Comment by userbinator
4 months ago
I'd rather there be periodic DDoS attacks, than a locked-down highly-regulated internet. Don't forget that infamous Franklin quote, and what Stallman has been warning us about for the past few decades.
I can already see the authoritarians salivating every time something like this happens.
> I can already see the authoritarians salivating every time something like this happens.
Tinfoil hat theory says they do this intentionally so that the users demand stricter access willingly. Always better to have someone think it is their idea
My tinfoil body-suit suggests this is how CDN's came to be. People's websites were hammered and extorted indirectly by friends of insert CDN startup here. The tin-foil body-suit also suggests the end goal was to hover up all the data and sell it to the government and/or the highest bidder.