Chapter 5, Crime: Readings 2 (Anonymous and Hackers)

1.  Anonymous, LulzSec Respond To FBI Arrests Of Suspected Hackers

Anonymous and LulzSec responded to the arrests with three of their own terms stating in short that governments lying to their people, the corporations supporting them and the lobbyist groups who finance further corruption will not be tolerated. Anonymous made it clear that they are not done, and it is impossible to arrest an idea, presumably the idea of freedom of the people. Despite the arrests Anonymous remains undeterred and claims to have swiped restricted files from NATO's website.

2.  LinkAnonymous Comes Out In The Open

As Baase wrote about, there is a need for groups like Anonymous in society. Anonymous focuses on protecting the basic human writes of freedom of speech and does so with nonviolent protests, true hacktivists. According to the article, Anonymous is coming out from behind the computers and conducting protests out in the open. Of course they continue to have their faces hidden by guy faux masks and the protests remain nonviolent, but Anonymous is determined to let the officials know that they will not be stopped by arrests. Anonymous grabs a great deal of success in todays culture due to the internet, which opens the door for a small group of people to do significant amount of damage. This new phenomenon also allows for the group to disassemble when needed, protecting them from officials.

3.  LinkHackers: It Pays to Be the Face of Anonymous

A man by the name of Barret Brown, admitted heroin addict and spastic writer has written a book on the work of Anonymous, making himself the "face of Anonymous". He signed a six figure book deal with Amazon for his book and has been pedaling it on all the major news stations. It appears that many members of Anonymous see him as just riding on the mystique of Anonymous to a book deal. He was also the face of the alleged "war" against the drug cartels, where a member of Anonymous was allegedly kidnapped by a cartel. It is unclear whether any of his stories are true.