Cybertek (Cybertech), TICOM 'Zine, Pine Tree Journal, & Dystonaut Back Issues

  1. Cybertech: The Cyberpunk Technical Journal  Original website mirror.
  2. Thomas Icom's L0pht Website  Mirror from around 1997.
  3. What is Cybertek?
  4. Frequently Asked Questions for Cybertek  Version 2.0B, March 7, 1995.
  5. Cybertek Article Archives
  6. Cybertek  Everthing2.com entry.
  7. Cybertek  Streettech review.
  8. Cybertek Zine  Dandies.org review.
  9. Wired Top 10
  10. Cybertech - Volume 3  Order a print version.
  11. An Introduction to SIGINT - Signals Intelligence
  12. Hacker Tools
  13. Cybertek - Volume 2  Single OCR'ed PDF file.  (12.4M PDF)
  14. Note the named changed to "Cybertech" in later issues.

Cybertek exists because its producer feels that we are sliding downward to become more and more of a totalitarian society, and that part of the solution to this problem is to impart knowledge and information which is essential for people to have if they desire to exist as free citizens in a free country.  An ignorant populace is very easy for a tyrant to keep down, but people who are knowledgeable in the ways and means to live independently and fight totalitarianism are impossible for despotic state to have control over.  As James Madison, the father of the U.S. Constitution, once said, "A people to mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives."

Cybertek's objective is the dissemination of practical, easy to understand information about technology, security, and self-reliance.  Articles in past (as well as in future) issues dealt with such subjects as COMPUTERS, PHONES, ELECTRONICS, ALTERNATIVE-ENERGY, WEAPONS, CHEMISTRY, SECURITY, SELF-RELIANCE, FINANCIAL, and HEALTH.  Knowledge of these topics is necessary for anyone seeking self-reliance and personal independence in today's world; as well as for preparing for any "unforeseen circumstances".

Cybertek is unique from other libertarian periodicals in that it is mostly (90%) practical, how-to type information.  We feel that enough editorializing has been done in regard to how bad things are, and how "they" are going to come and take away all the gun owners, readers of controversial literature, and other people who are a threat to "the new world order."  We figure our readers have heard enough of that, and now they're ready for information on how they can do something about the rising crime rate, increasingly totalitarian government policies, worsening economy, and other problems facing them today.  Cybertek's content is intended as a powerful tool to assist its readers maintain themselves, and those close to them, in an increasingly hostile world.

Cybertek is published for educational purposes only under The First Amendment of The United States Constitution.  The subject matter, while very controversial in the eyes of some, is currently 100% legal to possess in the United States; assuming Sarah Brady and HCI haven't yet payed off enough congressmen to pass a law banning "dangerous literature."  Although some of the information presented in Cybertek could be used in an illegal manner, no illegal acts are suggested or implied.

Cybertek Back Issues

Cybertech Electric

There was also five issues of an electronic version of Cybertech.  These were done during the mid 1990's, and contained articles from the print versions released during that time-frame.

The Pine Tree Journal

The New England Journal of Self-Reliance and Preparedness

Technical Intelligence Communications (TICOM) 'Zine

From Thomas Icom:

For many years I published a 'zine called Cybertech.  It covered a combination of hacking, technology, and survivalism.  The first issue came out in 1990, and it was published sporadically until the end of 2002.  Around that time I finally had enough with the attitudes in the computer underground, and ceased publication.

A little while ago, I was surfing one my favorite sites on the Internet, Green Bay Professional Packet Radio (GBPPR).  The owner of the site is a fellow old-school hacker who used to publish his own 'zine back in the day.  He decided to make a go at retaking the computer underground, and starting publishing GBPPR 'Zine with some very good tehnical information.

After reading through a few issues of GBPPR 'Zine, I was inspired to again start a 'zine for technological enthusiasts; TICOM - Technical Intelligence COMmunications.

Starting with the November, 2005 issue I have combined The Pine Tree Journal with TICOM 'Zine.  Now it covers both hacking and survivalism, just like Cybertech did.

Musings of a Man in Black: Prometheus

Part common sense and all sensibility, Ticom's second book Musings of a Man in Black: Prometheus, presents the reader with an alternative take on survivalism.  Unlike the illusionary "what if" scenarios theorized by many "preppers," Icom's Dystonautics is a practical here-and-now how to think for oneself guide to adapting to the current environment, preparing for future probabilities, and thriving whilest doing so.  Contemporary and applicable to anyone in any situation, Prometheus is a pragmatic guide to not being caught up in the current state of mass-media hysteria by being prepared, informed, and ready for any and all eventualities.

The Dystonaut

The Dynstonaut is Ticom's magazine for modern survivalists, hackers, phreaks, cyberpunks, drop-outs, hippies, disaffecteed Americans (of all kinds), neo-pagans (and just plain pagans - born-again or otherwise), libertarians (with a small and big "L"), LMIs, fellow travelers, wanderers who are not lost, and everyone else who lives in the various assorted philosophical or physical regions known as the Fringes, Outskirts, Outback, Great Black, Interzone, or wherever.  Contrary to what many may tell you, all rivers do flow into the same ocean.