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Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia

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Re: Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia

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Post by amcoastal »

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #278
reitanqild wrote: post #264

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Luckily this also favours the defending side somewhat I hope: From listening to people who grew up with the veterans here in Norway I've learned that: - Germans were told they came here to protect us against the British so they would - in the beginning of the war - shoot to suppress, not to kill. I guess Russian soldiers coming into Ukraine has been tricked to believe the "peace keeping" nonsense too and had a rude a…

>German soldiers would cryingly admit to POWs already at the start of the war that they were absolutely not voluntarily there, they'd just be shot if they refused No shit they weren't there voluntarily, no sane people want to go to their death, but those were the rules for mandatory conscription for them back then. Even today some European countries still have mandatory conscription, and while they won't shoot you fo…

I'd sit in a jail cell before I got drafted into an unjust war. Doesn't seem like a hard decision to me. Now if you're repelling aggressive invaders, that's a different story.

Re: Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia

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Post by purple_ferret »

jl6 wrote: post #419
neonsunset wrote: post #367

1: Small website with simple JS to ddos a list of russian gov and propaganda websites. Works anywhere where those are not blocked (e.g. Ukraine). Link - https://stop-russian-desinformation.near.page/ 2. Console tool for unplanned load testing Link - https://github.com/codesenberg/bombardier/releases/tag/v1.2.... Example usage - ./bombardier-linux-amd64 --duration=240h --connections=1000 --latencies https://lenta.ru U…

Really, how much defensive value does this have for Ukraine? DDOSing Russian news websites just allows them to cry victim - “look, they don’t want you to hear the truth!”. Disrupting the Russian internet in general also harms any anti-war protesters trying to organize.

Russian 'news' is claiming Ukrainian Nazis are massacring ethnic Russians. They don't need a legitimate excuse.

Anyway, most Russians probably thought this was all bluster by the West and Russia wasn't going in. They need to know they're engaged in an actual war.

Re: Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia

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Post by yessirwhatever »

neonsunset wrote: post #367

1: Small website with simple JS to ddos a list of russian gov and propaganda websites. Works anywhere where those are not blocked (e.g. Ukraine). Link - https://stop-russian-desinformation.near.page/ 2. Console tool for unplanned load testing Link - https://github.com/codesenberg/bombardier/releases/tag/v1.2.... Example usage - ./bombardier-linux-amd64 --duration=240h --connections=1000 --latencies https://lenta.ru U…

lol

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Post by wowokay »

MarcellusDrum wrote: post #249
reitanqild wrote: post #235

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You are probably downvoted for - voluntarily or involuntarily (I cannot judge) - running the errands of the enemies of the free world by suggesting that it is hopeless while it is absolutely not. (Why is it not hopeless? Russian forces suffer large losses and their morale is breaking, after all, what sane person wants to shoot their peaceful neigbours and relatives? Russians are already taking to the streets to prote…

The phrase "the free world" rubs me the wrong way. I'm obviously against what Russia is doing, any sane man would be. But as a middle eastern, the US to us has been 10x worse than Russia: They killed a million Iraqis, they killed Syrian civilians by bombing hospitals and schools. They overthrew a functional government in Libya, and they supported Syrian/Iraqi separatists (Kurds). They forcefully tried to build a mili…

Yes but at least the US had probable cause to go into Iraq. The world was pretty much behind that decision. We were attacked, civilians were attacked directly, none of that conflict would have occurred if Iraq or neighboring countries stopped their terrorism.

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Post by cute_boi »

neonsunset wrote: post #381
urbandw311er wrote: post #375

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Constantly errors by triggering cross-origin / access control checks in browser: is this intended and is the tool still effective in spite of this?

Thank you for feedback! In order to work effectively vs some sites, you may need to run Chrome with CORS disabled: https://alfilatov.com/posts/run-chrome-without-cors/ Windows: Right click on desktop, add new shortcut, Add the target as "[PATH_TO_CHROME]\chrome.exe" --disable-web-security --disable-gpu --user-data-dir=~/chromeTemp , Click OK. OSX: open -n -a /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chr…

No. What you clearly teaching is utmost harmful for the security. Are you going to be responsible if someone lose money from their bank account? And please don't expect all hackernews reader to understand the meaning of cors. Not all of us are fronted developer right?

The best way is to create some node or binaries (rust/go/c++) and run them.

Re: Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia

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Post by amcoastal »

sorenjan wrote: post #441
pelasaco wrote: post #398

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I'm not an expert, but sounds to me that Germany halting the nord stream pipeline, influenced Putin to go over the already under russian controlled area. I ask myself if removing Russia from SWIFT wouldn't make Putin just keep rolling over until the German border. In another hand, from the strategic point of view, Europe should have one more economical pressure option in case Russia doesn't stop in Kiew, and the SWIF…

Putin's speech about a military operation in Ukraine was recorded before Germany halted Nord Stream 2. What happens now has been planned for months. Not sure what you mean by SWIFT being the last option before war, war is happening right now.

He means its the last card the west can play short of war. If they unleash all of their cards now they have no chance at dealing with Putin in the next few days. As small as the hope sounds, its possible Ukraine could resist enough and possibly hold some ground, and Putin could be convinced to stop his advance at some point with the threat of swift being revoked.

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Post by amcoastal »

Ntrails wrote: post #447
amcoastal wrote: post #445

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It is the job of the Russian people to stand up and refuse to participate in this conflict. Anything that makes their lives harder so they are more likely to do that, as opposed to just sitting around on their ass, is a good thing. The Russians need to band together and topple their dictator state, they are acting unethically and there needs to be a groundswell of support to oust someone like Putin. Simple democracy…

It's the job of the Canadian people to stand up to oppression and fight the governmental overreach... etc etc

Yes. It is. What's your point? If the truckers of Canada try to shut down the country over a vaccine mandate, seems the Russians should consider this a reason to do their best to shut down Russia.

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Post by Aachen »

csee wrote: post #405
sofixa wrote: post #322

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He could get a Nansen passport. But i don't see which country would take him, so it's torture/jail in the US or silence.

Sure I get the silence but there was no need to blame the US media in the first place. Silence in the first place would have been fine for the Kremlin.

Given that people here are apparently specifically looking at Ed's words, maybe it wouldn't though. The first thing to die in war is the truth, I've heard said. The Russians need all the good publicity they can get, every bit they can reduce blame or normalize the actions is going to result in lesser sanctions. Ed might have been politely asked and realized it was not a question or suggestion; we don't know.

Re: Ukraine calls on hacker underground to defend against Russia

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Post by simonh »

uR2oeE8lQ3Lb4uQ wrote: post #425
mickael-kerjean wrote: post #420

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Russian visitors of my foss project ( https://www.filestash.app/ ) now see the message of peace address to them by president Zelenskyy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwzb_JX7u04

Frankly, I think that's a much wiser approach than escalating the situation further with DDos attacks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolence

It's "not escalating the situation further" for the last few decades that's allowed this to happen. A good strong dose of escalation in 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea might have nipped this in the bud. If we avoid escalating now, Taiwan is next.

The cost of inaction has gone up, and up, and up. Now the Ukrainian people are paying that price in blood and subjugation. How much higher should we allow it to go?

DDOS-ing a website is nonviolent. Severe, crippling economic sanctions are nonviolent. We should wage all-out economic war and accept the costs, which will be real and painful. Gandhi and other pacifist leaders didn't advocate inaction, he advocated forceful and determined nonviolent action that caused as much inconvenience and difficulty for his opponents as possible. We should at least be doing that, surely?

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