Posts tagged: Department of Homeland Security

Top 10 Tips for Holiday Travelers

I am what many would refer to as a ROAD WARRIOR. I travel for a living and have seen most of the fine airports and stayed in some of the top and worst hotels in America. Wanted to share a few tips I have learned over the years that may help make your holiday traveling […]

Victory for FREEDOM! TSA Pulls Use Of Controversial Full Body Scanners At JFK, LaGuardia Airports

I’ve been shocked by how many people will blindly walk through the naked scanners at airports not thinking of the rights they are voluntarily giving up! Here is a win for freedom! TSA Pulls Use Of Controversial Full Body Scanners At JFK, LaGuardia Airports NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The controversial full body airport scanners are […]

Dying woman gets invasive TSA pat down.

A dying woman says a a security pat-down at Sea-Tac Airport left her embarrassed in front of crowds of people. Michelle Dunaj says screeners checked under bandages from recent surgeries and refused to give her a private search when she requested one. Dunaj, who is dying of leukemia, carried a large amount of prescription drugs […]

Feds are thrilled with connected TV’s.. Will transform ‘transform clandestine tradecraft’

When people download a film from Netflix to a flatscreen, or turn on web radio, they could be alerting unwanted watchers to exactly what they are doing and where they are. Spies will no longer have to plant bugs in your home – the rise of ‘connected’ gadgets controlled by apps will mean that people […]

Can computer viruses effect human health? YES!

What an interesting story from Sky News.. A cybernetics profession implanted with an RFID chip has contracted a computer virus and he has spread it to all of the security keys in his building.. What would happen if the electronics in your pacemaker get a some sort of virus? Pretty scary stuff!

DHS Officers Armed With Semiautomatics Set Up Unannounced ID Checkpoint

Residents of Leesburg, Florida were shocked to see their local Social Security office turned into a random Homeland Security checkpoint Tuesday morning, as DHS officers armed with semiautomatic rifles and accompanied by sniffer dogs checked identifications of locals. “With their blue and white SUVs circled around the Main Street office, at least one official was […]

11 Dangerous things you SHOULD let you kids do!

Kudos to the Huffington Post for this very good article! The original idea for a whole book about dangerous things you should let your children do was a bit of a fluke. But after spending a weekend watching kids lick a 9-volt battery for the first time (at Maker Faire Bay Area) or reading about […]

Toy Remote control car saves the lives of 6 soldiers in Afghanistan

Staff Sgt. Christopher Fessenden is on duty in Afghanistan now after tours with the Army in Iraq. He has traveled with standard-issue equipment — weapons, helmet, uniform, boots and so forth — plus a radio-controlled model truck his brother sent. The truck is not a toy to him. He says it just saved six soldiers’ lives. […]

Are you being tracked by Apple? YES!

As the world moves toward smart phones loaded with features, the unintended consequences are starting to surface. The fury developing over Apples un-encryped tracking logs showing everywhere you have been, is finally starting to gain national attention. You may wonder, how much is really tracked? EVERYTHING. Here is my map of where Apple has tracked […]