Comments on: Andrew "Weev" Auernheimer, hacker in AT&T iPad case, on Occupy Wall Street http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Daniel http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1251517 Daniel Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1251517 I wonder what percentage of BoingBoing readers only come here to complain about the liberal bias. I wonder what percentage of BoingBoing readers only come here to complain about the liberal bias.

]]> By: CharredBarn http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1250680 CharredBarn Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1250680 You're being disingenuous. A link to a video of a homophobic or anti-semitic congressman in which he said something amusing would never appear here without a clear introductory pronouncement that he is vile, if it appeared at all.  You’re being disingenuous. A link to a video of a homophobic or anti-semitic congressman in which he said something amusing would never appear here without a clear introductory pronouncement that he is vile, if it appeared at all. 

]]> By: CharredBarn http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1250669 CharredBarn Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1250669 True, and you could have closed your browser on the bloggers you hate. Instead (if the NYT is to believed -- a big "if," I'll grant ) of calling for their extermination in ovens. Two can play that "if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out" game. My point was simply this: if "bloggers should be gassed and cremated" was a quote attributed to almost anyone other than a notorious hacker, that person would not be getting high-fives here for his commitment to freedom of cheese. What I know about you is largely gathered through the media, and it may be an inaccurate characterization. To the extent that my remarks are unwarranted, mea culpa.  True, and you could have closed your browser on the bloggers you hate. Instead (if the NYT is to believed — a big “if,” I’ll grant ) of calling for their extermination in ovens. Two can play that “if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out” game.

My point was simply this: if “bloggers should be gassed and cremated” was a quote attributed to almost anyone other than a notorious hacker, that person would not be getting high-fives here for his commitment to freedom of cheese.

What I know about you is largely gathered through the media, and it may be an inaccurate characterization. To the extent that my remarks are unwarranted, mea culpa. 

]]> By: Hanns Gee http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1249776 Hanns Gee Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1249776 Jeez, everytime Weev starts diatribing, I don't want to continue. NEVAR FORGET!  Jeez, everytime Weev starts diatribing, I don’t want to continue. NEVAR FORGET! 

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1249616 Cowicide Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1249616 Andrew, I'm disappointed you didn't make your screen name:  <a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-340301105" rel="nofollow">TheTruthAboutTheTruthAboutWeev</a> Andrew, I’m disappointed you didn’t make your screen name:  TheTruthAboutTheTruthAboutWeev

]]> By: strangefriend http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1249205 strangefriend Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1249205 You're not Paul Fishman, the US attorney prosecuting weev, are you? You’re not Paul Fishman, the US attorney prosecuting weev, are you?

]]> By: kirkg http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1249028 kirkg Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1249028 "I'm tired of not having freedom.  I'm tired of, you know, 400 people, a few wealthy families, controlling all the wealth and all the social power in this country." Then he takes a loooooong suck on that cancer stick.  After all, it'd been out of his mouth for a good three or four minutes.  Regardless of what 'controlling all the wealth' might mean, certainly 'controlling all the social media' is nonsense on stilts.  Mr. Weev, you are communicating on a fracken huge social media site, decidedly not controlled by them 400.  Never in human history has 'social media' existed as it does today, and it's exploding ever upward.  OWS looks to me like people with so much freedom, so much control of their lives, that they can go sit in the rain for a week.  People without control of their lives can't do that, 'cause they're, like, being controlled.  You dig, Weevster?  No, I suppose not. “I’m tired of not having freedom.  I’m tired of, you know, 400 people, a few wealthy families, controlling all the wealth and all the social power in this country.”

Then he takes a loooooong suck on that cancer stick.  After all, it’d been out of his mouth for a good three or four minutes. 

Regardless of what ‘controlling all the wealth’ might mean, certainly ‘controlling all the social media’ is nonsense on stilts.  Mr. Weev, you are communicating on a fracken huge social media site, decidedly not controlled by them 400.  Never in human history has ‘social media’ existed as it does today, and it’s exploding ever upward.  OWS looks to me like people with so much freedom, so much control of their lives, that they can go sit in the rain for a week.  People without control of their lives can’t do that, ’cause they’re, like, being controlled.  You dig, Weevster?  No, I suppose not.

]]> By: Jim Moskowitz http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248990 Jim Moskowitz Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248990 "why do so many americans confuse socialism with communism?" Perhaps you should look at the English-language wikipedia article on Socialism. One relevant sentence reads "The Marxist conception of socialism is that of a specific historical phase that will displace capitalism and precede communism." “why do so many americans confuse socialism with communism?”
Perhaps you should look at the English-language wikipedia article on Socialism. One relevant sentence reads “The Marxist conception of socialism is that of a specific historical phase that will displace capitalism and precede communism.”

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248959 Felton / Moderator Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248959 <i>I</i> grew up knowing the difference, but then my father was a communist. I grew up knowing the difference, but then my father was a communist.

]]> By: cleek http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248956 cleek Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248956 Americans don't confuse the two so much as Americans truly don't know what either of them mean, and just use the words as epithets which mean something like "anti-American, godless, anti-freedom, blahblahblah" Americans don’t confuse the two so much as Americans truly don’t know what either of them mean, and just use the words as epithets which mean something like “anti-American, godless, anti-freedom, blahblahblah”

]]> By: HahTse http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248924 HahTse Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248924 McCarthy McCarthy

]]> By: dunkyboy http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248913 dunkyboy Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248913 Quite entertaining - I like a good rant as much as the next person. Question though: why do so many americans confuse socialism with communism? Are the two somehow rolled together in political education at school? Quite entertaining – I like a good rant as much as the next person. Question though: why do so many americans confuse socialism with communism? Are the two somehow rolled together in political education at school?

]]> By: Andrew Auernheimer http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248906 Andrew Auernheimer Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248906 I love Jewish people. Shema yisrael, adonai eloheynu, adonai echad. I am of Jewish ethnic origins. I have loved Jewish women. A gigantic number of my friends are Jews. Jews bailed me out of jail. I have a deep appreciation for the Jewish people. Criticism of Zionism and Jewish influence over US policies does not equate to anti-Semitism. Try again! I love Christ. If you have a problem with this part of my identity, you are free to close your browser tab on whatever particular thing I've said that offends you. I make no apologies for my religion and worldview. I have never invaded anyone's privacy. I love Jewish people. Shema yisrael, adonai eloheynu, adonai echad. I am of Jewish ethnic origins. I have loved Jewish women. A gigantic number of my friends are Jews. Jews bailed me out of jail. I have a deep appreciation for the Jewish people. Criticism of Zionism and Jewish influence over US policies does not equate to anti-Semitism. Try again!

I love Christ. If you have a problem with this part of my identity, you are free to close your browser tab on whatever particular thing I’ve said that offends you. I make no apologies for my religion and worldview.

I have never invaded anyone’s privacy.

]]> By: Andrew Auernheimer http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248905 Andrew Auernheimer Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248905 Proper young camembert and basashi alone are worth fighting for. Proper young camembert and basashi alone are worth fighting for.

]]> By: Andrew Auernheimer http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248904 Andrew Auernheimer Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248904 Except the data on the AT&T webserver was not "hacked". It was published openly, on a webserver. It was the equivalent of them publishing it in a book, and then crying when someone pointed it out that they had put peoples data in a damn book. AT&T deserves to be punished for their repeated privacy-related negligence and repeated treasonous disregard of American civil liberties. Except the data on the AT&T webserver was not “hacked”. It was published openly, on a webserver. It was the equivalent of them publishing it in a book, and then crying when someone pointed it out that they had put peoples data in a damn book.

AT&T deserves to be punished for their repeated privacy-related negligence and repeated treasonous disregard of American civil liberties.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248875 Cowicide Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248875 <blockquote>I listened for a few more minutes as Weev held forth on the Federal Reserve and about Jews...</blockquote> So, what did he say about Jews in particular? Anyway, featuring someone/something in a post doesn't mean boing boing is endorsing that person and/or every aspect of that person. Xeni showed a video of Gaddafi playing with his kids, but I doubt this shows an über-left hipster forgiveness of Gaddafi in any way.

I listened for a few more minutes as Weev held forth on the Federal Reserve and about Jews…

So, what did he say about Jews in particular?

Anyway, featuring someone/something in a post doesn’t mean boing boing is endorsing that person and/or every aspect of that person.

Xeni showed a video of Gaddafi playing with his kids, but I doubt this shows an über-left hipster forgiveness of Gaddafi in any way.

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248867 querent Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248867 "If he hadn't been such a douche about it, none of this would be an issue." You think if he'd been nicer, he wouldn't have been indicted? “If he hadn’t been such a douche about it, none of this would be an issue.”

You think if he’d been nicer, he wouldn’t have been indicted?

]]> By: Jackie Singh http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248844 Jackie Singh Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248844 Nevermind. Nevermind.

]]> By: chronocide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248817 chronocide Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248817 The truth about weev is that he is only telling the truth when he is laughing.   The truth about weev is that he is only telling the truth when he is laughing.  

]]> By: CharredBarn http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248769 CharredBarn Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248769 "“Trolling is basically Internet eugenics,” he said, his voice pitching up like a jet engine on the runway. “I want everyone off the Internet. Bloggers are filth. They need to be destroyed. Blogging gives the illusion of participation to a bunch of retards. . . . We need to put these people in the oven!” I listened for a few more minutes as Weev held forth on the Federal Reserve and about Jews..." You think if the guy who said this stuff looked different -- let's say he had a shaved head and an iron cross on his neck, or looked and carried himself like, oh I don't know, Rick Santorum -- he'd be getting the same tender treatment here?  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html?pagewanted=all ““Trolling is basically Internet eugenics,” he said, his voice pitching up like a jet engine on the runway. “I want everyone off the Internet. Bloggers are filth. They need to be destroyed. Blogging gives the illusion of participation to a bunch of retards. . . . We need to put these people in the oven!”

I listened for a few more minutes as Weev held forth on the Federal Reserve and about Jews…”

You think if the guy who said this stuff looked different — let’s say he had a shaved head and an iron cross on his neck, or looked and carried himself like, oh I don’t know, Rick Santorum — he’d be getting the same tender treatment here? 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html?pagewanted=all

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248759 Cowicide Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248759 <blockquote>a jerk sure can buy a lot of forgiveness from the über-left hipster crowd if he's got notorious hacker chops and the right look.</blockquote> He's not only got the <i>right look</i>, he's got the über-left hipness to cheese issues on top of his über-hackeur chops.  Because of this, I forgive Weev and it's a whole lot of forgiveness because he's got the look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LwhVqDGyr4M#t=154s

a jerk sure can buy a lot of forgiveness from the über-left hipster crowd if he’s got notorious hacker chops and the right look.

He’s not only got the right look, he’s got the über-left hipness to cheese issues on top of his über-hackeur chops.  Because of this, I forgive Weev and it’s a whole lot of forgiveness because he’s got the look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LwhVqDGyr4M#t=154s

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248755 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248755 Personal ax-grinding is not welcome here. Maybe it's a jilted lover. Personal ax-grinding is not welcome here. Maybe it’s a jilted lover.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248752 Cowicide Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248752 <blockquote>Now if I can get the fascist moderator to stop censoring the truth about weev</blockquote> Calling the moderator a fascist.  That'll halp.

Now if I can get the fascist moderator to stop censoring the truth about weev

Calling the moderator a fascist.  That’ll halp.

]]> By: CharredBarn http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248747 CharredBarn Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248747 Anyone seen this guy's bizarre Christian sermons on youtube? Antisemitism, religious zealotry, intrusion into the privacy of complete strangers... a jerk sure can buy a lot of forgiveness from the über-left hipster crowd if he's got notorious hacker chops and the right look.  Anyone seen this guy’s bizarre Christian sermons on youtube? Antisemitism, religious zealotry, intrusion into the privacy of complete strangers… a jerk sure can buy a lot of forgiveness from the über-left hipster crowd if he’s got notorious hacker chops and the right look. 

]]> By: Jason Slack http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248719 Jason Slack Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248719 No, it's like Weev walked by a bank that had left its door open at night,  informed the media, and instead of any incompetent employees getting in trouble they jail Weev for ten fucking years. No, it’s like Weev walked by a bank that had left its door open at night,  informed the media, and instead of any incompetent employees getting in trouble they jail Weev for ten fucking years.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248708 jimh Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248708 The bloodshed WILL begin when they come for my cheese. The bloodshed WILL begin when they come for my cheese.

]]> By: Mark_Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248700 Mark_Frauenfelder Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248700 Hurray for being on the free-choice side of the raw cheese camp, Weev! Hurray for being on the free-choice side of the raw cheese camp, Weev!

]]> By: William George http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248697 William George Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248697 Yeah, I'm pretty sure OWS can find a better spokesman. Yeah, I’m pretty sure OWS can find a better spokesman.

]]> By: Dmitry Petrovich http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248682 Dmitry Petrovich Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248682 Focus son... FO-CUS Focus son… FO-CUS

]]> By: TruthAboutWeev http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/andrew-weev-auernheimer-hacker-in-att-ipad-case-on-occupy-wall-street.html#comment-1248678 TruthAboutWeev Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124906#comment-1248678 Shut up weev. You're not rich? Doesn't that contradict your claims when you whored yourself out to the media so you could make the frontpage? Weev deserves to be in jail because his claim of he was exposing a security hole is no different than breaking into a bank, jumping over the counter, grabbing the money and going to the bank manager on the way out to say "hey I didn't mean to commit a crime but I just exposed lack of training on your tellers about not using dye packs and not telling me to remove my hat, sunglasses and gloves when I walked in" If you are tired of not having freedom, stop committing crimes. Shut up weev.

You’re not rich? Doesn’t that contradict your claims when you whored yourself out to the media so you could make the frontpage?

Weev deserves to be in jail because his claim of he was exposing a security hole is no different than breaking into a bank, jumping over the counter, grabbing the money and going to the bank manager on the way out to say “hey I didn’t mean to commit a crime but I just exposed lack of training on your tellers about not using dye packs and not telling me to remove my hat, sunglasses and gloves when I walked in”

If you are tired of not having freedom, stop committing crimes.

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