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Watch Dogs 2 is a much improved sequel

Vincent Justin Mitra November 26, 2016

Watch Dogs 2 is the sequel to the 2014 open world hacking game by Ubisoft Montreal. It is larger and more developed than the original, and puts players in the role of Marcus Holloway, a resident of the sunny San Francisco Bay Area. The game takes place in a world shortly after the installation of the "ctOS," an advanced surveillance and data collection system, which controls cities across North America and connects citizens to the cities in which they live. Marcus — after being profiled as a potential criminal due to his race (African American) and skill with technology —…

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Uh oh! Hackers just announced they’re going to leak the names of everyone with a still-active Neopets account

EIC September 14, 2015

A team of experienced Internet activists are claiming they’ve hacked the servers of Neopets.com, and will soon be releasing confidential records of every person registered to the site. “Neopets’ child-centric agenda and the features they keep behind a paywall are…

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Life is short. Don’t lie to your spouse.

EIC July 27, 2015

Beside a painstakingly airbrushed image of a manicured finger pressed against rosy, seductive lips, Toronto-based adultery website Ashley Madison whispers its slogan to philanderers: “Life is short. Have an affair.” It seems the little devil on 37 million shoulders has…

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Solders of the new frontier: the global hacker culture

Esther Tung July 9, 2012

Photos by Mark Burnham Along the alley just off of Hastings and Abbott, I find the doorbell hidden in one of the murals on the wall. The signboard overhead reads “VHS”, and the doorbell setsoff lights flashing above.  A moment…

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