Shalom, kittens, and a Hacky Hump Day to you all. We’re here with your RDA of cyber and crypto news links, an important part of your nutritious breakfast. Oh, who are we kidding? You’re shotgunning a latte and scarfing a… Read More ›
Crypto
#Bitcoin; Dispelling the Modern Myth of Money
This article comes to us from returning contributor Nozomi Hayase. It is her second for The Cryptosphere. Six years since the inception of Bitcoin, awareness of this stateless currency has grown exponentially. Even though consumer adoption has barely gotten off… Read More ›
A (Secure) Chat with WikiLeaks
Today’s article comes to us from Interwebs Security correspondent Tyler L. Jones. It is his first appearance in the Cryptosphere. WikiLeaks is at it again. This time, in an effort to provide a method of secure communication between themselves and whistleblowers,… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for April 21
We have achieved Peak Nerd, kittens. Italian Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti took a selfie aboard the International Space Station in full Star Trek regalia, then tweeted it. There may be coffee in that there Nebula, as she claims, but there’s pure… Read More ›
#Anonymous #Sabu Week Numbers: Nerd Agonistes
“Do your own time.” – prison saying Two things rob the world of wonder: Reducing life to magic numbers And twisting it to hide your blunders. Which is which is hard to say. One denies there’s a price to pay,… Read More ›
Movements of Radical Imagination; How Ordinary People Are Building A New World
This article looks into the ways in which meaningful, positive cultural change is being made by revolutionary movements around the world, including the Cypherpunk movement, which advocates encryption as a tool to foster free expression and equality. It is the… Read More ›
Numbers: Large Number Theory
“The true mystery of the world is the visible.” – Oscar Wilde Medieval lunch box chums sprinkle salt on shams, Yielding to tramlines that run up the backs of stockings. Pronghorn antelope burst apart in a shower of springs Amid… Read More ›
Crisis at the State Department: an Op/Ed by Joe Fionda
This is Strike Two. Daniel Rosen, U.S. State Department Counterterrorism Director of Policy & Planning, was arrested three weeks ago for sexual solicitation of a 14 year old girl. He has again been arrested. This time, Rosen was charged in the District… Read More ›
FBI vs Lauri Love, Round Whatever Number It Is Now: FBI Loses Face on Google
So, yes, if you Google British activist Lauri Love’s name, you find the FBI press release relating to his US criminal charges. If you happen to be running Avast anti-virus software, you will also see a warning from Avast that… Read More ›
Listen: AnonUKRadio Featuring Lauri Love and Tor Ekeland
This past Sunday we were (I was) delighted to be back on my favorite internet radio station, AnonUKRadio, and chewing the fat and the lean with some of my favourite people. There’s just no way NOT to have a good… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for March 6
You made it to Friday, kittens! Raise a glass of something cheerful, even if only chamomile tea: the weekend is almost here! Now let’s give you all the headline news you need to sound like the most fascinating person at… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Feb 27
Happy Friday, TGIF, and all that, kittens! We are at last all caught up on our sleep from the two all-nighters we’ve pulled this week, and today’s articles should blow the doors off, so stand by. In the meanwhile, here are… Read More ›
Film Friday: We Are Legion, the Story of the Hacktivists
Let’s go back in time, kittens: back all the way to 2008, before most of the world had ever heard of Anonymous. And then, let’s look at some of the the busiest, messiest years in American history and watch as Anonymous… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Feb 20
We made it! We crawled, dragged, rolled, staggered, or jogged to the end of the work week. Cast off the suit jackets and uncomfortable shoes, and don the floppy slippers and Thuggies that say a) this is the weekend and… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Friday the 13th
TGIF, kittens! All ready for Friday the 13th? Rabbit’s foot at the ready? Crucifix firmly affixed? Four leafed clovers all over? Excellent. Now you’re ready for today’s news links. Military approves hormone therapy for Chelsea Manning (USAToday) Download the first… Read More ›