Dept. of Homeland Security points out the fragility of the infrastructure. (Thanks to S. S. for the link.)
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Dave X. sent us this: Senate dumps strategy to prevent EMP damage
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A Volkswagen powered by human waste. (A hat tip to KAF for the link.)
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Reader Michael H. mentioned that audio from the talks from “The Next Hope” hacker conference held last month are now available for free download. Michael’s comments: “While anyone is sure to find many things of interest in what hackers talk about, of particular interest to SurvivalBlog readers will likely be “Hackers without Borders: Disaster Relief and Technology,” “Injecting Electromagnetic Pulses into Digital Devices,” “Lock Bypass without Lockpicks,” “Privacy is Dead — Get Over It,” “Risk Analysis for Dummies,” “Tor and Internet Censorship,” and the always entertaining (and frightening) “Social Engineering”.”
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F.J. sent us this over at The Humble Libertarian blog: One million pounds of California ground beef recalled after E. Coli outbreak