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• Cryptome Kills the Kickstarter: an interview with John Young

  By raincoaster on July 24, 2014 • ( 6 )

  

  Send us material venal cowards dare not publish — see note below about perfidy of pols, lawyers, journalists, NGOs. You owe it to the fucked over public or shut your shop. John Young, Cryptome.org Who doesn’t want your money? Cryptome.org,… Read More ›

• Crypto Currently: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin and Catcoin

  By raincoaster on July 24, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s the internet: there HAD to be a cat in it somewhere. Was it Nietzsche who said that when we cease to worship the old gods they die, and whatever we do worship becomes the new god? So now we have cats and Kardashians, I guess.

  Sigh.

  ONWARD! Here’s the daily roundup of prices for Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and novelty selection of the day, Catcoin:

• Interwebbed: Top Global Cyber and Crypto Headlines

  By raincoaster on July 23, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  With the situation in the Ukraine, the situation in Gaza, and the situation on Twitter, it’s a busier day than normal in the Cryptosphere, so we decided to push out our daily link roundup a bit early. Here’s all the top news from around the globe.

• Crypto Currently: Prices for Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and BBQcoin

  By raincoaster on July 23, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Here are the current prices for Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin and our token and topical as well as seasonal novelty cryptocurrency, BBQcoin.

• Watch: Al Jazeera Investigates Informants

  By raincoaster on July 22, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s another in our semi-regular series of videos for you to enjoy. This is Al Jazeera’s investigation into the lives of three federal informants, under cover posing as Muslims to recruit would-be jihadis into schemes cooked up by the FBI…. Read More ›

• Interwebbed: Top Cyber and Crypto Headlines

  By raincoaster on July 22, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Here’s today’s roundup of all the top cyberwar, cryptocurrency, and hacker news. In case you’re curious, Anonymous is still going with OpSaveGaza, but that’s pretty much the default lately so we’ll give off with the links to their actions until… Read More ›

• Shot of the day: James Bay (Cyber) Cafe

  By raincoaster on July 22, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Cyber cafes: They actually still exist! Steffani Cameron snapped this shot of Victoria, BC favourite James Bay Coffee and Books two weeks ago. It’s odd that a cyber anything would be retro, but that’s a side effect of living on internet… Read More ›

• Crypto Currently: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin and Dolphincoin

  By raincoaster on July 22, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Yes, Dolphincoin. They say it’s “a decentralized angel investing cryptocurrency” and we say it’s today’s featured noveltycoin. Splash out at own risk.

  Current prices for:

• The Cryptosphere founder Lorraine Murphy on AnonUK Radio

  By raincoaster on July 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Here we (I) are (am) talking forest fires, Jeremy Hammond, the nature of “Anonymous” as an idea, the diversity of revolution, the tendency of government to retain and escalate control rather than to give it up, whether or not Snowden… Read More ›

• Tweet of the Day: Alejandro Jodorowsky

  By raincoaster on July 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Pretty much says it all, don’t it? "@trutherbot: pic.twitter.com/erLkXNzwVp" #Anonymous #NSA #Snowden #GCHQ #newsnight #tcot #pjnet — AnonymousLiberi (@AnonymousLiberi) July 22, 2014   Featured image via mkhmarketing on Flickr

• Privacy is Dead: Get Over It with Steve Rambam

  By raincoaster on July 21, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  This is a playlist (sorry, it’s the best we could find) of private investigator Steve Rambam‘s classic talk Privacy is Dead. The talk has depressed and inspired and startled security experts for years, and once again Rambam’s (newly updated) talk… Read More ›

• Interwebbed: Top Crypto and Cyber headlines for July 21

  By raincoaster on July 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  It was a lively weekend, kittens, with the Hackers On Planet Earth conference at the forefront of the noisemaking, followed closely by continuing Anonymous attacks against Israel and a surprise pwnage in Kenya. And so to the headlines: Something you… Read More ›

• Crypto Currently: Bitcoin Litecoin Dogecoin prices plus bonus Weirdocurrency

  By raincoaster on July 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Welcome to Monday and today’s “opening” prices for Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and a random, amusing cryptocurrency,

• Weekend Distractions: Cyberflick!

  By raincoaster on July 19, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s that time (my day off time) so here is a terrific cyberflick for you to watch right here on the site for free. Today’s selection is Algorithm, a film with mixed reviews, but great geeky cred. Woz liked it,… Read More ›

• Anonymous: Behind the mask with Kylie Ochoa

  By raincoaster on July 18, 2014 • ( 5 )

  

  Anonymous is, yes, Anonymous. Legion. An Idea. Sure, but only until its carbon-based avatars get run to Earth and shown to the world via poorly-lit and unflattering mugshots. Lets meet one, shall we? Kylie Ochoa is the proud parent of… Read More ›