/cyb/ general copypasta (last updated: 3/22/2014)

Latest from the spit jockeys:
>Turkey decides its citizens are no longer allowed to use Twitter; http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/21/turkey-blocks-twitter-prime-minister
>Bing filters out more content than the Great Firewall of China; http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/20/microsoft_bing_censored_more_than_baidu/

Healthy reminder that cyberpunk is now and that one should start living it instead of fantasizing like some cyberhipster; >http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/12/psa-why-there-wont-be-a-third-.html

Circumventing surveillance, in meatspace:
>DIYing your own IRhat; Infra Red Invisible Mask (embed)
>Dress like a more fashionable juggalo; http://cvdazzle.com
>Build your own stealth-wear out of Mylar blankets; http://ahprojects.com/projects/stealth-wear

Encrypting your communications on the grid:
>Off-the-record messaging; https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/
>Private XMPP (Jabber) chat with forced encryption; http://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Securing_XMPP
>TOX; http://tox.im
>Encrypt email with GPG; http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/guides.html

EFF fights for your freedom!
>Use HTTPS Everywhere by default; https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
>Find out how vulnerable you really are; https://panopticlick.eff.org/

Search engines that respect your freedoms:
>https://startpage.com/
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Still swapping dead presidents? My sides are in orbit, chummer.
>Cryptocurrencies; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocurrency

Hierarchical trust systems are fundamentally a scam.
>SSL root certificates, e.g., Verisgn, Comodo, Entrust -- corporations that have placed themselves the top of the pyramid, but why do you trust them, /g/?
>>mfw $1500 so a corporate fatcat can vouch for your identity for a year; https://www.symantec.com/page.jsp?id=compare-ssl-certificates
>>>Self sign your own certificates. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenSSL
>DNS; ICANN has a monopoly on the domain name system, but why? So they can release stupid vanity domains like .donut and .shoes? Top fucking lel.
>>EU calls for cozy ICANN relations with US to end; http://www.itworldcanada.com/post/eu-calls-for-icanns-close-relationship-with-u-s-to-end
>>>Use ORSN; http://www.orsn.org/en/tech/ ; or use a distributed system like Namecoin

Build a meshnet, or a darknet. The only truly free networks are the ones that everyone can own a piece of.
Active alt-nets:
>i2p; https://geti2p.net/en/
>cjdns; http://cjdns.info/
>Tor; https://www.torproject.org/
>OpenLibernet; http://www.openlibernet.org/
>FreeNet; https://freenetproject.org/
Mesh network technology:
>olsrd; http://www.olsr.org/
>B.A.T.M.A.N. and B.A.T.M.A.N. Advanced; http://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/wiki
>bmx6; http://bmx6.net/projects/bmx6
Build your own GSM cellphone network:kk
>http://openbts.org/
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For your smartphone:
>Paranoid Android Home & Infographics; http://paranoidandroid.co/ ; https://imgur.com/a/bbmtV
>Cyanogenmod Home & Infographics; http://www.cyanogenmod.org/ ; https://imgur.com/a/YR2yU
>Replicant ; http://www.replicant.us/
>f-droid for FOSS applications; https://f-droid.org/
>Freedom-respecting search; https://duckduckgo.com/app/android.apk ; https://startpage.com/app/android/startpage.apk
>XPosed Framework w/ XPrivacy Module; http://repo.xposed.info/module/de.robv.android.xposed.installer ; http://repo.xposed.info/module/biz.bokhorst.xprivacy
>OpenStreetMaps: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Android ; https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.osmand.plus
>Faraday cage for your phone; https://offpocket.com/

Resources and communities:
IRC:
>#/g/punk on irc.rizon.net
>/g/punk TOX groupchat; add, "6B5D0E0CF5F4E599F7E6CF3009FAE0643F6F951E582023AAABBF6D79192B2F6D5D9C67C4BF57" and message, "invite"
BBS:
>telnet plbbs2.synchro.net
>telnet gopher.su 1234
>ssh new@gopher.su
>telnet dorsal.tk 2323 (IPv4)
>telnet dogma.dorsal.tk 2323 (IPv6)
>More; http://synchro.net/sbbslist.html
Public UNIX systems:
>http://sdf.org/
Required reading:
>2600
>Mondo 2000
>Phrack; http://www.phrack.org/issues.html
>Textfiles; http://textfiles.com/
>The Jargon File; http://www.catb.org/jargon/
Cybermedia:
>The Cyberadio; http://www.cyberadio.pw/
>Demoscene message board; https://www.pouet.net/
>Streaming Demoscene music; https://scenemusic.net/demovibes/
>ANSI art archive; http://sixteencolors.net/
Et cetera:
>Assembly programming resources; http://www.cheapersunglasses.com/asm.html
>WWW->Gopher Bridge; http://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/
>Modify your wetware; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nootropic
>http://www.gwern.net/

Finding out more:
>http://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php?title=Cyberpunk
>http://cyberlife.neocities.org/
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