http://motherboard.vice.com/read/gchq-url-shortener-twitter-honeypot-arab-spring
"In the fall of 2010, I was an early member of the AnonOps IRC network
attacked by JTRIG and used by a covert GCHQ agent to contact P0ke, and
in 2011 I co-founded LulzSec
with three others. The leaked document also shows that JTRIG was
monitoring conversations between P0ke and the LulzSec ex-member Jake
Davis, who went by the pseudonym Topiary.
Through multiple sources, I was able to confirm that the redacted
deanonymizing link sent to P0ke by a covert agent was to the website
lurl.me."
Well this is weird. and sad.
Internet Collective Action is people organizing in a nonhierarchical manner to accomplish a particular goal. The reward is in the doing, and how much or how little anyone participates is completely voluntary, depending on their abilities and commitment to the goal. By this process amazing things can be accomplished. ICA will grow so long as the Internet is free. http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm is an example of ICA.
Saturday, July 30, 2016
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Coup plotters; ignore the Internet at your peril
https://medium.com/@thegrugq/cyberpower-crushes-coup-b247f3cca780#.3kaa9mipq
"Today, the TV and radio are not the only means available to get information to people. The Turkish putsch took over some TV stations and did the standard coup style announcement: “we’re doing this for you, blah blah blah.” But they failed to eliminate the Internet, and any blocking that they were able to do was ineffective. In no small part because the Turkish people have spent years learning how to circumvent the social media blockades that Erdogan has put in place at various times. This made the population resilient against attempts to mitigate the cyber weapons they deployed."
This is a really well done article. It explains mainly that the Internet is a method of communication that must not be ignored.
"Today, the TV and radio are not the only means available to get information to people. The Turkish putsch took over some TV stations and did the standard coup style announcement: “we’re doing this for you, blah blah blah.” But they failed to eliminate the Internet, and any blocking that they were able to do was ineffective. In no small part because the Turkish people have spent years learning how to circumvent the social media blockades that Erdogan has put in place at various times. This made the population resilient against attempts to mitigate the cyber weapons they deployed."
This is a really well done article. It explains mainly that the Internet is a method of communication that must not be ignored.
Thursday, July 7, 2016
How to "smarten up the hive mind"
https://aeon.co/essays/a-mathematical-bs-detector-can-boost-the-wisdom-of-crowds
"One reason that crowds mess up, he notes, is the hegemony of common knowledge. Even when people make independent judgments, they might be working off the same information. When you average everyone’s judgments, information that is known to all gets counted repeatedly, once for each person, which gives it more significance than it deserves and drowns out diverse sources of knowledge. In the end, the lowest common denominator dominates. It’s a common scourge in social settings: think of dinner conversations that consist of people repeating to one another the things they all read in The New York Times."
Solution? Sort out who actually knows pertinent things and give their view more weight.
"One reason that crowds mess up, he notes, is the hegemony of common knowledge. Even when people make independent judgments, they might be working off the same information. When you average everyone’s judgments, information that is known to all gets counted repeatedly, once for each person, which gives it more significance than it deserves and drowns out diverse sources of knowledge. In the end, the lowest common denominator dominates. It’s a common scourge in social settings: think of dinner conversations that consist of people repeating to one another the things they all read in The New York Times."
Solution? Sort out who actually knows pertinent things and give their view more weight.
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