Rom is an LGBT teen living on the streets. We learn more about him in grydscaen: tribute. Rom who’s real name is Eleric Stuart was originally from the metropolitan City before he was captured by the government and they wiped his memory. Rom is a hacker who was affiliated with Jester’s hacker guild in the City before he had his memory wiped and they threw him out on the streets of the Echelons with no memory, no history and only…..
Twitter and other social media online outlets have been shutting down accounts that promote dangerous activity and terror. Some of the accounts were directly related to groups known for recruiting online. With these social media companies working with law enforcement, accounts have been taken offline to stop the recruiting and messages of hate. With the laws dealing with the Internet far behind the actual practices and activity that happens online you have to think that there might be a privacy…..
We hear a lot about hackers infiltrating corporations and the government these days. Is it China, maybe Russia, or some obscure hacker from Ukraine. These script kitties and ninja can infiltrate remote, cull your data, steal it and sell it on the dark web or to other companies making a killing. But those are large entities, what about the individual? Ever get those spam emails in your inbox? They might look legitimate, but look closely. There may be a malicious…..
With the European ministry taking action and blocking questionable Internet sites that insight terrorism or hate we see governments taking action. France was recently in the news for blocking five websites which carried questionable content, the crux, there was no court order to block the sites. Internet service providers were given 24 hours to comply and take the sites off the air. With this new action, the rules of the game may end up being changed. In the past a…..
The Packrats and the T-Hack in grydscaen are two groups that are fighting for information freedom and the end of oppression in the Echelons and the Zone. The view from the City is that these groups are rebel forces that are causing chaos in the Echelons. The Packrats specifically are out to equalize the landscape. The Zone Police and the enforcers and trackers of the Elite government are rounding up psychics off the street and taking them in for…..
Faid Callen is the leader of the Packrat hackers. He is a hacker and a high priced host who does jobs for George the corporate board member of the SenseNet. Faid was originally a street kid abandoned by his father at age 12. He lived on the streets for a few years before he turned 18 learning to live by any means necessary to survive the harsh day to day existance in the Echelons in the Red Light District. …..
There has been a lot of talk about locking down the Internet and throttling back speeds and controlling access. The size of your bank account would gain you more access than others. Or if backed by a large corporation you would get more service. Well today that threat might have been partially neutralized by the statements of the highest lawmaker. Clear and firm net neutrality rules would leave the Internet open to the people and not have one set…..
In grydscaen: tribute we talk about Rom, the compromised hacker who was captured by the government and had his memory erased. Before this compromise he had electronics medically placed into his arm as a skin job. These cybernetic electronics enable him to get all up in the grydscaen and explore different sites. An exploit kit as you would call it enables a hacker to compromise innocent devices that visit a compromised site and can download pieces of the exploit to…..
With the announcement in the news recently that a large search company will be pursuing technology that will detect defective cells and continue their research into this with nanoparticles, I wanted to talk a little about nanomachines and their use in grydscaen. The operatives at the Psi Faction are infused with nanomachines for their second level of psi conditioning. Besides the fact that these nanomachines help to stabilize psychic power they also help the operative by optimizing their cells…..
For previous Packrat Underground articles see http://grydscaen.authorsxpress.com This is Rom from the Packrat Sprawl. I have some exciting news today from the Acolyte forward base. There is a new app that Acolyte has created that has many useful features and supports the mole system the Packrats use for hacking. This new system is call ‘glint’ and ‘glint mole.’ The glint system enables you to hack into the Zone Police systems, traffic cams, the emergency radio frequency and the…..