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It seems like it would be trivial to get someone's door busted down by running LOIC aggressively on their computer. I wonder--at what point can the FBI's enthus
by aphyr 16y ago
It seems like it would be trivial to get someone's door busted down by running LOIC aggressively on their computer. I wonder--at what point can the FBI's enthusiastic enforcement be directed, in some sense, as a weapon?
Edit: I've watched Anonymous (insert typical disclaimer about the membership of a heterogenous group of net users) attack more than one of my boxes. DDOS's have been traditionally been the regime of surreptitious botnets, not voluntary ones. I'll bet you some unsuspecting soccer mom (or someone who pisses off Anon) gets nabbed at some point.
- forensic 16y agoThe FBI is just sending a message. They cherry picked a few IP addresses, set surveillance on them, and then chose those few which belonged to people who were active on forums revealing that they were in fact probably guilty and didn't just have a trojan or little brother. If the FBI intended to comprehensively prosecute every offender your point would be a genuine hindrance. However they only need a few to deter the behaviour and they know this. Thousands of people participated in these protests, and a handful are going to be made examples of. It's not at all unlike a flesh-and-blood protest.