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Zero Days - A delibrate attempt of Sabotage

This is a documentary that involves the US, Israel and Iran. It is about a malicious sophisticated software code called Stuxnet which is a computer worm. A worm, unlike a computer virus which like its named biological equivalent, since a virus requires a cell host to replicate itself. But the computer worm can self replicate and activate itself. The code was well written, with no bugs and it has a zero-day exploit.  Which means it could infect the computer immediately, as day zero is an undisclosed computer-software vulnerability that hackers can exploit to adversely affect computer programs, data, additional computers or a network. It is known as a "zero-day" because a virus or worm usually reported or announced before becoming active, but this is activated immediately.  In Stuxnet, there were several zero days. Those with experience in looking at the code security as the professionals they came to the conclusion that it looks like a code written by a nation-state pro...

Central Park Five - When they see us

Just finished watching a series on Netflix, "When They See Us", consisting of 4 episodes; these were all directed by Ava DuVemay, who also directed  13th  and  Selma .  It was made for Netflix, and it follows the story of five 14 to 16-year-old Harlem teenagers of colour called the " Central Park Five " who were arrested for raping and molesting a 28-year-old white female jogger in New York Central Park in 1989.  The story was built around their lives and what happened on the incident's day. The fact boys were arrested by a biased police force with a white female lead, Ms Linda Fairstein, who was then the sex crimes chief in the Manhattan district attorney's office, and she was determined to get them. She said, "Every young Black male who was in the park last night is a suspect in the rape of that woman".  That throws innocent until proven guilty out of the window. The police were biased and out to make an arrest from the very beginning and pres...