Justice 4 Paul Castaway has announced there will be a second protest of his shooting death at the hands of Denver police, tonight at 8pm local time. This demonstration will take place at the shooting site, the Capitol City Mobile… Read More ›
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Alleged Hacker Lauri Love Arrested in UK: US Demands Extradition
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?” #Anonymous Takes Down Denver Police Union Website for #PaulCastaway
“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 ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto #News for July 15
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 ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for July 14
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 ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto #News for July 10
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 ›
Remember Stanley Cohen: Sue Crabtree of FreeAnons on the Imprisoned and Overlooked #Anonymous Lawyer
Today’s Op/Ed comes to us from Sue Crabtree of FreeAnons, who has just discovered that one of the best-loved lawyers (no that’s not a contradiction) in the Anonymous world has apparently been forgotten by those on whose behalf he has… Read More ›
Interwebbed #Cyber and #Crypto #News for July 9
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 ›
Victoria Taylor Returns to #Reddit, Bids Redditors Farewell
Will the Reddit news never cease? As the petition to ask CEO Ellen Pao to step down passes 200,000 signatures, the woman whose dismissal started the ruckus known as #TheDarkening or #RedditRevolt has returned to Reddit, if only to say… Read More ›
Numbers: OBERGEFELL ET AL. vs. HODGES, DIRECTOR, OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ET AL.
The people whom we always clamber on, Who feel our grasping hands and get our calls, Whose smiles we pay for long before they’re gone And in whose light or dark we rise or fall, Are fools and preening idiots… Read More ›
#Reddit Fires Santa! Secret Santa Creator Axed
Reddit management strikes again! While the Reddit world (such as it is) was reeling from the abrupt firing of popular AMA coordinator Victoria Taylor, management snuck in some other “involuntary exits” including kickme444, the creator of the beloved, and justly… Read More ›
Aaron Swartz: A Reminder
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 ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for July 3
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 ›
Exclusive Interview: #Anonymous’ #OpCyberPrivacy Celebrates #AntiCanadaDay on #CanadaDay
Greetings Citizens of Canada, peoples and Anons of the world. We are #OpCyberPrivacy and this is #AntiCanadaDay. On this day we protest against the passing of C-51 and it’s royal assent to law. We protest against the systemic invasion of… Read More ›
Opinion: #Anonymous Minds Social Networks
This is an Opinion piece by a longtime participant in Anonymous, who wishes to be identified only as “an Anon.” We are pleased to present this meditation on media, minds, Anonymous, anonymity, social media and the hype cycle. With the… Read More ›
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