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a personal 38C3 presentation highlight. aside: if you've never heard of PoC||GTFO before, drop what you are doing & check out its distribution file format polyglot-ism.

This BBS (Bulletin Board System) was created as part of the efforts of the retronetworking community which happens to run a retronetworking assembly at CCC events, the same group also behind the c3isdn on-site ISDN/POTS networks at Chaos events. C3BBS should enable older hackers to re-visit some of the BBS days of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as provide an idea about what BBSs were all about to the younger generation who has never used them back in the day. We're using Synchronet BBS, one of the few BBS packages that are still under active maintenance and development in 2024. Synchronet doesn't just offer the authentic experience of BBSs decades ago, but offers integration and interfacing with a variety of more modern communications systems and protocols.

The key to an alternative is building a movement.

After the Film 'Machines in Flames' comes 'Breached: A Chronicle of Cargo Theft', an interview with the filmmakers:

"... the invention of the train simultaneously invented the train crash ..."

"Open" source software with LLM-driven disassemblers ...

With the suspicious strategy to 'make digital advertising more private', we can be sure google:zilla has not been subverted by its major funders. Take steps to make sure you are in complete control of the hardware crypto components of your own devices. Or perhaps understand the consequences of disabling them.

Many of my peers contributed to this lovely film about establishing regional network inclusion. Made by good friend & filmmaker Andrew Garton for Engage Media.

Meta’s platforms are still causing harm, but the CEO has convinced the media to look at the (profit of) future (harm) instead of the present (shitshow)

The Medium is not just the Massage

Stop it right now. It does not help your threat environment. It just makes things worse.