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A for Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World

by David Kushner

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The illustrated, inside story of the legendary hacktivist group's origins and most daring exploits. A for Anonymous shows how a leaderless band of volunteers successfully used hacktivism to fight for the underdog, embarrass their rich and powerful targets--from Sony and Paypal to the Church of Scientology and Ferguson Police Department--all in the name of freedom of speech and information. Their exploits blurred the distinction between "online" and "reality," and help shape our contemporary world.… (more)
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A dry, flat history of a (non) group some consider activists exercising civil disobedience and that others classify as hackers, cyberterrorists, and doxxers. The author seems sympathetic to their cause but also presents their accomplishments here as fairly minor, incompetent, and/or ineffectual. I had only a passing familiarity with the group before and feel like this muddle of information added little to my knowledge or gave me much basis for making on an opinion on the movement.

I'm surprised the nine (!) blank pages in the back were not used to provide some sources for the research behind this book or additional background information. ( )
  villemezbrown | Aug 1, 2020 |
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The illustrated, inside story of the legendary hacktivist group's origins and most daring exploits. A for Anonymous shows how a leaderless band of volunteers successfully used hacktivism to fight for the underdog, embarrass their rich and powerful targets--from Sony and Paypal to the Church of Scientology and Ferguson Police Department--all in the name of freedom of speech and information. Their exploits blurred the distinction between "online" and "reality," and help shape our contemporary world.

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