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Anonymous Speaks About Australian Gov't. Attacks

Posted by kdawson on from the not-a-spokesman-mind dept.

daria42 writes "The loose-knit collective of individuals known as 'Anonymous' has broken its silence about the distributed denial of service attacks on the Australian government. An individual (who insisted he or she is not a spokesperson for the group) said the attacks were more effective at stopping the government's Internet filtering project than signing a petition, and that the attacks could go on for months." The site where some members of Anonymous are said to hang out, 4chan, got a visibility boost yesterday when its founder moot spoke at the TED conference.

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  1. How isn't this a form of terrorism? by HockeyPuck · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    According to Merriam-Webster, terrorism is the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion while terror is defined as a state of intense fear.

    Nice going anonymous. While I applaud how you've peacefully gone after the Church of Scientology; DOS attacks are going a bit too far. You probably picked this type of attack because it's hard to determine who's actually launching it.

    Cowards.

  2. Re:Impossible! by O('_')O_Bush · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No, that was not your point. Your point was that because the person was a nobody, they are unqualified to speak for the whole (your citizen speaking for a government analogy). Either you have a crap analogy or you didn't get AC's point.

    The AC's point was that since everybody is equal in Anon, every body therefore has equal qualification to speak for the group.

    The article suggests that the Anon member's views are shared by the AC, that he is qualified to speak for the group as an equal member, but was not chosen or designated to do so by the group.

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