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Syrian Electronic Army Denies Anonymous Exposed Its Members
judgecorp writes "The Syrian Electronic Army has denied media reports that two of its members have been 'outed'. The men were named after people affiliated to Anonynous accessed a large dump of material from a pro-Assad source, but SEA spokespeople say they are merely contacts, not members of the group."
I would be really happy if a cruise missile blew up SEA headquarters, if they have one. Or their mothers' basements if not.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
and online douchebaggery
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Agent Cooldude is in the party van. Prepare to accidentally the whole duckroll. Over.
These are not the electronic army members you are looking for...
(sorry, couldn't resist)
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
And if they were members of the SEA, would the SEA say anything different?
Actually, Alien vs Predator, as Debbie Schlussel puts it. Two sides where one hopes both lose.
Have your fun...
http://www.theonion.com/articles/syrian-electronic-army-has-a-little-fun-before-ine,32324/ ...enjoy every minute of it.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Yes they suck and Assad is awful but the "rebels" aren't exactly 'nice guys" either. Its just sort of picking who gets to kill the Syrian people next while the west (and we) get the blame for "letting it happen" or even supplying the weapons. Kind of sucks.
So yes they are a*holes supporting a murderer but in their defense this murderer is probably protecting their families and they don't really have a choice.
I suggest developing some empathy.
The SEA may be evil and a bunch of amateur ankle-biter hackers, but whoever's writing content for them is a scary-smart genius. They know how to attack and exploit the minds of average Americans way better than the SEA could hope to do with computers. It's amazing how brilliantly the content is tailored for its purpose.
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Don't look Ethel! Their members are exposed!
And despite the NSA's budget and breadth of intrusion on private lives, they haven't caught them.
I'm *so* impressed with their effectiveness.
The problem is the idiots are searching an ever larger haystack of data for a few needles. The more data they collect, the worse the problem is.
I do not fail; I succeed at finding out what does not work.
The owners of Slashdot, as with all mainstream media sources, have been pushing the sheeple to support the extermination of Syria from day one. Syria's current regime, the one that happily worked hand-in-glove with the USA in its so-called war-on-terror since 9/11 2001, has many significant features.
It's been playing both sides of the turf. While they've been happily supporting a war against Sunni jihadis i.e. al Qaeda, they've been supporting other Jihadi organizations like Hizbullah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad & PFLP. While many /. posters are virulently anti-Israel, fact remains that Hamas, al Qaeda and most Sunni organizations have support of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is the main Sunni movement in Egypt & Syria, and to some extent, Jordan as well. Syria is also allied with both Iran, as well as the new Shi'ite regime in Iraq, which is by no stretch of imagination a secular regime: in fact, the regime that it replaced - Saddam's Baath regime - was ideologically more compatible with the current Syrian regime. However, the Assads & Saddam were always enemies since Saddam was a Sunni persecuting non-Sunnis, while the Assads were/are Alawites persecuting Sunnis. Also, during the US occupation of Iraq, Syria was only too happy to let their Sunnis, as well as other Sunni jihadis from Jordan, Egypt, et al go into Iraq's al Anbar province from Syria to fight US troops there. Some ally!
-It is PRO religious freedom and believes in FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE
No regime in any Muslim country ever believes in freedom of conscience. If it's an Islamic regime, it tries to shove its sectarian dominance over the rest of the population, such as in Saudi Arabia, Iran and most of the Gulf states. If it is a Baathist regime (which I'll describe again below), it does what it can to stamp out the religious freedom of the majority, and for good reason - it knows that given a 'democratic' option, the majority sect would stamp out the regime & then wipe out all non-believers, both Muslim (of other sects) and non-Muslim.
Here is the deal with Syria. Like Iraq, it's a regime dominated by a minority Muslim sect. In Iraq, it was the Sunnis (which is why the other Arabs backed them) while in Syria, it is the Alawites. Since in both these countries, these groups are minorities, they seized power by force, and then formed a coalition of most of the minority groups in that country. In Iraq, it was a Sunni led coalition with Chaldean Christians, although they failed to co-opt the Kurds. In Syria, it's an Alawite led coalition of Shi'ites, Syrian Christians, Druze and maybe Kurds. In both these cases, these groups know that if the regime falls, they'd be massacred by the majority regime. In Iraq, already, all Christians have fled. In Syria, Christians, Alawites & Shi'ites have been massacred in the places that have been captured by the Sunni rebels.
-It is PRO West
As pointed out above, Syria is a vassal state of both Iran & completes the Shi'ite crescent of Iran, Iraq, Syria & Lebanon. While it had supported US in the tortured interrogation of enemy combatants, it has also been actively opposed to the US when it comes to their own favorite Jihadis, like Hizbullah. In fact, even Hamas had close relations with the Syrian regime until the uprising there, when the Muslim Brotherhood clerics in the wake of their election victory in Egypt ordered Hamas to break them. If the Syrian regime no longer supports Hamas, it's because of Hamas ending support to them, not vice versa.
Also, during the US occupation of Iraq, Syria was only too happy to let their Sunnis, as well as other Sunni jihadis from Jordan, Egypt, et al go into Iraq's al Anbar province from Syria to fight US troops there. Some ally!
-It is PRO female Rights
True
Now the terrorists that the owners of Slashdot s
Slashdot needs a category for No Honor Amongst Thieves/Scumbags
Look, those could be anyone's cock shots that were posted, anyone's.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
For all we know, the SEA is an Anonymous-type group where various individuals act independently for a common cause. Maybe none of the members know each other IRL but only through their online handles. If SEA is like @nonymous it could well be a group with a fluid leadership, individuals who step up as leaders for one attack and then just fade away or lie low when the heat gets to them. So exposing SEA's leaders might not amount to much as far as the group is concerned, only to the individual who had the misfortune of being outed.