That should work out well. Half the developers on Github live in India. To be clear, even a direct, viral threat from ISIS would be no justification for blocking these sites, which include the Internet Archive, Github, and Pastebin. The… Read More ›
Month: December 2014
2014 in The Cryptosphere
So it is with a hopeful heart and a Godzilla haiku with which we say goodbye to 2014 and hello to whatever tinfoil-reinforcing insanity 2015 will bring. Our first year has been a good one, overall. While we missed our… Read More ›
Stay #Anonymous: Security Guidelines for Making Your Own VPN
This article by ro0ted is a follow-up to his post of yesterday on the best secure VPN. And yes, it’s well above the pay grade of most of our readers (and staff) but this is a true hacker’s approach. We… Read More ›
Instant Karma, Internet-Style
Let’s take a hypothetical: say, you’re a self-proclaimed whistleblower and security conference attendee with a Twitter account, a highly-strung nature, and roughly 300 followers. We’ve all been at those conferences. We know what they’re like. Maybe you’re a little bored;… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 31 2015
Well, we don’t know what your 2014 was like, but ours was a daily and endless reminder that Eris is the most patient, enduring, and irresistible god. It was an unceasing progression of chaos, during which we only achieved equilibrium… Read More ›
Video: Paths of Hate
Paths of Hate is a stunning animated film by Polish filmmaker Damian Nenow. It was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination in 2010, and won Best of Show at SIGGRAPH in 2011. The film explores the dehumanizing power of war, humanity’s… Read More ›
The Best VPN of All
This is a guest post by ro0ted, founder of the hacker crew of the same name. It is reposted with permission and slight editing for clarity from a Twitlonger of yesterday. We reprint this not in the expectation that you,… Read More ›
From Facebook, through iPhones and Androids, to Macs – make the safest start to 2015!
Start the new year safe, kittens! All this week we’re featuring safety basics that will help YOU YES YOU get your assets encrypted and still easy for you to access. Start here. Then check today’s Interwebbed post for the Revolution… Read More ›
#ShutDownCanada – February 13th
Originally posted on Powell River Today:
The System has failed us all miserably. There is no democracy and we, the people, have an obligation to demand justice for all. The current status quo in Canada serves only the elite few…
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 30
We’re back (before taking yet another holiday!) kittens! Did Santa/TheBigChiefDruid/Whoever bring you what you wanted this Festivus? Yeah, us neither. So full your mug with a bracing beverage with a heapin’ helpin’ of Bailey’s because the way to get in… Read More ›
The Cryptosphere’s 2014 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 120,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at… Read More ›
Boxing Day Movie and Popcorn: They Live
We’ve featured They Live, a little gem of dystopian 80’s cinema, before, but our old copy got blown off YouTube with a nassssty, nasssty DMCA, so here’s a fresh new copy of Rowdy Roddy Piper’s greatest starring role. Could be… Read More ›
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We’re off to celebrate the holidays and we’ll see you soon with a feature story that will do all kinds of un-Christmassy and nasty things to its subject. Assuming that’s not you, you will likely enjoy it! A long-delayed unmasking… Read More ›
#Anonymous, #Sony, #Hackers and Other Hashtags: The Cryptosphere Editor Lorraine Murphy on the John, Paul and Mic Show
Well, this was fun. Basically, I love podcasts because I don’t have to comb my hair; hell, sometimes I don’t even have to get out of my pajamas. For the John, Paul and Mic show, however, I had to be… Read More ›
Jeremy Hammond: I’m an #Anonymous hacker in prison, and I am not a crook. I’m an activist
https://freeanons.org/ This is a guest post stolen wholesale from the Guardian’s Comment Is Free (which does not pay contributors, so we don’t feel guilty in the least). Jeremy Hammond is currently serving ten years for his part in the Stratfor… Read More ›
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