Shrink the State. End the Fed. Balance the budget. Make a profit. Leave an inheritance.
Gary North
“I’ll be seeing you in all the old, familiar places.” There is a scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise enters a shopping mall, and there are ads welcoming him. They invite him to buy something. Everyone entering that mall is greeted. It’s here. Stores are now installing cameras in billboards that recognize us, then [...]
Continue reading →If you store your emails for over 180 days, the FBI says it can legally monitor them without a warrant. It took a Freedom of Information Act inquiry to find this out. This defies a ruling made in 2010 by a federal appeals court. An FBI “Operations Guide” makes exemptions for any email that stored [...]
Continue reading →In an exchange between CNN’s Erin Burnett and a man introduced as a former counter-terrorist of the FBI, the man admitted that the government has access to all of our digital communications. This came up during a discussion of the government’s monitoring of phone calls between the accused Boston terrorist and his wife after his [...]
Continue reading →An Oregon company says that it has developed a new technology which will prevent drones from “completing their mission.” It will not say how this technology does this. It does not say what it will cost. But it claims that commercial units will be affordable for private homes. The company has applied for a patent. [...]
Continue reading →Kim Dotcom really is his name these days. He had it legally changed. The federal government shut down his enormously profitable file-sharing business in 2011. It won’t shut down his latest version of file-sharing. His new company, Mega, offers 100% encryption. His company can’t crack it. The U.S. government can’t crack it — not at [...]
Continue reading →This is some camera!
Continue reading →So, you thought your salary was between you and your employer. Silly you. Your employer probably sells this information to Equifax. Equifax then sells it to anyone who wants to know: bill collectors, a firm that may make you an offer, or even me. I don’t care what you make. But what if I did? [...]
Continue reading →Here is a list. It was provided by a firm that specializes in privacy. password, qwerty, 123456, abc123, admin, 111111, shadow, letmein, trustno1, iloveyou, love, football, baseball, monkey, master, batman and common names like michael, jordan, even jennifer. I don’t use any of them. I recommend using a phrase. Take the first letters of each [...]
Continue reading →This trail is permanent. It can be monitored by the federal government. Most people don’t care. Some people will care. There are ways around this trail — secure pathways — but most people do not know this. Paul Rosenberg shows people how to use these trails. Here is his summary of what you face. Since [...]
Continue reading →So, you think your password provides you with privacy. It doesn’t. At some price, a hacker can get at your secrets. So what? The key words are “at some price.” How much is some hacker willing to spend to hack you? Why? Some people need protection. But life is short. Why would anyone with the [...]
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