Friday, 26 April 2013
The Anonymous Legion Wants You!!!
ANONYMOUS INDIA
OPEN LETTER TO JOURNALISTS, REPORTERS, BLOGGERS
June 6, 2012
Dear
Journalists of the World
,
You were intrigued by us when we took on the financial sector by attacking
Visa, Mastercard and Paypal as part of Operation Payback. Many of you
became enamored with us during various operations and applauded our
efforts. Some of you are now paying close attention to Operation India.
We know that we have gained support from even a few of you. Those few
are hoping against hope that our unconventional methods will continue to
have an effect on people, perhaps even the world. Those few admire us, if for
no other reason than the fact that, in a world full of apathy, a world filled
with people who don't even bother to read the information you painstakingly
present, we are trying to do something. This intrigues you. At the very least,
it inspires you to keep an eye on us, hoping we continue to take newsworthy
actions.
You know that, whether you are risking your own safety - perhaps even your
own life - to share the truth, or whether you are beholden to your dictators or
your advertisers, unable to write anything they do not approve, we,
Anonymous, are on your side and are fighting for you and your freedoms.
You, the journalists, reporters, and bloggers. You, the newspapers, television
networks and websites who hunt down and disseminate information. We are
fighting for you.
Some of you have recorded milestones of our efforts. Some of you have
reported upon them, and some of you have even participated in our fight.
You are the press, and you have our gratitude.
We need your help now. From various parts of India, people are rising up
and taking serious efforts to demand nothing more than basic rights, an end
to the corruption, and a fair chance. Our demands are simple. We want
Freedom of Speech and Expression over the Internet. What the large number
of people of India is unaware of, and the media largely ignores, is the fact
that the people in India are protesting against Internet Censorship.
Here is where we need your help. We ask you, the journalists, to bring to the
rest of the world the humanity of our revolutions. What we are witnessing are
extremist acts of censorship that are committed by misled, ignorant people in
power. The world needs human news. The world needs to know who it is that
needs their support. We don’t want India to become like China over Internet
Censorship. Indian Government is on their way of making the Great Indian
Firewall to monitor and censor various websites. A censor free internet also
allows bloggers to broadcast their view on any topic.
What we ask is simple. There are people protesting in Mumbai, Delhi,
Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and many other cities at this very moment
against Internet Censorship. There is a nation wide peaceful protest in many
cities on Saturday, June 9 2012. Tell us and the nation who they are and what
it is they want for their country and their people, for now and in the future.
So many voices are raised in protest right now and all the world can hear is
the noise. Tell us what the people are saying. Some of you will ignore this
message. It announces no new operations, as we are still focusing our efforts
on Operation India. This message issues no threats, as you are the press and
are always safe from us. If you heed our request, however, it could make all
the difference in the world, as it made a difference for the Tunisians to know
that they were speaking and the world was hearing their message. Help us do
this for India and for the netizens.
Signed,
Anonymous.
We are Anonymous.
We do not forgive the denial of basic human rights.
We do not forget those who assist the oppressed.
To the tyrannical government of India ... Expect us.
OPEN LETTER TO JOURNALISTS, REPORTERS, BLOGGERS
June 6, 2012
Dear
Journalists of the World
,
You were intrigued by us when we took on the financial sector by attacking
Visa, Mastercard and Paypal as part of Operation Payback. Many of you
became enamored with us during various operations and applauded our
efforts. Some of you are now paying close attention to Operation India.
We know that we have gained support from even a few of you. Those few
are hoping against hope that our unconventional methods will continue to
have an effect on people, perhaps even the world. Those few admire us, if for
no other reason than the fact that, in a world full of apathy, a world filled
with people who don't even bother to read the information you painstakingly
present, we are trying to do something. This intrigues you. At the very least,
it inspires you to keep an eye on us, hoping we continue to take newsworthy
actions.
You know that, whether you are risking your own safety - perhaps even your
own life - to share the truth, or whether you are beholden to your dictators or
your advertisers, unable to write anything they do not approve, we,
Anonymous, are on your side and are fighting for you and your freedoms.
You, the journalists, reporters, and bloggers. You, the newspapers, television
networks and websites who hunt down and disseminate information. We are
fighting for you.
Some of you have recorded milestones of our efforts. Some of you have
reported upon them, and some of you have even participated in our fight.
You are the press, and you have our gratitude.
We need your help now. From various parts of India, people are rising up
and taking serious efforts to demand nothing more than basic rights, an end
to the corruption, and a fair chance. Our demands are simple. We want
Freedom of Speech and Expression over the Internet. What the large number
of people of India is unaware of, and the media largely ignores, is the fact
that the people in India are protesting against Internet Censorship.
Here is where we need your help. We ask you, the journalists, to bring to the
rest of the world the humanity of our revolutions. What we are witnessing are
extremist acts of censorship that are committed by misled, ignorant people in
power. The world needs human news. The world needs to know who it is that
needs their support. We don’t want India to become like China over Internet
Censorship. Indian Government is on their way of making the Great Indian
Firewall to monitor and censor various websites. A censor free internet also
allows bloggers to broadcast their view on any topic.
What we ask is simple. There are people protesting in Mumbai, Delhi,
Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and many other cities at this very moment
against Internet Censorship. There is a nation wide peaceful protest in many
cities on Saturday, June 9 2012. Tell us and the nation who they are and what
it is they want for their country and their people, for now and in the future.
So many voices are raised in protest right now and all the world can hear is
the noise. Tell us what the people are saying. Some of you will ignore this
message. It announces no new operations, as we are still focusing our efforts
on Operation India. This message issues no threats, as you are the press and
are always safe from us. If you heed our request, however, it could make all
the difference in the world, as it made a difference for the Tunisians to know
that they were speaking and the world was hearing their message. Help us do
this for India and for the netizens.
Signed,
Anonymous.
We are Anonymous.
We do not forgive the denial of basic human rights.
We do not forget those who assist the oppressed.
To the tyrannical government of India ... Expect us.
Open Threat to the Government of India.............. We are a Legion!
ANONYMOUS INDIA
OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
June 6, 2012
Dear Government of India,
We are Anonymous. It has come to our attention that you have blocked file
sharing websites in India. We also know you are in the process of making a
Great Indian Firewall, to censor the internet in India. Anonymous believes,
however, that pursuing this direction is a sad mistake on your behalf. Not only
does it reveal the fact that you do not seem to understand the present-day
political and technological reality, we also take this as a serious declaration of
war from yourself, the Indian government, to us, Anonymous, the people.
We, the Anonymous are attacking the websites of Government of India,
Internet Service Providers with a DDoS attack for past 15 days to spread our
message. We would also like to bring to your notice that no content or the data
was harmed in this process.
First and foremost, it is important to realize what a DDoS attack exactly is and
what it means in the contemporary political context. As traditional means of
protest (peaceful demonstrations, sit-ins, the blocking of a crossroads or the
picketing of a factory fence) have slowly turned into nothing but an empty,
ritualized gesture of discontent over the course of the last century, people have
been anxiously searching for new ways to pressure politicians and give voice to
public demands in a manner that might actually be able to change things for the
better.
Anonymous has, for now, found this new way of voicing civil protest in the
form of the DDoS, or Distributed Denial of Service, attack. Just as is the case
with traditional forms of protest, we block access to our opponents’ infrastructure to get our message across. Whether or not this infrastructure is
located in the real world or in cyberspace seems completely irrelevant to us.
Moreover, we would like to take this opportunity to set the record straight on
the difference between a DDoS attack and hacking, as these concepts often
seem to be confounded when media and policy-makers talk about Anonymous.
Hacking as such is defined by the law as ‘unauthorised access to a computer or
network’, whereas a DDoS attack is simply a case of thousands of people
making legitimate connections to a publicly accessible web server at the same
time, using up the entire bandwidth or processing power of the given server at
once and thereby causing a huge ‘traffic jam’.
It is clear then, that arresting somebody for taking part in a DDoS attack is
exactly like arresting somebody for attending a peaceful demonstration in their
hometown. Anonymous believes this right to peacefully protest is one of the
fundamental pillars of any democracy and should not be restricted in any way.
Moreover, we have noted that similar attacks have also been carried out against
Wikileaks itself, yet so far, nobody has been arrested in connection with these
attacks, nor are there even any signs of an investigation into this issue at all.
The HC Madras never issued any list of websites of be blocked, the DoT never
issued a list of websites to be censored. Why is that ISPs are forced to block file
sharing websites? Why is that instead of blocking few links the whole domain
was blocked? The blocking of these websites is wrong and unjustified.
Torrents are widely used to distribute open source and free software such as
linux distributions, and many other books and publications that are in the public
domain. Video hosting sites like Vimeo are used by millions of people every
day. You no longer have access to this content even though it is perfectly legal.
Many small - medium businesses use Vimeo to showcase their services and
individuals including filmmakers and designers use it to promote their work.
These people are strongly hit by the ban on these websites through no fault of
their own.
Most of these sites provide a mechanism for illegal and copyrighted content to
be taken down, but the GoI and Indian ISPs decided to bypass this mechanism
and block these sites entirely. Few ISPs are blocking contents for their own
good, to hide the scams, to hide their corrupt doings.
We can therefore only assume that these censorships are politically motivated,
and were being carried out under pressure from the Government of India.
Anonymous can not, and will not, stand idle while this injustice is being done.
You can easily arrest individuals, but you cannot arrest an ideology. We are
united by a common objective and we can and WILL cross any borders to
achieve that. So our advice to you, the Government of India, is to take this
statement as a serious warning from the citizens of the world. We will not rest
until all the ISPs unblock the censored websites.
A great man once said “Freedom is my birth right and I shall have it”.
Today, we echo his words. We stand as one. We demand freedom.
Signed,
Anonymous.
We are Anonymous.
We do not forgive the denial of basic human rights.
We do not forget those who assist the oppressed.
To the tyrannical government of India ... Expect us.
OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
June 6, 2012
Dear Government of India,
We are Anonymous. It has come to our attention that you have blocked file
sharing websites in India. We also know you are in the process of making a
Great Indian Firewall, to censor the internet in India. Anonymous believes,
however, that pursuing this direction is a sad mistake on your behalf. Not only
does it reveal the fact that you do not seem to understand the present-day
political and technological reality, we also take this as a serious declaration of
war from yourself, the Indian government, to us, Anonymous, the people.
We, the Anonymous are attacking the websites of Government of India,
Internet Service Providers with a DDoS attack for past 15 days to spread our
message. We would also like to bring to your notice that no content or the data
was harmed in this process.
First and foremost, it is important to realize what a DDoS attack exactly is and
what it means in the contemporary political context. As traditional means of
protest (peaceful demonstrations, sit-ins, the blocking of a crossroads or the
picketing of a factory fence) have slowly turned into nothing but an empty,
ritualized gesture of discontent over the course of the last century, people have
been anxiously searching for new ways to pressure politicians and give voice to
public demands in a manner that might actually be able to change things for the
better.
Anonymous has, for now, found this new way of voicing civil protest in the
form of the DDoS, or Distributed Denial of Service, attack. Just as is the case
with traditional forms of protest, we block access to our opponents’ infrastructure to get our message across. Whether or not this infrastructure is
located in the real world or in cyberspace seems completely irrelevant to us.
Moreover, we would like to take this opportunity to set the record straight on
the difference between a DDoS attack and hacking, as these concepts often
seem to be confounded when media and policy-makers talk about Anonymous.
Hacking as such is defined by the law as ‘unauthorised access to a computer or
network’, whereas a DDoS attack is simply a case of thousands of people
making legitimate connections to a publicly accessible web server at the same
time, using up the entire bandwidth or processing power of the given server at
once and thereby causing a huge ‘traffic jam’.
It is clear then, that arresting somebody for taking part in a DDoS attack is
exactly like arresting somebody for attending a peaceful demonstration in their
hometown. Anonymous believes this right to peacefully protest is one of the
fundamental pillars of any democracy and should not be restricted in any way.
Moreover, we have noted that similar attacks have also been carried out against
Wikileaks itself, yet so far, nobody has been arrested in connection with these
attacks, nor are there even any signs of an investigation into this issue at all.
The HC Madras never issued any list of websites of be blocked, the DoT never
issued a list of websites to be censored. Why is that ISPs are forced to block file
sharing websites? Why is that instead of blocking few links the whole domain
was blocked? The blocking of these websites is wrong and unjustified.
Torrents are widely used to distribute open source and free software such as
linux distributions, and many other books and publications that are in the public
domain. Video hosting sites like Vimeo are used by millions of people every
day. You no longer have access to this content even though it is perfectly legal.
Many small - medium businesses use Vimeo to showcase their services and
individuals including filmmakers and designers use it to promote their work.
These people are strongly hit by the ban on these websites through no fault of
their own.
Most of these sites provide a mechanism for illegal and copyrighted content to
be taken down, but the GoI and Indian ISPs decided to bypass this mechanism
and block these sites entirely. Few ISPs are blocking contents for their own
good, to hide the scams, to hide their corrupt doings.
We can therefore only assume that these censorships are politically motivated,
and were being carried out under pressure from the Government of India.
Anonymous can not, and will not, stand idle while this injustice is being done.
You can easily arrest individuals, but you cannot arrest an ideology. We are
united by a common objective and we can and WILL cross any borders to
achieve that. So our advice to you, the Government of India, is to take this
statement as a serious warning from the citizens of the world. We will not rest
until all the ISPs unblock the censored websites.
A great man once said “Freedom is my birth right and I shall have it”.
Today, we echo his words. We stand as one. We demand freedom.
Signed,
Anonymous.
We are Anonymous.
We do not forgive the denial of basic human rights.
We do not forget those who assist the oppressed.
To the tyrannical government of India ... Expect us.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Corporate Slavery: A sour truth in India
Who makes
decisions about your life?
Someone's Rich Dad said, "Somewhere along the way, people became more desirous of security and have paid the price by selling their freedom. You may have noticed that schools today focus primarily on job security rather than financial freedom. The problem is most people do not know that the cost of that security is their freedom." He continued to say, "If you choose security, someone is always telling you what hours to work, how much you make, and even when you can eat your lunch. That is the price of security." -- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad.
Who decides what time you go to bed?
For the vast majority of people in the world, their boss or their job decides what time they sleep because they decide what time they have to get up and what time they have to be at work. How often have you said, "I've got the go to bed because tomorrows a 'work-day'"?
Who decides what you do and when you do it at your job?
Most employers even decide when you can drink coffee and how long you have to drink it. Distinct 'coffee breaks' or other breaks are scheduled during the day and employees are expected to adhere to that schedule.
Someone's Rich Dad said, "Somewhere along the way, people became more desirous of security and have paid the price by selling their freedom. You may have noticed that schools today focus primarily on job security rather than financial freedom. The problem is most people do not know that the cost of that security is their freedom." He continued to say, "If you choose security, someone is always telling you what hours to work, how much you make, and even when you can eat your lunch. That is the price of security." -- Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad Poor Dad.
Who decides what time you go to bed?
For the vast majority of people in the world, their boss or their job decides what time they sleep because they decide what time they have to get up and what time they have to be at work. How often have you said, "I've got the go to bed because tomorrows a 'work-day'"?
Who decides what you do and when you do it at your job?
Most employers even decide when you can drink coffee and how long you have to drink it. Distinct 'coffee breaks' or other breaks are scheduled during the day and employees are expected to adhere to that schedule.
 "Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
Who decides
when you eat?
Most employees lunch during the company prescribed 'lunch hour'. The company even decides where their employees eat and how much money they can spend on their meals.
Who decides where and when you take a vacation?
Your boss dictates to you when you can take a prescribed amount of time off for your vacation. They even decide where you can go by controlling the amount of money you earn.
Who decides when you can go home and spend time with your family?
Again, if you're employed, you're a slave to the clock. Your boss tells you when you can go home, and your boss allots the time you have available to spend with your family.
I don't care how good it is, there is no way a person can be truly happy working for someone else. It's impossible to be truly happy when you have to be on the job at fixed times. You can't be really happy when you have to beg someone for time off. You can't be fully content when you have to follow someone else's rules or guidelines. You can't be completely satisfied with decisions that aren't your own.
Those who say they are happy with their JOBs are saying so out of lack of vision. They have become numb to the possibilities and have given up completely the vision of self-determination. They are slaves... and like complacent slaves, they don't know there IS another way.
Gerry Spence, in his book, Give Me Liberty, says "By slavery, the old or the new, I mean that state in which the person has no effective control over the course of his or her life. Despite his freedom to jump from job to job or junket by jet from beach to beach, if no matter how he schemes or toils he cannot explore his boundless uniqueness, if he has lost his only power, the power of the self, then he is enslaved."
Have you given up your right to make decisions about your life by selling your life one hour at a time, one paycheck at a time?
Most employees lunch during the company prescribed 'lunch hour'. The company even decides where their employees eat and how much money they can spend on their meals.
Who decides where and when you take a vacation?
Your boss dictates to you when you can take a prescribed amount of time off for your vacation. They even decide where you can go by controlling the amount of money you earn.
Who decides when you can go home and spend time with your family?
Again, if you're employed, you're a slave to the clock. Your boss tells you when you can go home, and your boss allots the time you have available to spend with your family.
I don't care how good it is, there is no way a person can be truly happy working for someone else. It's impossible to be truly happy when you have to be on the job at fixed times. You can't be really happy when you have to beg someone for time off. You can't be fully content when you have to follow someone else's rules or guidelines. You can't be completely satisfied with decisions that aren't your own.
Those who say they are happy with their JOBs are saying so out of lack of vision. They have become numb to the possibilities and have given up completely the vision of self-determination. They are slaves... and like complacent slaves, they don't know there IS another way.
Gerry Spence, in his book, Give Me Liberty, says "By slavery, the old or the new, I mean that state in which the person has no effective control over the course of his or her life. Despite his freedom to jump from job to job or junket by jet from beach to beach, if no matter how he schemes or toils he cannot explore his boundless uniqueness, if he has lost his only power, the power of the self, then he is enslaved."
Have you given up your right to make decisions about your life by selling your life one hour at a time, one paycheck at a time?
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