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Tag Archives: Gawker

The Underground Website Where You Can Buy Any Drug Imaginable. It’s called Silk Road. The URL is incredibly obscure, you can only access the site through Tor, and Bitcoins (explanation) are the defacto currency. Shipments go through the U.S. Postal Service. It was destined to happen.

June 2, 2011 Bitcoins, drugs, Gawker, internet as disruption, marketplaces, Silk Road, Tor, U.S. Postal Service

Breaking the Web with hash-bangs. Amen. (via Simon Willison)

February 9, 2011 Gawker, Javascript, Twitter, user experience

The Dirty Truth About Web Passwords. Gawker made a number of classic mistakes. Another wake-up call for the internet driver’s license.

December 14, 2010 data security, Gawker, Jeff Atwood, OpenID

Gawker Media gets hacked. “Thoroughly and completely owned” is likely a better phrase.

December 13, 2010 data security, Gawker, web development
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