Anonymous Files Petition To Make DDoS Legal Form of Protest

hypnosec writes "Anonymous has filed a petition with the U.S. Government asking the Obama administration to make Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks a legal form of protest. Anonymous has argued that because of advancements in internet technology, there is a need for new ways of protest. The hacking collective doesn't consider DDoS as a form of attack and equates it to hitting the 'refresh' button on a webpage. Comparing these attacks to the 'occupy' protests, Anonymous notes that instead of people occupying an area, it is their computers occupying a website for a particular period of time."

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Re:No

[AK Marc]

Much like the gastroenterology doctor upstairs from the doctor doing abortions isn't affected when a protest blocks access to the building. That was part of the protest. If you share a building (or server) with the murderer, you deserve to have your resources denied as well. Pick your friends well. Or something like that.