I Feel Phunky
Sherlock Homie
Joined: Sep. 2006
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Also, I read this today, and though, not the most credible source of information, I found it to be an interesting comment.
What if the wikileaks thermonuclear leak turns to be the "catalyst" this reporter fears.
Also, it would be cool if a series of hackers created some sort of network to spam every email account on the planet with a concise dossier of all the important highlights of the wikileak's that exist today and have also yet to be released.
The only way to combat that would be a total media blackout or the temporary disabling of the internet, if that's even possible. But I'm sure that would insight a ton of anger.
The one question that burns in the back of my head, one that I can't seem to find any information on, is where the extensive amount of funds for everything come from. I hardly believe there can be enough money from this series of legal funds and internet escapades to continue much longer, especially with easy credit and paypal donations disabled.
There have to be a series of philanthropist, and corporate support that has somehow gone unnamed. Something like this can't exist without someone looking to turn power in their favor.
But yeah, when all is said and done, most of the leaks are relatively trivial. The action itself is a statement similar to sneaking into someone's house and rearranging their furniture. Doing this just reminds people, in this case our politicians, that no matter how safe you think you are, someone can always fuck with you.
I'm actually really proud that this stuff is going on, it gives me a sense of hope that the bastards can't get me down. But I'll never think I'm safe.
I read another article on cnn, only it was more cynical and came off a lot like US propaganda.
This
I like how reassuring he is that there are, in fact, people in charge of the internet. LAWLZ
This might be true to the general public, but we all know that this isn't true for moderately computer literate joes. At best, you could shut the internet down (or if your lucky, find a solid IP and send in a load of gestapo to curb stomps some nerdarios) but it's very apparent that the privatization of the internet in so many different places (coffee shops, book stores and even mother fucking wendy's) has opened up hundreds of different avenues for a person to access open networks. Not to mention, making things a lot more convoluted to combat.
Now I know the group Anonymous has been taking responsibility for disrupting mastercard, visa, and paypal. And in another selected interview from cnn, report that they plan on stopping when Assange is deemed a whistle blower rather than a criminal.
Well, granted Anonymous really doesn't exist, and this is probably confusing guise of a sub group of hackers assuming the identity of Anonymous (which technically the point of anonymous to begin with) in order to hide in plain site on the internet. I've seen some of the things anonymous is responsible for and frankly it borderlines between abuse of power and just plain harassment, and given their rhetoric, though completely contradictory of their general mission statement, I would assume they couldn't be collected enough to pull something like this off. Or maybe they did.
However, I wouldn't discontinue these assaults on selected targets. Anonymous' assaults, coupled with Assange's continued whistle-blowing and if we're lucky, some sort of honest and organized alternative political group, we might be a few steps closer to straightening things out!
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