I am beginning to really, really like Anonymous.

Excellent Target!!!

to the end of child abuse.[img][/img] and pornography involving any one underage.

Helping the helpless. So glad they are on our side.

Intentional or not, well done sir/madam.

activity imaginable, but my question is this; they posted specific details, but can law enforcement use that to prosecute those involved or will this prevent any criminal charges?

Law enforcement agencies don't have the expertise that Anonymous has.

Besides, Anonymous doesn't want a cozy relationship with authority of any kind. They prefer their own brand of justice.

i.e., evidence they gather without dotting "i's" and crossing "t's" of defendants' legal rights without risking having the evidence tossed out if the taint becomes known. But Anonymous is not law enforcement, so evidence they expose is not subject to the same rules.

If you break into your neighbor's house, discover something, then tell the cops, they can certainly get a warrant and go search the place themselves. You just can't do it on their behalf (in collusion with them).

procedures (dotting "i's" and crossing "t's&quot , then the evidence will be inadmissable. But Anonymous is not law enforcement. They can collect evidence any way they want, and the evidence is untainted because it was not collected by the cops. Of course, if Anonymous break laws while collecting that evidence, then they themselves could run afoul of the law, but the original evidence would still be admissible.

It helps when I read all the way to the end. My bad.

"with account details of its 1589 users being posted online as evidence. "

I believe that is irresponsible and dangerous.

While taking out child porn sites is positive, how do we know these are genuine 'users' and not people using false names...like yours for instance.

There could be a terrible backlash against an innocent person and it's happened before.

they source IRL. That is where the bills for the internet service go to. While it is reasonable that many people have the same name, they would not have the same home or business address.

could be using stolen credit card details.

I'm all for them taking down the sites but perhaps better to preserve the evidence and err on the side of caution.

what if it's Dad's credit card being used but it's son accessing the sites.

Some people with Wifi don't know how to protect their access. It could be a neighbour accessing their system.

But evidence...yeah11

disregard for anyone while posting and corrupting other less 'low hanging fruit' like this, to impose their beliefs and morals upon us all..regardless the cost to anyone who may well be innocent..disregard for any sort of due process. They truly are modern day vigilantes..as with vigilantes, they approach recklessly..

Oh, and after some less than favorable sentiment from both sides on some of their activities, it occurred to me this may be a PR campaign.

there are 13 other guys registered to vote in the county w/the same 1st and last name. I am on the FAA No Fly list b/c a suspected terrorist from South Yemen (at least that is what the FBI agent assigned to help clear me every time I fly, which was a lot told me. This was 2001, I am still on the damn list! So when vigilantes start targeting people THEY deem guilty, it is, and will be, wide open for abuse!

13 other guys named Dustlawyer!

That means SOMEONE in authority had the information and was keeping it private.

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Because the article is the one from Time Magazine from 2011. A little dated, what have you done for us lately Anonymous??

if you can believe these reports.

http://www.thomhartmann.com/bigpicture/did-anonymous-save-election-karl-rove

many thanks for sharing that. Thom is a person not at all prone to silly conspiracy theories -- that was well documented & incredibly persuasive. Boy, if true, we truly own Anonymous a massive debt of thanks!

That was a great find and thanks for sharing!! WoW indeed!

i was wondering why a two year old article that had been posted back then, when it was written, was being reposted 2 years later?

FBI did a huge "roll up" not too long ago, and Interpol was involved as well. Hundreds were arrested and charged. Convictions are ongoing.

Doing the name and shame game could be regarded as "fruit of the poisoned tree." I'm no lawyer, but I would be concerned that getting information "posted on the internet" might not have the right imprimatur....

Perhaps a lawyer could weigh in...

!!

Like a dogwhistle for conservatives.

Just making an observation. .....

The word "Freedom" gives me the creeps anymore, it's nothing but a dog whistle.

or at least that's what this looks like. Maybe I'm wrong.

at faking stuff while trying to get donations for their domain.

Go, Anonymous!

Whoever you are, anonymous, this is wonderful.

This was in October of 2011.

so it gets a K&R from me for visibility! Great work, Anonymous!

to really like Anonymous

Even if this is old news, I think that's awesome!

Thank you anonymous for busting Freedom Hosting and keeping the Ohio State tabulators accurate.

Once again, thank you. I would like to buy you a beer sometime and just listen to the adventures of your rangers.