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Anonymous hijacks Syria's government pages

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Re: Anonymous hijacks Syria's government pages

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Post by corin_ »

yaix wrote: post #19

This is a very good hack and also a reminder for Western countries and political actors that these kind of break-ins are not necessarily criminals acts but may be political demonstrations. If a break-in is non-destructive and has as motivation a political demonstration, in a democracy it should be treated as such and not be brushed aside as "criminal".

It's far too easy to jump to "if the non-digital equivilent happened.." comparisons without realising that they don't actually line-up right.

If I broke onto an MoD base in person, no matter how little damage I did or how much my motivation was politically driven, I'd be arrested pretty damn quick. And I'm talking about countries like the UK/US, not Syria.

Re: Anonymous hijacks Syria's government pages

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Post by kaichanvong »

lotharbot wrote: post #6

The text loads slowly. It actually freezes if you're in another tab, which IMO is a poor implementation decision; it means you actually have to sit and watch it come on the screen word by word. For those who either don't want to wait for it to load, or didn't get to it before it got taken down, here's what it says: -------------------------- To the Syrian people: The world stands with you against the brutal regime of…

Kids these days huh! Never knowing when and when not to use javascript and how to implement things in the most accessible manner.

Wonder how well it worked on IE6 and how many Syrian people run that browser or the latest ones...

Anyone have any stats?

Re: Anonymous hijacks Syria's government pages

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Post by yid »

yaix wrote: post #19

This is a very good hack and also a reminder for Western countries and political actors that these kind of break-ins are not necessarily criminals acts but may be political demonstrations. If a break-in is non-destructive and has as motivation a political demonstration, in a democracy it should be treated as such and not be brushed aside as "criminal".

A break-in, by definition, is criminal regardless of the motivation. This would be like breaking into city hall to stage a protest -- the protest part is democratic, the break-in part is criminal.

Re: Anonymous hijacks Syria's government pages

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Post by randomanonymous »

asifjamil wrote: post #17
lotharbot wrote: post #6

The text loads slowly. It actually freezes if you're in another tab, which IMO is a poor implementation decision; it means you actually have to sit and watch it come on the screen word by word. For those who either don't want to wait for it to load, or didn't get to it before it got taken down, here's what it says: -------------------------- To the Syrian people: The world stands with you against the brutal regime of…

i agree - you've got javascript doing both of the text animations, plus the huge graphics and scrolling images.

Loaded for me fine in less than 2 seconds and I'm on a 150kb/s connection.

Re: Anonymous hijacks Syria's government pages

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Post by Tsagadai »

yid wrote: post #24
yaix wrote: post #19

This is a very good hack and also a reminder for Western countries and political actors that these kind of break-ins are not necessarily criminals acts but may be political demonstrations. If a break-in is non-destructive and has as motivation a political demonstration, in a democracy it should be treated as such and not be brushed aside as "criminal".

A break-in, by definition, is criminal regardless of the motivation. This would be like breaking into city hall to stage a protest -- the protest part is democratic, the break-in part is criminal.

The Syrian government has already said the protests are illegal. So if we follow pure logic, they are all criminals and should be locked up. This comes back to a fundamental question of democracy, who owns the government?

Re: Anonymous hijacks Syria's government pages

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Post by danenania »

yid wrote: post #24
yaix wrote: post #19

This is a very good hack and also a reminder for Western countries and political actors that these kind of break-ins are not necessarily criminals acts but may be political demonstrations. If a break-in is non-destructive and has as motivation a political demonstration, in a democracy it should be treated as such and not be brushed aside as "criminal".

A break-in, by definition, is criminal regardless of the motivation. This would be like breaking into city hall to stage a protest -- the protest part is democratic, the break-in part is criminal.

How about when the folks making the laws are criminals?

Perhaps we should be more concerned with right and wrong than following the rules.

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