On the contrary, I DO know that they have done, and I think their "followers" as you label them are nothing more than 16 kids who think its cool to follow a movement that shakes up the system. You know Weather Underground had a lot of followers to and they had ideals, but did that make blowing up building and killing people alright? NO, it did not. Anon is exactly the same except the landscape has changed. Instead of blowing up building and making bombs they are destroying the digital environment and making the internet (the loci of modern communication) an unsafe place for all. Anyone who validates their actions in any way is simply encouraging them to continue their destruction. This is not a shade of gray issue. With all of the damage they have caused to an economy that is already sputtering to get along, we all need to tell Anon that what they are doing is NOT helping but hurting everyone. Yeah sure some companies will have stronger security now...YAY, but at the cost of customers potentially losing all of their financial assets? And don't even get me started about hacking the police websites...what was that about? Like I have said before, what are they going to do next, hack a hospital because a janitor that works there pissed them off.

I realize that Anon is more of a disembodied movement rather than a centralized force but all we are doing by defending them is encouraging even more people to join their cause...which is what? I don't even know...to upgrade internet security, down with the man, start a new world order? I bet if you asked 90% of people in Anon they wouldn't even know themselves...they are just trying to find something cool to do before their mom tells them its past their bed time...

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