Tag: hacktivism
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The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
The Internet’s Own Boy depicts the life of American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist Aaron Swartz. It features interviews with his family and friends as well as […]
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A look inside a ‘Cybersquat’
from bbc.co.uk: Major software innovations do not all come from big companies like Apple or Google. A surprising number of developers eschew the gleaming campuses of Silicon Valley, choosing an […]
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Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Skype
from RT.com: Syrian computer hacker conglomerate, the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), has kicked off the New Year with a number of cyber-attacks, compromising Skype’s Twitter, Facebook accounts, and its official […]
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Syria, Egypt Strife Sparks Surge In Cyber Attacks
from reuters.com: Syria’s civil war and political strife in Egypt have thrown up new battlegrounds on the Web and driven a surge in cyber attacks in the Middle East, according […]
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Hackerspace Global Grid Seek Sat Net to Thwart Net Censors
In a decidedly 21st-century twist, team of German hackers bent on fighting the powers that be has chosen a rather ambitious means of taking the power back: building a hacker-owned-and-operated space program, complete with a constellation of communications satellites beaming uncensored Internet to users on the ground.