Phone payments are completely changing Africa, for the better.
Month: December 2014
Cop Beatings of Press Members Spark Letter of Protest to Berkeley Police from Society of Professional Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalists has released a letter sent December 6 by Lila LaHood, president of the North California chapter, to the Mayor and Chief of Police of Berkeley, California. The letter is in response to what the organization… Read More ›
The Dream Leads to Nowhere: The Farcical Use of the #Anonymous Collective’s Imagery to Instill Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt in Corporate Warfare
Cryptospherians, please welcome back Crypto-pal @GonzoPhD, who has offered up this false-flag operation as an instructional example of internet fail. It originally appeared on the Grey Coat Labs blog. Don’t poke the Internet Hate Machine or you’ll have worse problems… Read More ›
The People Want to Be Able to Live
This is a repost of Hamilton Nolan’s article of the same title on Gawker (not a lot of crossover in audiences, I’m thinking). Nolan has long cataloged the crimes of corporate and individual overlords and the economic and security losses… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 8
Merry Monday, kittens! Were you office partying over the weekend like the rest of us? The strangest people showed up at the party, but then that’s the holiday chaos for you. In this world of Heraclitian turmoil, there’s one thing… Read More ›
Film Friday: Android
Tonight’s feature movie is so bad I doubt the copyright holder will even bother hitting YouTube with a takedown notice. It has 5.9 out of ten on IMDB. It’s Android, from 1982, starring Klaus Kinski, which is a perfect storm… Read More ›
WATCH: Mexican man arrested in Peru, allegedly tried to smuggle cocaine inside 2 St. Bernard dogs
Guess they’re giving up on mules, cosmetic surgery addicts, and undergraduates with big debts to pay.
Aboriginal frustrations could lead to ‘coherent’ uprising that would threaten Canada’s economy, author warns
Well, YES. Unlike the US, in Canada First Nations Peoples constitute a large and powerful political bloc which is increasingly radicalized and increasingly willing to exercise its powers. For them, “Canada” is a choice, or is rapidly becoming one. Just… Read More ›
I Have Something to Hide
This is a reprint of the May, 2013 post of the same title from the Neurovagrant blog of Ian Campbell, with whom we re-connected on Twitter recently. He kindly permitted us to repost this crystal clear lesson in why encryption… Read More ›
Numbers: The Mandelbrot Set
“Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.” – Latin saying “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr An eternity of waves tattoos the sand In foam, embroiders it with seaweed, scarifies and brands The verge… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 5
Happy Friday, kittens! Are you as plugged in and illuminated as this somewhat-alarmed gent? If not, we have the cure for that: our Friday link roundup! All the cryptonews you need to get your weekend started. Someone was Indicted in… Read More ›
Crews break up ‘The Jungle’ in California, largest U.S. homeless encampment
For less than the cost of this big move and policing, they could have just housed everyone.
Infographic: Biggest CyberSecurity Attacks in History
An interesting, but arguable, infographic coming to us today from the Financial Times. Is Kevin Mitnick really bigger than the guys that hacked Target, Home Depot, Bebe, and virtually every fast food restaurant in the US? I think he’s just… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 4
Getting into holiday mode, kittens? We here at Cryptosphere Global HQ are celebrating the season by coming down with whatever bug that is that gives you a hangover when you’ve only drunk tea and causes you to sleep as though… Read More ›
#Ferguson Protester Used Police Radios To Interfere With Cops
Originally posted on LibertasIntel:
Green modified the radios so he could transmit on the St. Louis County Police Department radio frequency, St. Louis County Police Officer Virgil Avery said in court papers. He used two radios at Tiffin and Harrison…
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