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Anonymous Takes Down DOJ Site

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48 pointsFluidDjango10 comments

I don't see the point of this kind of actions. The only inconvenient they cause is taking the site offline a few hours, and the most affected one is the IT manager/team who has to mitigate the attack and bring the server back up. DOJ will not see this as a threat.

Also, this kind of "protests" is too violent, going like this: "I don't agree with you -> I take down your site". It's not a civilized reaction.

> "I don't agree with you -> I take down your site". It's not a civilized reaction.

Yeah, it's just not right engaging in SOPA-like activity.

Well, I don't buy into the strategic effectiveness of shutting down the DOJ website, but didn't the DOJ/Universal/the RIAA just do the same thing?

There are of course laws that say one side (the one who makes the laws) has the right to take down sites and the other doesn't, but the justness of those laws is an entirely different question.

"An eye for an eye ... ends in making everybody blind."

The fact they're taking down webs does not automatically legitimate us to take down their pages. Also, they've the right to take down MU cause it is (or should be) a judicial process, not some arbitrary decision made by a group of people.

How soon before DHS labels the entire internet as a "terrorist organization" so they can search it without warrants and police it without due process?

Ooh, wait.

This is a fantastic way to get knee-jerk laws passed. (Think patriot act).

I would not doubt it if this was in fact a hacker hired by the MPAA.

relevant http://xkcd.com/932/

What does taking down a website like justice.gov actually accomplish for them? They respond like this all the time, and every time it gets in the press, and gets forgotten. And nobody misses the website in the meantime. Are there any functions on that website that the DOJ relies on?

It's a protest, not a battle.

>"every time it gets in the press" Sounds like a pretty effective demonstration to me.

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