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Sorry - if the guy was controlling a botnet, he can do his time just based on the massive numbers of computers he was illegal controlling. Sure we might feel s
by dedward 16y ago
Sorry - if the guy was controlling a botnet, he can do his time just based on the massive numbers of computers he was illegal controlling.
Sure we might feel some underdog sympathy for wikileaks right now, but the people doing these ddos attacks are the exact same people who ddos other sites and cost a ton of money every year. No free pass - civil disobedience is not free of consequences, and nobody should seriously suggest that launching a DDOS against a major corporation is "fair"
- espennilsen 16y agoThe ddos perfomed by Anon is not done by illegaly controlled botnets. The Anonymous are volunteering their own computers for this activity.
- steveklabnik 16y agoActually, there are also illegal botnets contributing, from some reports.
- zppx 16y agoWikileaks was under DDoS as well, wasn't there any illegal botnets involved?
- steveklabnik 16y agoMaybe. I don't know much about those who were DDOSing wikileaks, I know more about breaking rules 1 & 2.