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gdcbyers

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    Comment #2854893

    That is just illogical. The "banks" mistakes and failures do not justify the crimes committed by the "robbers". If you forgot to lock your car one day, it would be acceptable for m…

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    Comment #2818984

    You again, eh? No, they aren't. Lets review the definition. "An activist is a rigidly-defined term meaning an entity which acts to further some idea and bring it to public percepti…

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    Comment #2814970

    Raising awareness for privacy and security issues is a good thing. Doing so by creating more privacy and security issues is decidedly counterproductive.

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    Comment #2813599

    I agree to the defined terms, and further purpose hacktivist is an activist who's chosen/preferred method is "technology", be it illegally accessing private systems, or building ni…

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    Comment #2791943

    And this has stopped being a mature conversation. Have a nice day.

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    Comment #2791884

    I'm not talking about multinational corporations! I'm talking about the people, individuals that did nothing more sinister then reuse a password, who's personal information was rel…

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    Comment #2791836

    Well, I think that about sums things up. burgerbrain doesn't "give a shit" about your rights, only his own! But we should still respect his option for some reason I can't think of …

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    Comment #2791797

    Did you see the context of that comment? It was direct quote from the user I was replying to. I used the term "vandalism", in quotes, because that was how the previous poster categ…

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    Comment #2791784

    > I don't claim LulzSec represents any cause. > It is offtopic, but I respect LulzSec specifically because I think they have the potential to drive home the concepts and ramificati…

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    Comment #2791450

    So the abuses LulzSec perpetrates are acceptable because they aren't as powerful as the big bad evil government? Or because they appear to hate the government as much as you? I als…

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    Comment #2791428

    This response reeks of inaccurate presumptions about my beliefs, options and reasoning. Not to mention, you aren't even the guy I was replying to. But I will respond none the less …

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    Comment #2791383

    So in this little metaphor, the people play the role of the hostages, the government plays the role of the kidnappers (lawless criminals) and LulzSec play the role of the governmen…

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    Comment #2790189

    Please clarify this statement. Are you suggesting that my distain for LulzSec and its methods are some how the result of brain washing or extreme trama? And if "We the people" are …

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    Comment #2789999

    Except we aren't the sheriff in this scenario. We are the people Robin Hood is trying to help. And I say petty thuggery and vandalism aren't helping.

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    Comment #2731796

    "they released the info so people could change their passwords" They didn't need to release it for people to change their passwords. Wouldn't proving they compromised the database …

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    Comment #2728471

    How does breaking into private systems and releasing customers personal information expose abuse and corruption or promote human rights? Does Sony commit human rights atrocities I …