My Facebook is Deleted. Twitter is Next. Here's Why.

Yesterday I made an announcement on my personal Twitter account and my personal Facebook page that I had made the decision to get rid of my personal social networking accounts. The only two I really use are Facebook and Twitter. I have a Google+ account but I never use it. This somewhat drastic change prompted my own mom to call me up, obviously concerned. In our modern society social networking is the new normal. Not using it is strange. The thing about these social network sites though is that the CIA, KGB and the multitude of other three letter agencies around the globe would have killed for something like Facebook back in the 60's, 70's and 80's. It basically does all the work for them when it comes to surveillance. They get a daily...

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Former NSA Agents Say That The Government is Spying on All Americans

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) You probably don't hear this stuff a lot on the news because corporate media is in the pockets of the politicians. You see the Republicans only in a positive light on Fox News, and you see the Democrats in a positive light on every other media stream. It's all bull shit! You may hear stray bits and pieces of Americans losing their rights on places like Twitter or Facebook because average people will spread that word. You won't hear about it in the main-stream media because it might damage the image of their candidate. It's a shame really because word of mouth doesn't travel as fast as the airwaves. Not to mention the fact that the media is too busy reporting on useless crap like an international bacon shortage...

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Not Only is The Government Watching You With NGI, They Will Also Be Listening.

(Photo credit: Wikipedia) I'm telling you, developments in the loss of our rights and privacy with this government keeps getting better and better. I mean that facetiously of course. How can the loss of our liberties be even the slightest bit funny? Still though, many Americans have not woken up to the fact that the country we were given by our forefathers is slipping right through our fingers, and they are doing nothing about it. I reported a little while back about the FBI's nationwide facial recognition system called Next generation Identification (NGI) that is almost fully armed and operational. I did not tell you about their latest big brother project which is a nationwide voice database. Yep, they will be listening and identifying...

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Police State: New Jersey Bans Smiling in Driver License Photos

 (Photo credit: neilfein) A few days ago we reported on the FBI's new nationwide facial recognition system that is over 60% complete. It is basically a science fiction type sytem that is being made into reality. Basically a new system for "Big Brother" to keep an eye on US Citizens. It's just another cog in the police state we are all now living in. Falling nicely into line, New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commision has implemented a new rule for people getting their drivers licenses. Now you can no longer smile when getting your driver's license photo taken. This is because smiling interferes with new facial recognition software. From ABC News: The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission has cracked down on drivers smiling in their driver’s...

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9/11 Explosive Evidence

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I know that I have been doing a lot of political writing lately. The reason I have been though is because I am really upset with our government's power grabs, and the fact that we are slowly losing our rights in this country. The latest act that has chapped my hide is the news that President Obama is going to bypass congress by signing a Cyber Security Executive Order that will essentially turn private companies into spys against US Citizens. If you couple that with indefinite detention of US Citizens under NDAA, well then you have a Gestapo like environment brewing. All someone from the government will have to do is simply accuse you of conducting terrorist activity, which may only be a simple act of harmless...

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Do You Really Know What is Going On? [Infographic]

Every single day, especially during election time you see posts by your friends on Facebook with links to various news articles on this candidate or that candidate. This one sucks and has ruined the economy, that one only likes rich people. Whatever, you get the point. I am guilty of it too. The problem is, do we really know what we're talking about?  I mean we all just regurgitate everything we see on the news, or read in our papers. We only know what they want us to know. We only think the way we do because they control the information. The troubling thing though is only six major corporations control everything. Check out this infographic: We have to ask ourselves when we hear something in the news, is this really true? We need...

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Obama's CISPA Bypass Executive Order Doesn't Address Privacy Concerns.

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Hopefully by now you have read, or heard about Obama's latest attempt at grabbing even more power for the federal government by bypassing the stalled CISPA bill in congress and signing his own CISPA like executive order. I even wrote about it here: (Obama Bypass CISPA) Well I hate to tell you, but it doesn't get any better. You know how everyone hated CISPA because it didn't offer any protection for your privacy as an American? Well, neither does Obama's latest dictator-like act. According to RT: A copy of the cybersecurity executive order currently being written by the Obama administration has been leaked to the Web, and the contents do little to calm the fears of those who suspected their privacy concerns...

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How To Fully Encrypt Your Dual Boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 Hard Drive

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I am a huge proponent of full hard drive encryption. There are lots of stories in the news of major security breaches caused by lost or stolen laptops. Breaches that could have been avoided if the hard drives on those laptops were protected with encryption. My problem has always been that I like to dual boot my laptop with Windows and Ubuntu Linux. The problem with most full hard drive encryption programs like Truecrypt or Compusec is they don't support encrypting drives with both Windows and Linux on it. The same goes for the standard full hard drive encryption you get with Linux, widely known as LUKS. Therefore, in order to make your dual boot setup secure you need to do a workaround. Here is what you...

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Hiding Your SSID Will Only Give You A False Sense Of Security

 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As a military veteran I bank at one of the greatest banks in the United States, USAA. It is a company that offers many different services to active duty, and former active duty military personel and their families. They have no bank fees, and they have excellent customer service. If you are in the military, or were in the military you really should check them out. Anyhoo, enough of my endorsement and on with the topic of this post. My wife and I received the USAA Magazine recently that they send out to members and my wife happened upon an article they wrote about former FBI Cybercrimes Assistant Director, Gordon Snow, and his tips on network security. I have to say that 99% of his advice was...

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