[aha] Open letter to Anonymous (please distribute)

Lun 13 Giu 2011 11:31:33 CEST

Marco, sei @roma sti giorni?
mi piacerebbe parlarti....
ciao! Luigi

> please distribute to anyone interested
> 
> 
> <begin quote>
> 
> OPEN LETTER TO THE ANONYMOUS LEGIONS
> 
> in reply to
> 
>  074 CDS 11 E - INFORMATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY
>  
> http://www.nato-pa.int/default.asp?SHORTCUT=2443
> 
> 
> and to
> 
>  LulzSec versus FBI (we challenge you, NATO!)
>  
> http://pastebin.com/MQG0a130
> 
> 
> re all
> 
> We all know that cyberspace has come to an intense moment of
> confrontation; it will become more and more difficult to focus on the
> very reasons of the conflict opening, as the fog of war is
> rising. This Open letter is an effort to focus on what is happening.
> 
> Hackers: behind all our actions there is a pulsating will to make
> justice and to protect our freedoms. Fighting injustice has long moved
> the hearts and souls of many people in history.
> 
> Meanwhile, the state of asymmetric cyber warfare in 2011 is
> paradoxical: national defense departments against kids in their
> bedrooms, an exaggeration depicting well the deep necessity of reform
> faced by all forms of organized intelligence that existed before the
> proliferation of digital networks; namely the most populous one, the
> Internet, now 18 years old.
> 
> As usual, the reasons why members of an organization like NATO are
> moved to fight are related to territorial control and predominance;
> likewise, the reasons moving the legions of Anonymous are in their
> deepest sense, and behind the lulz, a political stance supported by
> natives and, as such, have a huge constituent potential.
> 
> The reasons that invigorate today the courage of the Legions of
> Anonymous are also very similar to the political reasons that made the
> Legion of Underground declare war to Iraq and China in 1999:
> 
> the reiterated threats to the freedom of the population;
> 
> the state's efforts to censor, monitor and manipulate the natural flow
> of information;
> 
> the lies that monopolies, corporations and governments use to hide
> failures in the eyes of their citizens and clients;
> 
> the resistance of nations to move out of obsolete forms of governance
> engulfed by media-dictatorships;
> 
> the oppression against investigative journalists, hackers and such
> liminal figures operating on the edges of semiospheres;
> 
> to name just a few.
> 
> Since this scenario is not new, please consider the war that might be
> profiling ahead by reading further the statement below.
> 
> Solid.
> 
> LoU STRIKE OUT WITH INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF HACKERS:
> A JOINT STATEMENT BY 2600,
> THE CHAOS COMPUTER CLUB,
> THE CULT OF THE DEAD
> COW,
> !HISPAHACK,
> L0PHT HEAVY INDUSTRIES,
> PHRACK AND PULHAS
> 
> Date: 7.1.1999
> 
> An international coalition of hackers strongly condemns the Legion of
> the Underground's (LoU) recent "declaration of war" against the
> governments of Iraq and the People's Republic of China. Citing human
> rights violations and other repressive measures the LoU declared their
> intention to disrupt and disable Internet infrastructures in Iraq and
> China. In a decision that was more rash than wise, the LoU will do
> little to alter existing conditions and much to endanger the rights of
> hackers around the world.
> 
> We - the undersigned - strongly oppose any attempt to use the power of
> hacking to threaten or destroy the information infrastructure of a
> country, for any reason. Declaring "war" against a country is the most
> irresponsible thing a hacker group could do. This has nothing to do
> with hacktivism or hacker ethics and is nothing a hacker could be
> proud of.
> 
> Frank Rieger of the CCC said, "Many hacker groups don't have a problem
> with Web hacks that raise public awareness about human rights
> violations. But we are very sensitive to people damaging networks and
> critical systems in repressive regimes or anywhere else.  The police
> and intelligence communities regard hacking as seditious. It is quite
> possible now that hackers - not only in totalitarian states - could be
> jailed or executed as 'cyberterrorists' for the slightest infraction
> of the law."
> 
> "It is shortsighted and potentially counterproductive," added Reid
> Fleming of the cDc. "One cannot legitimately hope to improve a
> nation's free access to information by working to disable its data
> networks."
> 
> "Though we may agree with LoU that the atrocities in China and Iraq
> have got to stop, we do not agree with the methods they are
> advocating," said Space Rogue of the L0pht.
> 
> Emmanuel Goldstein of 2600 said: "This kind of threat, even if made
> idly, can only serve to further alienate hackers from mainstream
> society and help to spread the misperceptions we're constantly
> battling. And what happens when someone in another country decides
> that the United States needs to be punished for its human rights
> record? This is one door that will be very hard to close if we allow
> it to be opened."
> 
> Governments worldwide are seeking to establish cyberspace as a new
> battleground for their artificial conflicts. The LoU has inadvertently
> legitimized this alarmist propoganda. With its dramatic announcement
> the LoU played into the hands of policy makers who want complete
> control over the Internet and are looking for reasons to seize it. If
> hackers solicit recognition as paramilitary factions then hacking in
> general will be seen as an act of war. Ergo, hackers will be viewed as
> legitimate targets of warring states.
> 
> Strategic combat planning in the United States and among other nations
> has reached the point where real-world cases are needed to justify
> assigned budgets. The LoU is providing this real-world case now. We
> believe that the LoU should carefully investigate the idea of
> declaring "war" against China and Iraq.  Was it planted with them by
> someone with different interests in mind other than advancing human
> rights considerations?
> 
> The signatories to this statement are asking hackers to reject all
> actions that seek to damage the information infrastructure of any
> country. DO NOT support any acts of "Cyberwar." Keep the networks of
> communication alive. They are the nervous system for human progress.
> 
> 
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> <end quote>
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