There are many things one can do with your PII besides using it for identity theft, including publishing it, which is NOT illegal in many states.
@betterunix-- seriously? It's OK with you if they get your private data, no matter how they acquire it? Spoken like someone who has never had exposure of private data used as a THREAT... something weev is known for. If…
Unfortunately, a big part of "what he believes in" is (to use his words) "make people afraid for their lives" and of course, "ruin lives for lulz". So, yeah, I agree he is willing to be quite bold in standing up for his…
Actually I think silence is still preferable to what happens more frequently -- the sexist trolls are actively praised and rewarded in the tech community. Not for their sexism, of course, but for their activism on…
I mostly agree with Amy's take. And since when did "changing" imply "for the better"? It seems far too many people in our tech world have confused "affecting" with "improving". Yet when I glance around at what we have…
I am assuming that most or all of those who are defending Weev have never experienced life after he "drops docs" on you (which he has of course done for years, and as casually as one swats a fly)
There are many things one can do with your PII besides using it for identity theft, including publishing it, which is NOT illegal in many states.
@betterunix-- seriously? It's OK with you if they get your private data, no matter how they acquire it? Spoken like someone who has never had exposure of private data used as a THREAT... something weev is known for. If…
Unfortunately, a big part of "what he believes in" is (to use his words) "make people afraid for their lives" and of course, "ruin lives for lulz". So, yeah, I agree he is willing to be quite bold in standing up for his…
Actually I think silence is still preferable to what happens more frequently -- the sexist trolls are actively praised and rewarded in the tech community. Not for their sexism, of course, but for their activism on…
I mostly agree with Amy's take. And since when did "changing" imply "for the better"? It seems far too many people in our tech world have confused "affecting" with "improving". Yet when I glance around at what we have…
I am assuming that most or all of those who are defending Weev have never experienced life after he "drops docs" on you (which he has of course done for years, and as casually as one swats a fly)