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• Censorship Resistance and Decentralization Methods (I) by AnonyOdinn

  By raincoaster on October 2, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  This is the second contribution by old Cryptospherian AnonyOdinn; the first was Stop the Power; How to Do Business Without Banks on bank-free financial systems. We are very pleased to welcome back our old friend. This article was first posted… Read More ›

• Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for October 2

  By raincoaster on October 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

    It’s hump day, kittens! Have you been humping along well so far this week? Terrific. Now get off my leg. It’s your favorite time of day; no, not beer o’clock. Unless you’re bohemian that way and like to start… Read More ›

• Cops Distribute ‘Internet Safety Software’ That’s Actually Unsafe Spyware

  By raincoaster on October 1, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on LibertasIntel:
  An estimated 245 law enforcement agencies in 35 states have for years been distributing software called ComputerCOP as a way for parents to ensure their children have a safe web-browsing experience. The problem is, ComputerCOP is…

• In China, the internet of things is a social phenomenon

  By raincoaster on September 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally posted on Gigaom:
  Chinese e-commerce provider Alibaba may be popular this month because of its blockbuster IPO, but it and several other big Chinese web properties such as Baidu, Sina Weibo and Tencent are keen to expand beyond e-commerce…

• The Strange Case of the Glitter Girl Grifter

  By raincoaster on September 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Okay, get this: A Toronto Socialite (I know, I know! Hilarious!) befriends an Alzheimer’s victim in Florida, scams her out of $2 million or so, uses it to fly in a private jet to TORONTO (I know, right? In a… Read More ›

• “Hard to kill.” Julian Assange, interviewed on the CBC

  By raincoaster on September 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  This is a terrific interview of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange by the terrific interviewer Jian Ghomeshi of CBC’s Q. Naturally, the hook is that Assange’s new book, When Google Met WikiLeaks, is out and he’s drumming up some interest in the… Read More ›

• Tweets o’ the Day: the #UmbrellaRevolution, Car FUD, False Flags at the MMM, Clippy’s a Jerk, and Monsters Under the Bed

  By raincoaster on September 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s been an exceptional evening of tweets from around the world; too busy for us to have the time to inflate each of these into a standalone article, but not too busy for us to just plop them here for… Read More ›

• Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for September 30

  By raincoaster on September 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Welcome to Tuesday! While you were asleep a great number of very interesting things happened. And here they all are! US attacks foreigners: FBI warns of a retaliatory flood of hacktivism (but wait, I thought Anonymous was anti-ISIS? Could this be… Read More ›

• OpSafeWinter Continues: Tweetstorm Report

  By raincoaster on September 29, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  On Sunday, September 28 between 3-8pm EST, Anonymous’ OpSafeWinter held a Tweetstorm, a Twitter-based event designed to raise awareness among the general public. As we previously reported, OpSafeWinter is designed to support the homeless by creating an honest census of… Read More ›

• This Sounds Familiar: Albertsons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw’s Hit By Second Credit Card Data Breach

  By raincoaster on September 29, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  I blame Wiley Coyote. When are consumers going to start suing stores over these data breaches? We’re way overdue for a nice juicy class action lawsuit.

• Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto #News for September 29

  By raincoaster on September 29, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  That’s a damn good question, kitten. My personal suggestion would be to try reading a nice, nutritious link roundup to get the week, if not your ass, in gear. Dennis Collins aka Owen aka Iowa of the Paypal 14 and… Read More ›

• Medical marijuana subject to federal sales tax, unlike prescription drugs, Canadian judge rules

  By raincoaster on September 29, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  So, the deal is this: if you get a prescription for it, it’s not subject to federal tax. If you get it from a compassion club, it is. Clearly this is the weakest attempt yet to drive OC (organized crime)… Read More ›

• Ello Users Experience Further Downtime After DDoS Attack

  By raincoaster on September 28, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Congratulations, Ello. You’re nobody till somebody hates you, and SOMEBODY hates you.

• Child abuser sues Facebook and page admin over allegedly posting his address

  By raincoaster on September 26, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Do you have the right to have the truth about you suppressed? Is someone’s home address actually protected information? Remember when it was just in the phone book? Now it’s in Google. And, apparently, Facebook. And child rapers don’t like… Read More ›

• #Anonymous re-launches #OpSafeWinter for the Homeless

  By raincoaster on September 26, 2014 • ( 9 )

  

  OpSafeWinter, one of Anonymous’ most effective non-hacking Ops, is back (not that it actually went away) and we’ve got an interview with the international team behind it. As is traditional, the interviewees declined to identify themselves, other than as organizers… Read More ›

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