Top quotes from Guardians Anonymous article
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/dec/13/hacking-wikileaks
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In the last few weeks, it's hard no to move for all the articles titled 'Who are Anonymous?' though for one Guardian journalist finding out consisted of chatting to some members who remained an0n and observing the IRCs.
It's a good read, but here are some of the best most interesting quotes:
"You wouldn't say that it's directed; more that it swings in various directions like a flock of birds, apparently aware of its own vector but unable to force it on any of its members.
They're in it for the lulz
"I've seen some people do some fucked up shit 'for the lulz'," an0n told me. "People trolling RIP pages on Facebook, missing girls pages. It's the most racist, xenophobic place on the internet. It's addictive, and it pisses [outside] people off."
"If you had a DVD of Harry Potter 7 Part 1, you would make 12-15 grand selling it to the [hacker] scene [on IRC]", my guide explained.
The real thing about Anonymous, he says, is that it's like Fight Club, where you don't say that you're in it,
But an0n pointed out that there are more serious players in there: "I know a guy who is using a botnet of 25k computers to do this," he observed. Hired, I asked, or his own creation? "No idea,"
But of course Anonymous isn't really about freedom; it doesn't have a manifesto as such.
Since then, every successive year has pushed access to the net earlier and earlier, meaning that what was novel to the previous one becomes commonplace for successors. Peer-to-peer? Done it. Bittorrent? Everyone does. Swarming attacks on sites? It's new this year, but it will be standard procedure in a year or two.
This generation of Anonymous members is going to grow up. But the idea won't go away."-Guardian
It's a good read, but here are some of the best most interesting quotes:
"You wouldn't say that it's directed; more that it swings in various directions like a flock of birds, apparently aware of its own vector but unable to force it on any of its members.
They're in it for the lulz
"I've seen some people do some fucked up shit 'for the lulz'," an0n told me. "People trolling RIP pages on Facebook, missing girls pages. It's the most racist, xenophobic place on the internet. It's addictive, and it pisses [outside] people off."
"If you had a DVD of Harry Potter 7 Part 1, you would make 12-15 grand selling it to the [hacker] scene [on IRC]", my guide explained.
The real thing about Anonymous, he says, is that it's like Fight Club, where you don't say that you're in it,
But an0n pointed out that there are more serious players in there: "I know a guy who is using a botnet of 25k computers to do this," he observed. Hired, I asked, or his own creation? "No idea,"
But of course Anonymous isn't really about freedom; it doesn't have a manifesto as such.
Since then, every successive year has pushed access to the net earlier and earlier, meaning that what was novel to the previous one becomes commonplace for successors. Peer-to-peer? Done it. Bittorrent? Everyone does. Swarming attacks on sites? It's new this year, but it will be standard procedure in a year or two.
This generation of Anonymous members is going to grow up. But the idea won't go away."-Guardian
