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Worth reading: http://z6.invisionfree.com/ProjectATT/index.php?s=c670226f1b08026510786d310a63f589&showtopic=106 http://z6.invisionfree.com/ProjectATT/index.php
by tvon 17y ago
Worth reading:
http://z6.invisionfree.com/ProjectATT/index.php?s=c670226f1b08026510786d310a63f589&showtopic=106 http://z6.invisionfree.com/ProjectATT/index.php?s=c670226f1b...
Edit:
yeah, broken link and the original appears to be gone. Too bad, it was a fairly level headed "calm down and let's see what's really going on" kind of post. Next best post is this:
http://z6.invisionfree.com/ProjectATT/index.php?showtopic=107 http://z6.invisionfree.com/ProjectATT/index.php?showtopic=10...
Seems that access is restored for many people...
Edit 2:
What it used to say:
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Okay, let's stop and be rational here. And if your stupid ass is too lazy to read this, fuck off and go back to Habbo.
Here is what we know:
1) AT&T customers around the nation cannot access img.4chan.org;
2) AT&T claims that there is a security issue (no further details available to end-users) regarding img.4chan.org that they have contacted Moot about; and
3) Moot is aware of the problem (I emailed him, and I'm sure others have as well).
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but that's all we know.
I am significantly older than most of you, and I have a law degree. I have significant public relations and marketing experience, and I have the wisdom to see that we should wait before jumping the gun here. Moot is probably shitting bricks right now with the amount of emails he's receiving.
This is essentially a he-said/she-said issue now, and AT&T may be full of shit about the "security issue." But before the hordes of 14-year old boys and their Skype accounts start sending massive amounts of pizzas to AT&T offices, let's wait and see what happens. I suggest we give AT&T the benefit of the doubt and wait to see if Moot responds (assuming there is a legitimate issue between AT&T and 4chan) and if the matter can be resolved that way.
If, after a few days, it is revealed that AT&T is truly "censoring" parts of its customer's Internet experience, then I suggest we work through the media. There are legitimate news outlets that would be interested in hearing about censorship, because the media has long been at odds with any sort of regulation of information.
However, as a personal favor, please stop with the First Amendment shit. You don't know what you're talking about, you sound like idiots, and anyone that knows a bit about the First Amendment is going to laugh when they read your posts... meaning our "cause" loses credibility. And let's face it, despite that censorship issues have the potential to reach much further than 4chan, when the public finds out what /b/ is all about, we're not going to be the media darlings we need to be.
So for the time being, plan. But plan wisely. Don't threaten. Don't physically damage equipment. DDOSs against a Tier1 ISP are about as useful as screen doors on a submarine. Do these things at your own peril, but realize for each retarded action you take in the name of a resistance, every time it fails or gets negative press, you are fucking things up for the rest of us.
Let cooler heads prevail. Think before you act.
BlackMagister
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- smokinn 17y agoAccording to this mailing group message it could very well be a security issue: http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg19609.html http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg19609.html That makes a lot more sense than AT&T going out of its way to censor 4chan anyway.
- steveklabnik 17y ago4chan has always been under a DDoS.