The Way Back Machine is not exactly new. It's been around for a long time but if you're unfamiliar with it, it's a component of the Internet Archive that allows you to browse the archived snapshots of websites that were captured. This allows you to see websites as they were back in the day. The archives go back to 1996 (though not all websites ever created are archived) and the … [Read more...]
The Internet Is Safe In The Future! The Next Generation of Hackers Isn’t Very Good.
I just saw this video for the first time even though it's been online for 2.5 years. If you have any tech knowledge in you at all, you will cringe at these explanations of traceroute (not "tracer t"). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmv8quf_xM Shakin' my head... … [Read more...]
Another Must Read: The HBGary vs Anonymous Fall-out Reveals HBGary’s Evil Side
Ars Technica follows up on the previously recommended read about Aaron Barr trying to unmask Anonymous with another stellar article. This time, Black ops: how HBGary wrote backdoors for the government gives you the inside scoop on what exactly were the services HBGary and HBGary Federal provided to the US government and military. So Barr and Hoglund drafted a plan to create … [Read more...]
USA Gets A National Broadband Map Posted Online – 28% of Americans Will Never See it
The New York Times reports on the National Broadband Map that the Department of Commerce posted yesterday. From the National Broadband Map website: "The National Broadband Map (NBM) is a searchable and interactive website that allows users to view broadband availability across every neighborhood in the United States. The NBM was created by the National Telecommunications and … [Read more...]
Appreciating the Electronic Frontier Foundation On Its 21st Birthday
From my experience, the legal and technical realms are two of the most difficult subjects to master. When the two cross, say with the topic of civil rights on the Internet, it's really getting into uncharted territory. Fortunately, we Internet users have advocates on our side. Whether the issue is net neutrality or copyright infringement or if the bad guys are intellectual … [Read more...]