Ever wonder if those hitman sites on the Dark Web are real?

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Here’s the answer to at least one “hitman” service provider on the Dark Web.  BesaMafia offer contract kills and other forms of intimidation for a price.  Today it was announced they were closed for business with an explanation on their now-defunct hidden service.

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Reddit’s r/technology downgraded after bizarre censorship practices discovered

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The popular geek subreddit r/technology has been caught censoring posts in what forum moderators are calling “a disaster” for the board. Reddit today removed the “default subreddit” status from r/technology meaning it has lost its “preferred” standing, a status only afforded to two dozen Reddit communities. The move was made after Reddit admins found r/technology…

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Why some ISPs are throttling Netflix and what you can do about it

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It’s no longer just a theory – despite their denials, major ISPs are ignoring net neutrality rules and throttling Netflix bandwidth and Netflix has the proof in hand which they provide through their publicly-available monthly statistics reports. Here’s how to find out if you’re being throttled by your ISP, why ISPs throttle network traffic from…

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