Prisoners of Our Own Devices

Con Air: Crooks using drones to smuggle drugs, phones, weapons into prisons

New York prison officials are sounding the alarm after drones dropped packages stuffed with cell phones, drugs and weapons into two upsstate correctional facilities in less than two months — a security threat that Gov. Kathy Hochul moved recently to address with new legislation. The latest incidents occurred at Wallkill and Sing Sing prisons, where []

Football, Guantanamo Bay and the shadow of shame that hangs over this World Cup

Former detainees tell The i Paper about their years locked up in the notorious US prison - and how manipulative guards used football in its cages as a form of control

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बुधबार काठमाडौँ जिल्ला अदालतको पाँचौँ तलामा रहेको आठ नम्बर इजलासमा बहुचर्चित नक्कली भुटानी शरणार्थी प्रकरणको मुद्दामा बहस हुँदै थियो। इजलासबाहिर सुरक्षाकर्मीहरू र मुद्दाका पक्ष-विपक्षका मानिसहरू थिए भने इजलासभित्र पूर्वउपप्रधानमन्त्री टोपबहादुर रायमाझी, पूर्वगृहसचिव टेकनारायण पाण्डेसहित नौ जना थुनुवा र तिनका आफन्त बहस सुनिरहेका थिए। इजलासमा न्यायाधीश तेजबहादुर खड्का बेलाबेला फाइल पल्टाएर हेर्दै थिए। इजलासअगाडिको पोडियममा अधिवक्ता []

This story has it all. Pedo creep, letters to inmates, hit men, woodchippers, gore websites, and so much more [Scary]

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Kevin Mitnick left the man who helped jail him enough for a Porsche 911

Kevin Mitnick, the legendary hacker, once tried to social-engineer his way into Novell's network by phoning a network admin named Shawn Nunley late at night, posing as an employee who needed direct inbound modem access for a top-secret project. Nunley smelled a rat, played along, and asked the caller to leave a voicemail — which he recorded onto a cassette recorder. — Read the rest The post Kevin Mitnick left the man who helped jail him enough for a Porsche 911 appeared first on Boing Boing.