On 11 December 2010 10:56, Simon Biggs <s.bi...@eca.ac.uk> wrote: > You can get 2 years for downloading DOS software and 10 years for using it. > People are going to be prosecuted and the courts will be pressured by > government to be tough with their sentencing. > > If anybody wants to be involved with anon-ops I would recommend using a > dedicated Mac with nothing important on the hard drive. Install and run > Parallels and run the DOS software within that. Make your contribution to > the activity. Then reformat your hard drive using a destructive wipe mode.
If they're really serious and have the time and money to invest, and more time, and more money, and probably more time, the data is still recoverable (something to do with the write heads never being in the exact same position within a track). That's why they destroy hard drives with sensitive data on them rather than sell them. Just physically damage them. Take the hdd to bits and smash the platters with a hammer. > That will cover your tracks. As Mac OS cannot run the DOS software you have > a good defence - "I don't have a PC!" (who would have thought, another good > reason to buy a Mac). > > The only evidence the court would have will be datalogs from your IP. This > is not a smoking gun. If you do not want to have this trace then use a > public IP somewhere, then move on. > > Best > > Simon > > > On 11/12/2010 10:24, "marc garrett" <marc.garr...@furtherfield.org> wrote: > >> Angles On Anonymous. >> >> "A number of readers are sending in links related to Anonymous, the >> Internet phenomenon < don't call them a group < behind the controversial >> DDoS attacks on commercial entities that fail to support WikiLeaks. The >> best insight into Anonymous comes from the Economist's Babbage blogger, >> who hung out in one of their IRC channels >> (http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/12/more_wikileaks). Reader >> nk497 points out that UK users looking to join Anonymous's DDoS army >> should be aware they could face a jail term of up to two years >> (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/security/363523/wikileaks-protest-tool-could-carr >> y-two-year-jail-stretch); >> simply downloading the LOIC software used in the DDoSing could suffice >> to earn a conviction. One 16-year-old has been arrested >> (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/first-arrest-made-in-wikileak >> s-revenge-attacks.ars) >> in The Netherlands and is charged with participating in the DDoS. Reader >> ancientribe sends in coverage of a claim by one security outfit that >> several existing criminal botnets have joined forces >> (http://www.darkreading.com/database-security/167901020/security/attacks-breac >> hes/228800076/botnet-operators-set-to-join-operation-payback.html) >> with Anonymous's Operation: Payback. And reader Stoobalou notes a >> Thing.co.uk story on a manifesto of sorts >> (http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/12/10/who-are-anonymous-and-what-do-they-want/) >> that purports to come from "ANON OPS," even though Anonymous disclaims >> any central spokesperson or entity - press release here >> (http://dump.no/files/467072ba2a42/ANONOPS_The_Press_Release.pdf) PDF." >> From Slashdot.org >> >> wishing you well. >> >> marc >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > Simon Biggs > s.bi...@eca.ac.uk si...@littlepig.org.uk > Skype: simonbiggsuk > http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ > > Research Professor edinburgh college of art > http://www.eca.ac.uk/ > Creative Interdisciplinary Research in CoLlaborative Environments > http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ > Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice > http://www.elmcip.net/ > Centre for Film, Performance and Media Arts > http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/film-performance-media-arts > > > > Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number > SC009201 > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- _ : http://jwm-art.net/ -audio/image/text/code/ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
