I was expecting a rickroll there at the end... Fresh prince - close enough.
The least he could have done is get the song right though.
Maybe getting the song wrong was a metatroll?
An Open Letter To LulzSec
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#42I agree with the sentiment of the letter. I used to participate in Internet subculture type stuff for years (nothing really illegal though), and eventually I got bored of it. I wouldn't really say that I regret anything, but I wouldn't want it to come back and bite me (I probably shouldn't run for President).
They're really just a kiddie version of Anonymous/Wikileaks. Hopefully they'll move on to more meaningful hacking (either definition of the term) before they get thrown in prison, but there will always be someone to take up the lulz mantle.
And yeah, DDoSes aren't really brag-worthy anymore. Getting thrown in prison for a worthy social cause, doing something mind-blowingly awesome, or hacking capitalism and making yourself rich legitimately are way more impressive.
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you expand on what kind of methods they employ, or the barriers they had to overcome with their targets?
Getting the machines to DDOS everyone took a while.
Given that I frequently hear about renting botnets, that's not necessarily the case - to acquire a botnet, one does not have to go out and compromise a bunch of computers. Of course, your phrasing suggests that you are presenting yourself as a primary source, as if you were a member of LulzSec speaking from experience. If that's the case, disregard this comment.
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#45Read the last sentence. This was a pretty good troll - I know I found myself agreeing with him, nodding my head a bit. Then I saw the last sentence and had to laugh at myself for falling for it.
I interpreted the last sentence as yet another meme mention, meant to indicate that the author was part of the same subculture as lulzsec - the 4chan/Anonymous culture. I don't think it was intended to mean the message isn't being offered sincerely.
I think it's both, and you're making excuses for getting Bel Air'd. :P
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you expand on what kind of methods they employ, or the barriers they had to overcome with their targets?
Getting the machines to DDOS everyone took a while.
You may not have a proper conception for how anon uses DDOS. A single hacker may DDOS via creating a botnet of zombie computers infected via worm, trojan, or virus. However, anon just uses "LOIC", which is a client that people who want to participate in the DDOS run. There's a call for DDOS of a target, people run their DDOS clients and set the target, there's not necessarily any "hacking" going on whatsoever.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Getting the machines to DDOS everyone took a while.
You may not have a proper conception for how anon uses DDOS. A single hacker may DDOS via creating a botnet of zombie computers infected via worm, trojan, or virus. However, anon just uses "LOIC", which is a client that people who want to participate in the DDOS run. There's a call for DDOS of a target, people run their DDOS clients and set the target, there's not necessarily any "hacking" going on whatsoever.
This isn't anon; these guys don't have a posse.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
The least he could have done is get the song right though.
Maybe getting the song wrong was a metatroll?
The only real amusement I get from trolling is when people discuss it afterwards and start trying to dissect it you get to meta-trolling, then meta on meta, trollers trolling each other, meta-trolling each other, etc. It's turtles all the way down and at the bottom there's a huge ocean of words that has lost all their meaning.
It amazes me that they can muster the energy to even bother.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
W̰̬̦͉̻̭e̘̻͚̳͖'̫̻̞̞̭l̠̥̲̗͚̻̗̝l͓̙̺̫͙̫̲ ͓n͖̳̥͍e͚̙̗̺v̭̼͓̗̭͙̦e̟̱͇͓͙͇r̘̙̥̘̤ ͕r̪̣̩̺̻͇͎ͅe̗̞̺a̻͚l̻̩͉͕͉̝ͅl̺y͍̭̰͍ ̺̱̗̟̝̥k͍͎̺̖̤n̳̰̰͔̩̯̥̻̼o̱ͅw̭͓̦͓͈͇͈̤͖.͙̮̳̖̞̱̹͙ ͕̝̤̹Y͎o̭̜u̮̖̩̳̤ ͖̳̭̼̦͍c̪̰͈̞a̘̜̠̗̘̥ͅn̟̤̫͉̰̟ͅ ̳͈̰̗̳̩̘͓̥n̲̤̙̙͕̖͖͕e͕v͈e̦̹͖r̭͙̘̺͉̥ͅ ̫̘̳̹̰͙r̹̳̬̳̞ͅͅe͚̞̺̺̠̤̝̳͚a̞̭̫̲͎͕̭l̼̮̭̳̩l̙̰̣̘̯̩͖̰y̦̰͕̬̲̘̰̻ ̰k͎͎n͖̤̗̬͙̠̥̦ͅo̪͔͙̯̹͓w͈̱̭ ͍͈̠̞̣̰ͅw̼̳͍͉͓̼̫h͍̟̬̟̱a͎͉͔̘̝̫̤̖ͅṯ̥͓̲̜̩̗̼'̩͎̣s̠͍̳̫͈̺͖̠ ̦̮͔͙͇̣̘g̜̰̻o̩̭i͚̯ṉ̝̻̹̫̗̹̖̗g̲͔͍͈̦ ̗̝̼̪̦̖o͉͈͇͓̯̗̥̥̼ṋ̘̮̠ͅ…
What are those crazy characters under your comment?
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