"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Arrests Sow Mistrust Inside a Clan of Hackers
“For months, The Real Sabu, as he called himself on Twitter, boasted, cursed and egged on his followers to take part in computer attacks against private companies and government agencies worldwide.” We already know this all too familiar pattern. It does point out the importance of the actions we can take on our own, such as reducing income and consumption to deprive the State of the taxes it needs to oppress us, and the assorted other types of actions we can take ourselves or within a small group of trusted people to avoid this type of infiltration and entrapment (as defined morally, if not legally). (NYT, Free Reg. Req.)
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