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The Growth of Disharmony & Social Chaos in Ireland The Republic of Ireland is a small country with a population less than that of the metropolitan areas of Manchester & Liverpool combined.

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Gangsters with Blackberry's & the Upsurge in "Intelligence Led" Busts

“Listen, son. Let me explain it to you. Freddie’s in intensive care. You were there at the scene. That’s called joint venture. Now, if Freddie dies, you’re either in the dock with Morty or you’re in the witness box putting him away."

A sensational story about the criminal use of encryption appeared across social media this week like it was a scoop. It wasn’t. But that’s the way it was portrayed.

For the uninformed it played directly into the narrative that encryption is bad and overwhelmingly used by those withquestionable motives or downright evil intentions.

So What Happened?

The headlines varied but basically Vincent Ramos…

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Snapchat and Skype have huge security breaches

Snapchat and Skype have huge security breaches

Looking back at the Syrian Electronic Army hack of Skype in 2014 – Microsoft’s video calling service Skype was hacked by a group identifying themselves as the Syrian Electronic Army, and they used their hacking opportunity to claim that Skype, along with Microsoft’s other apps such as Outlook, were spying on its users and giving information to the government. An article was posted on Skype’s…

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"A Song for the Deaf" (and the Blind)

The opacity of US laws and #SIGINT collection methods is potentially an abuse of the rights of every defendant that comes in front of their Courts.

Songs for the Deaf, released on August 27 2002, was the third studio album by Queens of the Stone Age. There is a track on there called “A Song for the Deaf” with a line in the lyrics:

“No talk will cure what’s lost, or save what’s left”

That line does just fine at summing up my attitude to the long term prospects for the privacy of our data and our privacy rights as individuals. The multiplicity…

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PODCAST Panel #1: PeerTalk™ Privacy -vs- National Security

PODCAST Panel #1: PeerTalk™ Privacy -vs- National Security #natsec #privacy #gulen #erdogan #Turkey #MIT #civilliberty #civilrights #AKP #gulenists @peerlyst @intelography

  Since mid December 2017 our panel was preparing for this first in the series of discussions regarding Privacy -vs- National Security hosted by and drawn from Peerlyst‍ community members.

The panel was drawn from a range of disciplines and interests but what united all of the participants was that we are people who are passionate about infosec, civil liberties, and the rule of law.

This series…

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Top Cybersecurity Threats in Sport (2025)

Top Cybersecurity Threats in Sport (2025) #cybersec #infosec #risk #sport #tickets

On October 10th, 2017 at a panel discussion about “Cybersecurity of the Olympic Games” at the University Club, California Memorial Stadium – Missy Franklin, (five-time Olympic medalist) said “We constantly get new technology thrown at us. It’s crazy, but that’s where sports are going.”

Extract: “Digital technologies pose an increasingly diverse set of threats to Olympic events, and the newer…

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Focus on Kaspersky hides facts of another NSA contractor theft

Another #NSA Contractor steals secrets but is disguised by #Kaspersky #FSB #IIC #Israel debate

The Wall Street Journal based their story on the fact that another NSA contractor took classified documents home with him. Yet another Russian intelligence operation stole copies of those documents. The twist this time is that the Russians identified the documents because the contractor had Kaspersky Labs anti-virus installed on his home computer.

This is either an example of the Russians…

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Profile of "genius" Parscale, who "won" for Trump & the Facebook political influence juggernaut

"Did you target by #race?" "No" replied #Parscale #Facebook #politics #profiling #Trump

Parscale — and every political consultant in a similar situation — is doing this interview to build his business. The introduction of sophisticated digital tools to the process of electing candidates has resulted in a bumper crop of people claiming that they have mastered this inscrutable system and that you should hire them.

Fleshed out, Parscale is the man behind the Trump campaign’s digital…

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Profile of "genius" Parscale, who "won" for Trump & the Facebook political influence juggernaut

Profile of "genius" #Parscale, who "won" for #Trump & Facebook political influence juggernaut

Parscale — and every political consultant in a similar situation — is doing this interview to build his business. The introduction of sophisticated digital tools to the process of electing candidates has resulted in a bumper crop of people claiming that they have mastered this inscrutable system and that you should hire them.

Fleshed out, Parscale is the man behind the Trump campaign’s digital…

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Focus on Kaspersky hides facts of another NSA contractor theft

.. or #Kaspersky adding a plausible feature at the request of #Russian #intelligence #IDF #NSA

The Wall Street Journal based their story on the fact that another NSA contractor took classified documents home with him. Yet another Russian intelligence operation stole copies of those documents. The twist this time is that the Russians identified the documents because the contractor had Kaspersky Labs anti-virus installed on his home computer.

This is either an example of the Russians…

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Art For Action - Call for Pledges of Donations of Photography & Prints

Call for Pledges of Donations of Photography & Prints #Charity #MyNameIs #Homelessness

Hello Everyone,

In preparation for our launch this December (31st) Art for Action (Twitter: @Art4Homeless) are calling for pledges of donations from artists and photographers.

It has been a pretty hectic process getting everything set up to support the charity and to ensure that we comply with the various regulations and to guarantee transparency for everyone involved.

Worthy of note before we…

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Mining for Tickets - Touts & Ticket Stealing Bots

Anti-bot measures & stronger enforcement of consumer rights not "lip service" #tickets #touts

Automated ticket mining bots can get around security measures designed to limit ticket purchases. These bots can hoover up hundreds of tickets within seconds of their release. The tickets then almost immediately appear at vastly inflated prices on resale websites.

In early 2017 Viagogo a secondary ticketing website was accused of “moral repugnance” for reselling tickets to an Ed Sheeran cancer…

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Ticket Resellers, "Legal" Domestic Touts, Illegal Offshore Touts

Ticket Resellers - "Legal" Domestic Touts, Illegal Offshore Touts #tickets #touts #fairplay

It is important that fans understand that there are different types of secondary ticket companies. Some of these outfits have no affiliation with associations, football clubs, or supporters clubs and are often based offshore so that they are not subject to UK law.

The general resale of football tickets in the UK was banned in 1994 because of safety fears over the possibility of rival fans…

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"The Last Official Buyer Will Be The Only Person Allowed Gain Entry" Rule

"The Last Official Buyer Will Be The Only Person Allowed Gain Entry" Rule #tickets #touts

My Face Value is preparing for launch on 31st December 2017. To keep up to date with the latest news follow us on Facebook and Twitter. 

Recently a My Face Value community member asked our customer service team the following question:

“I got scammed today. Sold my ticket to a “mate” he said it was for his girlfriend. I ordered a paper ticket for her to pick up from the ticket office. It got…

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Appoint My Face Value As Your Official Ticketing & Marketing Agent

Appoint .@MyFaceValue Your Official #Ticketing & #Marketing Agent #tickets #touts #fairplay

My Face Value is not just about giving face value access to the most popular or sold out events and challenging the touts, corporate resale cartels and vested interests. That is only one part of what My Face Value are doing.

All Clubs, not just those who are in the top tiers, have fans who are not locals. Visiting fans who wish to go to games because they are in town. But these fans have a number…

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Register Your Club To Use My Face Value Free Of Charge

.@MyFaceValue will make their platform available to your Club, free of charge #tickets #touts

My Face Value is preparing for launch on 31st December 2017. To keep up to date with the latest news follow us on Facebook and Twitter. 

What Will My Face Value Do For Your Club?

My Face Value will make our platform available for use by your Club – free of charge – for:

Ticketing – Selling Tickets To Your Games

Posting Your Fixtures & Results

Promotions – Announcing Events & General News

Running…

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The My Face Value "Tout Free" Guarantee

.@MyFaceValue Ticket Exchange - Protection from Touts, Trolls & Hackers #ML #Encryption

My Face Value is preparing for launch on 31st December 2017. To keep up to date with the latest news follow us on Facebook and Twitter. 

The My Face Value ability to tackle the problem of touts using our community is key to  earning and retaining the trust of the My Face Value community. The algorithms that My Face Value have developed to solve this problem are only one of many unique selling…