I should be anti-Anonymous (because of my job). But I have always found them strangely attractive as a group: well, perhaps not the group per se but the ideals. I do like the idea that you can help make a difference as a "faceless million".
I'm not sure how you understand Anonymous, but I don't see what's to fear from a security firm's POV. The average Anon is probably in grey-to-white hat territory. Anything large-scale and organized is usually done to target something they see as "evil", like Scientology, or the Iranian regime, or Sarah Palin (joking; but seriously, that guy thought he was acting in the interest of the country), or it's just freaking hilarious.
Not Anon particularly but the communities it comes from are harbours of black hat and other illegal activity. Anon are a bit of a pain from time to time (only the high profile stuff like Scientology, the Time 100 "hack" & this Iran thing gets really noticed).
EDIT: at the othe poster - I never said DISLIKE. I said I should be anti-anonymous. :)
i wonder how the Chinese government is viewing the technology empowered protests in Iran. both governments have invested a great deal in censoring all media. and now with so many tools to go around these filters and essentially create leader-less protest movement, i'd imagine they're more worried than they were the same time last week.
I think China's approach is censor so long as costs are manageable. Shutting down the internet is too a big deal. I think they are willing to accept a certain leakage. If you are really motivated to learn about Tiananmen, you can. You just can't get at it in a mainstream way.
This is fine so long as motivation to access information is relatively low. Iran has just experienced a sharp increase in motivation
*One thing to note is that the Iranian regime can feed the President to the lions without breaking stride. It's almost what he's for. The protesters do not seem to be protesting against either the regime or the media controls.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 38.6 ms ] threadSo not evil at all :)
Or Korean pop star Rain? Or Habbo Hotel?
I generally find Anon amusing (and I'm curious why ErrantX thinks his job obliges him to dislike them), but to paint them as noble seems a stretch.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=520422
So he does forensics, as it were.
I think China's approach is censor so long as costs are manageable. Shutting down the internet is too a big deal. I think they are willing to accept a certain leakage. If you are really motivated to learn about Tiananmen, you can. You just can't get at it in a mainstream way.
This is fine so long as motivation to access information is relatively low. Iran has just experienced a sharp increase in motivation
*One thing to note is that the Iranian regime can feed the President to the lions without breaking stride. It's almost what he's for. The protesters do not seem to be protesting against either the regime or the media controls.