Collaborate Disseminate
Good article on the history and practice of e-mail tracking: The tech is pretty simple. Tracking clients embed a line of code in the body of an email — usually in a 1×1 pixel image, so tiny it’s invisible, but also in elements like hyperlinks and custom fonts. When a recipient opens the email, the tracking client recognizes that pixel… Continue reading E-Mail Tracking
Good article on the history and practice of e-mail tracking: The tech is pretty simple. Tracking clients embed a line of code in the body of an email — usually in a 1×1 pixel image, so tiny it’s invisible, but also in elements like hyperlinks and cus… Continue reading E-Mail Tracking
Here is a listing of all the documents that the NSA has in its archives that are dated earlier than 1930…. Continue reading NSA Documents from before 1930
This is William Friedman’s highly annotated copy of Herbert Yardley’s book, The American Black Chamber…. Continue reading Friedman Comments on Yardley
An interesting history…. Continue reading History of US Information Warfare
A delightful story…. Continue reading Hacking Marconi’s Wireless in 1903
New Atlas has a great three-part feature on the history of hacking as portrayed in films, including video clips. The 1980s. The 1990s. The 2000s…. Continue reading Hacking in the Movies
It makes for interesting reading. Someone noticed that parts of it read like standard modern office procedures. EDITED TO ADD: I originally called this a CIA manual, but the CIA had not been formed yet. And, yes, I seem to have blogged this before — in 2010…. Continue reading 1944 OSS Sabotage Manual
Interesting history…. Continue reading Lockpicking Competitions in the 1850s
Economists argue that the security needs of various crops are the cause of civilization size: The argument depends on the differences between how grains and tubers are grown. Crops like wheat are harvested once or twice a year, yielding piles of small, dry grains. These can be stored for long periods of time and are easily transported or stolen…. Continue reading Primitive Food Crops and Security