LulzSec is reputed to be a faction of/from Anon... and yes, I know
someone makes statements of intent, deny involvement in this and that.
I would *like* to believe that there is a coherent sentiment in the
human soul that is based mildly on the Archetype of the Trickster whose
methods are Japing but whose intent is to educate and inform and inspire
(whilst being entertained by the Jape itself).
My (relevant) point is that with that kind of distributed,
self-motivated, activity... how could we possibly know that there aren't
man Anonymous-Sympathetic individuals working on hardware doping, etc.
as part of their day jobs (or parallell/tangential to their day jobs)
who might be on the edge of this.
This factor is what has me the most impressed with the *idea of* Anon...
there is really no defense... it is more of a Meme than an
Organization. Obviously Snowden hasn't claimed any affiliation with
them (as far as I know) but I'm pretty sure those who identify as Anon
are cheering his efforts and maybe even benefitting from his disclosures.
I once had a cat who caught a Robin. A whole flock of Pinon Jays jumped
the cat and made him drop the Robin. I think of Anon as being a bit
like that flock of Jays.... very likely to jump any cat who tries to
eat something (another bird) that looks even a little familiar. Like
the non-Jewish germans who risked their lives to protect them from the
the Nazis... etc.
I had hoped that Anon would have had more effect against the Mexican
Drug Cartels than they apparently did. Imagine the Cartels, the DEA
*and* the Minute Men having their collective carpets hacked out from
under them? I suspect that the Mexican Cartels, while happy to exploit
technology, really do live close enough to the earth as to not be easily
disrupted by "mere" digital means... and I don't think Anonymous has
spread beyond the digital sphere enough to be relevant. Yet.
That said, they clearly are not everybody, unless we all have some
hidden memories. :P And Anonymous does have official channels to
publish statements of intent, and has disavowed afiliation with other
parties claiming to work on behalf of Anonymous; all of the confirmed
Anonymous attacks have had a common thread (against scientologists,
pedos, ...) and lastly, Anonymous and LulzSec are two different
(though related), sometimes opposing organisations. I wish I could
provide sources for all these points but I don't have any handy, I am
sure you all can inform yourselves with various search engines better
than I could.
-Arlo James Barnes
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