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ProtonMail

Active Wirehead — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:21:00 +0000

What we really want to provide is privacy for the much larger segment of the population that isn’t sophisticated enough to use PGP. Location: CERN, the particle physics laboratory in Switzerland Founders: Jason Stockman, Andy Yen, and Wei Sun Object: Encrypted Webmail Concern: a more secure and private internet, in part as a response to the Edward Snowden […]

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We love surveillance

Active Wirehead — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:44:00 +0000

For some time now it has been clear that we are facing the greatest surveillance scandal the world has ever seen. The perpetrators lie and cheat and betray our trust and build their very own evil empire and we just look away. The state ignores the state’s own laws. And why? The truth is self-evident: […]

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Hacking – Chapter 4 – Create your own virtualized hacking environment

Active Wirehead — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:32:29 +0000

Tomorrow’s victory is today’s practice. Netrunner, After these 3 first chapters ( Have a look here: Netrunner/ITKnowledge/Security), it is time to start and create your own virtualized hacking environment. Just put the first bricks. Later we will use this new environment. What do I need to create my own hacking environment? Because you don’t want to […]

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Hacking – Chapter 3 – Phases of hacking

Active Wirehead — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 04:55:22 +0000

Hacking – Chapter 3 – Phases of hacking The process could be divided in five distinct phases. There are different models but this one is a common one. White, black or grey hackers use the equivalent process. Forget intentions. Here we’ll focus on the method. It is also important to understand the sequence of phases. Indeed, […]

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Hacking – Chapter 2 – Skills

Active Wirehead — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:12:58 +0000

Being able to break security doesn’t make you a hacker anymore than being able to hotwire cars makes you an automotive engineer. Eric Raymond After a brief introduction in the first post ”what is a hacker?” we will focus on the different skills a Computer Hacker should have. Hacking – Chapter 2 – Skills […]

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Hacking – Chapter 1 – What is a hacker?

Active Wirehead — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 05:58:37 +0000

This is our world now… the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn’t run by profiteering gluttons, and you call us criminals. We explore… and you call us criminals. We seek after […]

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