Theory and Art of Persuasion

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##UPDATE – AnarchyAngel will be the only member of dc414 at this event, but if you have the time, go and join him.

Check out Theory and Art of Persuasion being hosted at Candlelight Collective and presented by Taylor Marx. A R.E.C.A.L.L. information session and discussion on persuasion, specifically how it is used (and abused) in our society and how it relates to the collective process. The presentation starts at 530pm. So come out and learn a little bit about social engineering and have some fun! We will see you there!

FB event link – https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=270444036304576

August 23rd @ 530 pm

Candlelight Collective
258 N. Main St (Lower Level)
West Bend, WI

Sweet DEFCON19 stuff and pwnage.

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Got some cool shit at DEFCON, here are some pics of the stuff i got. Here is the DEFCON19 cd iso, and here is your mom 😛

While at DEFCON we ran a little hack contest, back at the riv amongst our selves “me, ngharo, black rat, and alex”, to see who could bypass the hotels internet billing system 🙂 I would like to say that i came out on top as leet hacker supreme by getting online first. Yeah im the best hacker ever 😛 dont freak out, we are good people and didn’t actually use the hotels internet in this manner, i personally opted for a slightly more secure method and tethered my phone. ok thats it peace.

From DEFCON to the clink.

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Well DEFCON19 was awesome and we got some cool stuff that i would love to show you, but the cops have it all! I can talk more about that shit later. We had a great time at DEFCON as always, our talk went good and we met lots of cool people. ngh and i will not be at the next dc414 meeting because we have to go to Iowa to get our stuff back, but the meeting should still be poppin so stop in and say hi! 🙂

Thats right bitches, dc414 swag!

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So I been hard at work getting ready to make some shirts, learning how to do it “That was a trip”, getting all the shit i need to do so, and trying to find the room to make them in my little house. Finally it is all paying off, I give you dc414 swag 🙂

They come black or white, $15 each, you can order them by emailing me or at the meetings. Five dollars of every purchase goes to your choice of 4 charities or dc414. The choices are EFF, WikiLeaks, Phone cards for deployed troops, or Wounded Warriors and their families, or dc414. So get a few shirts now! 😛

Stop mandatory data retention

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Got this email from our friends at EFF:

Dear friends,

The U.S. House of Representatives is currently considering H.R. 1981, a bill that would order all of our online service providers to keep new logs about our online activities, logs to help the government identify the web sites we visit and the content we post online. This sweeping new “mandatory data retention” proposal treats every Internet user like a potential criminal and represents a clear and present danger to the online free speech and privacy rights of millions of innocent Americans.

Please, contact your Representative today and ask them to oppose this dangerous bill:
https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=497

Thank you for all that you do to help us safeguard online rights,

Rainey R., Richard E., Eva G. and the rest of the team

Help dc414 and the EFF stop mandatory data retention, contact your Representative and spread the word!

Thanks all!

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Thanks to everyone that came to our haphazard pre-DC19 dc414 meeting 🙂 We held this meeting so ngharo and I could get a better idea of what to talk about at DC19 and we got just that! We also had time to shoot the shit a little and talk about up coming events and meetings. So thank you again everyone that came out! Even though this wasn’t a normal dc414 meeting I still felt the need to give out free crap, every one congrat Lady Zsa Zsa on winning a awesome Diskette Manager 3, works best on DOS 2.3 and above 😛

lady zsa zsa holder her winnings

Aaron Swartz indicted.

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Got this email from the good group of people at Demand Progress:


Shocking news: Moments ago former Demand Progress Executive Director Aaron Swartz was indicted by the US government. As best as we can tell, he is being charged with allegedly downloading too many journal articles from the Web. The government contends that downloading so many journal articles constitutes felony computer hacking and should be punished with time in prison. We disagree.

Will you click here to sign our petition of support for Aaron?

The charges are made all the more senseless by the fact that the alleged victim has settled any claims against Aaron, explained they’ve suffered no loss or damage, and asked the government not to prosecute.

James Jacobs, the Government Documents Librarian at Stanford University — where Aaron did undergraduate work — denounced the arrest: “Aaron’s prosecution undermines academic inquiry and democratic principles,” Jacobs said. “It’s incredible that the government would try to lock someone up for allegedly looking up articles at a library.”

Will you click here to show your support for Aaron?

Thanks for your support and concern as we help see Aaron through these tough times. We’ll keep you updated.

— The Demand Progress team

This is just unreal and needs to be stopped here! Help Demand Progress and end this kind of crap for good!! Also if you can Demand Progress needs donations to fund their fight. Anything will help im sure, see their site for more details on that.

dc414 @ DEFCON19

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ngharo and I will be giving a presentation at DEFCON19!! DefCon Groups asked us to talk a little about dc414. Like about how we run it, what we do at meetings, what we do in public, and other odds and ends. This will be a first and a honor for the both of us, It should be lots of fun 🙂