Interwebbed: Crypto and Cyber News for Jan 7

By raincoaster on January 7, 2015 • ( 0 )

Noir Night Scene by Tamás Mészáros on Flickr

Hello again, kittens! Happy what-is-it WEDNESDAY! That’s it, Wednesday. All day. Happy Wednesday, and truly, were two less-likely sentencemates ever cobbled together to provide a desperately-reaching link roundup intro?

I think not. I very much think not.

And so to our long-delayed (by holidays, and by an assortment of flus and fevers that have me wondering whether I should stop getting my groceries from that nice man in the blue suit who comes around to the door magically just as I run out of milk. The sight of his thoughtful, if neutral and forgettable, face and medium build creeping closer on those silent rubber-soled shoes brightens my day. My shriveled heart beats a little faster when I hear the familiar “whop, whop” of his black helicopter) link roundup.

Where was I?

Reporter tries to report on a billionaire sex criminal. YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT! (DailyBeast)

Global Chilling: The Impact of Mass Surveillance on International Writers (PEN)

You’ve Got Mail: Toronto illustrator vows to send a portrait of a missing or murdered Aboriginal woman to Stephen Harper every day (TorStar)

The Troll’s Lawyer (Medium)

SK says NK has 6000 cyberwarriors (AP)

Space makes sounds. And they are terrifying (DeadState)

What Barrett Brown’s Three Remaining Charges Mean For Journalism (MintPressNews)

Troll-hunting: Prime time viewing in Sweden (Good)

How covert agents infiltrate the internet to manipulate, deceive, and destroy reputations (TheIntercept)

A Short History of Police Protest (TheMarshallProject)

Former federal cybersecurity director gets 25 years for child pornography (Cir.ca)