Inside Par-AnoIA: The Anonymous Intelligence Agency

Inside Par-AnoIA: The Anonymous Intelligence Agency

Paranoia is reputed to destroy you. But if you’re a whistleblower in search of a safe, neutral outlet, it just might save you instead. Par:AnoIA, short for Potentially Alarming Research: Anonymous Intelligence Agency, is a website designed to collect leaks, allow...
Hacktivist’s Advocate: Meet the Lawyer Who Defends Anonymous

Hacktivist’s Advocate: Meet the Lawyer Who Defends Anonymous

As a lawyer not particularly immersed in the technology world, Jay Leiderman first became interested in the hacker collective Anonymous around December 2010. That was when Anonymous activists launched distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) against Mastercard and...
How Online Privacy Tools Are Changing Internet Security

How Online Privacy Tools Are Changing Internet Security

How online privacy tools are changing Internet security and driving the (probably quixotic) quest for anonymity in the digital age. For many of us, the Internet is like a puppy—lovable by design and fun to play with, but prone to biting. We suspect that our digital...
Decrypting the Matrix

Decrypting the Matrix

In my years of investigative research I have likened this reality to a large and heavy Mirror hanging on the wall. The picture is super clear, and you think you can see everything going on; but there is always a backside to that mirror, and it will always take...