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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish252•1 month agoYou gotta be a real piece of shit to target the Internet Archive.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish108•1 month agoI wouldn’t be surprised if it were paid by the companies currently battling them over copyright. Bunch of greedy bastards.
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish13•1 month agoWhat I wanna know is how companies get away with stuff like this. Getting to the bottom of a cyber attack isn’t… Impossible? It just takes resources.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-3•1 month agoYou just pay random people on the internet to do it, it’s fairly easy if you know where/what to ask for.
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoJust about anything is traceable. The trick is making it not worth the effort.
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoAsk eBay how that towing that line worked out for them.
minus-square@SethayylinkEnglish1•1 month agoSee sending ip packets is quite a lot easier that sending pig fetuses
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoYes, but far more traceable! I mean, if eBay couldt cover entrails…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish58•1 month agoI read yesterday that a study found out that 25% of webpages generated in 2013-2023 are gone forever. Attacking the internet archive maybe has darker motives such as censorship or plainly wanting to erase inconvenient history
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish13•1 month ago1984 that what your saying. They erase the past so they can tell you it never happen.
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish19•edit-21 month agoWho controls the past now, controls the future… Who controls the present now, controls the past… Who controls the past now, controls the future… Who controls the present now? Now Testify! It’s right outside your door Now Testify! Testify! It’s right outside your door…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-229 days agoWork has been difficult, mostly due to coworkers lately. If I’m blaring Rage, like I have all week, I’m ready to walk or to burn the place down. But I’m a lazy man.
minus-squareUltraMagnus0001linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 month agoCensorship is probably the most reasonable explanation
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoOr monetizing content. Can’t monetize what is freely available. Which I guess that falls under censorship, just for a different reason
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish41•1 month agoThis should be pursued the same way as if you broke into the Louvre and shat on the Venus Di Milo
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•1 month agoLike targeting PSN and Xbox servers on Christmas Day.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 month agoWho benefits? This is paid for by corps using paywalls., under the table.
You gotta be a real piece of shit to target the Internet Archive.
I wouldn’t be surprised if it were paid by the companies currently battling them over copyright. Bunch of greedy bastards.
What I wanna know is how companies get away with stuff like this.
Getting to the bottom of a cyber attack isn’t… Impossible? It just takes resources.
You just pay random people on the internet to do it, it’s fairly easy if you know where/what to ask for.
Traceable.
Just about anything is traceable. The trick is making it not worth the effort.
Ask eBay how that towing that line worked out for them.
See sending ip packets is quite a lot easier that sending pig fetuses
Yes, but far more traceable!
I mean, if eBay couldt cover entrails…
That wouldn’t make any sense.
I read yesterday that a study found out that 25% of webpages generated in 2013-2023 are gone forever. Attacking the internet archive maybe has darker motives such as censorship or plainly wanting to erase inconvenient history
1984 that what your saying. They erase the past so they can tell you it never happen.
Who controls the past now, controls the future…
Who controls the present now, controls the past…
Who controls the past now, controls the future…
Who controls the present now?
Now Testify! It’s right outside your door
Now Testify!
Testify!
It’s right outside your door…
Work has been difficult, mostly due to coworkers lately.
If I’m blaring Rage, like I have all week, I’m ready to walk or to burn the place down. But I’m a lazy man.
Censorship is probably the most reasonable explanation
Or monetizing content. Can’t monetize what is freely available.
Which I guess that falls under censorship, just for a different reason
This should be pursued the same way as if you broke into the Louvre and shat on the Venus Di Milo
Like targeting PSN and Xbox servers on Christmas Day.
Who benefits? This is paid for by corps using paywalls., under the table.