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Member Claims Anonymous "Might Well Be the Most Powerful Organization On Earth"

wasimkadak writes in with an interview with Anonymous member "Commander X" in which he talks about how the hacktivists are the most powerful group on the planet. "Christopher Doyon, a.k.a. Commander X, sits atop a hillside in an undisclosed location in Canada, watching a reporter and photographer make their way along a narrow path to join him, away from the prying eyes of law enforcement. It's been a few weeks of encrypted emails back and forth, working out the security protocol to follow for interviewing Doyon, one of the brains behind Anonymous, now a fugitive from the FBI. Doyon, who readily admits taking part in some of the highest-profile hacktivist attacks on websites last year — from Tunisia to Orlando, Sony to PayPal — was arrested in September for a comparatively minor assault on the county website of Santa Cruz, Calif., where he was living, in retaliation for the town forcibly removing a homeless encampment on the courthouse steps. The 'virtual sit-in' lasted half an hour. For that, Doyon is facing 15 years in jail."

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  1. Oh yea? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The new issue of Internet Tough Guy Magazine is out already?

    1. Re:Oh yea? by GameboyRMH · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's right. In this month's issue:

      Walking the Tightrope: How much physical threatening is too much?

      Dealing with NDT "we're dealing with a badass" image macros

      Metal album covers as avatars: the Internet equivalent of a Tapout shirt

      Skill of 1000 hackers: Interview with Ichsun

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      "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
  2. So wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... Being able to interrupt poorly-secured websites for a matter of minutes makes you "the most powerful organization on earth"?

    1. Re:So wait... by Trepidity · · Score: 5, Funny

      This is why, from 1996 to approximately 1999, Slashdot, with its feared cyberterror weapon "the Slashdotting", was widely considered the most powerful organization on earth.

    2. Re:So wait... by GameboyRMH · · Score: 4, Funny

      According to Barnes & Noble, if you can use basic script kiddie tools you're basically the bad guy from Die Hard 4.

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      "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
    3. Re:So wait... by Hentes · · Score: 3, Funny

      It would be awesome if we could Slashdot this article, thus putting these n00bz in their place. Come on guys, just a few refreshes...

    4. Re:So wait... by ArsonSmith · · Score: 2, Funny

      Obligatory: http://xkcd.com/908/

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      Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
    5. Re:So wait... by hazah · · Score: 4, Funny

      What exactly is 'the issue'?

      Same issue as ever, Pinky. People trying to take over the world.

    6. Re:So wait... by An+ominous+Cow+art · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't try to frighten us with your nerd's ways. Your sad devotion to that ancient DDOS has not helped you conjure up the censored pr0n, or given you clairvoyance enough to find Cmdr Taco's hidden fortressNO CARRIER

  3. Really? by Nidi62 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So how many guns and tanks does Anonymous control?

    And yes, I realize this is like Stalin asking how many divisions the Pope has, but hey, at least I didn't Godwin it!

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    The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
    1. Re:Really? by SlippyToad · · Score: 4, Funny

      Just the ones that are networked.

      Maybe that Adama fellow is right after all.

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      One day I feel I'm ahead of the wheel / the next it's rolling over me / I can get back on / I can get back on
  4. Re:Hmmm.... by nman64 · · Score: 5, Funny

    the US secrete service

    Yes, those secretions are to be avoided at all costs.

  5. Re:Hmmm.... by sideslash · · Score: 4, Funny

    the US secrete service

    The sewer authority? I never knew.

  6. Re:Hmmm.... by cheaphomemadeacid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thats what she said

  7. IPO by Sperbels · · Score: 3, Funny

    Quick! Do an IPO before people realize how stupid this assessment is!

  8. Occupy Anonymous by tpstigers · · Score: 1, Funny

    Idiot.

  9. Re:Hmmm.... by jimbolauski · · Score: 3, Funny

    the US secrete service

    The sewer authority? I never knew.

    80% of the US is on a sewer system, they can rain down a shit storm of epic proportions.

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    Knowledge = Power
    P= W/t
    t=Money
    Money = Work/Knowledge so the less you know the more you make
  10. Re:Powerful in their own minds, maybe by honestmonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Their two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Their *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Their *four*...no... *Amongst* their weapons.... Amongst their weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.

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    Everything you know is wrong, Just forget the words and sing along.
  11. Re:Most powerful? by ddd0004 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, not counting those guys, because getting beheaded is the ultimate DOS attack.

  12. Re:Most powerful? by niftydude · · Score: 4, Funny

    Commander X is dreaming, I'm the most powerful organism on earth, who has the most powerful orgasms on earth, due to the fact that I have the most powerful organs on earth, and every so often I pop over to Utah to play the most powerful pipe organ on earth, and why the HELL am I reading an interview with a megalomaniacal fugitive, and also, how can a fugitive still have delusions of megalomania?

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    You can never know everything, and part of what you do know will always be wrong. Perhaps even the most important part.
  13. Re:Most powerful? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lolita City? Who's the mayor, Pedobear?

  14. Re:Most powerful? by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

    Used to be. Princess Molestia took over in 2011.