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Dear new antisec movement
From: "Matthew 10:34" <gluttony () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:00:23 -0700
Whoever hacked imageshack, I don't know who you are, but I certainly appreciate your revival of the antisec movement. Imageshack getting ruined is quite a big target. You guys clearly have the right idea of how to get the message out. However, you're missing some essential traits that many of the original characters of the antisec movement had: a great sense of humor, a flair for style, and a proper understanding of scorched earth tactics. By taking the torch for the antisec movement you've got some pretty big shoes to fill, and I'd like to offer some pointers for you so that moving forward you may have hope of growing into them. Jimjones' moral leadership of PHC employed a great use of humor, and he clearly put his life where his mouth was as he is now in jail for giving assistance to underground causes purely to satisfy moral compulsions. I hope you believe in it as much as he believed in it. You can get a message in front of many pairs of eyes. However, the majority of the brains connected to them don't even have the IQ necessary to understand that message. Would would have been a real lesson to your target audience would have been the permanent destruction of Imageshack's business model. Imageshack converts UGC to pageviews to ad revenue. The proper execution of this ruin would have been such: * Encrypt a message to a widely-read public mailing list (like this one) 24 hours before launch with your manifesto, and exactly what was about to happen to imageshack * Replace Imageshack images with shock pics and gore * Release proof in the form of the key to decrypt original message with plaintext manifesto and announcement Countless retards' Myspaces covered in pain4.jpg would have permanently destroyed the perception of Imageshack forever. It would have left a milestone of a ruined business that people would have remembered. As it stands, you covered retards' Myspaces with a hifalutin document that they have no ability to understand and have already forgotten. Its like you've bought a gigantic amount of pageviews CPM style and written really bad copy for it. A few years back, I think 2003 or whatever there was SQL slammer. Insofar as worldwide impact it was probably the biggest ruin of all time. There was no internet access or ATMs that worked in my whole county. That's a pretty significant disruption of services. Nobody remembers that shit. Any temporary disruption of services or user experience will be forgotten. To do a truly transcendental ruin, you have to permanently destroy something, whether it be someone's business or career. The original antisec movement knew this, and consistently generated destruction that made a difference in peoples lives. Men are slower to forget an idea when someone gets nailed up to a cross over it. (BlueBoar, lookin' right at you) I hope you grow into those shoes you're trying to wear. They're of the finest material and craftsmanship. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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