Saturday, June 27, 2020

Net.Weirdness: Crypto and Culture Jamming

Keep yourself and your communications secure with cryptography, and keep the world weird with culture jamming!

Crypto

Clipped from Bitcoin Wiki

Cypherpunks Mailing List
Mailing List
"Wanna keep a secret? Can't get enough of that crvpto stuff? The cypherpunks are here to show you how to forge the keys of your info-freedom."
Still online? No.
Still remembered? Yes. There was an archive of this mailing list circa 2015 according to a forum post, but that archive is gone, and not captured by the Internet Archive. John Gilmore's Toad Hall is still online, which was the domain for the mailing list. The best resource is probably the Bitcoin Wiki, which has a long page on Cypherpunk.


Crypto Software
FTP: ftp.funet.fi Directory: /pub/crypt
"Bit shredders, byte twisters, public keys, and private lives—this nifty site in Finland will keep your PC decked out in the latest crypto tech."
Still online? Yes! Really, it's still there! But before you download anything, it would be a good idea to consider when and how you want to use encryption software.

PGP and other crypto stuff
FTP: soda.berkeley.edu
"Pretty Good Privacy means keeping your plans for world domination safe from prying eyes (as well as keeping secret that special collection of pictures)."
Still online? No.
Still remembered? Sort of. No crypto FTP, but Soda is remembered in the Computer Science Undergraduate Association encyclopedia, and the URL now refreshes to the CSUA website. But you can get PGP and many other iterations or alternatives now.


Culture Jamming

SenseReal Foundation
E-mail: Green Ghost
"Send mail to this guy—he's determined to keep you on the jagged edge of what exactly is going on
with stuff."
Still online? No.
Still Remembered? Yes, kinda. Phrack Magazine, issue 46, from 1994, has a (vintage) digital version online that includes The SenseReal Mission, which opens with this paragraph:

If you are reading this it indicates you have reached a point along your journey that you will have to decide whether you agree with The SenseReal Foundation or whether you think that those who believe and support The SenseReal Foundation are crazy. Your decision to join The SenseReal Foundation on it's mission will undoubtedly change your life forever. When you understand the reason it exists and what it seeks you will better know how to decide. That is why this text was created.

Harley/Biker E-list
Mailing List
"Head out on the highway! Grow a beard, pop a Bud. and thumb your nose at those Saab zombies. Keep America ugly, be a biker."
Still online? No.
Still remembered? Yes, in a dated website of Motorcycle Mailing Lists, which includes a URL for the Harley Email Digest. It's not online anymore, but it was archived in 1997.
Do I love that summary? No, not really. Maybe just drop that last sentence?

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