Category: Technology

A Hacker Artist Sent the NSA an Encrypted, Theoretically Uncrackable Mixtape

July 13, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

In late May, hacker artist David Huerta, co-organizer of Art Hack Day and Cryptoparty, sent the NSA one hell of a snail mail. Huerta built a DIY encrypted mixtape using an Arduino board and a transparent acrylic case, containing a “soundtrack for the modern surveillance state.” It’s a mixtape the NSA won’t be able to listen to because of the power of private key-based cryptography. Originally, Huerta wanted to make a traditional mixtape and share it with friends and co-workers. But, without a cassette recorder, he didn’t get very far. That’s when his DIY hacker artist instincts kicked in, and he started building the encrypted mixtape at NYC Resistor. “I made my own version of a mixtape with an Arduino and wave shield …

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How Sitepoint lifted their email click-through rate by 16% in one day

July 13, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Could you benefit from increasing your email click-through rate by 16% in one day? Adam Roberts at SitePoint recently ran some tests on Versioning – one of their popular email newsletters – and repeatedly improved their click-through rates, while learning about their subscribers in the process. Read on to find out how simple changes can have a big impact on your campaign results. We asked Adam to walk through how Versioning evolved from average to awesome – without losing the minimalist look. So, take it away: Versioning at v1.0 At SitePoint, we’re a huge believer in email, with a sizeable roster of newsletters containing web design news and views delivered weekly and fortnightly. Recently, we launched something a little bit different: a daily newsletter aimed at offering web …

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Hackers can break Tor Network Anonimity with USD 3000

July 7, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Security experts Alexander Volynkin and Michael McCord will present at the next Black Hat 2014 a method to break Tor network anonymity with just USD 3000. Is the popular Tor network broken? In the recent months, after the Showden’s revelations, many security experts have started to investigate on the possibility that the US intelligence, and not only, has found a way to compromise the Tor network. Last week I published a blog post that commented a report issued by the German broadcaster ARD in which is confirmed that the NSA XKeyscore was used to target two Germany-based Tor Directory Authority servers.

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Why do I love Custom CSS module in Jetpack?

July 7, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Made by Automattic, Jetpack is one of the most popular plugin for WordPress. It’s not only used on WordPress.com but also on millions of hosted WordPress.org blogs. I did use it when it was first born a long time ago and wasn’t too impressed. But now it has changed a lot and what it brings to users is really powerful. I’m not going to talk everything about Jetpack (you can read a very informative blog post here). I will talk about Custom CSS module in Jetpack, which I’ve just experienced and really love it! 0. What is Custom CSS feature? If you customize a website for clients, there’re occasionally situations that you have to fix CSS or change a small bits …

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