Tim: Talked to Gregg this morning. I like that guy. He made it sound like it was way off the record that you penned the Al Jazeera piece. me: heh Tim: But even a casual reader can tell from you HuffPo piece Tim: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barrett-brown/anonymous-australia-and-t_b_457776.html me: it's already known me: yeah, I know Tim: That it's the same person. Tim: Oh, okay. me: I never asked them to hide my identify me: they did it Tim: Go tit. Tim: Or got it. me: I use my name on Anonymous op-eds me: lolololol me: that went well Tim: So what's the new deal with Wired? I can't find online this reference to you being an "Anonymous theorist." me: that's their idea me: also greenwald just wrote me: Michael Isikoff wants to talk to me Tim: So the Wired description of you (Anon theorist) hasn't been published yet? That what you're saying? me: oh, no, it's up me: I saw it me: they didn't talk to me me: blog post on Wired Tim: I'll try to track down the Wired thing. Lemme know what Isikoff says when you talk to him. me: k Tim: Can't find the Wired citation. You have linky? me: yeah me: http://www.wired.com/beyond_the_beyond/2011/02/anonymous-theorist-bragging-to-al-jazeera/ me: I just e-mailed him about this "English not first language" shit me: like, what the fuck? me: and I am indeed watching Star Wars parodies for the lulz me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRd_vZT6zPY me: guy's got everything wrong except for me clearly being a revolutionary me: like, can one not watch YouTube parodies just because one wants a hundred governments toppled? Tim: WTF indeed. First thing I notice about that blog post is that he's violating Al Jazeera's copyright by reprinting that entire thing. That's a no-no. me: oh right me: but good me: ALL MUST READ MY OPINIONS! me: http://random.bandcamp.com/track/avalanche-feat-barret-wallace Tim: My ears hurt. me: GOOD I'VE HACKED THEM me: LOOK AT ME I'M AARON BARR me: anyway me: among Anons me: secrecy is default me: that's why Gregg won't say anything unless authorized Tim: Noted. Tim: My creative director really likes the photograph of you with the cigarette. I now need to put him in touch with your girlfriend. Tim: Your friend Mirna doesn't answer her email. Got a phone number for her? me: yeah me: 512-947-5712 Tim: tnx Tim: Fucking Paula at fucking Mustang Barbers cut your fucking hair? Tim: Wow. me: yep me: for like 15 fucking years me: thanks mom me: yeah, mom told me about you me: remember not to confuse me with Bryan Barnett Tim: Yeah, Paula cut mine for about the same number of years. Funny woman. me: or I will destroy D me: also he's gay me: a gay nerd Tim: Weird. I just hung up with Mirna. She, like your mother, remembers you as a bedwetter. me: the problem is Tim: Or, in Mirna's case, a couchwetter. me: I never acted up in your mom's class me: I enjoyed drawing stuff Tim: I asked my mom if you were a bedwetter. She said she never observed you sleeping. me: that was nice of her Tim: Not trying to be dense. But I still don't understand. How can you with certainty say that someone is not Anon? me: I can't me: but I do anyway Tim: Understood. me: fact is that all hackers are in communication, to my knowledge me: and I would have known about this me: now, these people might identify with Anon, I haven't seen anything yet Tim: Logistical question: you've got this voluntary botnet. You want to run a DDoS. Who presses the button that sets the botnet on a particular site? (If this question is more easily answered on the phone, let me know.) me: a guy with a dog me: it's voted upon, sometimes me: and then a certain person with that capability does his thing Tim: Right. But so all this talk about an organization that isn't organized, etc. Yet, when it comes down to it, someone is still at the head of the beast, running the software that controls the botnet. Do I understand that correctly? me: no me: it is more like me: there are many heads me: some more active than others me: and sometimes they switch out me: and often specializing in different affairs Tim: So it's a mistake for me to think of Anonymous have ONE botnet. There are many. Sometimes they're all headed in the same direction; sometimes they aren't. Tim: Let's say I wanted to install the software on my computer and offer my machine to the botnet. Who decides who gets control of my machine? me: this guy me: although, again, the decision is usually democratic me: these days Tim: So you're organizing the botnet. Building it. Kinda. But you don't control it, actually USE it to launch the DDoS. Someone else does it. Tim: Am I close? me: someone technical does that me: it's a group effort me: and I don't know particulars me: one of those things I shouldn't know Tim: But you decide who gets control of my machine. How do you do that unless you know WHO the person is who will have control of my machine? Tim: Maybe I'll just have your girlfriend explain all this to me. me: I don't get to decide me: again, these are the tech people me: I've never had anything to do with the LOIC me: not technical me: and that's kept safe me: I mean, it's capabilities are Tim: Sorry to bombard you. When I asked about a tick-tock, you pointed me to an Endgame Systems doc Tim: http://69.80.108.134/20110114-Anonymous.pdf Tim: But that linky no worky. me: ah me: one sec