February 2012
16 posts
While Hacking #Alabama.gov’s site, #Anonymous ran... →
anonymissexpress:
By Anomaly, February 9, 2012
Several members of the collective activist group Anonymous have come forward with some extremely unnerving information which they would like the public to be aware of. While targeting Alabama.gov’s website over the State’s new draconian measures, they ran into something very unexpected – sensitive data on everyone in the area – and it took...
Black Cat Hacks: This is meant to be a list of... →
Haven’t looked over these yet. Thanks for the link, Teller.
blackcathacker:
Abine - A Firefox / Internet Explorer plugin that blocks third party advertising networks, manages HTTP, DOM, and Flash cookies, and securely manages site logins. Currently in private beta, but invites aren’t hard to get. Abine Privacy Suite
Ad Blockers for Browsers - Firefox: …
Great Infographic on Online Privacy →
Americans encounter an average of 1462 different privacy policies per year. If you were to read all of them in 8 hour shifts with no days off, it would take you more than a month!.. Social Intelligence is a background check service that automatically creates archives of every Facebook proofile and photo with privacy settings marked “Everyone.” The company saves everything for 7...
Re: Anonymous just took down the CIA's website →
mrlinux:
No. Not at all. Anonymous did nothing of the sort. Some script kiddies in mommy’s basement DDoS’d the CIA’s website.
It is not down, merely unresponsive until the requests let up. This is no accomplishment, merely a minor annoyance for which I’m sure several of these faggots will get arrested.
99anon says: Well, yes, I haven’t read any details but it likely was a DDoS attack,...
Anonymous just took down the CIA's website →
Email alternatives? Browser alternatives?
I’m looking to move from Google as much as possible due to privacy concerns- I’ve been with them a long time. What are the best email alternatives to Gmail in terms of privacy? (My favorite feature with them is probably the conversations view.) I’m not looking for temporary email accounts. Eventually, I will be willing to pay for offshore email, but can’t do that right now...
What's your tax rate? Zuckerberg's is 7%. →
Before we start talking about the Facebook Windfall and all the nice new tax dollars the company will pour into the state treasury, let me take a moment to put this in perspective. Before Jerry Brown’s finance director goes to Mark Zuckerberg’s house to wash his windows and mow his lawn (which wouldn’t work anyway; according to its SEC filings, Facebook pays for a home security...
Four signs 'hacktivism' has gone mainstream →
The loose-knit group Anonymous and other so-called hacktivists with underground origins have entered mainstream political culture, buoyed by a year of successes and increasing availability of technologies that have made it easier to participate in online activism campaigns.
While hackers gained reputations as illegal pranksters in the 1990s, a new generation appears more focused on building...
Block Sites from Using Your Facebook Login with... →
AntiSec and Anonymous: Is Law Enforcement Barking...
Following a series of high end hacks against US authorities, analysts have come to question whether law enforcement can ever really deal with the Anonymous collective.
The debate re-emerged on 3 January after Anonymous posted a link to an MP3 recording of a conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard. The call chronicled a conversation between the FBI and British authorities discussing...
Time to Rethink Google, Too →
To me, the result of this consolidation that gives me cause for concern is the fundamental integration of my entire digital life. When you start pulling together email data with browser data, that really begins to paint a near-complete picture of a life lived on the internet. It’s not just search terms, not just circles of friends. It’s every last digital scrap of me. As we’ve...
#Anonymous says it will #leak giant cache of #Iraq... →
anonymissexpress:
By Elizabeth Flock, 02/03/2012
Anonymous has struck — and struck again. A member of the loosely organized hacker group Anonymous in Paris in January. Anonymous members often wear Guy Fawkes masks. (Fred Dufour - AFP/Getty Images)
Early Friday, the FBI said that hackers from the well-known collective had intercepted and released a confidential conference call between the FBI...
Hollywood: Clinging to an old, dying art form →
…Hollywood was popular culture for so long. It seems to just assume that this is still the case, when there’s an awful lot of evidence suggesting otherwise. And really, that explains both Hollywood’s confusion in how to deal with all of this, as well as one of the reasons it’s lashing out. When Hollywood no longer drives pop culture, it loses its influence, and as it...
Cookies or not, how Google is tracking you all... →
Nothing to be concerned with, though.
Why you need to leave Facebook NOW →
I’ll be taking the plunge myself this week. Adios, FB!
“Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been...”
– Julian Assange
January 2012
4 posts
Brute force tools crack Wi-Fi security in hours,... →
If you set WPA/WPA2 security protocol on your home or small business wireless router, and you think your Wi-Fi is secure, there two recently released brute force tools that attackers may use to bypass your encryption and burst your security bubble. The irony is that the vulnerability which can be exploited was intended to be a security strength, a usability issue to help the technically clueless...
Subpoena: Twitter accounts associated with... →
Government Propaganda Unit: Communications and... →
[K]ey factors that are important to consider for anyone developing communications that seek to influence behavior, and to develop a framework for applying these factors to the development of a communications strategy.
December 2011
164 posts
Happy New Year Everyone! Free ride home & towing!...
I hope everyone has had a great holiday season. I’ll get back to updating soon! Just wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year!
Please stay safe if you go out tonight. Just so you know, AAA has teamed up with Budweiser and several other places to offer you a free ride home AND they will tow your car for free if you go out but don’t stay sober. It’s good in a number of states,...
DOCUMENTARIES: Knowapower put up a nice,... →
occupyonline:
I haven’t seen all of these, but they all sound interesting.
Affluenza
A documentary movie entitled “Affluenza” in 1997 is an innovative film that diagnoses a serious social disease. It is caused by commercialism, consumerism, and rampant materialism that are having a disturbing impact on our families, communities, environment, and even future generations. Affluenza is defined...
Under my Information Sources page, but to repaste... →
occupyonline:
Documentaries:
Affluenza Inside Job Capitalism: A Love Story Zeitgeist: Moving Forward Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Food, Inc. The One Percent Gashole The Big Buy: Tom DeLay’s Stolen Congress The Warning I.O.U.S.A. (Byte-Sized 30 min version) Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lending Trading on Thin Air The Corporation A Crude Awakening: The...
GoDaddy Faces boycott over SOPA support
Major Internet companies have formed a united front in their opposition to the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act. Well, almost. One exception has been the domain registrar GoDaddy. In a op-ed published in Politico shortly after SOPA was introduced in the House, GoDaddy applauded the bill and called opponents “myopic.”
Now furious Internet users at reddit (owned by...
“The gridlock is easy to explain as long as you take the time to append “because...”
– - I believe a large proportion of Republican policy can be explained by GO FUCK YOURSELF. (via ilyagerner)
Lolol
“Bank of America’s Countrywide Financial business has agreed to pay a record fine...”
– BBC News - Bank of America fined $335m for minority discrimination
As we protest corrupt systems and institutions like BofA, it is extremely important to remember that race still plays a major role in the oppression of the people.
Financially, culturally, and politically, racism is not over. (via...
Bradley Manning Defense Reveals Alter Ego Named... →
socialismartnature:
This is the first I had heard of the fact that alleged Wikileaks whistle-blower, Bradley Manning, might actually identify as a female, preferring the name Breanna, instead.
The only weird part about this coming out in the course of the trial is that apparently Manning’s lawyers are trying to use the existence of Manning’s “gender identity disorder” as the reason why she may...
Reddit: The 'We are the 53%' Tumblr is... →
occupyonline:
The comments are also worth a read.
99anon: Image from Forbes article:
The American Dream: Ur Doing It Wrong.
I find it hard to believe she is serious here…
“The Japanese could read the US press, with its lurid discussion of how US...”
– Noam Chomsky (via noam-chomsky)
Socialism Art Nature: The FBI's unjust persecution... →
socialismartnature:
Politicians in the U.S. are never convicted of advocating or carrying out the bombing and murder of innocent people in other countries. Yet a Boston Muslim, Tarek Mehanna, was just convicted in federal court of “terrorism” and “conspiring to kill US soldiers in Iraq,” despite the fact that…
Bradley Manning Faces Life Sentence, While War... →
socialismartnature:
We speak with constitutional lawyer and Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald about the military pretrial hearing now underway for alleged U.S. Army whistleblower Bradley Manning, who has been accused of releasing classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks. Greenwald comments on the possible strategy being put forth by Manning’s defense. “All the Manning [tribunal] hearings have...
Anonymous Retaliates: Massive Information dump...
This year’s National Defense Authorization Act passed quickly through the Senate and as expected President Obama signed the bill. 86 Senators in a bipartisan move, signed off on this controversial bill, which opens the door to invasive acts against Americans. Almost everyone has felt the effect of Anonymous’ presence online and off and now, the 86 Senators will feel their ubiquitous presence as...
Meet Kim Jong-Il's Sons
I’m oddly fascinated by North Korea and am interested to see what happens next since the passing of Kim Jong-Il. Decided to read up on his sons. I knew he had two, but didn’t know there were actually three:
Kim Jong-Nam is the oldest son of the departed “Dear Leader.” Jong-Nam was born in 1971 and for the first four years of his life his existence was kept from his...
“I want people to see the truth… regardless of who they are… because without...”
– Bradley Manning (Manning-Lamo chat logs)
Human rights violations including the torture and...
Decided to read through Wired.com’s post of the (alleged) Manning-Lamo chat logs (and post the parts I found interesting, after cut).
Though I’ve never been in the military, I’ve been around military and former-military people a lot. I understand the issues with leaking classified documents. I understand the dangers of his doing so. I haven’t even read a fraction of the...
Kim Jong Il: Dead
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack while on a train trip, state media reported on Monday, sparking immediate concern over who is in control of the reclusive state and its nuclear program.
A tearful television announcer dressed in black said the 69-year old had died on Saturday of physical and mental over-work on his way to give “field guidance.”
Kim Jong-un, Kim...
Watchanonymissexpress:
DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? - with John PILGER
One of the things that almost has never come out of the generally appalling media coverage of Julian and Wikileaks, is the REASON for Wikileaks. It had a moral base. It was about Justice. He wrote it on the home page of the first Wikileaks. It wasn’t necessarily finally defined, but to use that expression… he nailed his colours...
Anonymous asked: Why do you suppose the citizenry dont destroy public surveillance cameras .22 rifle would be sufficient, and the sonic report wouldn't be deafening. Do you think cameras overlap each other's views to catch just this type of thing?
No Fear: Memory Adjustment Pills Get Pentagon Push...
The Pentagon hasn’t come close to solving the PTSD crisis plaguing the current generation of troops. And the top brass looks like it’s ready to try anything — like a major push into a cutting-edge, controversial realm of treatment. One that’d see military personnel popping a pill to wipe away the fear they associate with traumatic memories.
The Pentagon this week announced an $11 million grant...
Carrier IQ Spying On You? You Consented! →
Americans consented to secretly installed software on 150 million mobile phones that logs what apps they use and what websites they visit and who they communicate with, according to mobile-phone makers and carriers.
Sprint, AT&T, HTC and Samsung told Sen. Al Franken (D-Minnesota) Thursday that their end-user licensing agreements — those pages of fine print you sign when you get a new cell...