everybody on ilx complains about reddit

imo a big problem with all this is the mainstreaming and normalization of doxxing people which is a bannable offense on most forums on the internet (4chan included). even if a site like predditors does their due diligence and confirms that the people are in fact 'shitlords', nothing is really stopping trolls with a vendetta against someone to drop dox under falsified circumstances. with this behavior becoming more mainstream and acceptable, the risk is no longer confined to 4chan/hacking/other seedy communities on the net where you probably should've known better than to kick the hornet's nest.

that being said, i think VA was asking for it and received his comeuppance and predditors is probably an effective deterrent against this particular shitty behavior online for the time being. i just worry what the long term consequences are going to be for internet culture

feel like for better or worse the illusion of anonymity is gonna get shattered

OTM: a good 95% of the ppl on the internet who think they're anonymous are not in any way, shape or form, and it's probably for the best that that illusion get shattered sooner rather than later

getting a swat team to knock down the door of someone you don't like online has been a pastime for the hacking community for a long time. from what i read, the ease at which you can do this is kinda mindblowing

have politicians gotten their shit together re: online anonymity? it feels like it's been a good long while since someone's been scandalized out of office for something.

diamonddave85 a.k.a. Davey Topf

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/224410_487011971333021_1265583298_n.jpg

• Uses birth year in username
• Traced back to abandoned Geocities acct.
• Expresses concern of falsified doxxing.

lol

they are not anonymous in any shape

xxpost

the whole thing reminds me of the whole perverted justice thing where they'd encourage people to post people's phone numbers online and on the streets and phone their parents and bosses directly in an attempt to shame them, because who's gonna feel bad for a would-be child molester right? and of course they didn't always wind up getting the right guy. sometimes it's more about the boner you get knowing you ruined some asshole's life than it is trying to put people to justice (by the way I'm really not defending this guy, he does deserve what he gets)

have politicians gotten their shit together re: online anonymity? it feels like it's been a good long while since someone's been scandalized out of office for something.

― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, October 16, 2012 1:48 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

should be pretty interesting/lol when todays facebook teens start running for office

sometimes it's more about the boner you get

― frogbs, Tuesday, October 16, 2012 1:49 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh wait wasn't there some weird campaign against this public official because of her warcraft gaming?

ya ongoing for some race in maine

its def come up, but my lord when these people who grew up online start stepping into the public view

have politicians gotten their shit together re: online anonymity? it feels like it's been a good long while since someone's been scandalized out of office for something.

― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, October 16, 2012 1:48 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

should be pretty interesting/lol when todays facebook teens start running for office
----bob marley (lag∞n)

IMO what will happen is Mormons will be the only electable people and will run the country

yeah it was a woman running for state senate in Maine, but she publically linked her WoW char to her real name/campaign so that's not the same really

i'm actually really looking forward to that

i'm just waiting for dumps of mitt romney's racist "draw something" sketches to change the tenor of upcoming debate.

lol @ context

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/10/hulk-hogan-gawker-lawsuit-sex-tape.html

he is an orc rogue and everyone knows orc's racial abilities do not synergize well with any rouge talent spec. would not vote for.

IMO what will happen is Mormons will be the only electable people and will run the country

― iatee, Tuesday, October 16, 2012 1:55 PM (29 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha yes repressive religious culture trumps urge to post cockshots, v clever mr smith

haha i had an orc rogue

he sucked tho yes

it's true that my goblin rogue was much more fun than my old abandoned orc rogue

still that class is not for me, that and pally just bore me

tbf I mostly post cockshots after I've had a lot of coffee and booze

aka 2loko

goblin sneak animation was cool. i have not played WoW in years, plz don't doxx me.

I installed it on my Mac just I could look at the expansion ;_;

i didn't even know you could be a goblin now

otm that expectations of complete internet anonymity are a thing of the past

"As you can see, Mr. PBS moderator, my opponent was a known team killer on the online game Call of Duty."

tbf I don't really think there ever was anonymity, I think few people cared to actually track stuff down

you can be anonymous if you really put yr mind to it but thats more for special ops shit like organizing revolution or releasing leaked documents, for message boards you hang out on all the time and access from yr home/work computer just assume that someone can find you if they want to

only momus will be electable

i only log into ilx via tor

for example, I think we all knew how to contact T✧✧@K✧✧.E✧✧ if we really needed to

ohhhh snap!! maybe T✧✧@K✧✧.E✧✧ really was anonymous, last of a dying breed, RIP T✧✧@K✧✧.E✧✧

anonymity takes a lot of work, definitely shouldn't be considered the default state

don't doxx me, bro

for example, I think we all knew how to contact T✧✧@K✧✧.E✧✧ if we really needed to

― 乒乓, Tuesday, October 16, 2012 2:05 PM (16 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha

maybe romney's pinterest will be his achilles tumblr.

reading comments (this one possibly from screenwriter John Milius): Grow a spine. Bullies and creeps like the man that tortured this little girl get away with stuff like this because of people like you who don't have enough backbone to stand up and speak out against things. You're more concerned with the rights of the accused than the rights of the victim. You're a particular brand of a "bleeding heart" that I seriously can't stand having once been a victim myself.

http://i.imgur.com/YAOrj.jpg

nah that has to be from rorscach

dammit motherfucker you know how to spell it

Grow a spine. Bullies and creeps like the man that tortured this little girl get away with stuff like this because of people like you who don't have enough backbone to stand up and speak out against things. You're more concerned with the rights of the accused than the rights of the victim. You're a particular brand of a "bleeding heart" that I seriously can't stand having once been a victim myself.

http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2011/04/dalai-lama-390x285.jpg

- Bob Marley

OTM

was facebook the first website that really stripped away the Internet Handle layer-of-anonymity that had been standard since AOL or whatever, and asked you to just use your real name? when i signed up for it, the justification for that being okay was it was college-only and sectioned off by school so only your classmates could look you up.

anyway it seems like that was the beginning of the end for the screen name era of the internet, now people just stick their real names in their twitter handles or whatever like it's no big deal, when 10 years ago we were all being taught that the #1 rule of using the internet was not to reveal personal info

getting people to use their real name was prob factor #1 in its success, imo

otm