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Audacity fork creator steps down. Claims his life is in danger

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Re: Audacity fork creator steps down. Claims his life is in danger

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Post by SilverRed »

numpad0 wrote: post #80
risky_opinions wrote: post #11

Not posting this under my main account for reasons, but 4chan harassed me for developing software too. They're a bunch of anonymous assholes that have nothing better to do. Their commentary was degrading and demoralizing. They thankfully didn't find me in real life, but I pulled down all social media to avoid them. Edit: I want to say one more thing. Sometimes people defend 4chan and say stuff like "that's just how t…

Is there the wall of shame/hall of fame pages for 4chan-related doxxing incidents? Are those greentexts the only content they share? In 2000s there used to be external wikis for ops done in a local BBS in my country, and those used to summarize timelines and key informations that led to development. They were probably doing for their own fun but were also useful for defending side.

I don't think there is anything organized but the stuff ends up in youtube "documentaries" and similar. Well known incidents like the reddit boston bomber incident get remembered and turned in to memes.

Re: Audacity fork creator steps down. Claims his life is in danger

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Post by throwaway9389 »

Solnezio wrote: post #73
throwaway9389 wrote: post #37

OK, so who knows of any completely anonymous alternatives to Github? Something blockchain based perhaps?

what? Just use a different username and change the email you use in the commits to the github email (@users.noreply.github.com)... (should be "git config --global user.email 12345+foobar@users.noreply.github.com")

Sure, like another comment said though it is easy to mess up and reveal your identity for all commits in one swoop. I know there is GitMask [1] but it's not open source or decentralized.

https://www.gitmask.com/

Re: Audacity fork creator steps down. Claims his life is in danger

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Post by AussieWog93 »

ggreer wrote: post #23
owlbynight wrote: post #10

There need to be harsh, harsh penalties for showing up uninvited to someone's house based on something that's happened or been said on the Internet. This is little kid shit and they either need to learn or have their toys taken away so they can't keep doing it.

I get where you're coming from, but my guess is that such a law would cause more harm than benefit. Think of all the potential for abuse. Politicians (and other government officials) could use it to imprison almost anyone who protested outside their homes.

>Politicians (and other government officials) could use it to imprison almost anyone who protested outside their homes.

Honestly, I'd support politicians' right to have a bit of privacy and space in their own home.

There is a time and a place to stage a protest and after hours at someone's family home is not it.

Re: Audacity fork creator steps down. Claims his life is in danger

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Post by emerged »

kurofune wrote: post #56

>This site is the most disgusting place in the whole world, and I think all the people that are active in /g/ should get put in jail and be ashamed of themselves for making the world a worse place than it already is. >They are cyber terrorists, not cringe cancel kiddos. I sympathize with his case but this post seems a delusional, hyperbolic rant that will make his harassers target him with renewed fervor. They are tr…

Seriously I don’t know how people fail to realize they feed off this type of response. It’s like trying to fight a vampire by throwing your blood at them.

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Post by jbluepolarbear »

SilverRed wrote: post #66
jbluepolarbear wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty easy if they’re dumb enough to bring their phone with them.

I don't believe that phone based tracking is nearly as easy as people make it out to be. Just because the data exists, doesn't mean it is easy to process. Someone would have to spend tens of hours at least digging through data and unless its a serious crime, its just not worth it.

Not tracking, identifying. I have a T-Mobile cell booster and it automatically connects to any compatible phone and will start using cell over WiFi. I could let the authorities know that and they can tell T-Mobile to fork over all the cell data for that booster.

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Post by ezoe »

So, the moral of the story is, to develop a free software, avoid living in a place where 4chan thugs can physically harass you. So basically, avoid English speaking countries.

Or get enough capital to hire the armed security who guard your house 24 hours a day.

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Post by swiley »

SilverRed wrote: post #66
jbluepolarbear wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pretty easy if they’re dumb enough to bring their phone with them.

I don't believe that phone based tracking is nearly as easy as people make it out to be. Just because the data exists, doesn't mean it is easy to process. Someone would have to spend tens of hours at least digging through data and unless its a serious crime, its just not worth it.

Not only that but it can be hard to even get legal access to. I know someone who was shot and the cops weren't able to get access to the location data needed to catch the other guy.

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Post by Ancapistani »

owlbynight wrote: post #10

There need to be harsh, harsh penalties for showing up uninvited to someone's house based on something that's happened or been said on the Internet. This is little kid shit and they either need to learn or have their toys taken away so they can't keep doing it.

In my country, and where I live (a relatively rural section), there are just such penalties - there’s a non-zero chance that if you show up at someone’s house, you’ll get shot for your efforts.

Obviously I’m not condoning this, but does actually seem relevant to this discussion.

Re: Audacity fork creator steps down. Claims his life is in danger

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Post by salawat »

obviouslynotme wrote: post #26

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>Sneed is short for special needs, i.e. retards

...Okay. I could be totally wrong here, but I was fairly certain the Sneed thing came out of a Simpson's joke w.r.t. Sneed's Seed and Feed, formerly Chuck's.

This would quite frankly be the first time I've heard the Sneed->"special needs"->retards connection, which to be frank, is nowhere near direct enough for what I know of memes with a Channic origin.

Not that I'm an expert on the subject matter.

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