It is perhaps less than reassuring (or professional) when the RCMP Commissioner says that the only effective way to protect yourself from cybercrime is to “Stay off the internet.” Does he recommend you never leave your house to avoid being… Read More ›
As one does… Everything world’s most famous troll weev does is complicated. Even his hair is complicated (why is it two different colours?). In this episode of weev got news intrepid reporters from bizarre and extremely cool site DSSK meet him… Read More ›
Some bad news, kittens: it’s going to be Monday all day. Some good news: we have your links roundup, hot and ready and chewy. Brace thine gullet, you’ll need an iron stomach for some of these. On Encryption and Terrorists… Read More ›
Alleged hacktivist Lauri Love faces an uncertain future. Attending University for his Master’s in Electrical Engineering, his studying time has to be juggled with his “checking in with the local police” time, as well as his “preparing for court appearances”… Read More ›
TG to the IF, kittens! Another week draws to a close and then, in three days: CYBER MONDAY! Yes, it’s the cyberest day of the year, when every little boy and girl, and every grown man and woman, steals to… Read More ›
Basically everything David Bowie does belongs here, he’s just so freakishly awesome, and his new short sci-fi film Blackstar is no exception. Rumours have been swirling about it for a year. Expectations are high for the man who is the… Read More ›
Anonymous vs ISIS, round whatever round it is now. FBI pays 15,000 snitches to tattle on those pesky vegans. New app lets you beat the crap out of Donald Trump for prizes. All this and more in our Thursday news… Read More ›
Dude, you’re gonna need a bigger spell. Seriously, who among us thinks this is exactly the way the UN Security Council is run? Have you seen those decisions: a wonky 20-sided die had to be involved at some point. As… Read More ›
As France rains bombs on Syria, as states, countries, continents close their borders to refugees fleeing civil war and terrorism, as the world reels from underreaction to overreaction in the wake of the Paris and Beirut suicide attacks, men and… Read More ›
Welcome back to Monday, the Groundhoggiest day of the week, kittens! What did you miss over the weekend? Moar hacks, moar ops, moar blithering by political candidates. Anonymous and OpISIS swung into action with fresh purpose after the Paris attacks,… Read More ›
Happy Friday the 13th, kittens! In addition to being the spookiest day of the year (other than the day the bills for Christmas arrive) it’s also the 25th anniversary of the release of the classic cyberpunk movie Hackers. Although the… Read More ›
Welcome back, kittens! First a head injury, then hardware collapse; it’s never dull chez Cryptosphere, that’s for sure. Here’s our top selection of the (literally) 938 links we collected but could not post over the past two weeks. Enjoy. Also,… Read More ›
We at the Cryptosphere are very proud to support the Internet Ungovernance Forum from the Pirate Party International. The conference runs from November 9-13 in Paraíba, Brazil, and features some of the most prominent names in the world of digital freedoms…. Read More ›
OFFICIAL #OpKKK #HoodsOff 2015 Data Release. https://t.co/EQODjs7wpA With Love, Anonymous — Operation KKK (@Operation_KKK) November 5, 2015 Well, it’s finally here: the long-awaited list that Anonymous’s OpKKK has been collating for a year, since the first OpKKK which grew out of OpFerguson, which… Read More ›
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 ›
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