• book: cult of the dead cow

    From Ogg@21:3/110.10 to All on Monday, November 17, 2025 13:58:00
    Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup
    Might Just Save the World | Revised | Paperback

    Joseph Menn

    PublicAffairs | PublicAffairs

    Computers / Internet - Online Safety & Privacy / True Crime / Cybercrime / Political Science / Intelligence & Espionage

    Release date Dec 2, 2025

    "The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of
    hackers fighting to protect our freedom, "a hugely important
    piece of the puzzle for anyone who wants to understand the
    forces shaping the internet age" (The New York Times Book
    Review)

    "Cult of the Dead Cow is the tale of the oldest active, most
    respected, and most famous American hacking group of all time.
    With its origins in the earliest days of the internet, the cDc
    is full of oddball characters-activists, artists, and
    musicians-some of whom went on to advise presidents, cabinet
    members, and CEOs, and who now walk the corridors of power in
    Washington and Silicon Valley.

    "Today, the group and its followers are battling electoral
    misinformation, making personal data safer, and organizing to
    keep technology a force for good instead of for surveillance
    and oppression. Now featuring a new afterword with updates on
    the collective, Cult of the Dead Cow describes how, at a time
    when governments, corporations, and criminals hold immense
    power, a small band of tech iconoclasts is on our side fighting
    back.


    9781541706118


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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to paulie420 on Wednesday, November 19, 2025 19:39:00
    Hello paulie420!

    ** On Monday 17.11.25 - 18:40, paulie420 wrote to Ogg:

    Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup
    Might Just Save the World | Revised | Paperback

    Joseph Menn

    Release date Dec 2, 2025

    This looks great - gonna have to order it and give a read thru this
    holiday season. Anyone else???

    Originally out in 2019, with this in the cover:

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    But, the Revised edition apparently includes real names of
    members, and some other new material.

    It will be on my list of reads.

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  • From Ogg@21:3/110.10 to paulie420 on Thursday, November 20, 2025 08:38:00
    Hello paulie420!

    It will be on my list of reads.

    BETO.

    ?


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  • From Exodus@21:1/144 to Ogg on Thursday, November 20, 2025 11:05:20
    It will be on my list of reads.

    BETO.

    ?

    I think it's a soup.

    ... War never decides who is right, only who is left.

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  • From Errol Casey@21:1/182 to Ogg on Thursday, December 11, 2025 17:29:36
    Re: book: cult of the dead cow
    By: Ogg to All on Mon Nov 17 2025 01:58 pm

    Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup
    Thanks for the post. Just downloaded the audiobook. Looking forward to listening.
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    Amessyroom
    toolazy.synchro.net:2323 (telnet)





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