Introducing TxTenna: Decentralizing The Last Mile In Bitcoin
"We are enabling an alternative physical communication layer for bitcoin. The result will be a more resilient, censorship-resistant and decentralized network."
Tech firms let Russia analyze software widely used by U.S. government
"In order to sell in the Russian market, the tech companies let a Russian defense agency scour the inner workings, or source code, of some of their products. Russian authorities say the reviews are necessary to detect flaws that could be exploited by hackers. But those same products protect some of the most sensitive areas of the U.S government, including the Pentagon, NASA, the State Department, the FBI and the intelligence community, against hacking by sophisticated cyber adversaries like Russia."
465,000 patients have implanted pacemakers with critical security vulnerability
"Pacemakers from Abbott Laboratories contain critical flaws that allow hijackers within radio range to seize control while the pacemakers are running. The update will require patients to visit a clinic where doctors will put the pacemakers in backup mode while the firmware is being patched. The Abbott letter said that, for certain patients, the update should be performed 'in a facility where temporary pacing and pacemaker generator change are readily available, due to the very small estimated risk of firmware update malfunction.'"
US Gov. Software Creates ‘Fake People’ on Social Networks to Promote Propaganda
This is not the sort of thing that you expect to see in a "free society" Continue reading →
Self Organization Slime Molds and the Liberty Movement
I have been studying slime molds, the structure of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) , Chaos Theory, open source software and the structure of the world wide web itself trying to grasp the nature of the phenomenon demonstrated by the Ron Paul inspired movement. I found that the common elements of it exist universally and the principles create many of the most durable organizations. The concept is new to me but this "emergent intelligence" is as old as it gets. From single celled independent organisms to great networks of people worldwide, a common theme appears. I may have stumbled upon the term to describe the quality that makes the aesthetically unappealing example of the slime mold uniquely successful. Chaordic