• Snapz@lemmy.world
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    This is the way you would write that headline, lead with the thing people know.

    And/or the group that broke the Supreme Court for the next 30+ years.

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    Sounds like a terrorist threat to me. Unfortunately, our next administration is in bed with the terrorists.

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      Doxing is a terrorist threat…?

      Edit: Downvote me if you want, but I legitimately don’t understand. Is there a joke im missing…?

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        Yes, it’s a terrorist threat. The point of the threat is to scare Wikipedia editors away from editing the site so they can fill it with their propoganda.

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          I vaguely remember republicans calling folks terrorists that doxed people for pushing nazi propaganda. Everyone was clowning on them then.

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              Yeah, but that’s not really what im talking about. If doxing is terrorism, then doxing is terrorism. If it isn’t then it isn’t. “Rules for thee but not for me” doesn’t really fly outside of circlejerks.

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                Left wing murderers aim for the rich, right wing murderers aim for the people. Show me the left wing serial killer aiming for fox news indoctrinated neonazis, and we might feel differently.

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                When the state executes a convicted murderer, it is not terrorism. If someone murders their spouse out of jealousy, it’s not terrorism. When a serial killer murders 10 people, it is still not usually terrorism.

                But when a radical minority group wants to push their political/religious agenda and subdue, oppress the general population by randomly murdering a bunch of them - that IS terrorism.

                All of the above are murders, but not all of them are terrorism.

                The same is true for every other type of aggression, including doxing. They can be used for many things in many cases. They can be used as a means of oppression, or the oppressed can use them to fight back against oppression. Almost all forms of aggression can be used for the good of society (e.g. by the police against criminals, or by the revolutionists against their oppressors) and of course for bad reasons as well. It all depends on the situation.

                So no, doxing does NOT equal terrorism. But it can be used as such.

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            When someone is dangerous, like one who spouts Nazi propoganda, I can see a reason for them to be doxxed. But that’s not the case here. China wants to send the reds after the people who write factual information on Wikipedia pages they don’t like.

            If they do that, Wikipedia is going to die because nobody wants to be assaulted for a volunteer gig.

  • nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    It would be a real shame if our furry overlords or some other group retaliated against the heritage foundation

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          Ai dump but you get the picture

          Anonymous has been able to accomplish a variety of things, including:

          • Supporting the Arab Spring: Anonymous hacked into government websites and took them offline in Egypt and Syria. They also distributed anonymising software for protesters and helped share videos of the uprising in Tunisia.

          • Fighting child pornography: Anonymous has exposed enterprises that provided a platform for child pornography and helped in the arrest of Internet predators.

          • Protesting against Scientology: Anonymous launched an online offensive against the Church of Scientology, including phone, fax and e-mail spamming, and DDoS attacks.

          • Taking down government websites: Anonymous has taken down government websites in response to a variety of issues, including stringent LGBT laws, imageboard censorship, and government oppression.

          • Exposing corruption: Anonymous has published usernames in relation to nefarious activities and outed the owners and operators of Freedom Hosting for their support for child pornography.

          These are just a few examples of the many things that Anonymous has been able to accomplish. While their methods are sometimes controversial, there is no doubt that they have had a significant impact on the world.

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      You can just go to their website. They aren’t hiding.

      But they’re also the friends and scions of the mega-wealthy, put in these positions specifically to fuck with the lower classes. If they’re feeling a bit of impunity right now, you can hardly blame them.

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        I don’t think they’re targeting the board or the ex3acs. They’ll target the volunteers who do the actual editing.

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          I think what he did was exciting. But what he represents?

          He took the School Shooter mentality to Wall Street.

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            It’s not school children ruining our lives, so maybe I’ll just shrug then offer thoughts and prayers if it starts happening regularly.

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              It’s not school children ruining our lives

              It isn’t a single fungible CEOs, either. The problem is systemic, not individualistic.

              Shooting a bunch of Sandy Hook middle schoolers is definitely more horrifying. But the consequences of the action are more of the same.

              More cops, more surveillance, more conspiracy theories, more terror.

              if it starts happening regularly

              It will never happen regularly enough to undermine the profit motive. Not if it’s just random Lone Wolf vigilantes who binge watched Demolition Ranch videos and got delusions of grandeur.

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            What I meant is that he represents a physically dangerous reaction to the kind of oppressive policies they and their ilk support. Right or wrong, people are losing patience with the billionaires and their lickspittles. Maybe the Heritage Foundation with their culture war BS won’t be so much of a target, but the economic interests they represent are obviously no longer able to imagine that they can get away with their thievery without some possibility of a violent reaction.

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    Thank you to the Heritage Foundation for reminding me to donate to Wikimedia, almost forgot to do it.

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    Heritage Foundation plans to doxx and target Wikipedia editors in service to Zionism

    Kinda burying the lead with that headline.

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    In case anyone doesn’t know, you can download all of Wikipedia of you have 120GB of space. You can download a whole bunch of wikis straight off Kiwix.

    I refuse to let the fascists control knowledge

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    The slideshow says the group’s “targeting methodologies” would include creating fake Wikipedia user accounts to try to trick editors into identifying themselves by sharing personal information or clicking on malicious tracking links that can identify people who click on them. It is unclear whether this has begun.

    What a bunch of complete dipshits. That being said, there are ways to request yourself to be allowed to use a VPN when editing if these fascist threats intimidate you.

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      You could also use split tunneling on your VPN and only whitelist Wikipedia. But it’s absolutely ridiculous that Wikipedia editors have to worry about opsec in the first place

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    Perhaps the ‘heritage foundation’ needs some of it’s own medicine. These people are domestic terrorists who are traitors to their country.

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      We need another brave group like that furry hacker group that pissed them off so much that they flew off the handle. Except I vote the group that does it doesn’t make the same mistake as the last one by contacting them afterwards.