Combat Studies Group

"Faraday Cage"....... The phrase invokes images of Gene Hackman's rouge NSA character from the film Enemy of the State, hacking away from the safety of his wire copper mesh "office". It also brings up thoughts of nuclear detonations and solar coronal mass ejections frying everything from televisions to the family car. We'll save the intricacies of those scenarios for a later article. What I want to address today is basic RF (radio frequency) shielding in a practical sense. As I see it, there are four basic aspects to how we may use shielding, whether it be an RF blocking pouch for our phone or a grounded, sealed, galvanized trashcan for our spare equipment (post apocalyptic resupply of course). They are: 1. Preventing our device from being exploited  2. Preventing our device from exploiting us 3. Preventing unwanted destruction of our device  4. Protecting our health These should all be pretty self explanatory, but lets touch on each real

Well, it has been an interesting couple of months in the world of privacy and cyber security. We had the "vault 7" leaks, then we just had the NSA's TAO hacking tools released into the wild for any and all to use. So now we don't have to be concerned only about nation-states wielding those kinds of tools, but potentially every criminal element out there. Many INFOSEC researchers have pointed out that this makes Windows vulnerable to a wide assortment of attacks. Ironically, their "fix" is telling everyone to upgrade to Windows 10!! An operating system that, near as I can tell, was built from the ground up to spy on you.....what a joke! The GroundRod series of courses continues to grow in popularity as people around the country are realizing that no one will save them....they have to save themselves! We have a very full class coming up the end of April in Tennessee as well as a full class in northern Idaho in June. Here are some of the courses that are