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rosndo
5y ago
Who “they”? Some foreign intelligence service? Sure. Not the people calling themselves “Anonymous” on twitter.
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rosndo
5y ago
Except many of the databases released by people claiming to be “Anonymous” have been straight up fakes. > Why are you so angry? Because while others actually work to help Ukraine, there are some attention-seekers getting vastly more atte
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rosndo
5y ago
Originally “Anonymous” was mostly a 4chan meme, a loose collective of internet trolls doing nasty things for laughs. Later it was co-opted by the “Moralfags” i.e. people motivated by various moral causes who attracted tons of clueless peopl
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rosndo
5y ago
No. This was never a thing. A variety of grifters created fake “official” accounts like @youranonnews in order to enrich themselves.
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rosndo
5y ago
The Belarusian hacks are by a group going by “cyber partisans”, completely irrelevant to this discussion.
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rosndo
5y ago
Today it’s all about attention-seekers working to gather as many twitter followers as possible by pretending to be hackers. > as a cover for cyberwarfare by the "good guys". If you consider Russian intelligence services to be t
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rosndo
5y ago
The truth, coming from someone who used to host these boards and ircs.
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rosndo
5y ago
Predict? People were still denying this when it was obvious that Russian troops were in staging areas ready to invade. This was a case of people burying their heads in sand and ignoring the grim reality staring at them.
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rosndo
5y ago
I own real estate in Moscow and Kyiv, am married to the daughter of a Russian oligarch. My family is being hit hard by the sanctions. I certainly have the international perspective you accuse others of lacking, and I rather suspect it might
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rosndo
5y ago
> "Likewise, prisoners of war must at all times be protected, [...] against insults and public curiosity." >Having them state their full names on a YouTube video with comments certainly isn't protecting them against pub
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rosndo
5y ago
True in almost all places.
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rosndo
5y ago
Which is trivial. If you’re paying someone millions, the recipient can also take care of this.
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rosndo
5y ago
What principles could possibly be abandoned here? The “principle” of not doxing enemy soldiers? hah.
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rosndo
5y ago
> POWs or not. > The Geneva Convention is an easily understood bare minimum You obviously have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. The Geneva Convention is not at all a bare minimum, it provides POWs with far more rights th
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rosndo
5y ago
So you genuinely believe that doxing the Russian aggressors is a bad thing? What principle would this go against exactly?
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rosndo
5y ago
Bribes.
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rosndo
5y ago
It costs about $200 to leave if you’re a man.
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rosndo
5y ago
Yes, it’s very easy to spend cryptocurrency.
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rosndo
5y ago
I don’t know what delusional dream world you live in, but back in the real world cash exchangers in Kyiv have been processing bigger amounts on a daily basis. Just a few months ago I was able to get 100k USD in cash a couple of hours after
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rosndo
5y ago
Don’t pretend that I’m stupid. Of course this is psychological warfare, but it’s also the right thing to do. Both can be true at the same time.
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rosndo
5y ago
Psychological warfare like this hardly deserves criticism. Those who don’t want war in Europe should absolutely cheer for this.
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rosndo
5y ago
> That can be understood and accepted, but it definitely shouldn't be celebrated. If you support the Russian government, then sure.
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rosndo
5y ago
Publishing their full names is the right and human thing to do. Russian government is not keeping their families informed.
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rosndo
5y ago
That’s simply inevitable in modern wars where everybody carries a camera.
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5y ago
Where are you located?
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5y ago
> Considering there is nothing on the site itself except some video and Google Tag manager - I highly doubt this isn't just a mockery. Unsurprisingly the actual content is on the associated Telegram group as is very much normal in t
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5y ago
It really isn’t, this is not degrading treatment. These people aren’t being paraded around the streets. This is a genuinely useful resource for them and their families, a means for parents of Russian soldiers to be able to get on phone with
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5y ago
More data is being added, this was just launched. More on the associated Telegram channel also.
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Ukraine launches site to help families of captured and killed Russian soldiers
(200rf.com)
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5y ago
> Harder to trick and scam accredited investors Not necessarily, accredited investors are dentists and successful pool-installers. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-09-24/earnin...
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