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Anonymous Warns Karl Rove Not To Rig Election (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Oct 2012 OP
I don't know who they are,, ,but I like them already. orpupilofnature57 Oct 2012 #1
They are a well known hacking group mrsadm Oct 2012 #9
Sweet! Nt postulater Oct 2012 #2
What about the Koch-heads? fleur-de-lisa Oct 2012 #3
Do they actually do any good? Are they really able to read emails? Frustratedlady Oct 2012 #4
Honestly mtasselin Oct 2012 #5
Oh Unnamed Deity, please let this be true. Raster Oct 2012 #6
This would make an excellent LTTE! KansDem Oct 2012 #7
Thank you! Good morning to you. Raster Oct 2012 #8
i heard, on stephanie miller, debbie wasserman said election stealing is a consipracy theory leftyohiolib Oct 2012 #14
Of course, she's your consummate conservative mouthpiece NorthCarolina Oct 2012 #15
Thank You Anonymous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jellybeanz Oct 2012 #10
Don't know if it's just an idle threat, but if a good group of... JackN415 Oct 2012 #11
I've heard of them yends21012 Oct 2012 #12
YOU mean anomymous? yes they are everywhere and all times JackN415 Oct 2012 #13
That is a very different voice from the one I remember from past Anonymous JDPriestly Oct 2012 #16
I think they use text-to-speech programs to keep it unidentifiable starroute Oct 2012 #19
The whole threat is bullshit. jerseyjack Oct 2012 #17
hmm.. dtom67 Oct 2012 #18
Good! They should shut him down now, for a few hours, to show him they can. Up2Late Oct 2012 #20
If there's a vulnerability in the enemy's network, why highlight it by bringing it down early? Prana69 Oct 2012 #23
These guys are very skilled hackers, I doubt they would have much trouble.... Up2Late Oct 2012 #25
I hope what's said is true Plucketeer Oct 2012 #21
Wow. mzmolly Oct 2012 #22
mmmm....... Truckeedude Oct 2012 #24
Goodie. lonestarnot Oct 2012 #26

mrsadm

(1,198 posts)
9. They are a well known hacking group
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 09:36 AM
Oct 2012

" Beginning with 2008, the Anonymous collective has become increasingly associated with collaborative, international hacktivism."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
4. Do they actually do any good? Are they really able to read emails?
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 08:59 AM
Oct 2012

At first, I thought they were a joke. Then, I thought maybe they were for real. Now, I don't know what to think, but if they can actually get into messages, how wonderful for them to expose the Repugs.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
6. Oh Unnamed Deity, please let this be true.
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 09:03 AM
Oct 2012

Dear Anonymous:

I do believe that Rove* and his black-hearted bank of electoral conspirators will do everything they can to swing the national Presidential win toward Mitt Rmoney.

I believe that these same shadowy entities have been responsible for electoral interference and deception since 1998, perhaps even earlier, and have helped change and chart the course for this country, and NOT for the better.

I am dismayed that much more anti-electoral theft actions and policies have not been initiated at the federal level of government. And I find it absolutely repulsive that in a democratic country, rigging the vote through an cadre of dirty tricks and shenanigans is viewed almost as "business as usual."

So please, Anonymous, if you have the capabilities to carry out this warning against Rove* and his conspirators, please do so. History may record that one of the biggest threats to democracy was thwarted on an Anonymous level.

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
7. This would make an excellent LTTE!
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 09:26 AM
Oct 2012

Or to a public official.

Particularly this paragraph:

I am dismayed that much more anti-electoral theft actions and policies have not been initiated at the federal level of government. And I find it absolutely repulsive that in a democratic country, rigging the vote through an cadre of dirty tricks and shenanigans is viewed almost as "business as usual."


Very little modification required. Just replace "Anonymous" with the name of the newspaper or public official!

 

JackN415

(924 posts)
11. Don't know if it's just an idle threat, but if a good group of...
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 09:59 AM
Oct 2012

hackers get together, they can do some of that.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
16. That is a very different voice from the one I remember from past Anonymous
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 11:38 AM
Oct 2012

announcements. Is it always different?

This one didn't have the same quality of certainty and conviction as some of the previous ones.

starroute

(12,977 posts)
19. I think they use text-to-speech programs to keep it unidentifiable
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 02:07 PM
Oct 2012

But it's also true that this video didn't seem to have the production values of most of the others. For example, the voice and the gestures of the figure weren't always well synchronized. And there were no prior videos on the YouTube channel where I viewed it.

The thing is that anyone can "be" Anonymous. This could be just one person trying to shake things up. Nobody's going to stand up and say, "We're the real Anonymous and they're not" -- except in the case of something that could get the group in legal trouble.

So I don't know if this threat is real. But it's certainly drawing attention to the issue.

 

jerseyjack

(1,361 posts)
17. The whole threat is bullshit.
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 12:18 PM
Oct 2012

He threatens to turn over evidence of election fraud to the Department of Justice. Eric Holder is in charge of the Department of Justice. He won't do shit just like he hasn't done anything about the Wisconsin fraud, Bush crime family, banksters and so forth.

dtom67

(634 posts)
18. hmm..
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 01:59 PM
Oct 2012

probably bogus. It would be nice if someone would try to prevent election fraud, but don't hold your breath.

I bet there will be an attempt by the GOP; that is why the For-Profit Media keeps calling the race a close one. Now , it is plausible that Romney could win. Romney was done before the first debate, mainly because he continually demonstrated that he represents the 1% only. That hasn't changed. The "debate" gave the media pundits the opportunity to make the race " close ".
Making the race is " close" allows the rigging of the election.

Up2Late

(17,797 posts)
20. Good! They should shut him down now, for a few hours, to show him they can.
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 02:16 PM
Oct 2012

I wouldn't want to be on their bad side.

Prana69

(235 posts)
23. If there's a vulnerability in the enemy's network, why highlight it by bringing it down early?
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 09:20 PM
Oct 2012

That just gives them the opportunity to plug it. Wait until you need to exploit the vulnerability, then use it.

D

Up2Late

(17,797 posts)
25. These guys are very skilled hackers, I doubt they would have much trouble....
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 11:05 PM
Oct 2012

....hacking Rove's systems, but these guys could probably launch a massive DOS attack on the servers Rove uses and could probably knock him off-line for days, if not weeks.

Btw, just about everyone, even major corporations are vulnerable to a massive DOS attack (DOS= Denial Of Service), so you really don't want to piss off people like this group.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
21. I hope what's said is true
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 07:31 PM
Oct 2012

But bringing the tricxksters to justice??? With the courts and AGs we've got to work with??? Pardon me if I choose not to Hold(er) my breath.

Truckeedude

(1 post)
24. mmmm.......
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 10:38 PM
Oct 2012

Geeee, wonder if Karl has anything he wants to keep private.
Exposing his darker side could be inconvenient, to say the least.
Say, wonder if more information on the gay hooker checking it at the White House during turdblossoms reign might be forthcoming.
Confirmation of those rumors may a bit.... uncomfortable for old Karl.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE.... Anonymous just do it.

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