In the time of the Greeks, philosophy was developed through conversation. Socrates went around Athens talking with people and making them think about their life, their values and their actions. The art of philosophy by dialogue has not been lost… Read More ›
Activism
Numbers: Riot
“Things’ll look a whole lot better for the working classes, working classes.” – Gang of Four, I Found That Essence Rare As I am a son of the working classes, I cast a critical eye on wealth. As I am Regular… Read More ›
#Pwnd: Lauri Love, Accused Hacker, Forces Government to Return Seized Computers
Lauri Love, the Brit/Scot/Finn accused of hacking into multiple US government computers including those of NASA, the EPA, the US Army, the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and the US Missile Defence System, has successfully confronted the UK government, and… Read More ›
The Cryptosphere goes to camp: Social Media Camp this Friday!
It’s that time of year, kittens: the time when we pack up the Cray, break out the cutoffs, and head to glorious Victoria, BC, to present a talk at Social Media Camp, the premiere conference of its kind in Canada,… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for May 20
Claw your way through this, the meatiest link roundup on the intertubes, as we fetch ourselves another saucer of milk. We need to build up our strength for the rest of the week… The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and… Read More ›
Rebuilding Communities and Identities with USB sticks and Love by AnonyOdinn
This is another thoughtful long read from our old pal Anony Odinn; it originally appeared at Cyberguerrilla. Get yourself a full cup of some stimulating beverage and get ready for a mind-expanding experience. “Where there is preparation there is no fear.”… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber & Crypto News for May 19
Zoinks, looks like Scooby Doo was real life after all. When I was little, I thought that when you became a teenager you were given a van and either an English Sheepdog or a Great Dane, and you and your… Read More ›
Meet the Lorax: Tonight on AnonOps Radio
Tonight on AnonOps Radio, it’ll be Back to the Future time, as the hosts dedicate the entire show to fallen (arrested) colleague and former host, Adam Bennett, aka Lorax. Once the most popular radio host in Anonymous, with his own… Read More ›
Set a Course for “Fabulous”: Sweden’s Innovative Singing Sailor Subsurface Defense System
This is a real thing, people. A. Real. Thing. Real gay. Sweden has a problem: somebody’s sending subs into their waters without permission, and all fingers point to Russia. The neutral Scandinavian country has a vast and resource-rich coastline in… Read More ›
#Anonymous Sweden hacks the #NSA, mentions of hack wiped from #Facebook, #LinkedIn
DⒶʀKᙡiNɢ ಠ_ರೃ , a Swede associated with Anonymous, has claimed a new, and rather relentless, hack of the US National Security Agency’s email server. Nothing so mundane as username/password combinations, the Pastebin of the hack lists the methodology and blow-by-blow… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for May 14
It’s Thursday, kittens, all day, and there’s nothing we can do about it except shotgun another doppio and catch up on the news, in which we read that the app we just used to pay for our coffee has been… Read More ›
Enforced Transparency 2—When Hacking Becomes Imperative
JEREMY HAMMOND – the original enforcer Before Snowden, before the mainstreaming of Hacktivism, and before most of us even knew what private intelligence contractors where up to, one brave activist stepped up and blew the lid off a story so big it actually… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for May 12
Happy Tuesday, kittens! We have a juicy link roundup for you today, thankfully bereft of police shootings, sparser of geopolitics, and richer in hacky hackers hacking Gibsons and DARPAbots and the like. Lucky for you we let our subscription to… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for May 11
What indeed, kittens, what indeed? I suppose you could try reading the latest cyberwar and hacktivism news. In case your existential crisis was not already deep enough. You can’t defend public libraries and oppose file sharing (Torrentfreak) You can participate… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber & Crypto News for May 7
It’s Threat Report Thursday (no, it’s not, but you know…keywords) so grab a cup of the stimulating beverage of your choice, batten down your hatches, hang on to your hat, pull yourself up by your bootstraps, and let’s see you get… Read More ›