Anonymous Planning To Stop CISPA

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I'm not saying this can't be done, but these guys have a hard enough time hacking one website at a time and that usually ends in someone being arrested. :eek:

The group states that “we will not stand while our rights are being taken away,” and is planning a traditional protest of the companies who support CISPA. The protest will begin on Tuesday, May 1st, and continue through June 30th. Anonymous and its supporters will target, AT&T, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Verizon Wireless, Bank of America, Chase Bank, McGraw-Hill, Coke and Pepsi, Target, WalMart, CVS and Visa, Mastercard and American Express.
 
Heh, now this will be interesting to keep up with! Yea as you said, I am sure there will be some arrests out of this.
 
Heh, now this will be interesting to keep up with! Yea as you said, I am sure there will be some arrests out of this.

The only arrests, should be of our corrupt politicians. I want the death penalty for the numerous counts of treason against the U.S Constitution.
 
When will people realize that these clowns will fade away when people stop talking about them? :rollseyes:
 
The only arrests, should be of our corrupt politicians. I want the death penalty for the numerous counts of treason against the U.S Constitution.

Whoa, calm down over there. Cooler heads present their case more effectively.
 
Oh, well if anon is on it then I can relax

the situation is well in hand

whew
 
Steve once again showing that he does not understand what Anonymous is, but hey, it makes a fun story, right? To summarize dirk_b from Reddit, who described it eloquently:

...However, this is exactly the point of the group 'anonymous'. Everyone can be part of anonymous, and that's a good thing. If you want to 'take action' (note: sitting behind your pc from home and attacking websites constitutes action within this context), anyone should be able to do that. If you do that, then you are a part of Anonymous. Most journals and journalists misinterpret the situation by treating them as a specific group of people, who know each other and plan things together. It's just anyone, you and me included.
 
Steve once again showing that he does not understand what Anonymous is, but hey, it makes a fun story, right? To summarize dirk_b from Reddit, who described it eloquently:

He has a point Steve. CISPA > Anonymous.
 
It's because of arse hats like Anon and Lulsec that CISPA is even on the table of potential laws to be passed.
 
from article said:
The group states that “we will not stand while our rights are being taken away,”

Someone needs to inform Anonymous that hacking (or scripting against) a server has never been a right to begin with.
 
I really hoped Anon wouldn't hit the wasp nest. This is just going to raise more support for CISPA and other evils spawned later from it.
 
I really hoped Anon wouldn't hit the wasp nest. This is just going to raise more support for CISPA and other evils spawned later from it.
If you think that the government could use something as minor as internet vandalism as an excuse to do evil, the point of no return has already passed.
 
I think people are forgetting that Anon has done more than simply DDOS; including hacking out Bank of America, HBGaryFederal and other documents that show corporate puppetry and corruption of governments, American and abroad.

So many of you are reviling those that are fighting for your rights, against an enemy that is incredibly well funded and has a thriving counter-intelligence and disinformation program backed with billions of financial and corporate money. What is the sense in this? Anonymous has always stood for the freedom of information on the Internet and acts against those that threaten it. Why be against that? Anyone saying "Anon gives cause to CISPA etc" has been drinking the enemy's kool-aid - its no different than saying "Because of pirates/terrorists/childpornographers we need Total Information Awareness without limitation nor oversight" - its simply another fake justification for those in power to expand their power base to use it on their enemies like whistleblowers, environmentalists, free speech advocates or any of the multitude of abuses that have occurred in the past decade.

Much like how there is a concentrated effort to make the Occupy movements (another group that is actually taking the time to DO something, offer solutions, and put themselves in the cross hairs to protest those that are likely acting against YOUR interest) seem either 1) directionless, small, and useless or ironically 2) an evil communist conspiracy full of people who hate America, being against Anonymous, is being against your self interest if you believe in the open flow of information and that corporations and their puppet governments shouldn't be able to obliterate your privacy whenever they feel like it.

Both organizations are often taking the risks, creating awareness, and working to your benefit, so when the powers that be add in provocateurs or focus only an extreme minority who do "bad" things, I expect smart individuals to be able to look beyond it. Look beyond the smear campaigns and the yellow "journalism" which is comprised of repeating statements in the hopes they become cultural meme "truths".
 
McGraw-Hill? Good. They had terrible algebra books back when I went to highschool. The bastards deserve to be hacked.
 
McGraw-Hill? Good. They had terrible algebra books back when I went to highschool. The bastards deserve to be hacked.

Their stocks on the other hand pays out a decent dividends!
 
I think people are forgetting that Anon has done more than simply DDOS; including hacking out Bank of America, HBGaryFederal and other documents that show corporate puppetry and corruption of governments, American and abroad.

So many of you are reviling those that are fighting for your rights, against an enemy that is incredibly well funded and has a thriving counter-intelligence and disinformation program backed with billions of financial and corporate money. What is the sense in this? Anonymous has always stood for the freedom of information on the Internet and acts against those that threaten it. Why be against that? Anyone saying "Anon gives cause to CISPA etc" has been drinking the enemy's kool-aid - its no different than saying "Because of pirates/terrorists/childpornographers we need Total Information Awareness without limitation nor oversight" - its simply another fake justification for those in power to expand their power base to use it on their enemies like whistleblowers, environmentalists, free speech advocates or any of the multitude of abuses that have occurred in the past decade.

Much like how there is a concentrated effort to make the Occupy movements (another group that is actually taking the time to DO something, offer solutions, and put themselves in the cross hairs to protest those that are likely acting against YOUR interest) seem either 1) directionless, small, and useless or ironically 2) an evil communist conspiracy full of people who hate America, being against Anonymous, is being against your self interest if you believe in the open flow of information and that corporations and their puppet governments shouldn't be able to obliterate your privacy whenever they feel like it.

Both organizations are often taking the risks, creating awareness, and working to your benefit, so when the powers that be add in provocateurs or focus only an extreme minority who do "bad" things, I expect smart individuals to be able to look beyond it. Look beyond the smear campaigns and the yellow "journalism" which is comprised of repeating statements in the hopes they become cultural meme "truths".

God damn, I'm glad someone said it! It's like the people throwing bricks at Robin Hood. Then again, we don't know who some of [H]'s members are, or whom they may represent.

/Don't get me started on the hypocritical Americans who slag the occupy movement, I'm completely confident that if the Boston Tea Party happened today the government would charge every one of them with domestic terrorism, kill half of them, and imprison the rest for decades.

And for what? "All they did was show some truth to the working man......".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAYG7yJpBbQ
 
Whoa, calm down over there. Cooler heads present their case more effectively.

I'm actually rather calm. I seriously believe violations against the constitution are treason and should be handled according to U.S. law, which the current penalty for is execution.

It's a sad day and age we live in where people are eating out of trash cans, yet those with the big bucks and who are supposed to be job creators are sitting around wasting money on protecting an archaic business model. And at this time they are eating up politicians time, so we are not dealing with the actual crisis in America now. Plenty of entertainment persons have jobs and make enough to live on, while a good chunk of Americans are unemployed and we are wasting that skilled labour as it sits on the street.
 
I'm actually rather calm. I seriously believe violations against the constitution are treason and should be handled according to U.S. law, which the current penalty for is execution.

It's a sad day and age we live in where people are eating out of trash cans, yet those with the big bucks and who are supposed to be job creators are sitting around wasting money on protecting an archaic business model. And at this time they are eating up politicians time, so we are not dealing with the actual crisis in America now. Plenty of entertainment persons have jobs and make enough to live on, while a good chunk of Americans are unemployed and we are wasting that skilled labour as it sits on the street.

The constitution is a figment of your imagination. "Constitution" means the evolving body of meanings that change with the time. Whatever document that was once signed is now an artifact. So when the new president swears to protect the constitution, he's swearing to protect whatever meaning we as society want. So in a sense our politicians are all fighting to preserve the constitution. This also means if Palptine dissolves the senate that he's still preserving the evolution of what makes our country. ;)
 
well at least they are trying to do something useful this time.
 
I'm actually rather calm. I seriously believe violations against the constitution are treason and should be handled according to U.S. law, which the current penalty for is execution.

It's a sad day and age we live in where people are eating out of trash cans, yet those with the big bucks and who are supposed to be job creators are sitting around wasting money on protecting an archaic business model. And at this time they are eating up politicians time, so we are not dealing with the actual crisis in America now. Plenty of entertainment persons have jobs and make enough to live on, while a good chunk of Americans are unemployed and we are wasting that skilled labour as it sits on the street.

1 in 6 children in America go to bed hungry each night. Wake the F up, people.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/16/news/economy/food_insecurity/
 
If DDoSing random companies could stop legislation, good or bad, I'd have even LESS faith in our leaders than I do now, which is saying something.

Anyway, didn't El Presidente say he was going to shitcan this anyway?
 
Anonymous and its supporters will target, AT&T, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Verizon Wireless, Bank of America, Chase Bank, McGraw-Hill, Coke and Pepsi, Target, WalMart, CVS and Visa, Mastercard and American Express.

It's nice to be ambitious, but there's no way they'll be able to pull all that off before the principal calls their parents and lets them know that they aren't in class.
 
I'm actually rather calm. I seriously believe violations against the constitution are treason and should be handled according to U.S. law, which the current penalty for is execution.

It's a sad day and age we live in where people are eating out of trash cans, yet those with the big bucks and who are supposed to be job creators are sitting around wasting money on protecting an archaic business model. And at this time they are eating up politicians time, so we are not dealing with the actual crisis in America now. Plenty of entertainment persons have jobs and make enough to live on, while a good chunk of Americans are unemployed and we are wasting that skilled labour as it sits on the street.

i support this message
 
I hope your entire message was sarcastic.

The only way the Constitution "lives and breathes" is through the amendment process. The Supreme Court also doesn't have interpretive powers toward the Constitution...only interpretive powers toward laws passed to determine a given law's constitutionality.
 
I agree with freedom of internet etc, freedom of speech etc. But to ask internet warriors to come out of their basements to protest in sunlight ...... Besides, if those folks really come out, you think some face recognition software wont be used. Unless they wear their Wookie, stormtrooper, or Klingon outfits, but that will take away from the seriousness of the protests.

But this is America, and we should protect our freedoms. Maybe try voting to change who is in office? As for companies, dont use their products, corporations will bend if they dont make money.
 
Oh no, a bunch of kids from 4chan who contribute nothing to the economy are going to boycott things! This will surely change the minds of all 538 members of Congress.
 
It's because of arse hats like Anon and Lulsec that CISPA is even on the table of potential laws to be passed.

Please elaborate. I was under the impression that CISPA was designed for the general public not a fringe group of hackers.
 
*whew* Good thing they didn't get around to shutting down the internet, otherwise anon wouldn't have been able to announce that they are going to shut down CISPA.
 
he cant elaborate because theres no substance behind his statement. he probably thinks draconian DRM is a justified reaction to media piracy, and that every download is a missed sale, too.
 
I don't think it's actually BECAUSE of anon that congress is making these moronic moves - but it DOES make it easier for congress to make these idiotic moves because they have some twisted sense of justification due to anons actions.
 
Please elaborate. I was under the impression that CISPA was designed for the general public not a fringe group of hackers.

While I don't believe what he says is true... but I can see the gov't turning around and saying this is the sort of stuff that that can use to try to convince people that it's the right thing.

They can turn anythign around to try to make it seem like what they're trying to pass as "justice."
 
I think people are forgetting that Anon has done more than simply DDOS; including hacking out Bank of America, HBGaryFederal and other documents that show corporate puppetry and corruption of governments, American and abroad.

So many of you are reviling those that are fighting for your rights, against an enemy that is incredibly well funded and has a thriving counter-intelligence and disinformation program backed with billions of financial and corporate money. What is the sense in this? Anonymous has always stood for the freedom of information on the Internet and acts against those that threaten it. Why be against that? Anyone saying "Anon gives cause to CISPA etc" has been drinking the enemy's kool-aid - its no different than saying "Because of pirates/terrorists/childpornographers we need Total Information Awareness without limitation nor oversight" - its simply another fake justification for those in power to expand their power base to use it on their enemies like whistleblowers, environmentalists, free speech advocates or any of the multitude of abuses that have occurred in the past decade.

Much like how there is a concentrated effort to make the Occupy movements (another group that is actually taking the time to DO something, offer solutions, and put themselves in the cross hairs to protest those that are likely acting against YOUR interest) seem either 1) directionless, small, and useless or ironically 2) an evil communist conspiracy full of people who hate America, being against Anonymous, is being against your self interest if you believe in the open flow of information and that corporations and their puppet governments shouldn't be able to obliterate your privacy whenever they feel like it.

Both organizations are often taking the risks, creating awareness, and working to your benefit, so when the powers that be add in provocateurs or focus only an extreme minority who do "bad" things, I expect smart individuals to be able to look beyond it. Look beyond the smear campaigns and the yellow "journalism" which is comprised of repeating statements in the hopes they become cultural meme "truths".

Couldn't have said it better!
 
I think people are forgetting that Anon has done more than simply DDOS; including hacking out Bank of America, HBGaryFederal and other documents that show corporate puppetry and corruption of governments, American and abroad.

So many of you are reviling those that are fighting for your rights, against an enemy that is incredibly well funded and has a thriving counter-intelligence and disinformation program backed with billions of financial and corporate money. What is the sense in this? Anonymous has always stood for the freedom of information on the Internet and acts against those that threaten it. Why be against that? Anyone saying "Anon gives cause to CISPA etc" has been drinking the enemy's kool-aid - its no different than saying "Because of pirates/terrorists/childpornographers we need Total Information Awareness without limitation nor oversight" - its simply another fake justification for those in power to expand their power base to use it on their enemies like whistleblowers, environmentalists, free speech advocates or any of the multitude of abuses that have occurred in the past decade.

Much like how there is a concentrated effort to make the Occupy movements (another group that is actually taking the time to DO something, offer solutions, and put themselves in the cross hairs to protest those that are likely acting against YOUR interest) seem either 1) directionless, small, and useless or ironically 2) an evil communist conspiracy full of people who hate America, being against Anonymous, is being against your self interest if you believe in the open flow of information and that corporations and their puppet governments shouldn't be able to obliterate your privacy whenever they feel like it.

Both organizations are often taking the risks, creating awareness, and working to your benefit, so when the powers that be add in provocateurs or focus only an extreme minority who do "bad" things, I expect smart individuals to be able to look beyond it. Look beyond the smear campaigns and the yellow "journalism" which is comprised of repeating statements in the hopes they become cultural meme "truths".



I agree that its important to keep the politicians in check as much as possible. Unfortunately there are far too few good guys working in our government to trust them to represent the people and not themselves. The best thing we all can do is educate ourselves on these issues and then hold our elected officials accountable at the ballot box.

Movements like Occupy and the Tea Party are essential to expressing various views in our country. They are vehicles for serious debates that we must have here so that we as a people can decide how the country should run and support those that would bring about that. Unfortunately, both groups get attacked and smeared. While the groups fight for various causes, the bad elements that exist in any large,national group are held up as examples of what the whole group is about.

Of course, these groups must make it clear what they are about and do everything they can to keep things civil, but we also need to keep in mind that there will be extremist, etc that try to corrupt these groups for their own needs.

I don't know where I would put Anonymous. Their group isn't very well organized (people using their name when its claimed they are not part of the group, or those that are in the group but just represent some sub group) and their methods aren't always helpful or reasonable. Also, those actions make it hard to understand their intentions sometimes. I'm sure there are those that use the group as a vehicle to expose corruption, which is great, but the fact that they are so spread out means that there are other elements that take things too far, resulting in poor results. So yeah, they need to be clearer on their goals and have some sort of clear code of conduct.
 
he cant elaborate because theres no substance behind his statement. he probably thinks draconian DRM is a justified reaction to media piracy, and that every download is a missed sale, too.

Why else would they make a vague legislation for monitoring the public's internet usage without any real reason to, besides a desperate attempt to reduce or eliminate cyber terrorism and piracy?

And no, DRM is a pointless waste of time as Ubisoft has proven time over time, and now EA think that will solve their financial problems, regardless of the game being s#!t or not.
 
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