Free the Network: Hackers Take Back the Web
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Motherboard's documentary on Occupy Wall Street, hacktivism, and the hackers trying to build a distributed network for the Occupy movement and beyond.
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the lady with glass on left at 2:08 , her dance will give me nightmares for lifetime.
Holy fuck yes
2:12
OMG hahahaha gross
John McMahon ---u tryin to say u wudnt hit that....:)
Was about to say that
That's so freaking stupid. Destroying thier property? The police just freaking destroyed like 20,000 dollars in laptops.
Thats the rise of the police nanny state for ya...
Those free network guys look like the only ones there who had a good idea. Nothing wrong with capitalism or free market ideology.
Man, I want a Freedom Tower in my area!
I don't know why but this video made me want to shave off my beard.
Because if you have a beard, you are a liar by default?
"...by morning Zuccotti had be flipped from a colorful noisy urban campground back to a placid corporate slab of concrete."
This one hit me deep.
Don't agree with the Communism but mesh networks are very genius way of getting around the backbones of the internet.
I've been on FNF mailing lists for over a year now. These guys are small but serious business. They've been building up network coops in Kansas City MO for a while now, and getting involved with other meshnet groups around the world. Isaac, Tyrone, and Charles are super nice guys and definitely committed to this fight for the long haul. They've already built networks for a lot of underserved ppl and they're building more while developing FreedomStack at the same time. Well worth getting involved
Thank you for the info
great stuff!!! nice work exposing the abuse from the 'clowns with badges, guns and license to kill'.
I wonder where the felony charges for the police every one of those laptops cost more than like $500
This made me so fucking angry!
People need to wake up to what's going on, to see who their elected representatives are in bed with!
"Free the Network: Hackers Take Back the Web" -> How a few routers had a part in Occupy Wall Street
Thank you local news for showing me this when it was going on... oh wait they didn't.
"Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly." (unk.) Much more important than figuring out how to seize control from the present order, is to understand what the alternative ought to be. Before assembling the telecommunications conducive to social action, it is much more important to understand what exactly it is that the action is supposed to be accomplishing. To achieve this, a good place to start is to embrace the principle that the most important voice to which to listen is not necessarily one's own. Understanding that, we should set out on a civilizational study, particularly the historical foundations of Western Civilization. What are the philosophical principles underlying, for example, the U. S. Constitution? To find out, we will probably have to actually read stuff written at that time and earlier. Upon doing so, we may discover that there are certain things that have escaped our attention. One example might be that the notion that the "means of information must be returned to the people" is not only unsupported by the Constitution, it is also a dangerous generalization that can lead to many bad outcomes. With respect to this issue, the key question that needs to be asked about the "new Internet of the people" is whether it creates an environment in which diverse, independent, self-selected, and unregulated media sources can publish freely, leading to a robust marketplace of ideas? Ripping the media out of the hands of corporations will by no means assure this, as has been abundantly demonstrated in Communist nations. With respect to this issue, a major distinction that needs to be made is the difference between content providers and bulk carriers. There may be something to be said for regulating, in certain ways, the bulk carriers in the manner of telephone companies and the Postal Service, but that must never be understood as treating content providers themselves as public utilities. As soon as that is done, the meddlesome reach of government or politically connected interest groups into what can be published and broadcast is unavoidable. The founders of America provided for "Post Offices and Post Roads" but made absolutely no provision for a Federal Press Commission that would guarantee to the people their "right" to be provided with and "adequate" information diet. There is no such thing as "the right of the people to receive" in the Constitution. The First Amendment is not for the purpose of guaranteeing the rights of the reader, but of the writer. A consequence of this, of course, is that even moneyed people and corporations may publish without restraint. But does not this imply the risk that what is published may be biased? Of course, but that is true no matter who publishes. Keep in mind also, that almost every endeavor involved in promoting any viewpoint will involve a corporation of some kind, even if it only a nonprofit corporation. The simpleminded statement that corporations should not be allowed to speak to public issues is altogether meritless.
On a somewhat different subject: When overthrowing the rule of the British monarchy in America, the Founders understood what a power structure could do. However, viewing the French Revolution, they also understood that turning control over to an illiterate mob would not be a good thing either. Being highly educated in the ways of statescraft and knowing much about the excesses and oppressions that had occurred in other countries, they carefully designed a system that was balanced so as to enable the compost pile to be churned while also protecting the security of people in their persons, property, and consciences. Therefore, rule became according to constitutional procedure rather than simply the popular whim of the moment.
What we need are middle eastern people to teach us how to really protest
***** When the Egyptians and Tunisians protested, none of them blew each other up but instead protested in their millions while burning down military hardware and presidential palaces.
Not all of the middle east blows themselves up, stop listening to this shitty propaganda.
10:44 Its not about protesting.
uranium 239 and it's that us and them mentality that gave rise the nazis and why it can't work either way it's better to evolve and become better from it and trying to return to a past age and it's asshats like you who'll make the USA Die and can i say thank you, your doing a public service by killing the USA for us
uranium 239 "if your not white, your not right" well theirs a statement that counter to the Idea that the USA was founded apon, oh and to set something right israel is technically palestine and as for they "must believe and never waiver" that man sounds like the making of a cult, but anyway who whats to be a mindless sheep following the commands of your false god.
An as for your need of not needing anything or one you must be a very lonely fool and for the whole "the fuck out of my land. christ will kill millions for disobeying that commandment" well you sound like most of the tin pot tyrant and that is what your god is nothing more and nothing less and last but not least.
P.S why would i cry when i'm able to bear the wait of my humanity and as i have paradise waiting for me and all of my Brothers and Sisters.
All Hail Britannia
Grando omnem satan
uranium 239 Bow down at your feet oh you poor fucker just waiting for someone to touch you in your special place, an as for blowing up fukushima that was the failure of technology not an act of your god please stop making messages out of nothing you'll just just grow old, be lonely and you'll just set your self up to fail
I had no idea what anybody was talking about the entire time I was watching this.
RIP Aaron Swartz.
Repeating every word someone says would send me down the road of self harm real fast
I've got gateways that comcast declared obsolete. I would happily update the firmware, power it and tape it to my window. There must be thousands of wifi routers that didn't make it to the trash that could form an alter-net.
Why does this only have 240,000 views? This is kind of important.
so what i gather is that a few thousand hobos. hackers. crazy people etc. all gathered at wallstreet and started yelling for some reason.
+arachnid14 Same here. Actual Results? Null
Tyler Durden the actual results were making youtube money
+arachnid14 You are free to think that,but even if it's widely considered to be a failure in the mainstream media,the occupy movement introduced the idea of the 1% into the popular lexicon.
Truth what corruption? donald trump? bernie and his communist ways? or that one clickbait video dam pepper made?
Oh wow, the ignorance.
2:00 burning $1s lmao
@2:11. wtf is that goofy girl in the glasses doing? lol
The million man march in the sixties was organized and carried out without cell phones, without computers, without the internet.
Yeah, because they didn't have them yet. Not because they didn't need them.
Oh god, fuck the human megaphone.
with the recent FDA decision this is becoming more relevant than ever
MAD skills and props to you guyz i'm with you brothers
Land of the free.Way to go guys. You are writing a huge page in our future history book!
Its very unfortunate, but I really believe that the powers at be will not let this into any history book...
I was waiting for someone to mention Marx or communism.
God damn commies.
All the shit being destroyed pissed me off the most. That's thousands of dollars of private property robbed.
What the fuck does this have to do with Hacking? Fucking nothing.
what do you know about hacking? fucking nothing ;]
Owned.
My body isn't your radio station, and we all need to keep our immune system as strong as possible.
awesome stuff. power to the people!
Wow...one of my favs so far,I really respect Isaac and his team....OpFightForFreedom...
They should do a video about TOR. That would be cool
Some may be hypocritically and flatly defiant against all corporations, but most are more specifically anti corrupt corporations. There are decent businesses out there that treat their people well and value civil rights, but the going trend is towards collapsing the good businesses into becoming less good or simply being bankrupted by the corrupt.
Run an honest business and there won't be any reason to protest them.
Should America be more honest, or less honest?
Sorry guys fiber will win every time.
we can still build a p2p fiber network
I don't think you understand what's being discussed. The physical infrastructure isn't the point. Its about the legal framework governing the physical infrastructure and the corporations that have a state endorsed monopoly on communication.
Its about decentralized infrastructure and the free software surrounding it.
I don't think you understand what's being discussed. The physical infrastructure isn't the point. Its about the legal framework governing the physical infrastructure and the corporations that have a state endorsed monopoly on communication.
Its about decentralized infrastructure and the free software surrounding it.
The cool thing is, the software and protocols that power the web can be reused. rtl-sdr and other sdr radio software can be used to transmit data in any format that it is modified to. HTTP is already there, and a great protocol that we can already use, as well as TCP and others.
am i the only one who thinks they need to design the freedom tower NOT to look like some kind of bomb... a giant black box might be a easy excuse for the police to confiscate..
What should they do then.. Paint it pink? What other industrial strength, waterproof type of container is out there?
It sucks that some ppl only attend these occupations just to party,smoke weed, or play their guitar when the ppl who are serious about the cause get silenced
I love it, the hipsters have to deal with tough decisions about accepting money, the same concept that they are so easily protesting against. It comes down to this, if you were in power, if you had the decision making power... you. would. make. the same exact decision of those you are protesting against.
Wakeup Dog cool POV , can you elaborate?
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The idea is to not rebel against individuals in power, but the institutions and systems that allow them to have said power. That is the problem. Trump or Hillary, Biden or Sanders... all the same shit with a different color icing.
This is what the collapse of an empire looks like. This country is an oligarchy, plutocracy and fascist state. These protesters are my heroes. I protested at my states Capitol. Thank you.
Plutus
wow we really are a police state
we always want more, it's never enough.
nice documentary!lkeep up the good work motherboard
Free razors for everyone. Razors to the people!
I kind of wish that there was some sort of elected representative group. Maybe giving the reps a say based on the exact amount of people they represent. Would give the group a ability to have a more unified voice and movement. Maybe get something done instead of allowing the masses do whatever and have nothing happen.
Children, acting like children.
Just remember, your unique, just like everybody else.
Blah blah pseudo intelligence
The network he's referring to (or at least a version of it) is critical. Governments/corporations are taking control of the Internet; the only real tool of power the people have left. Creating a new a network, outside of the grid, is a must.
jesus christ, when i saw the 1,2,3,4, hippies on 2:50 or something, I almost decided to cut off my dreads, and start woprking in a fucking bank or something
That my friend, is called a wook
We cannot fix what is unfixable. Instead of trying to fix the problem we must deal with the problem and the only way to deal with the problem is to eliminate the problem. Our efforts to reason with the unreasonable will always lead to unreasonable outcomes. So many are quick to forget that we are nothing more than slaves and expect compassion and respect from our masters. We act surprised when our freedoms and rights as human beings are stripped away, totally unaware of our true role in this corrupt capitalist society. The only way to escape from slavery is to fight our way out of it. Freedom is something we will have to earn on a battleground called revolution. In a capitalist society anything worth having requires us to earn it. That includes freedom, comrades.
Why do you think employed people dont go to these cringe "protest"
+Insane Vayne These weren't cringe protests! These were protests of brave young people who were trying to creatively change our fucked up society!
Lots of PAID protesters, too... they could care less about the subject of the protest, they just want to get their money.
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Yes, it did make things clear. I'm ashamed to admit that I never knew about making the internet accessible to those who can't afford it through open-source, it always just seemed like something you pay for -- damn, I'm halfway to assimilation!!
Thank you so much for taking the time to write your response!! I really appreciate the information. I fully agree that sharing information and experiences is the only real way to learn and grow.
Cheers!
the whole wall st intro made me not want to see this shit!
I never suggested that people "move off the grid" or "abandon their friends and family". I said there is another way. All it takes is one thing, turning our backs on the things of darkness and embracing The Light and it has nothing to do with religion.
We are anonymous, we do not forgive, we do not forget, we are legion!
You are a casual,we do not forgive,we do not forget.We are Anonymous,you are but a mere mind.
Dracozar Gaming
k bud, you're a few years late.
Mate,that was 11 days ago...
Dracozar Gaming
proved my point bud.
U don't have a point.
this camera is made from suffering okay buddy
ITT hippies who cant cope with growing up
+ThunfischXXx Hippies are awesome and people should follow their passions in life! Which is exactly what allot of these people are doing!
Thunfisch ... naw steve jobs was a hippy at one point too.
and then he grew up and became 1 of the most influential people in the world.
Thunfisch never grow up
Thunfisch Idk how I feel about this group, But I think your talking out your ass if not accepting corruption is childish. I don't get exactly what part of this is them refusing to grow up. Seems more like they have a belief that they stand for and are living by it. If anything I feel like that is more commentment than most adults. Again, Idk where I stand with this group but calling them children as a critism is *way* off mark.
The internet will need a revolution if we want it to continue evolving in a user friendly way, Ive always seen this as imminent and necessary
all i heard in the general assembly was a bunch of sheep... BAAAAAAAAA BAAAAA
Duuude, that was awesome... way to get your message heard, better than using a mic or one of those other things (cones) ? very good, they were repeating so everyone could hear.
Priscilla Austin hear and remember
“Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.”
― Hunter S. Thompson
Why do people actually these little powwows will work? All I see is a bunch of unemployed burnouts screaming.
troll alert
"Let's burn down wallstreet!" - *burns a 1-dollar bill* LMAO
I can definitely get behind the Free Network Foundation though. It's sad just how few people know how easy it is to create a network. What you're paying for with the internet is to use someone else's cables, bandwidth, and hosts file. That hosts file additionally costs you around $10-$100 a year to rent a name from. Anyone can create a network. What's difficult is finding a way to get those networks to talk to each other across the globe, and I see the FNF's device as an incredible solution to this.
yea same here man i like the Idea of the Freedom Tower though but for the life of me i can't find the BluePrints for them any ware on the internet for the love of all things but still i'd love to talk shop about internet over radio networks
Free wifi with a bunch of hackers around.... That sounds like a really smart idea.
You simply need a means of connecting to the WAN, typically that would come from a WiMax wireless modem, so you need an account with Clearwire or similar. That is the wireless router mentioned. Then you simply need a way to break that connection up and redistribute it, typically using WiFi. So any WiFi switch capable of NAT and DHCP would do it. To get your signal further you would need specialised WiFi antennae and radios to give you range & handle large numbers of users. Then power, batteries.
How exactly is the freedom tower free? I'm guessing that at some point the freedom tower has to interface with a traditional network (until you build enough of them to cover a large enough area). If that's the case, it seems more like piracy than creating a truly "free" network, and the towers actually rely on paying subscribers to subsidize the free users. Am I wrong?
“We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.”
― Hunter S. Thompson
Why the fuck do they repeat what someone says like that?
If I were to attend an Occupy movement and heard that going on I'd say:
"Fuck this damn cult shit,I'm going home to make some pancakes."
Holy Shit. This is one of the best VICE video's. I need to learn more about this freedom-tower!
No, he can't just change the definition of hacking. It was made many years ago and just because some kid wants to change it to fit his cause, doesn't mean he can. That's the thing that annoyed me most.
>Smokes cigarettes.
>Talks about freedom..
Just wait till that freedom tower becomes much larger... I can't wait! This was an excellent video!
Occupations all around the world, were illegally monitored and crushed. We do not forgive, we do not forget.
The Occupy movement did make a mess in that park.
So much for responsible living.
This is how it is, in my perspective anyway: 1% controls the 98%, and the remaining 1% is the resistance, my last beacon of hope.
Although living off the grid or being indigent would be hard to take for most people, there are steps we can all do to minimise our contribution to a corrupt system. Paying off our debts to the banks and living within our means would be a good start. Pay off the balance of your credit card every month: the banks really hate that. I understand your anger, but resorting to violence only feeds the corruption. In The Light is truth and the truth sets you free.
I think the best that can be said here is that it's a good idea for citizens to take a more active role in control over IT infrastructure. You're never going to beat the economy of scale that the major telecom companies can provide, but you could be very valuable if you know what to do should the main infrastructure be compromised.
This guy is extremely intelligent.
I went to school with this guy. We were buds. Issac Wilder
Since I've already had a conversation with two people about it,and now 3 since you joined,it would be logical to think some people do.
Think about it.... 200 years ago these kinda uprisings were done with guns, and you had results with less people. Now a million people just standing and shouting and no difference. Why? Because people feel all right. They're not being enslaved by big shots, big shots give them sedated enough lifestyle. For those who dont have sedated lifestyle, you just need to disorganize them and give them no reason to act.
Thats a bad way to look at it. "They have disorders and are ugly, so lets ignore them".
One must look back to see forward. Adapt. Evolve. Change.
Where is Eric Cartman when you need him.
Extreemly good stuff.Keep it up Motherboard.
Just humans being humans, create system, system has errors, create new system, replace old system, repeat
All of the people involved of the taking of the equipment in the park should have to pay for it.
i can tell thats a quote, cause well, no one on the internet is smart enough to come up with that themselves.
From their website
"Invoking The Light reveals higher knowledge hidden until now about the truth of our existence, answering all of the questions remaining unanswered for so long. True enlightenment has never been so easy and accessible for everyone! Invoking The Light does the work for us in dissolving, once and for all, the fears, mental noise and deeply entrenched negative beliefs blocking us from living a life of joy, fulfilment and success.."
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No FREEDOM, No PEACE!!!
Almost every guy on this sounds like a woman. When did talking like 12 year old preppy girls become so cool for grown men? Saying "like" 3-4 times per sentence, bobbing your head around, and using a questioning tone of voice no matter what you say is not how grown men should act.
Nickolas Holcombe lmao I thought I was the only one who thought that they sounded annoying. It’s as if that’s what a smart person sounded like once so let me try to replicate that. Not realizing he was a 14 yo kid who was a true genius and not... whatever this is.
The network wasn't distributed in the first place. The could have use 3-4 towers surrounding the park. Even in buildings around the park and other places. Plus hidden cams. Nowadays they could use drones (mini-blimps).
"fuck da police" is not about individual officers. many police officers are genuinely good people who volunteered to serve their communities. the attitude is more about a justice system that seems to be spreading injustice. the officers are just as much victims of the system as everyone else. its not like there is a huge conspiracy. we have inherited our grandparent's government. but currently politicians are in such gridlock that the system of checks and balances prevents progressive change.
hey is that the troll hacker that was buddies with the guy who created Reddit around 6:00 in the background?
6:08
+Alexi Thunderbird weev! that's it!
WEEV is also the founder of the GNAA
Alexi Thunderbird --he seems to hav gotten a bum deal just like so many other young ppl who hav had to pay a severely exaggerated price for shining a bit of light onto the reality of our world today
The internet came from CERN in Switzerland, not the US army.
Uhm, no. Actually, that was the first in which it was tested by. The ARPA had already developed a network before the first use of it at the Stanford Research Insitute. It was used, again, for communication and networking for the business of the USSR. Even one of the founding fathers stated it was for communication in business, whether it'd be for the military or a corp. Don't confuse the World Wide Web with the Internet.
interesting, this piece reminds me of the radio flyer "clipper chip" invention. My understanding is that it can communicate worldwide without satellite or cabling technology for a very low cost. I read an article on this technology in the early 2000's. My recollection is that the purchasers of this technology were government's and search and rescue organizations because not only can the chip communicate it can also identify a human being in sub surface locations. Truly, I'm a Luddite at this level of tech, but I have always found it interesting that this chip hasn't been much more broadly explored given its purported capacity.
I believe it's due to having a very low bandwidth
How have i never heard of this
You guys are great!