What Is 'Anonymous' And How Does It Operate?


What is Anonymous?

Anonymous is a loosely organized international movement of online activists who share similar social and political ideals. Anonymous says it promotes access to information, free speech, and transparency, and also supports various anticorruption and anti-authoritarian movements.

How does the group operate?

The group is generally perceived as anarchic, with no controlling leadership. Basically, individual members make their own decisions and relay their protest ideas and activities to one another via social media. If those ideas and activities gather enough support in that community, a collective agreement is made, dates and virtual “meeting times” are set, and participants proceed to launch a campaign to accomplish whatever goal they’ve set out to achieve.

Members of Anonymous say it’s easy to join the group. Just hide your identity while conducting your online activities, and you’re in. Because of the complex, informal, and, of course, anonymous, nature of the group, it’s not really possible to establish an accurate demographic on its membership.

What kind of activities is Anonymous known for?

The group is associated with collaborative hacking activities (“hacktivism”) that are often launched as a form of retaliatory protest against governmental agencies, commercial entities, and other institutions. Such attacks commonly come in the form of denial-of-service (DoS) or distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS), which shut down Internet websites or other Internet-based services. Hackers associated with the group have claimed cyberattacks ranging from minor pranks against various corporations to shutting down the website of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

Why are international authorities cracking down on Anonymous?

The protest strategies Anonymous uses -- including DoS and DDoS attacks -- violate Internet usage policies, as well as the specific use policies of most Internet service providers. They frequently also violate the laws of countries where the attacks occur.

Last year saw several high-profile police sweeps against suspected members of the Anonymous group. One of the biggest of those operations was conducted jointly by authorities in Britain, the Netherlands, and the United States. Those joint raids -- which resulted in some 20 arrests, including of a 16-year-old boy in London -- came after an Anonymous hacking campaign against the Internet payment service PayPal and the Visa and MasterCard credit-card companies. Those attacks were retaliation against those companies for freezing the accounts of the antisecrecy website WikiLeaks. A separate series of raids in Turkey resulted in the arrests of some 30 people suspected of involvement in cyberattacks against Turkish government websites.

What has Anonymous been planning lately?

One of the most recent protest actions announced by Anonymous is called Operation Global Blackout. Members say the operation aims to shut down the servers of the social-networking website Facebook. Anonymous has also said Operation Global Blackout could involve a massive attempt to undermine and crash the entire Internet.

-- Wade German

6 comments:

  1. Hi Anonymous.
    I've been looking for a way to send you a message. You have my admiration and gratitude, for your courage, views, and skills, (though I think there are more suitable targets than the Vatican).
    I suggest, if you can do it, a Takedown of the Chinese Government's Firewall. Their tremendous brutality against Tibetans, ethnic minorities, as well as the rest of their population, deserves this and more.
    You guys have probably heard of what they did wiith Ghostnet -- GhostNet had penetrated theoretically secure servers in 103 nations as well as countless organizations. It was first noticed in the offices of the Dalai Lama.

    GhostNet was not just capable of reading all incoming and outgoing emails; it had the potential to override built-in cameras and microphones in desktop and laptop computers, turning each infected computer into a monitoring system capable of broadcasting anything said or done in an office or work space.

    Does This Give You Guys Any Ideas? I wish I could hack them myself, but I carry on in the ways I can.

    Thanks.

    FRAN

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  2. The VATICAN have been the principal Head of the Hydra; Through fabricated Credos-Religions they, the Emperial Catholic-Nazi-Roman, are the constructors of the actual Chaos!
    Like a MUST, They intent to concretize/materialize prophecy that themselves did through Time-Travel; Catholic, Nostradamus, Orwell, etc. prophecies, Sacred Books manipulations, Maya and other Calenders, pseudo-Miracles, Fatima, Saints, last Pope miracles, etc. !!!
    Vídeos:
    El Cronovisor del Vaticano los reptilianos y la mesa de Salomon
    El Cronovisor-Cuarto Milenio 1/3 (“Computador” do VATICANO que acede ao Passado)
    El secreto de la mesa de Salomon y el oro de Ofir (sobre: “Computador” que mostra imagens do Passado e Futuro)
    The Vaticans Big Secret About The Orion Nebula ????
    3 parts article:PITFALLS AND FALLACIES OF THE ORION MONETARY SYSTEM-By Georgi Stankov
    They, Vatican & Dark Forces, have been controling/obstructing the Pineal Gland of each Human Being; The Stargate/Interdimensional Portal that connects, empower and feeds with Divine Energy the Carnal Vheícule (Organic Being-Persona) with the Higher SELF; Our TRUE Nature! We have been enslaved for centuries, maintained in a deep ignorance of our Origin and Divine Powers, reducing us to simple Darwin-mamals, linear thinking, mind controled; emphasysing identyfication with the physical body/Ego and feebled with chemical aditives in food,cosmetics,children TOYS,hard metals, fluor,vacines,neurotoxics, etc., etc....
    SEE:
    Alex Collier Interview March 3rd 2012 1-4
    Entrevista Alex Collier 3 Marzo 2012 1-4 ESP SUBS
    Steve Quayle Feb 22, 2012 w/Tom Horn Pt. 1
    Steve Quayle Feb 22, 2012 w/Tom Horn 2 of 3
    Steve Quayle Feb 22, 2012 w/Tom Horn 3 of 3(conclusion)
    STEVE QUAYLE March 1 2012 w/Greg Evensen 1/2
    STEVE QUAYLE March 1 2012 w/Greg Evensen 2/2
    STEVE QUAYLE - Catastrophic Upheaval In All Realms Now In Motion - 1 of 2
    STEVE QUAYLE - Catastrophic Upheaval In All Realms Now In Motion - 2 of 2
    Steve Quayle January 2012 "We are All Criminals Now" (1/3)
    Steve Quayle January 2012 "We are All Criminals Now" (2/3)
    Steve Quayle January 2012 "We are All Criminals Now" (3/3)
    Steve Quayle & Tom Horn Stargates Opening Demons, Djinn, Nephilim Coming A 1 0f 12
    Steve Quayle & Tom Horn-End of Times Revelations, Aliens, & Prophecy #4 Part 1 of 6.mp4
    Petrus Romanus:The Final Pope Is Here
    3 prophecies converging in time. Last President, Last Pope, Ariel Sharon Prophecy. Messiah Revealed.
    Transhumanism Special With Tom Horn & Alex Ansary - Part 1
    PHENOMENAL! TOM HORN ON THE LOST SYMBOL!
    Prophecy In The News Special On Apollyon Rising 2012, With Tom Horn (part 1 of 6)
    Prophecy In The News Special On Apollyon Rising 2012, With Tom Horn (part 6 of 6)
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_popes http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/esp_sociopol_underground.htm#Additional_Information
    Massive Reptilian Undersea Base Destroyed - 5.1 quake Nicobar Islands area
    Andromeda Council: East China Sea 6.9 quake - undersea reptilian base destroyed
    Andromeda Council: Removing Draco & Hydra reptilian undersea bases from the Middle East and China
    http://projectcamelotportal.com
    http://formerwhitehat.wordpress.com/

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  3. https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=256779861075946

    Thought you might like this.

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  4. ANNONYMOUS
    I BEEN FOLLOWING YOUR VIDEOS FOR A SHORT TIME OF PERIOD ( SINCE I GOT FIRED FROM WORK ) IN THIS LAST 3 WEEKS NOTICED YOU GUYS ARE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE , THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR GREAT WORK I RESPECT YOU GUYS BIG TIME , IM AN ILEGAL CITICEN I HAVE BEEN PROFILED 3 TIMES WHILE IM DRIVING TO AND FROM WORK , THE LAST TIME WAS 3 WEEKS AGO , I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDLE OF A BUNCH OF CARS AND I WAS PULLED OVER FOR NO REASON ( I WILL LIKE TO SAY MI COLOR OF SKIN IM MEXICAN), AND THE COP WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE 2 WEEKS AGO, I GOT BACK FROM WORK PARKED BEHIND HIM GOT INSIDE MY HOUSE HE LEFT AND 10 MINS LATER HE CAME BACK PARK IN THE SAME SPOT STAY 5 MINS AND LEFT , TODAY MARCH 25 THE SAMECOP WAS 3 HOUSES AWAY FROM MY HOUSE AS SOON I GOT INSIDE MY HOUSE HE LEFT , I DONT KNOW WY HE ITS CHECKING ME , I WILL LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME SOME WAY , ITS NOT FAIR THE COP ITS PROFILING ME AND BEEN RACIST I THINK HE PROBABLY GONNA AD THIS TO MY CHARGES THIS 2 TIMES HE SAW ME DRIVING AGAIN , PLEASE HELP AND LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN HELP YOU GUYS , IM HERE NOT TO TAKE NOBODYS JOB IM HERE TO WORK BECAUSE I HAVE A FAMILY TO HELP A DAUGHTER TO HELP A BROTHER TO HELP IN THE HARD TIMEES 2 NEFEWS TO HELP AND A FUTURE TO BUILD EVEN IF MI BACK ITS MESSED UP IM STILL TRYING HARD ,I BELIVE IN YOUR CAUSE , I BELIVE IN THE AMERICAN DREAM , I BELIVE USA ITS A GREAT COUNTRY I BELIVE THERE ITS OUT THERE GOOD COPS WHO RESPECT PEOPLE FROM ANOTHER NATIONALITYES AND I RESPECT THEM FOR THAT , BUT NOT EVERY ONE OF THEM DOES IT , I WAS AFRAID TO TRY TO CONTACT YOU GUYS TO BE HONEST BUT NOT ANYMORE , PLEASE HELP , PLEASE HELP !!!

    HASTA LA VICTORIA SIEMPRE !!!!!!
    ERNESTO EL " CHE " GUEVARA

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  5. KRIMINALDINHIO , IM THE GUY HARRASED BY THE COP

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  6. Krim, nothing can be done directly to help at this time...Sadly. You must wait, remain patient, the time will come my friend.

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