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The US ballistic missile system is a cybersecurity nightmare

December 18, 2018 by Paul Spoerry Leave a Comment

In the report (PDF) published in April and unearthed by ZDNet, the Inspector General detailed the flaws it found in five random locations where the Missile Defense Agency installed ballistic missiles as part of the program. One of the most common issues it came across was lax enforcement when it comes to multi-factor authentication.

Apparently, many users/employees who have access to the BMDS’ network in three of the five locations haven’t even switched on multi-factor. Instead, they continue to use only their access cards and passwords for entry. And that’s probably not secure enough, since, you know, the system was designed to launch ballistic missiles in order to intercept enemy nuclear rockets and defend US territories.

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The auditors also found that three of the five missile locations didn’t apply patches for vulnerabilities discovered years and years ago, even as far back as 1990.

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Signal makes it clear it cannot allow government access to users’ chats

December 14, 2018 by Paul Spoerry Leave a Comment

Last week, the Australian government passed the country’s controversial Access and Assistance Bill 2018 into law, legislation that allows government agencies to demand access to encrypted communications. Companies that don’t comply with the new law could face fines of up to AU$10 million ($7.3 million). A number of companies that stand to be affected have spoken out about the legislation, and Signal has now joined in, explaining that it won’t be able to fulfill such requests if asked.

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“By design, Signal does not have a record of your contacts, social graph, conversation list, location, user avatar, user profile name, group memberships, group titles or group avatars,” Signal’s Joshua Lund wrote in a blog post. “The end-to-end encrypted contents of every message and voice/video call are protected by keys that are entirely inaccessible to us.” Lund added that Signal is open source, meaning anyone can “verify or examine the code for each release.” “People often use Signal to share secrets with their friends, but we can’t hide secrets in our software,” he wrote. “We can’t include a backdoor in Signal.”

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Smart dress shows women groped 157 times in under 4 hours

December 13, 2018 by Paul Spoerry Leave a Comment

Ladies… I’m so sorry. This is such a gross part of being a man and something societally, by which I mean we men, need to address and stop. 

  • Schweppes commissioned research into how often women are touched by strangers
  • A sensor-equipped dress designed by Ogilvy captured the party experience of three women
  • The experiment confirms for men what women have known all along

Women get groped A LOT and that’s not at all OK in any way. To be fair, this research was done in a night club where I would assume that number tilt more in favor of groping. At least I would hope that is the case. As a man… holy crap, while I know it happens I hope it’s not as bad in regular life. A nightclub would be more alcohol infused, etc. is all I’m saying… not that a woman wouldn’t run into similar behavior outside of a club. 

The purpose of The Dress for Respect project was to raise awareness of just how pervasive unwanted touching of women is… and judging by this it’s pretty pervasive even if you take into account the location where the test was done (which of course isn’t an excuse in any way… consent means CONSENT). 

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Evolution of Food in Space: From Bland Puree to Almost Like on Earth

March 15, 2016 by Paul Spoerry Leave a Comment


To successfully complete their missions, astronauts need to be emotionally and psychologically stable to withstand weightlessness, isolation and other challenges of long space flights. And as surprising as it may seem, NASA’s crew commander Angelo Vermeulen claims that food is absolutely crucial to the psychology of the crew.

The following infographic will take you on a journey through the evolution of food in space, show you the challenges of eating in zero gravity, educate you on space food preparation processes and explain why food is such an important factor in keeping the astronauts sane. Check out this infographic via labley to find out more.

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Powerocks Magicstick Review

December 2, 2013 by Paul Spoerry Leave a Comment


powerocks magicstick portable-chargersI was recently in the market for a portable USB charger / battery extender and guess what?! Powerocks contacted me about reviewing their Magicstick Universal Extended Battery. Ahhhh I love it when fortune smiles on me. Read more to find out how it worked out….

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