Comments on: Stieg Larsson would have loved it: Hacktivism http://www.sallysfriends.net/nest/stieg-larsson-would-have-loved-it-hacktivism/ ... If you ever tell her, she's gonna kick your ass Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:22:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: name (required) http://www.sallysfriends.net/nest/stieg-larsson-would-have-loved-it-hacktivism/comment-page-1/#comment-221 name (required) Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:22:45 +0000 http://www.sallysfriends.net/nest/?p=488#comment-221 Anonymous's internet harassing of scientologists (the so-called Project CHANology) probably counts too. Anonymous’s internet harassing of scientologists (the so-called Project CHANology) probably counts too.

]]> By: Chris http://www.sallysfriends.net/nest/stieg-larsson-would-have-loved-it-hacktivism/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Chris Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:40:03 +0000 http://www.sallysfriends.net/nest/?p=488#comment-219 Stieg Larsson definitely would not have loved that! But good example, thanks. I wonder, though, supposing that these hackers were acting in the interests of the Chinese state - either directly controlled or by their own volition - would they qualify as 'hacktivists'? In a broader sense, yes, it is hacking and it is for political purposes. I'm quite sure, though, that a lot of the more or less organised hacktivists affiliated with the political left and/or liberal democracies in general wouldn't see it that way :) But knitpicking definitions is probably best left to researchers like Lars, so I'll spare you all for more. Anyone else have good examples? Stieg Larsson definitely would not have loved that! But good example, thanks. I wonder, though, supposing that these hackers were acting in the interests of the Chinese state – either directly controlled or by their own volition – would they qualify as ‘hacktivists’? In a broader sense, yes, it is hacking and it is for political purposes. I’m quite sure, though, that a lot of the more or less organised hacktivists affiliated with the political left and/or liberal democracies in general wouldn’t see it that way :)

But knitpicking definitions is probably best left to researchers like Lars, so I’ll spare you all for more.

Anyone else have good examples?

]]> By: name (required) http://www.sallysfriends.net/nest/stieg-larsson-would-have-loved-it-hacktivism/comment-page-1/#comment-218 name (required) Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:45:53 +0000 http://www.sallysfriends.net/nest/?p=488#comment-218 A well known recent example is the report that Chinese hackers attacked the Dalai Llama's email system, which is reported here (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-746.html). A well known recent example is the report that Chinese hackers attacked the Dalai Llama’s email system, which is reported here (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-746.html).

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