Tag: technology
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The Last Operating System
Modern computers are undoubtedly faster, prettier and immeasurably more capable, yet I sometimes wonder how much we’ve really moved on. We still spend an astonishing amount of time acting as the switchboard operator ourselves. We open browsers to reach websites. Launch email clients to communicate. Search through folders to find our own documents. Dig through…
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Terrorist Tactics and Blackberry Battles
Very interesting piece looking at how slow intelligence agencies can be at adapting to new and emerging technologies. Here they highlight how the LeT terrorists, which undertook the Mumbai attacks in 2008, built a global battlefield communication system from a few mobile phones and some commercial software. Yet the knee-jerk reaction of simply demanding access…
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UK is now spelt C-H-I-N-A
The UK government is moving in leaps and bounds to becoming the most repressive state in Europe. Already they have the most comprehensive DNA database of citizens in the world (it has taken an EU court ruling to restrict the holding of innocent citizens DNA to 6 years) now they will be monitoring and storing…
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