tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post6861021691804213950..comments2017-11-28T08:32:59.938-05:00Comments on BRG's Daily Dose: Who is The Jester?Beth Ritter-Guthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11469520509031465630noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-35862133322674447072013-07-11T00:13:34.491-04:002013-07-11T00:13:34.491-04:00just because it is deemed as part of the hacking c...just because it is deemed as part of the hacking culture it does not make it acceptable or necessary<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-14989650402590095982013-07-11T00:10:04.912-04:002013-07-11T00:10:04.912-04:00regardless of the legal implications how can you c...regardless of the legal implications how can you condone or support that kind of behavior though?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-28520592304290894822013-07-10T21:58:15.837-04:002013-07-10T21:58:15.837-04:00I appreciate your post. I really try not to specu...I appreciate your post. I really try not to speculate about such things.Beth Ritter-Guthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11469520509031465630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-27476504000386192802013-07-10T21:56:06.815-04:002013-07-10T21:56:06.815-04:00Thank you for your post. I am not qualified to in...Thank you for your post. I am not qualified to interpret the law, but, my the letter of the law, it seems that if he were ever caught, those would be the arguments used to persecute him.Beth Ritter-Guthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11469520509031465630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-21752378384212627152013-07-10T21:54:21.072-04:002013-07-10T21:54:21.072-04:00I also believe humility is a virtue. I am not a j...I also believe humility is a virtue. I am not a judge of humility though; I don't find him all that arrogant - no more arrogant that any of the other hackers I have been looking at. It almost seems like bragging is part of the hacking culture? Beth Ritter-Guthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11469520509031465630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-15220387502855988512013-07-10T20:53:46.087-04:002013-07-10T20:53:46.087-04:00I's much more than a protest when you threaten...I's much more than a protest when you threaten to take a site down or threaten to expose someone or something if you don't get your way - blackmail is a form of extortion - which essentially is considered terrorism.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-73243202663930088312013-07-10T20:16:44.668-04:002013-07-10T20:16:44.668-04:00I thought that he might be 35 too or perhaps even ...I thought that he might be 35 too or perhaps even in his early forties with all those 80's film references (but hey everyone loves the 80's) however when reading parts of his blog and twitter responses he comes accross more adolescent in many ways however i don't believe he is under thirty so i tend to think he his more of a narcissistic personality type and i'm not saying this to be a troll - just making an observation. <br />How else is the ego-driven arrogance explainable ?<br />Other than drug use - which i certainly don't think is the case here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-38111345063594846092013-07-10T19:59:39.930-04:002013-07-10T19:59:39.930-04:00Being arrogant i just don't believe is necessa...Being arrogant i just don't believe is necessary and i ask why not be humble ? <br />Also maybe i have misunderstood but i believed that your referencing Major O' Conner and newsweek Was a condonement - perhaps i got that wrong but that's how it came across.<br />My final point was really that heroes as a rule don't generally brag about their actions and it can be done in the real world.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-11129586158095196522013-07-10T19:50:28.303-04:002013-07-10T19:50:28.303-04:00I think one could protest in a more intelligent (a...I think one could protest in a more intelligent (and legal) way and no he cannot take down the sites completely and only temporarily which is why i gave the 3 pigs analogy because at the end of the day the house (website) is still standing. <br />Don't forget my point earlier when a site is down others cannot verify their content such as in the WBC incident.<br />That kind of censorship probably did more harm than good as journalists around the world could not verify anything and further propel the story into the publics attention. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-974388150774673242013-07-10T00:25:25.685-04:002013-07-10T00:25:25.685-04:00Thank you for your post. I agree that there is a ...Thank you for your post. I agree that there is a fine line between pride and arrogance, but I am not the judge of the line. I have no problem with people being proud of their work. If he is arrogant about it or not, the work is still the same, no? Please don't extend meanings to my words that I did not intend. I said that the best and brightest have identified his work; I did not say that they condone it. I doubt very highly that Major O'Connor supports any kind of civil hacking; he just recognized that Jester was the only one capable of stopping WikiLeaks. Further, the point of his portion of the talk was that we need to change our defenses so that swifter operations can occur. I am not sure I understand your final point.Beth Ritter-Guthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11469520509031465630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-33691738714489921602013-07-10T00:16:39.939-04:002013-07-10T00:16:39.939-04:00I appreciate your intelligent dialogue about the i...I appreciate your intelligent dialogue about the issue, and I can't speak for The Jester, as I only know him as well as anyone else. But, I think the temporary nature of the attacks are what make it a "protest" instead of an attack. I imagine he has the skills to take down the sites completely if he wants, right? So it is a choice he makes to take them down long enough to have a point. In the Big Bad Wolf story, the Wolf eats the first two pigs and the third one gets smart and builds a stronger house. But, only AFTER the other two are lunch. Maybe there is something to say about the #ticktock warnings?<br />Beth Ritter-Guthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11469520509031465630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-81581193325819788372013-07-09T22:04:59.029-04:002013-07-09T22:04:59.029-04:00I think there is a very fine line between pride an...I think there is a very fine line between pride and arrogance.<br />From what i read on his site and twitter comments it certainly appears arrogant - words and actions seem clearly right-wing extremism acts to me.<br />I disagree that the best and brightest among us have actually condoned the jesters actions.<br />Am not familiar with newsweek.<br />I fail to see the importance of his laptop at all regardless of how difficult it is to get into a musuem. <br />Originally you drew the comparison between the jester and a super hero however if you just remove super hero from the above points that were given i'm sure that kind of person already does exist in our reality - but it's just not the Jester though is it ? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-54639768396977317712013-07-09T19:28:08.301-04:002013-07-09T19:28:08.301-04:00Thanks for your reply Beth but i cannot understand...Thanks for your reply Beth but i cannot understand how the Jester is exercising his right to free speech by not allowing others theirs in the form of taking the WBC webserver offline. As i pointed out this may have been more detrimental as myself and am sure others could not verify the claims being made in the press by going to their site at the time.<br />Again i am absolutely against the WBC but i just don't think that shutting down their website has much benefit and today i see it is still active - as is all of the sites he has attacked.<br />Someone really has to help change their opinions with intelligent debate before it gets to a David Koresh, Waco kinda situation. <br />If you look at all of the Jester's actions i just don't see overall what he has achieved. <br />The taking down of websites temporarily reminds me of the big bad wolf and the three little pigs - but in this case they just build better websites instead of houses.<br />Jester has a right to free speech too but i don't think that denying the rights of others is the answer. Bullying people into your own way of thinking never really works.<br /><br />"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."<br /><br />Voltaire<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-40831853789451894042013-07-09T17:04:14.167-04:002013-07-09T17:04:14.167-04:00Thanks for your post. Here are my rough thoughts,...Thanks for your post. Here are my rough thoughts, and I will probably write more later in a post.<br /><br />For as much as I love The Jester's work, I am not blind the pride he has in it. He has been identified by some of the best and brightest among us (Major O'Connor, for example and credible news agencies like Newsweek). They see value in what he is doing, and I think it is just fine for him to be proud of the work he does. It isn't likely that he can tell anyone he knows in real life about his laptop. And, having worked with NASA acquisitions, I can tell you that getting a laptop into the hands of a museum isn't very easy. Further, the only super heroes we have to follow are fake; if they were real, would they be so humble? I am not so sure.<br /><br />I think the principal issue here is not whether he is capable of doing the work but whether he is making matters worse? The WBC gets to travel on the dime of national sorrow. Should they, under the US Constitution, have the right to free speech? Sure. But, we have the right to protest, too. Isn't Jester exercising that right? If they can stampede on the funerals of children and freely speak; we have a responsibility to speak, too. <br /><br /> Beth Ritter-Guthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11469520509031465630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-83155207368242252612013-07-08T22:34:53.567-04:002013-07-08T22:34:53.567-04:00Hi Beth i disagree with your sentiment towards the...Hi Beth i disagree with your sentiment towards the Jester.<br />A super hero doesn't brag about what he has done.<br />a super hero remains humble and doesn't tell everyone his laptop is in a museum.<br />A super hero doesn't bully people and deny them their first amendment rights because he disagrees with their views.<br />A super hero doesn't threaten and intimidate other nations.<br />Has this super hero impacted investigations into terrorist groups when shutting down their sites ?<br />How was i to confirm the shocking story regarding the Westboro church when i could not view their website as jester had taken it down for other a month ?<br />What was the point of jester hacking into Kevin Mitnick's server recently - showboating ?<br />At the end of the day and after three years (and i fully understand the patriotic sentiment) - what has he actually achieved ?<br />I think he is out of control and detrimental to the home team.<br />Beware of false prophets . . . . . . . <br />I would like to debate more here with you if possible.<br />Thank-youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408387681643757347.post-46650893946650520812013-07-06T13:30:50.578-04:002013-07-06T13:30:50.578-04:00Loving you!! This is great. :-)Loving you!! This is great. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com