[View the story "Anonymous wants DDoS attacks recognized as legal form of protest" on Storify ]Anonymous wants DDoS attacks recognized as legal form of protest In a petition posted to the U.S. Government's petition website, Anonymous likens DDoS attacks to occupy protests and ask that they be legalized in the same way. Storified by CBC News Community · Thu, Jan 10 2013 14:46:50
We are #Anonymous,we fight versus the repression and that it's not a crime http://1.usa.gov/VNToAK #OpFreeChoice http://twitpic.com/btvkywAnonymous
The notoriously political hacking collective Anonymous is petitioning Barack Obama this week to have Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacksrecognized as a legal form of protest.
In a petition posted to the U.S. Government's "We ThePeople" website, the group likens DDoS attacks to "occupy" demonstrations, insistingthat this method of taking down a website is not a form of hacking, but a new type of protest for the digital age.
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The hacktivist group goes on to ask that those who have been jailed forDDoS attacks in the past should be released immediately and have any relatedcriminal activity on their records cleared.
Make, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), a legal form of protesting. | We the People: Your Voice in Our Governmentwe petition the obama administration to: With the advance in internet techonology, comes new grounds for protesting. Distributed denial-o...
In order to elicit a response from the Obama administration, the petition will require at least 25,000 signatures by February 6. In the three days since it was launched, it's pulled in just over 1000 names.
This is a big one . Petition to make DDoS a legal form of protest. Here's my signature.Via @57UN#AnonFamily http://pic.twitter.com/nKlN7Xsd#OpAntiBully
DDoS should be a legal form of protestingNic Shacklock
I'm in favor of Anonymous and their new petition to make DDoS attacks a legal form of protest. It is similar to the occupy movement.Randi
Petition to make distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), a legal form of protesting. #Anonymous Via @Youranonnews https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/make-distributed-denial-service-ddos-legal-form-protesting/X3drjwZYAnon Farmers
Many are pointing out the irony of a group that is often proudly anti-establishment, and has indeed used DDoS attacks to shut down the websites of many government websites in the past, asking the U.S. government to legalize this activity.
"It's hard to imagine a group that adheres to anarchic ideology would want its actions legalized under U.S. law,"
wrote CNET's Dara Ker r, "But that is exactly what Anonymous is doing."
We are Anonymous. We are #Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.#Anonymous #ddos #irc #web #internet #geek #protest #censorship #wikileaksPaddy conway
In January of 2012, members of the group
took responsibility for crashing websites belonging to the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI and the RIAA in response to the shutdown of the file sharing site Megaupload.
Anonymous/Megaupload backlash update: http://t.co/iOMRwwrS is now Tango Down | #OpPayback #OpMegaupload #SOPA #PIPAAnonymous
#OpFreeAssange: TANGO DOWN! http://www.justice.gov.uk/ [500 Internal Server Error] [#Anonymous #WikiLeaks]Anonymous Operations
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If the sentiment of those outside the Anonymous family bears any weight, it would appear unlikely that the U.S. government would protect DDoS attacks as a result of this petition.
#DDOS as protest? Protests require active participation, thus, many of similar ideology. DDOS is one ideology replicated multiple times.steve tyson
Oh good lord, Anonymous wants to make DDoS a legal form of protest, can we also cut business/gov power & telecom lines as protest?Zer0Her0
#aside Anon wants ddos attacks classified as free speech. Good luck with that. Too many times it was used for censorship. Burned yourselves.The Psychic Egg
I was thinking, if DDoS becomes protected protest, why not personal jammer-equipped drone flying?faceyet
DDoS as a legitimate form of protest? Ahahah, that not going to happen.Artur CalDazar
@Anon_Doxing ddos is censorship. Not protest.PashaPasta
Anon wants DDoS attacks legalized on the terms of protest when a majority of DDoSes are purley used as a form of cyber bullying.Liam kelly
@troyhunt DDoS is a form of speech suppression. Anyone who claims to support free speech, as Anon supposedly does, should not resort to it.Garrett Albright
Whether or not Anonymous is successful in their campaign to have DDoS attacks recognized as a form of protest, representatives from the group have made it clear that they're not going anywhere.
Join #Anonymous in 2013!crypt0nymous
What are your thoughts? Should DDoS attacks be considered a form of protest and protected by the law?
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