The people whom we always clamber on, Who feel our grasping hands and get our calls, Whose smiles we pay for long before they’re gone And in whose light or dark we rise or fall, Are fools and preening idiots… Read More ›
Activism
#Reddit Fires Santa! Secret Santa Creator Axed
Reddit management strikes again! While the Reddit world (such as it is) was reeling from the abrupt firing of popular AMA coordinator Victoria Taylor, management snuck in some other “involuntary exits” including kickme444, the creator of the beloved, and justly… Read More ›
Aaron Swartz: A Reminder
Aaron Swartz was truly The Internet’s Own Boy. And they truly did kill him. Driven to suicide by the prospect of decades in prison for merely accessing thousands of protected academic journals in line with the “information wants to be… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for July 3
It’s a Freaky Friday indeed…indeed we’re not even sure you’re reading this, so many of our readers have already taken off for the boondocks, the hinterlands, or just the basement, cutting off all contact with the outside world in a… Read More ›
#TheDarkening: #Reddit Loses Moderator, Its Shit, Leaks Private Mod Chat
When Internet’s Front Page, 32nd most popular website in the world, and Conde Nast property Reddit is in an upheaval over moderators moderating (shutting down fat-shaming subreddits, for instance, although leaving r/coontown untouched), only one thing will distract it: Reddit… Read More ›
Exclusive Interview: #Anonymous’ #OpCyberPrivacy Celebrates #AntiCanadaDay on #CanadaDay
Greetings Citizens of Canada, peoples and Anons of the world. We are #OpCyberPrivacy and this is #AntiCanadaDay. On this day we protest against the passing of C-51 and it’s royal assent to law. We protest against the systemic invasion of… Read More ›
Opinion: #Anonymous Minds Social Networks
This is an Opinion piece by a longtime participant in Anonymous, who wishes to be identified only as “an Anon.” We are pleased to present this meditation on media, minds, Anonymous, anonymity, social media and the hype cycle. With the… Read More ›
Julian Assange’s Three Years in Ecuador in Knightsbridge
KEEP FIGHTING, he says. He has no choice. For the last three years, since June 18, 2012, Julian Assange has been detained involuntarily in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London; he entered of his own free will, but that was before… Read More ›
Film Friday: The Hacker Wars of #Anonymous
Of The Hacker Wars we have spoken oft before: the documentary by Vivien Lesnik Wiseman is the definitive cinematic depiction of the golden days of hacktivism, LulzSec, AntiSec, and the rest, and also of their inevitable fall. A fall, we… Read More ›
#Anonymous vs #Sabu: Protest and Tweetstorm Coming to Suits and Spooks NYC
We all know kittens love rats! This Saturday at 3pm we will all find out just how much, when Hector Xavier Monsegur aka Sabu, the most hated man in the world of hacktivism, takes the stage at the Suits and… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 17
Some places have Pepsi in vending machine. Some places have burner phones. Some places have used schoolgirl panties. And then some countries have actual gold bars. Welcome to Singapore, where they like their money portable, but more palpable than digital…. Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 12
Hackers and threats and malware and trolls and letters from prison…we made it through all of that to Friday! Yay! The good news: It’s Friday! ALL DAY! The bad news: It’s going to be Monday soon, and then we get… Read More ›
#Anonymous Wishes Matt DeHart a Happy Birthday
In prison. Former American soldier, rumoured WikiLeaks courier, and oldfag Anonymous member Matt DeHart is having a birthday today, his 31st. He won’t be going out to dinner with his parents, won’t be hitting the bars with his friends, and in… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 10
Tinfoil chapeaux donned? Seatbelts fastened? Malwarebytes run? Stimulants ingested? Excellent, you’re fully prepared for hump day. Bite the pillow, kittens: Wednesday goes in dry. Eff You, Axl Rose, by Barrett Brown (TheBarrettBrownReviewOfArtsAndLetters) Kaspersky Lab a victim of Duqu intrusion (HelpNet)… Read More ›
#BreakTheInternet: #Anonymous Sabu is Back, Bitches!
Hector Xavier Monsegur, better known as the Anonymous, LulzSec, and AntiSec firebrand turned FBI informant Sabu, is back on Twitter. Many thanks to @danstuckey for getting this account back after 3 years of dormancy. https://t.co/Nwv66yMVTe #IMBAAAAAAACCKKK — Hector X. Monsegur… Read More ›