Mike Cooper
@coop
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Author and tinkerer: crime, finance, and technology.
Boston
Joined November 2009
Wait, there are ATMs still running Win XP?? https://t.co/x47vvPhzbg No wonder jackpotting is on
krebsonsecurity.com
ATM "jackpotting" -- a sophisticated crime in which thieves install malicious software and/or hardware at ATMs that forces the machines to spit out huge volumes of cash on demand -- has long been a...
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Excellent Guardian piece on interrogation. Coercion does NOT work https://t.co/EGogrUZtt2 Really, anyone with teenagers should know that
theguardian.com
The long read: Expert interrogators know torture doesn’t work – but until now, nobody could prove it. By analysing hundreds of top-secret interviews with terror suspects, two British scientists have...
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New Russian CQB spec-forces bullpup fires 12.7mm rounds (!) https://t.co/RFPaWik8Gr Man, they want to put their enemies DOWN
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Seattle Times on THE DOWNSIDE: "It’s a pleasure to watch pros doing what they do best"
seattletimes.com
takes a look at Mike Cooper’s engrossing heist novel “The Downside” and Colin Cotterill’s “The Rat Catchers’ Olympics,” starring Dr. Siri Paiboun.
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The Sunday Times liked THE DOWNSIDE: "whip-smart dialogue and a chicane of plot twists"
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If your product makes 1.3 billion people unhappy (really!), maybe you're doing something wrong? https://t.co/TB20x1yz9v
#Facebook
qz.com
Social media is a great way to connect with family, friends, and strangers around the globe, but spending too much time on any platform can create dissatisfaction.
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"99% people who join multilevel-marketing co's lose money" For whom, exactly, is that a "brilliant business model"?
qz.com
“I was urged to stop paying my bills to invest in more inventory. I was urged to get rid of television. I was urged to pawn my vehicle. I just had to get on anxiety meds over all of it because I’ve...
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That's an interesting article. Didn't realize how intense it had gotten
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"Inside the world of Silicon Valley's 'coasters' - millionaire engineers who get paid gobs of money and barely work"
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Russian troll-bots are pushing #civilwar - as in, a new US civil war https://t.co/xhHczbYT1B Sounds like "interference" to me
dailykos.com
If you go on Twitter and search “#civilwar” you will be horrified, disgusted and enraged at best, alarmed at worst. This is basically a thread for Trump supporters to threaten the country with civil...
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Charming BBC video on recent World Dog Surfing Championships: https://t.co/POSjduUO9k They're more agile than me, for sure
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Tech millionaire: "[because of robots] within 30 years, half of humanity won’t have a job" https://t.co/Y8Yq9ffCrk Thanks man
marketwatch.com
The trendy notion among some of the world’s best and brightest: The robots are taking over. Tesla’s Elon Musk is worried about it. So is Microsoft’s Bill Gates. And professor Stephen Hawking, too....
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What everyone needs in their pocket: a real, working .22 pistol that folds up to 1/3 the size of a phone
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Having grown up in Missouri, I'm interested to see the NAACP has issued a travel warning for the state:
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Interview w top Scrabble champions: https://t.co/rI4NYvXZ4z Strategy, endgame tactics - fascinating (to a certain kind of mind)
slate.com
Scrabble has a new champion. He is Will Anderson, a 32-year-old textbook editor who began playing competitively just eight years ago; his word game of...
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Good metric for being a successful (thriller) author: Being able to afford a sub to Jane's Intelligence Review. Not there yet!
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Robot safecracker: https://t.co/dNY3NYihs7 When they say "no job is secure" they mean it!
bbc.com
To rapturous applause, hackers bust open a leading brand of safe with a small robot at Def Con.
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"Wildly inventive": a starred PW review for THE DOWNSIDE, coming in Sept
publishersweekly.com
Finn, the star of this wildly inventive caper novel from Thriller Award–finalist Cooper (Full Ratchet), specializes in thefts of...
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"Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last year" https://t.co/i8I14Been5 That's one way to keep taxes low
washingtonpost.com
Federal asset forfeitures topped burglary losses for the first time in 2014.
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