Anonymous Threatens Internet With "Operation Blackout"
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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I don't think Anonymous are capable of taking down the internet the proper way the big league hackers could. So instead they're doing it a shitty way. If you going to commit a crime do it properly. I probably won't post here again because Anonymous are going to blow up my house, by hacking into the MoD.
Hey, we're talking about the same bunch of idiots that buy those Guy Fawkes masks off of Warner Brothers, and then wear them to protest against big movie corporations.
Not to mention that Guy Fawkes wasn't really a great role-model for Freedom!
Not to mention that Guy Fawkes wasn't really a great role-model for Freedom!
does this mean i have to get my porn through IP addresses now? i don't know enough about this, but it sounds....complicated, but not impossible. it won't harm them, because they probably can communicate easily in other ways other HTTP usage, and i suppose i'll do other things during that time, like see my girl friend or play a game or watch a movie or something. if it works, sounds like a decent form of protest, i guess. who knows, might be interesting to see how things work out. might be funny to hear all the bitching when i go back to school of "omg, i couldn't even access my facebook, it was a total travesty!"
Yeah, im going to be at a convention so I'm not gonna give a damn about this. but are they painting themselves as the villian instead of the vigilante heros. Lawmakers can use it as leverage against them to pass bills that we don't even want. thats in it seems a little hypocritical to limit the flow of information.
It's entirely possible but not probable. Hey if it happens maybe I'll get a few days off of work.
Hey, uh, Anonymous...
I do agree with some of the stuff you've said and some of the actions you've done. It's not fair for sites to call Copyright on stuff that is protected by Fair Use, and the governments do tend to overreact a bit and it is nice to knock them down a peg or two.
HOWEVER.
Some of us have shit to do on March 31st. You know... important shit? The world has gotten to the point where we revolve around the Internet; taking it down for a day is certainly going to make an impact, but it's not going to be pretty.
And trust me, the minute the Internet comes back up, everyone's not going to shower you praise for 'enlightening' us. Rather, you're going to have the combined forces of the offline and online world wanting to lynch you.
And rest assured, if you do do this, Anonymous, I'm the guy tying the noose.
I do agree with some of the stuff you've said and some of the actions you've done. It's not fair for sites to call Copyright on stuff that is protected by Fair Use, and the governments do tend to overreact a bit and it is nice to knock them down a peg or two.
HOWEVER.
Some of us have shit to do on March 31st. You know... important shit? The world has gotten to the point where we revolve around the Internet; taking it down for a day is certainly going to make an impact, but it's not going to be pretty.
And trust me, the minute the Internet comes back up, everyone's not going to shower you praise for 'enlightening' us. Rather, you're going to have the combined forces of the offline and online world wanting to lynch you.
And rest assured, if you do do this, Anonymous, I'm the guy tying the noose.
Yes, it would be difficult to pull off, but it is highly plausible. As far as I'm aware there's no real way to defend against this type of attack...BaronIveagh said:
It would be vastly stupid to do it. No real message will be put across other than Anonymous is trying to assert power, and that we're all too dependant on the HTML internet. Whole businesses could fail because of it.
regardless of the "message" they're sending or whether or not this is just april fools fuckery, i'll say it again, these are the guys we're supposed to point to and say they're fighters of justice. and nevermind what its actually going to do to the world if its down for a few days. Nah, its alright to instill absolute anarchy and disrupt trade and business, that wont be an issue at all.
You can say what you want, but its getting harder and harder to fight against something like SOPA when the alternative voice of the people who do is this.
You can say what you want, but its getting harder and harder to fight against something like SOPA when the alternative voice of the people who do is this.
OK, so to punish SOPA and Wallstreet - affairs of the U.S. might I remind you - they're going to take it out on the entire world? And innocent cilivians too, including people who have an exam next week, empoverished kids in Africa who travelled miles to use the one computer at school, etc. Oh, and what about important data transfer that doesn't have to do with selfish moneygrubbing, such as medical information exchange or soldiers on the battlefield relying on satelite uplinks to detect enemy troops. There are quite a few things that could potentially go horribly wrong. So to summarize, Anonymous are now terrorists, cyber and otherwise. Fantastic... >.>
There's no point making clever, unique, character-driven comics if I can't post them to the Internet afterwards! Now I have to make REAL friends!
Here's to hoping that their plan to re-instate the Internet works just as well as their plan to shut it down.
Here's to hoping that their plan to re-instate the Internet works just as well as their plan to shut it down.
So, you snot-nosed little kids are going to "shut down the Internet" and expect us to blame somebody else? Punks.