TotallyHumanPinkySwear
@TotallyHumanPinkySwear@lemmy.world
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days 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.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
It so happens that my own nation state’s security is in danger of another nation state, so at that point this stops mattering.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
It seems so. I guess I do not understand where the many requests/DDoS limit is and the ramifications it may entail in some jurisdictions, although, I explicitly wrote “DDoS” in the title…
I had the impression that as a lone actor, lending CPU cycles, you do not fall into the latter category, since the state-sponsored attack, which I support in this instance, is carried out by a different entity.
Perhaps, you would even argue that you have plausible deniability when accused of carrying out such attacks, just like the proprietor of a hacked device cannot be held liable (I assume). Definitely good to know.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Thank you for your concern. I do not reside in the USA. Certainly, actions that would hinder an oppressive government’s reach would be made illegal, but there is strength in numbers.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Noted, and why not both? Also, the targets are switched often (from what I’ve seen in the logs), so it may be trivial to block, but the service will be temporarily out for the cost of nothing to me.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
You are right in that purposefully creating massive traffic to a specific website is most probably against some TOS (I would not go so far as to say illegal). Nevertheless, this is war and my contribution, by itself, is insignificant and remains well under the radar.
This war is very dear to my heart and I wanted to attract some attention to this tool for people who feel the same.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days 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.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Ah yes, in that sense my network is locked down super tight. My SecOps is solid by any standard.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days 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.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
That is not true. There is nothing illegal about creating massive amounts of traffic to an IP/website. Your comment sounds disingenuous.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
I suppose you could check out their Wiki page, it’s always good to double check that this kind of activity is not counter-productive (that would actually benefit the enemy). In this situation, it seems legit based on everything I’ve seen.