Sniperdust.com | LOW LIFE HI TECH: 20mins into the future.. Twitter Trolling as Propaganda Tactic: Bahrain and Syria. First, a note: I’m no expert on either of the two countries that are a focus of this piece, nor do I intend to be comprehensive in my analysis. I know a bit more about Syria than I do about Bahrain, having studied its history closely and traveled there, but nonetheless, I intend purely to focus on why these two countries are experiencing a phenomenon online that, thus far, no other country in the Arab world has experienced.
Social Media Wars I’ve spent the past few months documenting the tactics of the Syrian Electronic Army and other factions in respect to spreading propaganda to counter anti-opposition sentiment (you can find my writing on the SEA here, here, and here; and an interview with NPR here). I’ll say a few things up front. First off, that these heavy propaganda tactics on social networks are unique to three countries in the region: Syria, Bahrain, and in a different sense, Israel. Syria and Bahrain are in many ways two very different cases. Countries Divided claims. Conclusion. Identifying the hacktivists of the emerging cyberwar. The Internet has never been a safe place, and since its inception, and introduction to consumers, privacy and security have been a major concern.
Of course, now that the average person’s computer skills are many times over what they used to be, that only amplifies the problem. Couple this with the fact that millions and millions of people are uploading mass amounts of personal and sensitive data and you’ve got a recipe for some serious cyber-insecurity. The advent of hackers with a conscience has exacerbated the situation while also putting a new twist on Web ethics. Anonymous and LulzSec have become household names, and their Internet antics have captured the attention of just about everyone, including the CIA. But as identities and opponents merge, the cyberwar landscape has become confusing. Consider this an introductory course to the who’s who of hackers.
Anonymous So where did Anonymous come from? LulzSec Anonymous vs. There were rumors that Anonymous and LulzSec were opponents. Idahc. Police Leak Police Brutality Police Leaks. Anti, l'application Android qui met le hacking à la portée du grand public. They’re watching. And they can bring you down. It took more than being arrested at his home in the Netherlands by a swarm of police officers to shake 19-year-old Martijn Gonlag’s faith in Anonymous, an amorphous cyber-collective that has terrorised law enforcement and leading companies on five continents. Gonlag, who lives in Hoogezand-Sappemeer, 100 miles north-east of Amsterdam, was interrogated for two days last year before being released pending a trial that could send him to jail for six years. But the college student stood by his decision to download attack software and participate in 2010’s electronic assaults on the websites of Visa, MasterCard and others that had stopped processing donations to WikiLeaks as it published secret diplomatic cables.
“WikiLeaks hasn’t been charged, but they were being worked against by governments and companies. That wasn’t right,” Gonlag told the Financial Times. The most important split is between the leadership and the rank and file. A debate began over what to do. Housh was shattered. Is Anonymous Linked to the Norway Shooter E-mail Hack? Anonymous Anarchism: The Yang of Globalization. Author's note: Throughout my life I have been a political activist, cynical of government and corporate power but ultimately believing in the system.
Since the election of Barack Obama and his bowing to corporate America it has become clear that the present system is a complete failure unless you are a corporate mogul or a government official on their payroll. That "hope for change" cannot come from within the actions of the system; it is incapable at this point of ensuring anything except fueling the destruction of the planet, the enslavement of workers and the promotion of a growing war and police state.
IWW image of Capitalism by IWW Because of that I have abandoned any belief that our current form of government can prevent the further growth of wealth disparity, the destruction of the environment and ultimately, the likely demise of most of life (including human) on the planet. Pot, revolutions, hactivists, and the World Anarchist movement Evidence of American War Crimes?
Anonymous, London's Rioters And The Power Of Internet-Organized Insurgencies. An Open Letter to Defcon Hackers: Don't Sell Out to the NSA. Aug 4, 2011 Training oneself to become a hacker and then working for the NSA is like graduating law school with an emphasis in environmental law and then working for BP. Dear Hackers, Word on the internet is that the National Security Agency (NSA)—of which I’m sure you’re well aware—has very publicly stated it’s setting up shop at Defcon alongside corporations to recruit hackers to the dark side. As reported by Reuters, Richard “Dickie” George, technical director of the NSA’s Information Assurance Directorate (cyber defense wing)–we’ll henceforth call him Simply Dick—is looking to recruit you to work on the “hardest problems on Earth.” They’re appealing to your ego, your vanity. In short, they are looking for those willing to sell out. Let’s briefly consider some of the hard problems you’ll be working on.
Maybe some of you already hack average American citizens and you’ll have no problem doing such work for a government spy agency or a corporation. Best, D. Asher_Wolf: You measure democracy by t... nQ61THe8ht. Hackerspaces signal. 016. News, Augmented » Articles de la categorie » Activisme. A New Warrior | Greenpeace. She’s the first ship in our fleet designed and built specifically for Greenpeace. That means the Rainbow Warrior is not just one of the most environmentally-friendly ships ever made; she’s also a campaigner’s dream. We are thrilled she’s now fighting with us for a green and peaceful future. Check out the live webcam images After 22 tireless years at the campaigning frontline, the second Rainbow Warrior retired from her Greenpeace life on 16 August 2011.
The ship – which replaced the original Rainbow Warrior after it was bombed in 1985 – helped end nuclear testing in the Pacific, blocked coal ports and closed down destructive fishing operations (to name but a few). It’s a very proud legacy – and the third Rainbow Warrior, which entered operation on 14 October 2011, is better equipped to carry it on than any Greenpeace ship before her. A purpose-built campaigning ship A base for science The ship can carry specialised equipment up to 8 tonnes in weight. A shining example for green ship building. Takin’ data to the streets. Word. Whenever I'm out late at night with my bottle of black spray paint while climbing onto the highway overpass, I'm always like, "I wish there was an easier way to make pie charts on this street sign.
There has to be a better way! " I am sure you can identify. Well fret no more. Golan Levin, an artist and educator, provides you with the open-source pie chart stencil. As shown below, simply adjust the levers on the circle for the correct percentages and arrange the letters on the bottom for an appropriate message. Download the template here, and get your pie chart graffiti on. [Infoviz Graffiti via Fast.co] Files/ecdguide.pdf. Hack This Site! Where Hackers and Security Experts Come to Train - Enigma Group. Mozilla Firefox. Des hackers interviennent en Syrie. Un collectif de hackers, Telecomix, a prêté main forte aux Syriens en lutte contre le pouvoir de Damas.
Une nouvelle opération après les succès égyptien et tunisien. Dans la nuit du 4 au 5 septembre, à 2h53, KheOps (le pseudonyme d’un hacker familier des actions politiques) a “appuyé sur le bouton”, comme il le dit modestement, et détourné l’Internet en Syrie. Dès lors, les internautes syriens étaient automatiquement redirigés vers un site web expliquant pourquoi, et comment, contourner la censure et protéger leurs communications sur le Net : Il nous fallait imposer notre message.
Nous l’afficherions sur leurs écrans, par surprise, et sans qu’il soit possible de l’éviter, et durant un temps suffisamment long pour qu’ils n’aient d’autre choix que de le lire. Et ils choisirent quatre fois, cette semaine-là, de passer ainsi par-dessus les murs de la censure syrienne. Tout n’a pas commencé, toutefois, par une simple pression sur un bouton.
Maintenant, je suis en sécurité grâce à eux. ActivismTips: Do not become an activist... Will Governments Pursue Hackers The Jester, AnonymousDown and Backtrace Security? Aug 2, 2011 The US and UK governments have moved with unprecedented speed in raiding homes and arresting alleged Anonymous and LulzSec members. What about “hacker for good” the Jester, or Backtrace and AnonymousDown? All three have admitted to hacking—should they not be brought to justice? There is no talk in the US or UK about the nature of the hacking being done by the Jester, AnonymousDown and Backtrace, not to mention Web Ninjas. Has anyone been wondering why the US government hasn’t been openly investigating these individuals? Is it possible that there has been no announced investigation because The Jester, AnonymousDown and Backtrace have been doxing members of Anonymous and LulzSec for the last several months—which is in the best interest of states?
This raises the problem of the hacking done by states or executed for their benefit. Backtrace claims all of the following “security” offerings: Psych Ops? And states just don’t do that, do they? “Become the media !” : de l’hacktivisme au web 2.0. Dépassement. Texte initialement publié en avril 1996 L'intelligibilité va avec l'immatérialité. Thomas d'Aquin Il faut se rendre à l'évidence: nous vivons un véritable Cyber-Bang, aux conséquences imprévisibles.
L'économie du virtuel commence à façonner en profondeur une nouvelle société, en accélérant la dématérialisation des flux, en augmentant les court-circuits informationnels, en restucturant les marchés du traitement de l'information, en généralisant la "désintermédiation", mais aussi en provoquant de nouvelles inégalités culturelles entre "info-riches" et "info-pauvres".
A. Confusions 1. "Un mot est encore l'homme, deux mots sont déjà l'abîme" - dit Roberto Juarroz. Il y a cependant une différence radicale entre le langage naturel et la formalisation mathématique: les mathématiques favorisent l'induction et la généralisation. La première va du visible au visible, la seconde va du visible à l'invisible. 2. "L'homme qui songe est un dieu, celui qui pense, un mendiant" - disait Hölderlin. 3. 4. B. 10 propriétés de la force des coopérations faible.
Dominique Cardon, Maxime Crepel, Bertil Hatt, Nicolas Pissard, Christophe Prieur du laboratoire Sense d’Orange Labs ont synthétisé les 10 principes de fonctionnement des plateformes relationnelles. Ces caractéristiques génériques, que l’on retrouve dans la plupart des plateformes à succès du web 2.0, ne mettent pas en valeur un esprit communautaire, comme on le croit souvent, mais exploitent « la force des coopérations faibles », c’est-à-dire favorisent une dynamique de bien commun à partir de logiques d’intérêt personnel. Un schéma pour comprendre les modes de coopérations et le web d’aujourd’hui. Les nouveaux usages des plateformes relationnelles du web 2.0 (blogs, Flickr, Wikipedia, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) font apparaître des modes de collaboration inédits entre utilisateurs.
En écho au célèbre article de Mark Granovetter sur la force des liens faibles (.pdf), on propose de qualifier ce modèle de coopérations faibles [1]. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. ________________ 1. Tactical Technology Collective.