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Come See Me On a Panel Discussion with William Binney and Todd Pierce at A Geek With Guns
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A Geek With Guns. Discount security adviser to the proles. Come See Me On a Panel Discussion with William Binney and Todd Pierce. I will be participating in a panel discussion with National Security Agency (NSA) whistle blower William Binney. And retired Judge Advocate General (JAG) Todd Pierce. Will be held at the Bent Creek Golf Club in Eden Prairie. It’s scheduled to start at 19:00 and end at 20:30. There is no admission fee but drinks are going to cost you. Written by Christopher Burg. The War on Guns.
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State Solutions Versus Market Solutions at A Geek With Guns
https://blog.christopherburg.com/2015/05/20/state-solutions-versus-market-solutions
A Geek With Guns. Discount security adviser to the proles. State Solutions Versus Market Solutions. Xcel Energy says it has approval from federal regulators to use drones to inspect more than 320,000 miles of electric and natural gas infrastructure. The Federal Aviation Administration says Xcel can use the small unmanned aircraft systems to visually inspect electric transmission and distribution lines, power plants, renewable energy facilities, substations and pipelines. Written by Christopher Burg.
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Nothing to See Here at A Geek With Guns
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A Geek With Guns. Discount security adviser to the proles. Nothing to See Here. Arrived last night so I was playing with that instead of blogging. Admittedly it’s expensive but holy hell is it a wonderful reading device. The screen is really nice (at least compared to my first generation touch screen Kindle) and the back light doesn’t interfere with the e-paper legibility. Did I mention the return of the page flip buttons? Hint: it’s almost all science fiction and history). Written by Christopher Burg.
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News You Need to Know at A Geek With Guns
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A Geek With Guns. Discount security adviser to the proles. Archive for the ‘News You Need to Know’ Category. Justice Department Announced It Will Keep All Federal Slave Laborers. The Justice Department plans to end its use of private prisons after officials concluded the facilities are both less safe and less effective at providing correctional services than those run by the government. Since this announcement private prison stocks have fallen pretty hard. So this change doesn’t affect many prisone...
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Another Vulnerability Caused by State Meddling at A Geek With Guns
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A Geek With Guns. Discount security adviser to the proles. Another Vulnerability Caused by State Meddling. In March a security vulnerability, given the fancy marketing name FREAK, was discovered. Tens of thousands of HTTPS-protected websites, mail servers, and other widely used Internet services are vulnerable to a new attack that lets eavesdroppers read and modify data passing through encrypted connections, a team of computer scientists has found. Whenever the government wishes the involve itself in som...
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Events at A Geek With Guns
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A Geek With Guns. Discount security adviser to the proles. Archive for the ‘Events’ Category. I’m happy to announced that AgoraFest. Will be happening for the fourth straight year in a row. It’ll be at the same place, Villa Maria, during the same weekend, September 22nd through the 25th. Written by Christopher Burg. January 19th, 2016 at 10:30 am. That explains what makes the event unique. Written by Christopher Burg. September 30th, 2015 at 11:00 am. AgoraFest’s Mesh Network. AgoraFest happens at Villa ...
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Today’s Browser Vulnerability is Brought to You By the State and the Letters F, R, E, A, and K at A Geek With Guns
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A Geek With Guns. Discount security adviser to the proles. Today’s Browser Vulnerability is Brought to You By the State and the Letters F, R, E, A, and K. People often mock libertarians by claiming they blame everything on the state. But the recently revealed Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys (FREAK) that leaves Android and Apple users vulnerable was actually the fault of the state. How so? Because of its futile attempts in the 1990s to control the export of strong encryption technology. Bruce Schneier...
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Why Political Activism Won’t Stop Mass Surveillance at A Geek With Guns
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A Geek With Guns. Discount security adviser to the proles. Why Political Activism Won’t Stop Mass Surveillance. After only one hour of floor. Debate, and no allowed amendments. The House of Representatives today passed legislation that seeks to address the NSA’s controversial surveillance of American communications. However, opponents believe it may give brand new authorization to the U.S. government to conduct domestic dragnets. Posted to Facebook ahead of the vote, Rep. Amash said the legislation f...
