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Their stated goal is to have fun and cause mayhem. That isn't activism by any stretch of the imagination. While some of their attacks have stated goals that ap
by Aloisius 15y ago
Their stated goal is to have fun and cause mayhem. That isn't activism by any stretch of the imagination.
While some of their attacks have stated goals that appear to be activism, some of them, like the attacks on Nintendo, pron.com and Minecraft appear not to serve any type of activism I'm aware of.
- pygy_ 15y agoThey put the spotlight on the widespread disdain for security exhibited by major corporations regarding their client's data? That was the core message between the lulz. That said, dumping the full data was not necessary to make that point, even though it probably increased the media coverage, hence the spread of their message.
- jamesaguilar 15y agoBut the lulz were so loud that I could not hear the core message. They were certainly not primarily activists. At best, that was a scant moral cover for what was basically mass vandalism.
- burgerbrain 15y agoWhy can they not be activists who seeking to increase the lulz? Far better cause than saving whales or impeaching presidents.
- jamesaguilar 15y agoNo.
- burgerbrain 15y agoCare to explain? Or are you just here to troll? I see that we are keeping this classy. Why am I not surprised?
- jamesaguilar 15y agoOn the one hand, I don't feel too bad for trolling you, since your comment basically glorifies the same activity. Lulz and all that. On the other hand, I feel that you should understand why your comment is not smart. "X bad/useless activity is better than Y bad/useless activity, therefore X is ok" is always a stupid argument.