Editing Hacktivismo (section)

==Projects==
[[File:Skullreporter.png|thumbnail|73px|right|Hacktivismo logo]]

===Camera/Shy===
Camera/Shy was the first Hacktivismo project released.  It debuted in 2002 at the [[H.O.P.E.]] 2k2 convention in [[New York City]].  Written by The Pull, Camera/Shy is a [[steganography|steganographic]] tool that scans for and delivers [[encryption|decrypted]] content directly from the [[World Wide Web]]. It is a stand-alone, [[Internet Explorer]]-based [[web browser]].  It interprets and displays hidden information stored in the junk bits in [[GIF]] files.<ref name="camerashy">Einhorn, Bruce. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20020811083216/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2002/tc2002085_2375.htm Hackers to Beijing: Have a Cow!]." ''[[Business Week]]'' online edition, August 5, 2002. Retrieved July 19, 2006.</ref>

===The Six/Four System===
The Six/Four System was written by [[Mixter]].  The software is a [[censorship]] resistant [[computer network|network]] [[proxy server|proxy]].  It works by using "trusted peers" to relay network connections over [[Secure Sockets Layer|SSL]] encrypted links.<ref>Mixter. "Six/Four System Protocol Specs," 2003. mixter@hacktivismo.com.</ref>  As an example, the distribution includes a program which will act as a web proxy, but where all of the connections will be hidden until they reach the far end trusted peer.<ref>Mixter. "The Six/Four System; A Decentralized Anonymous Peer-To-Peer Network Infrastructure With Trust," README file in Six/Four distribution, 2003.</ref>

Hacktivismo and the cDc further gained notoriety in 2003 when the Six/Four System became the first product of a [[hacker group]] to receive approval from the [[United States Department of Commerce]] for export of strong [[encryption]].<ref>LaCroix, Norman E. "[http://www.hacktivismo.com/public/Hacktivismo_DoC_BIS.pdf Hacktivismo_DoC_BIS.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906002033/http://www.hacktivismo.com/public/Hacktivismo_DoC_BIS.pdf |date=2006-09-06 }}." [[United States Department of Commerce]], January 2003. Retrieved April 20, 2006.</ref>

===ScatterChat===
ScatterChat is an encrypted [[instant messaging]] client based on [[Gaim]].  It was written by J. Salvatore Testa II and released at the H.O.P.E. Number Six conference in New York City on July 22, 2006.  The source code is available, licensed under the HESSLA.  It provides [[encryption]] as well as integrated [[onion routing]] with [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor]], and secure file transfers.  Scatterchat's security features include immunity from [[replay attack]]s and limited resistance to [[traffic analysis]].<ref>''Tectonic'' staff, "[http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1070 Secure messenger to guard against totalitarian governments] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060810163901/http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1070 |date=2006-08-10 }}." ''Tectonic'', July 21, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2006.</ref><ref>[[Cory Doctorow|Doctorow, Cory]], "[http://www.boingboing.net/2006/07/22/scatterchat_anonymou.html ScatterChat: anonymous, secure chat] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060811001823/http://www.boingboing.net/2006/07/22/scatterchat_anonymou.html |date=2006-08-11 }}." [[Boing Boing]] blog post, July 22, 2006. Retrieved July 24, 2006.</ref> Various flaws in the software have been elaborated by researchers.<ref>Murdoch, Steven J., "[http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2006/08/11/protocol-design-is-hard-—-flaws-in-scatterchat/ Protocol design is hard — Flaws in ScatterChat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426040845/http://www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2006/08/11/protocol-design-is-hard-%E2%80%94-flaws-in-scatterchat/ |date=2014-04-26 }}."  Light Blue Touchpaper blog post, August 11, 2006.  Retrieved February 6, 2007.</ref><ref>[[Bruce Schneier|Schneier, Bruce]], "[http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/07/scatterchat.html ScatterChat]."  Schneier on Security blog post, July 31, 2006.  Retrieved February 6, 2007.</ref>

=== Torpark ===
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'''XeroBank Browser''' (formerly known as '''Torpark''') is a variant of the [[Portable Firefox]] [[web browser]] with [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor]] built into it. XeroBank is intended for use on [[Removable media|portable media]] such as a [[USB flash drive]] but it can also be used on any [[hard disk|hard disk drive]].  cDc/Hacktivismo co-released v.1.5.0.7 along with Steve Topletz on September 19, 2006.<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5363230.stm Free anonymising browser debuts]." ''[[BBC News Online]]'', September 20, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2006.</ref><ref>Broersma, Matthew.  "[http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6118547.html Activists unveil stealth browser] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312200139/http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6118547.html |date=2007-03-12 }}." ''[[ZDNet]]'', September 22, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2006.</ref>