Author: Raymond Johansen

Ray is a writer, columnist, contributor and subeditor for a large number of groups, pages and blogs - with a wide global network. He is the International Coordinator at Pursuance Project and The Pirate Party of Norway. Furthermore he sits on the board of several organisations, including Barrett Brown's Pursuance Project. He is a Human Rights and Privacy Activist, a Hacktivist and is heavily involved in whistleblower support.

Rick Falkvinge​ | Liberties Report for w

by Raymond Johansen

Rick Falkvinge​ | Liberties Report for week 20 | MASSIVE surveillance #DavidCameron of the UK announces an end to the 250-year-old principle of anything not being explicitly forbidden by law always being allowed – a principle otherwise known as the Rule of Law. The #GCHQ has received legislative permission to break into anything and everything. … Continue reading Rick Falkvinge​ | Liberties Report for w

#Anonymous Sweden hacks the #NSA, mentions of hack wiped from #Facebook, #LinkedIn

by Raymond Johansen

Originally posted on The Cryptosphere:
NSA Hack Screen Shot 2015-05-14 at 8.12.27 PM DⒶʀKᙡiNɢ ಠ_ರೃ , a Swede associated with Anonymous, has claimed a new, and rather relentless, hack of the US National Security Agency’s email server. Nothing so mundane as username/password combinations, the Pastebin of the hack lists the methodology and blow-by-blow of what…

The Sony hack and the line between transparency and retribution – The Washington Post

by Raymond Johansen

read it here The Sony hack and the line between transparency and retribution – The Washington Post.

“But while the leaks are fundamentally different, there is a better question Apatow might have posed: how do we define the difference between a leak that offers us transparency, and one that feels more like retribution?”