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Don’t be too impressed with Snowden’s “ethical hacking training”

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 03:22:55 +0000

I saw this new headline regarding Edward Snowden, discussing his NSA hacking training. Don’t be impressed. For several years, I lived in that same world Snowden lived in. I’ve gone out of my way to avoid mentioning this, but from

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Rob O’Hara on phreaking, Tesla coils and modems

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:03:42 +0000

Rob O’Hara posted a podcast about phreaking today. He explains in layperson’s terms how the phone system was controlled by tones, cites it as an example of security through obscurity, and he talks about his own first-person experience subverting the

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The craziest thing I’ve read in a long time

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 29 Jun 2002 17:44:18 +0000

I thought the craziest story I'd read this year was a UFO enthusiast's account of his hunt for a wrecked 1960s vintage spyplane so top-secret you've probably never heard of it.

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The giant homo sapien conspiracy against me

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 26 Apr 2002 06:36:17 +0000

I'm confused, I've finished my book (reading one, not writing one--that'll be the day), and I've found I'm in no mood for P.J. O'Rourke. Meanwhile, my readers are egging me on.

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Conspiracies, conspiracies everywhere

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 12 Jun 2001 17:22:01 +0000

The topic of the day yesterday was Timothy McVeigh. I'd forgotten that yesterday was his day--I saw the lead story on The Kansas City Star announcing McVeigh was dead yesterday morning when I went to read up on the day's events.

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