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To break is not to build
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Valid point and a great quote. It's just hard to believe such people exist outside the realm of comic books.
The internet brings out the worst in people.
Acting like defacers wasn't low brow enough, now they're just borrowing a ddos botnet? What's next in this high tech crime spree, supergluing all the lock tumblers at the local mall? Is the lulz from laughing with them or at them?
This is just getting tired and dumb now. It's no longer funny. It's like the joke you told at a party that everybody laughed at. Then you told it 5 more times before you left the party. Unfortunately, I don't see them stopping any time soon. Soo....
Ah, but to them , the more you complain that it's not funny any more, the funnier it gets. It's kinda like a destructive version of people who say "That's what she said".
'Hackers' used to have a special status, but soon enough they'll be considered like pirates were in the 17th century. It's just isn't cute anymore. Or harmless.
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These attacks are annoying and damaging but in the long run they make our internet stronger. If these didn't happen so often people would care a lot less about security and robustness.
Sure, and I can go around punching people in the face and tell 'em that I'm doing 'em a favour by reminding them to always wear a full-face helmet when out in public. But if nobody except me is a big enough asshole to go round punching people in the face at random...
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Sure, and I can go around punching people in the face and tell 'em that I'm doing 'em a favour by reminding them to always wear a full-face helmet when out in public. But if nobody except me is a big enough asshole to go round punching people in the face at random...
The difference is that one of those people could very well return the favor and give you a proper ass kicking, or determine your identity with relative ease and file a complaint with the police. The disincentives that exist for your example and those that exist for actions similar to those taken by lulzsec are radically different. The conclusion that people should walk around with full-face helmets is ridiculous beca…
Securing networks is indeed a noble goal, but are we prepared to pay for the infrastructure?
The end result does not justify the means, and we all know how the story goes. More legislation to "prevent" hacking, and everyone suffers under the yoke of over-reaction.
I just hope that the league of american white old men doesn't meet and decide that the answer to Lulzsec is naturally the removal of more freedoms for the sake of security and much easier wiretapping by the FBI.
Really? You had to bring race into it?
If he's talking about USGOV, the demographics of Congress, the Cabinet, and the Supreme Court are pretty clear.