*What a nutty scheme. The balloons sound especially good.
via SANS
–Hackerspace Global Grid Plans Satellites and Ground Stations
(December 30, 2011 & January 1 & 2, 2012)
A group of hackers say they plan to launch their own communications
satellites to keep the Internet beyond the control of earthly censors.
Speaking at the Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin last week, the
group behind the Hackerspace Global Grid (HGG) project said they also
plan to establish ground stations for satellite tracking and
communication.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16367042
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/communication-breakdown-10000030/hackers-work-on-satellite-system-aim-for-the-moon-10025121/
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398268,00.asp
[Editor's Note (LISTON): John Gilmore famously said, "The Net interprets
censorship as damage and routes around it."
(Murray): Interesting. It should be possible to put up balloons faster
than they fail and the nation states can knock them down. However, even
those few nation states that really do abide by the Rule of Law are
likely to see such a hack as threatening.]
(((Extra treat: Blue Devil, the giant military comms-platform robot lethal panopticon blimp.)))
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/22/blue_devil_big_safari_adaptive_optics_tech/
