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Public Face of Anonymous Leaves Group

Gunkerty Jeb writes "Barrett Brown, the reporter who became a media-friendly spokesperson for the shadowy hacking group Anonymous, says that he is quitting the group in the wake of a public feud that has broken out between different hacker factions within the loosely organized collective."

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  1. woot by Osgeld · · Score: 5, Funny

    drama from something that doesn't even exist, ladies and gentlemen we have hit web 3.0

  2. The real reason why he left by simoncpu+was+here · · Score: 4, Funny

    Barrett Brown can't Triforce.

  3. Isn't "the public face of Anonymous"... by futonrevolutionary · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...an oxymoron?

  4. Re:Someone is encouraging the dissension by idontgno · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'll know for sure if beautiful women suddenly start throwing themselves at 4channers in public.

    That's not a sign of a covert government action; that's a sign of the Apocalypse.

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  5. Re:Someone is encouraging the dissension by zill · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anonymous Coward writes:

    It's the same as al-Qaeda. Killing bin Laden will not do much.

    Breaking news
    A member of the hacktivist group Anonymous has just announced that their organizational hierarchy is identical to that of al-Qaeda's, thus proving the suspicion that both terrorist groups are related and have been working together. The leaders of the two group could not be reached for comments.

  6. Re:Someone is encouraging the dissension by AJH16 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So what you are saying is that the 9/11 truth movement and moon landing hoax conspiracies were really started by the government so they could get away with real conspiracies without anybody noticing? ;)

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    AJ Henderson