Relatio Anonymous: The Internet Activist Movements

Anonymous is an associated international network hacking group of activists and ‘hacktivists’ - . They became known for their attacks on governments, businesses and corporate websites. There are many reasons why Anonymous hack and expose different people, and companies. In today’s world there are many who consider hacking to be a job from which they gain money. These individuals are oftentimes behind some of the biggest corporations such as Apple, Microsoft, and Sony. The hacking system affects peoples' psychological behaviors such as when Facebook had shut down just for an hour many started panicking. The hackers' intentions are to help many out there to see what’s going on behind the scenes. If one believes in Anonymous, and call his/herself-Anonymous,

The human identity is worn as a mask with shapeshifting capabilities and espionage. In the real world, this mask appears simplistic; however, the internet is an abstract space of node connections that streams a wild flurry of ideas, people, and identities. One’s mask does not need a definition to stand firmly in this chaos but merely need to express what is hidden beneath the mask: humanity. That is what it means to have the right to anonymity, the freedom of expression and the right to be protected from outside entities who will stop at nothing to forcefully seize the mask along with physical data. One discourse community dedicated to protecting the rights to anonymity is the Tor Project, a worldwide group that helps create an anonymous browser to hide identity details and participates in establishing it in journalism, academia, activism, and normal users. The exploration of the rights of anonymity will be examined through the discourse community characteristics of Tor by reviewing Porters and Swales works in discourse communities, by using methods of primary investigation through interviewing Tor members, and discussing how Tor fits into Swales six characteristics of a discourse community.

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

Paving The Way By: Anonymous From a far off world they traveled, Our past kin, come to find a treasured land, A vision of gold and opportunity, Wealth flooding the streets Our past kin, come to find a treasured land, The harsh voyage brings them to a new life, One not filled with purity, but with hardship,

Today’s modern outlaws are closely similar to the outlaws in western movies. They take from the powerful groups in the community and give to the needy. Today’s outlaws are following in the similar steps but, in a digital world. The digital world is now the modern Wild West because it’s a new frontier that keeps growing without control, and laws are still being set in place so everyone online is free to do as they wish until a law has been set in place. The modern outlaws I will be writing about are Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and the hacker group of Anonymous. Each out law has provide some type of service or information to the public that was secret and important to the world community, but was being withheld from the public eye because of powerful people and entities. By releasing this information the outlaws knew of the consequences this would bring to their lives. With today’s technology you can’t hide or run away, everything is tracked unless you know how to hide your steps. But for the most part the powerful governments are able to track down the outlaws. Today’s outlaws must be ready fight not just a digital or information battle but a legal battle as well. Today’s outlaws don’t have any empty fields to run off to any more, the closest thing to an open field is a 3rd world country or an enemy of the government of who they are fighting. The globe is the new open field and

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.

In 2011, the JTRIG carried out a denial-of-service attack on the Anonymous activist group. Its latter category, propaganda efforts, aptly named ‘Online Covert Action’, involved using social media platforms in order to carry out “mass messaging” and the “pushing of stories.”

There’s a lot of things we can do in the internet. We can surf, watch movies, and of course google things. But what is a lot more interesting is the internet can also be a place for people also known as ‘hackers’. They live to destroy anyone using the internet and they will and can cause major destruction in the net. There is a group, however, that does the bad for the better good. It is a group of people known as Anonymous. They help people in some ways, but also cause trouble for a lot of corporations. Today, I’m going to introduce to you what Anonymous has done to us.

It is hard to describe in words what Anonymous really is. Is it is a group of hackers who disrupt web pages and steal data.

The film Killswitch was about the government trying to monopolize and control user traffic on the internet. Whether it is for security purposes or financial gain, our system of democracy is being compromised at a technological level. Several speakers including Tim Wu, expressed how “hacktivism” was a revolutionary tool used to take a stand against government interference.

People are not always truthful on the internet. Some people think that if it shows anonymous than nobody will be able to see their stuff or get their identity but they actually can. Most people on social media use their real names and they don’t use an avatar even though you're supposed to most people don’t and people can get your identity just by that. Some people use false identity and during like a game or something if someone hacks into their stuff than they will be able to see their false identity not their real identity. Example, If someone on social media answers a question saying they like animals or something they may be lying just to cover up their identity. The story relates to society because everyone today wants it their way and

Hiding one’s identity Is nothing new. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay authored The Federalist Papers in 1787 under pseudonym Publius. The ability to communicate anonymously is viewed as part of our basic right to free speech . With the advent of computers and ease of access to the internet, becoming anonymous as never been easier, and is far more reaching than the colonial newspapers of 1787. For some this ease at which we can communicate anonymous is cause for concern. Although we are no longer hiding our identities to promote the ratification of the Constitution, being anonymous still plays a large role in our society. Online anonymity grants anyone with an internet connection an unbiased voice, regardless of gender, race, or wealth. Without this freedom to online anonymity many people would not feel free to express themselves or release sensitive information about themselves or about corruption, in the case of whistleblowing. Anonymity can also be used as a security measure and prevent unauthorized mining of personal information. Although multiple ethical framework will be used and compared, using a consequence based framework will be the main examining point throughout.

A group of hackers called themselves “The Anonymous” are one of the most powerful hacking group that internet have ever witnessed. That group believes that people should have their rights of doing anything without being infringed by governments. “The Anonymous” have attacked the most secret and highly sensitive websites of governments. They have hit Israeli, American and European government’s websites and exposed secret information that can lead to war. That group is still free because their identities are unknown.

The dark Web is a mysterious domain, known by a surprisingly few number of internet users, but it harbors massive amounts of information, estimates include over 75,000 terabytes of data, in fact, including numerous social networking sites, forums, markets, and other internet applications. (Bergman N.P.) It also provides a very powerful feature that may be harnessed for good or for evil: anonymity. By using services to access the hidden web, such as the Tor web browser, an internet user can completely hide his or her identity while participating in a number of online activities. Anonymity may be beneficial by providing a cushion for individuals to untraceably unite over taboo issues or even by establishing contact between

Anonymous is a network of hackers who have eyes and ears all over the Internet. Its very creepy, they have their technological hands in everything, and quietly lurk, evaluating the problems presented by communities and weighing in. Every once in a while we hear from them and their opinion. They merge into a single entity, kind of how we talk about the Internet. It’s a collection of “things” but this collection makes it into a person, or a thing. They usually come into the light when gross violations of life laws are evident. Usually its censorship, something that is majorly important to the online community. For example this group held a nationwide peace protest across major cities in India, to send a message to the Indian government, halting major activities and turning the worlds internet eyes on them as a form of pressure.