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when is it Anonymous and when is it just anonymous?
by orenmazor 15y ago
when is it Anonymous and when is it just anonymous?
- slowpoke 15y agoYou're Anonymous if you say you're Anonymous, and anybody can do that. It's as simple as that.
- stfu 15y agoI am actually surprised that there hasn't been more intelligence service activity in order to paint Anonymous in a bad light.. It would be pretty easy to just sabotage some infra structure element that people depend on, attribute it to Anonymous and create a massive public outcry for tougher legislation in the virtual environment.
- slowpoke 15y agoI think it's due to two factors: First, I still think the FBI (and other such deeply hierarchical organizations) are fundamentally unable to comprehend something like Anonymous on its full scale. They can't fathom the concept of a working collective that defines itself merely by willful association. Second, this could backfire so fucking hard, even the FBI knows better. Seeing how often they've been embarrassed by Anonymous in the past, I don't think they are willing to take the risk of such an operation, only to have them exposed by the very people they tried to sabotage.
- itsameta4 15y agoThirdly, they're doing a good enough job at it themselves.
- stfu 15y agoIt seems that the service agencies are indeed stuck in that hierarchical system, but they seem to be trying to break out of this occasionally. Didn't even one of them offer some rewards for intelligence related gadget hacking projects etc? Plus the backslash. I don't know. First it would force Anonymous into some form of "yeah we are Anonymous but this wasn't us" defense - something that is very difficult to argue when the premise of the collective is that everybody can be a member. And second most targets so far seemed to be somewhat low-key with relatively lax security in place.