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• Jian Ghomeshi facing three new allegations of sexual assault: Crown

  By raincoaster on January 8, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Canada’s own Bill Cosby is going to spend the rest of his life dealing with these charges, and unless he finds a prison pen pal, will likely never marry, thus handing his mother the greatest disappointment a Persian mom can… Read More ›

• Parliament shooting hero Kevin Vickers will be next ambassador to Ireland

  By raincoaster on January 8, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  An excellent choice for a man who clearly knows how to use a cudgel when the chips are down.

• The Hacker Manifesto

  By raincoaster on January 8, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  This post is long, long overdue: in fact, I should have started this website with this post. This is the original Hacker Manifesto by The Mentor, a member of the Legion of Doom hacker crew. It was first published 29… Read More ›

• Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 8

  By raincoaster on January 8, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  “Religion, a medieval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today…. Read More ›

• Encryption for Beginners: Presented by Feminist Hacker Barbie

  By raincoaster on January 7, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Soooo much better than the (sexist, condescending) Mattel version; Feminist Hacker Barbie is the Barbie of our time. Here, our icon leads us through a quick, but easy to follow, introduction to the basic principles and uses of encryption, as… Read More ›

• Charlie Hebdo, Satirical French Magazine, Invaded by Gunmen: 12 Dead

  By raincoaster on January 7, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Around noon Wednesday, publication day of the latest weekly issue, two three armed and masked men dressed all in black walked into the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and opened fire with Kalashnikovs. Twelve people are confirmed dead,… Read More ›

• Interwebbed: Crypto and Cyber News for Jan 7

  By raincoaster on January 7, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  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… Read More ›

• A threat from ISIL prompted India to block Github and 31 other sites

  By raincoaster on December 31, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• 2014 in The Cryptosphere

  By raincoaster on December 31, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  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

  By raincoaster on December 31, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  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

  By raincoaster on December 31, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  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

  By raincoaster on December 31, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  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

  By raincoaster on December 30, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  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

  By raincoaster on December 30, 2014 • ( 13 )

  

  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!

  By raincoaster on December 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›