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The Lesson of Recent Hacktivism
itwbennett writes "LulzSec says they're retired, which may or may not be true. But one thing the world has learned from their 'frightening yet funny escapades is that 'the state of online security stinks,' writes blogger Tom Henderson. LulzSec (and Anonymous) have 'demonstrated that an awful lot of people are either asleep at the switch or believed in arcane security methods like security through obscurity.'"
A related story at the Guardian suggests that governmental attempts to control the internet are spurring these activities.
My generation could have just as easily done the kind of vandalism (and did), we just didn't want to be that big a pricks.
don't mod me down, but your generation are pricks.
no matter how much you teenagers reading this want to agree with them. Hating reality is part of teenager-hood. We understand how you feel; we all went through it.
don't mod me down, i'm older and more mature and you'll see my point of view when you grow up and stop being childish.
You've crossed the line into stupidhood now.
don't mod me down, but you're stupid.
Come on man, please join us back on this planet. Sure there are the Enrons of the world, and you might hate George Bush and all that, but come on guys.
don't mod me down, but come on guys, come on.
It ain't the security guys fault for not anticipating all the chaos that is possible in the world ;or rather it is their fault; but not due to lack of dilligence.
don't mod me down, but it's not the responsibility of the security guys to implement basic security.