[Noisebridge-discuss] Vice interview this week?!?

[Andy Isaacson]

On Sun, May 07, 2017 at 03:29:44AM +0000, Zach R wrote:
>Can someone tell me more about this?  I would really prefer we *not* do 
>this interview and would definitely block this as a consensus item.
>
>Vice is a freaking horrible media channel.  They had GIANT picture of a 
>guy ripping off a sheeps genitals with his mouth posted up around my 
>house for months (among other bad shit).  They are the lowest of the 
>low in yellow journalism...  #notexcellent imo.
>
>...but maybe there's some info I'm missing?  can someone fill me in?

Vice has its awful bits to be sure, but they also do quality journalism 
particularly in the hacker space.  They employ two of the best infosec
journalists in the world, Joseph Cox and Lorenzo Francheschi-Bicchierai.

In particular, here's some recent good stuff:
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/worlds-most-secure-email-service-is-easily-hackable
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/motherboard-tv-nyc-resistor-making-awesome-things-happen
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/we-talked-to-a-witch-who-casts-viruses-out-of-computers-with-magic
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/this-hip-hop-track-has-better-opsec-advice-than-most-guides-out-there
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/lauri-love-opens-up-about-his-fight-against-extradition-to-the-us
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/hackers-why-they-hit-stalkerware-flexispy-retina-x

What with NYT platforming a climate change denialist and the Boston 
Globe going soft nazi, never mind WaPo's foreign policy, I'll take 
journalism where I can find it these days.

-andy