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Re:Cloudflare's abuse policies and approach by xdennis on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @01:49PM (#32665800)
> And let's be real. DDoS attacks are acts of digital terrorism.

No, it's not. Not everything that's bad is terrorism.

Terrorism is specifically about using violence. Don't water down terms.

Re:Cloudflare's abuse policies and approach by weberer on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @02:26PM (#32666328)
Terrorism includes attacks on infrastructure, not just bodily harm. Firebombing an empty building still counts. In this case, it would fall specifically within cyber terrorism.

>the premeditated use of disruptive activities, or the threat thereof, against computers and/or networks, with the intention to cause harm or further social, ideological, religious, political or similar objectives. Or to intimidate any person in furtherance of such objectives

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberterrorism#Defining_cybert...

Re:Cloudflare's abuse policies and approach by Ticklee on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @01:54PM (#32665876)
Speech can be violence. This can for instance be seen on the very website we are discussing.
Re:Cloudflare's abuse policies and approach by naasking on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @03:30PM (#32667166)
> Speech can be violence

No. Don't blur this line or you not only lose credibility, you descend into absurdity.