Anonymous deserves an incredible amount of appreciation

22-11-2015 01:16AM #1

As some of you are aware, the hacking group known as Anonymous recently declared war on Daesh. Many people mocked them for this, but since then they have uncovered Daesh planned to launch attacks on many places worldwide tomorrow (Sunday 23rd), have taken down the main internet forum used by the terrorists, and have identified thousands of Twitter account and relevant sympathisers, forcing Daesh to release information on how to protect themselves online.

They are launching the attacks 24 hours a day without fail and are in the process of crippling the group's online activities, which they relied on fairly heavily.

TheLastMohican · 22-11-2015 01:21AM

I'll drink to that.

The Sidewards Man · 22-11-2015 01:21AM

And the weather op?

Jim Bob Scratcher · 22-11-2015 01:21AM

Well done lads.

Canadel · 22-11-2015 01:21AM

Somebody should reveal the identities of the members of Anonymous.

LETHAL LADY · 22-11-2015 01:23AM

Is it not better that these terrorist folks can be monitored, albeit while spreading their hateful message?

Sir Osis of Liver. · 22-11-2015 01:23AM

If they ever bring down PSN on Christmas day again,war will be declared in my house.

I had two fairly pissed off young lads last year.

ArtSmart · 22-11-2015 01:24AM

Canadel wrote: »

Somebody should reveal the identities of the members of Anonymous.

but...wouldn't that make them...er...

LeinsterDub · 22-11-2015 01:26AM

8 minutes after you posted and your link says not creditable. The trouble with vigilantes in all their forms

ceadaoin. · 22-11-2015 01:27AM

I thought I read earlier that the official anonymous Twitter account has denied this and said they know nothing about any planned attacks?

Either way, maybe the intelligence agencies allow the message boards to stay up because they are monitoring them. Im pretty sure that various governments have the capability to take down these sites if they wanted to.

ArtSmart · 22-11-2015 01:27AM

Deleted User wrote: »

As some of you are aware, the hacking group known as Anonymous recently declared war on Daesh. Many people mocked them for this, but since then they have uncovered Daesh planned to launch attacks on many places worldwide tomorrow (Sunday 23rd), have taken down the main internet forum used by the terrorists, and have identified thousands of Twitter account and relevant sympathisers, forcing Daesh to release information on how to protect themselves online.

They are launching the attacks 24 hours a day without fail and are in the process of crippling the group's online activities, which they relied on fairly heavily.

Already discounted and withdrawn it seems.

Menas · 22-11-2015 09:01AM

I know they are a bunch of keyboard jockeys but at least they are trying to do something to hinder ISIS.
The geopolitics of that area is an absolute mess which is hindering the efforts to stop ISIS.

sonny.knowles · 22-11-2015 09:28AM

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Is it not better that these terrorist folks can be monitored, albeit while spreading their hateful message?

Better that they be put down like rabid dogs.

Fleawuss · 22-11-2015 09:58AM

I'm curious about Anonymous. Given what we know about the capacity of the NSA do Anon bring any extra capacity to the table? If you have a govt agency capable of corrupting update channels to install their own versions of software the scratching around of anonymous isn't going to do much. As for anonymity I thought the Israelis got p*ssed off with some of them and hacked their webcams and posted their photos.

weisses · 22-11-2015 10:02AM

Menas wrote: »

I know they are a bunch of keyboard jockeys but at least they are trying to do something to hinder ISIS.
The geopolitics of that area is an absolute mess which is hindering the efforts to stop ISIS.

Future wars will be done/decided via keyboards

hytrogen · 22-11-2015 10:05AM

Great use of the word Daesh OP

arayess · 22-11-2015 10:20AM

Anonymous aren't some wondrous group , Anonymous are a bunch of assholes. They see themselves as some high and mighty moral do-gooders exposing people left, right and centre to suit their own agenda but it's self serving bull****.

The fact they are tackling IS is just 2 assholes fighting each other albeit IS are the much bigger asshole.

intheclouds · 22-11-2015 10:23AM

arayess wrote: »

Anonymous aren't some wondrous group , Anonymous are a bunch of assholes. They see themselves as some high and mighty moral do-gooders exposing people left, right and centre to suit their own agenda but it's self serving bull****.

The fact they are tackling IS is just 2 assholes fighting each other albeit IS are the much bigger asshole.

What is their agenda?

22-11-2015 10:30AM

Hacktivists > Slacktivists

Captain Chaos · 22-11-2015 10:32AM

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

If they ever bring down PSN on Christmas day again,war will be declared in my house.

I had two fairly pissed off young lads last year.

That was Lizard Squad, Anonymous are not that petty.

arayess · 22-11-2015 10:44AM

intheclouds wrote: »

What is their agenda?

to do what ever suits themselves. fighting IS is worthy but a lot of the other stuff isn't
They have set themselves up as a moral guardian that nobody asked for.

Have a read here - plenty incidents of them interfering with local issues they know nothing about. Some worthy some less so.

For example interfering in Ferguson after the shooting of Michael Brown despite most evidence pointing at the cops being justified in that issue.
But either way it was a very grey area yet they decided to take a side.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_associated_with_Anonymous

Custardpi · 22-11-2015 10:58AM

I'd be very skeptical about any Anonymous efforts to "expose" ISIS given their recent cock-up with the KKK where they named a lot of completely innocent people & had to amend the original list. Given understandably high emotions over Paris the consequences of some law abiding, harmless Muslim being wrongly listed as ISIS recruiter or bomb maker could be pretty serious.

fedor.2. · 22-11-2015 11:02AM

The Sidewards Man wrote: »

And the weather op?

Whats the point of coming in and posting this? Fcuking annoying.

kupus · 22-11-2015 11:04AM

Isis are dealing with a lot more than 72 virgins now lol

vicwatson · 22-11-2015 11:21AM

Didn't these dudes threaten Irish water and feck all happened - all talk no action

mad muffin · 22-11-2015 11:24AM

They're just a bunch of muppets causing people grief with their hacking.

Somnus · 22-11-2015 11:29AM

I know nothing may come of it, but I'm sure there are some people within the group who really do want to help things and who actually have the means/ability to cause some hassle to IS, even if it is in a minor way. Any inconvenience for them is a good thing.

Sonics2k · 22-11-2015 11:36AM

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

If they ever bring down PSN on Christmas day again,war will be declared in my house.

I had two fairly pissed off young lads last year.

That wasn't Anonymous.

I also think there's a lot of misunderstanding about who and what Anonymous is.

It's not some massive group of aligned people working together, rather it's a grouping of various groups and even singular people who work together to take down or release information on a variety of dangerous groups and exposing corruption.

NachoBusiness · 22-11-2015 11:47AM

Fair play to Jason Byrne.

sonny.knowles · 22-11-2015 12:13PM

mad muffin wrote: »

They're just a bunch of muppets causing people grief with their hacking.

Isis or anonymous?

sonny.knowles · 22-11-2015 12:13PM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Fair play to Jason Byrne.

Why? Has he retired or something?

Anonymous deserves an incredible amount of appreciation

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