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he could have continued this for years if he hadn't been blatantly harassing people

__s 9y ago
He seems to have some anti US sentiments, but went with trolling random members of the machine rather than quietly collecting information & passing it off to wikileaks
- mschuster91 9y ago
  Better for him tbh that he stuck to trolling, with leaking info he might have ended anything from a life in Guantanamo to a secret assassination.
- digi_owl 9y ago
  I think of that approach as the Anon legacy. That group (if one can even call it that) taught a generation to go for trolling/harassment rather than subversion.
  - throwawayzxc9 9y ago
    Sure, why help bring to light atrocities and miscarriages of justice when you can just fuck with people “for the lulz”?
  - SoberKay 9y ago
    False dichotomy. One can do both and each can act as the other. Trolling is a tool.
incidentnormal 9y ago
Quick thought: had he continued for years, he would be tried as an adult and completely screwed. As it stands, his adolescent trolling mentality has indirectly allowed him to have a chance at a normal life.
- jimmies 9y ago
  Writing for a close friend. When he was 15 (about 15 years ago), he had the chance to do a lot of damage. He roamed in sites that store credit card information in an Access database (they didn't have PCI back then). He roamed in servers that have everyone under a www-data account and "partition" people with FTP accounts, so a script that allows you to traverse the .. dir would get everyone completely screwed. He used to ship items to himself. He got someone fired from his programming job because of his shenanigans. Oh my gosh, he would have been so screwed if anyone ever made a big deal of anything he did. But somehow that friend of mine didn't make the news - He went unnoticed. He went on with his life, and now he has a relatively normal life and does well for himself and everyone around him. From his story, I always have the belief that adolescents will change, if they are forgiven and shown the way by seniors.

__s 9y ago

He seems to have some anti US sentiments, but went with trolling random members of the machine rather than quietly collecting information & passing it off to wikileaks

mschuster91 9y ago
Better for him tbh that he stuck to trolling, with leaking info he might have ended anything from a life in Guantanamo to a secret assassination.
digi_owl 9y ago
I think of that approach as the Anon legacy. That group (if one can even call it that) taught a generation to go for trolling/harassment rather than subversion.
- throwawayzxc9 9y ago
  Sure, why help bring to light atrocities and miscarriages of justice when you can just fuck with people “for the lulz”?
- SoberKay 9y ago
  False dichotomy. One can do both and each can act as the other. Trolling is a tool.

incidentnormal 9y ago

Quick thought: had he continued for years, he would be tried as an adult and completely screwed. As it stands, his adolescent trolling mentality has indirectly allowed him to have a chance at a normal life.

jimmies 9y ago
Writing for a close friend. When he was 15 (about 15 years ago), he had the chance to do a lot of damage. He roamed in sites that store credit card information in an Access database (they didn't have PCI back then). He roamed in servers that have everyone under a www-data account and "partition" people with FTP accounts, so a script that allows you to traverse the .. dir would get everyone completely screwed. He used to ship items to himself. He got someone fired from his programming job because of his shenanigans. Oh my gosh, he would have been so screwed if anyone ever made a big deal of anything he did. But somehow that friend of mine didn't make the news - He went unnoticed. He went on with his life, and now he has a relatively normal life and does well for himself and everyone around him. From his story, I always have the belief that adolescents will change, if they are forgiven and shown the way by seniors.