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Wikileaks, Anonymous, etc.

Chunes
Chunes Posts: 17,399
in Not Sports Related
I'm undecided on this new breed of internet 'hactivism'. On the one hand, seems a group like Anonymous are protesting in a modern way. Is there much difference between downing a website or, say, lorry drivers blocking off a motorway? On the other hand, denial of service attacks are illegal. But is that just a technicality?

Wikileaks is even more complicated.

Wondering what other people think.

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  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    edited May 2013
    Both a force for good in my opinion. Anonymous more so as it's a collective "anonymous" group. But Wikileaks I'd say is a bit more of Assange vanity vehicle.
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,286
    I think you mean Assange @kentaddick, although the thought of Nige seeking refuge in a foreign embassy is quite amusing.
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    Assange has always struck me a bit of a tool; deluded and full of his own self-importance. (I think @kentaddick describes Wikileaks perfectly to that extent)

    As for Anonymous; being a collective group with no real structure - there is no real ruleset and therefore they're a force for bad just as much as good I think.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    haha sorry, been a very long day full of deadlines all on 2 hours sleep. Edited and i'm off to bed :)
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,903
    You have to be careful with computer geeks. I've seen Terminator.
  • MattD
    MattD Posts: 1,530
    Ddos (denial of service) attacks happen everywhere. 10 year olds with computer access can and do ddos. I would say Anon are a bit more dangerous than just that.
  • johnny73
    johnny73 Posts: 4,567
    I would be very careful about starting a debate on this. I'd make this thread 'members only'. Am I paranoid? Yes, I've been hacked in the past.

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