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[killer3000ad]

Four Aussie ISPs to censor internet in July

CURSE YOU OPTUS! I am switching to TPG next year if they go ahead with this bovine excrement of a plan. The worst part is, the Australian government dropped funding for the plan but these companies decided to go ahead on their volition.

[flying ^]

Originally Posted by killer3000ad

Four Aussie ISPs to censor internet in July

CURSE YOU OPTUS! I am switching to TPG next year if they go ahead with this bovine excrement of a plan. The worst part is, the Australian government dropped funding for the plan but these companies decided to go ahead on their volition.

USA will follow you soon....... afterall USA is considered the most backwater nation among the 'progressive' western countries like sweden, denmark, australia... and some people in the U.S. don't wanna be left behind with the countries i mentioned...

[Jinto]

Originally Posted by killer3000ad

Delta Airlines deal with Saudi Arabia discriminates against non-Muslims

Well, the article states that this is not Delta's fault. Its because of the laws in Saudi Arabia. Under these circumstances I wonder what a jew or christian wants in Saudi Arabia anyway (you know... like travelling in a country where you are not wanted, where the only thing you can do is provoke the locals... even if Saudi Arabia wanted to have other laws, it couldn't realize them in reality, because of the large amounts of closet (and open) extremists in this country).

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Jinto

Well, the article states that this is not Delta's fault. Its because of the laws in Saudi Arabia. Under these circumstances I wonder what a jew or christian wants in Saudi Arabia anyway (you know... like travelling in a country where you are not wanted, where the only thing you can do is provoke the locals... even if Saudi Arabia wanted to have other laws, it couldn't realize them in reality, because of the large amounts of closet (and open) extremists in this country).

Mossad probably wants in to track the extremists. They won't be the first anyway, I think Malaysia bans Israeli stamps and passports too.

[ganbaru]

Hezbollah says finds three spies within group
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...75N5BR20110624
His Hezbollah's leader trying to hide something by focussing the attention on that?

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by ganbaru

Hezbollah says finds three spies within group
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...75N5BR20110624
His Hezbollah's leader trying to hide something by focussing the attention on that?

The Mossad already has sayanims within their ranks. CIA is using their own people because they don't trust the Israelis due to the distrust caused by Obama stupidly calling for the regression to the 1967 lines, but as we all know, the CIA fails big time at HUMINT because it is simply recruiting satellite-addicts instead of social engineers like Mossad.

[Xion Valkyrie]

Originally Posted by flying ^

USA will follow you soon....... afterall USA is considered the most backwater nation among the 'progressive' western countries like sweden, denmark, australia... and some people in the U.S. don't wanna be left behind with the countries i mentioned...

Fortunately companies like Google and Microsoft, who are hugely vested in an uncensored internet (makes them moneeey), would fight tooth and nail to prevent that from happening.

[SaintessHeart]

The Exchange: What's next for Wall Street's greed machine? (6:48)

June 24 - Rob Cox and ProPublica Senior Reporter Jesse Eisinger discuss JPMorgan's recent settlement with the SEC, future Wall Street prosecutions and whether GS boss Lloyd Blankfein's job is secure.

Like I posted in the Silly News thread, Goldman and JPMC were fined pittances in reference to the bad deals they push into other people's hands.

P.S You can ignore the interviewer's lack of knowledge of how the things work (as shown in the incessant interruptions at the end). Just listen to the 2 editors.

Bill Clinton's 14 Big Ideas To Save The Economy

I am still researching how this is going to work actually. Comments later.

[Kamui4356]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

The Mossad already has sayanims within their ranks. CIA is using their own people because they don't trust the Israelis due to the distrust caused by Obama stupidly calling for the regression to the 1967 lines, but as we all know, the CIA fails big time at HUMINT because it is simply recruiting satellite-addicts instead of social engineers like Mossad.

That's been US policy on Israel. The only change was in relation to land swaps. Also the CIA has never trusted the Israelis as Israel tends to do a lot of spying on the US, on the level of China and the Soviets. Not to mention incidents like the USS Liberty or selling US avionics to China. Finally, things "we all know" tend to be wrong more often than people realize.

[DonQuigleone]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Bill Clinton's 14 Big Ideas To Save The Economy

I am still researching how this is going to work actually. Comments later.

Clinton's a smart guy. I see nothing wrong with anything he reccomends. I'd say Clinton was probably the best president the US had in the last 30/40 years.

[Xellos-_^]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...-syndrome.html

Ryan Cleary, the Essed teenager accused of a hacking attack against the website of the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism, since his arrest.

is Asperger syndrome the UK ver of the Twinkies Defense?

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

is Asperger syndrome the UK ver of the Twinkies Defense?

It is a very syllogistic effect of psychology, and USUALLY it applies.

Many of those born with such mental defects are known to have been incredibly smart but horrendous with social skills, thus they spend most of their time honing their mental abilities and skills. He took the path of a hacker to sate his curiosity, so he should be let off the hook with some counselling.

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

It is a very syllogistic effect of psychology, and USUALLY it applies.

Many of those born with such mental defects are known to have been incredibly smart but horrendous with social skills, thus they spend most of their time honing their mental abilities and skills. He took the path of a hacker to sate his curiosity, so he should be let off the hook with some counselling.

Seems very convenient for him to be diagnose only after he got caught. And that his lawyer is the same as the other hacker who claim to have asperger

[ganbaru]

LulzSec hackers say disbanding after last data dump
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...75P05I20110626

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

Seems very convenient for him to be diagnose only after he got caught. And that his lawyer is the same as the other hacker who claim to have asperger

Most of these cases go undiagnosed because most people think it is a social problem, not a mental disability. I myself was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 20, and most people don't just see my inability to comprehend speech as a possible mental disability - they attribute to "regular excuses" like laziness, etc (it is partially laziness though, since, 75% of the people I talk to IRL include 99% garbage in their words).

Something has to happen to bring attention to important issues , namely open a can of whoop-ass on ignorance. Like this :

LulzSec hackers say disbanding after last data dump

(Reuters) - The Lulz Security group of rogue hackers announced it was disbanding on Saturday with one last data dump, which included internal AOL Inc and AT&T documents.

LulzSec, which gained wide recognition for breaching the websites of Sony Corp, the CIA and a British police unit among other targets, said in a statement that it had accomplished its mission to disrupt corporate and government bodies for entertainment.

"Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance, leaving behind -- we hope -- inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love," the group said.

Known for irreverence and a fondness for naval metaphors, the hacker group took to Twitter -- the microblogging site where it had more than 277,000 followers -- to release its statement.

A link to the release also was posted on www.lulzsecurity.com but there was no way to independently contact the group to confirm the release.

The abrupt dissolution came a few days after LulzSec threatened to escalate its cyberattacks and steal classified information from governments, banks and other major establishments.

LulzSec also had said it was teaming up with the Anonymous hacker activist group to cause more serious trouble.

"... Our planned 50-day cruise has expired," the hackers said in their statement, "and we must now sail into the distance, leaving behind -- we hope -- inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love. If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere. Anywhere."

CLOSING IN?

In what could be a sign that cyber police were making progress toward shutting down LulzSec, British police said on Tuesday they had arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion that he was connected to the attacks on Sony, the CIA and a British police unit that fights organized crime.

London police declined to say if the teenager was a member of LulzSec but the hacking group said on Twitter that he had hosted one of its chatrooms on his computer server.

The arrest came after Spanish police earlier this month apprehended three men on suspicion they helped Anonymous.

So far LulzSec's publicized assaults have mostly resulted in temporary disruptions of some websites and the release of user credentials.

The data the group released Saturday was a mixed bag.

Reuters was not able to access all of the files but those that were available included a list of routers -- devices that handle Internet traffic -- and their passwords, as well as account information for an Irish private investigation service. The AOL documents appeared to be elements of an internal technical manual.

A file list on a download site indicated there also was some AT&T internal data in the dump, although the nature of that data was not immediately clear.

AOL was not immediately available for comment, while an AT&T spokesman did not have immediate comment.

EDIT : I got their final letter. It's keyed like most other hacking group letters - in good, unadulterated English.

Spoiler for LulzSec's Manifesto:

Friends around the globe,

We are Lulz Security, and this is our final release, as today marks something meaningful to us. 50 days ago, we set sail with our humble ship on an uneasy and brutal ocean: the Internet. The hate machine, the love machine, the machine powered by many machines. We are all part of it, helping it grow, and helping it grow on us.

For the past 50 days we've been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could. All to selflessly entertain others - vanity, fame, recognition, all of these things are shadowed by our desire for that which we all love. The raw, uninterrupted, chaotic thrill of entertainment and anarchy. It's what we all crave, even the seemingly lifeless politicians and emotionless, middle-aged self-titled failures. You are not failures. You have not blown away. You can get what you want and you are worth having it, believe in yourself.

While we are responsible for everything that The Lulz Boat is, we are not tied to this identity permanently. Behind this jolly visage of rainbows and top hats, we are people. People with a preference for music, a preference for food; we have varying taste in clothes and television, we are just like you. Even Hitler and Osama Bin Laden had these unique variations and style, and isn't that interesting to know? The mediocre painter turned supervillain liked cats more than we did.

Again, behind the mask, behind the insanity and mayhem, we truly believe in the AntiSec movement. We believe in it so strongly that we brought it back, much to the dismay of those looking for more anarchic lulz. We hope, wish, even beg, that the movement manifests itself into a revolution that can continue on without us. The support we've gathered for it in such a short space of time is truly overwhelming, and not to mention humbling. Please don't stop. Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve.

So with those last thoughts, it's time to say bon voyage. Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance, leaving behind - we hope - inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love. If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere. Anywhere.

Thank you for sailing with us. The breeze is fresh and the sun is setting, so now we head for the horizon.

Let it flow...

Lulz Security - our crew of six wishes you a happy 2011, and a shout-out to all of our battlefleet members and supporters across the globe

[DonQuigleone]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

LulzSec hackers say disbanding after last data dump



EDIT : I got their final letter. It's keyed like most other hacking group letters - in good, unadulterated English.

Spoiler for LulzSec's Manifesto:

Friends around the globe,

We are Lulz Security, and this is our final release, as today marks something meaningful to us. 50 days ago, we set sail with our humble ship on an uneasy and brutal ocean: the Internet. The hate machine, the love machine, the machine powered by many machines. We are all part of it, helping it grow, and helping it grow on us.

For the past 50 days we've been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could. All to selflessly entertain others - vanity, fame, recognition, all of these things are shadowed by our desire for that which we all love. The raw, uninterrupted, chaotic thrill of entertainment and anarchy. It's what we all crave, even the seemingly lifeless politicians and emotionless, middle-aged self-titled failures. You are not failures. You have not blown away. You can get what you want and you are worth having it, believe in yourself.

While we are responsible for everything that The Lulz Boat is, we are not tied to this identity permanently. Behind this jolly visage of rainbows and top hats, we are people. People with a preference for music, a preference for food; we have varying taste in clothes and television, we are just like you. Even Hitler and Osama Bin Laden had these unique variations and style, and isn't that interesting to know? The mediocre painter turned supervillain liked cats more than we did.

Again, behind the mask, behind the insanity and mayhem, we truly believe in the AntiSec movement. We believe in it so strongly that we brought it back, much to the dismay of those looking for more anarchic lulz. We hope, wish, even beg, that the movement manifests itself into a revolution that can continue on without us. The support we've gathered for it in such a short space of time is truly overwhelming, and not to mention humbling. Please don't stop. Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve.

So with those last thoughts, it's time to say bon voyage. Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance, leaving behind - we hope - inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love. If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere. Anywhere.

Thank you for sailing with us. The breeze is fresh and the sun is setting, so now we head for the horizon.

Let it flow...

Lulz Security - our crew of six wishes you a happy 2011, and a shout-out to all of our battlefleet members and supporters across the globe

Never liked Lulzsec, good riddance. When they started leaking people's emails and passwords I stopped having much respect for them (IE I never had much respect for them).

[yezhanquan]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Most of these cases go undiagnosed because most people think it is a social problem, not a mental disability. I myself was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 20, and most people don't just see my inability to comprehend speech as a possible mental disability - they attribute to "regular excuses" like laziness, etc (it is partially laziness though, since, 75% of the people I talk to IRL include 99% garbage in their words).

Well, there are many ways the neurons can misfire. Diagnosis is not consistent even by experts in the same field. GL with the general population.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by DonQuigleone

Never liked Lulzsec, good riddance. When they started leaking people's emails and passwords I stopped having much respect for them (IE I never had much respect for them).

It is good that they leaked emails and such - it is basically proof of how people don't treat their passwords and security with respect.

Read through their datadumps - you would see that most of the people don't choose strong passwords and rely on the system's algorithms, which are in turn, maintained not by computer engineers, but accountants.

[DonQuigleone]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

It is good that they leaked emails and such - it is basically proof of how people don't treat their passwords and security with respect.

Read through their datadumps - you would see that most of the people don't choose strong passwords and rely on the system's algorithms, which are in turn, maintained not by computer engineers, but accountants.

It's not those passwords I mind, it's them leaking passwords of normal people : E.g. After the PSN leak my email got hacked. I'd be much more conducive to supporting their cause if my email didn't get hacked because of it.

I'm all for the leaking of contreversial emails, or hacking the FBI, but a lot of the stuff they did was just petty. Like hacking Bethesda, or Eve Online. But they're just in it for the Lulz, and they don't care about the trouble it gives people to leak their email addresses and passwords publically, and that's normal people i'm talking about.

[Asuras]

"US schools still ahead- Way ahead."