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North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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post #174

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Shaping policy is making policy, practically.

Shaping material given happens at the end after the material is formed. A judge answers the question someone else asks. They can deny policy based on existing policy.

Our current Supreme Court is creating policy from whole cloth while entirely ignoring precedent, and the text of law as a flagrant act of partisan pandering in their recent vax || test ruling.

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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This idiot. Took down a countries internet and bragged to the press. I wonder how many doctors in NK couldn't serve their patients without network access?

But why stop there? Take out the power as well. Contaminate the water. We'll all have a good laugh. No wonder they're building missiles to shoot at us.

This hacker franchise has run its course. Ok it was a fun movie in 1995. But in our modern world what this guy has done is plainly terrorism, probably with a real body count. Not a prank, not hip and not cool. And if it was done to us it would be a clear act of war.

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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> So after a year of letting his resentment simmer, P4x has taken matters into his own hands. “It felt like the right thing to do here. If they don’t see we have teeth, it’s just going to keep coming,” says the hacker. Frankly, I feel that international relations are going poorly enough without vigilantes poking the bear. And also, I doubt that bringing down their network infrastructure will have the desired effect o…

This is probably just a psyop to embarrass them.

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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post #61

I have a gut feeling, that person responsible for those hacks might be working for or at least informing US gov about his actions in advance. Him talking so openly to a major news outlet and warm response of us gov officials point towards that

> working for or at least informing US gov about his actions in advance.

Wired is!

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shaping material given happens at the end after the material is formed. A judge answers the question someone else asks. They can deny policy based on existing policy.

Our current Supreme Court is creating policy from whole cloth while entirely ignoring precedent, and the text of law as a flagrant act of partisan pandering in their recent vax || test ruling.

Not to mention the "states can break constitutional protections by simply paying third parties in civil suits" thing.

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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Then again, if a secret state org hacked the sites, part of the plan would probably be to place stories crediting a rouge individual and discrediting the idea it was a government org. Obviously not proof the story is false either, but like so many of these things, conclusive proof or even evidence of attribution is not given.

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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I would have advised him to stay quiet about this. Not out of fear of the North Koreans, but out of fear of our own security agencies seeing the activity as interfering in international relations. Also the vagueness of our hacking laws probably make what he did a crime. But I also am immensely proud that we have people willing to take things into their own hands when needed. Also, I feel like the 2nd amendment should…

>Also, I feel like the 2nd amendment should be interpreted to include the right to bear digital arms

The case presented in the article is not at all what the 2nd amendment or any self defense laws are about. This guy was seeking revenge and punishment for an act, not attempting to prevent damage from a imminent threat. The court systems are for dealing with those types of situations. Granted, the court systems wouldn't have helped in this situation, but it's important to make the distinction that this was an attack, not self defense.

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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In most jurisdictions, homicide is entirely justifiable when it is committed in the act of defending oneself or others from potentially lethal forces, where a reasonable person would conclude that committing murder was necessary to preserve those lives.

Sure but is it legal if you’re not in the act of defending yourself? If you just walk up to someone who made you mad, and shoot them? No. Which means there are legal limits on how you can use your guns.

Yes, murder would be illegal without just cause, but then it doesn't matter what weapon is used, does it? In which case, you're trying to blame the weapon, rather than the person. I agree there should be legal limits on what you can do to someone else's person, but that policy does not require placing unconstitutional limits on gun use.

Re: North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet

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This idiot. Took down a countries internet and bragged to the press. I wonder how many doctors in NK couldn't serve their patients without network access? But why stop there? Take out the power as well. Contaminate the water. We'll all have a good laugh. No wonder they're building missiles to shoot at us. This hacker franchise has run its course. Ok it was a fun movie in 1995. But in our modern world what this guy ha…

He only target external facing sites, so no doctors were affected.
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