The USB Condom, Protection from Juice Jackers…

In today’s connected and battery powered world it is sometimes necessary to plug your phone or tablet into a public charging station, a practice that turns out to be far more dangerous than you might expect, one that puts you at risk of being Juice-Jacked. The art of stealing data while devices are charging. Fake public charging ports have even appeared designed to look like public ports but…

A - "Rat Park", or why drug addiction is strongly ambient-driven.

http://tinyurl.com/mh7kxj3 (Blog on the experiment)

http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/SEN/Committee/371/ille/presentation/alexender-e.htm (Canadian parliament report)

B - Avoid pesky windows viruses. Use a condom.

http://int3.cc/products/usbcondoms

C - Sounds from the Heliopause. So long Voyager, lead our reach towards other stars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIAZWb9_si4

D - Soon to be movies: Wool from Hugh Howey. Post-apoc and Ridley Scott. Maybe he can redeem himself after Prometheus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wool_%28series%29

E - SFQD from "Phase IV" (1974):

Plugging random ports is risky: use a (USB) condom to say safe

Plugging random ports is risky: use a (USB) condom to say safe

Plugging your smartphone into random USB ports to get a charge is a great way to pick up a nasty piece of malware, or get data siphoned from the device. One US security company is offering a solution to those looking for a quick plug. Having a wild USB port in the desert of an airport,...