Happy hump day, kittens. It’s a long haul from here to the next holiday, particularly if you are a geek of pristine antecedents and spotless reputation if not wardrobe (ie Forever Alone) and Valentine’s Day just means chocolate at half… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto Old Master News
Come to think of it “The Old Master” would be a pretty good hacker name. Too bad I’ve doubled down on @F*ckS4boo. But it’s a new dawn, kittens. Time to face it bravely, armed with nothing more than your own… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Crypto and Cyber News for Jan 19
Happy Monday, kittens! It’s a good day, as long as you’re not a French Muslim extremist, a formerly-confidential informant, an indicted but not yet convicted hacker, or a Lizard Squaddie. Why? Well, those particular types of people are having, quite… Read More ›
Numbers: The Capital of Hell
“The only objects of practical reason are those of good and evil.” — Immanuel Kant How do pimps beseech and praise their god? In the sky, the temple doors are charred And all the cafes are ghosted with the dead…. Read More ›
Blackhat: a Hacker’s Movie Review
Today’s review of Michael Mann’s “Blackhat” is by well-known activist and actor/producer Joe Fionda. Welcome to the Cryptosphere, Joe; I knew I’d break you eventually! “Blackhat” is an international hacker caper directed by Michael Mann, centering around a federally convicted hacker… Read More ›
Teaching Decentralization in a Centralized Era
This article was written by Manuel Beltrán, Luis Rodil-Fernández and Pawel Pokutycki of the Alternative Learning Tank in the Netherlands; it originally appeared on their site. We are grateful to them and to ALT for allowing us to share it with our readers. In… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 15
Welcome to Thursday; it’s going to be this way all day. All. Damn. Day. It’s okay; we’ll get through it together. Just you, me, and this bottomless vat of caffeine and smart drugs. Hey, why did people who used smart… Read More ›
#Anonymous Issues Terrifying Electronic Armageddon Video: Are You Paranoid Enough?
No. No, you are not. The month-old AnonSec 101/SteelBAileY account has uploaded a new 11-minute video to YouTube, focused on how-to’s for Operational Security (OpSec) at protests, in “civilian” life, and online. And it is terrifying. UPDATE: Thanks to commenter… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 14
Good morning, kittens! The Cryptosphere is properly caffeinated, freshly showered, fed, watered, walked, and coming to you live from the complete opposite of a basement, so all is clearly right with the world. Rats Can Be Smarter Than People… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto #News for Jan 13
PRAISE BE TO JUAN VALDEZ, there’s coffee in Cryptosphere Global HQ again! We hope you’ll forgive us, kittens, for our late links on this fine morn afternoon, but we really couldn’t get going until a passing drone took pity on… Read More ›
The #CyberCaliphate vs US #CENTCOM
The latest skirmish in the Propaganda Wars has all the elements of farce, many of the elements of a mystery, and quite a few of the elements of FUD. Hey @BarackObama next time tell #CENTCOM that "Waterboarding" is a weak… Read More ›
Cluetrain 2.0: The New Cluetrain Manifesto
The Cluetrain Manifesto is one of the fundamental documents of the internet, whether you like it or not; that’s a contentious statement because the Cluetrain Manifesto is about selling things. It’s a marketing manifesto, not a political one, and thus… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 12
Good Monday, kittens! Hope you are able to see it through with real, caffeinated coffee, unlike your humble editor here. If the links get progressively less interesting, blame it on the decaf. ‘I AM NOT CHARLIE’: Leaked Newsroom E-mails Reveal… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 9
TG to the IF, kittens! We made it through the first full week of 2015 and so far, so … so … so much like last year, actually. It gets better, right? It gets better! That’s what the Youtube videos… Read More ›
#Anonymous wishes Jeremy Hammond Happy Birthday with Children’s Book Project
Jeremy Hammond, the AntiSec anarchist activist and hacker who liberated the Global Intelligence Files ie about 5 million private emails, passwords, and more, from private intelligence contractor Stratfor and handed them over to WikiLeaks via a series of cloak and… Read More ›
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