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Sin of Secrets

Secrecy is sin. If you have to hide something, you are surely doing something evil. I happen to know first hand: The vast majority of government secrecy is covering up crime. Particularly military secrecy, it’s almost never denying the enemy … Continue reading

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Net Gain of Freedom

Now here’s an idea: Autonet. This, along with a few similar projects around the Net these days, is past due, in my estimation. While the weakest link is probably coming up with autonomous access to the wider global network, I … Continue reading

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Municipal Computer Virus: No Surprise

Lots of places to find the details, but this one will do: Computer Virus Hits Houston Municipal Courts. Are we surprised? Not if we know anything at all about computers. And governments. Consider how bureaucracies attract, and hold, the least … Continue reading

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CompSec: Another Doomsday Virus

I’m not a mindless fanboy. There are things about Linux which fail. Just now, as I was doing some research on this post, I ran into a website which caused a race condition on my Lenny box. I had to … Continue reading

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Open Virtues

One of the most damning accusations against anything today which involves three or more people is secrecy. We on the outside of any thing are suspicious of what is hidden, and rightly so. The primary reason for hiding things is … Continue reading

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Twighlight of Civilization

I suppose the name of Julie Amero won’t be long or widely remembered. A substitute school teacher in some insignificant school district, she was victim of unsecured computers. The monitor on the system in her classroom assignment for the day … Continue reading

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