Forbes: Beware the Cyber Cops. Jonathan Zittrain. We should resist the notion that such heightened scrutiny, especially if inconspicuous to the public, carries no significant cost to law-abiding citizens. Consider the range of proposals for unobtrusive but sweeping Internet monitoring. [Tomalak's Realm]
Anyone ever see the classic movie - 3 days of the Condor - with Robert Redford and Faye Dunawaye. Redford (the Condor) had a job working for the CIA as a book reader. All day, everyday, he scanned obscure books and Dick Tracy novels for clues about how spies might operate, until the fateful day when he stumbled on a plot . . . to take over the world in Pinkie and the Brain speak. Check it out.
Meantime the job hunt starts in earnest today. Broke out the new iron and ironing board and have myself all decreased, shining and polished ready for the fray. Given the woes in the techie world I'm reverting to what all Irish people seem to survive on in Europe - teaching English - at least I hope so.
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