Blog Heap of Links for the day 8 June 2014

The Obama administration isn’t only giving the Taliban back its commanders — it’s giving them weapons... Miliary records and sources reveal that on July 25, 2012, Taliban fighters in Kunar province successfully targeted a US Army CH-47 helicopter with a new generation Stinger missile.

"Disguisable weapons wanted," says the ad. Hilarity ensues. [Graphic record at link.]

…privacy advocate Julian Oliver, member of a group called "Stop The Cyborgs…" published a simple computer program that can detect when Glass is being used and stop it from connecting to a network. That in turn means that Glass can't access cloud servers and apps….