- A nation-state can deanonymize Tor by running a large share of exit and entry nodes and correlating traffic over months; Freenet was proposed as a more resistant alternative for privacy-sensitive transhumanist communications.  
- OpenPGP’s poor usability, not its cryptographic strength, was blamed for the failure of decentralized trust networks to gain traction among researchers and biohackers.  
- Leaked Skype protocol specs and an open-source reverse-engineering project were circulated, with the caveat that Skype can push forced upgrades to break compatibility at any time.  
- Diamondoid mechanosynthesis remains largely theoretical; critics cited Philip Moriarty’s argument that AFM demonstrations have not scaled to arbitrary materials, tempering molecular-nanotech optimism in the community.  
- Modafinil was described as providing “drive without focus,” while Ritalin’s near-identical pharmacology to cocaine was highlighted; John Harris’s bioethical stance that cognitive enhancement is a moral imperative for healthy individuals was quoted.  
- Aleph Objects is scaling open-source 3-D printing: 16 GPL-licensed Prusa Mendel printers and the Budaschnozzle hot-end design will be published this quarter, offering reproducible hardware for DIY labs.  
- Participants searched for synthetic-biology applications in rocketry, tentatively suggesting engineered organisms that purify hydrogen peroxide as propellant precursors.  
- LulzSec’s Sony breach was dissected: a simple SQL-injection via a photo-upload script dumped the entire user table, illustrating low-hanging vulnerabilities in large tech infrastructures.