The 4th Bomb
The true story of the Nigerian London Bus bomb survivor who was treated as a terrorist
Apartment Has Been Compromised
It had to happen at some point, I suppose. I got back from a bank holiday break on Tuesday to find the place I’m staying had been entered in my absence.
The yale lock had been done. It felt looser when I slotted my key into it.
Inside nothing seemed out of place, then I looked in my PDA… the 256mb SD card had been taken from it.
Then I looked around for a 1gb USB memory stick with my files on it. That too had gone from where I’d left it on the desk as well.
On top of that I’m still unable to update the website after 2 weeks due to some reason my ISP cannot explain.
So I’ll be sticking things on this blog for the time being. Surely they can’t nobble the all conquering Google (I hope)
P.S Stelious, you are totally correct about mildly aggrieved from North London.
Dined with bigwigs and all…
the aforementioned’s MBE awaits.
Sorry to hear about this crime. Have you reported it to the Police ?
Presumably you will be treating this as more than just a theft of equipment.
Has any confidential material been compromised ?
Not having read your book yet, I am not sure about the strength of your claims regarding the bomb you witnessed.
However, you should not be spied on by Government or private sector snoopers, simply for your attempts to get at the truth.
If you do not do so already, you might want to think about using some encryption on any replacement devices e.g. True Crypt, which can be used on USB devices as well, and which allows for multiple, hidden encrypted volumes to be nested within one another, with different pass phrases, for plausible deniability.
It is very worrying that we should even have to contemplate using techniques which political dissidents living under repressive dictatorships need to resort to, but here are a couple of links which offer some practical suggestions about computer and mobile phone security for whistleblowers, confidential sources, activists, journalists and bloggers:
Spy Blog: hints and tips for whistleblowers etc. (includes some mobile phone stuff)
Frontline Human Rights Defenders:
Digital Security & Privacy for Human Rights Defenders manual
Daniel,
I think you are extremely brave to be doing this. I admire you enourmously. The world needs more people like you, who can throw spanners in the works, and who can back their claims up with FACTS. I think you may have an inkling of what you will be up against with the latest shenanigans. I don’t want to put a downer on it, nor do I want to teach my granny to suck eggs, as I’m sure you know exactly what you are doing, and have plans for all eventualities; but I really think you need to be thinking more alomg the lines of protecting both yourself and all of the knowledge contained therein. Far-fetched it may sound, but you are now “in the sights”. I would consider a little holiday, perhaps.
Oh, and Google? Forget it, brother. They are _not_ in any sense of the word, secure. Not any more.
Keep it up. You are doing the UK a great service