Assume Formlessness: By taking a shape, by having a visible plan, you open yourself up to attack. Instead of taking a form for your enemy to grasp, keep yourself adaptable and on the move. Accept the fact that nothing is certain and no law is fixed. The best way to protect yourself is to be… Read More
Laws of Power – 47
Do not go past the mark you aimed for; In victory, learn when to stop; The moment of victory is often the moment of greatest peril. In the heat of victory, arrogance and overconfidence can push you past the goal you had aimed for, and by going too far, you make more enemies than you… Read More
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FTPS is hiring the best and brightest! Opportunities for information security, physical security practitioners. Agencies need not respond.
Human Nature
Complacency creates the opportunities those who lay-in-wait salivate over.
Crown Jewels and Encryption Opportunities
As long as there is a need to accept, transmit and store personal and financial information, organized criminals and other self-righteous entities will attempt to breach the caretaker’s enterprise to obtain this information. Mastering the art and science of information security is an elusive quest. Few will ever achieve their goal. Few will ever reach… Read More
Laws of Power – 46
Never appear too perfect: Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. Envy creates silent enemies. It is smart to occasionally display defects, and admit to harmless vices, in order to deflect envy and appear more human and approachable. Only gods and… Read More
Laws of Power – 45
Preach the need for change, but never reform too much at once: Everyone understands the need for change in the abstract, but on the day-to-day level people are creatures of habit. Too much innovation is traumatic, and will lead to revolt. If you are new to a position of power, or an outsider trying to… Read More
Daily Digest for November 20th
mdpeters posted 2 items. UK Government confirms plan to disconnect alleged file-sharers Germany’s Nazi Exception: Constitutional Court OKs Curtailing of Free Speech mdpeters New blog post: Daily Digest for November 19th https://michaelpeters.org/?p=989 [obDADkenobi].
Daily Digest for November 19th
mdpeters New blog post: Daily Digest for November 18th https://michaelpeters.org/?p=988 [obDADkenobi].
Daily Digest for November 18th
mdpeters posted 3 items. IR – Iran moves to silence opposition with internet crime unit Telephone tapping in Turkey; a measure to intimidate the judiciary? The Pirate Bay Trackers Go Offline Forever mdpeters posted 2 items. Facebook adopts new privacy policy UK: T-Mobile staff sold personal data
Daily Digest for November 17th
mdpeters posted 13 items. Terrorism chiefs don’t know what they’ve censored online CN – Chinas Censorship 2.0: How companies censor bloggers New Internet Treaty Alarms Online Freedom Advocates Home Office accused of sexing-up mobile phone rescue WTO May Challenge Internet Censorship ICO chastises NHS over data losses Swiss roll Street View into court IGF censors… Read More
Daily Digest for November 16th
mdpeters New blog post: Laws of Power – 44 https://michaelpeters.org/?p=983 [obDADkenobi].
Laws of Power – 44
Disarm and infuriate with the mirror effect: The mirror reflects reality, but it is also the perfect tool for deception: When you mirror your enemies, doing exactly as they do, they cannot figure out your strategy. The Mirror Effect mocks and humiliates them, making them overreact. By holding up a mirror to their psyches, you… Read More
Daily Digest for November 11th
mdpeters New blog post: Daily Digest for November 6th https://michaelpeters.org/?p=981 [obDADkenobi].
Daily Digest for November 6th
mdpeters New blog post: Daily Digest for November 5th https://michaelpeters.org/?p=980 [obDADkenobi].
Daily Digest for November 5th
mdpeters New blog post: Daily Digest for November 4th https://michaelpeters.org/?p=979 [obDADkenobi]. mdpeters posted 3 items. Is access to the internet now a human right? Partial list of TSK (Turkish General Staff) psychological warfare Web sites Removed paper on Internet censorship trails in Australia, NZ, UK with NetClean Whitebox, 2009 – Wikileaks
Daily Digest for November 4th
mdpeters posted 7 items. US Ruling Likely to Upset Obscenity Prosecutions TalkTalk steps up attack on government Illegal file-sharing sites up 300 per cent China Bans ‘Pornographic’ Online Literature Good online music services would beat punishment, say file-sharers Facebook publishes natural language privacy policy for user-consultation Response to The Register story entitled “Turkey censors Reg… Read More
Daily Digest for November 3rd
mdpeters New blog post: Daily Digest for November 2nd https://michaelpeters.org/?p=977 [obDADkenobi]. mdpeters posted 6 items. US Ruling Likely to Upset Obscenity Prosecutions TalkTalk steps up attack on government Illegal file-sharing sites up 300 per cent China Bans ‘Pornographic’ Online Literature Good online music services would beat punishment, say file-sharers Facebook publishes natural language privacy policy… Read More
Daily Digest for November 2nd
mdpeters New blog post: Daily Digest for November 1st https://michaelpeters.org/?p=976 [obDADkenobi].
Daily Digest for November 1st
mdpeters New blog post: Daily Digest for October 31st https://michaelpeters.org/?p=971 [obDADkenobi]. mdpeters New blog post: Juris Doctor 61 – 69 of 215 https://michaelpeters.org/?p=972 [obDADkenobi]. mdpeters New blog post: Laws of Power – 43 https://michaelpeters.org/?p=974 [obDADkenobi].
Laws of Power – 43
Work on the hearts and minds of others: Coercion creates a reaction that will eventually work against you. You must seduce others into wanting to move in your direction. A person you have seduces becomes your loyal pawn. And the way you seduce others is to operate on their individual psychologies and weaknesses. Soften up… Read More
Juris Doctor 61 – 69 of 215
The next eight weeks bring a welcomed break from school. Things heat up again January first when I’ll be immersed into Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, and Real Property. I definitely like having a schedule, a routine, a defined plan to work through each day. I’m not comfortable when unscheduled time in limbo comes… Read More
Daily Digest for October 31st
mdpeters New blog post: Daily Digest for October 30th https://michaelpeters.org/?p=970 [obDADkenobi].
Daily Digest for October 30th
mdpeters New blog post: Daily Digest for October 29th https://michaelpeters.org/?p=969 [obDADkenobi]. mdpeters posted 12 items. Police log ‘domestic extremists’ Government to protect children from zombie paedophiles EU – Telecoms: Commission steps up UK legal action over privacy and personal data protection ISP Threatens Legal Action Against UK Over Anti-Piracy Plans Mandelson’s piracy tactics leave Tories… Read More