Pink Power Ranger takes down white supremacist dating sites

[q3k]

What's missing from the article is that this was also done live on stage at 39C3. Great energy.

[Insanity]

Link to video? Not sure what to search for lol

[ZebusJesus]

This is how it is done, the hacker ‘Martha Root’ dressed as the pink power ranger and hacked white supremacist dating sites, stole their data, took down their sites and then proceeded to DOX members by making a map with members locations and information around the world.

[thefz]

While no one likes racists:

A crime against someone you disagree with is still a crime.

A crime against someone you despise is still a crime.

A crime against someone who commits a crime is still a crime.

So good intent, very, very bad execution, IMO.

[ThrowawayR2]

You do understand that if their side does the same, you won't have any kind of moral high ground to stand on because you have already condoned stooping to their level?

[ChrisArchitect]

Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46504804

[xvxvx]

Good choice, as the White Power Ranger has been a less-than-subtle character used by Nazis on Elon's X.

[netsharc]

The difference is... one of these colors is the only one that has centuries of privilege and power, a lot of times used violently, and the only one claiming victimisation when someone mentions "how about equality/equity, or even just acknowledging the privilege you have?".

It seems to be a thing of decorum not to explicitly say "I will only date $color people". Saying those words out loud or joining this site exposes you as someone with an inferiority complex whose only answer is arrogance about a shared identity.

And let's be real, members of those sites are probably not just "expressing their dating preferences", but probably have that inferiority complex that racists have. Does this theory apply to the other colors? Perhaps...

[ls612]

Somehow I'm not holding my breath for this gal to be prosecuted under the CFAA. And then people wonder why the global right is rejecting the idea of the rule of law...

[GolfPopper]

The implication that the "global right" has ever had any respect for the rule of law is incorrect.

[ceejayoz]

> Somehow I'm not holding my breath for this gal to be prosecuted under the CFAA.

Considering that she, the act, and the targeted site are in Germany, that's a fair bet.

> And then people wonder why the global right is rejecting the idea of the rule of law...

Ah, you did the cartoon. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/8/1786532/-Cartoon-Y...