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Dec 30, 2019 7:21PM PST

Brave New World cont.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-missiles/cia-devised-way-to-restrict-missiles-given-to-allies-researcher-says-idUSKBN1YY1BF

The article gives some chilling figures on the number of repurposed US missiles out there, and their successes. For the other sides.

I can see some problems, but nothing the best and brightest can't handle. It has to be vetted by the NRA. They were able to stymie research into and use of already proven tech to permit only the owner of a handgun to fire it. For constitutional purposes only, of course.

I don't notice any technical lockout of collateral damage, although I'm sure the creators are aware of the importance of that. Uniform-recognition technology, perhaps?

The attached (35 min.) video is interesting. I didn't know the Harry Potter references, but they're explained within. [My friend Winston Smith asks that I warn y'all, before you link: It's full of wikileaks info, up to and including Secret. Doesn't matter to me- we're already doomed. Happy ]
It explains the article's statement, "Wetzels said geofencing was no panacea, running through a list of security vulnerabilities that could be used by insurgents to bypass the restrictions." Some of those vulnerabilities are downright primitive and naïve. Sometimes highly evolved governments have used similarly vulnerable gadgets in the past.

And, don't stop before the last two ¶.

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