Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Keep your packets in your pants

from here

Monster DDoS attacks seem to be on the horizon. Hopefully not, but I don't have a lot of faith in the people who try to take down parts of the Internet, and it sounds like they're going to be able to do a better job now.

Get 'em while they're young

found on Know Your Meme

The artist who produced this picture surely felt that this could represent a model of how spy agencies could win over the hearts and minds of the next generation and thereby be more accepted by them. In reality, though, people already ignore the surveillance cameras that are everywhere, so I'm not sure winning over hearts and minds will accomplish much.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Invisible tape would be particularly useless

from here

Pretty much the only way tape is going to stop your conversations from being recorded by your microphone is if you put the tape over your mouth.

That must be one of those new S pies

found on The Art Of Trolling

The NSA are getting into everything these days.

Monday, February 26, 2018

Time for some folks to get a new business model

from here

So a malware developer gets jailtime without ever launching an attack? Good. It's about time getting charged with "aiding and abetting" became a real risk for the people who provide attack tools.

Somehow not quite as threatening as the original

found on Know Your Meme

I'm all for 'outside the box' alternatives, but only if they accomplish what the original accomplished. While I'm sure there will be some enemies who lay down their arms to marvel at the cuteness of an otter with a squirt gun, that's not going to win any battles.

Friday, February 23, 2018

Votey McVoteface for 2020

from here

Oh, you thought voting machines were air-gapped? Yeah, not so much, apparently.

It's not just the walls that have ears

found on Meme Center

I'd say something clever at the NSA's expense but I don't want to be on any more lists.

Thursday, February 22, 2018

They've got enough wheels already

from here (source image)

Someone who can't move their arms or legs probably can't steal this bike. Someone who merely can't move their legs, however, may very well use their arms to get around (by pushing the wheels), and so are probably plenty strong enough to lift the bike off of that post.

Exodus of privacy

found on Kudelka Cartoons

We all know what an invasion of privacy is, right? It's when someone goes where they don't belong and acquires what should be private information. But what should we call it when, rather than someone invading a private space and taking private information away, the private information leaves on it's own because of our own actions? I'm sort of leaning towards calling it an exodus of privacy.

As always with a cartoon site, check out the other cartoons there. There are years worth of them.