I'm a Wikileaks supporter, but I wish these hackers wouldn't empower DHS to strangle the internet

whatchamacallit

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Wed Dec-08-10 04:47 PM
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I'm a Wikileaks supporter, but I wish these hackers wouldn't empower DHS to strangle the internet

Cyber-terror will be used to lay another fascist brick in the wall.

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Joanne98

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Wed Dec-08-10 04:48 PM
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1. They were going to do it anyway!

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EFerrari

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Wed Dec-08-10 04:49 PM
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2. It's only cyber terror when the people do it.

When our government attacks Wikileaks for days, it's -- what?

I don't know how I feel about this yet or what all the consequences can be but it is very fine to see some push back on a high tech international lych mob.

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whatchamacallit

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Wed Dec-08-10 04:57 PM
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4. I'm loving it, but I'm worried about the backlash

Edited on Wed Dec-08-10 04:57 PM by whatchamacallit

Given the panic toner cartridges inspire, I'm dreading the response to an attack on Mammon.

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EFerrari

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:01 PM
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5. No kidding.

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jwirr

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Wed Dec-08-10 04:55 PM
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3. I am also afraid of the blowback. Yet I would not stop it. Some issues

have to stand strong. Fighting corporatism is one of them.

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Greyhound

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:02 PM
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6. I see your point, but they are going to do it whether this is done of not.

Edited on Wed Dec-08-10 05:02 PM by Greyhound

As we have seen many times before, if we don't provide an excuse one will be manufactured, so we may as well go for it.

Besides, as China, Iran, Malaysia, etc. have seen, choking off the internet is far easier said than done. It was originally designed to survive a nuclear war and has completely open protocols.

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whatchamacallit

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:06 PM
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10. Yeah, I figured it was inevitable too

but I have a feeling they will go farther/faster now. I will say it's great to know there are still ways to strike back.

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NeoConsSuck

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:03 PM
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7. Were you that concerned

when the right wing hacker took down Wikileaks?

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LawnLover

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:06 PM
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8. Fuck Wikileaks

Enough said.

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EFerrari

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:07 PM
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11. Seriously. I WANT the government to treat me like a two year old.

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movonne

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:19 PM
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13. humm...are you one of those...

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krabigirl

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:21 PM
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14. Lmao

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PBS Poll-435

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:06 PM
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9. I could try to be funny or sarcastic, but I agree with your "thought"

Fucking stupid prank by idiots.

And it won't be DHS...

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Kaleko

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:12 PM
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12. The internet itself is unstoppable. The world economy depends on it.

What totalitarian regimes can do is restrict access to certain sites and for specific users, that's all. But choking off the free flow of information to their citizens, they also choke off economic growth opportunities in their own countries. This is the dilemma the cabal is faced with.

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krabigirl

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Wed Dec-08-10 05:22 PM
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15. Exactly, and it is the reason that it won't happen for a while.

In the meantime, i am making plans to leave..i don't want to live in china, with a censored Internet.

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