37 years ago, the world as we know it almost ended. Here's the story of the unheralded man who saved it. - TheBlaze
Many of the details of the story are shrouded in mystery and dispute, as they often are in a paranoid communist government. Communist governments — particularly of the Russian variety — are loath to admit error, particularly of the kind that involves nuclear weapons. Thus, the official explanations and results of the Soviet investigation that followed must be taken with several healthy grains of salt.
As best as can be determined (or frankly, guessed), however, here is what happened on that fateful day in 1983. A freak alignment of sunlight on high-altitude clouds detected by a Russian satellite was interpreted as a nuclear missile launch and triggered an alarm inside a bunker near Moscow, where Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov of the Soviet Air Defense Forces was on duty. Petrov's orders in this case were clear: He was to immediately notify Yuri Andropov, the paranoid leader of the Soviet Union.
Against the backdrop of world events as they were then unfolding, which included the recent Soviet downing of Korean Airlines Flight 007 (which had a United States congressman on board) and NATO's announced decision to move Pershing II missiles into Western Europe in order to increase first-strike capabilities against the USSR, such a notification would have resulted, almost without doubt, in the USSR launching an immediate retaliatory strike against the United States. United States doctrine, in turn, would have been to respond to such a launch with a retaliatory strike of its own. Who knows how many millions of lives would have been lost in the ensuing destruction?
Fortunately, however, Lt. Col. Petrov was not a man to follow instructions blindly. Years later, Petrov would explain that he did not follow orders and immediately notify superiors because "I had a funny feeling in my gut. I didn't want to make a mistake. I made a decision, and that was it." Petrov declared that the computer's signal was likely a false alarm, based in part on the fact that the computer had detected the launch of only five ballistic missiles, and he believed that if the United States were really launching a pre-emptive attack, the launch would have been more substantial.
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Amazon Announces “Innovative” Automated Indoor Surveillance Drone
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. September 28, 2020
At an event held on September 24, the tech titan announced a slate of new devices, including one that it calls “The Ring Always Home Cam.” Here’s how the company’s press release described the home-based surveillance drone:
That’s why I’m excited to announce the Ring Always Home Cam, a new way to look after the home and provide multiple viewpoints with one device. This autonomous indoor security camera flies your chosen, personalized paths so that you can easily check in on your home for peace of mind — like whether someone left a window open or forgot to turn the stove off.
The Ring Always Home Cam also easily integrates with Ring Alarm — our home security system — charting a new path forward not just for how people use security cameras, but also for the benefits of a home alarm system. When Ring Alarm is triggered while in Away Mode, the Always Home Cam will automatically fly a set path to see what’s happening. You can easily stream video while the camera is in-flight via the Ring App, making sure that you’re in the know when it comes to everything happening at home.
Wow. Amazon has been promising drones for years, but who would have thought they’d have drones that fly around inside your house while you’re not home!
“I believe the Ring Always Home Cam will change how we think about home security and is proof of what can happen when we continue to push boundaries,” said Jamie Siminoff, the founder of the Ring surveillance company, purchased by Amazon in 2018.
Siminoff is right: The Ring cameras have certainly changed the way we think about home security, but probably not in the way he meant.
In a letter to U.S. senators in January of this year, Amazon admitted that it had fired employees caught spying on customers using the company’s Ring cameras.
The letter to legislators, signed by Amazon Vice President of Public Policy Brian Huseman, explained that Ring received four complaints of its employees viewing Ring data “that exceeded what was necessary for their job functions.” Huseman reports in the letter that “after determining that the individual violated company policy, the individual was terminated.”
The access to the live video feeds of Ring customers by Amazon employees was first reported by The Intercept. The authors of that story discovered that people in Ukraine hired by Ring were given access to user video for research purposes.
In its letter, Ring explained, “The R&D team in Ukraine can only access publicly available videos and videos available from Ring employees, contractors, and friends and family of employees or contractors with their express consent.”
Of course, the location of people peeping on customers seems of secondary import at best.
Apparently, Ring surveillance devices aren’t only vulnerable to unwanted access by Amazon employees. The following chilling account was published in December 2019 by Vice:
A blaring siren suddenly rips through the Ring camera, startling the Florida family inside their own home.
“It’s your boy Chance on Nulled,” a voice says from the Ring camera, which a hacker has taken over. “How you doing? How you doing?”
“Welcome to the NulledCast,” the voice says.
The NulledCast is a podcast live-streamed to Discord. It’s a show in which hackers take over people’s Ring and Nest smart home cameras and use their speakers to talk to and harass their unsuspecting owners. In the example above, Chance blared noises and shouted racist comments at the Florida family.
“Sit back and relax to over 45 minutes of entertainment,” an advertisement for the podcast posted to a hacking forum called Nulled reads. “Join us as we go on completely random tangents such as; Ring & Nest Trolling, telling shelter owners we killed a kitten, Nulled drama, and more ridiculous topics. Be sure to join our Discord to watch the shows live.”
Software to hack Ring cameras has recently become popular on the forum.
The software churns through previously compromised email addresses and passwords to break into Ring cameras at scale.
This has led to a recent spate of hacks that have occurred both during the podcast and at other times, several of which have been covered by local media outlets. In Brookhaven a hacker shouted at a sleeping woman through her hacked Ring camera to wake up. In Texas, a hacker demanded a couple pay a bitcoin ransom. Hackers targeted a family in DeSoto County, Mississippi, and spoke through the device to one of the young children.
Remember, the unauthorized access to images captured by the Ring cameras reported thus far have been of cameras in a fixed position. Now, though, these new Ring cameras are able to fly anywhere in the house, at any time!
Will Ring employees be able to fly the drone around without the homeowner’s permission?
Will hackers be able to take control of the Ring drone and spy on users of the device?
Where will the videos and audio recorded by Amazon’s new indoor drone be stored? How long will they be stored?
Will Amazon continue to give police access to the images without the obtaining of a warrant?
In the press release accompanying the debut of the drone, Ring declared:
Always Home Cam was built with privacy top of mind both in the physical design and the way it is used. The device rests in the base and the camera is physically blocked when docked. The camera will only start recording when the device leaves the base and starts flying via one of the preset paths.
The company goes on to assure customers that the Always Home drone-based camera “cannot be manually controlled,” but that really isn’t the issue.
The question that lingers is: What changes has Amazon made that will prevent its new “innovative” home surveillance device from being remotely controlled and the images it records being remotely captured?
If, as Siminoff wrote in the Always Home Cam press release, privacy is one of his company’s “foundational principles,” then the question I present above should be answered directly.
Otherwise, Amazon’s new indoor drone could allow people with nefarious design to spy on customers when they are at their most vulnerable, and it could give law enforcement unwarranted access to the interior of the homes of citizens, when the citizens were not at home at impede such an inspection.
The Always Home Cam costs $249.99 and is expected to launch next year.
Amazon Announces “Innovative” Automated Indoor Surveillance Drone
by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. September 28, 2020
At an event held on September 24, the tech titan announced a slate of new devices, including one that it calls “The Ring Always Home Cam.” Here’s how the company’s press release described the home-based surveillance drone:
That’s why I’m excited to announce the Ring Always Home Cam, a new way to look after the home and provide multiple viewpoints with one device. This autonomous indoor security camera flies your chosen, personalized paths so that you can easily check in on your home for peace of mind — like whether someone left a window open or forgot to turn the stove off.
The Ring Always Home Cam also easily integrates with Ring Alarm — our home security system — charting a new path forward not just for how people use security cameras, but also for the benefits of a home alarm system. When Ring Alarm is triggered while in Away Mode, the Always Home Cam will automatically fly a set path to see what’s happening. You can easily stream video while the camera is in-flight via the Ring App, making sure that you’re in the know when it comes to everything happening at home.
Wow. Amazon has been promising drones for years, but who would have thought they’d have drones that fly around inside your house while you’re not home!
“I believe the Ring Always Home Cam will change how we think about home security and is proof of what can happen when we continue to push boundaries,” said Jamie Siminoff, the founder of the Ring surveillance company, purchased by Amazon in 2018.
Siminoff is right: The Ring cameras have certainly changed the way we think about home security, but probably not in the way he meant.
In a letter to U.S. senators in January of this year, Amazon admitted that it had fired employees caught spying on customers using the company’s Ring cameras.
The letter to legislators, signed by Amazon Vice President of Public Policy Brian Huseman, explained that Ring received four complaints of its employees viewing Ring data “that exceeded what was necessary for their job functions.” Huseman reports in the letter that “after determining that the individual violated company policy, the individual was terminated.”
The access to the live video feeds of Ring customers by Amazon employees was first reported by The Intercept. The authors of that story discovered that people in Ukraine hired by Ring were given access to user video for research purposes.
In its letter, Ring explained, “The R&D team in Ukraine can only access publicly available videos and videos available from Ring employees, contractors, and friends and family of employees or contractors with their express consent.”
Of course, the location of people peeping on customers seems of secondary import at best.
Apparently, Ring surveillance devices aren’t only vulnerable to unwanted access by Amazon employees. The following chilling account was published in December 2019 by Vice:
A blaring siren suddenly rips through the Ring camera, startling the Florida family inside their own home.
“It’s your boy Chance on Nulled,” a voice says from the Ring camera, which a hacker has taken over. “How you doing? How you doing?”
“Welcome to the NulledCast,” the voice says.
The NulledCast is a podcast live-streamed to Discord. It’s a show in which hackers take over people’s Ring and Nest smart home cameras and use their speakers to talk to and harass their unsuspecting owners. In the example above, Chance blared noises and shouted racist comments at the Florida family.
“Sit back and relax to over 45 minutes of entertainment,” an advertisement for the podcast posted to a hacking forum called Nulled reads. “Join us as we go on completely random tangents such as; Ring & Nest Trolling, telling shelter owners we killed a kitten, Nulled drama, and more ridiculous topics. Be sure to join our Discord to watch the shows live.”
Software to hack Ring cameras has recently become popular on the forum.
The software churns through previously compromised email addresses and passwords to break into Ring cameras at scale.
This has led to a recent spate of hacks that have occurred both during the podcast and at other times, several of which have been covered by local media outlets. In Brookhaven a hacker shouted at a sleeping woman through her hacked Ring camera to wake up. In Texas, a hacker demanded a couple pay a bitcoin ransom. Hackers targeted a family in DeSoto County, Mississippi, and spoke through the device to one of the young children.
Remember, the unauthorized access to images captured by the Ring cameras reported thus far have been of cameras in a fixed position. Now, though, these new Ring cameras are able to fly anywhere in the house, at any time!
Will Ring employees be able to fly the drone around without the homeowner’s permission?
Will hackers be able to take control of the Ring drone and spy on users of the device?
Where will the videos and audio recorded by Amazon’s new indoor drone be stored? How long will they be stored?
Will Amazon continue to give police access to the images without the obtaining of a warrant?
In the press release accompanying the debut of the drone, Ring declared:
Always Home Cam was built with privacy top of mind both in the physical design and the way it is used. The device rests in the base and the camera is physically blocked when docked. The camera will only start recording when the device leaves the base and starts flying via one of the preset paths.
The company goes on to assure customers that the Always Home drone-based camera “cannot be manually controlled,” but that really isn’t the issue.
The question that lingers is: What changes has Amazon made that will prevent its new “innovative” home surveillance device from being remotely controlled and the images it records being remotely captured?
If, as Siminoff wrote in the Always Home Cam press release, privacy is one of his company’s “foundational principles,” then the question I present above should be answered directly.
Otherwise, Amazon’s new indoor drone could allow people with nefarious design to spy on customers when they are at their most vulnerable, and it could give law enforcement unwarranted access to the interior of the homes of citizens, when the citizens were not at home at impede such an inspection.
The Always Home Cam costs $249.99 and is expected to launch next year.
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College football coach replaces BLM sign taped to office door with 'All Lives Matter to Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ' sign. He's no longer with team. - TheBlaze
Given the volatility surrounding the BLM movement and the speed at which news travels, one might assume backlash against Beathard came fast — but it didn't.
He told Outkick that his new sign remained on his office door for nearly two weeks before pushback came from one of his superiors.
Given the volatility surrounding the BLM movement and the speed at which news travels, one might assume backlash against Beathard came fast — but it didn't.
He told Outkick that his new sign remained on his office door for nearly two weeks before pushback came from one of his superiors.
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Documents Show How The LAPD Was Trained To Use Palantir.
Newly revealed documents show how Los Angeles police were trained to use the flagship product of the most secretive company in law enforcement.
The Palantir non-IPO: 5 things to know about the (formerly) secretive software company's direct listing - MarketWatch
The core reason Palantir has been both secretive and controversial since its founding in 2003 is that it began with money from the Central Intelligence Agency to develop data-crunching software for the government. Palantir received original funding from In-Q-Tel, the CIA-funded nonprofit venture-capital arm, to develop its first major product, Gotham, which launched in 2008 to help government entities with surveillance and warfare planning, among other uses.
Newly revealed documents show how Los Angeles police were trained to use the flagship product of the most secretive company in law enforcement.
The Palantir non-IPO: 5 things to know about the (formerly) secretive software company's direct listing - MarketWatch
The core reason Palantir has been both secretive and controversial since its founding in 2003 is that it began with money from the Central Intelligence Agency to develop data-crunching software for the government. Palantir received original funding from In-Q-Tel, the CIA-funded nonprofit venture-capital arm, to develop its first major product, Gotham, which launched in 2008 to help government entities with surveillance and warfare planning, among other uses.
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The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Question 'The Science'? Go To Gulag!
In the Soviet Union it was forbidden to dispute the wisdom of the “party line.” That’s because Marxian communism was viewed as the scientifically inevitable progression of mankind. For Marx and Lenin, the “science was settled.” Therefore anyone speaking out against “the science” of the Soviet system must be acting with malice; must actually want destruction; must want people to die.
Anyone voicing opposition to the “settled science” of Marxism-Leninism soon found their voice silenced. Oftentimes permanently.
Ironically, just 30 years after the “science” of Marxism-Leninism imploded for all the world to see, we are witnessing a resurgence here in the US of the idea that to question “the science” is not to seek truth or refine understanding of what appears to be conflicting evidence. No, it is to actually wish harm on one’s fellow Americans.
And while we who question “the science” are not being physically carried off to the gulags for disputing the wisdom of our “betters” in the CDC or the World Health Organization, for example, we are finding that the outcome is the same. We are being silenced and accused of malicious intent. The Soviet Communists called dissidents like us “wreckers.”
In the Soviet Union it was forbidden to dispute the wisdom of the “party line.” That’s because Marxian communism was viewed as the scientifically inevitable progression of mankind. For Marx and Lenin, the “science was settled.” Therefore anyone speaking out against “the science” of the Soviet system must be acting with malice; must actually want destruction; must want people to die.
Anyone voicing opposition to the “settled science” of Marxism-Leninism soon found their voice silenced. Oftentimes permanently.
Ironically, just 30 years after the “science” of Marxism-Leninism imploded for all the world to see, we are witnessing a resurgence here in the US of the idea that to question “the science” is not to seek truth or refine understanding of what appears to be conflicting evidence. No, it is to actually wish harm on one’s fellow Americans.
And while we who question “the science” are not being physically carried off to the gulags for disputing the wisdom of our “betters” in the CDC or the World Health Organization, for example, we are finding that the outcome is the same. We are being silenced and accused of malicious intent. The Soviet Communists called dissidents like us “wreckers.”
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Proud Boys celebrate online after Trump told the far right group to 'stand back and stand by' | Daily Mail Online
Members of the far-right group immediately posted about the shout out Tuesday
Their account on Telegram posted: 'Standing down and standing by sir'
Following the call out the group appeared to pledge their allegiance to Trump
One online account made 'Stand back. Stand by' part of a new logo for the group
Proud Boys organizer Joe Biggs wrote: 'President Trump told the proud boys to stand by because someone needs to deal with ANTIFA... well sir! we're ready!'
'Trump basically said to go f*** them up! this makes me so happy', he added
Joe Biden retweeted a post which looked to show a number of their posts in the wake of Trump's comments; he wrote: 'This. This is Donald Trump's America'
Proud Boys is a far-right organization that admits only men as members
Members of the far-right group immediately posted about the shout out Tuesday
Their account on Telegram posted: 'Standing down and standing by sir'
Following the call out the group appeared to pledge their allegiance to Trump
One online account made 'Stand back. Stand by' part of a new logo for the group
Proud Boys organizer Joe Biggs wrote: 'President Trump told the proud boys to stand by because someone needs to deal with ANTIFA... well sir! we're ready!'
'Trump basically said to go f*** them up! this makes me so happy', he added
Joe Biden retweeted a post which looked to show a number of their posts in the wake of Trump's comments; he wrote: 'This. This is Donald Trump's America'
Proud Boys is a far-right organization that admits only men as members
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This is going to be abused.
Quebec gives police legal tools to enter homes quickly to stop gatherings during COVID-19
Police are authorized to demand proof of residency and if residents refuse entry, officers will be able to obtain warrants faster through a new, virtual system that was established in collaboration with the Crown, the premier said.
Normally the process for obtaining a warrant can take a day or two, but that won't work when police want to break up parties that very same evening, Legault said.
Quebec gives police legal tools to enter homes quickly to stop gatherings during COVID-19
Police are authorized to demand proof of residency and if residents refuse entry, officers will be able to obtain warrants faster through a new, virtual system that was established in collaboration with the Crown, the premier said.
Normally the process for obtaining a warrant can take a day or two, but that won't work when police want to break up parties that very same evening, Legault said.
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Israel passes law to limit protests during 'virus emergency'
Israel's parliament approved a law early Wednesday restricting demonstrations as part of a coronavirus-related state of emergency, that critics say is aimed at silencing protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israel's parliament approved a law early Wednesday restricting demonstrations as part of a coronavirus-related state of emergency, that critics say is aimed at silencing protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Gavin Newsom signs CA law calling for Black reparations study | The Sacramento Bee
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on Wednesday that opens the door to the state paying reparations of some kind to Black Californians, especially those who are descendants of slaves.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on Wednesday that opens the door to the state paying reparations of some kind to Black Californians, especially those who are descendants of slaves.
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President Hinckley warned about debt... Negative interest rates here we come!
Canadian Mortgage Debt Passes 80% of GDP For The First Time
Canadians love mortgage debt, and most households consider it low risk. However, they might love it a little too much. Mortgage debt has seen astronomical growth over the past couple of decades. This is often attributed to large economic growth, however the mortgage debt to GDP ratio shows that might be a fib. Canadian mortgage debt has been growing at nearly twice the pace of GDP, and now has grown to over 80% of the size.
Canadian Mortgage Debt Passes 80% of GDP For The First Time
Canadians love mortgage debt, and most households consider it low risk. However, they might love it a little too much. Mortgage debt has seen astronomical growth over the past couple of decades. This is often attributed to large economic growth, however the mortgage debt to GDP ratio shows that might be a fib. Canadian mortgage debt has been growing at nearly twice the pace of GDP, and now has grown to over 80% of the size.
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If Biden wins, the court will be packed and goodby to the 2nd amendment and religious freedom...we will have less freedom. Biden says Antifa is no more than an idea, not an organization. Let's vote for freedom, not tyranny. Trump 2020
Biden dodges question on court-packing
Ingraham: If Biden wins, you'll be voting for less freedom. He will lock-down the country and cause greater unrest
Biden dodges question on court-packing
Ingraham: If Biden wins, you'll be voting for less freedom. He will lock-down the country and cause greater unrest
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Trump: 'I condemn all white supremacists' | TheHill
"I've said it many times, and let me be clear again: I condemn the [Ku Klux Klan]. I condemn all white supremacists. I condemn the Proud Boys. I don’t know much about the Proud Boys, almost nothing. But I condemn that," Trump said on Sean Hannity's Fox News show.
"I've said it many times, and let me be clear again: I condemn the [Ku Klux Klan]. I condemn all white supremacists. I condemn the Proud Boys. I don’t know much about the Proud Boys, almost nothing. But I condemn that," Trump said on Sean Hannity's Fox News show.
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Really good interview with three Daily Caller reports about the rioting. Hint the violence is from BLM and Antifa.
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Chief Science Officer for Pfizer Says "Second Wave" Faked on False-Positive COVID Tests, "Pandemic Is Over" - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization
In a stunning development, a former Chief Science Officer for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says “there is no science to suggest a second wave should happen.” The “Big Pharma” insider asserts that false positive results from inherently unreliable COVID tests are being used to manufacture a “second wave” based on “new cases.”
In a stunning development, a former Chief Science Officer for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says “there is no science to suggest a second wave should happen.” The “Big Pharma” insider asserts that false positive results from inherently unreliable COVID tests are being used to manufacture a “second wave” based on “new cases.”
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Thank you for posting this, mes5464. Everyone should watch it. Very sobering indeed.
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Majority of Respondents Support Chimeric Animal Research: Survey | The Scientist Magazine®
Almost 60 percent of people in a new study on attitudes in the US felt comfortable using animals to grow human organs from induced pluripotent stem cells.
Almost 60 percent of people in a new study on attitudes in the US felt comfortable using animals to grow human organs from induced pluripotent stem cells.
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No mask, no custody. COVID is a new factor in family law - Orlando Sentinel
Melanie Joseph wants to see her son, but a judge won’t let her — for no reason except that she won’t wear a mask.
Joseph’s 14-year-old son has asthma, a condition that could put him at risk of contracting COVID-19 during this pandemic, court filings show.
Broward Circuit Judge Dale Cohen called the mother an “anti-mask person” who had the “audacity” to brag about it on Facebook.
Melanie Joseph wants to see her son, but a judge won’t let her — for no reason except that she won’t wear a mask.
Joseph’s 14-year-old son has asthma, a condition that could put him at risk of contracting COVID-19 during this pandemic, court filings show.
Broward Circuit Judge Dale Cohen called the mother an “anti-mask person” who had the “audacity” to brag about it on Facebook.
