QuakeNet: Government-Sponsored Attacks On IRC Networks 197
Barryke writes "Like FreeNode, it seems more and more legitimate businesses or non-profit organizations are being targeted by government subsidiaries in attempts to disrupt and spy on their users. IRC network QuakeNet has posted a press release condemning these efforts. Quoting: 'These attacks are performed without informing the networks and are targeted at users associated with politically motivated movements such as "Anonymous." While QuakeNet does not condone or endorse and actively forbids any illegal activity on its servers we encourage discussion on all topics including political and social commentary. It is apparent now that engaging in such topics with an opinion contrary to that of the intelligence agencies is sufficient to make people a target for monitoring, coercion and denial of access to communications platforms. The released documents depict GCHQ operatives engaging in social engineering of IRC users to entrap themselves by encouraging the target to leak details about their location as well as wholesale attacks on the IRC servers hosting the network. These attacks bring down the IRC network entirely affecting every user on the network as well as the company hosting the server.' One of those tactics applied by governments is the DDOS, which (perhaps not so) coincidentally, is what their suspects are accused of. Is this irony or hypocritical?"
Re: Fuck Beta! (Score:5, Funny)
Your apathy leads nowhere. Our action perhaps will bear fruits, who knows...
But you're mirroring the regular population apathy in politics. Most people take no action because "it is obviously ineffective", as The Man brainwashed you to think.
At least here it is pretty easy... if they don't listen to me (us), I'll not use the shit that's being imposed. But if I don't manifest my opinion, I can't even complain later.
So fuck beta, and FUCK YOUR APATHY.
Re:Soulskilll and Timothy (Score:5, Funny)
We've had the community involved since October, actually.