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What does Anonymous hope to prove? What, do they expect people to say, "Oh why you're right. Wikileaks is a good thing and we should totally support it. Thank
by sukuriant 16y ago
What does Anonymous hope to prove?
What, do they expect people to say, "Oh why you're right. Wikileaks is a good thing and we should totally support it. Thank you for opening my eyes by horrendously disrupting my business for the day." That's asinine!
- storborg 16y agoIs that a serious question? They're trying to show Visa that there are quite a lot of people who are very upset with them for booting Wikileaks. It may be asinine, but many political demonstrations are.
- sukuriant 16y agoA botnet can be run by a single person, though; how does DDoSing say that a lot of people are upset when just a few people with a lot of bots can perform the act?
- storborg 16y agoSorry, I'm not saying it's not misguided--just that they're trying to create the impression in Visa's mind that a lot of people are upset.
- sukuriant 16y agoApologies. In the CNN article now posted on Hacker News, http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/12/more_wikileaks http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/12/more_wikileak... , the Low Orbit Ion Canon is volunteer. It would seem that there are that many who are agreeing with the assault, or at least not removing their agreement with Anonymous' general decisions.
- pdelgallego 16y agoWhat does people in a strike hope to prove when they stop the traffic? We live in a economy of attention, and right now, the attack against Visa and Mastercard has been in every newspaper, in every tv channel, and is overflowing the internet. This kind of press is priceless in this kind of economy.
- sukuriant 16y agoThis response makes a fair amount of sense. The news is spreading rampant, and not just here. The media will likely twist it how they will (either for or against), but the word is getting out there. What will this publicity accomplish, though? I'm rambling and speaking out of my thoughts (no facts), but I imagine: Those for Wikileaks and what it stands for will be: a) encouraged to take up arms and fight b) appalled by the actions and, while agreeing with the stance, disapprove of the strikes. Those against Wikileaks will likely use this assault as more reason to fuel their opposition: "look at what those terrorists that support Wikileaks are doing!" But how will this affect those who are on the fence? Of course, from further contemplation, perhaps what this will do is bring Wikileaks further into the people's eyes and start conversations. The conversations may leave "look at what Anonymous is doing" to "look at what the government is doing to Wikileaks? Is this right? Is this wrong? What if this begins to happen elsewhere?" And when questions like that are asked, people begin to take sides, and when people take sides, some of them join the fight. Perhaps that is the final goal of Anonymous... or perhaps I'm giving them too much credit.
- pdelgallego 16y agoI dont really think Anonymous has a real plan on this, up to some degree, they understand the fight for the Internet rights the way Malcom X and Black Panthers understand the fight for the civil rights. "You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get it. Then you'll get it. It's the only way you'll get it." — Malcolm X Not that I share those ideas, not even remotely, but I respect the people that fight for their rights.