[kyledrake]

If you figure out how to build a 600Gbps DDoS attack with Firefox, you are correct, that still qualifies as a DDoS and you can go to jail for it already. People have been tried in court for using Low Orbit Ion Cannon before, in a few extremely isolated instances. A DDoS is a DDoS, but intent is obviously important, and you do need to actually cause a problem for there to be a crime. I think clicking reload a couple times would be a stretch here for enforcement, perhaps it's possible but AFAICT it's not yet happened.

But we aren't talking about protest with a reload macro here, these are for-profit criminal botnets. And one if them just took down the largest DDoS mitigation network in the world. Which means there aren't many sites on earth left they can't take down. Much smaller attacks have nuked Github for days. Who's next to get "freedom of speeched"?

[pooper]

I think a better solution is to have ISP s work together to warn and cut off access to botnet infected computers. They have the technical ability because they have strikes for copyright. Perhaps it could be a soft ban like an hour long ban or something.

But if two billion people decide to stay at home and continuously press F5, you should get freedom of speeched. I think that's the equivalent of a picket line. Not talking about automated tools other than "refresh page every second".