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Actually a good idea, but a MUCH better idea would be to automatically post a direct message to that person (from your own account or from central Idiocy account) about the problem, rather than hijacking the session and basically hacking the account, running into problems with law.
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By that definition, if I find a flaw in (as an example) the New York Times, and e-mail them explaining the flaw and how to fix it, I'm engaging in cyber terrorism. Shit, I remember when people would throw around the words "white hat" and "black hat", instead of "terrorism".
Actually, "Idiocy" is more akin to finding a flaw in the New York Times, and then using that flaw to change the headline of their front page. I'm pretty sure that would land you in jail if caught.
Anyone have ideas on getting it running on OS X? One downside to some (often interpreted) languages is that there isn't always an easy way to package them up into a single binary for user consumption.
Install Python, go to terminal, and type `python idiocy.py`
I'm not a python programmer. I don't see anything the equivalent of 'gem' to install modules. Googling isn't helping. Here's what I thought to try so far.
$ easy_install libpcap python-pcap python-dpkt
Searching for libpcap Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/libpcap/ Couldn't find index page for 'libpcap' (maybe misspelled?) Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while) Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/ No local packages or download links found for libpcap error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('libpcap')
Anyone have ideas on getting it running on OS X? One downside to some (often interpreted) languages is that there isn't always an easy way to package them up into a single binary for user consumption.
Install Python, go to terminal, and type `python idiocy.py`
Is there a python equivalent to RubyGems ?
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Install Python, go to terminal, and type `python idiocy.py`
master>python idiocy.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "idiocy.py", line 2, in import getopt, sys, pcap, dpkt, re, httplib, urllib ImportError: No module named pcap Is there a python equivalent to RubyGems ?
And this educates them how, exactly? Education thru vandalism is just vandalism.
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master>python idiocy.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "idiocy.py", line 2, in import getopt, sys, pcap, dpkt, re, httplib, urllib ImportError: No module named pcap Is there a python equivalent to RubyGems ?
Distribute. See http://python-distribute.org/pip_distribute.png
$pip install python-dpkt && pip install libpcap && pip
install python-pcap
Downloading/unpacking python-dpkt
Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement
python-dpkt
Storing complete log in /Users/davidfisher/.pip/pip.log
The fact that someone isn't wearing a belt doesn't mean they deserve a pantsing.
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master>python idiocy.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "idiocy.py", line 2, in import getopt, sys, pcap, dpkt, re, httplib, urllib ImportError: No module named pcap Is there a python equivalent to RubyGems ?
Distribute. See http://python-distribute.org/pip_distribute.png
master>pip install pcap Downloading/unpacking pcap Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement pcap No distributions at all found for pcap Storing complete log in /Users/bob/.pip/pip.log
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By that definition, if I find a flaw in (as an example) the New York Times, and e-mail them explaining the flaw and how to fix it, I'm engaging in cyber terrorism. Shit, I remember when people would throw around the words "white hat" and "black hat", instead of "terrorism".
No one gets scared when you point out a flaw in the New York Times. (Except maybe the writer who is now at risk of getting fired.) Additionally, pointing out a flaw in a newspaper is not illegal. Impersonating someone is (or can be depending on what you do while impersonating them). Whether it is black hat or white hat wasn't my point. My point is that Idiocy aims to accomplish change by scaring people and getting me…
For what it's worth, that's also the same thing that many politicians and lobby groups do.