Ok. I am going to assume that you really do care about the truth. (Yes, I know the concept of assume- but if you don’t care about the truth, the only ass is you. Not me.)
Continue reading Hacker’s Heaven?
We have a president who simply cares for himself. No one else. He demands loyalty and provides none. (Look at his cabinet switches or how he treats his personal fixer.)
Continue reading It’s YOUR Turn!
Geez. You’d think with all this Russia hacking talk going on, our government would be doing some preventing. And, I’m not just talking about protecting our voting machinery.
Continue reading Must we emulate the ostrich?
No matter what Donald Trump says, sentient beings recognize the fact that Russia had a field day with the Democratic Party apparatus. (The Russians probably attacked the Republican Party, too- but they kept that data for their own internal use.) And, those same sentient beings also recognize that this was the primary Democratic party sites (and certainly John Podesta’s eMail)- they didn’t seem to hack Hilary Clinton’s private server.
Continue reading Woops, there goes another kilowatt dam…
Every day we hear how our electronic safety is non-existent. Our eMails are hacked. Yahoo “checks” your eMail on behalf of the US government. Our electric grid is attacked and shut down (thankfully, only in a narrow geographical region and not nationwide- yet!).
I went to a computer meeting not too long ago. Where the attendees were some 250 computer specialists. And, I was amazed at what happened there.
Continue reading The Cost of Free…
I’ve talked how clerks, nurses, and doctors at various clinics and hospitals have been clueless. They click on every eMail, opening up zip files, Word documents, even PDF (portable document files) that are laden with malware, ransomware, and viri.
We talked about dams, water systems, electricity, and factories. (Check out the previous two posts here– or just search for cyber in the index on the right.)
So, last Friday, I gave you a hint of the kind of warfare our infrastructure is enduring. Not well, mind you. Which means we are at risk. At risk of being flooded out of our homes, left in the dark, having our factories shut down, or traveling our roads confounded with lights that are arranged for congestion or collisions.
Most of you know that the IRS has had its budget slashed by Congress. The goal (of the majority party) was to make it really hard for the IRS to collect the special taxes one might owe for failure to have health insurance and to punish it for various perceived ills. Because, after all, every dollar provided to the IRS only provides some $ 11 in return. (There’s no other agency that has such a return on investment for the US.)
Continue reading Tonight starts income tax season…And, do I have some surprises for you!
