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SOCKMONKEY
TUNISIA
Anonymous to UN (Lybia)
Shocked by the fact that even with generals and diplomats deserting, this man is still ignoring the will of his people and unwilling to accept their human rights People ought not have to fear their leaders; leaders ought to fear their people. In too many places, though, this is currently not the case. A grasping dictator has taken an army to the skies and the streets to shed blood of people whom he should be protecting. Some of them have bravely refused, and thereby done their part; when will the UN do theirs? We just want the people to be free.
EGYPT
"Internet not working, police cars burning," sent out one Egyptian. "Today marks a great day for Egypt," sent out another. These messages weren't coming from mobile phones or computers, but from an amateur radio sending out Morse Code somewhere amidst the chaos in Egypt. The Egyptian government's efforts to limit communications within the country has triggered a wave of activism from an international group of free speech activists on the Internet called Telecomix. Organizing using chat rooms, wikis, and collaborative writing tools, this largely anonymous group has worked to inform Egyptians about their communications options while receiving incoming messages from them. Telecomix has previously worked on free speech efforts in Tunisia, Iran, China and other countries who have tried to censor or block parts of the Internet.
Al Jazeera says this about the video piece which they showed for the first time this evening and put on YouTube minutes later, describes how "Tunisian members of Anonymous, the same group of hackers that targeted anti-WikiLeaks sites" are now supporting the struggle in Egypt. The piece features an interview with the Tunisian hacker anon.m. It is less than 2 minutes long: Social media played a crucial role in organizing the uprising in Tunisia, and now, activists there are focusing their technical skills on helping anti-government protesters in Egypt. Tunisian hackers say they will attack website belonging to the Egyptian government in solidarity with the pro-democracy activists protesting in Cair, Alexandria and Luxor.
Tunis. Anonymous take on Egypt
Operation Iran
Protestants who were imprisoned, beaten, to bloggers who have been censored, citizens who were executed for criticizing the regime, you are truly loyal citizens of your country. A new dawn appears to you and your country will be free from the chains of oppression, tyranny and torture. You can finally exhale and take a new breath of air that will fill you with strength, wisdom and freedom. Unjust repressions were perpetrated against those criticizing the actions of those in power, hoping to frighten the others. This government must be held responsible for crimes against you, its citizens.
PAYBACK
Headlines about a grandmother being fined hundreds of thousands of dollars did not properly present the big picture, and they were terrible PR for the industry. He’s right. (America and businesses based here being huge bullies over Wikileaks is another post for another time). Some Anonymous are getting very DdoSy via Operation Payback which to me seems a bit misplaced and possibly short-sighted. And there is no way Assange is gonna distract from OpPayback, so give up that concept!How Anonymous defaced a Tunisian government Web site It used to be that if you had a gripe with politicians, you’d scrawl something clever on a placard and wave it around in front of a government building with some likeminded friends. Today you don’t even need to leave your front door. The people behind Anonymous have been taking aim at government Web sites to protest crackdowns on freedom of speech or information, following the Operation: Payback attacks on MasterCard, Visa and PayPal in support of WikiLeaks. In the last few days Anonymous has set its sights on Tunisia for censoring the web sites of dissident bloggers and new sources, following widespread domestic protests in December. A representative of AnonOps (the elite arm of Anonmyous that spearheaded recent attacks) who calls himself Topiary, says the Tunisian government has been using a JavaScript embed to phish Tunisian citizens’ usernames and passwords to spy on them.
