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- [11:33] <NetworkSecurity> Hi guys, mind if I ask a few questions?
- [11:33] <~Anonymous9> Eh
- [11:33] <+biella> NetworkSecurity: we are busy, can you see? :-)
- [11:33] <~Anonymous9> NetworkSecurity: absolutely
- [11:33] <m0nkywitar0cket> lol
- [11:33] <meddle> lol
- [11:33] <~Anonymous9> biella: Shhh :P
- [11:33] <meddle> :P
- [11:33] <~Anonymous9> NetworkSecurity: Welcome to the world of bickering Anons :D
- [11:33] <m0nkywitar0cket> lmao
- [11:34] <+biella> wonder if reporter is paying attention
- [11:34] <m0nkywitar0cket> not bickering, just conversing
- [11:34] <meddle> ohai NetworkSecurity
- [11:34] <+biella> true and interesting one
- [11:34] <meddle> hope he read all we wrote
- [11:34] <NetworkSecurity> I chatted with joepie91 the other day & got some good responses, but want to clarify a couple of points. This is for a feature that will go into the tech journal Network Security.
- [11:35] <NetworkSecurity> I've been talking to some people - some in the infosec bus and a couple with an inside track (but not part of) Sony, and have been getting some interesting responses.
- [11:35] <NetworkSecurity> Wanted to get your feedback.
- [11:35] <~Anonymous9> Right, fire away
- [11:36] <~Anonymous9> Just remember, usual criteria apply: We are not spokespeople or leaders, and none of this is "official" comment
- [11:36] <NetworkSecurity> check
- [11:36] <~Anonymous9> We are merely the Anons who are interested in speaking out, we are neither appointed nor do we hold any particular "status"
- [11:36] <@marduk> hey a9
- [11:37] <NetworkSecurity> First up, there is a clear antipathy towards 'whitehats'. The comments I've seen run along the lines of...
- [11:37] <~Anonymous9> Hey marduk
- [11:37] <~Anonymous9> Can I PM you in fact?
- [11:37] <~Anonymous9> Sorry NetworkSecurity go on, didn't mean to interrupt
- [11:37] <NetworkSecurity> ...sec firms bill milliions and provide no security. But this is a pretty broad brush. What kind of sec firms do you think are failing?
- [11:38] <~Anonymous9> Well there are two issues there
- [11:38] <~Anonymous9> I'll take the white hats first
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- [11:38] <~Anonymous9> White hat is an incredibly vague term
- [11:39] <~Anonymous9> They like to think of themselves as "the good guys" of hacking, but are they really?
- [11:39] <~Anonymous9> Is providing services to governments to allow them to spy on people, to allow them to cover up their abuses, to allow them to break the law - is this positive?
- [11:40] <NetworkSecurity> What kinds of companies are you thinking of when you say that? RSA?
- [11:40] <~Anonymous9> "White hat" is a term which essentially describes someone who co operates with the authorities, and often includes co operating with their crimes. So I for one object to the term white hat because it implies they are doing good, when in fact in many cases, they are aiding corruption.
- [11:40] <~Anonymous9> NetworkSecurity: Well for instance, I'm sure HBGary called themselves "White hats"
- [11:41] <~Anonymous9> Because they were working for the government and for established firms.
- [11:41] <~Anonymous9> But my point is, it doesn't matter. The activities they were engaged in were still unethical at best, illegal at worst.
- [11:42] <~Anonymous9> White hats are so described not by their activities but by their allegiances, and this is fundamentally wrong in my view.
- [11:42] <~Anonymous9> Again, this is just one Anon's opinion
- [11:42] <NetworkSecurity> So all government and corporate activity is immoral?
- [11:43] <meddle> more all spying activity and harrassing conducted by corporates and governments maybe
- 06[11:43] * snowy tries to read where A9 said that
- [11:44] <~Anonymous9> Absolutely not
- [11:44] <~Anonymous9> NetworkSecurity: Sorry if I didn't make that clear
- [11:44] <NetworkSecurity> Isn't part of you message to highlight poor security? Doesn't that mean that orgs should have *more* security?
- [11:44] <~Anonymous9> NetworkSecurity: My point is, you can't describe yourself as a good guy or bad guy based on your allegiances.
- [11:44] <~Anonymous9> NetworkSecurity: Just because, for instance, HBGary were working for the Chamber of Commerce, it doesn't change the fact that the activities and services they were offering were downright illegal in many cases and certainly wholly unethical by most standards.
- [11:44] <~Anonymous9> Yes I was about to come to that, that's the second aspect of AntiSec
- [11:45] <~Anonymous9> (Bear in mind I'm not directly involvedi n AntiSec I've just been observing it, so anyone who is involved should jump in and call me out if I'm getting things wrong)
- [11:46] <~Anonymous9> snowy: Where I said what?
- [11:46] <~Anonymous9> NetworkSecurity: This is the second aspect. Consumer protection, essentially.
- [11:46] <~Anonymous9> What AntiSec is trying to expose, and hopefully is exposing, is just how woeful data protection actually is.
- [11:46] <~Anonymous9> For example, you would hope to trust a company like Viacom with your data when you subscribe to them. You're handing over your credit card, contact details, media preferences, the lot.
- [11:47] <~Anonymous9> Now, how do you feel knowing that a small team of Lulzsec hackers managed to breach their servers and download an absolutely colossal amount of information from them?
- [11:48] <~Anonymous9> Those hackers are not in it for financial gain, but that is mere luck. It was lulzsec then, it could have been a card theft cartel the month before.
- [11:48] <~Anonymous9> Do you see the point?
- [11:48] <NetworkSecurity> I'll come back to that in a minute ;) Let's focus on the commercial/corporate side of things for a minute, as government stuff carries a lot of other political baggage...
- [11:48] <NetworkSecurity> ...I'd like to know what effect you'd *like* to have on corporates with your activities
- [11:48] <snowy> A9 NetworkSecurity> So all government and corporate activity is immoral?
- [11:48] <~Anonymous9> Well again this is just my opinion, I can't speak for the movement as a whole
- [11:50] <~Anonymous9> But personally I would like to create a climate where illegal and unethical behaviour simply becomes impossible.
- [11:50] <~Anonymous9> It's the same reason I support Wikileaks
- [11:50] <~Anonymous9> With Wikileaks, I am hoping that governments will be forced to stop lying to the people, if they know it's very likely their lies will be exposed and they will be ambarrassed
- [11:50] <~Anonymous9> Secondly, I would hope they will take serious measures to protect their consumers.
- [11:50] <~Anonymous9> Actually there are two desired effects here. The first is on corporations, that corruption and dishonesty will become unviable due to the likelihood of getting caught.
- [11:51] <~Anonymous9> Secondly, on consumers. That people will think twice before they hand over their identities online. That people will stop and say "Do I KNOW this data is safe? Do I KNOW no one can hack into this system and use my information against me?"
- [11:51] <m0nkywitar0cket> its a form of public checks & balances that have few loops holes in my opinion
- [11:51] <~Anonymous9> "Is it REALLY a good idea to give Google my mobile phone number to retrieve a lost password? Do I know some advertising agency isn't going to hack in and sell it to telemarketers?"
- [11:51] <~Anonymous9> Etc.
- [11:52] <NetworkSecurity> Do you expect corporates to improve their security as a direct result of high-profile hacks?
- [11:52] <~Anonymous9> Well I would certainly hope so.
- [11:52] <meddle> i expect people being more cautious too
- [11:53] <meddle> about giving away personal data that could be stolen or sold
- [11:53] <~Anonymous9> I can definitely say AntiSec has change MY perceptions.
- [11:53] <~Anonymous9> I myself won't be so "willy nilly" about throwing my private information around in future. And I would have said I was already more paranoid than most people.
- [11:53] <NetworkSecurity> Okay, I have some feedback from people I've been speaking to and I'd like to get your response...
- [11:54] <NetworkSecurity> The first is that many infosec pros feel that these hacks have been good ... for the infosec business. It has raised awareness at board level...
- [11:55] <NetworkSecurity> ... which will result in more business for sec firms. But this is likely to be short-lived. How do you feel about that?
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- [11:55] <snowy> I think anonymous/antisec has already changed behaviours within governments and corporations. Whether it is more attention paid to security, or having second thoughts on dubious practices.
- [11:55] <~Anonymous9> Well provided they're actually going to do their job, fine
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- [11:56] <NetworkSecurity> That brings me on to the next point... this may take several lines to explain...
- [11:56] <~Anonymous9> I cannot abide the ones which use "psuedo science" to sell you a security product which does things you could easily do yourself with a command prompt
- [11:56] <~Anonymous9> As long as they're going to sell genuinely protective software rather than gimmicks and buzz words, I'm all for it.
- [11:56] <NetworkSecurity> Another strong message I'm getting is that, long-term, and seen overall, the changes that will be made (including those by some of the firms attacked) will be...
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- [11:57] <NetworkSecurity> ...nothing. Here's the reason. The analysis is that the material leaked (remember we're talking about corps here, not govs) carries very little risk for the companies.
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- [11:58] <~Anonymous9> Well that depends
- [11:58] <~Anonymous9> Let's take viacom again for an example, they had many gigabytes of stuff leaked
- [11:58] <~Anonymous9> Now tell me, after seeing that, would you be so easy to persuade into giving them your details?
- [11:58] <NetworkSecurity> All firms make risk analyses and balance those against cost. What I'm hearing is that the material leaked is "low grade". Yes, they've been embarrassed...
- [11:58] <~Anonymous9> the next time they ask you for an online subscription, would you just hand it over without question?
- [11:58] <~Anonymous9> I believe the leaks will hurt confidence in the companies which have been exposed as having bad security.
- [11:58] <~Anonymous9> Overall it SHOULD be good for consumers.
- [11:59] <HomoCarnula> (hai ^^)
- [11:59] <NetworkSecurity> ...but reputational damage is short-lived. (I hear Sony works on a quarterly basis)
- [11:59] <meddle> the point is not in the material leaked only, but in the fact a leak was possible
- [12:00] <~Anonymous9> Sony is a bad example for this conversation I think because it is exceptional. It has, apparently, been hacked dozens of times in several months, by dozens of different groups
- [12:00] <~Anonymous9> I highly doubt their reputation will recover from the hit it's taken. Not fully, and not for a long time.
- [12:00] <NetworkSecurity> Sotry I'm hearing is that, in a year, if anyone remembers the Sony hack at all it'll be "oh yeah, some bad guys got some email addresses".
- [12:00] <NetworkSecurity> Story*
- [12:00] <m0nkywitar0cket> i think the more important point (and this is just my opinion) for lulzsec and maybe even anonymous is to raise awareness, not bring down companies
- [12:00] <~Anonymous9> But it's exceptional. Sony has been repeatedly assaulted from all fronts by tons of different groups.
- [12:00] <~Anonymous9> I mean it awes me and I think it awed everyone
- [12:01] <~Anonymous9> They literally got slammed again and again, and just whenever we thought it was all over, another attack from another group.
- [12:02] <NetworkSecurity> Point is, though, that firms like Sony simply might not *care* and therefore won't be encouraged to improve security
- [12:02] <~Anonymous9> That's rare. But personally I feel it will severely damage them. You may be of the opinion that in a year no one will care, I would have to disagree.
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- [12:09] <~Anonymous9> Apologies
- [12:09] <~Anonymous9> networkSecurity: Still here?
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- [12:10] <NetworkSecurity> Damn connection bombed out... you guys still there?
- [12:11] <~Anonymous9> NetworkSecurity: Yep
- [12:12] <meddle> *me waves
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- [12:13] <NetworkSecurity> Okay:) Here's what I was saying (and again, this isn't my opinion, it's what I'm hearing)...
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- [12:14] <NetworkSecurity> Firms do risk analysis, decide the material leaked by Lulz etc is low-grade & not damaging to them except for short-term reputational damage which they can ride out. And this is cheaper that securing thousands of servers. Comment?
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- [12:15] <~Anonymous9> Here's where I think you're going wrong: The reputational damage is not always short lived. It depends what is leaked.
- [12:15] <~Anonymous9> Like I said, Sony is a bad example, but I for one will absolutely never give them so much as my first name again.
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- [12:15] <Anon2T> Hey! Tomorrow morning, we will be releasing a .csv with every single restaurant in california as of 3/2011.
- [12:15] <NetworkSecurity> That's not my opinion - that's what some corps have decided...
- [12:15] <Anon2T> Reporters, I am here for 20 mins.
- [12:16] <fresh_fries> Anon2T, don't we call that a phonebook>
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- [12:16] <~Anonymous9> Anon2T: Eh..... ok?
- [12:16] <Anon2T> But
- [12:16] <Anon2T> its all consolidated.
- [12:16] <Anon2T> CSV
- [12:16] <Anon2T> perfect for any online mass mailing program
- [12:16] <~Anonymous9> NetworkSecurity: I'm afraid I have to run, is there any chance we could continue this later?
- [12:16] <Anon2T> I was already offered $ for it haha
- [12:17] <NetworkSecurity> I'm on deadline, alas - time for one more quickcomment?
- [12:17] <~Anonymous9> Yes indeed
- [12:17] <~Anonymous9> My train's in 7 minutes though :P
- [12:17] <fresh_fries> Anyone available for comment on the Westborough Baptist Church Saga?
- [12:18] <NetworkSecurity> The situation would be very different if leaked data put firms in breach of stiff regs like PCI DSS. As you know this means stuff like credit card info. Would you ever leake stuff like that, given it might be damaging to the people involved?
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- [12:18] <~Anonymous9> Well again I'm not part of AntiSec so I can't comment on what they would or wouldn't do
- [12:18] <~Anonymous9> But I would imagine not.
- [12:18] <~Anonymous9> the goal here is not to hurt consumers.
- [12:19] <NetworkSecurity> Okay, thanks for your time A9 - appreciated...
- [12:19] <~Anonymous9> Sorry I couldn't be more help
- [12:19] <Anon2T> Found a random guest list to a dinner at the white house :)
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- [12:20] <fresh_fries> Anon2t, no dis, but a lit of resataurants and a guestlist hardly seems like a hack.
- [12:21] <Anon2T> Its not a hack.
- [12:21] <Anon2T> Its a help to marketers :)
- [12:21] <Anon2T> I dont hack haha
- [12:21] <fresh_fries> marketers already have that list, lol
- [12:21] <~Anonymous9> Prank calls maybe? :P
- [12:22] <fresh_fries> lulz
- [12:22] <~Anonymous9> "Hello I'd live to book a table for over 9,000"
- [12:22] <~Anonymous9> "Booking in the name of David Davidson"
- [12:22] <Anon2T> Hahaha
- [12:22] <Anon2T> 36,000
- [12:22] <Anon2T> in the list
- [12:22] <meddle> lol
- [12:22] <NetworkSecurity> Quick question for everyone else here: anyone yet posted a hacked version of Anders Behring Breivik's manifesto? I'd like to get hold of a modified copy to use in the article... URL would be useful...
- [12:22] <@marduk> http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2096871/anonymous-lulzsec-manning-stuxnet-pwnie-award -- nice news
- [12:22] <Anon2T> I will find it
- [12:22] <&joepie91> uh
- [12:22] <&joepie91> a 'hacked version'?
- [12:22] <&joepie91> elaborate?
- [12:22] <fresh_fries> Anyone available for comment on the Westborough Baptist Church Saga?
- [12:22] <meddle> Networksecurity, not yet
- [12:22] <NetworkSecurity> as in modified
- [12:22] <meddle> #OperationUnManifest
- [12:22] <&joepie91> oh god
- [12:22] <&joepie91> wbc
- [12:22] <~Anonymous9> LULZ
- [12:23] <&joepie91> and lulz was had
- [12:23] <fresh_fries> shirley is so lulztastic
- [12:23] <~Anonymous9> I wish I could stick around to talk about that but I have to go :P
- [12:23] <~Anonymous9> ttys
- [12:23] <meddle> nai A9
- [12:23] <meddle> bai
- [12:24] <Anon2T> Found a link
- [12:24] <&joepie91> westboro baptist church... let me summarize... they posted a fake press release on anonnews that gets to the frontpages of reddit, digg, and slashdot, that causes a massive traffic spike, then they post a response against it, after which anon responds with 'wtf are you doing, we didn't post the initial PR', after which people decide to have some lulz and pwn their site live during a radio show
- [12:25] <fresh_fries> thanks joe, but I know how to use google
- [12:25] <&joepie91> y u so troll
- [12:26] <fresh_fries> my question is a little more nuanced than a summary of thes events
- [12:26] <Anon2T> http://t.co/OEil500
- [12:26] <Anon2T> ;)
- [12:27] <NetworkSecurity> thx
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- [12:29] <fresh_fries> joepie91, i guess my question is: who/how was it decided that it was not an anonymous action?
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- [12:30] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: noone actually owned up to it, it was completely different in style than anything that had been seen before and very much resembled the way of writing of the WBC response
- [12:30] <&joepie91> noone was actually coordinating anything
- [12:30] <&joepie91> anywhere
- [12:30] <fresh_fries> since it was jester in this case (?), more to the point" whats stops anyone from simple launching actions in anon's name?
- [12:30] <&joepie91> it was just a press release that claimed something, didn't deliver, noone owned up
- [12:30] <&joepie91> not to mention that the wbc responded WAY too fast
- [12:31] <fresh_fries> joepie91, who is the person who speaks on behalf of anonymous in the datapak video?
- [12:31] <&joepie91> datapak video?
- [12:31] <&joepie91> also, jester had extremely little to do with the entire wbc story, other than jumping on the bandwagon afterwards
- [12:31] <m0nkywitar0cket> i think hes refering to the english chap speaking
- [12:31] <fresh_fries> bingo
- [12:31] <&joepie91> oh
- [12:32] <&joepie91> that was Topiary
- [12:32] <fresh_fries> "The David Pakman Show"
- [12:32] <fresh_fries> "MidweekPolitic" channel on youtube
- [12:32] <&joepie91> <joepie91>that was Topiary
- [12:33] <fresh_fries> so Topiary is a spokesperson for anonymous?
- [12:34] <m0nkywitar0cket> he is no different than joepie talking to you right now fresh_fries
- [12:34] <fresh_fries> I think anon's view of itself is rather schizophrenic
- [12:34] <fresh_fries> on the one hand completely decentralized, on the other it has a clear and identifiable leadership...?
- [12:35] <&joepie91> <m0nkywitar0cket>he is no different than joepie talking to you right now fresh_fries
- [12:35] <&joepie91> that
- [12:35] <@marduk> where is identifiable leadership? :o
- [12:35] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: if that is the case, you tell me who the leadership of anon are, huh?
- [12:35] <&joepie91> you will undoubtedly be able to pinpoint the leaders
- [12:35] <&joepie91> in under 5 minutes
- [12:35] <m0nkywitar0cket> lol
- [12:35] <&joepie91> no?
- [12:35] <fresh_fries> the spokespersons and those who "maintain infrastructure" such as the ops and hops on this IRC server?
- [12:36] <&joepie91> how hard is it to understand that anonymous does not equal anonops?
- [12:36] <@marduk> the last one who claimed that got his emails owned, his company closed, his life ruined.
- [12:36] <&joepie91> rofl
- [12:36] <m0nkywitar0cket> i think its the exact opposite of schizophrenic actually
- [12:36] <&joepie91> fresh_fries
- [12:36] <&joepie91> if you look up
- [12:36] <&joepie91> and read the topic
- [12:36] <m0nkywitar0cket> this is multiple minds under one name, not one mind under multiple names
- [12:36] <&joepie91> then look a bit to the right
- [12:36] <fresh_fries> i'm not trying to upset anyone
- [12:36] <&joepie91> to the very end of the topic
- [12:36] <&joepie91> and right there
- [12:36] <&joepie91> it answers your question
- [12:36] <fresh_fries> just genuinely interested in how all of this works
- [12:36] <&joepie91> "(AnonOps != Anonymous)"
- [12:36] <@marduk> you don't. we usually take stuff with humor
- [12:37] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: the point is, you can't just claim that anon has an identifiable leadership, if you are curious to know how it works
- [12:37] <&joepie91> claiming that something is the case would imply you already know or think to know how it works
- [12:37] <fresh_fries> joepie91, notice the question mark at the end of my statement
- [12:37] <&joepie91> a question mark doesn't make every word a question
- [12:37] <m0nkywitar0cket> and i would hardily call it a clear identifiable leadership
- [12:37] <meddle> topiary is not the spokeperson, he's just got a sexy voice. that's all
- [12:38] <m0nkywitar0cket> haha
- [12:38] <m0nkywitar0cket> ^^^^
- [12:38] <fresh_fries> Ok, back to the core question: What stops anyone from carrying out actions in Anonymous' name?
- [12:38] <&joepie91> nothing./
- [12:38] <meddle> nothing
- [12:38] <fresh_fries> isn't that problematic?
- [12:38] <&joepie91> possibly.
- [12:38] <@marduk> also he chose to be most vocal which isn't anyones treat. but he certainlynever claimed any leadership over anonymous nor did he have any.
- [12:38] <&joepie91> does everything have to work the same way and have the same pros and cons?
- [12:38] <@marduk> he was very active.
- [12:38] <@marduk> ppl often confuse these two
- [12:38] <m0nkywitar0cket> but there are often clean identifiers on whether an action was one person or a consented action
- [12:39] <fresh_fries> let me elucidate: If i'm the head of China's cyberops, from now on we would just impersonate Anonymous
- [12:39] <&joepie91> anonymous has its pros and cons like everything in the world
- [12:39] <toad> more or less all the people who work on infrastructure for this irc are no longer involved in anonymous operations
- [12:39] <&joepie91> that someone can do what he wants as anon is both a pro and a con
- [12:39] <biella> fresh_fries: lets grant that topiary acted as a spokesperson, how is that leadership?
- [12:39] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: point being?
- [12:39] <fresh_fries> hey biella
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- [12:40] <biella> a number of folks have appeared on TV, not just Topiary, because they are good at it, or got lulz, or are eloquent
- [12:40] <biella> hi fresh_fries
- [12:40] <@marduk> cool, china blackops people hacking in the name of #AntiSec? No coplaints from my side.
- [12:40] <biella> how would that even translate into "leader"
- [12:40] <@marduk> complaints*
- [12:40] <&joepie91> lol marduk
- [12:40] <fresh_fries> point being: Anonymous stands a vert good chance of being aligned with significatnly more malevolent cyber actions, without any recourrse other than retribution
- [12:40] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: welcome to Anonymous.
- [12:40] <biella> there are so many other instances like Indymedia that had NO leader
- [12:40] <biella> Anonymous is not unique
- [12:40] <fresh_fries> and seeing as how anon has shyed away from taking on China, or anything remotely related to China, this seems like a very likey occurence
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- [12:41] <biella> there is no leader to my department at the university, though the chair has the sucky job of dealing with the administration
- [12:41] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: yet again, welcome to Anonymous.
- [12:41] <m0nkywitar0cket> fresh fries, how does that differ from china posing as the United States to hack Russie?
- [12:41] <m0nkywitar0cket> Russia*
- [12:41] <toad> I have seen people trying to be leader who imploded
- [12:41] <fresh_fries> m0nkywitar0cket, it doesn't.
- [12:41] <toad> anyone remeber jeremey and lol?
- [12:41] <biella> there are certainly nodes of authority
- [12:41] <biella> more prominent people
- [12:41] <m0nkywitar0cket> so then the discussion is moot
- [12:41] <fresh_fries> m0nkywitar0cket, but I hardly think Anon would like to be painted in American broadstorkes either
- [12:41] <toad> what was jeremy called when he went nuts h something?
- [12:42] <biella> but it boggles me how people keep obsesseing on something that is not even unique to anonymous
- [12:42] <toad> healgae
- [12:42] <toad> that was it
- [12:42] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: Anonymous is what it is
- [12:42] <@marduk> i rather think it's very unlikely. it hasn't happened so far. most likely reason: Anonymous is LOUD and like to shout out what they do to the world. Criminal blackhats who do industrial espionage or pwn shit for money prefer to be VERY quiet.
- [12:42] <&joepie91> nothing you can do about it
- [12:42] <toad> back in the early days
- [12:42] <fresh_fries> nodes of authority ok.. see now we are getting somewhere
- [12:42] <&joepie91> welcome to what Anonymous really is
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- [12:42] <toad> he tried to run shit and got laughed out of town
- [12:42] <&joepie91> also, authority =/= power =/= leader
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- [12:42] <&joepie91> you have authority when you are recognized as being capable of organizing/instructing/etc
- [12:42] <&joepie91> peoples choice, so to sauy
- [12:42] <&joepie91> say*
- [12:43] <&joepie91> the moment you do something they disagree witjh
- [12:43] <&joepie91> you lose authority
- [12:43] <&joepie91> even if you would have some degree of power
- [12:43] <fresh_fries> Well marduk , according to what ive read, someone already impersonated anonymous in the Sonynet hack?
- [12:43] <&joepie91> it works like that for everything
- [12:43] <biella> fresh_fries: here is more about it http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/tne/pieces/anonymous-lulz-collective-action
- [12:43] <&joepie91> only within anonymous, the power usually vanishes with the authority
- [12:43] <@marduk> fresh_fries: uh which one of the hacks?
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- [12:43] <@marduk> there were like over 20 in the last months
- [12:43] <m0nkywitar0cket> ^
- [12:43] <fresh_fries> marduk, the one on Sony that anon denies
- [12:43] <fresh_fries> the first one I believe
- [12:43] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: noone 'impersonated' anon, Sony put out a bullshit story
- [12:43] <biella> as per impersonating, people can claim "it did not happen on this network, on anonops" and such like that
- [12:44] <biella> it is not total amorphousness
- [12:44] <fresh_fries> the millions of usernames and password with the 'we are legion' breadcrumb left on their servers
- [12:44] <&joepie91> I can not recall any even remotely believable claim of 'I'm anon and I did it' other than Sonys claim they left a note
- [12:44] <&joepie91> fresh_fries
- [12:44] <&joepie91> why do you believe in the first place
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- [12:44] <&joepie91> that they REALLY found a note?
- [12:44] <@marduk> Frankly, I don't care. Anonymous can afford to take the blame.
- [12:44] <&joepie91> what evidence is there to support it?
- [12:44] <@marduk> Remdinds me of a Quite from Nietzsche
- [12:44] <biella> also, authority =/= power =/= leader as joepie91 said
- [12:44] <fresh_fries> joepie91, im not a fan of reality, and neither is the rest of the world. image is everything it would seem, so ...
- [12:44] <biella> there is a ton of parallel actions
- [12:44] <m0nkywitar0cket> the point is, even if anonymous did take the blame, i cant really see much happening
- [12:44] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: how is this any different from any other organization?
- [12:45] <fresh_fries> no idea what "=/=" means
- [12:45] <&joepie91> sony can claim something
- [12:45] <biella> which keeps things from pooling power
- [12:45] <&joepie91> and either people believe sony
- [12:45] <&joepie91> or they don't
- [12:45] <meddle> fresh_fries what is your point actually?
- [12:45] <&joepie91> =/= does not equal
- [12:45] <v3rsus> hi there...
- [12:45] <%Effexor> hi, v3rsus
- [12:45] <m0nkywitar0cket> hey
- [12:45] <fresh_fries> joepie91, because almost every other organization has appoitned leaders, figureheads, spokespersons and so on. Also recourse to legal systems. Sony cant suffer a hack and say Simens did it
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- [12:45] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: yes they can.
- [12:45] <lolatu> any news today?
- [12:45] <fresh_fries> siemens
- [12:46] <biella> fresh_fries: i recommend this http://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Endless-Meeting-Democracy-Movements/dp/0226674495
- [12:46] <biella> to see how different social movements in different eras organized without leaders
- [12:46] <fresh_fries> biella; yes im far too poor to order books from amazon
- [12:46] <biella> as per spokespeople
- [12:46] <biella> fresh_fries: library
- [12:46] <&joepie91> 1. There are no anons that claimed to have executed the attack on Sony.
- [12:46] <&joepie91> 2. The claim of Sony that they 'left a note' is, considering the rest of their coverups, highly improbably to be true.
- [12:46] <&joepie91> 3. The single claim of an anon that he knew *another* anon did it was completely unsourced and as such cannot be taken as a reliable statement
- [12:46] <biella> i am sure has it
- [12:46] <&joepie91> result:
- [12:46] <&joepie91> anon didn't do it
- [12:46] <&joepie91> simple as that
- [12:47] <biella> anyway spokespeople is an interesting question and has plagued many of these groups
- [12:47] <fresh_fries> joepie91, yes you're bang on with 3: no statements, even the legite ones, can be attributed to anonymous
- [12:47] <biella> different nodes of anons have relied of different people to speak on its behalf but that is why this channel is so interesting
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- [12:47] <fresh_fries> so by extension, the organization itself can hardly be said to even exist? in that it cannot define its own extremities (ie what is and is not anonymous)
- [12:48] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: any statement can be attributed to anonymous
- [12:48] <&joepie91> that does not mean that any statement ABOUT anonymous is also true
- [12:48] <lolatu> I wrote a whole article on this exact topic
- [12:48] <+biella> it is not an organization fresh_fries
- [12:48] <fresh_fries> joepie91, on whos authority?
- [12:48] <lolatu> if you're interested I've got a link
- [12:48] <&joepie91> everyones authority.
- [12:48] <+biella> there are many different nodes that organize under it
- [12:48] <+biella> spend some time with the chanology folks fresh_fries on anonnet
- [12:48] <fresh_fries> ok so then my statements can also be attributed to anonymous?
- [12:48] <&joepie91> if you say you are anonymous, you are anonymous and as such can represent anonymous to a degree where you can attribute an action or statement to anonymous
- [12:48] <&joepie91> yes.
- [12:48] <+biella> if you make it compelling
- [12:49] <fresh_fries> biella, i want to ask about one of our earlier convos
- [12:49] <+biella> shoot
- [12:49] <&joepie91> any boundaries of what anon can or cannot do derive from logic rather than from decision
- [12:49] <fresh_fries> biella; is aked you if 'the people h/ops can more accurately be believed to be repsentatives of anonymous' and you replied that 'they just maintain ifrastructure'
- [12:49] <fresh_fries> member?
- [12:49] <meddle> fresh_fries, could u tell us what do u want please?
- [12:50] <+biella> i said some ops maintain infra, others maintain it and participate in ops
- [12:50] <+biella> some just participate in opertations and have been given voice
- [12:50] <+biella> some of their opinions carry more weight
- [12:50] <+biella> but it depends on the channel and context and is shifting
- [12:50] <fresh_fries> ok, so it is not a perfectly egalitarian system then?
- [12:51] <+biella> what is a perfectly egalitarian system?
- [12:51] <v3rsus> anonymous needs a philosophy that the core agrees on...
- [12:51] <fresh_fries> i agree
- [12:51] <v3rsus> kind of like animal liberation front
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- [12:51] <&joepie91> fresh_fries
- [12:51] <&joepie91> I mentioned this before
- [12:51] <&joepie91> anonymous DOES NOT EQUAL ANONOPS.
- [12:51] <&joepie91> it is. not. the. same. thing.
- [12:51] <fresh_fries> meddle, i dont particularily "want" anything...
- [12:52] <&joepie91> anonymous is leaderless, an operation may not be
- [12:52] <fresh_fries> joepie91, according to yall nohing = anaonymous
- [12:52] <+biella> fresh_fries: have you spent time with chanology
- [12:52] <+biella> on anonnet
- [12:52] <+biella> or WWP
- [12:52] <fresh_fries> i dont know what that is
- [12:52] <+biella> ok they are different and active anonymous nodes
- [12:52] <&joepie91> anonymous can be considered an anarchist organization.
- [12:52] <&joepie91> anarchy is not the forced absence of a system, but the absence of a forced system.
- [12:52] <meddle> maybe you want to know something, cuz i see some circular debate and i cannot gete your point straight
- [12:53] <fresh_fries> I want to know what keeps the whole cohesive
- [12:53] <+biella> there is not cohesive wholes
- [12:53] <fresh_fries> thats bs
- [12:53] <+biella> there are cohesive nodes
- [12:53] <&joepie91> nothing prevents someone from setting up his own control structure WITHIN anonymous, BUT who set up that control structure cannot influence anything OUTSIDE his control structure
- [12:53] <+biella> fresh_fries
- [12:53] <+biella> can you grant the difference there cohesive whole vs cohesive nodes
- [12:53] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: you appear to be CONVINCED that something like anonymous cannot work without a leader, and keep desperately looking for one because otherwise you cannot understand it
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- [12:53] <&joepie91> it would help if you started thinking with an empty mind
- [12:54] <+biella> and fresh_fries if you dont know what anonnet is or chanology is, you cant call BS
- [12:54] <&joepie91> and actually looked into how it actually works
- [12:54] <meddle> maybe fresh_fries just want to be hired by anon leaders
- [12:54] <fresh_fries> joepie91, its a little bit arrogant to assume Anonymous is "working" now isn't it?
- [12:54] <dsprr> whats up guys
- [12:54] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: elaborate?
- [12:54] <fresh_fries> What great problem has Anonymous actually solved to be said the current system "works"?
- [12:54] <m0nkywitar0cket> fresh_fries, think of it like networked computers, they have no leaders or authority, but each have their own set of information, when networked then can combine/trade and remove data
- [12:54] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: why do you assume the purpose of anonymous is 'to solve great problems' in the first place?
- [12:55] <v3rsus> isn't hierarchies are part of the problem... therefore anonymous HAS to be leaderless
- [12:55] <m0nkywitar0cket> anonymous is a network if anything, not an organization
- [12:55] <fresh_fries> m0nkywitar0cket, DNS is a good example of an authority system in the system you describe, or even TCPIP
- [12:55] <+biella> fresh_fries: i would say anonymous has fundamentally and materially changed how Scientology can go after its critics
- [12:55] <+biella> it has brought to the table new modes of digital dissent and mass protest
- [12:55] <dsprr> how come some people have @whatever.they.like @anonymo.us etc. and some a hidden IP?
- [12:55] <+biella> and it has raised conscioussness in all sorts of arenas
- [12:56] <meddle> dsprr is the vhost
- [12:56] <&joepie91> as for your question what anonymous has solved: what you are doing now is looking at the foundation of a house and screaming to the builders: "HEY, YOU CANT EVEN LIVE IN THAT, ITS POINTLESS! WHY ARE YOU EVEN BOTHERING, IT DOESNT EVEN HAVE A ROOF!"
- [12:56] <m0nkywitar0cket> theyre a means to an ends, dns, tcpip don't tell a computer what to do, they are the ground work for commmunication. that is all
- [12:56] <fresh_fries> biella, anonymous broadsheets long predate the internet
- [12:56] <meddle> fresh_fries plz join #anonopspersonelldept for further investigations
- [12:56] <+biella> fresh_fries: i never said anonymous was unique nor singular
- [12:56] <&joepie91> problems don't get solved in motnhs
- [12:56] <&joepie91> or even years
- [12:56] <+biella> and i am not sure what you mean my braodsheets
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- [12:56] <+biella> by
- [12:56] <+biella> i cant believe i am feeding the troll
- [12:57] <+biella> all right lunch over
- [12:57] <&joepie91> lol
- [12:57] <fresh_fries> broadsheets: ie. the papers which carried rhymes like 'humpty dumpty' ie. thinly veiled attacks on the ruling noble
- [12:57] <fresh_fries> im sorry, but not all difficult questions are trolling
- [12:57] <fresh_fries> some are just difficult
- [12:58] <meddle> some like?
- [12:58] <m0nkywitar0cket> i dont think its a difficult question, you are just looking for a concrete answer to an abstract question
- [12:58] <+biella> fresh_fries: seriously you ignore things we say and focus in on others in a trollish way, if you hang out with anonnet and do a little more research and dive into WWP, i would be mor than happy to answer more questions
- [12:59] <v3rsus> if you don't like the answer, it doesn't make the question difficult... asking it over and over again won't get you to hear what you want to hear...
- [12:59] <&joepie91> <joepie91>fresh_fries: why do you assume the purpose of anonymous is 'to solve great problems' in the first place?
- [12:59] <+biella> see the nodes and then come back and lets talk again, otherwise trollunch is over
- [12:59] <fresh_fries> because y'all have a certain level of self-aggrandizement in your public statements
- [12:59] <fresh_fries> "We never forget" and so on and so forth
- [12:59] <@marduk> ah i found the Nietzsche quote i was reminded of blaming Anonymous for stuff they did not do: "Shared injustice is half justice. And he who can bear it, shall take the injustice upon himself!" (Thus spoke Zarathustra)
- [13:00] <+biella> meddle: check out marduk quoting N, we have another N-ster here
- [13:00] <&joepie91> fresh_fries
- [13:00] <+biella> cool quote marduk
- [13:00] <&joepie91> ..
- [13:00] <meddle> <3 marduk
- [13:00] <&joepie91> why am I even bothering
- [13:00] <fresh_fries> My original question, many days ago was 'What is the unifying philosophy pf Anonymous'
- [13:00] <fresh_fries> and the answer was "there is none"
- [13:00] <&joepie91> there IS no unifying philosophu
- [13:00] <@marduk> hai meddle <3
- [13:00] <&joepie91> philosophy*
- [13:00] <fresh_fries> nonetheless your targets ar very political
- 03[13:00] * marduk sets mode: +h meddle
- [13:00] <&joepie91> no
- [13:00] <%meddle> hai marduk :P
- [13:00] <@marduk> joepie91: addhim?
- [13:01] <fresh_fries> ie. police who arrest homeless feeders
- [13:01] <&joepie91> the anonops targets are very political
- [13:01] <fresh_fries> in defence of wikileaks, and so on
- [13:01] <&joepie91> not the anonymous targets
- [13:01] <&joepie91> you are mixing them up AGAIN.
- [13:01] <m0nkywitar0cket> the unifying philosophy is self-interest, whatever reason each one of us personally wants to be here for
- [13:01] <&joepie91> anonops does NOT equal anonymous
- [13:01] <m0nkywitar0cket> each has their own reasons for being here
- [13:01] <v3rsus> hahaha... is this journalism in progress?
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- [13:01] <fresh_fries> joepie91, ok, wtf is anonops? a channel? an irc server? a seperate group? please elaborate
- [13:01] <&joepie91> anonops is an irc network.
- [13:01] <@marduk> an irc network
- [13:01] <&joepie91> you are on it.
- [13:02] <&joepie91> right now.
- [13:02] <%meddle> lol guise
- [13:02] <fresh_fries> ok ty
- [13:02] <%meddle> he doesn't know where he is
- [13:02] <&joepie91> meddle: I doubt it, he's not using webchat.
- [13:02] <@marduk> it serves as a huge communication hub for anonymous. but it is not the only one.
- [13:02] <%meddle> @joe lol
- [13:02] <fresh_fries> can i get a couple brownie points for IRC over SSL?
- [13:02] <%meddle> sure
- [13:02] <fresh_fries> marduk, what are the others?
- 06[13:03] * %meddle gives 2 brownie points to fresh_fries
- 06[13:03] * fresh_fries cheers!
- [13:03] <%meddle> as biella said, anonnet is another
- [13:03] <fresh_fries> oh ok. what is the server?
- [13:03] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: noone will ever be able to give you an absolutely complete list of all communication infrastructures that are used by anon.
- [13:03] <&joepie91> just throwing that out in the open, to be sure,
- [13:03] <%meddle> fresh_fries i think u can google well
- [13:03] <%meddle> as u said before
- [13:04] <fresh_fries> joepie91, im really trying to answer the question of "What is Anonymous' political philosophy'.. the no leadership thing is just a stumbling block on that path
- [13:04] <+biella> fresh_fries: irc.anonnet.org
- [13:04] <+biella> i am there on many channels though not now and i am outtie here 2
- [13:04] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: as has been told a few times now
- [13:04] <+biella> appointment, later folks
- [13:04] <&joepie91> THERE. IS. NONE.
- [13:04] <v3rsus> sabu was right when he got annoyed with charles arthur...
- [13:04] <&joepie91> stop looking for one
- [13:04] <m0nkywitar0cket> fresh_fries each are very nebulous questions, philosophy and leadership
- [13:04] <@marduk> fresh_fries: i dont know all. but there are other irc networks like anonnet for instance (which sprang into existance when Chanology was big). There are forums, image boards, etc etc etc
- [13:04] <&joepie91> there is no universal ideology
- [13:04] <v3rsus> reporters start asking without doing their research
- [13:05] <&joepie91> no universal philosophy
- [13:05] <&joepie91> no universal anything
- [13:05] <&joepie91> except for the name
- [13:05] <fresh_fries> m0nkywitar0cket, the only nebulous things are your answers! lol
- [13:05] <&joepie91> Anonymous.
- [13:05] <%meddle> later biella
- [13:05] <+biella> fresh_fries: i would say there is a comittment to many civil liberties, i wrote about it in that piece
- [13:05] <m0nkywitar0cket> thats exactly what you need to come to terms with
- [13:05] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: you are looking for something that does not exist. Either you are wasting your time, or you are wasting ours - depending on whether you are a troll or not.
- [13:05] <m0nkywitar0cket> that we cant answer your questions because there are many answers
- [13:05] <+biella> it does not exhaust the possibiliites and there is a great range of political committements
- [13:05] <+biella> despite some consistent tendencies
- [13:05] <%meddle> bbl
- [13:06] <+biella> bye meddle
- [13:06] <+biella> i gotta go too
- [13:06] <%meddle> bai biella
- [13:06] <fresh_fries> biella, link to article?? ^^
- [13:06] <&joepie91> bai
- [13:07] <+biella> fresh_fries: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/tne/pieces/anonymous-lulz-collective-action
- [13:07] <+biella> there and there are a shitload of talks too if you google for them and 3-4 other pieces
- [13:07] <v3rsus> @joepie91... do you think there's a chance to catch sabu or topiary one of these days? would like to chat a little for v3rsus.org
- [13:07] <@marduk> biella: will you be at blackhat?
- [13:08] <&joepie91> v3rsus: no clue, depends on whether they wander in here or not
- [13:08] <+biella> fresh_fries: i would be more than happy to engage again when you come back with questions that refer back to what i have said, lets debate there
- [13:08] <+biella> marduk: no :-( i am going to CCC camp
- [13:08] <+biella> though
- [13:08] <+biella> which should be fun
- [13:08] <fresh_fries> biella sure and thanks!
- [13:08] <@marduk> biella: oh nice.
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- [13:08] <+biella> yea very excited marduk
- [13:08] <+biella> very
- [13:08] <+biella> ok i am going to be late
- [13:08] <@esc> biella: you are going? damn...and I can't be there :(
- [13:08] <v3rsus> @joepie91: are they still coming here or are they rather withdrawn these days?
- [13:09] <+biella> marduk: yea spam ME but dont tell me who you are :-)
- [13:09] <+biella> esc: i got my plane tickets and everything
- [13:09] <+biella> i am SO pscyhed!
- [13:09] <@marduk> biella: you should know me :)
- [13:09] <+biella> ok later guise, boyz, girls
- [13:09] <+biella> marduk: i should :-))
- [13:09] <m0nkywitar0cket> later
- [13:09] <+biella> erase my memory afterwards, ok, well only select parts
- [13:09] <&joepie91> idk
- [13:09] <@marduk> biella: nah no problem, i will approach you anonymously lolol
- [13:10] <@marduk> but damn, it would be great to have one of the men in black thingies...
- [13:10] <+biella> lawl ok it wont be easily to explain to my doc why i am late
- [13:10] <+biella> later for real
- [13:11] <@marduk> cya biella :)
- [13:11] <fresh_fries> v3rsus, i find sabu answers more stuff on twitter than on here
- [13:12] <fresh_fries> but then again "Sabu is multiple people"
- [13:13] <v3rsus> that's funny, cause "one Sabu" said on twitter that he wouldn't answer on twitter, but rather in irc
- [13:13] <v3rsus> the one that battled charles arthur
- [13:13] <fresh_fries> hey im just a reporter man, i have no fucking idea how it works
- [13:14] <InformationTerrorism> \o/
- [13:14] <fresh_fries> but there is the real sabu account and the fake one
- [13:14] <fresh_fries> anonymousabu is real, anonymoussabu is fake
- [13:15] <m0nkywitar0cket> has sabu spread more light on your subject then us? lol
- [13:15] <v3rsus> hehehe
- [13:15] <fresh_fries> sabu made some errant comments about many things, oslo, etc... i dont pay them too much mind
- [13:15] <&joepie91> http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=26902.0
- [13:15] <v3rsus> now that's research... anonymoussabu is fake... how did you figure that out?
- [13:16] <fresh_fries> cuz sabu told me.. on irc lol
- [13:16] <m0nkywitar0cket> i read that little twitter feed, it was entertaining
- [13:16] <v3rsus> the real sabu or the fake one? lol
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- [13:18] <fresh_fries> ok, so is it a fair appraisal to say that the only thing that keeps people from impersonating Anonymous is the threat of retribution from anonymous?
- [13:19] <v3rsus> so many great journalistic achievements out there... my all time favorite is still the louise boat... rofl
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- [13:20] <m0nkywitar0cket> im sure there are a lot of reasons not to impersonate anonymous, retribution being one of them
- [13:20] <&joepie91> I suppose retribution would be one of the most present 'dangers'
- [13:20] <&joepie91> for impersonators
- [13:20] <v3rsus> @joepie9: i'm a reporter too... can you tell me more about the connection between anonymous and the louise boat? hehehe
- [13:20] <m0nkywitar0cket> not to say all of anonymous would threaten, but im sure a few would
- [13:20] <fresh_fries> yes, it does seem that fear is the best tool in Anon's arsenal
- [13:20] <&joepie91> but most importantly it's important to understand what is impersonation and what is not
- [13:20] <m0nkywitar0cket> i dissagree fresh_fries
- [13:20] <&joepie91> claiming something that a lot of anons do not agree with is not impersonation
- [13:21] <&joepie91> however
- [13:21] <&joepie91> claiming you are anon while you do not really believe you are anon, is impersonation
- 06[13:21] * HomoCarnula jumps in :3
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- [13:21] <&joepie91> also, the best tool in Anons arsenal is media
- [13:21] <&joepie91> and not just mainstream media
- [13:21] <fresh_fries> joepie91, ooooooo....k
- [13:21] <m0nkywitar0cket> and comments like those sound like you have a smear campaign against anonymous rather than an journalistic endeavor of incite..
- [13:21] <&joepie91> but yeah, if the WBC does not identify themselves with anon, but *pretends* to do so, they are impersonating.
- [13:22] <fresh_fries> m0nkywitar0cket, i call em like i seem
- [13:22] <&joepie91> if they hold a protest like they always do, but under the banner of anon, they would NOT be impersonating.
- [13:22] <fresh_fries> see em
- [13:22] <&joepie91> as long as intentions match claims, it can't be impersonation
- [13:22] <fresh_fries> ok, different track: is it safe to say that anonymous leans left?
- [13:23] <&joepie91> no.
- [13:23] <m0nkywitar0cket> no
- [13:23] <fresh_fries> libertarian?
- [13:23] <&joepie91> there is no unified opinion, philosophy, political 'color', or anything else
- [13:23] <&joepie91> you can't define it, other than that anonymous as a whole has an anarchistic structure
- [13:23] <&joepie91> but that says nothing about the political opinion of anons
- [13:23] <fresh_fries> joepie91, certainly there are class markers amonst the anonymous massive
- [13:23] <&joepie91> no
- [13:24] <&joepie91> there is no unified anything of any sort except for the name anonymous
- [13:24] <&joepie91> and even THERE there is discussion about Anonymous vs anonymous vs Anon
- [13:24] <&joepie91> etc
- [13:24] <m0nkywitar0cket> fresh_fries, what you are trying to do equates to trying to define americans or russians etc. their citizens all have different opinions and viewpoints and you are trying to generalize a group that has many different opinions
- [13:24] <fresh_fries> bro, you're on RIC chat at 2 oclock in the afternoon... you dont work, you have a computer and internet connection... you're clearly earning more than 2 dollars a day
- [13:24] <&joepie91> you simply can't classify anonymous, and any attempt at classification is wrong regardless of what you are trying to classify it at
- [13:24] <&joepie91> it as*
- [13:24] <&joepie91> stereotyping simply doesn't work, deal with it
- [13:25] <&joepie91> so to say
- [13:25] <m0nkywitar0cket> this is just bad journalism
- [13:25] <&joepie91> so, fresh_fries, what magazine/organization do you work for?
- [13:25] <v3rsus> really? it's journalism?
- [13:25] <m0nkywitar0cket> any article you write would be based on your perceived opinions and self-proclaimed stereotyping
- [13:25] <fresh_fries> im sorry, is anyone in this chat living below the UN's baseline for poverty?
- 06[13:26] * &joepie91 recalls a claim of being a journalist
- [13:26] <fresh_fries> any takers?
- [13:26] <m0nkywitar0cket> what does that have to do with anything fresh_fries
- [13:26] <v3rsus> people can claim a lot...
- [13:26] <fresh_fries> it has to do with the claim that 'nothing unifies anonymous'
- [13:26] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: for the five millionth goddamn fucking time
- [13:26] <&joepie91> THIS IS NOT ANONYMOUS
- [13:26] <&joepie91> ANONOPS DOES NOT EQUAL ANONYMOUS
- [13:26] <&joepie91> IT IS A PART OF IT
- [13:26] <&joepie91> read that
- [13:26] <&joepie91> remember it
- [13:26] <fresh_fries> joepie91, i understand that part of it clearly
- [13:26] <&joepie91> and think about it every time before you ask a question
- [13:26] <&joepie91> ffs
- [13:27] <&joepie91> who are in this chat has nothing to do with who anons are or what conditions they live in
- [13:27] <&joepie91> NOTHING AT ALL.
- [13:27] <&joepie91> christ
- [13:27] <m0nkywitar0cket> if you are indeed trying to write an article, what is it about?
- [13:27] <&joepie91> how hard is it to understand?
- [13:27] <v3rsus> maybe there should be a little test for journalists before they can get into this chat room... to make sure they did their research... hehehe
- [13:27] <fresh_fries> the political philosophy of anonymous m0nkywitar0cket
- [13:27] <HomoCarnula> what does "un's baseline for poverty" have to do with an interview in anonops o_O
- [13:27] <&joepie91> v3rsus: that is actually not a bad idea
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- [13:28] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: THERE. IS. NONE.
- [13:28] <&joepie91> FUCKING DEAL WITH IT.
- [13:28] <fresh_fries> 1) Technical Acumen
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- [13:28] <fresh_fries> 2) Access to a Computer
- [13:28] <fresh_fries> 3) Access to the Internet
- [13:28] <fresh_fries> so theres 3 things that unify anonymous
- [13:28] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: and you just made up in your mind that being an anon requires a computer and internet?
- [13:28] <HomoCarnula> v3rsus at least they should have read the wikipedia entry o_O i get so angry everytime somebody enters and asks "how did anonymous start" "oh yeah you're a group. how can one become member"
- [13:28] <fresh_fries> im sure there more
- [13:28] <&joepie91> yet another assumption?
- [13:28] <&joepie91> tell me WHERE does it say
- [13:28] <&joepie91> that to be part of anon
- [13:28] <&joepie91> you need to be oin the internet
- [13:28] <&joepie91> behind a pc
- [13:28] <&joepie91> or even know what a goddamn fucking computer is
- [13:29] <HomoCarnula> fresh_fries that's bullshit! there are lots of Anonymous out there offline
- [13:29] <&joepie91> other than in your own goddamn fucking imagination
- [13:29] <&joepie91> STOP ASSUMING SHIT
- [13:29] <fresh_fries> HomoCarnula, examples?
- [13:29] <HomoCarnula> fresh_fries chanology? (google it)
- [13:29] <HomoCarnula> for example
- [13:29] <HomoCarnula> demonstrators in madrid
- [13:29] <m0nkywitar0cket> so fresh_fries, with that ideaology, you agree that you are then part of anonymous?
- [13:29] <&joepie91> honestly, people like you should not be doing journalism, seeing as you are obviously completely unable to take a neutral stance
- [13:29] <&joepie91> in your investigation
- [13:29] <HomoCarnula> eberybody who goes conform with the ideals of Anonymous IS anonymous.
- [13:30] <&joepie91> HomoCarnula: wrong
- [13:30] <HomoCarnula> srsly oO why are you journalist and i'm not
- [13:30] <&joepie91> everyone who identifies himself with anonymous is anonymous
- [13:30] <&joepie91> if you say and believe you are anon, you are anon
- [13:30] <fresh_fries> "Message to Scientology", on January 21, 2008. The video states that Anonymous views Scientology's actions as Internet censorship, and asserts the group's intent to "expel the church from the Internet"
- [13:30] <fresh_fries> ok so let me return to something i asked earlier.. regarding work and success
- [13:30] <fresh_fries> has Anonymous been able to "expel Scientology from the internet"?
- [13:31] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: can someone live in that house around the corner that they just finished laying the foundation of?
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- [13:31] <&joepie91> you appear to be entirely ignoring
- [13:31] <&joepie91> everything that people say
- [13:31] <&joepie91> and asking the same questions over and over
- [13:31] <HomoCarnula> joepie91 O_o that's what i meant <3
- [13:31] <&joepie91> expecting people to give a different answer
- [13:31] <&joepie91> that meets your expectations
- [13:31] <&joepie91> well, protip
- [13:31] <&joepie91> it's not going to happen
- [13:31] <&joepie91> the answers are what they are
- [13:31] <fresh_fries> joepie91, im getting yelled at by 8 different people, none of whom will actually claim to speak *FOR* anonymous, so ya i have to ignore some stuff sorry
- [13:32] <&joepie91> if you cannot deal with it, you should probably be doing something else, rather than trying to fit anonymous in some classification where it doesn't fit
- [13:32] <v3rsus> unbelievable
- [13:32] <v3rsus> that's what journalism has come to
- [13:32] <@TVXQ> anonymous doesnt have a speaker
- [13:32] <@TVXQ> for all we know fresh_fries you are also anonymous
- [13:32] <v3rsus> and that's why i call myself a writer... hahaha
- [13:32] <&joepie91> if you REALLY claim you are a journalist, I suggest you look for another sayjob
- [13:32] <&joepie91> because really
- [13:32] <&joepie91> this isn't it
- [13:32] <&joepie91> dayjob*
- [13:32] <m0nkywitar0cket> fresh_fries you are basing a lot of your information on assumptions
- [13:32] <fresh_fries> TVXQ, im not converting until I know what political views actually inform anonymous' behaviour
- [13:33] <fresh_fries> and apparently that is impossible
- [13:33] <@TVXQ> there is no convertion
- [13:33] <&joepie91> 40 minutes ago
- [13:33] <&joepie91> <joepie91>as for your question what anonymous has solved: what you are doing now is looking at the foundation of a house and screaming to the builders: "HEY, YOU CANT EVEN LIVE IN THAT, ITS POINTLESS! WHY ARE YOU EVEN BOTHERING, IT DOESNT EVEN HAVE A ROOF!"
- [13:33] <@TVXQ> you are on our network
- [13:33] <&joepie91> there
- [13:33] <&joepie91> are
- [13:33] <&joepie91> no
- [13:33] <HomoCarnula> fresh_fries suggestive questions and tried manipulation in your writing. seriously, you're here definitely wrong
- [13:33] <&joepie91> gopddamn
- [13:33] <&joepie91> fucking
- [13:33] <&joepie91> political
- [13:33] <&joepie91> views
- [13:33] <fresh_fries> for the record, i like what anonymous does
- [13:33] <&joepie91> deal with it
- [13:33] <&joepie91> ffs
- [13:33] <m0nkywitar0cket> that homecarnula
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- [13:33] <fresh_fries> but the judge+jury+execution style concerns me quite a bit
- [13:33] <HomoCarnula> fesh again manipulation
- [13:33] <HomoCarnula> °fresh_fries
- [13:34] <m0nkywitar0cket> its not judge+jury+execution, its a form of protest
- [13:34] <fresh_fries> yes i understand that
- [13:34] <fresh_fries> i like that part of it
- [13:34] <m0nkywitar0cket> in no way have we executed anyone, we see certain injustices and we protest
- [13:34] <v3rsus> for what media outlet are you writing, fresh_fries?
- [13:34] <fresh_fries> justice and politics are intertwined...no?
- [13:35] <fresh_fries> v3rsus, my own blog
- [13:35] <m0nkywitar0cket> no
- [13:35] <v3rsus> just want to make sure i'm not reading it in the future... hehehe
- [13:35] <m0nkywitar0cket> liberties are inalienable
- [13:35] <m0nkywitar0cket> to being human
- [13:35] <m0nkywitar0cket> you have liberties without government
- [13:35] <fresh_fries> m0nkywitar0cket, i agree
- [13:35] <HomoCarnula> v3rsus your BLOG? wtf?
- [13:35] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: what is your definition of politics?
- [13:35] <HomoCarnula> oO
- [13:35] <HomoCarnula> sorry meant fresh_fries xD
- [13:35] <fresh_fries> joepie91, nothing exists outside of politics is my definition
- [13:36] <fresh_fries> "the personal is political" and so on...
- [13:36] <&joepie91> can't use the word itself in the definition
- [13:36] <m0nkywitar0cket> so this article is political in nature?
- [13:36] <&joepie91> so what is your definition?
- [13:36] <%meddle> lol @tautological
- [13:36] <%meddle> definitions
- [13:36] <HomoCarnula> so this article appears in a BLOG? oO
- [13:36] <v3rsus> @fresh_fries: so nature doesn't exist?
- [13:36] <v3rsus> what about the universe?
- [13:36] <HomoCarnula> <- IS journalist then \o/
- [13:36] <fresh_fries> m0nkywitar0cket, meh, havent decided which way to go... but that was my original query...
- [13:36] <%meddle> the answer is 42?
- [13:36] <fresh_fries> joepie91, protesting is a political action.. do we agree?
- [13:37] <&joepie91> I was asking what your definition of politics was.
- [13:37] <&joepie91> answer that first.
- [13:37] <m0nkywitar0cket> no
- [13:37] <m0nkywitar0cket> you can protest against religions
- [13:37] <fresh_fries> religions are political
- [13:37] <&joepie91> because in my answers I will play by your definition.
- [13:37] <%meddle> protesting with mummy for moar sweeties is a political action too?
- [13:37] <&joepie91> to avoid any more assumption bullshit
- [13:37] <fresh_fries> meddle, yup
- [13:37] <&joepie91> <joepie91>I was asking what your definition of politics was.
- [13:38] <%meddle> your definition is too naive and to broad fresh_fries
- [13:38] <m0nkywitar0cket> well good luck with your article, doesnt look like a good start
- [13:38] <%meddle> plz come back when u have a good one
- [13:38] <v3rsus> i have to take a break... my head is starting to hurt...
- [13:38] <fresh_fries> m0nkywitar0cket, i have more than enuff material just from twitter... plus im very observant...
- [13:38] <Cloud> ola
- [13:38] <%meddle> ohai cloud
- [13:38] <Anon-Voice> omg!
- [13:39] <Anon-Voice> fresh_fries, do you know what politics are?
- [13:39] <m0nkywitar0cket> well good luck, hope your article isn't strewn with libel..
- [13:39] <Anon-Voice> sounds like your mixing up politics and the word "quantum"
- [13:39] <fresh_fries> Anon-Voice, do you know what they aren't?
- [13:39] <Cloud> a discussion over what politics is? this could be juicy
- [13:39] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: I suggest you come back when you 1. can define what politics are in the first place 2. dismissed all the assumptions you have anonymous and start from scratch
- [13:39] <fresh_fries> m0nkywitar0cket, lol.. libel.. never thought id hear that from anon
- [13:39] <&joepie91> because this is pushing against the mount everest
- [13:39] <Anon-Voice> yes, what I eat, not politcal
- [13:39] <Anon-Voice> when I shit in the morning
- [13:40] <fresh_fries> Anon-Voice, really... all that pg shit openining up the ozone... or the 'go local' movement all have to do with eating and are inherently political
- [13:40] <%meddle> breathing is political, fresh_fries told me so
- [13:40] <m0nkywitar0cket> i already know what fresh_fries is going to write about, he's going to present a straw man discussion about anon and then promptly beat the stuffing out of it
- [13:40] <fresh_fries> meddle, once oxygen becomes a commodity yes... the same way that water is now deemed a 'basic human right' by the UN
- [13:40] <%meddle> fresh_fries may i suggesto to look into chronicle.us, expecially for kilgore trout
- [13:41] <fresh_fries> m0nkywitar0cket, im trying really hard to present a defence of anonymous
- [13:41] <fresh_fries> m0nkywitar0cket, but its very difficult
- [13:41] <%meddle> fresh_fries, don't u know we don't breath pure oxygen?
- [13:41] <&joepie91> rofl
- [13:41] <Cloud> In intro to american politics I had to write an essay on the question. What is Politics? Must I bring it out for you
- [13:41] <HomoCarnula> srsly o_O waste of time... big waste of time talking to this wannabe-journalist
- [13:41] <&joepie91> fresh_fries: be sure to submit your article to anonnews when it's done
- [13:41] <&joepie91> somehow I have an idea
- [13:41] <m0nkywitar0cket> a defense for what?
- [13:41] <&joepie91> of what kind of rating it will get
- [13:41] <fresh_fries> HomoCarnula, im not making you sit here in #-fucking-REPORTER
- [13:41] <%meddle> lol joe
- [13:41] <&joepie91> if your responses in here are anything to measure by
- [13:42] <&joepie91> -_-
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- [13:42] <Anon-Voice> lol@joepie91
- [13:42] <v3rsus> i sure hope nobody has to ever read this useless attempt to answer @fresh_fries idiotic questions..
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