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Anonymous: Trump is making America weaker and we’ll exploit it - News Cafe (www.news-cafe.eu)
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Anonymous: Trump is making America weaker and we’ll exploit it. The international hacker community is preparing to strike against U.S. infrastructure and calls for public awareness against incoming fascism

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[–] 22 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I'm not going to write off hacktivism so quickly.

Even if it's just a few defaced websites now and then, that's a whole lot more effective than any other sort of activism I've seen to date.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Oh, sure, let’s romanticize hacktivism, the digital equivalent of spray-painting a slogan on a collapsing wall. A few defaced websites? That’s your bar for effectiveness? The oligarchs aren’t losing sleep over a 404 page; they’re too busy consolidating power while you cheer for digital vandalism like it’s the French Revolution.

    Real change doesn’t come from poking at the system with a keyboard and hoping it flinches. If anything, these stunts just give them more excuses to tighten the noose—more surveillance, more control.

    You want to fight the machine? Build something better. Organize. Create infrastructure that can’t be co-opted. Until then, hacktivism is just a tantrum dressed up as resistance.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Settle down mate.

    I didn't say defaced websites are going to take down the government.

    My implication was that it would be more effective than ranting on social media.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Settle down? Sure, but let’s not settle for mediocrity. If your metric for effectiveness is being slightly better than social media rants, you’ve already lost the plot. Hacktivism that doesn’t disrupt the system in a meaningful way is just noise—an aesthetic rebellion that the system shrugs off or, worse, absorbs.

    You want to be effective? Stop playing into their hands with token gestures. Build tools, networks, and alternatives that outlast their control. Otherwise, you’re just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic while calling it progress.

    Defacing websites might feel cathartic, but it’s not revolution—it’s a distraction.

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