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theprof00 on 05 May 2011
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richardhutnik said:
theprof00 said:
richardhutnik said:
 

One can say, "the hacker's version of 4Chan" because Anonymous had origins from 4Chan.  Started as idea there and then morphed and grew to different individuals collaborating on the internet under the Anonymous banner, adding things like the V for Vendetta angle.  Now you will get guys going in public where V masks.

They do raids on people, like, someone will post a picture or a guy holding a dead cat, explain a story of how they killed the cat, and anon (this is what you call a poster in 4chan) will say "WE R LEGAY'N" and they'll hack people's facebook accounts, and use tons of other methods to find exactly where the picture was taken. At that time, they'll find the persons friend-circle, his schedule, his family's schedule, where he lives, get people to dumpster dive, steal the identities of the family etc etc etc. There is no ORGANIZER, or LEADERSHIP there. It's chaos.

BUT, I do have to admit that legion is 90% of the time, morally right (in a renegade cop kinda way).

The question becomes then, do we kill the chaos so it has no chance of existing.  I would find it of concern if being anonymous is no longer possible.  This could likely be a greater threat than having what happened with the PSN, which in no way do I support happening.  It does sicken me that gamers would have to go through this.

It's a conundrum really. It's just one of those things where we have to accept the good with the bad. All in all, Legion; ie, Anonymous is altruistic, and very very powerful. They stand for public interests, and they stand for justice. It would be a sad day if they disappeared, but realistically, they never will disappear, because it's an idea, and not an organization.

However, if they were an organization, they'd be even more powerful. They could actually get things done. However, as a huge consequence, they would be controllable. Control the neck and you control the body.

So, anon MUST exist in a body-less form.

The major consequence of that though is shown by the PSN hack. It's shown on the disgruntled faces of the people anon claims to represent, those people who just want to play their games that they legally paid for.

It's a very complex situation. I for one, wish that anon would just back off. The demographic they are currently supporting is extrememly small compared to the install base. Anon "members" need to look at the situation and decide whether what they are doing is for the majority  (for the people) or for the minority (for the private). But this is only one situation out of many that I disagree with them on, and by them I obviously mean, "that random guy who thinks he understands what the people want".