Philosophy

This Pearltree will probably disappear.

(H)ac(k)tivism will be a far better PT to describe Anon's philosophy, wich is from Hacktivism and Activism culture.

Meanwhile, pearls that don't have related sections to it for now will be stocked here. anon Feb 22

PHILOWEB 2010 » Programme de PhiloWeb 2010 (version française)

Vers une philosophie du Web. 16 Octobre 2010, Amphi Gestion Sorbonne 8h15-8h30 : Introduction Alexandre Monnin

The Temporary Autonomous Zone

Unless the sources of the DDoS attacks being carried out by Anonymous are identified and stopped, there seems to be no end in sight for their deluge of operations. These 'AnonOps' are presented as global outreach operations of sorts, aimed at assisting individuals and organizations subjected to persecution by governments and other institutions aiming to silence free expression and dissent. The Tunisian people are perceived by Anonymous to be in need of global support and the same can be said of Wikileaks. In particular, the consensus seems to be that governments and other powerful bodies have chosen to pursue Julian Assange and his collaborators for having exposed crimes committed by those same institutions.

01-04: Convictions of an Anonymous Legion

New Humanist (Rationalist Association) - discussing humanism, rationalism, atheism and free thought

It's interesting to see that a group of hackers calling themselves "Anonymous" have launched attacks on Visa and Mastercard , in what they say is an act of revenge for the companies' refusal to take payments on behalf of the controversial Wikileaks site. The hackers, as part of what they are calling "Operation Payback", launched DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks against the sites and succeeded in disrupting some of their online services, although a statement from Mastercard said "There is no impact on our cardholders' ability to use their cards for secure transactions globally." Anonymous have threatened to target other companies that have withheld their services from Wikileaks – the payment service Paypal stopped transactions for the site last week and has experienced DDoS attacks – and have suggested they might attack Twitter, alleging that it has censored the hashtag #WikiLeaks, although this has been denied by the social networking site .

The Ethics of the DDoS Protest

One consequence of WikiLeaks leak is that it has been cut off from its main sources of acquiring money. Mastercard, Visa, and PayPal have all stopped doing business with WikilLeaks. WikiLeak’s bank, PostFinance, has also stopped doing business with the organization. In response a group of “hackers” known as “Anonymous” have launched Operation Payback. This operation involves launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on the web sites of the companies in question.

The Philosophy of Anonymous

I. Basic Principles of Anonymous Anonymous has received fairly bad publicity in the past. Although it is not that we care, in fact all the negativity that surrounds us actually made us stronger, in other words, we can turn just about anything into comedy. Take the first Faux News investigation on us for example.