give it a day or two and anonymous will say sorry and return to the little dens and wont bother use for a few monthsRanorak said:
HOLY FU- Anonymous is PISSSSSED!
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If it gets bigger, yes, we will.Solo-Wing said:
People aren't thinking about this from the "I don't understand the internet" perspective. And those are the people making the laws and doing a lot of the voting. To them, knowing that a small group of kid hackers can causing this kind of trouble makes the internet even scarier. And pirates and hackers are, in the minds of many of these people, two heads of the same monster.
This is just going to make these people more afraid of the internet. And that means they'll welcome tighter control.
Anonymous aren't helping anyone with this. These aren't carefully measured steps toward a goal. They're making noise because they can, and the whole Robin Hood angle is just icing on the cake to them.
I love the folks that talk about how this is amazing because it was "thrown together in a day." Do you really believe that? These guys sit around waiting for excuses to spring into "action." They knew SOPA was coming, and they probably had this in the works for weeks.
That means you've got a group that is looking for trouble. And that's bad for everyone. Government? Anonymous? I side with neither.
Y'know it really doesn't help the internet's cause for freedom vs lawfulness when the first thing Anon actually does strike out on is action against a legitimately criminal, piracy encouraging website.
The argument I've seen of calling Youtube and Megaupload stuff exactly the same is unbelievable around here. I thought the community around here approached all the SOPA stuff (mostly) intelligently too. Guess it really was just a lot of people wanting to pirate stuff for free while hiding beneath the flag of freedom of speech.
The argument I've seen of calling Youtube and Megaupload stuff exactly the same is unbelievable around here. I thought the community around here approached all the SOPA stuff (mostly) intelligently too. Guess it really was just a lot of people wanting to pirate stuff for free while hiding beneath the flag of freedom of speech.
Haha, that's funny. Annonymous, planning?Vault101 said:
OT: The first return volley has been fired! Soon all shall be consumed by the flames of haelfire and damnation! The coming storm is upon us, and none shall survive!
I still have a problem that the US took down a site that was operating outside of their country,unless the crime happpened on their soil they have no say in the matter.
reminds me of a certain doctor who episode I totally agree with what the master did to the president
reminds me of a certain doctor who episode I totally agree with what the master did to the president
This is some crazy business. If SOPA and PIPA pass, shit's going to get real. And it is going to get real, REALLY fast.
I find it funny that there's a lot of people on here have said DOS'ing isn't any big deal... but isn't that kinda the point? All DOS'ing needs, from what I can understand of it, is a lot of people to go on a site to knock it temporarily outta commission.
So... is it just me, or does that seem like a warning shot to you? DOS'ing a load of sites is more impressive for the numbers involved than the skill of hacking required. This seems like the shot across the bow to me... "We are anonymous. We are Legion. Piss us off at your peril." We KNOW they are capable of more... they just aren't doing more until SOPA and PIPA are passed or denied.
So... is it just me, or does that seem like a warning shot to you? DOS'ing a load of sites is more impressive for the numbers involved than the skill of hacking required. This seems like the shot across the bow to me... "We are anonymous. We are Legion. Piss us off at your peril." We KNOW they are capable of more... they just aren't doing more until SOPA and PIPA are passed or denied.
*grabs popcorn*
Well, I honestly don't think that this counterattack will accomplish anything. But it's sure to be fun to watch.
Well, I honestly don't think that this counterattack will accomplish anything. But it's sure to be fun to watch.
Whelp, here we were. Proving to congress we can exercise our will by sending a message with a premeditated, coordinated blackout. And it was actually working; some in congress took our actions with a degree of respect.
And now Anon goes ahead and jumps the gun out of the petty notion of revenge.
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One more for the internet bunker, pl0x.
And now Anon goes ahead and jumps the gun out of the petty notion of revenge.
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One more for the internet bunker, pl0x.
This is very relevent
http://bogieworks.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c581e53ef0167609cd218970b-500wi
On another note, oh NOW you care, the whole mess about SOPA and you keep your mouth shut, but a site that streams copyrighted material (IE ACTUALLY breaking the law) get's shot down and they get pissed? Fuck them, they're throwing a temper tantrum that's all, probably upset that they can't watch their favorite show without paying now. How come they don't throw a riot when someone's youtube channel gets taken down then? People go to great lengths to act like mature people when protesting SOPA, and then these assholes ruin it for everyone, can someone catch them already?
http://bogieworks.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c581e53ef0167609cd218970b-500wi
On another note, oh NOW you care, the whole mess about SOPA and you keep your mouth shut, but a site that streams copyrighted material (IE ACTUALLY breaking the law) get's shot down and they get pissed? Fuck them, they're throwing a temper tantrum that's all, probably upset that they can't watch their favorite show without paying now. How come they don't throw a riot when someone's youtube channel gets taken down then? People go to great lengths to act like mature people when protesting SOPA, and then these assholes ruin it for everyone, can someone catch them already?
I'm not going through all four pages of this thread. The first one is enough to convince me that there is going to be stupid everywhere.
Also stop panicking about 'virus' crap. It's obvious it's not a hijack, it's an alibi. You can simply close the window to end the process.
Also stop panicking about 'virus' crap. It's obvious it's not a hijack, it's an alibi. You can simply close the window to end the process.
Does anyone fine the timing of the megaupload takedown insanely suspicious?
UMG took down their youtube video which it had no copyright claim to. MegaUpload them filed a lawsuit against UMG.
In what is probably the most coincidental and fortunate timing for UMG, all the owners of MegaUpload just so happen to now branded as criminals and have their site removed.
UMG took down their youtube video which it had no copyright claim to. MegaUpload them filed a lawsuit against UMG.
In what is probably the most coincidental and fortunate timing for UMG, all the owners of MegaUpload just so happen to now branded as criminals and have their site removed.
*group hug*mParadox said:
*Pulls into bunker and closes hatch*JasonBurnout16 said:
You're safe now. And DDOS means "Distributed Denial Of Service". They flood the servers with activity from thousands of computers to halt the activity of any legitimate traffic.
Megaupload has a lot more then pirated material for download, lots of indie musicians/game designers/movie makers rely on it to distribute there works, I've used it myself to transfer large files to peers. Yes they do have a lot of stolen works on the site but they do take those down upon request.Jack the Potato said:
Plot thickens? It does seem EXTREMELY suspicious that it was a day after the blackout too.AC10 said:
NOOOOOO! THE SCARY THREAD IS DOWN THERE!Nouw said:
OT:
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/cia.png
Anonymous did no damage the the organizations themselves. Please stop panicking.
(Yes, the comic has been posted, but I shall REpost it until the message gets across.)