Actually, you kinda do. Kinda the big perk and draw to that organizational structure, really. Regardless of your thoughts on it and if you like it or not, that's how that organizational structure works. Unless they decide to lose their anonymity by stepping forth and showing proof it was them, or if they get caught, they can claim it's not them, and no one can say that it is them with absolute certainty.
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Polytron Hacked?
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Actually, you kinda do. Kinda the big perk and draw to that organizational structure, really. Regardless of your thoughts on it and if you like it or not, that's how that organizational structure works. Unless they decide to lose their anonymity by stepping forth and showing proof it was them, or if they get caught, they can claim it's not them, and no one can say that it is them with absolute certainty.
Makes sense. Damn that sucks.
that makes sense
Thing I would find funny if it happened to a douchebag: A car drives by and splashes water on them
Thing I would not find funny if it happened to a douchebag: Having their life systematically taken apart for standing up for a friend
Dragonborn
Member
If a few people that browse Gaf often or heck if even one person decides to pull something like this and claims it gi be in the name of Gaf, does that mean this while forum is bad? Of course not.
Now clearly, 4chan is a worse community but saying the website as a whole is reponsible is kind of reaching. Head over to v, most people are as confused as we are here
hodayathink
Member
The Polytron twitter was to spread the news of the hack. It's possible they have more than that and aren't acting on it on purpose.
There also has to be a balance between shutting off all critical function and promoting people to feel comfortable enough to speak out. Good ideas are difficult to shape and nurture without an environment where people can criticize and question things. There is a huge difference between this and abuse that you will find on the Twitter accounts of public figures.
I apologize then for my response. It was a glance at the comment that threw me off, but even after reading who you were responding to I felt like it was a shot at both being riled up in support of phil or riled up to sacrifice him. Again, I apologize for misreading into that and throwing it at you.
This is making me sick to my stomache.
Aquamarine
Member
Oh my god...someone is sharing screenshots of the kind of files that were leaked by the hacker in that .zip file:
I don't get how people can go out, deal with real crap like paying taxes, bills, etc. but then turn around and still care about whatever bullshit has them so rustled.
Really need to start prosecuting people that pull this stuff. ddos, cyberbulling, all of it. Throw 'em in a federal pen for a few months.
Really need to start prosecuting people that pull this stuff. ddos, cyberbulling, all of it. Throw 'em in a federal pen for a few months.
PsihoPerihelion
Member
Ah, I see what you mean now.
Yes. You could be a sociopath.
Small correction. 1password isn't a website, it's an encrypted database that you hold locally and sync between devices (with a service like Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, etc), you can't reset your master password in any way. If you lose it, you lose your database.
It's sort of why I prefer the 1Password method to some of the other methods.
Anyone who downloads a .exe from a hacked website claiming to be representing /v/ has a death wish.
Yeah, I hate Phil but this is just insane.
Pretty much this. 4chan has a lot of visitors and /v/ is the second most popular board.
To put it in perspective.
This is on 4chan's advertising page.
Page impressions per month: 540,000,000
Unique visitors per month: 20,000,000
Posts per day: 1,000,000
Alexa Traffic Rank: 988 (Global) & 499 (US)
Google PageRank: 6
Pretty much this. 4chan has a lot of visitors and /v/ is the second most popular board.
To put it in perspective.
This is on 4chan's advertising page.
Page impressions per month: 540,000,000
Unique visitors per month: 20,000,000
Posts per day: 1,000,000
Alexa Traffic Rank: 988 (Global) & 499 (US)
Google PageRank: 6
Banananana
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False flag.
Kittenwithbeer
Banned
Don't think /v/ did it. They're freaking out right now as much as everyone is here.
Yup. Pretty much.
PetriP-TNT
Member
I'll just repost this in a pic format
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Or a triple false flagging where people think /v/ pretends to do something as /v/ but people see it as /v/ actually the ones doing it because it's too obvious when in fact it's not /v/.
Gaf isn't known for this kind of thing.
Looks like a Duck, Quacks like a Duck, People are gonna think it's a duck
Okay, so it seems like they just hacked his laptop or something and he had all his data stored on it.
I was worried it was a more sophisticated attack, like they got his information from banks, the govt. etc. etc.
See that would be insane.
I feel better now because I don't store any financial info on my PC.
All my passwords, only because firefox stores them as plaintext.
The problem is that generally speaking, anyone who is savvy enough to hack a decently sized website is probably savvy enough to hide their identity. That isn't to say it won't happen of course, this is some serious shit.
Dragonborn
Member
I know, I'm just saying accusing a whole board for the actions of a few is too much. I'd think people would be more level headed than that
TheLostBigBoss
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Lastgengamer
Member
Since when did we lose our ability to have opinions? This is escalating differences far too much. Even if some find Phil Fish's personality and stance on issues to be disagreeable.
Why not use these hacking skills for good instead.
Why not use these hacking skills for good instead.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Anyone can claim to be anyone on the internet, did I just blow your minds?
And the idea behind 4chan having no identification or usernames is so that you dont see a user you dislike and immediately dismiss it, without actually reading the post. It's actually a great thing during certain discussions.
RelentlessRolento
Member
even if this is fake, whoever is doing it deserves the hate they are getting.
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That's... wow. That's saddening. That's everything. Can't imagine trying to sleep when something like this happens. What's even the process you go through?
Oh god, I hope Phil doesn't do something stupid. I'm not a fan of dude at all but this can drive someone off the cliff. This is just some other shit, completely unnecessary, and places Phil in harm's way. I already have a feeling the dude is very unstable, and this can't help.
ActuallyHulk
Banned
Someone on /v/ said they tried calling the numbers and they were fake. I kind of want to try but to be honest I'm chicken.
Why would he do that? Isn't like he can't easily grab attention by being his normal abrasive self. Really doubt it's a con.
They had posted his SSN, bank info, paypal password, home address and a ton of other crap right on the hacked front page.
codswallop
Member
I agree, and use multi-factor authentication on both my primary email and password manager, but think having a separate email address for password reset purposes (also with multi-factor authentication) on a different, free email service is probably about as safe as you're going to get without going completely overboard.
Of course, any multi-factor service that uses email is prone to the same issues.
Ahh, thanks for the correction. LastPass is a web-hosted thing which sends an encrypted file the website/application/extension decrypts locally, so sort of a hosted version of the same thing. A little more convenience for a little less security compared to 1Password.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Who the hell would create a hoax containing things that can effectively ruin your life?
AusRoachman
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Adam Sessler ‏@AdamSessler 4h
I'm sitting in a bar with Zoe watching these hack attempts going down live. Don't be fooled, this is a war on indie devs. Enable 2-step.
I'm sitting in a bar with Zoe watching these hack attempts going down live. Don't be fooled, this is a war on indie devs. Enable 2-step.
I think the idea of being anonymous on the internet is quite a bit more fundamental than just trying to keep posters from dismissing each other.
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