Just wanted to note down this thought from Cory Doctorow:
Some hacktivists argue that their DDoS attacks are comparable to the civil-rights-era sit-ins — after all, a wall of activists blockading the doors to a “whites-only” lunch counter is a kind of denial-of-service attack. I think they’re wrong. …
Sit-ins are a sort of denial of service, but that’s not why they work. What they do is convey the message: “I am willing to put myself in harm’s way for my beliefs. I am willing to risk arrest and jail. This matters.”
And that’s a crucial difference between a DDoS and a sit-in: participants in a sit-in expect to get arrested. …