LulzSec, AntiSec, Anonymous: these are names to conjur with, in 2015. You should have seen them in 2011, at their height: Discordian did. He was there, at the time, the one the hackers went to for elegantly coherent video statements,… Read More ›
Manifestos
V vs. V: Of faith and treason and #Anonymous
This article comes to us from Ted Morrison, a Victoria, BC-based writer, editor, and sometime political blogger. We invited him to discuss and/or review V for Vendetta: the book, the movie, or both. Instead of a regular review, he gave… Read More ›
Two Short Reads: A Feminist Review of the ISIS Female Recruitment Manual; and The Parade With The Drums from Anonymous Publications
This week, we’re going to look at two short but very different reads. The first one under discussion is a new Islamic State recruitment manifesto, translated in late February by the Quillam Foundation. This manifesto is aimed at Arabic women… Read More ›
Reprints: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace by John Perry Barlow
In our tradition of featuring the defining documents of the internet, today we offer you John Perry Barlow’s A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, reprinted from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. This 1996 Outsider manifesto articulates a philosophy of not simply… 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 ›
The Hacker Manifesto
This post is long, long overdue: in fact, I should have started this website with this post. This is the original Hacker Manifesto by The Mentor, a member of the Legion of Doom hacker crew. It was first published 29… Read More ›
How to Commit Thoughtcrime
This is another cross-post from the AntiMedia, again by Justin King (who very kindly wrote and thanked us for giving proper credit the last time we cross-posted one of his articles, the highly practical “Eight Lessons Learned from the Million… Read More ›
Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals: a refresher
Our post of yesterday, dusting off the dust-up about the Emma Goldman files, reminded me that a lot of people who are now dead were significantly more intelligent about radicalism than many of the (unnamed) prominent radicals of today…. Read More ›
Facebook TANGODOWN: Exclusive Interview with @Unvealings of #Unknownsec
https://twitter.com/Cy63rp0isoN/status/507265728547147776 Well, as everyone in the known universe knows by now, Facebook was down yesterday for a period of time between 15 and 30 minutes, during which the world collectively lost its shit and dug out its dormant Twitter accounts… Read More ›
Vintage Longreads: The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era by Vernor Vinge
Today’s loooooooong read from the dusty recesses of the distant digital past, which is to say 1993 which was 21 years ago GOD I’M OLD, comes to us from philosopher and mathematician Verner Vinge. In this seminal paper in the… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Headlines for Crypto and Cyber News
What a tangled web we weave when first we attempt to weave in an unrelated Shakespeare quote to our morning link roundup. Today we’ve got more war, more Ferguson, but I repeat myself, duelling policing theories, and more. Quote of… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Crypto and Cyber Headlines for Tuesday
Today’s links are all about war, war, cyberwar, protests, militarization, war, Bitcoin, and war. Make that latte a double; you’re gonna need it! The Americans are coming! The Americans are coming! To wipe out your pirate sites! (Torrentfreak) The Electronic… Read More ›
Stop The Power: How to Do Business Without Banks
Today we welcome a repost of a very interesting guide to going off the Big Bank Grid thanks to our friend AnonyOdinn. Could this be the solution to transaction stacking, conspiracy, and endless fees for using your own money? We… Read More ›
Privacy is Dead: Get Over It with Steve Rambam
This is a playlist (sorry, it’s the best we could find) of private investigator Steve Rambam‘s classic talk Privacy is Dead. The talk has depressed and inspired and startled security experts for years, and once again Rambam’s (newly updated) talk… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Top Headlines from Around the Web
It’s that time, kittens. Time for our daily roundup of top headlines from around the web. Gather ’round the glowing screen while I whisper to you the nefarious goings-on all around you this very moment. You may wish to don… Read More ›