Earlier this month, the Pentagon stopped selling phones made by the Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei on military bases because they might be used to spy on their users. It’s a legitimate fear, and perhaps a prudent action. But it’s just one instance of the much larger issue of securing our supply chains. All of … Read More “Supply-Chain Security” »
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Interesting history of the US Army Security Agency in the early years of Cold War Germany. Powered by WPeMatico
In November, the company Strava released an anonymous data-visualization map showing all the fitness activity by everyone using the app. Over this weekend, someone realized that it could be used to locate secret military bases: just look for repeated fitness activity in the middle of nowhere. News article. Powered by WPeMatico
This very interesting essay looks at the future of military robotics and finds many analogs in nature: Imagine a low-cost drone with the range of a Canada goose, a bird that can cover 1,500 miles in a single day at an average speed of 60 miles per hour. Planet Earth profiled a single flock of … Read More “Military Robots as a Nature Analog” »
Crowdstrike has an interesting blog post about how the Russian military is tracking Ukrainian field artillery units by compromising soldiers’ smartphones and tracking them. News article. Powered by WPeMatico
In the latest example of a military technology that has secretly been used by the police, we have radar guns that can see through walls. Powered by WPeMatico