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PRUDENT MEASURES
Original Content | 2/24/2022 | By Laz A. Mataz

Posted on 02/24/2022 4:43:50 AM PST by Lazamataz

A friend on FR sent me a Freepmail, warning me to take prudent electronic measures. This is due to the recent actions in Ukraine, and our possible (hamhanded) response, followed by a likely all-out cyber war.

A cyber war could do quite a bit of damage, disrupting financial institutions and even shutting down our water and electricity. Therefore, I will take my friends post, and expand it.

Please take some prudent measures. If nothing happens, GREAT.... but if something happens, you'll think back to that time when your good ole' buddy Laz warned you, and you heeded him.

PRUDENT MEASURES BELOW:

FINANCIAL:

- Make sure you have a secure connection to your banking & investment accounts first;

- Get on your banks, investment accounts;

- Download copies of statements of each today. Complete with up to date balances, your account #’s, etc..;

- Store them on a removable USB drive. DO NOT leave them on your computer. I'd actually go entirely to paper...;

- If you do not have an SSL VPN provider, get one today. I use NordVPN;

- If you have the technical capability, run pi-hole on a Raspberry Pi 3 (or better) device OR on an existing Linux box.

- Do not “run naked” on the internet. Personal security on the internet right now is even more important than ever. Whatever you do, don’t rely on your router’s firewall or Windows Security to protect you.

PHYSICAL:

I might suggest:

- You have as large a backlog of meds as you can. I have laid up about a years worth, including insulin.

- You secure yourself as large a quantity of water as you can. I got a 55 gal plastic drum. If you don’t have that, and you have a swimming pool, you’re good... if it is filled. If not, get a bathtub waterbob (which I also have) and water purification methods. At bare minumum, lay in some 2 liter empty-soda bottles. DO NOT USE MILK JUGS, that will kill you.

- Make sure your weapon(s) are functional and sighted in, and that they are by your side.

- Hopefully you have dried, canned, or otherwise preserved food. While a cooking source is nice, for canned goods it is optional.

- If shit gets hairy, contact your neighbors to form an area-defense league. Be sensitive to when the law no longer matters. That is called the Inflection Point. When the Inflection Point occurs, be ready to kill to defend yours. And remember: More trigger-pullers always beats fewer trigger-pullers.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: cyberattack; powergrid; preppers
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To: patriotfury

There are only a handful of Putinists here, but they’re loud.


21 posted on 02/24/2022 5:27:10 AM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Lazamataz

Get some cash on hand also. FJB LGB


22 posted on 02/24/2022 5:27:59 AM PST by stickandrudder (Another Bitter-Clinger! God-Family-Tribe - LGBFJB brotherhood)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

“There are only a handful of Putinists here, but they’re loud.”

And smart, too. They tend not to overreact to things just because the word ‘Russia’ is in the title.


23 posted on 02/24/2022 5:32:50 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: Lazamataz
Silver has broken through the channel it's been in since last August. Now it will go back to the $24 to $28 channel. Gold is solid. Bitcoin is languishing.
24 posted on 02/24/2022 5:39:56 AM PST by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

The good news is, when we emerge on the other side, our power grid will be hard.


25 posted on 02/24/2022 5:48:54 AM PST by Lazamataz (The forces of fascism and oppression are on the move in North America. We cannot let tyranny stand!)
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To: Lazamataz
bbbbbut Laz! President FJB gave Putin a list of cyber targets NOT to attack last year.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/biden-tells-putin-certain-cyber-attacks-should-be-off-limits-2021-06-16/

26 posted on 02/24/2022 6:04:08 AM PST by Theophilus (Convoy!)
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To: Lazamataz

Could you please add me to your ping list? Thanks


27 posted on 02/24/2022 6:10:48 AM PST by Grammy (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Theophilus

Hmmm... So Biden gave him a list of targets?


28 posted on 02/24/2022 6:13:09 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Ohhhh yer just inferring that!


29 posted on 02/24/2022 6:20:40 AM PST by Theophilus (Convoy!)
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To: Lazamataz

As always spot on advice


30 posted on 02/24/2022 7:01:06 AM PST by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Lazamataz
The good news is, when we emerge on the other side, our power grid will be hard.

Slag is hard. Right?

31 posted on 02/24/2022 7:11:33 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Lazamataz

Cigarettes, booze
and Pork Rinds.
Yup,I’m stocked up!


32 posted on 02/24/2022 7:39:38 AM PST by Big Red Badger (Make His Paths Straight!)
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To: Lazamataz

My Hostess Twinkies from 1999 are still good.


33 posted on 02/24/2022 7:41:11 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Lazamataz

Ready since 9-11-01.


34 posted on 02/24/2022 7:45:52 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Lazamataz

Same to you Old Friend.


35 posted on 02/24/2022 7:46:51 AM PST by sport
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To: Lazamataz

Thanks for the heads up. I did the preemptive gas fillup with one of vehicles yesterday afternoon. Other actions start soon along your heads up.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4041016/posts?page=78#78

2 Relatives with companies which provides fleet vehicles have told their drivers to fill up asap and to fill up every day before they head home.


36 posted on 02/24/2022 8:06:03 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Encourage and fund our liberals & Antifa to move to Canada. Conservative Canadians can move here!)
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To: moovova

Multi factor authentication is a supplement to the traditional username and password. It makes it difficult to compromise your account with just your password since the attacker would also need a code from your phone.


37 posted on 02/24/2022 8:09:30 AM PST by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: Abathar

Excellent suggestion. I will go to our ATM this morning with deposits and also make a withdrawal.

The HomeDepot on line site was really acting up yesterday, and so were a few more sites.


38 posted on 02/24/2022 8:14:34 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Encourage and fund our liberals & Antifa to move to Canada. Conservative Canadians can move here!)
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To: Lazamataz

I was scheduled to fly home on 9/11.

Drove home instead.

Drove a long ways and didn’t see any panic.

Got to my hometown and got in my car.

Fuel was low, so I thought I’d fill up.

Gas stations were closed.

Found one out of town.

Guy was there with a 55 gallon barrel filling it up with gas.

I went in to pay for my gas.

I was in my BDUs.

I asked everyone in the store if the terrorists had attacked any gas stations.

They stood there looking at the floor.

Sheep.

If you are living so close to the edge with your finances that a fifty cent a gallon increase in gas prices will destroy you, then you need to review your life.


39 posted on 02/24/2022 8:15:44 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Lazamataz

Someone, made the suggestion make sure your vehicle remotes are inside, ours are in a safe spot inside.

If every neighbor uses one or more remotes with the alarm button pushed, that will alert the neighbors and tell the bad guys we are ready.


40 posted on 02/24/2022 8:18:13 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Encourage and fund our liberals & Antifa to move to Canada. Conservative Canadians can move here!)
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