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(Put on a big tinfoil hat) I'm doing some conjecturing here, but could hacking in the 21st century and cyber warfare be the new virtual/online 'rioting'? For
by kafkaesque 12y ago
(Put on a big tinfoil hat)
I'm doing some conjecturing here, but could hacking in the 21st century and cyber warfare be the new virtual/online 'rioting'?
For example, Sony aides the US army since it is affiliated with Rockwell Collins and Future Combat Systems, so it would make sense if 'socialists', leftists, progressives, and anarchists seek to destroy conglomerates where they get a large chunk of their profit, disabling any funding of the US army, since the majority government's ideology does not align with theirs. Whether these 'minorities' are citizens of the targeted country or not, this group of intelligent people seem to be growing increasingly disenchanted by how things are being played out in the world. We see it among hackers in North Korea and the Middle East. Increasingly, Japan's racist past has been brought up in the media lately, yet Kazuo Hirai allowed a racist movie for the sake of comedy to be funded. (For those not in the know, Japan is going through a period of negationism with its politics being controlled by ultra conservatives).
Post-Edward Snowden, it seems like there is very little hackers, developers, etc., can do that is not political or at least aiding or taking away from some socioeconomic issue. It's sad but it seems we are all somehow weakening the System or helping it. Sure, I'm not saying we should all worry about it. These are just the observations of an amateur.
- gggeek 12y agoSeems precisely the scenario of cyberpunk RPGs from the 90s