HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

throwawayabcde

16 karma · joined April 8, 2011

submissionscomments
throwawayabcde··on Anonymous goes after Sony, makes it personal... very personal
I don't think we could disagree more completely about basically everything.
throwawayabcde··on Anonymous goes after Sony, makes it personal... very personal
Thanks for confirming that you're living in a fantasy world.
throwawayabcde··on Anonymous goes after Sony, makes it personal... very personal
I'm not saying they're exempt from backlash.

I'm saying that it's incredibly foolish to engage in such personal backlash (harassing somebody's wife), because it simply cannot help the situation at all.

Anon is escalating, turning Sony into the victim and turning themselves into a secondary target. That's stupid on so many levels that it's hard to count.

I'm all for things that could help geohot. But I'm not going to suggest doing things that can only hurt him and his credibility, help sony and their public image, whilst annoying innocent bystanders. That's just stupidity on a stick.

throwawayabcde··on Anonymous goes after Sony, makes it personal... very personal
> would it work? Yeah.

Do you really believe that somebody with access to incredible resources is going to get harassed at home and think "well, I should go easier on this fellow, since his internet friends are stalking me and harassing my wife"? Really? If so, I've got a bridge to sell you.

This is a horrible idea that can only go badly.

Escalation against a well-armed enemy is an incredibly bad strategy. In fact, it's hard to think of a worse strategy.

throwawayabcde··on Anonymous goes after Sony, makes it personal... very personal
> phone calls to the wife is an excellent tactic which would get you to the top of the mental agenda instantly in 99% of cases.

This is a truly disgusting suggestion. I don't have a word for the level of disgust it arouses in me.

Also, if I was on the receiving end, it would serve only to harden me, and to become far, far more strident against you and the other kids who are pulling this crap. Would you really want to be facing an angry executive who has the budget to buy not just security and investigators, but also law enforcement, legislators, the media, and anything else that's required to discredit you, and ruin your entire life?