Official Mastodon for hack.history #YouTube channel, covering the #history of #phreaks, #hacking & #hacktivism as well as the portrayal of #hackers in pop culture.
If you are interested in #digitalhumanities, #anthropology, ASCII art, #retrocomputing, tech #histodons toots or just really curious about hackers then there will be content here for you.
@dwardoric I think using any social media inevitably shifts you, even slowly, into the image on the right!
@c3manu I was in America for y2k and people were panic buying like I’ve never seen before, cans of food, non perishable anything edible and giant plastic, sealed waterproof tubs to keep it all in, was very surreal.
@c3manu I feel like I’m going to be shouting at the screen a lot because while there was hysteria the y2k bug was a real serious problem!
@[email protected] I had to download the trailer, edit it a little for brevity and make this gif because it was just too good
Essentially this guy was infecting people’s systems with a remote access trojan and then using their systems to post bomb threats on 2chan, various people who had been infected got arrested. I’m writing a blog about it all now.
@[email protected] oh I like to think the chimp is leading the way
@[email protected] bit pricier than what I was expecting but interesting, thanks!
@[email protected] that was one of my first ideas, but I’m wondering about newer options too
@[email protected] @[email protected] oh I’m into it, thanks for the heads up
@[email protected] I love all the little ascii art silliness