From Newsgroup: alt.2600

An small piece of the Hacker Thriller, Cyberpunk book "Connection Timeout: The ping starved chronicles" https://rek2.gumroad.com/l/connection-timeout-cyberpunk Info: https://rek2.hispagatos.org/writeups/connection-timeout-my-first-cyberpunk-tech-thriller.html

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"Me and others. We call ourselves the DisconnectedrCoironic, right? We
maintain the old protocols. Run the underground meshes. Help dissidents communicate. Everything you dreamed of, just... smaller. Quieter. Hidden."

She gestured at her laptop. "We're part of the real Usenet revival that started when Google finally ended Usenet support in Groups back in 2024. Community-run servers like the one we operaterCono corporate oversight, no advertising, no data
mining. The newsgroups work exactly like the old days: alt.privacy.revolution, comp.security.resistance, rec.crypto.anarchy. You need proper NNTP clients like Thunderbird, though most hackers prefer TUI/CLI tools like slrn and Usenet-Reborn, no web interface bullshit, just pure text flow between independent servers run by people who give a damn."

"And Gopher," she continued with obvious pride. "Nobody expects Gopher in 2030. It's so simple there's nothing to exploit, so obscure there's no commercial interest in monitoring it. We run Gopher holes on hidden services, distributing everything from technical manuals to revolutionary literature. The protocol that
corporate America forgot became our secret weapon."
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Happy Hacking
ReK2
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