EFF Archives - Patrick K. Kroupa

New York Times – MindVox

by Patrick K. Kroupa | Jan 8, 2016 | 0

Mindvox, Long a Haven For Hackers, Signs Off July 13, 1996 By Katherine Cavanaugh At a time when countless anti-hacker and security software programs are being promoted with a great deal of fanfare, a one-time notorious hacker...

Tricks of the Internet Gurus

by Patrick K. Kroupa | Jan 8, 2016 | 0

Internet Gurus: Patrick Kroupa by Tod Foley “The correct solution to the ‘quest,’ is, of course, that there is no solution. There is nothing you are looking for, except for you, and once you realize this, you...

Boardwatch

by Patrick K. Kroupa | Jan 7, 2016 | 0

MindVox December 1992 An increasingly popular niche online revolves around smallish UNIX systems offering dialup access out one door and Internet access out the other. These aren’t the regional networks setup to offer host...

New York Magazine – MindVox – NYC

by Patrick K. Kroupa | Jan 3, 2016 | 0

Internet Service Providers By Matthew Fenton and Charles Runnette You might think the entry of AT&T into the Internet-service-provider business means there’s now one clear choice. You would be wrong. Although...

Radar Magazine – Ibogaine, the Drug to End All Drugs

by Patrick K. Kroupa | Dec 29, 2015 | 0

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Cure An obscure and powerful hallucinogen from Africa might just hold...

Spy Magazine – MindVox

by Patrick K. Kroupa | Dec 29, 2015 | 0

1995 Commu-nets Plot In Which Our Cybercorrespondent Logs On, Jack In and Zones Out by Ellis Weiner The Net. The Matrix. TheGrid. Cyberspace. The Metaverse. “I’m jacking into Netcom to surf the nodes.”...

New York Magazine

by Patrick K. Kroupa | Dec 28, 2015 | 0

Boot Up and See Me Sometime Electronic salons are the hangouts of cyberspace, where like minds meet to discuss everything from Jesus Christ to home pet surgery. After years of lagging behind even Cleveland, the New York salon...

Forbes – The Playground Bullies are Learning How to Type

by Patrick K. Kroupa | Dec 28, 2015 | 0

The playground bullies are learning how to type. (Computer hacker crime wave.) William G. Flanagan Dec 21 1992, v150, n14, p184(6) COPYRIGHT Forbes Inc. 1992 Leonard Rose, a 33-year-old computer consultant and father of two, is...