Travel Without Moving - Scratching the Floor

You don't really need a reconnaissance satellite to spot this, it's precisely the type of "sight" you can see for yourself on daily basis -- but he's still moving isn't he? :)

Pocket Anonymity

While the threats posed by improper use of removable media will continue to make headlines, here's a company that's offering the complete all-in-one pocket anonymity solution -- at least that's how they position it. From the article :



"Last month, a company called Stealth Ideas Inc. of Woodland Hills, Calif., came out with its StealthSurfer II ID Protect. The miniature flash drive lets you surf anonymously from any computer using an integrated browser that runs in an encrypted mode. It comes loaded with several tools, including Anonymizer Anonymous Surfing 1.540 (which has IP masking), RoboForm Pass2Go 6.5.9 (a user ID/password management application) and Thunderbird 1.0.7 (for e-mail access). But before you buy, check to see if the company has upgraded its browser, which, according to company officials at the product’s launch, is Firefox 1.5.0.1. US-CERT and others have warned about significant vulnerabilities in certain versions of Firefox (and Thunderbird, for that matter). The version available as of press time, Version 1.5.0.2, addresses those flaws."



Is the Anonymizer behind the idea, or is it a middleman trying to add value to the Anonymizer's existing offer, and harness the brand powers of Firefox and Hushmail all in one? Wise, but the entire idea of anonymity is based on the Anonymizer's service, when anonymity still can be freely achieved to a certain extend. Very portable idea, the thing is there are already free alternatives when it comes to pocket anonymity and that's TorPark: Anonymous browsing on a USB drive, and I think I can live without the enhancements.

Is Bin Laden Lacking a Point?

If I were to name the masters of PSYOPS, that would be terrorists, who without a super power's financial capabilities still manage to achieve the "media echo" effect they seem to be so good at. As you will eventually read in case you haven't though about it before, to me Al Jazeera always seems to be the launching platform given its strategic position in the region, and the rest of the world's media are the disseminators -- anything fresh and terrorism related increases raitings.



Yesterday, I came across to a translated version of Bin Laden's most recent "State of Jihad" speech April 23, 2006, and I feel blaming the "infidels" for whatever goes around the world, or taking anything against Islam personally, is a very weak point. From the article :



"One more time Al Jazeera pomotes an Usama Bin Laden speech. After airing portions of the Bin Laden audiotape al Jazeera posted large fragments of the “speech” on its web site. This was the longest version possible we were able to have access to. After careful reading, my assessment of the “piece” got reinforced: This is not just another audiotape or videotape of a renegade in some cave.


Regardless of who is the speaker and his whereabouts, the 30 minutes long read statement is a declaration, probably as important as the February 1998 declaration of war against America, the Crusaders and their allies. Imagine yourself as an Arab viewer: The speech was repeated endlessly throughout the day. Bin Laden didn't have his 20 minutes of shine, but 24 hours at least. The Bin Laden audiotape wasn't played one or two times but until every word was sinking deep in the minds of the attentive viewers. However the most powerful part of the speech wasn't restricted to its content: Al Jazeera lined up the best of its "experts on Islamist groups" to react instantly to the audiotape and throughout the day, and add "more details and substance."



At the bottom line, religion still remains the opium of the masses and an excuse for not taking care of your own destiny but expecting "someone else" to.

Pass the Scissors

Counterfeiting U.S currency is a profitable business given its stability and actual valuation, and so is money printing! It's just that sometimes there are too much legally printed money as well, and the Fed is raising the interest rates for the sixteenth time during the last two years -- which doesn't stop it from making a buck in between.


Did you know you could get Uncut Currency sheets "of fresh crisp new $1.00, $2.00, $5.00, $10.00 and $20.00 greenbacks right off the press will delight someone special in your life. They make an especially unique gift for that "hard-to-buy-for" person."


While I always joke that availability stands for temptation, that's a "process utilization" worth envying, but too much money available isn't always a good thing.

Snooping on Historical Click Streams

In a previous post "The Feds, Google, MSN's reaction, and how you got "bigbrothered"? I gave practical advices on how can easily do your homework on the popularity of certain search terms and sites, without the need of issuing a subpoena. The other day, AlltheWeb (Yahoo!) introduced their Livesearch feature, seems nice, still it basically clusters possible opportunities. Now the interesting part, on the next day Google launched Google Trends which is :



"builds on the idea behind the Google Zeitgeist, allowing you to sort through several years of Google search queries from around the world to get a general idea of everything from user preferences on ice-cream flavors to the relative popularity of politicians in their respective cities or countries."

This is what I've been waiting for quite some time, and you can easily make very good judgements on key topics based on regions, languages, even cities -- marketers get yourself down to business!



Antivirus, Malware, Spyware, NSA, Censorship, Privacy



What's next, the rise of MyWare and its integration on the Web? Give a try to Yahoo!'s Buzz, and PacketStormSecurity's instant StormWatch as well.