Author: Joe from MassPrivateI

Computer World – by Lucian Constantin

In a perfect example of how public wireless networks can be dangerous for privacy and security, an Israeli hacker showed that he could have taken over the free Wi-Fi network of an entire city.

On his way home from work one day, Amihai Neiderman, the head of research at Israeli cybersecurity firm Equus Technologies, spotted a wireless hotspot that he hadn’t seen before. What made it unusual was that it was in an area with no buildings.   Continue reading “Hacker shows how easy it is to take over a city’s public Wi-Fi network”

Ars Technica – by Cyrus Farivar

As Ars has reported, federal investigators temporarily seized a Tor-hidden site known as Playpen in 2015 and operated it for 13 days before shutting it down. The agency then used a “network investigative technique” (NIT) as a way to ensnare site users.

However, according to newly unsealed documents recently obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union, the FBI not only temporarily took over one Tor-hidden child pornography website in order to investigate it, the organization was in fact authorized to run a total of 23 other such websites.   Continue reading “FBI operated 23 Tor-hidden child porn sites, deployed malware from them”

Vermont Watchdog – by Emma Lamberton

WATERBURY, Vt. — Vermont gun retailer Henry Parro is under fire from an unexpected source — his own insurer.

On Oct. 11, Philadelphia Insurance Companies informed Parro that his 34-year-old gun store in Waterbury was about to lose its insurance policy.

The reason the insurer gave, however, should concern gun shop owners everywhere.   Continue reading “Insurer dropping some insurance coverage for gun shops”

Lew Rockwell – by Graham Reinders

For those fighting and dying there – only Death is real. For the American people, Middle East Terrorism is a total fabrication.

A standard definition of War is that it is “a conflict carried on by force of arms”

We all know the old face of war in the classical days, where two sides in different coloured uniforms lined up and charged at each other until the sun set. Whoever had the most soldiers standing at the end of the day was the winner and they took over the territory of the losers. It was all about territory and redrawing borders.   Continue reading “America’s Wars in The Middle East Are Not ‘Wars on Terror,’ They Are Conventional Wars of Aggression”

Dallas News

Enrique Zamarripa, father of Dallas police Officer Patrick Zamarripa, on Monday filed a 43-page lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Texas.

In the suit, he blames the national organization and 13 other defendants, including the Nation of Islam, Reverend Al Sharpton, the New Black Panthers Party and Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson in the deadly ambush.    Continue reading “Father of officer slain in Dallas ambush sues Black Lives Matter”

MassPrivateI

DHS’s “Countering Violent Extremism” (CVE) task force is all about promoting American ideals or American propaganda as page 3 of  DHS’s “Strategic Implementation Plan for Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the U.S.” states.

The CVE task force is about to embark on a national extremist program that will make the McCarthy era, pale in comparison. Nearly, every governmental agency is preparing to convince American families and communities that violent extremists are everywhere.   Continue reading “Police to use parents, family friends, teachers and faith leaders to identify extremists”

Anti-Media – by Shaun Bradley

Mandatory vaccinations are about to open up a new frontier for government control. Through the war on drugs, bureaucrats arbitrarily dictate what people can and can’t put into their bodies, but that violation pales in comparison to forcibly medicating millions against their will. Voluntary and informed consent are essential in securing individual rights, and without it, self-ownership will never be respected.   Continue reading “The Rise of Mandatory Vaccinations Means the End of Medical Freedom”

My SA – by Josh Baugh

An officer from the San Antonio Police Department has been fired for allegedly attempting to feed a fecal sandwich to a homeless person, several sources have confirmed.

The City Council was briefed on the matter during a private session Thursday, sources said. The officer reportedly placed fecal matter between two pieces of bread and gave it to a homeless person.   Continue reading “Sources: SA cop fired for feeding fecal sandwich to homeless person”

MassPrivateI

An Alabama Appeals court ruling, let’s police hold onto a motorist’s ID and ‘ask’ them to sit in a police vehicle.

“Defendant was not “seized” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment at any time before giving his consent to search the vehicle. Despite the trooper’s retention of his driver’s license, the officer’s request to have him sit in the front seat of the patrol car, and his questioning of defendant about his travel plans in the patrol car, a reasonable person in defendant’s position would have felt free to refuse the officer’s requests or otherwise terminate the encounter with the officer.”   Continue reading “Latest police scare tactic: Take drivers ID’s and ‘ask’ them to sit in a police vehicle”

Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger

Last Friday, I published a post titled, John Podesta’s Sister-in-Law Lobbied For Raytheon While Hillary Was Secretary of State, which understandably got totally buried in the madness surrounding the latest FBI news. Here’s the first paragraph of that post:   Continue reading “‘Chairman Cash’ – John Podesta is Paid $7,000 a Month by Foundation Run by Banker With Ties to Financial Crisis”

Fresno Bee – by Jim Guy and Rory Appleton

A bullet fired accidentally from a colleague’s gun fatally struck in the chest a sergeant with 20 years in law enforcement, an emotional Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said Tuesday.

Mims identified the sergeant, who died shortly after the incident, as Rod Lucas, 46, a husband and a father of four.   Continue reading “In tragic accident, deputy fatally struck by bullet from colleague’s gun, sheriff says”

MassPrivateI

Soon, cops across America will be wearing body cameras equipped with facial recognition software.

Watchguard Video (WGV) claims their new “Redactive” software will enable law enforcement to identify anyone. (WGV is really, Enforcement Video LLC)

Redactive quickly scans the entire video clip first, automatically recognizing faces, so the user [officer] spends much less time manually performing the task.   Continue reading “Police across the country are being equipped with ‘Christian’ facial recognition cameras”

KRON 4

LAFAYETTE (KRON)—A police department in the East Bay is looking for a new home.

It is getting the boot from a space it has leased for the past 25 years

The owner of the Desco Plaza says he will not renew the lease for the Lafayette Police Department because there is no room for all the police cruisers.   Continue reading “Lafayette Police Department is facing eviction”

Oregon Live

Juror 4 vigorously defends the across-the-board acquittals of Ammon Bundy and his six co-defendants, calling the rulings a “statement” about the prosecution’s failure to prove the fundamental elements of a conspiracy charge.

The full-time Marylhurst University business administration student was the juror who had sent a note to the judge on the fourth day of the initial jury’s deliberations in the case, questioning the impartiality of a fellow juror, No. 11, who the judge bounced from the jury a day later.   Continue reading “Juror 4: Oregon standoff prosecutors failed to prove ‘intent’ to impede federal workers”