The Jihadist's Computer Security Manual

I'm not making this up...

The SITE Institute has acquired and translated the first issue of the Technical Mujahid, a magazine dedicated to helping Islamic jihadists secure their computers.

Some of their analysis included:

Articles like, "The Technique of Concealing Files from View" and "How to Protect Your Files, Even if Your Device was Penetrated," were written for the intermediate to advanced user, and describe a variety of methods and software that provide security. Links to download referenced software, such as the VMware virtual machine, and key generators to unlock features are also given by the editors. Another writer discusses PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) software and determines that its encryption is not adequate for the needs of the Mujahideen.

So... the jihadists have determined that encryption is not sufficient to secure their data. I wonder how long it will take Wall Street to figure that out! ;)

Seriously, when stuff like this hits the internet, it makes me wonder how much longer wars -- even little wars -- can be used to accomplish a lasting goal.

It makes me think that the writers of The Fifth Dicsipline are right... the only way for any group to survive is if it learns faster than opposing groups.

I'm reading into it a bit... but basically any culture that can embrace the wild and free marketplace of ideas on the internet will thrive... even if the immediate result is unrest, power shifts, or the threat of "foreign ideas" befouling the "purity" of the existing group. This applies equally well to countries, cultures, corporations, and religions.

Any group so dogmatic that they refuse to learn from anything unless it was written 2000 years ago, will likely find themselves left behind.