Browsing all posts in April, 2013.

What The Argo Movie Got Wrong About Shredded Documents

I hate to say that I taught a bunch of Iranian thugs how to reconstitute the shredded documents they found after looting the American Embassy in Tehran. But I did. It wasn’t a bunch of little carpet weavers as one story goes, or child labor as Argo played it. Nope. Turns out to be my […]

Fake MacBook Power Supply Self-Destructs

My computer is my writing tool. So, when Microsoft finally scored an own-goal with Windows 8, I solved my  problem late last year by buying a MacBook. This after nothing but DOS, then Windows machines since 1984. I take the MacBook everywhere, so I needed a second power brick to travel. The charger at the […]

Cover-Up: Why The FAA Is Wrong When It Says Airplanes Are Not Hackable

The Federal Aviation Administration is wrong and either misinformed or involved in a cover-up when it says hackers can’t take over a modern aircraft: Authorities dismiss alleged airplane hijack hack. If you click on that link, please read the comments. They are far more intelligent, thoughtful and  illuminating than the FAA’s. Truth is that neither […]

Hijacking Airplanes With A Phone: So 3 Years Ago!

Hijacking airplanes with an Android phone is SO three years ago! Why? Because this thriller, Die By Wire details an even more effective way to do this. I wrote it more than three years ago. I was published in December 2011. The following two links will offer more insight into the hack that goes far […]