Anonymous

I found an article from the New York Times website titled U.S. Accuses 13 Hackers in Web Attacks. This article explains how a group of rogue hackers have been attacking major companies and organizations. The group calls itself Anonymous, and it is much larger than the 13 hackers who were caught. Anonymous apparently has thousands of members and supporters all over the world. I had never heard of Anonymous before this, so I decided to look into the group a little more. I first found this wikipedia page, and it explains the basics of the group. It is a loosely controlled, totally anonymous group of people determined to exploit all hidden government, political, and corporate secrets. Along with this, they consider themselves social activists, having electronically attacked many different websites in order to voice what they felt was injustice. I continued to do some googling, and came across an anonymous youtube channel where I found this video:

After hearing of what the group Anonymous is already capable of, it makes me wonder what more they could do. What are they planning next? There are also so many of them, and the number seems to be growing. Could groups like these be the basis of the next big civilian revolution? Anonymous is strictly "non-violent," but what makes them dangerous is their ability to communicate and plan their attacks over the internet. If this group or another similar group were to become violent, there would be little hope in stopping them. However, the other most dangerous part about Anonymous is purely that everyone is anonymous. This keeps them from all meeting in person, but it gives members the freedom of saying what they feel with no consequences. This is crucial because the hackers who steal information for websites like Wikileaks do not want their names to be known because of the seriousness of the leaked information.

Generally, I agree with Anonymous's ideas about how the government is hiding things from us, and I agree that something should be done about it. I have the right as an American citizen to know EVERYTHING about the government that controls most of my life, and all humans has the basic right of free speech. I say, cheers to you, Anonymous.