Originally posted on Gigaom:
Raphael Pirker, who is probably the world’s most famous drone pilot, has reached a deal with the Federal Aviation Agency, which had sought to impose a $10,000 fine on Pirker for using an unmanned aircraft to take pictures for the…
Time for more Sweden Punishment.. We can't let @_Cryptosphere down now can we? #LulzSecMafia #SaveSweWolves — #LulzSecMafia (@LulzSecMafia) January 22, 2015 Gee, all we said was “Keep us in the loop.” Great, now we can never go to Stockholm. The evocatively-named LulzSecMafia… Read More ›
Ahoy, kittens! Weigh anchor and sail with us over a sea of C (and BASIC and many other languages) as we set sail for The Silk Road, the land of halfling hackers, and other esoteric delights. Do not adjust your… Read More ›
UPDATE: Part II here. Never mess with a Spirit Animal. The wolf is a hunter; so are many Swedes. And so is Anonymous. For the second time in two years, a global group of hacktivists including significant support from… Read More ›
Originally posted on RED POWER MEDIA:
JAN 20, 2015 | BY Al Jazeera America MINNEAPOLIS — It was Sunday, game day, and James Cross turned down the television volume, rose from his armchair and lifted his purple Vikings windbreaker to show…
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 ›
The concept of spokesman-incited “lone wolf” attacks is nothing new. It’s called motivation, and it’s something that every revolutionary group in history has used. Even Anonymous, the faceless Hive Mind, has used it in OpMayhem (incidentally, one of my favorite… Read More ›
Now THIS is interesting. You’d think that the government would throw some money at these people, rather than keep it for the Generals and the contractors. You’d be wrong. What will happen to war when the US outsources drone flying… Read More ›
Originally posted on Gigaom:
WhatsApp, the dominant Facebook-owned messaging app with hundreds of millions of daily users, is banning users from its service for 24 hours because they were caught sending and receiving messages on an unofficial client that wasn’t made by WhatsApp. Many users afflicted…
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 ›
Originally posted on The Dish:
Cassie Packard reviews Disobedient Objects, an exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum devoted to examining “the powerful role of objects in movements for social change”: The disobedient objects in the exhibition range from the more…
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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