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#Iran Just look at this shit. EU sanctioning 19 Iranian officials over human rights violations yesterday. No sanctions on US or Israeli officials of course.
Frédéric JacobsYet another example of why centralized wiretap systems are a risk to national security.
U.S. investigators believe hackers affiliated with the Chinese government are responsible for a cyber intrusion on an internal Federal Bureau of Investigation computer network that holds information related to some domestic surveillance orders
"We're beating ploughshares into swords for this tired old man which we've elected king." - Don Henley, The End of the Innocence, 1989
Michael W Lucas 
Inspired by a discussion elsewhere:
I've been on the Internet since 1987, started a career building the commercial Internet in 1995, and have spent the last 25 years writing books about how to build foundational Internet infrastructure. I've consulted for and worked with any number of dot-coms, and the one lesson I've gotten over and over again?
The Internet's business model is betrayal.
We have no smart lights. No voice assistants. No Alexa or Siri. No video doorbell. Our thermostat and appliances constantly complain about their lack of Internet. None of this stuff is safe.
The Internet tech I do use? A desktop PC. Email on my phone is for travel only: airplane tickets, hotel reservations, hockey and concert tix. Location on my phone? Nope, we use a dedicated non-networked GPS in the car. The microphones are off.
How can a light bulb betray me? I don't know. I do know that the vendors have put a LOT of thought into it, though, and I can't out-think all of them.
Zack WhittakerProsecutors have confirmed for the first time that Peter Williams, the former boss of L3Harris' Trenchant unit (which makes hacking and surveillance tools for the U.S. govermment and its allies), sold the company's exploits to a Russian broker that were capable of accessing "millions of computers and devices" around the world.
Williams, who pleaded guilty, is expected to be sentenced in the next two weeks.
DOJ says Trenchant boss sold exploits to Russian broker capable of accessing 'millions of computers and devices' | TechCrunch
The former boss of the L3Harris-owned hacking and surveillance tools maker Trenchant faces nine years in prison for selling several exploits to a Russian broker, which counts the Russian government among its customers.
Randahl FinkDeeply troubling:
Pentagon is readying 1500 troops of The 11th Airborne Division. American press believes they are preparing to go into Minneapolis.
Trump denies this, and I wonder if there is something even more dangerous afoot.
The 11th Airborne is the so-called Arctic Angels of Alaska — the best troops for attacking very cold regions — EXACTLY the troops you would need for an attack on Greenland.
Article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/18/trump-minnesota-insurrection-act/
11th Airborne on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Airborne_Division?wprov=sfti1#
It's time for Europe to get more serious about threats against Greenland. For my part, I'm boycotting American products, services, and establishments.
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Why do so many companies embrace "pixel perfect?" In my experience on React Native, coding things to match a design exactly is problematic for responsiveness and accessibility. I was fixing bugs related to dynamic font sizing on an app because some screens had been coded to match the design. Once you start changing the device font settings, though, the entire layout breaks. Just curious if anyone out there thinks there's a case to be made for pixel perfect and why.