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Someone planted on the epilepsy support message board posts with hidden javascript that led to flashing images inducing epilepsy seizures. This raises being an asshole to a new level. (Or, perhaps, it's a new tactic of CoS to smear the image of Anonymous.)
Read on:
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy

sounds like the Internet if you ask me...at least it wasn't a rick roll

Someone planted on the epilepsy support message board posts with hidden javascript that led to flashing images inducing epilepsy seizures. This raises being an asshole to a new level. (Or, perhaps, it's a new tactic of CoS to smear the image of Anonymous.)
Read on:
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy

Eh, it's been doable for years. What kind of slack jawed retards allow javascript in posts though?

Use NoScript people. Firefox FTW.

Eh, it's been doable for years.
The point is, it has never been done intentionally before.

What kind of slack jawed retards allow javascript in posts though?
Welll... a lot of people are like that. Amazing isn't it.

Use NoScript people. Firefox FTW.
QFT. AdBlock Plus, too. It's like a totally different internet.

sounds like the Internet if you ask me...at least it wasn't a rick roll

A rick roll never killed anybody.

A rick roll never killed anybody.

... that you know of.

... that you know of.

Touche' Pussycat. :p

My impression is that it's a Co$ operation (notice how according to the article EBaumsWorld was mentioned in the offensive posts and 7Chan was allegedly cited as hosting the planning of the attacks, as if the "hackers" wanted to place blame) but if this somehow turns out to be a genuine Anonymous raid, then it's a foot bullet. Shit like this is what'll push the government towards what Co$ desperately wants: Tightened control and censorship of the Internet.

I see two main possibilities:
Anonymous did it, but thats like saying 'Communists did it', there are so many types, factions, subrgoups, and part-timers who call themselves 'Communist' that such a statement is virtually meaningless. Anonymous is confined by no single ideaology, set of morales, rules, or...anything, really.
Its sort of the point, you know? Anonymous is anonymous and because Anonymous is anonymous blaming anonymous acts on Anonymous is sort of obvious.

The other, being a CoS operation, seems likely as well. Of course, attempting to smear Anonymous didnt work very well in the past (lol FOX, gay sex on the internet hate machine, etc.).

A third option is that CoS paid a group of Anonimii to do this, which seems less likely, but still possible.

I do not know what technology was used in the attacks, but NoScript would not have been effective against a GIF animation. AdBlock would not have filtered it until it was manually blocked, which is too late when you already have a seizure.

On Slashdot I saw some speculation about a technology that could recognize harmful content - perhaps by comparing contrast levels, the frequency and rhythm of pulsing patterns - and automatically blocking it. It would require a great deal of sophistication, however.

Meanwhile, let's just be glad that they didn't post BLIT (http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/blit.htm) or Snow Crash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash) images. :)

A rick roll never killed anybody.

Zombie rickroll (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKY5vvDC7Bc)

Epileptics should stop whining. Javascript-induced seizures are a good way to cause brain damage and give traumatic experiences. Dostoevsky was an epileptic and he decided to write really long books about "Jesus saves!" Really, we must convert these heathens with epilepsy to Christianity so that instead of being whiny loonies, they can become prominent Russian literary figures who are whiny loonies. :D

I am disgusted but at the same time find this hillarious.

Ermarian;13591791']I do not know what technology was used in the attacks, but NoScript would not have been effective against a GIF animation.
Javascript embedded in the seemingly innocuous forum post would have been filtered just fine. And that's what the attackers used to redirect the victims' browsers to the pages containing actual harmful content.
Meanwhile, let's just be glad that they didn't post BLIT (http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/blit.htm) or Snow Crash (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash) images. :)
The first time someone posted SnowCrash joke on a discussion group I used to read it sent shivers down my spine. :eek:

Someone planted on the epilepsy support message board posts with hidden javascript that led to flashing images inducing epilepsy seizures. This raises being an asshole to a new level. (Or, perhaps, it's a new tactic of CoS to smear the image of Anonymous.)
Read on:
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy

The offenders should be punished.


This reminds me of this idiot who put a coin in a homeless guy's crack while he was lying on the ground waiting for the ambulance we called him. He deserved to be beaten, and I'm not usually an advocate of physical violence.

The offenders should be punished.


This reminds me of this idiot who put a coin in a homeless guy's crack while he was lying on the ground waiting for the ambulance we called him. He deserved to be beaten, and I'm not usually an advocate of physical violence.

For a moment I had a dumb "What happens when you smoke a coin?" moment, then I figured it out.

Geez, I'm glad my seizures aren't triggered by flashing lights. Now if they find a way to control the temperature through the internet...

Then again, sleep deprivation also brings on seizures, and I could blame the internet for that plenty of times. :p

For a moment I had a dumb "What happens when you smoke a coin?" moment, then I figured it out.

Hahaha.

No, a phsyical coin.

It was pretty fucked up. :(

Hahaha.

No, a phsyical coin.

It was pretty fucked up. :(

What river are you supposed to cross with that kind of action? :confused:

What river are you supposed to cross with that kind of action? :confused:

I don't know...

All I know is that I resorted to violence... and I'm not really one to do that. I chased after him, grabbed him by the shirt and started shoving him and yelled "don't you have a soul?" I probably would have really hurt him if the ambulance didn't turn up just as it was happening... I'm kind of embarrased, haha.

May have something to do with a pervasive undercurrent of an interpretation of "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth".

And an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

....if this somehow turns out to be a genuine Anonymous raid, then it's a foot bullet.

The Anonymous that would do this is not, and does not give a shit about, the Anonymous that protests against Scientology.

I chased after him, grabbed him by the shirt and started shoving him and yelled "don't you have a soul?"
Yay! I thought you just wanted to kick his sorry ass, not that you started to. More power to you! :)

The Anonymous that would do this is not, and does not give a shit about, the Anonymous that protests against Scientology.

The foot bullet has nothing to do with the success or failure of Project Chanology. It has everything to do with forcing the U.S. Government to significantly monitor and control Internet traffic within the continent to a point much more to the Co$'s liking, and thus to everyone else's discomfort.

Im going to hell. You know why? When I initially read this I laughed and thought "creative"...

They wont ever catch who did it. Good hackers are not easy to catch. Anon is made up of good hackers.


If it isnt Anon, who cares when they catch him anyway?

Javascript embedded in the seemingly innocuous forum post would have been filtered just fine. And that's what the attackers used to redirect the victims' browsers to the pages containing actual harmful content.

Well, if the animated image were large enough, the whole monitor might not have been needed. So even the img tag on its own is dangerous - but fortunately a lot of forums allow you to turn posted images into links, like this one. I use that setting to ensure work-safety, actually.

The first time someone posted SnowCrash joke on a discussion group I used to read it sent shivers down my spine. :eek:

I've posted a white-noise image and went "re lo sa fa ka le wu ra me no" underneath it once. Kind of lame though.

Yay! I thought you just wanted to kick his sorry ass, not that you started to. More power to you! :)

:D

Someone planted on the epilepsy support message board posts with hidden javascript that led to flashing images inducing epilepsy seizures. This raises being an asshole to a new level. (Or, perhaps, it's a new tactic of CoS to smear the image of Anonymous.)
Read on:
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy


...must...n-not...laugh...*tries to hold back..*

*can't hold back*

LMFAO!

I probably would have really hurt him if the ambulance didn't turn up just as it was happening... I'm kind of embarrased, haha.I think your fan club just increased quite a bit. :)
*bows*

And an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.Yup. But then ... we'll have to start relating to each other more with our hands. :eek:
;)

I kinda doubt whether epileptics would be using the internet anyway, since there is always the possibility that they'd run into a banner ad that would flash and set off a seizure. Now, I know that this site would be seen as a safe place, but still, it's questionable how many people this could have affected.

CoS wants to introduce government censorship of the Internet? Got proof of that statement?

[Note: Asking Youtube to remove a video is not censorship.]

CoS wants to introduce government censorship of the Internet? Got proof of that statement?

[Note: Asking Youtube to remove a video is not censorship.]

It's the amount of censorship that they can get away with at this point. I would like to see proof of that claim though.

I think your fan club just increased quite a bit. :)
*bows*
Yup. But then ... we'll have to start relating to each other more with our hands. :eek:
;)

Perhaps my fan club can meet with my hate-club and start relating to each other with their fists.

[/LAME JOKE]

I kinda doubt whether epileptics would be using the internet anyway, since there is always the possibility that they'd run into a banner ad that would flash and set off a seizure. Now, I know that this site would be seen as a safe place, but still, it's questionable how many people this could have affected.

Uh, epileptics use the internet.

It's the amount of censorship that they can get away with at this point. I would like to see proof of that claim though.

It'd be strange. CoS' beliefs decry national ID as evil, I don't think they'd want censorship.

...must...n-not...laugh...*tries to hold back..*

*can't hold back*

LMFAO!

I'd like to know what you find even remotely funny about this.

I'd like to know what you find even remotely funny about this.

He finds the deliberate triggering of seizures to be a laugh riot. Trollgaard is a eugenicist who believes anyone with a physical defect should not have their conditions corrected or their life assisted in any way, including prosthetic limbs or medical treatments.

That on top of being a wannabe-warlord who believes that might makes right for any nation and you have the profile of a cartoon villain.

CoS wants to introduce government censorship of the Internet? Got proof of that statement?

[Note: Asking Youtube to remove a video is not censorship.]

If there is well enforced censorship of the internet then the CoS would have a much easier time of hiding their copyrighted beliefs from everyone who hasn't paid for them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_the_internet

If there is well enforced censorship of the internet then the CoS would have a much easier time of hiding their copyrighted beliefs from everyone who hasn't paid for them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_the_internet

And yet you still haven't found evidence that Scientology supports state censorship of the Internet.

If such censorship emerges, it'll promptly go after NRMs. And Scientology will be fucked.

And yet you still haven't found evidence that Scientology supports state censorship of the Internet.

If such censorship emerges, it'll promptly go after NRMs. And Scientology will be fucked.

Aren't they trying to get the US government to block all access to Wikileaks?

Linky: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/08/church_of_scientology_contacts_wikileaks/

Perhaps my fan club can meet with my hate-club and start relating to each other with their fists.
You have a hate club? :confused:
Instead of fists, my vote is for Connect Four, leg wrestling or Dr. Mario.

[Note: Asking Youtube to remove a video is not censorship.]

It is when you have no legal ownership of that video and thus no legal basis for asking for the removal of the video, providing it does not violate the terms of service for Youtube.

Now that's assuming COS has no ownership of the video (assuming we're talking about the Tom Cruise thing, which I was under the impression that they did not copywrite it, or if they did, not until after it was leaked). They certainly do not have ownership of the Anon video, and thus blah legality blah.

You have a hate club? :confused:
Instead of fists, my vote is for Connect Four, leg wrestling or Dr. Mario.

Leg wrestling could be kinky.

If it's not, I vote Dr. Mario. Smash Bros. maybe? zomg no items fox only final destination