The "Random Thoughts" Thread

[Webs961]

Re: The "Random Thoughts" Thread

Harassing phone calls maybe?

Against the dude who basically runs the telecom infrastructure of the US?

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Ok, I'm better now.

[Kylee!]

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Against the dude who basically runs the telecom infrastructure of the US?

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Ok, I'm better now.

Yea, somehow I think 4chan will actually be bested.

[Spik3d]

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You make a good point Webs.

[KillerStickMan]

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Against the dude who basically runs the telecom infrastructure of the US?

I'm just waiting for /b/ to actually start hacking stuff and causing mayhem, now that should be entertaining.

[Wizrdwarts]

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It might actually be a good thing they're starting with /b/; they're the ones who will fight back the hardest. There's an Encyclopedia Dramatica article on it, just search "AT&T Blocks 4chan".

Or this is all just an epic troll from a /b/tard that works at AT&T.

[Webs961]

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I'm just waiting for /b/ to actually start hacking stuff and causing mayhem, now that should be entertaining.

See, when they start doing that and causing outages and things of that nature, the DoJ will step in and flatten them all like the roaches they are. I guarantee you, once the FBI party van comes calling, it's not fun and games anymore, especially if they're going after the nation's infrastructure (Or someone who provides a large part of it).

[Kylee!]

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See, when they start doing that and causing outages and things of that nature, the DoJ will step in and flatten them all like the roaches they are. I guarantee you, once the FBI party van comes calling, it's not fun and games anymore, especially if they're going after the nation's infrastructure (Or someone who provides a large part of it).

They'll just get Jack Bauer.

[KillerStickMan]

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See, when they start doing that and causing outages and things of that nature, the DoJ will step in and flatten them all like the roaches they are. I guarantee you, once the FBI party van comes calling, it's not fun and games anymore, especially if they're going after the nation's infrastructure (Or someone who provides a large part of it).

Yes, but you're assuming that 15% of the United States doesn't mind having internet censorship. I know I do...

[Webs961]

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Yes, but you're assuming that 15% of the United States doesn't mind having internet censorship. I know I do...

Yes, but "Hacking stuff and causing mayhem" as you put it can prove a very strong case for them to do so.

[Wizrdwarts]

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From the ED article:

Warning!:
ATTENTION: WE CANNOT EMPHASIZE THIS MORE. DO NOT DDoS! DDoSing AN ISP IS USELESS, AND THAT WOULD ONLY MAKE THIS DELICATE SITUATION WORSE FOR US. WE'RE GONNA PLAY THIS BY THE BOOKS.

The Gameplan

Listen up, Anon, this is serious business. We don't want to go all LOL LEGION FREE BOXES TILE SAMPLES PIZZA on them. That won't solve ****. It'll probably justify it. We need to approach this with legitimate means. Flood the callcenters and inboxes of AT&T. Make them confirm that img.4chan.org (make sure its img.4chan.org and not just 4chan.org) is down. Then make the honest threat of service cancellation if this censorship isn't undone. We also should contact the FCC, (Or whichever federal body is the people to contact about this kind of censorship.)

1. DON'T **** WITH THE LAW- We want to first make use of the rights we have, censorship is violating our rights.

2. Complain to AT&T(numbers below)- Let them know how big of a deal your /b/ is to you.

3. Contact the National Coalition Against Censorship http://www.ncac.org/ -These people can fight with us, send them an email at ncac@ncac.org, make it quick and to the point, a flood of emails will tip them off to the problem. They can research this on their own. The ACLU may also be a good source (god i hate to say that) http://www.aclu.org/index.html

3.1 - Use http://www.cnn.com/feedback/tips/newstips.html or other means to self-report this news to major networks, newspapers, and people around the world.

4. Digg to raise awareness http://digg.com/tech_news/AT_T_blocks_4chan/ - Continue to boost hits on other new sites, comment on articles, rate them high, anything to boost popularity.

5. Contact owners of individual websites who will be sympathetic to our cause. This has already been done with xkcd, I imagine many other webcomic owners will get on board. Try to get them to block AT$T. Try to get them to let 'their' consumers know what AT&T is doing, so that the anger goes towards AT$T. Hence: ****storm

6. If your not an AT&T subscriber , then simply ignore all these ***s and continue to enjoy viewing /b/ and laughing at all the new ***s who cant get there daily dose of CP

7. ???

8. (DO NOT LET AT&T) PROFIT

* IF YOU ARE A CURRENT AT&T SUBSCRIBER

Vow to cancel your service by entering your pledge at this website: http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/bo...ernet-services

The objective of this little operation is to basically make sure that this precedent is not set. Make it absolutely abundantly clear that this is NOT acceptable to American consumers and this WILL NOT be allowed to happen, or else face financial and political suicide. Acting like an idiot and trying to DDoS them will only end with you being persecuted (and/or prosecuted), and your actions being used as a justification.

Fight with what works: this is David and Goliath. this is the little man and the big evil corporation. this is the honest consumers fighting back by being consumers: by stop giving them money, by making them look horrible, by causing a PR ****storm. By having the consumerist press have headlines disparaging AT&T.

One idea for fighting back here: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/c...hanorg/c0bf7y6

The idea is basically to give them a taste of their own medicine.

List of sites that have joined in spreading the word and banning AT&T visitors:

http://xkcd.com/

http://chan4chan.com/

http://summaxr.com/

This list needs a lot moar sites, so come and join forces. Non-webmasters: visit sites that support the cause!

Twitter hashtag #ATTCensorship has been created, get the word out

[Obsidian Spire]

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Update (11:15 PM 7/26): AT&T appears to have restored access network-wide to all areas of 4chan.

Update (12:30 AM 7/27): 4chan is currently down, due to a large DDOS attack, affecting most of 4chan’s servers. This appears unrelated to the AT&T blockade, but may have been triggered by the high-profile attention that 4chan has received, over the past 24 hours.

So, their legit retaliation worked, but they still can't view their imageboard. This is fairly amusing.

[imported_Will]

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Lol@hawkers.

[SneakyCarpet]

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Ooooooooh Ooooh Ooooh
Some people think they're always right
Others are quiet and uptight
Others they seem so very nice, nice, nice, nice, nice, nice...(oh-ho)
Inside they might feel sad and wrong (oh no)

Awesome song.

[imported_Will]

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Ooooooooh Ooooh Ooooh
Some people think they're always right
Others are quiet and uptight
Others they seem so very nice, nice, nice, nice, nice, nice...(oh-ho)
Inside they might feel sad and wrong (oh no)

Awesome song.

This isn't the What song are you listening to thread.

[Wizrdwarts]

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http://status.4chan.org/

Here's what happened:

For the past three weeks, 4chan has been under a constant DDoS attack. We were able to filter this specific type of attack in a fashion that was more or less transparent to the end user.

Unfortunately, as an unintended consequence of the method used, some Internet users received errant traffic from one of our network switches. A handful happened to be AT&T customers.

In response, AT&T filtered all traffic to and from our img.4chan.org IPs (which serve /b/ & /r9k/) for their entire network, instead of only the affected customers. AT&T did not contact us prior to implementing the block. Here is their statement regarding the matter.

In the end, this wasn't a sinister act of censorship, but rather a bit of a mistake and a poorly executed, disproportionate response on AT&T's part. Whoever pulled the trigger on blackholing the site probably didn't anticipate [nor intend] the consequences of doing so.

We're glad to see this short-lived debacle has prompted renewed interest and debate over net neutrality and internet censorship—two very important issues that don't get nearly enough attention—so perhaps this was all just a blessing in disguise.

Aside from that, I'll also add that there is some big news due later this week. Keep an eye on the News page, Twitter, and global message for updates.

As always, I can be reached at moot@4chan.org.

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PS: If any companies would like to hook us up with some better hardware, feel free! The architecture we've got powering this large and influential beast is really quite embarrassing. ( ._.)