Koliedrus
02-27-2005, 02:03 PM
Recently, I've seen several instances of free-web journalism gone bad. I'm probably about to repeat that mistake in this post but as I've already seen, reproduction of the mistake can lead to better attention to security.
That's both good and bad.
Back when BitTorrent was reported as being the largest source of 'net traffic and that file-sharing sites geared for that particular protocol were dropping like flies under Federal and corporate pressure, I went looking for news and comments. I found myself in several forums. Each had an established membership that was willing to direct others to functioning sites.
Of course, the mentioned sites quickly came under the scrutiny of anonymous observers and fell soon after.
More recently, an article published by an online magazine has pointed to sites that search for websites created for publications produced by "terrorists".
I was astounded by what I saw.
The counter-terrorists had openly published their biographies, locations of their bases of operation and synopsis of their agendae.
I'm just some guy with a a net connection but I soon had maps that scared the shit out of me for their sake.
One of the sites now has restricted access. I can only assume that the change was made after the article was published. Hopefully, someone had a "Doy?!" moment and it's not a temporary fluke.
/me makes sure he didn't divulge too much....
/me clicks "Submit"
That's both good and bad.
Back when BitTorrent was reported as being the largest source of 'net traffic and that file-sharing sites geared for that particular protocol were dropping like flies under Federal and corporate pressure, I went looking for news and comments. I found myself in several forums. Each had an established membership that was willing to direct others to functioning sites.
Of course, the mentioned sites quickly came under the scrutiny of anonymous observers and fell soon after.
More recently, an article published by an online magazine has pointed to sites that search for websites created for publications produced by "terrorists".
I was astounded by what I saw.
The counter-terrorists had openly published their biographies, locations of their bases of operation and synopsis of their agendae.
I'm just some guy with a a net connection but I soon had maps that scared the shit out of me for their sake.
One of the sites now has restricted access. I can only assume that the change was made after the article was published. Hopefully, someone had a "Doy?!" moment and it's not a temporary fluke.
/me makes sure he didn't divulge too much....
/me clicks "Submit"