I’d say that Anonymous has egg on its face over this KKK thing…

…but how would we know?  They are, after all, Anonymous. But Boing Boing is not amused:

A purported exposé of KKK members is proving an enormous dud, with the flagship names revealed—U.S. Senators and mayors of major cities—obviously no such such thing…

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The methodology used by the leakers, representing themselves as part of the Anonymous internet collective, seems almost comically unreliable: the presence of contact information in hacked databases.

Which is also going to make it hard for Anonymous to disassociate itself from Anonymous, here. After all, the Anonymous that did this has as much right as any other Anonymous to use the name Anonymous. I mean, what is Anonymous going to do? Sue Anonymous in court? Even assuming that the courts ruled in favor of Anonymous, what kind of redress could Anonymous hope to retrieve from Anonymous? What office can Anonymous go to get Anonymous’s good name back?

…Man.  White people.

Moe Lane

11 thoughts on “I’d say that Anonymous has egg on its face over this KKK thing…”

  1. “I mean, what is Anonymous going to do? Sue Anonymous in court?”

    Federal Bureau of Investigation: “Please, please please – I’ve been good. Mostly.”

  2. Wow, people keep making my choice of sides to root for dead simple: I root for both side to get dead! (metaphorically speaking) Anonymous vs. Anonymous vs. the KKK? IN_JUR_IES! IN_JUR_IES! Let’s start a wave!

  3. Oh dear. It’s almost as if they’re nowhere near as competent as they want people to think. Good luck with the next data drop. Maybe daddy will notice them then.

    1. NSA: Oh, we have noticed them. You wouldn’t believe the stuff that these guys are suckers for.

  6. KKK was deeply infiltrated by FBI informants. Old joke I heard was: You can tell which member of your KKK coven (or gaggle or whatever it’s called) is an FBI guy — his dues are paid up.

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