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diff --git a/content/blog/2024/2600-magazine.md b/content/blog/2024/2600-magazine.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0c33e12 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024/2600-magazine.md @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ ++++ +title = 2600 +author = ["MichaĆ Sapka"] +date = 2024-01-12T21:23:00+01:00 +categories = ["blog"] +draft = false +weight = 2003 +abstract = "Short impression of 2600 magazine" ++++ + +For quite some time I've been looking for a magazine to read. +In my younger days, reading computer game magazines was the best thing. +Way before the ~~internet~~ big tech ruined everything, polish gamers have already found a safe haven. +In the dark days of post-communistic 90s, we were feeling like living in the future. + +And then they, one by one, died. +Killed by "free" sites filled with ads and sponsored content. + +It may very well be anachronistic to wait for a review that will not even move on the screen. +But this is exactly what I found to be great about them - slow moving, regular, without much fuss, much more deliberate. + +I've been reading quite a few magazines recently, but finally I have found the one which fills me with passion - just like the ones from my childhood. +Now I have something to wait from, to learn from and, well, feel to be a part of it. + +I have finally found **2600**[^fn:1]. + +What is 2600 you ask? +Well, the magazine self-describes as _The Hacker Quarterly_ and it fully shows the purpose. +It's a magazine written, edited and read by _hackers_ that is released since 1984[^fn:2] +Hackers in the _original_ sense of the word - tinkerers trying to expand what is possible to do with electronic devices. +Other than that, the team behind 2600 also organized **Hope**, a hacker-focused conference (known as what Defcon was when Defcon was good. I've never been to either one, so I'm just repeating) and even made a few movies. +They were also very involved in the "Free Kevin"[^fn:3] campaign. + +All in all, 2600 encompasses everything that is good about computer-oriented communities, and it rejects the current status quo of closed, surveillance based systems. + +It's not that this is the first time I've heard of it, but with the digital version, it finally became economically sane to get familiar. + +Funny enough, I've bought my first issue late in December - just a few days before the next issue came out. +After finishing those two, I feel extremely satisfied. +I don't remember when was the last time I wanted to read a magazine from cover to cover. +This is exactly what the doctor ordered. + +The biggest shock for me was how _soft_ the magazine is. +On the Internet, all _hackers sites_ focus on the technical stuff. +_2600_ also has some articles that are strictly technical, but there's not much of them. +It is, however, full of _hacker_ culture. +For me, as a _hacker_ much more in _spirit_ than in _abilities_, this is simply wonderful. + +It seems that U found what I was looking for a long ass time. +All this, because 2600 is finally available as digital download. +I need to give my data to make the payment, but the PDF comes without any DRM. +Beats paying dozens USD just for shipping by a mile! + +Though paying by Monero would be much more l33t. + +Finally, as part of [The Email Project](/blog/2024/email-project/) I have emailed the editing team. +A significant portion of these 2 issues I've bought is occupied by letters from readers. + + +## Contents of Winter 2023/2024 issue (40-4) {#contents-of-winter-2023-2024-issue--40-4} + +{{< img-r "2600-40-4.webp" >}} +Cover of issue 40-4 +{{< /img-r >}} + +- The Road Behind +- The Dark Side of DNA Data +- The BoneBox +- Artificial Intelligence and Creativity +- Career and Gloating in Las Vegas +- TELECOM INFORMER +- Enhance Your Typing Experience With Mechanical Keyboards +- Adventures in Lockpicking +- Ooops; v97.129 +- Geo-Distributed Bug Bounty Hunting +- Being a Hacker +- Byte-Sized Justice: A Tale of Hacker Ethics and Copy Protection +- A Quick Intro to Biohacking +- HACKER PERSPECTIVE +- Privacy: Protecting Your Personal Information Online +- The AI Risk Nobody Seems to Mention +- American Shanzhai, Part 4 +- EFFECTING DIGITAL FREEDOM +- Quantum Computer Algorithms, Part III: DES Decryption +- GPT Revolution: Reimagining Programming in the Era of AI +- Snitched Out by Tech +- I Fight for the Users +- ARTIFICIAL INTERRUPTION +- Platform Capitalism Can't Surveil Absurdism (and Worse) +- Alzheimer's and AR Tech +- Book Review: Pegasus +- Book Review: Fancy Bear Goes Phishing + + +## Contents of Autumn 2023 issue (40-3) {#contents-of-autumn-2023-issue--40-3} + +{{< img-r "2600-40-3.webp" >}} +Cover of issue 40-3 +{{< /img-r >}} + +- Memories to Come +- Designing an OpenAI Powered IRC Chat Bot for Fun and Profit +- Cute App, But I'll Use My Own +- Saying Goodbye to an Old (GPFS) Friend +- TELECOM INFORMER +- The Arrival of 2600 Digital Delivery +- Why Aren't You Cracking Your Users' Passwords? +- A Technology Life Story +- Social Engineering is Forever +- Is AI More of a Tool or an Ethical Challenge? +- Quantum Proof Encryption +- But I Don't Want a Copilot +- HACKER PERSPECTIVE +- Diskless Malware +- Hacking the Airwaves +- Adventures in Zero Trust +- American Shanzhai, Part 3 +- EFFECTING DIGITAL FREEDOM +- Go On a Journey +- Morbid Curiosity in the Weaponized AI Era +- See You on the C-Drive (A Series of Late 20th Century Fragments) +- ARTIFICIAL INTERRUPTION +- Is 2600 Still Relevant? +- Learn Linux, People! +- WasteTrackers and More + + +## Meta {#meta} + +- Read as PDF on Onyx Boox Note Air 2. +- Issues bought from [2600.com store](https://2600.com) <BR> +- Next up: back to "Hacking APIs". It's great! + +[^fn:1]: [Official website of 2600](https://2600.com) +[^fn:2]: that's one year older than me! +[^fn:3]: [How the Free Kevin Movement Changed the Cyber Security Industry](https://www.mitnicksecurity.com/blog/how-the-free-kevin-movement-changed-the-cyber-security-industry)
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