I recently had the opportunity to test out hollow spy coins from Spy-Coins.com. These are really cool, hollow coins that allow you to seriously conceal small items. With a background in security, privacy, and tradecraft, these things really appeal to me. Even more appealing is that one coin can conceal a full backup of my entire hard drive on a MicroSD card. Let’s take a look at hollow coins from Spy-Coins.com. Continue reading “A Review of Spy Coins from Spy-Coins.com”
Category: OPSEC
OPSEC for Legal Marijuana Consumers
The commercial sale of legal, recreational marijuana in the United States poses some interesting legal problems. Marijuana is completely legal under the laws of some states, but still a Schedule I substance according to federal law. Though the strange detente that has emerged over the past several years has kept things awkwardly civil, the federal government would be legally justified in cracking down on growers, purveyors. . . and consumers. Continue reading “OPSEC for Legal Marijuana Consumers”
Useless OPSEC Measure: Vary Your Routes
Trying to vary your routes between home and work is sometimes touted as an OPSEC measure. This is sometimes advocated by law enforcement or military organizations as a measure their members should take. In some instances it may actually be a good idea. I began to think seriously about this, however, when I read a few articles that explicity or implicitly seemed to recommended the practice to average citizens in the prepping or “tactical lifestyle” communities. Continue reading “Useless OPSEC Measure: Vary Your Routes”
Security Measures Categorized
On this site I talk about a number of different security measures. Just as in my discussion of attacks and attackers it is important to have a firm understanding of security measures and exactly what type of security each provides. . . and does not provide. Continue reading “Security Measures Categorized”