LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Dries Van Thielen On his latest Freakonomics podcast episode, journalist and a personal hero of mine Stephen Dubner interviewed the philosopher/economist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. The author of the recently published “Everybody Lies” tackled the issue of post-terrorist attack speeches and how effective they were to convince an audience. His method…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Russian immigrant and “wife” of the suspected San Bernardino gun supplier, Enrique Marquez Jr., pleaded guilty Thursday to marriage fraud and lying to the FBI, reports the New York Daily News (NY Daily). RELATED: San Bernardino Shooter Used Immigration System To Get Wife To US With Little Difficulty…
How quickly the public seems to forget things — especially things which don’t fit into their personal biases or narratives for events in the news. Liberals and some misinformed right wingers are now demanding that gun control measures be implemented to prevent potential terrorists from getting guns. If only some magical law could prevent bad…
by Elias J. Atienza Yesterday, John McAfee, according to Daily Dot, lied about hacking into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, but said he did it for a good cause. McAfee has been on a media blitz: he’s appeared on CNBC, CNN, and Business Insider. He made social media waves when he claimed he could hack into the iPhone of the San…
The tech world has finally thrown their support behind Apple in the legal war against the FBI. Facebook, Google, and Amazon, along with Yahoo and Pinterest, filed a joint amici curiae brief in court in support of Apple. In it, they acknowledge that they compete with Apple and that they support law enforcement efforts to solve crimes. However, they…
John McAfee, Libertarian Party presidential candidate and cybersecurity legend, argued that he can crush Trump and Hillary in the general election in a recent interview with US News. “Trust me, I’ll have no problem whatsoever winning this election,” McAfee said on Wednesday. McAfee argued that if he couldn’t win in a year where political dissatisfaction is…
Last week, Libertarian Party presidential candidate John McAfee took a gigantic step in defending Apple’s decision to refuse to hack into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone. Speaking with Business Insider, John McAfee claimed that the government is violating the 13th Amendment if it forces Apple to create a backdoor for the phone. McAfee’s legal team claims that…
Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) has called on the FBI to withdraw their demands for Apple to break into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. In a letter addressed to FBI Director James Comey, Lieu suggested, “We should all take a breath and talk to each other, rather than use a lawsuit to circumvent…
John McAfee, Libertarian Party candidate and cybersecurity guru, penned an op-ed in Business Insider to the FBI and to the public, offering to decrypt the San Bernadino phone for free using social engineering. In the op-ed he blasted the U.S government for using the All Writs Act of 1789 to order Apple to place a backdoor into…
Apple refuses to give FBI backdoor to users’ data Apple made huge news today when they announced that they will not be cooperating with federal authorities that have requested they hack into the iPhone of belonging to one of the shooters in last December’s terrorist attack in San Bernardino. A federal magistrate has ordered Apple…