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The NSA's Spying on America's Allies Is Just Business as Usual
As America's government is discovering, when you get caught spying on your closest allies and have to have your dirty laundry aired in public it's very, very humiliating. Will the latest NSA revelations have lasting effects?
I'm Short Not Stupid Presents: 'Day 37'
It’s been 37 days since Sgt. Baker and Sgt. Mallory landed on Mars. The two astronauts are charged with maintaining a data tower on the desolate red planet. Problem is, they have run out of things to talk about. Maybe they had interesting discussions...
I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'The Lark'
The Lark is a simple story: man meets woman, woman falls in love (?), they get married, man takes advantage, woman puts up with it, man goes too far, and woman finally snaps.
I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'KNIFE'
Fuck fracking. Or at least that’s the tone of the short film KNIFE by James M. Johnston. The film is efficient, telling it quick and to the point with a bit of flair. There’s a party, a shirtless man and woman, fighting, evil laughs, an...
The Demise of Lavabit and Silent Circle Means Your Emails Will Never Be Safe from the Government
This week, two encrypted email providers shut down their services, and that’s very bad news if you’d rather the government didn’t read your emails. Clearly, the right to buy and sell on the free market and the right to privacy only apply to people who...
Dodge the NSA with This Fancy Encrypted Messaging Service
With all the talk pinging back and forth around the interwebs in the ongoing NSA clusterfuck, there's a real surge in the demand for encryption-based messaging services. Heml.is is one such service founded by Peter Sunde, one of the creators of the...
I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Declaration of War'
Today, right before our 237th Independence Day, I want you to check out a film that you should watch with very little context. All you need to know is that filmmaker Dustin Guy Defa made a batshit crazy supercut of George W. Bush declaring a war on...
This Is a Defining Year for WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks is now established as the go-to organization for those who have something secret they want the world to know or who hear the footsteps of intelligence agencies behind them. What does its future look like?
A Brief History of the US Government Spying on Its Citizens
The NSA’s surveillance of the internet and the phone records of millions of Americans isn't not the first time US government has taken an Big Brotherly interest in its citizens. The feds have been tapping into the private lives of Americans without...
Hiding Your Calls and Texts from Big Brother
Silent Circle is a company that offers a way for individuals and companies to protect their communications from everyone from the NSA to run-of-the-mill identity thieves. They say they don't store your data and that their system is so secure that even...
PRISM Index #2
Jeff Bowers launched PRISM Index, a mixed media art compilation, from the hills of Appalachia, Ohio--a place where creative-types are regularly bludgeoned with Natty Light cans and chewing tobacco spit.