«Anonymous»: Hacktivist group - Internet vigilantism and electronic disobedience

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Anonymous is a losely associated hacktivist group that originated in 2003. The group represents the concept of many online and offline community users as an anarchic and digitized global brain. Anonymous strongly opposes internet censorship and has targeted the governments of various countries such as India. In 2008 the Anonymous collective has become increasingly related to collaborative, international hacktivism. The group protested and acted in retaliation against anti-digital piracy campaigns by motion picture and recording industry trade associations. For instance, actions credited to Anonymous are undertaken by unidentified people who apply the Anonymous label to themselves...

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• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2012
• EAN: 9786130135232
• ISBN: 978-613-0-13523-2
• No. of pages: 104
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Internet