Interview with key LulzSec hacker • Hacker News Board

Re: Interview with key LulzSec hacker

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Post by dools » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 11:28 PM UTC

Where does the abject slaying of Distribute IT fit into this heady idealism?

Re: Interview with key LulzSec hacker

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Post by romland » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 11:28 PM UTC

The fact that he claims to be into politics and then goes on to say that the arrest of Julian Assange was absurd speak volumes to me.

Assange was arrested due to rape charges and then refused to show up for preliminary hearings. But maybe Sabu's stuck in a filterbubble.

Re: Interview with key LulzSec hacker

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Post by jackfoxy » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 11:36 PM UTC

jackfoxy wrote: post #9

This is an interview about politics. I think it is important to publish, but it demeans science journalism to publish it in this particular venue.

I hope all my down-voters understood the venue I referred to was New Scientist, not HN.

Re: Interview with key LulzSec hacker

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Post by taa4321 » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 11:49 PM UTC

jackfoxy wrote: post #23

jackfoxy wrote: post #9

This is an interview about politics. I think it is important to publish, but it demeans science journalism to publish it in this particular venue.

I hope all my down-voters understood the venue I referred to was New Scientist, not HN.

What a true but sad statement of the state of HN. Censorship and echo chambers of the webapp set.

Re: Interview with key LulzSec hacker

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Post by joelmichael » Mon, Jul 04, 2011, 11:55 PM UTC

nhangen wrote: post #11

This feels more like a PR piece than an interview.

What questions would you have asked?

Re: Interview with key LulzSec hacker

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Post by dasil003 » Tue, Jul 05, 2011, 12:23 AM UTC

dasil003 wrote: post #18

ChuckMcM wrote: post #10

I was more impressed with Khalid who went to Egypt and faced the bullets. Breaking into web sites, exposing passwords, is like 'pirate radio' in that its relatively low risk for the participants. I appreciate that you can't believe Sony or someone who says "we'll keep your data safe" but I have to believe there are better ways to get that information out without all the collateral damage. I continue to hope that folk…

Sure it's relatively low risk, but isn't it way higher risk than anything you are doing to support your ideals?

I don't see why this deserves the drive-by downvotes. I just think it's bullshit for calling people out for not doing "enough" when they are doing far more than the vast majority.

Re: Interview with key LulzSec hacker

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Post by paradoja » Tue, Jul 05, 2011, 1:50 AM UTC

romland wrote: post #22

The fact that he claims to be into politics and then goes on to say that the arrest of Julian Assange was absurd speak volumes to me. Assange was arrested due to rape charges and then refused to show up for preliminary hearings. But maybe Sabu's stuck in a filterbubble.

He has not been arrested due to rape charges, to begin with, because said charges have not been brought up. That said, had he been arrested, he couldn't have refused to show up for any hearings.

I suppose this also speaks volumes to you.

Re: Interview with key LulzSec hacker

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Post by losethos » Tue, Jul 05, 2011, 2:08 AM UTC

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Re: Interview with key LulzSec hacker

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Post by gdcbyers » Tue, Jul 05, 2011, 2:49 AM UTC

joelmichael wrote: post #25

nhangen wrote: post #11

This feels more like a PR piece than an interview.

What questions would you have asked?

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 am not aware of? The exposed poor security in select system, perhaps. Does that amount to abuse, corruption or human rights violations? Hardly, irresponsibility at worst.

Re: Interview with key LulzSec hacker

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Post by thebooktocome » Tue, Jul 05, 2011, 3:15 AM UTC

rpearl wrote: post #4

According to a variety of sources, including http://th3j35t3r.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/lulzsecs-cloudflar... and http://backtracesecurity.com/page2 Sabu is Hector Monsegur. He lives in New York. He owns the domain prvt.org. This is the whois before he remembered to anonymize it: http://pastebin.com/Atf3V2u9

There is a non-zero probability that you are wrong, and I don't see anywhere that you have demonstrated a willingness to take responsibility in the case that you are.