China is a real geopolitical threat because of Xi. TikTok is Chinese owned and the potential for data mining is real. But Washington’s reflex has been fear mongering rather than analysis; turning a genuine security concern into an excuse for domestic control. Technological advances have always favored tyrants, so we are right to be circumspect.Continue reading “Tik Tok”
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Crime and Natural Rights
Hector kills Patroclus who is wearing Achilles’ armor. Hector takes the armor as a spoil. Thetis, Achilles’ mother, pleads with Hephaestus to make her son new armor worthy of him to wear when he returns to battle. The smithy god agrees and Homer spends many lines describing the newly forged armor. Each piece is gravenContinue reading “Crime and Natural Rights”
Privacy
Updates May 2022 – Quantum computers are expected to break modern public key cryptography owing to Shor’s algorithm. As a result, these cryptosystems need to be replaced by quantum-resistant algorithms, also known as post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms. April 2022 – Digital currency – the ultimate invasion. It is only a matter of time. And whileContinue reading “Privacy”
Protective Arts 