Anonymous - So named for everyone's favorite 4chan user name, is perhaps one of the most polarizing groups in the world. They've targeted the corrupt (Westboro Baptist, Church of Scientology, 12chan [a child-porn centric spinoff of 4chan]), they've targeted the powerful (Sony, the FBI, Paypal). They are capable of changing the world at incredible speeds.
Anonymous is not just a hacking group. Anonymous is a political idea. The goal of Anonymous is personal freedom. They went after the FBI to stop SOPA/PIPA. They hit Paypal to assert the view that it is creating an online monopoly. The takedown of 12chan (as well as the tracking of several high profile child pornographers) was a very political move. Anon was upset that the government was not taking adequate action against these criminals, so they used EXIF data to locate offenders and turn them in. They attacked sites like 12chan with DDOS methods and made access to their heinous resources impossible.
This is what freedom is really about. A world without corporate control over your life. A world where the bad are punished properly.
Long live anonymity.
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