H4CKTiViSM. Journos. No more secrets! Cypherpunks, Wikileaks, and the new era of total surveillance. 9inShare Jump To Close Just two years ago, Andy Greenberg had an hours-long interview with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The author and Forbes reporter listened as Assange claimed to have a massive trove of documents, the release of which, he promised, could “take down a bank or two.” The Pirate Bay plans low-orbit server drones to escape legal jurisdiction. This isn't the first time the site has promised radical steps to remain online. In 2007, the Bay reportedly tried to buy the Principality of Sealand Torrent site The Pirate Bay wants to “ build something extraordinary ” to keep its servers — “the ones that re-direct your traffic to a secret location” — safe from prying eyes. In a post on the website’s blog, “MrSpock” reveals plans to use “GPS-controlled drones, far-reaching cheap radio equipment and tiny new computers like the Raspberry Pi ,” to build low-orbit aircraft that will float some kilometers up in the air. These so-called Low Orbit Server Stations (LOSS) will act as satellites, redirecting traffic and pointing people towards torrents.
“With modern radio transmitters we can get over 100Mbps per node up to 50km away,” a Pirate Bay spokesman says. Lulzsec. Arab Revolutions.