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"Over and over again as people keep talking about the Apple / FBI encryption stuff, I keep seeing the same line pop up. It's something along the lines of "but the FBI needs to know what's on that phone, so if Apple can help, why shouldn't it." Let's debunk that myth. The FBI absolutely does not need to know what's on that phone. It might not even care very much about what's on that phone. As the Grugq ably explained last week , there's almost certainly nothing of interest on the phone. As he notes, Farook destroyed his and his wife's personal phones, indicating that if there were anything truly important, he would have destroyed the last phone too. Also: FBI already has a massive amounts of data, all of which indicates that Farook and Malik were not in contact with a foreign terrorist organisation, nor were they in contact with any other unknown terrorists. Even if, despite all evidence to the contrary, Farook and Malik we...

* New batch of updated Libertas Tablets are coming online now. * Calendar for upcoming courses has been updated.  * Have some new course material coming....stuff you will not find available anywhere else. * Will be migrating away from Blogger platform soon. * Customized kydex gear coming soon. * Hardened phone project (VERUS) is nearing completion. * Hardened laptops (SEPIO) are being finalized right now...hope to have them at the upcoming class in March. * Hardened router/AP almost done as well. Stay tuned....Stay free libertatem requirit nisu

  The following is arguably the clearest and most astute accounting of the recent events in Harney County to date.... Ambush and Murder ....meanwhile the mainstream agitprop channels are working overtime to fashion an "administration approved" narrative. Don't take anything at face value and always consider the source, not to mention their motivations.

16 and 32 GB Libertas models have been added to the Store page inventory. As more tablet hardware shows up I will add it to the inventory. The particular hardware I am using is getting more and more difficult to get my hands on so I am only listing what I actually have in my possession at any given moment. I am also testing hardware for the next model and will provide updates as that progresses. I will also be making some user friendly guides for the various tools available on the Libertas. Stay tuned....

"As NSA general counsel Stuart Baker has said, 'Metadata absolutely tells you everything about somebody's life. If you have enough metadata, you don't really need content." -- Dr. David Cole "We kill people based on metadata." -- Michael Hayden, former NSA and CIA director Metadata is data about data... "The main purpose of metadata is to facilitate in the discovery of relevant information, more often classified as resource discovery. Metadata also helps organize electronic resources, provide digital identification, and helps support archiving and preservation of the resource. Metadata assists in resource discovery by "allowing resources to be found by relevant criteria, identifying resources, bringing similar resources together, distinguishing dissimilar resources, and giving location information." -- National Information Standards Organization   In the realm of communications security, and specifically internet based co...

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Being that I have been off-grid for the last five years and built several small to large solar systems, I thought I would pass on what I have learned. First, Goal Zero does make some quality stuff....never had any noteworthy problems with them. That being said - if you are going to go with their Yeti 1250, do yourself a favor and skip the Goal Zero Boulder panels and order a full sized 240-250 watt (mono or poly) solar panel. It's a lot more bang for your buck and 250 watts is about the max the Yeti's internal charge controller can handle. You would need to also get the MC4-to-anderson power pole converter cord (goal zero sells this item, but you have to call them) and enough MC4 (10awg) cord to support your setup. It's worth mentioning that you can also add a second battery and double the storage capacity of the Yeti 1250, giving you around 2500 watts of power. You need to make sure and match the internal battery of the yeti which is a 12v 100ah SLA/AGM ...