Phantom Blog: Truth in the Shadows
In an era where censorship often outweighs transparency, dissident voices seek refuge in technology to preserve truth. The Phantom Blog tells the story of a journalist who turns to the hidden corridors of the internet to publish censored government documents. By leveraging advanced tools—Tor Hidden Service v3 addresses, hardened Debian servers, nginx with tightened configurations, and static Markdown pages generated through Hugo—he crafts a platform that thrives in secrecy. His process is meticulous: drafting posts offline, encrypting them with GPG, and uploading only via an air-gapped machine to minimize compromise. Yet even in the depths of the dark web, where anonymity should reign, he discovers that truth itself can be manipulated. The Phantom Blog becomes not only a story of technological resilience but also of psychological warfare, as a state-level actor subtly alters his leaks to erode trust. 1. The Genesis of a Hidden Voice A. Aravind Menon, once a mainstream journ...
