Hacktivism

Activism or reality substitute?

As much as I like the idea of the underdog having a trump card against the strong, hacktivism seems like a way for socially alienated young people to live out their Dungeons-and-Dragons fantasies in real life. I picture blending social activism with World of Warcraft. The boys from the Big Bang Theory would be so proud.

Anonymous

The criminal collective known as 'Anonymous' are cowards who attack innocent people from the shadows. They do not stand up for any belief or ideology, that would take courage; there is no courage in the action taken by Anonymous only cowardice. This is not a group that wishes to convey any legitimate message. Instead they just want to attack people and services with callous disregard for anyone else who gets caught in the crossfire. Anonymous are just digital thugs.

Double Standard

Supporters of Wikileaks were blocked by finance transaction companies from donating money for the Assange legal case. This was a Denial of Service to thousands or millions of ordinary people where it should have been legal for them to do so. This should have been seen as a crime, why wasn't it ? Because this denial of service was supported by governments and the finance industry who are the true masters of our police forces. Why should we pay taxes for biased policing ?

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It's about our supposed freedoms and exercising them. I first hand have been falsely incarcerated then tricked into singing a document/deal so could not fight the charge. I am not computer savvy much respect to these people who are they are doing it for us, our freedoms to know the truth. Keep up the good work.

Hactivists

I am excited the hacktivists are keeping the government on their toes! I do not believe they are out to hurt people. Maybe some computer technicians hack people's computers and mess things up so they create more "work" for themselves. But real hacktivists are only after the big boys. I wish I knew how to hack!! x

Hacktivism

Hacktivism seems too over the top. I think it may possibly be significant in future, but at the moment it seems as though it's in its infancy stages....

Jennie Brockie

Jennie Brockie asked a young North American woman her opinion about something, then got her back up and talked over the top of her. Clearly a problem with the accent. Perhaps SBS could find a more globally minded commentator. That's meant to be your brief, isn't it?

Freedom

If the government control what we see and hear on the internet or media our government will be no different that of a communist one.

Mastercard

If Mastercard & VISA are an extension of U.S. foreign policy, why is the Australian Government wasting money policing people who are legitimately attacking U.S. imperialism in the form of Mastercard & VISA. Haven't the police got any real crime to catch?

DDoS on Mastercard

Mastercard & VISA were attacked, because they uncritically bowed to U.S. pressure and stopped taking donations for Wikileaks & Julian Assange's defence. If Mastercard had acted like a financial business, and taken their cut of Assange donations, then they wouldn't have been attacked. However Mastercard (and VISA) did *NOT* act like businesses: they behaved like extensions of the U.S. State Department. As such, they deserve all the damage that anyone can inflict.