The Cryptosphere

Recent Posts - page 22

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for July 1

  By raincoaster on July 1, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  (Arguably Un)Happy Canada Day, kittens! How does life under the newly-enacted Bill C-51 feel? Safer? Freeer? Patrioticer? Securier? Harperier? Just gosh-darned awesomer? Anyone? Anyone? Huh. Guess even the crickets are offline today. For the voiceless and the un-Canadian, we nonetheless… Read More ›

• Opinion: #Anonymous Minds Social Networks

  By raincoaster on June 30, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  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 ›

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 30

  By raincoaster on June 30, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  America gets the $10 bill it deserves! Pool party po-po emails a no-go…unless you cross their palms with silver. Unstoppable cyberspies that CANNOT BE UNPLUGGED! Cyberpunk lessons from South America of the 70’s. And more in hyperbolic yet shockingly true… Read More ›

• Why did it take so long to ban revenge porn?

  By raincoaster on June 29, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Because revenge porn is by definition an exercise of those with power over those with less power. It always takes time to change oppression by historically dominant groups. Actually, given the timelines, we actually banned it pretty quickly. Look how… Read More ›

• Image of the Day: Turkish Police vs Turkish Pride

  By raincoaster on June 29, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  As Turkish PM Erdogan continues attempting a tricky balancing act, pandering to both Islamic fundamentalists on the one hand and multinational corporations on the other, police cracked down on the nation’s Pride Parades. Although homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey,… Read More ›

• Your Personal Information Is Probably Going To Be For Sale When The Company You Gave It To Is

  By raincoaster on June 29, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  This is Internetting 101. You might authorize a harmless app, giving it access to your Twitter or Facebook account; a year later, the app company is sold to a less ethical one, which then hijacks your account for spam. Common… Read More ›

• Video: John Oliver teases CNN for its cringeworthy ISIS dildo flag snafu

  By raincoaster on June 29, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  CNN has long since become the thing it was created to replace. The question now is, what will replace CNN?

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 29

  By raincoaster on June 29, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Welcome to your work week, kittens! There’s always breaking news on the cyberwar/hacktivism front(s) so we won’t delay. Beverage acquired? Teeth brushed? Hair gleaming? Batteries charged? ONWARD! The Gamer Who Could Save Grandpa (Ozy) A Bad Week for Baddies: the… Read More ›

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 26

  By raincoaster on June 26, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Ah, Ratinox, the greatest criminal of the 25th Century. When we stumbled across this image on Twitter, we knew we’d found the proper featured image for our link roundup. James Bolivar diGriz aka The Stainless Steel Rat is indeed our… Read More ›

• Operation Global Media Domination: The WikiLeaks Situation

  By raincoaster on June 25, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  WikiLeaks for the win! Thanks to (finally) checking in with our dashboard, we now know that the next time we want to take three days off, we should write about WikiLeaks and Julian Assange just before heading offline, because it… Read More ›

• Coming downside of digital revolution – job loss, extreme inequality

  By raincoaster on June 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Yes, there will be a polarization effect instead of the Digital Revolution we had hoped for. On the plus side, increasing disparity and income inequality are significant accelerants to revolution. So, there’s that.

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto #News for June 23

  By raincoaster on June 23, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Ah, the internet. A crazy habitrail of tubes, geeks, hatred and kittehs. It’s truly the Place Your Mother Warned You About, and now you have to go there every day. For work. (and pr0n) You’ve… seen things you people wouldn’t… Read More ›

• How a 16-year-old tricked the New York Times into reporting that Dylann Roof blogged about “My Little Pony”

  By raincoaster on June 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The world welcomes another King Troll with this remarkable article. As Gawker suggests, perhaps it’s time the NYT create the position of Random Internet Teen Editor…or they could use some fact checkers.

• Julian Assange’s Three Years in Ecuador in Knightsbridge

  By raincoaster on June 22, 2015 • ( 9 )

  

  KEEP FIGHTING, he says. He has no choice. For the last three years, since June 18, 2012, Julian Assange has been detained involuntarily in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London; he entered of his own free will, but that was before… Read More ›

• Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 21

  By raincoaster on June 22, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Still hungover from Suits and Spooks (and Snitches?)? Us too, kittens. Now it’s time for healing, resting, and conserving our strength for CCC in August. Everyone’s least-favorite snitch will be there, so be sure to have the proper attire on… Read More ›

• ‹ Older Entries
• Newer Entries ›