Anonymous Files Petition To Make DDoS Legal Form of Protest

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 10, 2013 @12:41PM from the let-us-break-stuff dept.

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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I like their chances by paiute · 2013-01-10 12:56 · Score: 4, Funny

I also filed a petition - that I be recognized as the Queen of England. I think mine will be approved just before the one approving DDoSs.

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Re:DDoS affects comerce by davidbrit2 · 2013-01-10 13:24 · Score: 4, Funny

Distributed Denial of Revenue attack?
Re:Mannequin Attack by arekin · 2013-01-10 15:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Wait....Did you just say that an overseas company is being hired to protest outsourcing? Define Irony...

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Re:Mannequin Attack by Anonymous Coward · 2013-01-10 15:13 · Score: 5, Funny

Define Irony...
Like 'silvery' and 'coppery' but with iron.