The Human Software Problem
Pak Protector
Before I get started I want to publicly declare that the whole content of this post is the result of my own reasoning, and a fairly paranoid reasoning, at that. There is no evidence to support my claims, or at least no evidence that I'm aware of. On that ground, the argument may be dismissed as 'conspiracy theory', but maybe it will inspire someone less lazy than myself to look around for actual evidence.
There's an obvious link between the world-wide terror net Al Qaeda and the world wide 'hacktivist' net Anonymous. Both may very well not exist at all.
There are terror organizations, there are terrorists, and there are poor young people being kept in ignorance and sexually frustrated on purpose, to promise them an afterlife paradise. Religion as a weapon of war is nothing new. What I don't believe is the media's picture of a world-wide organization with a supreme leader and a few henchmen plotting for world dominance Bond villain style.
In my opinion, Al Qaeda is a bogeyman created by the media for political purposes, not a real entity. Much the same way, there are 'hacktivists' who believe it's their duty to police the web by taking off line content that they find objectionable, and there are hacktivists who stage on-line protests against controversial legislation, and yes, it is true that in many cases they claimed responsibility for their acts as 'Anonymous', but lately, it seems that just about every 'bad thing' that happens on the net has been skillfully plotted and executed by Anonymous.
Anyone can claim to be a part of Anonymous. I could fool a bunch of idiot kids to launch DoS attacks from their own home or school PCs, they would brag about being Anonymous, the cops would track and arrest them in no time, and the press would boast "many Anonymous hackers arrested in large anti-cybercrime operation", disregarding the fact that anyone stupid enough to willingly participate in a DDoS attack from his or her home computer is _*anything* but a hacker, contributing to the public misconception of 'hacker = criminal'.
Me, on the other hand, the guy who actually orchestrated and coordinated the attack, I may or may not be a real hacker and that wouldn't matter anyway. In this contest I would be doing some basic social engineering to get stupid people to do the dirty work and get caught, pretty much the same way as some preachers who call themselves Muslim but are in fact a shame in the face of Islam, use psychological and sociological tricks to fool young people into blowing themselves up.
In both cases, it's all about politics, and in both cases the media create bogeymen to scare people into accepting freedom-busting legislation, which in both cases boils down to surveillance. Physical surveillance in the "Al Qaeda" case, and electronic surveillance in the "Anonymous" case.
In 1930s Europe, state propaganda blamed everything on Anarchists or Communists. In 1950s America, "Commies" were the bogeymen.
Now, in the 2010s world, the bogeymen are called Al Qaeda and Anonymous.
It's always the same shit: politicians need a Bad Guy to claim that they
are protecting citizens against 'something'. Without the fear of a Bad
Guy, the people might very well realize that states, countries, and
commonwealths of nations, are all obsolete institutions that serve no
real purpose any more, except for keeping themselves rolling.
Dortmund Waiszecker
this is group for software-problem, not porn-problem!!!