In the wake of the RCMP killing of masked Anon James McIntyre in Dawson Creek, BC, Anonymous operations against the Canadian government continue. The weekend saw the leaking of more Secret government documents and the temporary disappearance of the RCMP… Read More ›
Just another manic Monday at the Cryptosphere, kittens. Your car’s been hacked and, worse, recalled. Canadian Snowbirds Snowdens? Where can you watch cop cams in peace? The Return of CISPA!!11! The Return of Palantir Technologies! And worse… You’re gonna need… Read More ›
*peeks out from cyberbunker* Is it clear? Is it safe? Is it even still there? We’re back from a two day mental health break (insert cheap, self-effacing joke here) and on Link Duty, so grab the beverage of your choice… Read More ›
The great thing about hitting rock bottom is, there’s nowhere to go but up, right kittens? So this week it’s all uphill compared to last. Yay? We hope you’ve got a bracing beverage by your side, a good breakfast in… Read More ›
Blackwater! Whitewash! The Dead Web! The Return of John McAfee (to the headlines at least)! Build your own free, anonymous wifi box! All these and more are our headlines this Friday, so get that latte to go and get going!… Read More ›
Cryptosphere contributor, Occupy stalwart, and dedicated Adrian Lamo heckler Lauri Love has been arrested in the UK, and after two years of sparring, a request for extradition has been filed by the US. He faces no charges in the United Kingdom:… Read More ›
“What’s wrong with you guys?” Those were the last words of Lakota man Paul Castaway, uttered last Sunday night as he died from four gunshot wounds to the torso, the bullets fired by a Denver police officer. Police were on… Read More ›
What day is it, kittens? That’s right: today! All day! How exciting is that? And today is the first day of the rest of my computer’s new life, courtesy of four or five ice packs which are keeping it from… Read More ›
So there we were, minding other peoples’ business on Facebook while everyone else in North America was at a 4th of July barbeque or still nursing a Canada Day hangover, when we got a ping from an account claiming to… Read More ›
Happy Tuesday, kittens! As long as this computer works, we will be here for you with link roundups and breaking hacktivism and cyberwar news. This computer, however, has been intermittently striking (in solidarity with the people of Greece? we’re not… Read More ›
TG to the IF, kittens! And to top it off, it’s my birthday! And in four short days, The Cryptosphere’s birthday, too! What did you get us? Oh? Oh. Oh, it’s okay. No, no, it’s fine. You do know we… Read More ›
Welcome back, kittens! We have been extremely involuntarily offline thanks to our laptop taking a Negroni directly to the keyboard. Sticky cocktails do not a happy laptop make: who knew? After giving it a good vodka chaser (well, rubbing alcohol,… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
It’s too early in the week for a robot uprising, but that didn’t stop one enterprising machine in a German auto plant. And it didn’t stop poor FT employment columnist Sarah O’Connor from tweeting out the news before she realized… Read More ›
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