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Cybersecurity for startup political organizations and news outlets Posted on  March 21, 2021  by  jonathan It is easy to underestimate your vulnerability…until it’s too late. The problem Websites get hack attacked. Websites that are political or journalistic in nature are at an increased risk of being hacked, since not only do they attract the “regular” attackers, but they are a more likely target for ideologically-driven attackers as well. Hackers can be literally anyone. Organizations on all sides of the political spectrum can be targeted. Gab, a social media platform dominated by the Right and Alt-Right, was   targeted , and so was Liker, which appears to be a more Leftist social media platform, especially when they characterized their own hack incident as being a politically-motivated attack by “ Trumpers “. A thought experiment: Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that you are a startup political activism organization that relies heavily on your resources co...

Social media site “Liker” goes offline, claims “We were attacked by Trumpers…” Posted on  March 17, 2021  by  jonathan Originally posted to  https://outsmartbigbrother.com/2021/03/17/social-media-site-liker-goes-offline-claims-we-were-attacked-by-trumpers/ WARNING: sensitive content mentioned. UPDATE – 17 March, 2021: OBB has reached out to Liker to request evidence of why they concluded that the hack on their platform was committed specifically by Trump supporters Liker.com , a social media site based in North Hollywood, California, claims it was hacked by politically-motivated “Trumpers,” resulting in the platform going completely offline. This hack comes in the wake of right-wing social media company Parler being booted off the App Store and AWS, resulting in it being down completely and only recently starting to gain back some limited functionality for users. For example, I was able to now log in and post while in the web app, but the iOS app still is empty for m...

  Topic Intro Imagine you and your friends are planning a protest, but you fear that if the local authorities find out ahead of time, they might try to stop you. How do you prevent the authorities from discovering what your plans are? Your friends live too far away from each other for you to hold an in-person meeting, and the COVID-19 lockdowns also make such physical meetings illegal. You have to send messages to each other, but you suspect the police are monitoring your Internet connections and your phone conversations. How can you  a nd your friends communicate privately so that your protest is successful? Find out how in this video. Brief summary of subject matter and use cases. In order to send private messages to your friends, you need to master the art of making the meaningful turn into the nonsensical and making the nonsensical turn back into the meaningful. No, I’m not talking about philosophy. I’m talking about cryptography. When you encrypt a message, it means you t...

Regardless of your political beliefs, basic cybersecurity practices are essential. Choose strong passwords (the longer and more diverse the characters, the better!). Manage your passwords well using a password manager so you don't forget all of them (many modern browsers have this feature built into them already). If you suspect malicious actors may have compromised an online account of yours, changing your password and logging-out of all other sessions can help. DISCLAIMER: nothing posted here is legal, financial, investment, cybersecurity, or any other type of professional advice. This content is posted for educational purposes only. #NotLegalAdvice