Re: [liberationtech] Stephan Faris: The Hackers of Damascus – Businesweek

2012-11-26 Thread Peter Fein
Hey John, thanks for this, a much appreciated (and needed) sharing of credit. Too often the press focuses on individual "heroes" to make a better story - community knows the reality is a massive, decentralized effort, and we shouldn't get sucked in to that narrative. More! ;-) On Mon, Nov 26, 201

Re: [liberationtech] Stephan Faris: The Hackers of Damascus – Businesweek

2012-11-26 Thread John Scott-Railton
Hi All, A few thoughts on the article. It uses a thread of one process of dealing with malware and attacks in Syria to tell its story, and highlights a couple of people who collaborate with each other and some of what they have been doing. It makes for an engaging read. But for someone who re

[liberationtech] Stephan Faris: The Hackers of Damascus – Businesweek

2012-11-15 Thread ilf
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-11-15/the-hackers-of-damascus Taymour Karim didn’t crack under interrogation. His Syrian captors beat him with their fists, with their boots, with sticks, with chains, with the butts of their Kalashnikovs. They hit him so hard they broke two of his tee