Who Watches the Watchmen?
Ryan Singel and Kevin Poulson do. They are the men behind Wired's latest blog, the cryptically named 27B Stroke 6. Ryan Singel is a freelance journalist out of San Francisco, who focuses on civil liberties, privacy and anti-terrorism initiatives. Kevin Poulson (aka Dark Dante) is an ex-convicted hacker turned Wired senior editor and journalist. Together they will "scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, in a daily briefing on security, freedom and privacy in the wired world."Thus far the blog has covered an alleged sighting of actual members of the government's Civil Liberties board. Leaked plans for what may be a global identification system, and the skinny on the FBIs new version of old school Carnivore. I am not alone in feeling that neo-con America is inching toward a full on Black Helicopter Apocalypse. It's good to know that we will have these two gentleman keeping us informed, and keeping an eye on The Man. Good luck fellas. [via Boing Boing]
P.S. for other Wire'd blog goodness, but with a decidedly less Orwellian slant, check out Bruce Sterling's Beyond the Beyond.
posted by MEMEPUNKS at 11:25 AM
2 Comments:
"27B Stroke 6" is probably a reference to the film BRAZIL....I believe that was the form needed to "disappear" a character & start the plot in motion...
You are correct. It's from Brazil. I really love that movie, and yet completely missed the reference. Although I'm not sure it was the form for dissapearing. But rather more government red tape.
ARCHIBALD 'HARRY' TUTTLE:
"Listen, this whole system of yours could be on fire and I couldn't even turn on a kitchen tap without filling out a 27B-stroke-6. Bloody paperwork! Huh!"
Good catch. And thanks for reading Memepunks!
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