Security Archives - Granite Grok

CARDELLO: You Lock Your House and Car, Add Your Laptop and iPad to the List

July 10, 2026 Ray Cardello

Only when I lived on a dead-end dirt road in rural New Hampshire did I ever leave the house without checking the lock on the door, and that was probably foolish of me, too. You rarely leave your car, even for a quick stop at the corner store, without hearing the beep as you hit … Read more

Why Do We Need Metal Detectors and X-Ray Machines in The State House?

February 17, 2025 Steve MacDonald

Ten Democrats and two ‘republicans’ have sponsored a bill to create a committee whose job it would be “to study the feasibility and implementation of certain state house complex safety and security procedures.” It sounds benign enough, but if you read HB477—once you get past the bits about how the committee shall be comprised—the proposed … Read more

“Apple’s Journal App Probably Isn’t a Privacy Nightmare” – But the Tech Certainly Is!

March 8, 2024 Op-Ed

Your iPhone, Android, Tablet, Car, smart TV, or any other “Smart” device has huge vulnerabilities. Your phone is not the place to store private information, and if you think you are not being tracked by your phone, tablet, smartwatch, or even your car, you are sadly mistaken. Shutting off features does nothing but limit them to hackers and governments.

Privacy vs. Security

April 8, 2023 Amil Imani

Since well before we eagerly leaped into the world of high technology, we gave very little thought to the possibility that someday we would find ourselves at a perilous fork in the road as a society, culture, and country.

Security guard Photo by Flex Point Security on Unsplash

Children Aren’t as Precious as Politicians or We’d Protect Them with Guns

June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 Steve MacDonald

It is a simple fact of human existence. People or property that is important or cherished is protected (quite often) with firearms. When more protection is warranted, you add more security, probably armed. This is the way with the government, but not with children in their care.

FIRE the “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice” Director and HIRE a Security Guard at Schools

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

Let’s face it, your kids need to be safe when they go to school. I don’t know what all of the answers are, but I’m seeing that a lot of elite private schools have a strong security presence in their schools. I can’t even walk into the federal court without running into security guards, and … Read more

Emergency Update for Google Chrome Users

March 27, 2022 Steve MacDonald

On March 25th, Google announced an emergency security update to patch a vulnerability in the browser. All Chrome users are advised to update to this latest version to patch this high severity zero-day vulnerability.

Chuck and Kevin are Campaigning Like it’s 2010

January 29, 2022 Ed Mosca

Do you remember the 2010 election … specifically the Senate race? Kelly Ayotte was the Tea Party candidate. For example, from Public Policy Polling:

Quick Takes – Hat Trick

October 3, 2021 NITZAKHON

Within I pick three topics upon which to discourse, but not worth a full-length examination as a standalone piece on their own.

Palate Cleanser: So, Remember This When Setting up Your New Password

June 4, 2021 Skip

Yeah, I’m generally in the 5.4X10 to the 8th years to the 4.9X10 to the 14 years range.

Abusing Joe Biden, WRBA, and Border Security

December 14, 2024March 25, 2021 Steve MacDonald

I join Liz Gabert (as a guest co-host) to talk about Joe Biden’s fall, who is running the Biden Administration, elder abuse, politics, culture, and we are joined mid-show by a special guest reporting on her recent visit to the mess on our Southern Border.

If the National Guard is an Immediate Physical Threat to the President Why Bring Them to DC?

January 20, 2021

Democratic lawmaker Steve Cohen of Tennessee is suggesting every Guardsman who cast a vote for President Trump should be a “suspect.” That’s right our representatives think the very people who defend us and them are our enemies.

America’s Immigration Policy

December 6, 2020

There’s a lot of noise about America’s immigration policy. What do you think? Is what is in place well reasoned? Does it serve the security interests of the nation? Does it keep us protected from disease spread, public health concerns? Does your social security rest on the results of bad immigration policy?

Security Expert Dissects Vulnerabilities in US Elections and Electronic Vote Fraud

November 9, 2020 Steve MacDonald

This isn’t pleasant. I’m not all the way through, but I can safely say that hanging chads present less of a risk of bad election results than what we’re doing in most states today.

Since We’re Having an Election, Why Not Put an End to Socialism

October 1, 2020 Steve MacDonald

In most election years the Democrats lie. They promise all manner of things in their attempt to buy votes. There are an endless array of government handouts, freebies and special interest priorities. We know it is bulls**t but we all wish Santa and the Easter Bunny would leave us something extra.

Should We Attempt to Recreate the Civil Defense Teams of the 50’s?

September 1, 2020 Amil Imani

During the Cold War, I remember reading that, especially in the late 1950s and the early 1960s, it was not uncommon for people to build bomb shelters well stocked with canned goods in their backyards.

Technology, Society, Cyber-Culture, Privacy and Constitutions

August 29, 2020 Amil Imani

Since well before we eagerly leapt into the world of technology, we gave very little thought to the possibility that someday we would find ourselves at a perilous fork in the road as a society, culture, and country.

The Barrage of Riots and Idiocy

July 19, 2020

Over the last few weeks this country has seen a barrage of riots and idiocy. These events have taught us something. Let’s just take a moment to recognize the subject of gun control died in the riots, looting and mayhem. That’s right gun control is officially dead. May it Rest In Peace.

Defunding the Police – An Insane Solution to a Fabricated Problem

July 4, 2020July 3, 2020 Peter Lemiska

It’s really hard to understand how we got to where we are today. The video of George Floyd’s death was deeply disturbing, but there has to be something else at work to bring about the widespread rioting, the wanton destruction of our national monuments, the vitriol directed at law enforcement officers, and the insane demands … Read more

Senate Fails to Override Trump Veto of Bill to Block Emergency Border Security Funding

October 17, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The president declared a national emergency on America’s southern border. And at the time, it was an emergency. Right up until Trump said as much Democrats were on cable news wailing about it left and left. Families, children, cages, concentration camps!