-Caveat Lector- >CyberArmy declares war on govt regulation >By Megan McAuliffe, >January 19, 2001 >URL: >http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/dailynews/story/0,2000010021,20173441,00.htm > >With a member base of 35,000, CyberArmy may have the biggest armament the >Net has ever seen, rallying to take down Web sites that 'abuse' the World >Wide Web - and removing power from governments. > >AUSTRALIA (ZDNet Australia) - "We want to self-regulate the Internet so >that the government doesn't come in and regulate it," Marshal Yowler told >ZDNet Australia. > >CyberArmy started off as a small group of advocates promoting free speech >and Internet deregulation. Growing to a full size army of 'Netizens', the >group has since shifted its views - due to privacy issues and government >intervention. > >"Now we believe in Internet self-regulation. If you deregulate you end up >with anarchy," Yowler said. > >According to the organisation's founder, 'Overlord' - the Commander in >Chief - CyberArmy is set up just like a game. Members have to solve >puzzles - which is usually breaking codes and encryption - to move on to >the next commanding level. > >Missions possible >Commanding ranks give a member more power and involvement in the >organisation's missions. Some missions include hunting for, and taking >down, child pornography Web sites. > >"We're trying to get rid of child pornography on the Internet," Overlord >said. > >The commanding structure begins at the bottom with troopers, rising >through the ranks of 2nd Lieutenant, Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lt. >Kernal, Kernal, General and Marshal. > >Each division within CyberArmy has its own job to complete, with one of >the divisions devoted solely to child pornography Web sites. > >"[The division] has taken down around two dozen child porn sites in the >last few weeks, and was also instrumental in bringing down the Wonderland >Club child porn ring last week," Overlord said. > >He told ZDNet the group is an advocate of ordinary citizens policing the >Internet. > >Due to the Internet being global, "governments aren't the right authority >to police it." > >Hacktivists >In defending the 'hacktivist' title that the group has been branded with, >Overlord says it doesn't believe in defacing a Web site just for the fun >of it. If a site is defaced it's usually in the form of protest. > >"The group was a bit more 'hackerish' about a year ago however, we're >moving away from that. There are more social minded people on the Net now, >which I think is good," he said. > >Lt. Kernal thepr0digy - responsible for the defacement of the Australian >National Library's Web site last year - told ZDNet the reason for being in >CyberArmy is because he is "sick and tired of child pornography and Net >censorship." > >"Our mission is to prove that there are good hackers not just Script >Kiddies out there," he said. > >The CyberArmy site also posts discussion boards and Internet tools for >users, and has a section dedicated to teaching network security. > > >This story was printed from ZDNetAsia, >located at >http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/dailynews/story/0,2000010021,20173441,00.htm. >-------------------------------------------------------------- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
