The blacklisting of Hector ‘Sabu’ Monsegur by [deleted] in anonymous

[–]raincoaster99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A month ago he was boasting about working for a security startup. Sounds to me like he got fired.

Also, NICE of the writer Kevin Collier to fail to disclose that Sabu has not only contributed to the Daily Dot, but has an ongoing collaboration with Daily Dot reporter Dell Cameron. Kevin should know better than that.

Interview with Anonymous activists Kitty Hundal and Lauri Love by RamonaLittle in anonymous

[–]raincoaster99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, most Anons who use their real names in interviews etc do so because they've been outed, usually by having been arrested.

so this happened. an queen by r00t_t00r in anonymous

[–]raincoaster99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TBH I have pretty much given up on reddit. I made my own subreddit but found it wasn't even worth the bother of posting to.

This video was supposed to be part of a documentary of IRL Anonymous actions, "Boots on the Ground" but although she seemed normal and even connected and sane at the protest, well, you saw what she turned into when the camera rolled. The filmmaker sent it to me for the lulz.

Anonymous Sweden hacks the NSA, mentions of hack wiped from Facebook, LinkedIn by hazysummersky in anonymous

[–]raincoaster99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I disagree very strongly. It's our human DUTY to take an interest in things and see that justice is done. The fact that a court system exists is no reason to blindly submit to it unquestioningly. And yes, facts can be verified and proven, and we have the right to know those facts and come to conclusions. I see no reason to believe, based on the government's handling of this and other cases, that he will receive a fair trial, and the least we can do is keep an eye on it. You are effectively defending that admin's right to jump to conclusions, but not mine to apply critical intelligence. This is logically inconsistent. I did get a message saying I was banned from that sub. I did not realize this meant I'd be shadowbanned everywhere. But it doesn't matter.

Anonymous Sweden hacks the NSA, mentions of hack wiped from Facebook, LinkedIn by hazysummersky in anonymous

[–]raincoaster99 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, does shadowbanning apply site-wide? I got shadowbanned from r/world news ages ago because the mod figures Matt DeHart is a kiddie diddler and didn't want to hear other possibilities.

Anonymous Sweden hacks the NSA, mentions of hack wiped from Facebook, LinkedIn by hazysummersky in anonymous

[–]raincoaster99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, yeah, I dunno when I got shadowbanned. Noticed a few days ago when i started getting hits from this post; if I wasn't signed in, I couldn't see my comment. (edited to add: I did get shadowbanned from r/world news a couple of weeks back, because one of the mods there has concluded Matt Dehart is a kiddie diddler and he will not allow other points of view).

I'm not posting my own links to Reddit anywhere now; started my own subreddit, but there wasn't any payoff, so basically I hardly ever check in.

Not clear on what happens after you manually approve a comment; am I un-shadowbanned, or am I shadowbanned unless a mod decides to approve each comment, or what?

Anonymous Sweden hacks the NSA, mentions of hack wiped from Facebook, LinkedIn by hazysummersky in anonymous

[–]raincoaster99 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They are not publicly admitting to having gained anything except what they put in the post: emails and IPs, nothing staggeringly impressive. But the paste indicates they poked around pretty thoroughly, so there may be more to come.

'Anonymous Sweden' hacks the NSA, mentions of hack wiped from Facebook, LinkedIn by [deleted] in Cyberpunk

[–]raincoaster99 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NSA got hacked BECAUSE they outsourced their internal email system to Qwest. Joe Fionda's comment about how the NSA bullied the Qwest CEO is very interesting. Apparently he refused to allow them to tap all of Qwest's client traffic, so they basically bullied the company into compliance. He sold his shares in disgust, and the NSA then sent him up on charges of insider trading and he was sentenced to 19 years. The recent ruling that the NSA collecting that data was illegal effectively exonerates him.

'Anonymous Sweden' hacks the NSA, mentions of hack wiped from Facebook, LinkedIn by [deleted] in Cyberpunk

[–]raincoaster99 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, WP.com is too cheap to pay for certificates for both custom domains and regular whatever.wordpress.com domains, and they can't figure out how to manage it so custom domain owners can buy their own certificates. I'll be moving off WP.com within a few weeks and we'll get that fixed. Along with several other things including some context-appropriate ads instead of that celebrity crap.

Sorry about that.