WAPO Hacked

[kpete]

Editor’s note
By Washington Post Editors, Published: August 15 at 11:16 am


The Washington Post Web site was hacked today, with readers on certain stories being redirected to the site of the Syrian Electronic Army. The group is a hacker collective that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

The Post is working to resolve the issue.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ask-the-post/wp/2013/08/15/editors-note/?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost

[Pholus]

1. One thing becoming clear about "cyberwar" is that the internet is overrated.

Time to start divesting and not depending on it so much.

It is a beautiful, sunny day out right now. And the NSA can't record how much I enjoy it (till I just wrote about it here of course).

[Are_grits_groceries]

2. Meh!

It can be used in destructive ways but it can be invaluable. The hoi polloi from all over the world can communicate. The 1%'s nightmare.

That doesn't mean other methods shouldn't be developed.

[Pholus]

3. Just an observation. After 25 years I am starting to see lots more liabilities than benefits.

I think it's just a good bit of advice these days -- not everything satisfying in life is internet connected.

I kind of miss the local paper, if you know what I mean.

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. I do think people need to stay involved in the real world.

The intertube is a vast, uncontrolled wilderness. It is in a sense another frontier. However, we shouldn't miss what is around us either.

[OriginalGeek]

4. You make a good point

after years of TV and internet lethargy I've decided to try getting back into my artistic side...I've bought some leather working tools and started practicing that, I've been looking at compressors for air-brushing, I've been taking a lot more photos both with my "good" camera and just my phone, I'm looking into basic building techniques as I want to build a bar around a Whiskey mirror I found in an antique store while on vacation last month...I'm glad I have the internet to do research to help keep me from screwing up my projects too much but I think it will be better for me all around to put the laptop down and go out and do stuff...except at work - I still need to read DU ya know.