Dick Cheney Was Scared of Getting Assassinated By a Heart Hack

Dick Cheney Was Scared of Getting Assassinated By a Heart Hack

Though this sounds like a joke, former Vice President Don Cheney and his doctors were legitimately scared about him getting assassinated via terrorists hacking into his defibrillator and causing a heart attack. So they turned off the wireless feature so nobody would kill him via heart hack.

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The Drone-Ready NSA Can Trap a Terrorist with a Single Email

The Drone-Ready NSA Can Trap a Terrorist with a Single Email

We already knew that the NSA was collecting a lot of data with its many surveillance tools—like, a lot of data. But new details about the agency’s role in the CIA’s drone program show that they’re collecting incredibly detailed data, too. Detailed enough to catch a terrorist with a single email.

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The Logos of Terrorist Organizations Predictably Love Using Guns

In a book called Branding Terror, Francesco Trivini Bellini and former United Nations counter-terrorism analyst Artur Beifuss compiled the logos and brand identities of terrorist organizations “from al-Qaeda to the Real IRA” and analyzed them as they would any logo. It’s fascinating to approach the identity of the terrorists from a graphic design perspective. More »

Congressmen Want The FBI To Shut Down Hamas Twitter Accounts

Twitter has moved far beyond just being a network you use to tweet about your lunch, and along with the many useful services it’s a platform for, it can also be a tool for terrorism and violence. At least that’s how seven House Republicans see it, and that’s why they’re asking the FBI to shut down Hamas-related Twitter accounts. More »