'Anonymous' fires back at hacker hunters

I don't agree with their tactics, but it does reflect growing world outrage against governments and corporations. I think a lot of people out there feel victimized and threatened by how the world is run today. And many feel that they have no political or economic voice and power. So a few, as has been the case all through history, some will resort to extreme measures to fight back.

But I would propose another way. Use your technical, internet and programming skills in a more positive way. Leverage those abilities and that willingness to act to help create a global movement that can effect real change.

Help rally people, spread the word, work to expose problems in a non-destructive way. And become a part of the legitimate voice of dissent.

If you continue on your path as you are now, it will end in escalating acts on both sides and will isolate you from the very people you hope to help. Don't become the enemy. Be better than they are and take the higher moral and ethical ground. And change will come.

i wish someone would release the JP gov / JP power lies over the past 40 years - that would be a worthy hack

To Me They are S C U M ! They are just as dangerous as those other A holes who strap bombs to them selves inthe name of "That Guy" that we're all supposed to BowDown towhen they call him for dinner! I hope they get the maximum sentence. All Cowards!

tkoind2: I don't agree with their tactics, but it does reflect growing world outrage against governments and corporations.

This is where the line gets crossed. These people should in no way be linked to legitimate protest against the government or corruption. They are not a symbol of people's outrage, they are computer hackers. Grouping them together in any way, shape, or form with people who have legitimate grievances is just plain wrong. Do not attach sympathy or understanding to their actions, sympathy is deserved for others.

SuperLib. Movements, whether good or bad have origins that should be considered. You can't dismiss this as nuts any more than you can dismiss the Taliban as nuts. Radical movements, for as much as we despise them, have roots in legitimate problems and are a symptom of how bad things really are.

One more note. Don't misunderstand sympathy for recognition of existence. I think I was very clear about not supporting their actions. But that does not give me the right to dismiss what they mean and why they exist.

Like it or not, every legitimate movement will have peripheral movements that have the potential for extreme behavior. We have to understand that, know where it is rooted. Otherwise how can you prevent the radical movement from overtaking the legitimate movement? Or for that matter encourage potential joiners to the radical movements to channel their energy and passion in more constructive ways.

This dismissal is the same mistake the world has made in trying to address terrorism. The causes that terrorists often site are typically legitimate. While their radical approach is often equal to or more evil than what they are fighting against.

We have to understand, recognize and try to work to prevent radicalism. Denial and sticking our heads in the sand contributes to the growth of these movements. While acknowledgement and efforts to understand have the potential to restrict and limit such movements by preventing their growth.

Help rally people, spread the word, work to expose problems in a non-destructive way. And become a part of the legitimate voice of dissent.

Pipe dream. Could not happen.

Besides, look at the hell Wikileaks get from some people, just for publishing what they are given. Wikileaks sparked the Arab Spring. Are they being adored for it?

I can't blame anyone for taking up with Anonymous as means of protest and action. Unfortunately, and I think you know this, so many of them are just trouble makers. But its the same in any protest isn't it? There are always troublemakers, and some are expressly there to sabotage the protest, some are in fact hired to do that.

tkoind2: Movements, whether good or bad have origins that should be considered. You can't dismiss this as nuts any more than you can dismiss the Taliban as nuts.

Sorry, but I disagree. I guy can beat his wife for burning the steak and one could claim that she was the root cause. If she hadn't burned it, she wouldn't have been beaten. Just because someone says they were motivated by something it should not be automatically accepted just for the simple fact that it exists. If terrorists say Islam motivated them, would you tell me that we have to accept that Islam is the root cause just because they said so?

In reality, I think there are times where a connection can be rejected. If the Son of Sam didn't have a dog, maybe he wouldn't have killed those people. If Jodie Foster wasn't famous maybe Reagan wouldn't have been shot. If Mark David Chapman had never read Cather in the Rye maybe Lennon would be alive today. Just because a nutjob attaches himself to an event or situation doesn't mean the event or situation had anything to do with it. These guys are computer hackers. They were hacking before long WIkileaks and they'll continue to hack long after it.

I have to admit to a certain fascination with hactivism. I don't have anywhere near the required computer skills to be a hacker but it fascinates me.

Taka

I have trouble agreeing to ay 'extremist ' label on these groups. There's no violence, simply exposition of the truth. These groups have become necessary because of the willingness of various organisations to hide or obscure the truth from the public. I can't on any level oppose what they're doing, the response from the populace to their actions is overwhlemingly positive.

With an open and honest society they would become powerless but in today's world they will only go from strength to strength.

I hope they do not do a denial of service to JT. We would all go into shock.

yokomoc: There's no violence, simply exposition of the truth.

Rupert Murdoch should be saying this, too. Hacked into government employee phones? Just looking for the truth or evidence of wrongdoing. Maybe he'd get more popular support.