Disclaimer: bipolar rant.
tl;dr: I’m frustrated that no one is working on clever schemes like this where I could help. All the weaponized math is for capitalist crypto-bros, drug dealers and think tanks, what an unfair world…
Honestly, seeing the real economic and social implications of fields like game theory, cryptography etc. makes one wonder if it could be possible to put these to revolutionary use. I know about the Revolutionary Technical Committee and might get in contact with them, but I’m not sure if they’ll know of some concrete project that would help, something like a bunch of decentralized software, smart contracts, mathematical proofs… I can write all of these, but what for?
For example, this comment of mine proposes an economic scheme that would require all of the above to coordinate, secure and trust, to optimize functioning and minimize necessary involvement. But I’m sure there are other (better?) ways to use math and tech directly for revolution. Any revolutionary ideas where the questions arise of “why should I trust…?”, “how can we ensure…?”, “how to optimize…?” can theoretically benefit from them.
Even my local revolutionary organization mentioned a problem that could be solved using a certain crypto scheme, namely securely and anonymously swapping vehicles between owners, to be presented to the general population but actually meant to avoid identification while reducing transportation costs.
Maybe we could make something like a FOSS stuxnet, only targeting burger infrastructure instead of Iranian infrastructure.
I’m not good at writing malware sadly… Should try maybe? I mean, theoretically we could even make a device that undetectably keylogs three-letter agencies from outside their headquarters using SQUIDs.
Just don’t admit to it on Lemmygrad (or anywhere else)… Remember, this is a public website, and we have some notoriety as a communist space, so for sure the three-letter agencies are reading and surveilling this site. And AFAIK hacking has some serious consequences if you get caught, whether it was three-letter agency infrastructure or just regular infrastructure.
I’m not saying not to do it. Just be careful what you do and be careful what you say.
I know nothing about writing malware either, but it seems like a good idea keep it on the table.
I think your time and expertise would be better spent on something constructive rather than destructive. And you won’t go to jail for it.