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36. Anonymous has a history of going after child porn rings, too

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Sun Aug 4, 2013, 06:58 PM

Aug 2013

I'd guess the javascript was theirs.

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Anonymous Web Host 'Freedom Hosting' Owner Arrested, TorMail Compromised [View all] dkf Aug 2013 OP

Excellent. The child porn king was trying to get to Russia.... msanthrope Aug 2013 #1

They are accusing him of being a facilitator not being a distributor or creator or user. dkf Aug 2013 #2

When he's doing his 30 years in the slammer, he can parse that out to his fellow inmates. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #3

That's the US Government making sure they have access to all communications. dkf Aug 2013 #4

I'm all for freedom and privacy but I welcome any government agency that exposes malaise Aug 2013 #5

Don't derail a perfectly good anti-Obama, the NSA-is-coming-to-get-you thread with facts. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #11

Yes--where will the pedophiles go to retain their privacy? msanthrope Aug 2013 #7

Well this is probably why the telecoms gave up all that info. They would be charged similarly I bet dkf Aug 2013 #13

What? Are you suggesting this guy is falsely charged with advertising child porn? nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #18

The charges may be false. Thats what the show trial will be for NoOneMan Aug 2013 #22

Why waste money on a trial when we can just have a few internet authoritarians decree him guilty GoneFishin Aug 2013 #30

Do you understand the technologies in question here or just straight shooting from the hip NoOneMan Aug 2013 #20

Bush? Heck--Anonymous, more like. They called out Freedom Hosting last year-- msanthrope Aug 2013 #24

That Anonymous story is anything but clear NoOneMan Aug 2013 #25

Your first sentence describes a crime. Let me give you a like example--- msanthrope Aug 2013 #26

Which is the same for the owners of every ISP today NoOneMan Aug 2013 #27

It was certainly not free Ruby the Liberal Aug 2013 #33

Oh well, if he is only FACILITATING child porn... Ruby the Liberal Aug 2013 #6

You've got to love that, right? Note how the OP simply forgets to mention the child porn? nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #8

Yeppers. Ruby the Liberal Aug 2013 #16

I just finished wading through a Reddit thread enlightenment Aug 2013 #12

The internet facilitates child porn. Arrest all ISP workers? NoOneMan Aug 2013 #21

Ever looked at the TOS of a web host? Ruby the Liberal Aug 2013 #31

The first paragraph of your first link enlightenment Aug 2013 #9

Notice it doesn't make the OP, but is buried in the link? Seems a bit germane to the discussion, msanthrope Aug 2013 #10

One would think. enlightenment Aug 2013 #14

OP must have found that inconvenient to the narrative Ruby the Liberal Aug 2013 #15

We are spoiling a perfectly good anti-Obama/the NSA-is-going-to-get-you thread by mentioning msanthrope Aug 2013 #17

Uh, ya he is a distributor of child porn! Rex Aug 2013 #32

On a related note (maybe?) ThePirateBay is down today as well Electric Monk Aug 2013 #19

The technology illiterate think they "distribute" pirated software NoOneMan Aug 2013 #23

I think I'm just going to ignore this one for a few days........ wandy Aug 2013 #28

How sad. There doesn't appear to be a way to spin this into an attack on kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #29

Scum like him is why I cautioned people to be very careful Warpy Aug 2013 #34

Obama's coming to git us with his NSA goons! sigmasix Aug 2013 #35

Anonymous has a history of going after child porn rings, too Recursion Aug 2013 #36

Here's the problem folks: 1) Truly anonymous services like Tor/Freenet/etc will *always* attract yodermon Aug 2013 #37

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