An Article On The Internet

“How the Internet is making us stupid” is an article written by Nicholas Carr for a book called “ The Shallows”, the New York Time Bestseller. Nicholas Carr is an acclaimed writer on technology and culture. He wrote several books, articles, blogs, and essays for New Your Times, Wall Street journal, the New Republic, Wired, and Nature.

The actual hack against HBGary Federal occurred after the Financial Times published a story on Saturday Feb 5, 2011 HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr claimed his company’s researchers had unmasked to the real identities of top members of Anonymous by monitoring chat rooms and Facebook groups they frequented. Barr identified a co-founder of the group, who goes by the name Q, and said he planned to give some of the information to the FBI. He also planned to present his findings at a security conference in San Francisco next week.

They’re calling for hackers everywhere to unite for a common purpose, to bring down Lex Lu-- Donald Trump. Appalled by his divisive ideas and witnessing the looming threat to civil liberty. Anonymous are seeking to rip the legs from under his high horse by revealing to the world who Donald really is, a self absorbed child who's only looking to benefit

She starts off with the fact that these groups have hacked organizations that were thought to be impenetrable. During this explanation, she adds how the hackers actually get into the network and the code they send in to shut it down. Next, she compares the two most known hacking groups in America, “Anonymous” and “LulzSec.” She states that these groups have the same goals. They both want true freedom of speech on the internet and they like to hack for fun.

Anonymous also DDoS’ the church’s website, godhatesfags.com. (Raywood, 2012). It also created a PasteBin post of identity information of members of the church, to include names, telephone numbers and social security numbers. The data dump also includes the names of many members' children and grandchildren. (Schwartz, 2012h).

Individuals normally utilize the slogan "We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We don't excuse. We bear in mind. Expect us." Brian Kelly composes that three of the bunch's key qualities are " an unwavering good position on issues and rights, paying little respect to direct incitement; a physical vicinity that goes with web hacking movement; and an unmistakable

In todays time just one hacker can infiltrate governments and companies and release mass amounts of private information and details. The secret hacking group, Anonymous is a group of unknown hackers that have recently been hunted down by governments around the world (mainly the US and British). They should not be looked at as “domestic terrorists” but as protesting citizens. Terrorists put fear into people, but Anonymous interests the public. They have even been called “Digital Robin Hoods” (Carter, 2012). Since Anonymous mostly goes after companies and organizations they believe are corrupt or bad, and since they don't do any physical harm to anyone they should not be persecuted and put in jail. They release private information about the websites of companies, religious groups, and governments to show the public who they really are and what they are really doing. They also use a tactic called DDos which is basically where Anonymous overruns a website so much nobody else can then on go on that website.The U.S. government goes after anonymous hacktivists and similar groups but turns a blind eye to pro US/anti Terrorist hackers. A con of what Anonymous does is that when they release private government documents via Wikileaks or different sources, other governments like China and Russia can access the information released which can possibly be threatening to the U.S.

Anonymous, an infamous hacktivist group. Their slogan “We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.” Now, one can come to think that they kind of sound like an underground rebel group. Which is what they are, but they do it all via the internet. Once must also think, “well how do they do it all via internet and not get caught?” They tunnel all their nodes and logs through private networks and encrypted chats. You may ask, what do they fight for? Well it’s obvious, they all fight for one thing: Freedom and a proper Government. You can come to this conclusion just by taking a peek at their tweets, videos, speeches, and etc. It’s obvious that Anonymous’s intended audience is anyone they can reach out to, not only does this hacktivist group focus on American problems, but they also take third world countries problems into consideration. So, with all this information, you’re probably thinking, “well how do they solve America’s problems?” Anonymous isn’t only a group that just tweets hashtags, and what not. Anonymous is loosely organized group of hackers that attempt to use their skills to make a change. But, not all Anonymous members are hackers, some join just to promote what the cause. For example: @YouAnonNews on twitter, tweets operations that are going on, and daily news that has grabbed the attention of Anonymous.

To conclude, my perspectives on anonymous is to attract attention to injustices/shameful acts so that the masses can see them for what they genuinely are. The point is to get information out to the masses. With respect to US, we all see in different articles that information is the primary reason for the last 40 years of US involvement in wars and the motivation behind why more americans aren't as livid as they ought to be is on account of they are simply unaware.

The loose-knit hacking movement “Anonymous” claimed Sunday to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor. One hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals’ accounts to give away as Christmas donations, and some victims confirmed unauthorized transactions linked to their credit cards.

The Anonymous movement is a decentralized community that anyone who believes in open information can join (Mansfield-Devine 1). Anonymous intervened into various international conflicts, such as 2014 Hong Kong Umbrella movement, by Distributed Denial of Server (DDoS) attacks as a form of civil disobedience and demanded the Hong Kong police to stop resisting the protesters (Fuchs 1). Appropriating tropes and word choices of God, Anonymous evokes audiences’ fear and faith to convey its capabilities and legitimacy of conducting interventions.

Hacktivism, according to the Reference Dictionary, is “the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals” (Hacktivism). However, they are even more well known for the Guy Fawkes mask that the members where when, on a rare occasion, perform a stunt in public. By doing this they are protecting their identity and, in a sense, disrespecting what activism was in the first place. This is because, in the beginning, activism of any kind was done in public without masks. So, by Anonymous wearing masks in public and using code names on the internet, they embody the exact group Gladwell argues is not considered social activists. In short, Gladwell argues activism cannot be done through mainly social media as Anonymous

Anonymous serves as an entity that has no motivation, no strict philosophy, and little structure. Anonymous simply says that they are the group of people the Internet need. What’s interesting is that anyone can communicate with other members of Anonymous, known as Anons through Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks. There have been many instances where they overtake propaganda and go as far as leaking SSN and other personal information to get what they want. They raise awareness of issues that need to be addressed through methods that are not always morally ethical.

Anonymous is an international organization complied of like-minded individuals sharing an extensive knowledge of computation and systematic software (German, 2012). In short, they are hacking activists; people wanting social change who protest by revealing hidden truths. It is known to operate on ideas rather than directions meaning that the individuals involved do not wait for instruction or approval of a task. They do however, have a loosely agreed upon goal- for there is order. There is no granted membership. If one believes to be Anonymous, they are. The self-proclaimed members operate in response to events and scandals and expose what people in power try to conceal. With many operating as one, Anonymous is bringing social justice to corrupt organizations who disguise situations and refuse to meet the needs of the abject population.

The aim is to tighten political control and get Internet users to censor themselves by bringing them face to face with their censors or their agents.”(Anonymous)