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Inside ANOM: The Global Encrypted Phone Network That Never Actually Existed

It was a law-enforcement-built communication network, distributed through criminal intermediaries who had no idea they were promoting a surveillance system.

By rottie420 27 Nov 2025

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How Blockbuster Games Quietly Rewire Player Psychology

An investigative report on the hidden systems shaping the world’s biggest games

By rottie420 17 Nov 2025

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Why Gamers Are Escaping Into Horror Worlds

Surreal horror goes even further. It’s not just monsters or jump scares, it’s the creeping suspicion that a world feels familiar but wrong.

By rottie420 17 Nov 2025

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Jean-Baptiste Kempf: The Engineer Who Made VLC the World’s Universal Media Player

He fought against licensing traps, software patents, and industry politics that could have forced VLC to limit codec support or remove functionality.

By rottie420 15 Nov 2025

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Julian Assange and the War Over Information: The Internet’s Most Polarizing Publisher

A publisher facing retaliation for exposing truths that powerful institutions wanted buried. To critics, he’s a political actor masquerading as a journalist.

By rottie420 15 Nov 2025

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AKA "anakata"

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, better known as anakata, wasn’t the typical cybercriminal people imagined.

By rottie420 6 Nov 2025

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The Man Who Turned Radiowaves into Downloads

By day, Modli was a commercial pilot for JAT Yugoslav Airlines. By night, he was a tech visionary using analog airwaves to shape the digital future.

By rottie420 3 Nov 2025