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• “Love Must Prevail,” says Assange on the eve of Lauri Love’s court appearance

  By raincoaster on April 11, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  UPDATE: Facebook has banned sharing the direct link to the article on Facebook, but thanks to the quick thinking of @AnarcKat you can share using this retro-futuristic QR code. Many thanks for a clever workaround! Lauri Love, the 31-year-old activist,… Read More ›

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• Presenting: Your Humble Editor, at Social Media Camp May 5-7 in Victoria

  By raincoaster on April 5, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Yes kittens, I’m headed back to the #YYJ for another Social Media Camp, Canada’s largest social media conference, in gorgeous downtown Victoria. I know that’s a cliche, but it’s literally true and I don’t know anyone who isn’t thrilled at… Read More ›

• Personal Statement: Do not cry wolf! #OpNimr of #Anonymous

  By Raymond Johansen on March 18, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Originally posted on hacktivist culture:
  Sunday March 13th: Personal statement regarding the recent article in the Saudi state newspaper Okaz on Friday March 11 about four men condemned to death From Dubai I hear the following: Death sentences against four…

• Review: ProtonMail Releases Encrypted App

  By raincoaster on March 14, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  When The Cryptosphere was offered a free play-test of the new ProtonMail app for encrypted email, we knew we’d need to hand this off to someone a little more knowledgable than your humble editor. Enter Alex Berta of Geek Republic… Read More ›

• Send Jon a birthday card (It’s easy! Just type & click!)

  By raincoaster on February 5, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Originally posted on Support Jon Cowden:
  Jon’s birthday is on February 18th and we want to make it as special as possible. Since we can’t throw him a birthday party in prison, we’re making it a Birthday Card Party! You…

• Why #Bitcoin Consensus Matters

  By raincoaster on January 26, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  As usual, frequent contributor and cryptocurrency philosopher/mage Nozomi Hayase has gone deep into the heart of the recent Bitcoin existential crisis, and come up with some powerful insights. Whether you’re gripped by fear, paralyzed by confusion, or dazzled by the… Read More ›

• Alleged La Loche shooter sent ‘chilling’ chat messages about killing two people before heading to school

  By raincoaster on January 22, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  According to a teenager who survived the La Loche school shooting, the perpetrator texted his intentions before the violence began. “Right now, La Loche is devastated,” said an emotional First Nation chief after at least four people were killed and… Read More ›

• A history of school shootings in Canada

  By raincoaster on January 22, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  A brief history of the brief history of school shootings in Canada. Tighter gun control regulations mean that fewer people have access to assault rifles, etc, and it is instructive to see the way in which these events reflect the… Read More ›

• #LaLoche School Shooting: Suspect ‘opened fire in the building’

  By raincoaster on January 22, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  According to reports, there was an altercation at a nearby home on Dene Road, La Loche, after which the suspect, an as-yet-unidentified young male, walked over to the school (which houses all grades, from nursery school to Grade 12) and… Read More ›

• Crypto-Affirmations: David Bowie, Nibiru, Yuggoth, and the Cosmic Oneness

  By raincoaster on January 21, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  15k retweets. Not bad for a guy with 500 followers. bowie leaves us and then a 9th planet appears, i don't need to read your science article — Stephen Bell (@atstephenbell) January 20, 2016  

• Review: Cybercrimes Is for Chavs OR: Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersley Ain’t Good

  By raincoaster on January 21, 2016 • ( 7 )

  

  This review of the BBC’s “Cybercrimes” documentary series is by the talented, entertaining, and really, really angry Matthew D. Phelan. Upon re-reading this empassioned screed, our humble scribe re-watched a few episodes, thinking, “It can’t really be as bad as… Read More ›

• The Ashley Madison Hack, as explained by weev

  By raincoaster on January 20, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s the weev show! The world’s most famous troll explains the infamous Ashley Madison cheating site hack and leak. He’s done it in the form of a monologue on YouTube because as he explained on Twitter, Vice asked him for… Read More ›

• Kickstarter Hires Investigative Reporter To Figure Out Where Mini-Drone Campaign Went Wrong

  By raincoaster on January 20, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Well, this is interesting indeed, and long overdue. Kickstarter was originally created to fund artistic projects that couldn’t get funded through traditional means like grants, etc. Once it opened itself up to for-profit projects like this, it became, basically, a… Read More ›

• These Are the 5 Most Important Flint Water Crisis Emails Released by Michigan’s Govenor

  By raincoaster on January 20, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  “Some of the Flint people respond by looking for someone to blame” Huh, governor, who would that be? Source: These Are the 5 Most Important Flint Water Crisis Emails Released by Michigan’s Govenor

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 20

  By raincoaster on January 20, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Happy mid-January, kittens! We’ve been away sampling the delights of a winter in the mountains, but now we’re back at the keyboard and raring to go. So, let’s. How The $100B Census Retail Data Mistake Was Discovered (Pymnts) Cyberwar: Will… Read More ›

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