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Tweets o’ the Day: the #UmbrellaRevolution, Car FUD, False Flags at the MMM, Clippy’s a Jerk, and Monsters Under the Bed
It’s been an exceptional evening of tweets from around the world; too busy for us to have the time to inflate each of these into a standalone article, but not too busy for us to just plop them here for… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for September 30
Welcome to Tuesday! While you were asleep a great number of very interesting things happened. And here they all are! US attacks foreigners: FBI warns of a retaliatory flood of hacktivism (but wait, I thought Anonymous was anti-ISIS? Could this be… Read More ›
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OpSafeWinter Continues: Tweetstorm Report
On Sunday, September 28 between 3-8pm EST, Anonymous’ OpSafeWinter held a Tweetstorm, a Twitter-based event designed to raise awareness among the general public. As we previously reported, OpSafeWinter is designed to support the homeless by creating an honest census of… Read More ›
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This Sounds Familiar: Albertsons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw’s Hit By Second Credit Card Data Breach
I blame Wiley Coyote. When are consumers going to start suing stores over these data breaches? We’re way overdue for a nice juicy class action lawsuit.
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto #News for September 29
That’s a damn good question, kitten. My personal suggestion would be to try reading a nice, nutritious link roundup to get the week, if not your ass, in gear. Dennis Collins aka Owen aka Iowa of the Paypal 14 and… Read More ›
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Medical marijuana subject to federal sales tax, unlike prescription drugs, Canadian judge rules
So, the deal is this: if you get a prescription for it, it’s not subject to federal tax. If you get it from a compassion club, it is. Clearly this is the weakest attempt yet to drive OC (organized crime)… Read More ›
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Ello Users Experience Further Downtime After DDoS Attack
Congratulations, Ello. You’re nobody till somebody hates you, and SOMEBODY hates you.
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Child abuser sues Facebook and page admin over allegedly posting his address
Do you have the right to have the truth about you suppressed? Is someone’s home address actually protected information? Remember when it was just in the phone book? Now it’s in Google. And, apparently, Facebook. And child rapers don’t like… Read More ›
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#Anonymous re-launches #OpSafeWinter for the Homeless
OpSafeWinter, one of Anonymous’ most effective non-hacking Ops, is back (not that it actually went away) and we’ve got an interview with the international team behind it. As is traditional, the interviewees declined to identify themselves, other than as organizers… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Top Cyber and Crypto News for September 26
Friends! Kittens! Governments! Lend me your ears (and maybe a fifty while you’re at it, just until the Paypal clears the bank)! It’s time for our wrap up links for this long week, time to launch into the weekend. God… Read More ›
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UK Prime Minister Says #9/11 – #7/7 Truthers Are Extremists
Originally posted on LibertasIntel:
UK Prime Minister David Cameron told the U.N. that “non-violent extremism” is just as dangerous as terrorism and must be eradicated using all means at the government’s disposal. He references 9/11 and 7/7 Truthers as examples… -
Facebook and tech industry can appeal “bulk search warrant” ruling in key test of online privacy rights
Originally posted on Gigaom:
These days, it’s old news that government officials can pry into Facebook and other websites as part of their investigations. But it’s still unclear what exactly they must do to get access to sites like Facebook in the first place: can they demand information… -
Pic o’ the Day: Che Malkovich!
Now THAT is a face that I would wear on a t-shirt! It’s from a great Sandro Miller series of portraits of actor and icon John Malkovich in costume as various famous portrait subjects. No Queen Elizabeth, but there is… Read More ›
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The End?
Harsh words indeed, but he has a point. They are the architects of their own destruction. As William S. Burroughs says, “Today’s leaders are inept, frightened pilots at the controls of a vast machine they cannot understand, calling in experts… Read More ›
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The Monstering of Human Rights
Have the human rights bills we have passed into law become Frankenstein’s monsters? Do we need to start again, how do we fix what is broken, and what will the future look like for legislative support for fundamental human rights?… Read More ›
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