The Altman Code by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Altman Code, co-authored with Gayle Lynds, Covert-One's Jon Smith tracks a Chinese cargo ship suspected of carrying chemical weapons material before a major treaty signing.
Books
2009
65 posts
The Fist of God by Frederick Forsyth
In Frederick Forsyth’s thrilling Gulf War movie, The Fist of God, things get intense when British and American spies find out about Saddam Hussein’s secret weapon, a super powerful device that could change the whole war.
Books
Monthly update #0230 • June 2009
Monthly update 230 • June 2009 • 2009-06-01 - 2009-06-30
Monthly Updates
Privacy Roundup #0035 • June 2009
June 2009 turned the spotlight on state surveillance, as Iran throttled the net during its election and China ordered censoring software onto every new PC, while Western firms tracked, leaked and reassured in equal measure.
Privacy
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), directed by Carlos Saldanha, takes the herd underground into a hidden world where dinosaurs still live. Ray Romano voices Manny, who is about to become a father and worries about everything.
Movies
What is security.agent.login?
If you see security.agent.login on your Mac, here is what this login process does.
Mac
The Bancroft Strategy by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Bancroft Strategy, agent Todd Belknap seeks kidnapped friend Jared Rinehart, intersecting with Andrea Bancroft's probe into her family's foundation and enigmatic Genesis, unveiling a utilitarian cabal.
Books
Monthly update #0229 • May 2009
Monthly update 229 • May 2009 • 2009-05-01 - 2009-05-31
Monthly Updates
Privacy Roundup #0034 • May 2009
May 2009 paired a run of painful breaches with hard questions about location tracking, deep packet inspection and who gets to watch the wires.
Privacy
Pentecost
I appreciate the full story of Pentecost more each year. The Spirit came like wind and fire to the disciples.
Christianity
The Deceiver by Frederick Forsyth
In Frederick Forsyth’s epic espionage novel, “The Deceiver,” seasoned British SIS officer Sam McCready, known for his cunning, is forced to retire as the Cold War ends in 1989.
Books
Ascension Day
I appreciate the full story of Ascension Day more each year. Christ went up to heaven to prepare a place for us.
Christianity
What is bluetoothd?
If you see bluetoothd, BTServer, BlueTool, or bluetoothuiservice running on your Mac, here is what these Bluetooth processes do.
Mac
What is pfctl?
If you see pfctl on your Mac, here is what this firewall tool does.
Mac
The Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Ambler Warning, agent Hal Ambler escapes a psychiatric facility, discovering his identity erased.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0033 • April 2009
April 2009 was dominated by botnets, worms and government surveillance, as Conficker stirred, Twitter buckled under self-spreading scripts, and Britain and the United States pressed ahead with plans to log everyone's communications.
Privacy
Monthly update #0228 • April 2009
Monthly update 228 • April 2009 • 2009-04-01 - 2009-04-30
Monthly Updates
Happy Easter
I appreciate the full story of Easter more each year. Christ died for our sins and rose on the third day.
Christianity
Good Friday
I appreciate the full story of Good Friday more each year. Christ died for our sins on the cross.
Christianity
The Tristan Betrayal by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Tristan Betrayal, agent Stephen Metcalfe infiltrates WWII Moscow to sway a German general against invading Russia, rekindling a romance with ballerina Lana amid Nazi pursuits and betrayals.
Books
Monthly update #0227 • March 2009
Monthly update 227 • March 2009 • 2009-03-01 - 2009-03-31
Monthly Updates
Privacy Roundup #0032 • March 2009
Conficker scared the world, leaked national blacklists exposed state censorship, and Google pushed behavioural tracking onto the web.
Privacy
What is fairplayd?
If you see fairplayd running on your Mac, here is what this DRM process does.
Mac
What is mDNSResponderHelper?
If you see mDNSResponderHelper running on your Mac, here is what this Bonjour helper process does.
Mac
The Negotiator by Frederick Forsyth
In Frederick Forsyth’s The Negotiator, a high-stakes thriller set in the late 1980s, master negotiator Quinn, a battle-hardened American with a mysterious past, gets entangled in a deadly conspiracy when the U.S. President’s son is kidnapped by ruthless mercenaries.
Books