL HIRSH July 23, 2015…