hacks

Hedonist International: Reclaiming public urban spaces

Now this is awesome. This group, going by the name Hedonist International, organizes flash mob-style events, reclaiming urban spaces. Well, actually, it’s pretty well organized for a flash mob. Anyway, this video mashes up two events: A mobile rave squad in the underground shopping mall under Potsdamer Platz, and a spontaneous rave in Berlin’s famous […]

Google meta-hack targets nerds & sniffers

It’s been known for a long time that you could use a simple Google search for “confidential” and “do not distribute” to find plenty of confidential stuff that all kinds of organizations and companies put on their web servers. With a bit of luck you get to see all kinds of drafts or internal memos, […]

Hacking device to go

Woah, scary. At this year’s RSA security conference, Immunity Inc. introduced their new portable penetration attack device Silica. Silica, as summarized by ZDNet’s Ryan Naraine, is able to
search for and join 802.11 (Wi-Fi) access points, scan other connections for open ports, and automatically launch code execution exploits from a built-in exploit platform.
For $3.600, you can […]

Dictatorships get to grips with Web 2.0

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) just released their Annual Press Freedom Survey.
Executive summary of the internet-related part: New technologies, encryption and Web 2.0 have made it easier for dissidents, journalists and other ordinary folks to have secure conversations and get the word out. However, dictatorships are catching up: Partly by adapting said new technologies, partly by […]

John Perry Barlow: “If you wanna share something - share it.”

[…]If you wanna share something - share it. If you wanna use something - use it. Try to do so ethically in the sense of don´ t take things without attribution.[…] Pay no attention to these people when it comes to being creative. Go ahead and do the stuff that Larry showed in the beginning […]