Friday, September 27, 2013
Photo log of the day
A bottle full of milk powder - oh well it was full initially and I ate it until it's like almost half full now. Well, I really like EATING milk powder (yes, you got that right). Like I love anything and everything that can be extra milky. I don't know, I just have this huge penchant for milk/milky stuff. So, I guess only one person would understand that orgasmic-kick in eating milk powder :P
Mid-October
So the date is confirmed - Mid-October it is. I'm like already counting down. This is it - the moment when my childhood dream would come true. I made this decision not because I trust myself but because I trust my Dad way too much on this. So 3 more weeks :)
Technology - a bane ?
Well a myriad of labels may have been latched onto Edward Snowden's name but his proponents know that this was a classic case of the "whistleblower" who was deemed a tainted misfit by the people who are with the Obama administration with regards to this matter. But then again - the subject that stirred much scrutiny was the sole fact that the nation's security-related data and information was being compromised by the ex-NSA system administrator. So technically, it was concluded that Snowden was just like a terrorist who "sold" his country's defence to satiate his moral crisis. But, there are 2 sides to a coin and I believe the majority of the Americans have decided to back up the Obama administration while the minority are behind Snowden. So who's going to evaluate the issue on the flip side of the coin ?.
So recently some hackers in America stole a plethora of social security numbers of large US data brokers just by cracking into their networks. I am just shell-shocked to note that even the ID details of US First Lady, Michelle Obama was revealed in that attack. I mean a few famous American's ID details were exposed bu honestly, how severe can this get ?. So an initial investigation by a journalist reveals that the data was easily attained by the hackers just from computers that were sitting on top of the data broker's corporate networks. I am just amazed that those computers that stored sensitive data and data that even withholds social security numbers were placed at such compromising positions ?! So further investigation showed that the exposed ".su" apparently bought its information from another site called "SSNDOB". I mean the latter promoted itself as the website that boasted a myriad of private data and can you believe this - data / information of individuals were sold for as little as 50 cents and roughly about 4 million American's data was sold via the data-selling site.
Technology - boon or bane. You decide. Never trust your eyes. The world is changing even faster than the speed at your blinks.
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