And you will not take any pictures, play any games, listen to music, or work on a computer! ;)

It's worse than just that. Starting my gripe:
I wanted to buy a $2.80 rubber dust cap (for the usb and hdmi ports) on the side of my nikon d3100. That is one of the very few "user replaceable" parts that "Nikon Parts" website sells. The shipping on the $2.80 rubber cap? Try more than 10 dollars. I think it was 12 bucks or something to ship to Texas. Now that is a straight rip-off, but when I checked it seems that the "Nikon Parts" online store isn't really Nikon but being run by somebody else. So seems I cant even get parts from Nikon.

hrmm. When I buy certain chips/kits from TI's websites, it made me go through an export control interview and application.
What if you are buying from a non-US distributor in a non-US country. Do US trade/export laws still apply?

Chinese AC troll?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-china-business-travelers-take-extreme-precautions-to-avoid-cyber-espionage/2011/09/20/gIQAM6cR0K_story.html

FTW: global warming is a hoax!!!

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/02/computer_securi_2.html

http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/us-government-recommends-weighing-laptop-and-after-visit-china

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/07/laptop_security.html

https://www.eff.org/wp/defending-privacy-us-border-guide-travelers-carrying-digital-devices

You don't need to monitor every bluetooth device. You just need a decent sampling of users passing through points in your "system". This is just one of several ways you can uniquely identify a particular object to track overall flow of the herd.

What, no mod flag for "whoosh" factor?!

yep - the job creators had fundamental disagreements with Matthew 6 & 19

of course there should be an air-gap on any plant system like this, and likely is...
But then again there are things specifically targeted at jumping air-gaps.
I dont think there are any "experts" who believe stuxnet/flame hit targets directly.

I dont think these plants would have information security on par with nuclear power plants

But hey what do i know!

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Espionage != sabotage

Look at the computers on the desk here:
http://ronslog.typepad.com/ronslog/2008/05/eagle-mountain.html

Any clues as to control over some of the SCADA systems here might do?

in my best "say what again!" voice: Tell me it's not gonna cause problems!

right. we dont.

I was thinking the same thing. Another lone-wolf hacker ;)

If he has half a brain, he's trying to turn himself to the nearest NATO affiliated embassy. If not, he will shortly disappear.

In Soviet Russia, you get hacked.

Borat's bumbling was just cover for a true-to-life Eastern European cyber-James-Bond?

uh, no...