The following part of the operation payback manifesto is worth reading:
"...
Anarchy for the LulZ is NOT the objective of OPERATION PAYBACK. Anonymous
does not seek to disturb the public peace nor the average Internet Citizen; for average Internet
Citizens are most of us who are Anonymous."
;)
actual development:
As for DDOS as act of civil protest:
Situation in germany:
For german readers, here`s an legal estimate from an external source: http://www.internet-strafrecht.com/distributed-denial-of-service-ddos-attacken-strafbar-oder-nicht/internet-strafrecht/internetstrafrecht/
Unless there`s a ruling in favor of timelimited, 'automated' DDOS from a high court, germany is 'pocked' regarding active forms of internet protest, as Poertena (the little pinopan soldier in one of david weber`s sf novels) would have put it.
At least at the current time.
The crucial point appears to create a 'tradition' of internet protest types in a short time.
focal point would be: acutal damage to the targeted systems (downtime etc.).
Hell - even a pre - information of the company in focus is possible, so their marketing migh tcome up with something.
Main task at hand is to establish a proper line between protest and riot action - forms.
Taking the main website of a company down for a couple of hours is many classes away from downing parts of infrastructural critical systems (eg.: routers,switches, hubs.... ).
(At the same time: this would be a sure way annoy the admins, those who have to cope with the resulting technological difficulties, though they might have run one or another loic-like mission themself and might even support the case at hand from heart. ;)).)
As for the companies:
Taking the slap on the wrist (or the fish to the face) should be something all companies should become accustomed to - fast.
The best (and expected) reaction from a company facing a DDOS attack would be:
'ok, we screwed up. We`re open for discussion.'
(possible an added 'Please?' might help ;))
`nuff said.
I.F.
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