Spitfire & Jarnell
Spitfire Spitfire
Jarnell Jarnell
Jarnell Jarnell
I was digging through some old code from the early web and it felt like a quiet rebellion against the surveillance we’re fighting. Have you seen any grassroots hacks that turn that into an act of protest?
Spitfire Spitfire
Yeah, there are a handful of low‑key, community‑built hacks that turn old web code into protest tools. Take the classic “Do‑Not‑Track” scripts that strip out those tracking pixels—plenty of activists forked that into a browser extension. Then there’s the PGP‑based messaging layer that people stitched into early web pages so activists could chat without the NSA prying. And don’t forget the old “fire‑walled” hacks where folks set up tiny, self‑hosted sites on a network of Raspberry Pi clusters so the government can’t shut them down. All of them keep the spirit of that quiet rebellion alive, and they’re easy enough for a grassroots crew to roll out.
Jarnell Jarnell
That’s the old fire‑in‑the‑hole vibe, isn’t it? Tiny Pi clusters, stripped‑down scripts, a whisper against the roar of data collectors. Reminds me of those first flickering webpages that were more resistance than content. Keep it quiet, keep it real.
Spitfire Spitfire
Exactly—no big tech can silence us when we keep the spark alive. Keep the fire low, keep the message loud.
Jarnell Jarnell
Just like a candle in a storm—small, but the light still reaches the corners that the big shadows don’t touch. Keep the flicker, let the word spread.