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.
There are only a handful of Putinists here, but they’re loud.
Get some cash on hand also. FJB LGB
“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.
The good news is, when we emerge on the other side, our power grid will be hard.
Could you please add me to your ping list? Thanks
Hmmm... So Biden gave him a list of targets?
Ohhhh yer just inferring that!
As always spot on advice
Slag is hard. Right?
Cigarettes, booze
and Pork Rinds.
Yup,I’m stocked up!
My Hostess Twinkies from 1999 are still good.
Ready since 9-11-01.
Same to you Old Friend.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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