Court records show the Federal Bureau of Investigation worked with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Canada, to execute a search warrant at Cottle’s residence
Bad Canada. Stop helping those who threaten you.
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My understanding was that the group was fairly decentralized? I’m not sure how this might affect their operations.
Some people (officials, journalists) are incapable of grasping "decentralised" and quickly have to bridge the abyss that's opening in their minds, usually with something like "mentor", or "ringleader" or, in this case, "co-founder". I wonder how many "co-founders" there are: a hundred? ten thousand?
I wonder how many “co-founders” there are: a hundred? ten thousand?
How do we even decide this? The first X number of people to use the handle?
my point precisely
Anonymous isn't even a group. It's an idea, much like Antifa.
If they caught co-founder of the group, it means they are going after others too, and this might discourage others to continue their work.
Except they didn't catch the "co-founder" because there is no such person? Anyone claiming to have co-founded Anonymous is as full of shit as the media trying to portray it as such. Seriously, I would like to support this woman, but not in a way that denies reality.
I mean, theoretically all original anonymous members are co-founders
It's nebulous, bu at some point t it went from an idea to a hacktivist affiliation. Anyone who got on board with the idea before they did anything could be fairly called a co-founder
Surely it's coincidence that the feds are after them when the last video they dropped pointed out election disparities in '24 and accused Elon of stealing the election.
I would very much like to know why the alt-right isn’t being absolutely destroyed on the tech front. Do they really have ALL the information security pros? I feel like if the resistance is dead-set on non-violence, cyberattacks, catfishing/exposing, etc. should absolutely be a priority, but I don’t seem to see anything taking place on that front.
Bro it is actually insane how many conservatives you could blackbag and disappear if you just Catfished them on Grindr. They'd never be able to admit anyone among their ilk ever got lured by gay sex into being bound, blindfolded, gagged, anesthetized, whisked off to upstate Vermont, and tossed into a wood chipper.
I mean.... the wood chipper sounds like a more pivotal reason they won't tell their story.
Their colleagues trying to decry what's happening would be very hesitant to admit that the vector was through grindr
I dunno if I'd be able to jump or even haul a heavy conservative, but my ass is p fat and my mouth looks fuckable AF, and I would be totally willing to be the honey for this kinda trap.
You are Anonymous!
Anonymous is a group?! I thought it was just that one guy, 4chan!
Real talk- I thought it wasn't a cohesive group and more a symbolic group. Like anyone could do some hacker stuff and claim to be "Anonymous". I mean, how would you know the difference?
If they work in independent cells, they shouldn't need a founder or co-founder to keep going.
This will have literally zero effect. It was never about particular people, or “leaders”. This is honestly hilarious. But it absolutely tracks with the mindset of what the DoJ is turning into.
Lol at cop founder