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YAY - Was Able to Save FA Account + Rant Dear Hackers Go Die
9 years ago
I hear a lot of people are still having problems with the system. I wish you the best of luck seriously. It's so annoying and for what? \
What do cyber attacks like this accomplish? What do the people who do these things get out of this? I mean I'm not saying it's justified in any way so please do not misunderstand me. I am saying I can understand the mentality of hacking a bank and getting money out of it. Again not justifying it but I can understand the motivation. I cannot understand the motivation of hacking an art hosting site.
It's a problem that I feel authorities are not keeping up with. You have situation were people make threats online, hack, harass etc and whatever authorities you speak to will almost always tell you they are unable to do anything. Here is an article from the Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/business/tec.....217-story.html where a Hollywood hospital pays $17,000 in bitcoin to hackers. The FBI is still investigating but it seems very futile.
This all makes me wonder about things. Maybe I'm going off on a tangent but isn't the "current fear" that we are living in an age of Big Brother? An age were there are cameras everywhere and there is no privacy. And then you look at the news article and how prevalent cyber crimes are and how little the people doing those criminals are caught and you can't help but wonder if it's all bullshit. Any South Park fans here? There was an episode were all the 9/11 conspiracy theories were actually put forward by the government so that people would feel comfortable thinking they live with a powerful government rather than be scared at just how vulnerable they really are. Did South Park hit the nail on the head? Is all this talk about Big Brother just ramblings to cover up the fact that cyber criminals go unchecked and unpunished? Seriously how knows.
The reality is that while more and more power is given to authorities to check up on people like Apple giving in to the FBI, at the same time people seem to get away with more and more. So what's the point? It's not unreasonable to say stop accumulating more and more power to invade the average citizen's privacy and do a little real police work and catch some real criminals.
I mean yeah before anyone says it I agree. Losing time from a site like FA is a minor inconvenience in the grand scheme of things. We are all healthy (I hope), none of us lost money or anything and most people will be back on the site soon enough. That's not the issue. The issue is that for no reason whatsoever people think they can attack something and disrupt it and go unpunished. Those people cannot be left unchecked. Today it was an art website, tomorrow a hospital... no wait that already happened!
So... to the cyber attackers. Eat shit and die.
What do cyber attacks like this accomplish? What do the people who do these things get out of this? I mean I'm not saying it's justified in any way so please do not misunderstand me. I am saying I can understand the mentality of hacking a bank and getting money out of it. Again not justifying it but I can understand the motivation. I cannot understand the motivation of hacking an art hosting site.
It's a problem that I feel authorities are not keeping up with. You have situation were people make threats online, hack, harass etc and whatever authorities you speak to will almost always tell you they are unable to do anything. Here is an article from the Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/business/tec.....217-story.html where a Hollywood hospital pays $17,000 in bitcoin to hackers. The FBI is still investigating but it seems very futile.
This all makes me wonder about things. Maybe I'm going off on a tangent but isn't the "current fear" that we are living in an age of Big Brother? An age were there are cameras everywhere and there is no privacy. And then you look at the news article and how prevalent cyber crimes are and how little the people doing those criminals are caught and you can't help but wonder if it's all bullshit. Any South Park fans here? There was an episode were all the 9/11 conspiracy theories were actually put forward by the government so that people would feel comfortable thinking they live with a powerful government rather than be scared at just how vulnerable they really are. Did South Park hit the nail on the head? Is all this talk about Big Brother just ramblings to cover up the fact that cyber criminals go unchecked and unpunished? Seriously how knows.
The reality is that while more and more power is given to authorities to check up on people like Apple giving in to the FBI, at the same time people seem to get away with more and more. So what's the point? It's not unreasonable to say stop accumulating more and more power to invade the average citizen's privacy and do a little real police work and catch some real criminals.
I mean yeah before anyone says it I agree. Losing time from a site like FA is a minor inconvenience in the grand scheme of things. We are all healthy (I hope), none of us lost money or anything and most people will be back on the site soon enough. That's not the issue. The issue is that for no reason whatsoever people think they can attack something and disrupt it and go unpunished. Those people cannot be left unchecked. Today it was an art website, tomorrow a hospital... no wait that already happened!
So... to the cyber attackers. Eat shit and die.
This hurts them more.
Nice to see you did not lose your account over this.
Also nice to see you also. It's lucky I was on a computer when I got your message. Thank you.