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• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s also most certainly against the terms of service for your ISP, VPN or VPS, so you could get your service terminated.

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  • TotallyHumanPinkySwear@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Again, no. Fundamentally, there is no difference in you refreshing a page over and over, the strength comes from the distributed aspect of this attack. There’s no limit on the use of bandwidth and this is no base, by any means, to end a contract.

    Of course, you are free to do as you please, but I am aware of how this works and happy to contribute.

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    • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s not how laws work at all.

      I am aware of how this works

      No, your absolutely not.

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      • TotallyHumanPinkySwear@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I think there is a misunderstanding: I am not the one carrying out the attack in this instance, I only lend some CPU cycles to a coordinated attack. The bandwidth I contribute is insignificant (I mean… a RPi and the impact to my own services is not noticeable). The attack is only effective with lots of people with the same ideals.

        I think the gun analogy does not really work here: you cannot be held accountable for creating any part of a gun, in case of a murder.

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• TotallyHumanPinkySwear@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I see what you mean. Of course this is most probably “illegal”, but I really do not care about the ramifications the Russian Federation could hold me accountable of, especially since they do not have jurisdiction where I live.

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