Syrian Electronic Army Denies Anonymous Exposed Its Members

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Syrian Electronic Army Denies Anonymous Exposed Its Members

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 2, 2013 @05:50AM from the naming-names dept.

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."

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Re:Hope they get bombed by GameboyRMH · 2013-09-02 05:56 · Score: 2

I'm just sick of seeing their astroturf comments underneath Reuters articles. They would have been shitty enough without their help. That and they're also providing propaganda for a mass-murderous despot...

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Re:Hope they get bombed by aliquis · 2013-09-02 06:06 · Score: 2

Make sense.
White comments = get bombed.
More American freedom? =P
all is fair in love and war by circletimessquare · 2013-09-02 06:08 · Score: 2

and online douchebaggery

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***waves hand*** by Overzeetop · 2013-09-02 06:18 · Score: 2

These are not the electronic army members you are looking for...
(sorry, couldn't resist)

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As an Israeli I have to disagree by Anonymous Coward · 2013-09-02 07:07 · Score: 2, Interesting

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.
exposed members, oh my... by terminalhype · 2013-09-02 07:14 · Score: 2

Don't look Ethel! Their members are exposed!
Despite the NSA's budget... by msobkow · 2013-09-02 07:16 · Score: 3, Interesting

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.

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Re:Respect to the SEA where it's due by GameboyRMH · 2013-09-02 07:47 · Score: 2

Everything they put out is in the form of conspiracy theories which make the US government look untrustworthy, make the rebels look like just a bunch of Islamic terrorists, and hint at some NWO-like conspiracy. Distrust of government, bogeyman of the day, shadowy international elite, the 3 G-spots of the American conspiracy theory receptor. Wham bam slam, thank you ma'am.
If you deflect the truth in a way that is more conspiratorial in the same manner, it then becomes much harder to bend it back where it belongs (see also: global warming "debate.") A form of sabotage that is massively difficult to undo and only takes a bit of clever design effort to perform.

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"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel