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Hacker Says He Printed Anti-Semitic and Racist Fliers at Colleges Across U.S.

37 points by JamilD 11y ago

justinpombrio 11y ago
Apparently if you leave a printer open on the Internet for anyone to print to, sometimes neo-Nazi propaganda will come out of it.
afreak 11y ago
It should be noted that what weev was doing is nothing new and is really just this: $ cat payload.ps |netcat -q 0 $printer_ip 9100 This is what was originally posted: https://storify.com/weev/a-small-experiment-in https://storify.com/weev/a-small-experiment-in
- mikeash 11y ago
  Thanks, this is a much better link than the mostly content-free NYT article. This guy is a real piece of work, sneaking offensive Nazi stuff into random places and then laughing when people get offended. It's basically the Internet version of throwing a punch at someone and then making fun of them for flinching, but with more wasted paper. Edit: it seems he actually believes the offensive stuff he printed. I just assumed it was chosen because it would offend people the most. I don't know if that makes it better or worse.
  - untog 11y ago
    I'd argue it's actually an IRL manifestation of some of the worst stuff that has been going on all over the web for a long time. As such, the content is really any different, but it's a lot more noticeable.
    - 6stringmerc 11y ago
      That's a pretty good point. A lot of people love to get online and join into 'divisive' stuff by way of anonymity. That's not the Weev style. He is, in my estimation, a textbook example of what was meant by the phrase "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" in the context of the US. The guy certainly knows how to test the bounds of what is or is not criminal, according to the current laws and whatnot.
    - mikeash 11y ago
      I totally agree, the only new thing here is that it involves paper, rather than online comment boxes and web page defacing and such. The paper aspect seems to get stronger reactions, since it sounds like people are assuming that something coming out of a printer must be from a local person. Or maybe it's just that paper is more tangible.
beachstartup 11y ago
i'm neither white, nor an sjw or lefty. but this is pretty much what i would expect given the current political/social agenda pushed by social justice warriors and the left in general. see: trump.
- wl 11y ago
  weev is a notorious troll. He's doing this because he finds the reaction hilarious, not because he's trying to fight the SJWs.
  - beachstartup 11y ago
    i don't know, when someone says they're a white supremacist i tend to believe them, even weev.
    - mikeash 11y ago
      It seems to me that a lot of people who pretend to be shitheads as a joke are actually shitheads, and just try to hide it behind the "joke" facade.
      - TillE 11y ago
        Indeed. See for example the horrific state of Reddit over the past few years, as racist "jokes" became the norm.
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    - wl 11y ago
      weev can be a true believer and still be pulling stunts like this for the lulz. It's certainly motivated his actions in the past[1]. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/23/controversial-blogger-infamous-hacker-team-up-to-release-remaining-planned-parenthood-videos/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/2...
rm_-rf_slash 11y ago
Real shame. Every side of these issues has legitimate grievances, but when heavy-handed measures like this are taken, all it does is alienate the "other", stifle communication, and reduces discussion to echo chambers and simple stereotypes.
Jgrubb 11y ago
With the "bad hacker" spotlight on him already, why would he do something like this?
- vox_mollis 11y ago
  Because he lives in an Eastern European country that would be hesitant to comply with an extradition request over something that doesn't even clear the bar of the CFAA?
  - jessaustin 11y ago
    weev would love nothing more than for some moron federal prosecutor to try that. They would surely lose, which would give him the lead, weev: 2, feds: 1. (Since he did go to prison, I count the first trial for the feds, even though the charges were ridiculous and the appeals court threw the whole thing out. The appeal, of course, counts for weev.)
- jessaustin 11y ago
  "Auernheimer says he’s currently taking in donations on the order of $2,000 per month through various channels, including Patreon and Gratipay, but mostly the funds come in Bitcoin. He explains that many of his supporters don’t want to be linked to him by a paper trail." [0] No publicity is bad publicity! [0] https://pando.com/2014/11/21/troll-tales-catching-up-with-weev-in-beirut/ https://pando.com/2014/11/21/troll-tales-catching-up-with-we...
screwedup 11y ago
If you don't feel like reading the article: the guy wasn't printing bigoted content just to bring attention to the lack of security on printers, he seems to actually believe in this stuff.
- S_A_P 11y ago
  I skimmed the article, didnt see anything where he was mentioning that he endorsed the subject other than the implicit endorsement by sending it in the first place. The dudes a troll, of course nazi propaganda is going to create the urge for internet justice, which is probably one of few things that would get people tweeting about it from their high horses.
  - untog 11y ago
    The article doesn't go into detail, but weev literally has a swastika tattoo on his chest: http://gawker.com/ipad-hacker-and-troll-weev-is-now-a-straight-up-white-1641763761 http://gawker.com/ipad-hacker-and-troll-weev-is-now-a-straig... If he's just trolling then he's really, really dedicated to the cause.
    - potatolicious 11y ago
      > "If he's just trolling then he's really, really dedicated to the cause." Weev's written extensively about his white supremacist views in the past, I don't think where he actually stands is in any way under contention. I'd also argue that "dedicated troll" and "true believer" is a distinction without a difference, especially when it comes to the people who are being harassed.
    - S_A_P 11y ago
      To be honest, I don't know or care enough about him to really research if he truly feels that way. From my semi informed viewpoint, I see where he could see it as a sort of Andy Kaufman style of trolling. He could be just picking a topic that he knows most "normal" people would be outraged about because if he wants to know how well his printer hack worked, a penis enlargement pill or public service announcement would get ignored by the recipients. The dude is toying with people's emotions for his own amusement, just narcissistic behavior.
supremeanger 11y ago
Sam Hyde and Weev are a gang of neonazi trolls who will stop at nothing to cause problems
popctrl 11y ago
Wait, I'm confused...Maybe I'm not reading this right? Some white kids perform in loin clothes and the university defends it as free speech. Some dick prints a bunch of racist fliers, and the university takes action to block any more from being printed. Then we get this: “When it was happening to black students, it was a matter of free speech,” he said. “Now that it’s happening to white, Jewish students, it’s something else. There seems to be no conflation of hate speech and free speech now.” How is it racist for the school to stop neo-nazi fliers from being printed? What was "happening to black students" when some white guys danced in loin clothes? I hope I'm reading this wrong...I don't want the world to be this stupid.
- 001spartan 11y ago
  Weev is a well-known white supremacist. I would take anything he says with a hefty portion of salt.
  - pakled_engineer 11y ago
    He claims to be a white nationalist not a supremacist. He's helped the daily stormer site before like when somebody jacked their domain.
    - 001spartan 11y ago
      I'll take your word for it. I guess I conflate them because they're both utterly abhorrent worldviews.
    - GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
      The difference between a 'white nationalist' and a 'white supremacist' is as meaningful as the difference between a trilby and a fedora.
      - pakled_engineer 11y ago
        There's a difference, just like there is in Turk nationalist groups vs Turk supremacy groups (Grey Wolves). One believes they are genetically superior to all others and chosen to rule earth, and can excuse mass murder because they don't see anybody else as human. These groups are extremely dangerous and responsible for the holocaust and genocides in Africa. North Korean juche ideology is also supremist. The other is a racist nationalist "pride" group that does not believe they are genetically superior like Weev, the Black Nationalist Panthers, ect. For the record I don't subscribe to either ideology but have met plenty of these groups unfortunately.
newjersey 11y ago
> “When it was happening to black students, it was a matter of free speech,” he said. “Now that it’s happening to white, Jewish students, it’s something else. There seems to be no conflation of hate speech and free speech now.” While I disagree with the calls to remove signs of our past like the ridiculous calls "for the removal of President Woodrow Wilson’s name from the campus because of his racist positions", I think that Asanni York has a point that free speech is free speech. The race/gender/whatever of the accused should not matter. I'd like to draw attention to the "white only" sign on a bathroom door in SUNY. Because it was a black female who did it, it was called art. Had it been a white male, it would have been called hate crime. We can clearly do better than this. As far as unauthorized use of campus resources, I think the university would be better served by suing AT&T for failing to adequately protect its network. > Mr. Auernheimer said he did not hack into the printers, but activated them using remote access. Or maybe universities and organizations could teach their employees to handle network security better. I don't think this is grounds for a criminal case. Oh, on what I hope is an unrelated note we should use this opportunity to voice our dissent against the CFAA and judicial reform especially when it comes to selectively overzealous prosecution.
- afreak 11y ago
  > As far as unauthorized use of campus resources, I think the university would be better served by suing AT&T for failing to adequately protect its network. It is not the responsibility of a network service provider to protect the assets of a customer. If you're given a network link and an allocation of IP addresses, it is your responsibility to use them wisely and securely. > Or maybe universities and organizations could teach their employees to handle network security better. This is more sane thinking.
- 21 11y ago
  >> Mr. Auernheimer said he did not hack into the printers, but activated them using remote access. > Or maybe universities and organizations could teach their employees to handle network security better. I don't think this is grounds for a criminal case. Actually it is. If you try my car/house door and it's unlocked it doesn't mean you can enter it. That being said, a fine would be appropriate in this case since minimal harm was done.
pakled_engineer 11y ago
At least it was Weev triggering campuses from his hideout in Sarajevo and not phony bank or other fishing printouts to steal money or identities. Throw out the racist propaganda and close those accessible printer ports with a cheap OpenBSD $40 appliance firewall any first year student can set up. Media is just helping Weev spread his message and marketing for that dailystormer site.
- FilterSweep 11y ago
  >Media is just helping Weev spread his message I feel like more attention should be brought to this, and a greater onus put on the media for "enabling" such behavior. This thought first occurred to me when The Rolling Stone put a glamor shot of Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon terrorist bomber, on its cover. In the click/eyes-driven world we live in, the line between fame and infamy is increasingly blurred IMHO, more accountability needs to be placed on the media. Of course, a story needs to be "sold" to keep publications alive - so I wouldn't be opposed to putting a pseudonym attributed to the criminal that doesn't use his/her actual name in the print.
ipsin 11y ago
Now that he's posted a confession, I'm sure prosecutors will be firing up their printers in the next few days. I'm not sure what it'll be: malicious mischief (for the paper), some kind of misappropriation of resources charge, or something else, but I'd be surprised if charges are not laid. [Edited to add: Hadn't realized he'd left the U.S.]
- sp332 11y ago
  A class-action lawsuit for $0.02 for each defendant and $6MM for the laywers.
SCAQTony 11y ago
If you have ad blockers you cannot read the article. If WIRED wants to hard code ads I will look at them and sometimes click. I don't want trackers, beacons and such and it is those items I am blocking; not their ads.
trump2016chalk 11y ago
He should have hacked Emory University's printers and simply printed "Trump 2016". There was chalk on the ground saying that and the school declared a state of emergency because the students were in panic and feared for their lives. They called in emergency counselors too. Please Weev, let's see it.
- dec0dedab0de 11y ago
  I'm guessing this is a troll account, but just in case anyone believes you. http://www.snopes.com/emory-students-trump-graffiti/ http://www.snopes.com/emory-students-trump-graffiti/
  - noobermin 11y ago
    fwiw, you informed me. I read the washington post article and it upsets me that they basically got the events wrong. It's upsetting when the established media which should be shooting for accuracy gets things so wrong. Thank you for posting that.
6stringmerc 11y ago
Rarely have I been so conflicted in my deep-seated love of watching rebelliousness towards authority and hegemonic institutions, and my utter dislike of Weev as a human being able to convey his thoughts to others. I'm pretty serious, in that I can tell he's got a legit point with a lot of his, um, 'activities' and yet the presentation is about as appetizing as ipecac. Or, as The Dude once noted about a close associate, "You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole."
- geofft 11y ago
  I'm not entirely sure white supremacism (and it seems to be earnest white supremacism) is actually rebelliousness towards authority / hegemony. Like, I'm no fan of authority, but I don't think I would have supported Robert E. Lee's fight against authority.
  - 6stringmerc 11y ago
    Oh I wasn't referencing that bit, the white supremacist stuff - I mean the exposing security flaws and basically pointing the finger at the victims for 'allowing' him to get access. That kind of flipping-off authority is interesting to me. The white supremacist stuff is definitely on the other side of the equation, in that his methods and beliefs are categorically opposed to nearly all of mine. I could see the merit in Aaron Schwartz's JSTOR anti-authority issue, Weev doesn't appear to ever get close to that kind/brand/vein of idealism, so to speak.
    - yedava 11y ago
      How is exposing security flaws "rebelliousness"? If an University forgets to lock the doors of its offices and some "troll" walks in and drops racist fliers, which specific hegemonic structure is being fought against?
      - geofft 11y ago
        Fight the power! Encourage people to set appropriate access controls on their printers! Stick it to the man and encourage him to use proper security!
mark-ruwt 11y ago
More on weev. This isn't new. http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/12/4693710/the-end-of-kindness-weev-and-the-cult-of-the-angry-young-man http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/12/4693710/the-end-of-kindnes...
lhnz 11y ago
1. It's the administrator's responsibility to ensure that printers are not exposed to the public internet. Not doing so is giving 'weev' and others like him a platform to cause mayhem and to further split people across racial lines. I don't know if that's what he's trying to achieve, but I suspect it is. 2. If he's able to further agitate african-americans he is able to widen the gulf between people in racially diverse universities and create an environment prone to more and more hatred. And if he can entice law enforcement into prosecuting him he can then play the part of uber troll and free-speech martyr for his supporters. The reactions so far play into his hand as high-scale racial aggravation sows discord that he may be able to capitalise on long-term. I hope it's just trolling as if it is political terraforming it is worrying. What I just described is probably nothing to worry about as it is just one event and it's very likely impossible to orchestrate systemic changes in the way I described.
jessaustin 11y ago
The shitty security on university printers was probably intentional. Paying for printing sucks, only lusers do that. Post printing instructions for the general student population that cause them to pay for their prints. If in addition one also leaves an obvious but plausibly deniable alternative like this, then all us 1337 haxxors can print for free.
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37 points by JamilD 11y ago

Apparently if you leave a printer open on the Internet for anyone to print to, sometimes neo-Nazi propaganda will come out of it.

afreak 11y ago

It should be noted that what weev was doing is nothing new and is really just this: $ cat payload.ps |netcat -q 0 $printer_ip 9100 This is what was originally posted: https://storify.com/weev/a-small-experiment-in https://storify.com/weev/a-small-experiment-in

mikeash 11y ago
Thanks, this is a much better link than the mostly content-free NYT article. This guy is a real piece of work, sneaking offensive Nazi stuff into random places and then laughing when people get offended. It's basically the Internet version of throwing a punch at someone and then making fun of them for flinching, but with more wasted paper. Edit: it seems he actually believes the offensive stuff he printed. I just assumed it was chosen because it would offend people the most. I don't know if that makes it better or worse.
- untog 11y ago
  I'd argue it's actually an IRL manifestation of some of the worst stuff that has been going on all over the web for a long time. As such, the content is really any different, but it's a lot more noticeable.
  - 6stringmerc 11y ago
    That's a pretty good point. A lot of people love to get online and join into 'divisive' stuff by way of anonymity. That's not the Weev style. He is, in my estimation, a textbook example of what was meant by the phrase "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" in the context of the US. The guy certainly knows how to test the bounds of what is or is not criminal, according to the current laws and whatnot.
  - mikeash 11y ago
    I totally agree, the only new thing here is that it involves paper, rather than online comment boxes and web page defacing and such. The paper aspect seems to get stronger reactions, since it sounds like people are assuming that something coming out of a printer must be from a local person. Or maybe it's just that paper is more tangible.

beachstartup 11y ago

i'm neither white, nor an sjw or lefty. but this is pretty much what i would expect given the current political/social agenda pushed by social justice warriors and the left in general. see: trump.

wl 11y ago
weev is a notorious troll. He's doing this because he finds the reaction hilarious, not because he's trying to fight the SJWs.
- beachstartup 11y ago
  i don't know, when someone says they're a white supremacist i tend to believe them, even weev.
  - mikeash 11y ago
    It seems to me that a lot of people who pretend to be shitheads as a joke are actually shitheads, and just try to hide it behind the "joke" facade.
    - TillE 11y ago
      Indeed. See for example the horrific state of Reddit over the past few years, as racist "jokes" became the norm.
      - deleted 11y ago
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  - wl 11y ago
    weev can be a true believer and still be pulling stunts like this for the lulz. It's certainly motivated his actions in the past[1]. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/23/controversial-blogger-infamous-hacker-team-up-to-release-remaining-planned-parenthood-videos/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/2...

rm_-rf_slash 11y ago

Real shame. Every side of these issues has legitimate grievances, but when heavy-handed measures like this are taken, all it does is alienate the "other", stifle communication, and reduces discussion to echo chambers and simple stereotypes.

Jgrubb 11y ago

With the "bad hacker" spotlight on him already, why would he do something like this?

vox_mollis 11y ago
Because he lives in an Eastern European country that would be hesitant to comply with an extradition request over something that doesn't even clear the bar of the CFAA?
- jessaustin 11y ago
  weev would love nothing more than for some moron federal prosecutor to try that. They would surely lose, which would give him the lead, weev: 2, feds: 1. (Since he did go to prison, I count the first trial for the feds, even though the charges were ridiculous and the appeals court threw the whole thing out. The appeal, of course, counts for weev.)
jessaustin 11y ago
"Auernheimer says he’s currently taking in donations on the order of $2,000 per month through various channels, including Patreon and Gratipay, but mostly the funds come in Bitcoin. He explains that many of his supporters don’t want to be linked to him by a paper trail." [0] No publicity is bad publicity! [0] https://pando.com/2014/11/21/troll-tales-catching-up-with-weev-in-beirut/ https://pando.com/2014/11/21/troll-tales-catching-up-with-we...

screwedup 11y ago

If you don't feel like reading the article: the guy wasn't printing bigoted content just to bring attention to the lack of security on printers, he seems to actually believe in this stuff.

S_A_P 11y ago
I skimmed the article, didnt see anything where he was mentioning that he endorsed the subject other than the implicit endorsement by sending it in the first place. The dudes a troll, of course nazi propaganda is going to create the urge for internet justice, which is probably one of few things that would get people tweeting about it from their high horses.
- untog 11y ago
  The article doesn't go into detail, but weev literally has a swastika tattoo on his chest: http://gawker.com/ipad-hacker-and-troll-weev-is-now-a-straight-up-white-1641763761 http://gawker.com/ipad-hacker-and-troll-weev-is-now-a-straig... If he's just trolling then he's really, really dedicated to the cause.
  - potatolicious 11y ago
    > "If he's just trolling then he's really, really dedicated to the cause." Weev's written extensively about his white supremacist views in the past, I don't think where he actually stands is in any way under contention. I'd also argue that "dedicated troll" and "true believer" is a distinction without a difference, especially when it comes to the people who are being harassed.
  - S_A_P 11y ago
    To be honest, I don't know or care enough about him to really research if he truly feels that way. From my semi informed viewpoint, I see where he could see it as a sort of Andy Kaufman style of trolling. He could be just picking a topic that he knows most "normal" people would be outraged about because if he wants to know how well his printer hack worked, a penis enlargement pill or public service announcement would get ignored by the recipients. The dude is toying with people's emotions for his own amusement, just narcissistic behavior.

supremeanger 11y ago

Sam Hyde and Weev are a gang of neonazi trolls who will stop at nothing to cause problems

popctrl 11y ago

Wait, I'm confused...Maybe I'm not reading this right? Some white kids perform in loin clothes and the university defends it as free speech. Some dick prints a bunch of racist fliers, and the university takes action to block any more from being printed. Then we get this: “When it was happening to black students, it was a matter of free speech,” he said. “Now that it’s happening to white, Jewish students, it’s something else. There seems to be no conflation of hate speech and free speech now.” How is it racist for the school to stop neo-nazi fliers from being printed? What was "happening to black students" when some white guys danced in loin clothes? I hope I'm reading this wrong...I don't want the world to be this stupid.

001spartan 11y ago
Weev is a well-known white supremacist. I would take anything he says with a hefty portion of salt.
- pakled_engineer 11y ago
  He claims to be a white nationalist not a supremacist. He's helped the daily stormer site before like when somebody jacked their domain.
  - 001spartan 11y ago
    I'll take your word for it. I guess I conflate them because they're both utterly abhorrent worldviews.
  - GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
    The difference between a 'white nationalist' and a 'white supremacist' is as meaningful as the difference between a trilby and a fedora.
    - pakled_engineer 11y ago
      There's a difference, just like there is in Turk nationalist groups vs Turk supremacy groups (Grey Wolves). One believes they are genetically superior to all others and chosen to rule earth, and can excuse mass murder because they don't see anybody else as human. These groups are extremely dangerous and responsible for the holocaust and genocides in Africa. North Korean juche ideology is also supremist. The other is a racist nationalist "pride" group that does not believe they are genetically superior like Weev, the Black Nationalist Panthers, ect. For the record I don't subscribe to either ideology but have met plenty of these groups unfortunately.

newjersey 11y ago

> “When it was happening to black students, it was a matter of free speech,” he said. “Now that it’s happening to white, Jewish students, it’s something else. There seems to be no conflation of hate speech and free speech now.” While I disagree with the calls to remove signs of our past like the ridiculous calls "for the removal of President Woodrow Wilson’s name from the campus because of his racist positions", I think that Asanni York has a point that free speech is free speech. The race/gender/whatever of the accused should not matter. I'd like to draw attention to the "white only" sign on a bathroom door in SUNY. Because it was a black female who did it, it was called art. Had it been a white male, it would have been called hate crime. We can clearly do better than this. As far as unauthorized use of campus resources, I think the university would be better served by suing AT&T for failing to adequately protect its network. > Mr. Auernheimer said he did not hack into the printers, but activated them using remote access. Or maybe universities and organizations could teach their employees to handle network security better. I don't think this is grounds for a criminal case. Oh, on what I hope is an unrelated note we should use this opportunity to voice our dissent against the CFAA and judicial reform especially when it comes to selectively overzealous prosecution.

afreak 11y ago
> As far as unauthorized use of campus resources, I think the university would be better served by suing AT&T for failing to adequately protect its network. It is not the responsibility of a network service provider to protect the assets of a customer. If you're given a network link and an allocation of IP addresses, it is your responsibility to use them wisely and securely. > Or maybe universities and organizations could teach their employees to handle network security better. This is more sane thinking.
21 11y ago
>> Mr. Auernheimer said he did not hack into the printers, but activated them using remote access. > Or maybe universities and organizations could teach their employees to handle network security better. I don't think this is grounds for a criminal case. Actually it is. If you try my car/house door and it's unlocked it doesn't mean you can enter it. That being said, a fine would be appropriate in this case since minimal harm was done.

pakled_engineer 11y ago

At least it was Weev triggering campuses from his hideout in Sarajevo and not phony bank or other fishing printouts to steal money or identities. Throw out the racist propaganda and close those accessible printer ports with a cheap OpenBSD $40 appliance firewall any first year student can set up. Media is just helping Weev spread his message and marketing for that dailystormer site.

FilterSweep 11y ago
>Media is just helping Weev spread his message I feel like more attention should be brought to this, and a greater onus put on the media for "enabling" such behavior. This thought first occurred to me when The Rolling Stone put a glamor shot of Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon terrorist bomber, on its cover. In the click/eyes-driven world we live in, the line between fame and infamy is increasingly blurred IMHO, more accountability needs to be placed on the media. Of course, a story needs to be "sold" to keep publications alive - so I wouldn't be opposed to putting a pseudonym attributed to the criminal that doesn't use his/her actual name in the print.

ipsin 11y ago

Now that he's posted a confession, I'm sure prosecutors will be firing up their printers in the next few days. I'm not sure what it'll be: malicious mischief (for the paper), some kind of misappropriation of resources charge, or something else, but I'd be surprised if charges are not laid. [Edited to add: Hadn't realized he'd left the U.S.]

sp332 11y ago
A class-action lawsuit for $0.02 for each defendant and $6MM for the laywers.

SCAQTony 11y ago

If you have ad blockers you cannot read the article. If WIRED wants to hard code ads I will look at them and sometimes click. I don't want trackers, beacons and such and it is those items I am blocking; not their ads.

trump2016chalk 11y ago

He should have hacked Emory University's printers and simply printed "Trump 2016". There was chalk on the ground saying that and the school declared a state of emergency because the students were in panic and feared for their lives. They called in emergency counselors too. Please Weev, let's see it.

dec0dedab0de 11y ago
I'm guessing this is a troll account, but just in case anyone believes you. http://www.snopes.com/emory-students-trump-graffiti/ http://www.snopes.com/emory-students-trump-graffiti/
- noobermin 11y ago
  fwiw, you informed me. I read the washington post article and it upsets me that they basically got the events wrong. It's upsetting when the established media which should be shooting for accuracy gets things so wrong. Thank you for posting that.

6stringmerc 11y ago

Rarely have I been so conflicted in my deep-seated love of watching rebelliousness towards authority and hegemonic institutions, and my utter dislike of Weev as a human being able to convey his thoughts to others. I'm pretty serious, in that I can tell he's got a legit point with a lot of his, um, 'activities' and yet the presentation is about as appetizing as ipecac. Or, as The Dude once noted about a close associate, "You're not wrong, Walter, you're just an asshole."

geofft 11y ago
I'm not entirely sure white supremacism (and it seems to be earnest white supremacism) is actually rebelliousness towards authority / hegemony. Like, I'm no fan of authority, but I don't think I would have supported Robert E. Lee's fight against authority.
- 6stringmerc 11y ago
  Oh I wasn't referencing that bit, the white supremacist stuff - I mean the exposing security flaws and basically pointing the finger at the victims for 'allowing' him to get access. That kind of flipping-off authority is interesting to me. The white supremacist stuff is definitely on the other side of the equation, in that his methods and beliefs are categorically opposed to nearly all of mine. I could see the merit in Aaron Schwartz's JSTOR anti-authority issue, Weev doesn't appear to ever get close to that kind/brand/vein of idealism, so to speak.
  - yedava 11y ago
    How is exposing security flaws "rebelliousness"? If an University forgets to lock the doors of its offices and some "troll" walks in and drops racist fliers, which specific hegemonic structure is being fought against?
    - geofft 11y ago
      Fight the power! Encourage people to set appropriate access controls on their printers! Stick it to the man and encourage him to use proper security!

mark-ruwt 11y ago

More on weev. This isn't new. http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/12/4693710/the-end-of-kindness-weev-and-the-cult-of-the-angry-young-man http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/12/4693710/the-end-of-kindnes...

lhnz 11y ago

1. It's the administrator's responsibility to ensure that printers are not exposed to the public internet. Not doing so is giving 'weev' and others like him a platform to cause mayhem and to further split people across racial lines. I don't know if that's what he's trying to achieve, but I suspect it is. 2. If he's able to further agitate african-americans he is able to widen the gulf between people in racially diverse universities and create an environment prone to more and more hatred. And if he can entice law enforcement into prosecuting him he can then play the part of uber troll and free-speech martyr for his supporters. The reactions so far play into his hand as high-scale racial aggravation sows discord that he may be able to capitalise on long-term. I hope it's just trolling as if it is political terraforming it is worrying. What I just described is probably nothing to worry about as it is just one event and it's very likely impossible to orchestrate systemic changes in the way I described.

jessaustin 11y ago

The shitty security on university printers was probably intentional. Paying for printing sucks, only lusers do that. Post printing instructions for the general student population that cause them to pay for their prints. If in addition one also leaves an obvious but plausibly deniable alternative like this, then all us 1337 haxxors can print for free.

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