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The labelling is overboard. Hacktivists are not white hat hackers. They are black or grey and justify actions with personal morally. Judge each case by it's
by ipaddr 5y ago
The labelling is overboard.
Hacktivists are not white hat hackers. They are black or grey and justify actions with personal morally. Judge each case by it's own merits. A lot of regular people get treated as terrorists when they do things like hack their school.
I haven't ever heard of white supremacist terrorist. I've heard of terrorist, I've heard of white supremacist, but I don't think the groups bi-sect. What is the last white supremacist terror attack you remember?
- pkilgore 5y agoOff the top of my head? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_synagogue_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_synagogue_shooting
- ericbarrett 5y agoA few more: 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, USA, 168 killed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing 2019 El Paso Walmart shooting, USA, 23 killed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_El_Paso_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_El_Paso_shooting 2019 Christchurch Mosque shooting, New Zealand, 51 killed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_mosque_shootings
- pkilgore 5y agoA few days ago. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/doj-white-supremacists-hoped-to-ignite-race-war-by-attacking-power-grids/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/doj-white-suprem...
- ipaddr 5y agoThe 1995 bombing was against the federal government not an act of white terror. Just because someone might be racist doesn't mean the act or terror was racist in nature. The New Zealand shooting the fbi wasn't involved. The El Paso mass shooting was against one group. You don't qualify to be a white supremacist unless you hate everyone not white. That person had a problem with a specific group hardly makes him hate everyone nor was his act against everyone not white.
- ipaddr 5y agoWouldn't a white supremacist need to kill those of a different skin color to qualify?
- willis936 5y agoIf you haven't heard of a white supremacist terror attack, it is because you are ignorant of domestic terrorist activities. That doesn't mean they don't exist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_Unit... Also, you should revisit your hat definitions. White and black hat are a matter of political perspective for each act and issue, but hacktivists are definitively not grey hat.