After Anonymous hacked the information from Queen Mary University of London, the group again came into limelight. This group is generally a hacker collective group, but it is still not properly defined. Let us look about this Anonymous group.
Anonymous literally means the “one who is not named” and this part of the group is a silent majority cluster on the internet. It is loosely associated with international protesting and hacktivist activities. Hacktivist activities are abbreviation of hack and activities used of computers and computer networks to encourage political ends, primarily free speech, human rights, and information ethics. It is carried out under the fact that the proper use of technology can produce ways that are similar to the conventional acts of activism, civil disobedience, and protest.
A decentralized community of the internet particularly does all the talking without actually revealing its identity. They are the rebel group who doesn’t like the current developments, whether legal, political or religious entities. It was founded in 2004 and is often called “the group without its head.” Everyone works in their own way and have their individual-owned set of rules. There is no proper structure and guidelines of this group. The anonymous group became progressively more associated with two-way, hacktivism on a number of issues worldwide. Individuals claiming to align themselves with Anonymous commenced complaints and other reformist actions (including direct battle) in vengeance against anti-digital piracy campaigns by recording industry trade associations and motion picture. Later targets of Anonymous hacktivism included the government agencies of Israel, US, Uganda, Tunisia, and others; kids’ pornography websites; copyright protection agencies; the Westboro Baptist Church; and corporations like MasterCard, Visa, PayPal and Sony.
Anonymous group does not have the austerely-clear viewpoint, and internal disputes are a normal aspect of this rebel faction. A website related with the faction describes it as “an internet gathering” with “a very loose and decentralized control structure that operates on ideas rather than orders”.
Gabriella Coleman writes about the group, “In some ways, it may be impracticable to judge the intention and purpose of thousands of members; many of them don’t even bother to leave any hint of their thoughts, motivations, and reactions. Among those that do, views differ a great deal.”
Anonymous groups are a result of their frustration from something; they have formed their own stuff. It is not organized, yet it has created disorder in some parts of the world. Some are legitimate in their demands while some are plainly cyber criminals.
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