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I philosophically believe hacktivism or any kind of demonstrative breaking-of-unjust-rules is a good thing. But 'unjust' is the key. and I think this is reflec
by jasallen 13y ago
I philosophically believe hacktivism or any kind of demonstrative breaking-of-unjust-rules is a good thing. But 'unjust' is the key. and I think this is reflective of the wiki-leaks/anarchist culture of "breaking 'any' rule is a good thing". It ceases to be activism of any sort, and becomes children playing with firearms. It also serves to undermine the impact of genuine hacktivism like that of Aaron Schwartz and Weev.
Genuine hactivists/activists harm institutions, and do their utmost to avoid harming innocents, as they know that undermines the cause.
- BCM43 13y agothe wiki-leaks/anarchist culture of "breaking 'any' rule is a good thing" What? I don't think that's actually something many people advocate for. Do you have links to examples?
- jasallen 13y ago...googling Julian Assange is left as an exercise
- hondje 13y agoTotally ot but I was just looking at some code he wrote... Beautiful stuff, very tight. I was looking for something to rewrite in cuda fortran for the shits and giggles and an seemed perfect given how long bigger anagram can take. Great way to learn new tricks
- ontoillogical 13y agoWhich code? Bigger anagram?
- hondje 13y agoSorry should have been bigger anagramS, autocorrect. He wrote /usr/bin/an the anagram maker
- BCM43 13y agoOne person is not a "culture", and he's not an anarchist. But point still taken.