Post: Anonymous' Latest Interview and Statement
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06-17-2011, 10:01 PM
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x iJB x
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Anon was interviewed as the covert group LulzSec this week brought down EVE Online, League of Legends, Minecraft and The Escapist with DDOS attacks, and as Anonymous-related arrests took place in both Spain and Turkey.
Anywho, the interview will come virst. The questions answered were in response to one of VG247's request on Twitter, by a person who replied with the following: "You said you were looking to speak to members of Anonymous. I cannot speak for Anonymous, or as Anonymous, but I can speak as Anon."
The interviewer's questions will be in bold, the the responses will follow.
Does Anonymous approve of LulzSec’s disruptive actions against MMOs and other games companies “for the lulz”?
There is no support for Lulz Security’s actions of disrupting MMO’s ‘for the lulz.’ Anonymous, as a group, is about activism in defence of certain rights, and the lulz that can be had while doing this. This doesn’t follow or achieve this. Though, individual Anons are free to do what they want.
Has Anonymous finished action against Sony?
We are no longer attacking Sony. There is nothing more to gained right now from continued attacks except unpopularity.
Surely Anonymous should advocate legal changes that protect the freedom of hackers and the neutrality of the internet instead of taking actions that make companies lock down tighter to stay solvent?
Anonymous supports and advocates anything that would free the internet and allow it to stay an open uncensored network. This is why we opposed ProtectIP so greatly and why we laughed at Tennessee’s attempt to ban everything.
Whether we existed or not companies would continue to tighten up online security, and demand laws to protect their websites. All we do is exploit their failings, and demand the law does not act in the favour of the corporations, all to ensure transparency. If they continue to tighten security then all power to them, but we find away around them.
And as a note of interest, Anonymous is now considered a terrorist group. Trying to enter any sort of democratic process (despite the fact that this would fundamentally undermine one of our concepts) would be pretty much useless.
It’s been interesting watching LulzSec this week, as it’s clear those people are doing what they do for fun. Is there an element of that within Anonymous, or is action within the group always motivated by freedom issues?
Freedom and Creativity is promoted within Anonymous. During operations we always tell people that the LOIC isn’t our only tool, and to be creative with their attacks.
Anonymous isn’t a whole though, with individual wings acting under the name in their actions. There are many ‘just for the lulz’ cells but they’re generally overshadowed by the arrests and actions of the politically motivated cells.
I know Anonymous officially denied responsibility for the PSN attacks, but it did approve of them. A lot of gamers, obviously, were very angry about what happened. Do you think that they’re being selfish by ignoring the fact that Sony was taking legal action against hackers?
Our intention with our initial attacks on the PSN was that of a sit-in, preventing traffic to their service in order to protest their actions. We didn’t want to piss off the consumers as they were the ones whose rights we were campaigning for. Sony were removing true ownership of the console, as well as prosecuting hackers, and we were trying to spread this information to the consumers.
Instead of listening or reading what our cause was they just became butthurt. Their annoyance is understandable, but their actions were selfish as they cared more about immediate pleasure receival than they did about their rights as a consumer (and the rights of the hacker).
How does Anonymous feel about arrests of individuals in Spain and Turkey this week? Do you think it’s likely we’re going to see more of this?
It is obvious that we are going to receive more attempted arrests, as we receive more attention. With many operations targeting corruption within government agencies, we are going to draw the attention of the Man.
The arrests are a shame, as we feel that the defense of certain rights and liberties is a worthy cause, though we are aware of the risks associated with it. If we weren’t aware of the risk of arrest we wouldn’t hide our IP addresses and keep our identities as removed from Anonymous as possible.
But, for every Anon they arrest, ten more will step in to their place. They are fighting a war against an idealogy, and just by mentioning our name their increase our numbers. We garner support from those who become disgruntled by the actions of someone we oppose. Anonymous is the manifestation of an idea, and ideas are bulletproof.
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Anonymous' Goal Wasn't to Make Us Mad
Source: You must login or register to view this content. // By: Chrome // 17/06/2011
When the well known hacking group, Anonymous, hacked Sony's websites along with the Network, millions blamed them. However, Anonymous has stated it wasn't their goal to do that, yet they succeeded.
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Our intention with our initial attacks on the PSN was that of a sit-in, preventing traffic to their service in order to protest their actions. We didn’t want to piss off the consumers as they were the ones whose rights we were campaigning for. Sony were removing true ownership of the console, as well as prosecuting hackers, and we were trying to spread this information to the consumers.
But now, another hacking group has overshadowed Anonymous. LulzSec has hacked many game servers, logins, and gaming companies.
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06-17-2011, 10:24 PM
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Dante.
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Honestly, I think Anon should fight and try to stop LulzSec, Anonymous has good reasons for doing the hacking that they do, trying to protect consumers rights and stopping the big companies from taking advantage of us. But LulzSec is just doing this for fun, ruining people's games and stopping consumers from using their goods. Which is what Anon is completely against. So they should battle it out in an all out hacking war. It would be pretty epic.
06-17-2011, 11:47 PM
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viralhysteria
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LulzSec have hacked much more than gaming servers, they've hacked CIA.gov and other government websites
I don't believe in what they do, although it's funny, what if you were using their hacked logins, and someone found your login in one of the lists, how would that make you feel? Not so good I would believe, Anonymous fights for freedom, LulzSec are just people trying to have fun. Frankly, I'm just with both of them.
Anonymous' reason's for their actions are acceptable, LulzSec? Not so much
I don't believe in what they do, although it's funny, what if you were using their hacked logins, and someone found your login in one of the lists, how would that make you feel? Not so good I would believe, Anonymous fights for freedom, LulzSec are just people trying to have fun. Frankly, I'm just with both of them.
Anonymous' reason's for their actions are acceptable, LulzSec? Not so much
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06-18-2011, 01:35 AM
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LiveLongDieHard
Space Ninja
Now we dont have to deal with the risk of PSN going down again
06-18-2011, 02:03 AM
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xHaZE-TriiKz
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Originally posted by PhantomRenegade
tits or gtfo
what an unneeded post
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