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Title: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Balog on February 20, 2011, 12:48:48 AM
http://mashable.com/2011/02/19/anonymous-westboro/

Interesting to see a group dedicated to free speed taking this stand.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Jim147 on February 20, 2011, 12:54:39 AM
Maybe they will burn each other down.

WBC doesn't need any more press.

jim
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: vaskidmark on February 20, 2011, 12:59:09 AM
Heck, I might get in line for free speed.

As much as I disagree with WBC I am opposed to folks interfering with their righ of free speech.  These days that includes setting up their own web presence.

I'm going to just  [popcorn] and see if they (WBC) get scared by this or increase their level of public presence in defiance of the threat(s).  I'm also going to  [popcorn] and see if the Dept. of Justice tries to deal with Anon for making terroristic threats.

stay safe.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: KD5NRH on February 20, 2011, 01:16:29 AM
Is it "pray for an asteroid" time again already?   =D
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: RevDisk on February 20, 2011, 01:39:22 AM
Interesting to see a group dedicated to free speed taking this stand.

Anon is dedicated to free speech?   Since when?

Only thing they seem dedicated to is the lolz. 
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: seeker_two on February 20, 2011, 01:41:08 AM
Only one thing to do here......



 [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn]
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: kgbsquirrel on February 20, 2011, 01:53:25 AM
Is it "pray for an asteroid" time again already?   =D

Ya beat me to it!

*swipes a handful of popcorn from Seeker*

 [popcorn]
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: sanglant on February 20, 2011, 02:34:59 AM
going for the cheep stuff? i gots the baby white rice. [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn] and i don't get cheep with the butter/coconut oil/salt. >:D
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Jamisjockey on February 20, 2011, 11:59:57 AM
Anon is dedicated to free speech?   Since when?

Only thing they seem dedicated to is the lolz. 

This. 

But, when it comes to cybercrime, there is a certain amount of Karma in it happening to WBC.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: AJ Dual on February 20, 2011, 12:03:55 PM
It's not as if the WBC has a big nation or world-wide following that relies on it's website to communicate or coordinate activities.

I'm not sure that Anon targeting them would amount to much beyond a minor nuisance.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Jamisjockey on February 20, 2011, 12:05:52 PM
It's not as if the WBC has a big nation or world-wide following that relies on it's website to communicate or coordinate activities.

I'm not sure that Anon targeting them would amount to much beyond a minor nuisance.

Emails, crashed website, hacked bank accounts and records, all that kind of stuff.
The turd in the punchbowl is how WBC makes its money.  When they are threatened or assaulted they sue.  I think anon could fish that turd out of the punchbowl for everyone to see.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on February 20, 2011, 12:58:53 PM
If you make a target of yourself, expect to be shot at...

That said, pass the popcorn.
 :laugh:
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: bedlamite on February 20, 2011, 01:36:42 PM
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpersonalpages.tds.net%2F%7Ebeebew%2Fsmilies%2Fpopcorn.gif&hash=98ccf3474d7d1d510063b17c2829bb781e4717b9)
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: MicroBalrog on February 20, 2011, 01:51:15 PM
Anon calling someone sociopaths?

Kettle. Pot.

Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: gunsmith on February 20, 2011, 02:53:18 PM
If you make a target of yourself, expect to be shot at...

That said, pass the popcorn.
 :laugh:

no butter on mine please!
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 20, 2011, 03:00:51 PM
Quote
The group states that “the damage incurred will be irreversible, and neither your institution nor your congregation will ever be able to fully recover.”

So they threaten to irreversibly damage the WBC. Aren't they already irreversibly damaged?
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: AJ Dual on February 20, 2011, 03:11:23 PM
Emails, crashed website, hacked bank accounts and records, all that kind of stuff.
The turd in the punchbowl is how WBC makes its money.  When they are threatened or assaulted they sue.  I think anon could fish that turd out of the punchbowl for everyone to see.

Yes, very true for a company that manages all its IT, but I'd suspect a high probability the WBC just has it hosted somewhere, and banking, emails, etc. are on scattered home PC's on various ISP's.

That's not to say they won't find them other ways, just more legwork.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on February 20, 2011, 03:20:19 PM
wbc needs to get the names from the guy anon just went after   let them do their lawsuit thing  it would be like having your mother in law in a cage match with an irs agent  tough to figure who to root for
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on February 20, 2011, 06:29:12 PM
Yes, very true for a company that manages all its IT, but I'd suspect a high probability the WBC just has it hosted somewhere, and banking, emails, etc. are on scattered home PC's on various ISP's.

That's not to say they won't find them other ways, just more legwork.

Which would be good. Keep anon busy with small (if incredibly annoying) time activist, giving LEO more time to get there butts together and go after anon and keeps them out the bigger stuff they like to play with.

Of course thats assuming LEO can actually get there rears in gear on this one...
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Jamisjockey on February 20, 2011, 06:38:21 PM
Just a hunch, but if I wanted a piece of any wbc emails I'd start with the lawyers.  I bet the wbc people have a few computers with the most info on them, too.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Jim147 on February 20, 2011, 07:09:56 PM
WBC likes to use Twitter to get their things planned. Or at least they used to.

I try not to pay attention to them these days.

jim
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Balog on February 20, 2011, 07:40:29 PM
Anon is dedicated to free speech?   Since when?

Only thing they seem dedicated to is the lolz. 

They claim to be. I have no comment on the truthfulness of that position.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Pharmacology on February 20, 2011, 10:17:54 PM
It's not as if the WBC has a big nation or world-wide following that relies on it's website to communicate or coordinate activities.

I'm not sure that Anon targeting them would amount to much beyond a minor nuisance.
This group is basically legion upon legion of losers that have nothing better to do all day than to sit around repeating the same jokes. (memes)
On the rare occasion that someone is able to focus and direct their activity with malicious intent, serious things have happened before.  People have committed suicide, websites brought down permanently, and people's lives have been seriously ruined.

They may be ridiculous, and pathetic, but 700,000 raging geeks without a cause has been proven to be dangerous before.


http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/107688-4Chan-Helped-FBI-Prevent-A-School-Shooting-No-Really



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan#Internet_attacks
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Harold Tuttle on February 21, 2011, 04:59:26 PM
It's a Hoax: Anonymous Did Not Threaten Westboro Baptist Church
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld

Based on its recent successes taking on the considerable forces aligned against Wikileaks, and its ability to take down HBGary--an information security firm--in a matter of hours, you do not want to be on the radar of the hacking collective known as "Anonymous". Perhaps that is why an apparent ultimatum from Anonymous to the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) is making headlines. Problem is--it's a hoax.


http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/220218/its_a_hoax_anonymous_did_not_threaten_westboro_baptist_church.html#tk.rss_news
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on February 21, 2011, 05:19:27 PM
Well...
 =|

So much for a good show...

Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: seeker_two on February 21, 2011, 06:05:15 PM
Dang!...now what are we gonna do for entertainment.... :'(
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Jamisjockey on February 21, 2011, 06:28:56 PM
Don't give up yet....I still wonder if anon will decide to hit wbc since they kind of asked for it....
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: AJ Dual on February 21, 2011, 06:38:32 PM
Well, one possibility mentioned was that it's a faction of Anonymous trying to stir up an attack on the WBC.

When you have a decentralized leaderless community like Anonymous, who decides what they'll do and what they won't? A 51% majority, but a majority as defined by what? How many members does Anonymous have?

What defines a "vote"? Chat traffic?

Ideas for new crusades presumably percolate within Anonymous all the time, and just need "critical mass" of some sort to be defined as an "official" Anonymous operation.

So it could be a minority proposed Anonymous operation, and they tried to kick it off. (shrug)

Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Scout26 on February 21, 2011, 07:28:08 PM
Hey Anon !!!

WBC said you're a bunch of chickensh!ts !!!



 [popcorn] [popcorn]
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 21, 2011, 07:36:46 PM
God hates Guy Fawkes.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: RevDisk on February 21, 2011, 08:49:49 PM
God hates Guy Fawkes.

Someone needs to get to work on photoshopping and post the results to 4chan.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Perd Hapley on February 21, 2011, 10:48:15 PM
I was gonna say "God Hates Anonymous," but since God is omniscient, I couldn't make that work.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: kgbsquirrel on February 22, 2011, 07:48:59 AM
I was gonna say "God Hates Anonymous," but since God is omniscient, I couldn't make that work.

God may be omniscient, but I dare say the WBC folks are, ahem, a little less so.  :lol:
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: sanglant on February 22, 2011, 08:31:58 AM
God hates furries!









that should take care of that. [popcorn]
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: seeker_two on February 22, 2011, 11:03:19 PM
HEY ANON!!!!....FRED PHELPS SAID HE WAS GONNA RAT YOU OUT TO GOD....AND HE SAID THAT HE'S GONNA PROTEST YOUR FUNERAL!!!!!




....ok.....if that doesn't get it done, I don't know what will.....
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Bogie on February 23, 2011, 12:32:10 PM
you know, it -is- the perfect unorganization... Not even really cells... Some may know each other, but with little organization, there's no way to arrest a head.
 
Imagine if they had firearms. And a target that they considered worthy.
 
There are what, 3,000,000 NRA members? If one percent are "underground resisters," a gun ban would result in some serious warfare.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: sanglant on February 23, 2011, 12:58:05 PM
and now you know why obama isn't pushing da ban. :laugh:
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Scout26 on February 23, 2011, 03:20:39 PM
There might be a few more then 1%.

George Will did an article a few years ago about the power of the NRA.  He said that while there may only be 3,000,000 actual members there is something close to 30,000,000 or 40,000,000 that think they are members. 


That's the power.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Harold Tuttle on February 24, 2011, 06:23:49 PM
Safari can’t open the page “http://westborobaptistchurch.com/” because the server where this page is located isn’t responding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJwSjor4hM
Anonymous Hacks Westboro Baptist Church Website During Live Confrontation

LULZ
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Pharmacology on February 24, 2011, 08:00:03 PM
PWNED
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: kgbsquirrel on February 24, 2011, 08:06:55 PM
Safari can’t open the page “http://westborobaptistchurch.com/” because the server where this page is located isn’t responding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJwSjor4hM
Anonymous Hacks Westboro Baptist Church Website During Live Confrontation

LULZ

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

 [popcorn]
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: geronimotwo on February 24, 2011, 08:11:24 PM
it would have been more impresive if they had shut down her live feed everytime she talked over them.
Title: Re: Anon looks to be going after WBC
Post by: Jim147 on February 24, 2011, 10:31:38 PM
I hope they hit the twitter and facebook sites. Those are the ones they use to set up the crap they do.

jim