Kevin Bae

Non-Social in a Socially Networked World

  • Simple fix to protect your Windows machine from Russian ransomware hackers

    Simple fix to protect your Windows machine from Russian ransomware hackers

    I was reading Brian Krebs’ blog, krebsonsecurity.com, and came across this odd little trick you can use if you’re a Windows user and are deathly afraid of Russian ransomware hackers. In a Twitter discussion last week on ransomware attacks, KrebsOnSecurity noted that virtually all ransomware strains have a built-in failsafe designed to cover the backsides…

  • Regarding Bill Gates

    I’ve been wondering the same thing about the news coverage surrounding good old Uncle Bill.

  • Who didn’t know COVID-19 was cover for a power grab?

    Who didn’t know COVID-19 was cover for a power grab?

    Almost my entire family view me as a crackpot when I recite every liberty taken from the public due to “protecting others” from COVID-19. The United States and western democracies are not founded on the principles of collective good. They are founded on the principle of individual liberty and the rights of man (man in…

  • Right to resist arrest in Georgia

    Right to resist arrest in Georgia

    Huh… you learn something new every day. I never heard of a right to resist arrest. This stems from English common law. Georgia adopted the common law of England in 1776. Embedded in that common law was the right to physically resist an unlawful arrest or escape from an unlawful detention, Justice John Ellington wrote…

  • Canadian Gestapo

    Canadian Gestapo

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  • Scientists argue against the need for COVID-19 booster shots

    Scientists argue against the need for COVID-19 booster shots

    I wonder how Pfizer, Moderna, J&J, and AstraZeneca feel about this? In interviews with Reuters, more than a dozen influential infectious disease and vaccine development experts said there is growing evidence that a first round of global vaccinations may offer enduring protection against the coronavirus and its most worrisome variants discovered to date. Some of…