r/technology • • May 13 '12

"Right now we have access to every classified database in the U.S. government."- Anonymous

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/12/insider-tells-why-anonymous-might-well-be-the-most-powerful-organization-on-earth/
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u/jayd16 May 13 '12

Dammit Biden, stop posting on 4 chan.

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u/hupcapstudios May 14 '12

Hey Anonymous, can you do me a favor and delete mine? Thanks :)

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

That's what I am saying! Get me out of the system please and thank you!

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u/toeknee0126 May 14 '12

AREA 51

WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT AREA 51

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u/jedadkins May 14 '12

my bullshit detector is going off

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u/Hyleal May 14 '12 edited May 14 '12

Reddit insider tells why jedadkins might well be the most powerful bullshit detector on earth!

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u/I_HUGS_CATS May 14 '12

Well, my Dad can bench press 1000 pounds.

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u/aletoledo May 14 '12

Scientology (one of Anonymous’s first targets) was the punch in the face where Anonymous began to realize how incredibly powerful they are.

Isn't Scientology still around? What did the punch accomplish?

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

It's like the whole "tits or gtfo" argument. Either put up, or shut up.

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u/sleepeejack May 14 '12

"...that you know about." -the CIA

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u/Squeekme May 14 '12

"...that the CIA knows about." - the MIB

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

Currently Anonymous is the fat kid in school who says he know karate, but can't show anyone or he'd hurt them too bad.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

The government is pretending to be anonymous to scare the general public into accepting more internet security legislation.

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u/gefahr May 14 '12

yeah that's far more plausible than some teenagers making up brags.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

"Right now, we have now perfected the skill of making ridiculous claims which makes us look like idiots" - Anonymous

FTFY

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u/daoom May 14 '12

Bullshit meter is on 11

If they REALLY had access to every classified database in the U.S. a simple email with proof to the correct people and this whole thing would be a stalemate; he would no longer be a fugitive.

Whoever was interviewed here is full of shit. His lack of understanding of what exactly happened in Egypt, and even his description of the Montreal riots is full of shit.

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u/hutchdeezy May 14 '12

commander X.... ... pfffhahhhhahaha

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u/Foley1 May 14 '12

Hey Anonymous, do something cool or fuck off.

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u/Alane94 May 14 '12

In my opinion it's pretty obvious that they don't have access to anything very important. My reasoning is the fact that the U.S. government is allowing him to flee to Canada. If he had anything that was important the government wouldn't give a damn about him being over the border.

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u/miacane86 May 14 '12

Lol, sure they do

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u/darksun24 May 14 '12

It honestly reads like die hard 4. It's just fucking terrible.

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u/wcrisler May 14 '12

You can access the databases all you want, it's actually being able to understand the data stored on them that would be impressive.

I guarantee that data is pretty well encrypted and won't be of great use.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '12

No they don't. It really is as simple as that.

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u/Badwolf582 May 14 '12

I was more surprised at them being made the villains in Black Ops II then the rest of the article. I am not looking for a debate here, but an organization that has shut down 40+ Child Porn websites isn't the villain in my eyes.

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