This series of articles will attempt to explain, in layman's terms, how Hackers – either underground criminals or state level wrongdoers – gain access to an individual or company's digital life. Many of the phrases and terminology can be confusing so we hope to explain things in clear, simple language. Cyber hacking is on the rise, and the enemy is...
Type: Practice (live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 8 Range Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X Pistols 36 X Pistol magazines 180 X pistol rounds per student Instructor Equipment: 1 X Pistol 3 X Pistol magazine 50 X pistol rounds Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES: Prior to arrival of...
Introduction In a previous article (The Four Horsemen - Part 2: Pestilence), we discussed the risk of outbreaks of deadly infectious disease, whether natural in origin or the result of biological warfare or terrorism. They could be familiar and treatable strains, naturally occurring mutations, or engineered microbes known to have a high case ...
Type: Practice (live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 7 Range Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X Pistols 36 X Pistol magazines 180 X pistol rounds per student Instructor Equipment: 1 X Pistol 3 X Pistol magazine 50 X pistol rounds Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES: Prior to arrival of...
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." ― Benjamin Franklin Any time you're more than a few hours from advanced medical aid, an otherwise easily treatable injury can become significantly more problematic. When things happen off the beaten track, out of cellphone reception range, you need to have the knowledge, equipment and skill set to ...
"Water is the driving force in nature." ― Leonardo da Vinci As discussed in part 1's "Rule of 3's" water is vital to our survival and should be towards the top of our priority list. Do NOT wait until you are thirsty before you start looking for a water supply. The possible effects of taking that one little thirst quenching sip could severely impact...
Type: Practice (live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 6 Range Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X Pistols 36 X Pistol magazines 400 X pistol rounds per student Instructor Equipment:1 X Pistol 3 X Pistol magazine 100 X pistol rounds Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES: Prior to arrival of...
Type: Practice (live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 5 Range Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X Pistols 36 X Pistol magazines 50 X pistol rounds per student Instructor Equipment:1 X Pistol 3 X Pistol magazine 10 X pistol rounds Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES: Prior to arrival of s...
A short word on how to establish a desired privacy baseline which reflects your privacy needs and balances those with practicality. In an ideal world everyone could choose to conduct everything online anonymously – but we live in a very imperfect world and the effort required to get close to privacy nirvana can be overwhelming, cumbersome, and some...
The first article in this series focused upon the social and legal constraints we face in "normal" times, preparing to defend our communities against potential violent threats under future, "off-normal" conditions. Here we'll present representative examples of a variety of threats - some historical, and some hypothetical - that would provide a rati...
Type: Practice (live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 4 Range Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X Pistols 36 X Pistol magazines 100 X pistol rounds per student Instructor Equipment: 1 X Pistol 3 X Pistol magazine 50 X pistol rounds Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES: Prior to arrival of...
As we evolved into the blissfully ignorant and physically incapable, human predators found the pickings got even easier. This was never truer than in this high-tech day and age where smart phones and air pods remove any awareness of what is going on around us and the first inclination is to hit video record, not save ourselves. Although more and mo...
Understanding and adopting encrypted email is a vital step in hardening your digital life. End-to-end, zero knowledge, open source, encrypted email is not overly complicated to use. But you need to understand the positive, negatives, and essential tightening steps. Later articles will go more in-depth on how to lock down ProtonMail and Tutanota. PR...
Type: Dry Practice (No live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 3 Weapon Training Classroom Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X Pistols 36 X Pistol magazines 10 X dummy pistol rounds per student Instructor Equipment:1 X Pistol 3 X Pistol magazine 10 X dummy pistol rounds Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names) PRELIM...
"The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness." — Henry David Thoreau In part 1 we looked at the rule of 3's and how it helped determine our priorities in a survival situation. Although during the warmer months we may...
Type: Dry Practice (No live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 2 Weapon Training Classroom Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X Pistols 36 X Pistol magazines 10 X dummy pistol rounds per student Instructor Equipment:1 X Pistol 3 X Pistol magazine 10 X dummy pistol rounds Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names) PRELIM...
We live in a networked society 330 million in the US (of 370 million total in North America), sustained by a complex infrastructure with both private and public/governmental components that provide a means of exchange, deliver power, transport goods and services, enable communication, and maintain civil order. Kick out one leg of a three-legged sto...
Type: Dry Practice (No live ammunition) Time: 1 hour Venue: Title: Basic Pistol Course- Lesson 1 Weapon Training Classroom Students: 12 Student Equipment: 12 X Pistols 36 X Pistol magazines 10 X dummy pistol rounds per student Instructor Equipment: 1 X Pistol 3 X Pistol magazine 10 X dummy pistol rounds Assistant Instructors (AI'S): 2 (Names)...
"APPLE IS EVIL!" That may be true, but the tech is hard to let go for many, especially with so few decent alternatives that have a better privacy record out there. Many will find some of the following setting changes to be too impractical and that is normal and fine, everyone should make their own changes - balancing their threat level with ease of...
Introduction We grew up during the Cold War (the long standoff between the US and USSR superpowers and their respective alliances) under the constant background threat of nuclear war. We didn't necessarily understand it very well - even the military, academic, and scientific communities did not - but it was a constant presence in our lives. Since t...