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Anonymous member leaves and slates hacktivist group
AN ALLEGED MEMBER of hacktivist group Anonymous has announced his departure from the group on Pastebin, citing disagreements over the group targeting the information of innocent people.
The man, supposedly called Matthew, who goes by the online handle Sparkyblaze and claims to be from Manchester in the UK, posted a scathing message about how things have gone downhill within the hacktivist camp.
"They are removing peoples [sic] right to anonymity, a right which they claim to protect and uphold," he wrote. "Sending some packets to a server and putting info on-line is not helping or solving anything."
He said that things have changed inside Anonymous, particularly with the advent of Lulzsec and the Antisec campaign, which both go against what he stands for and what Anonymous is supposed to stand for.
He also claimed that Anonymous has a leadership that he said does not care about anyone. He slated Anonymous for not helping out with media attention or donations for people being arrested for DDoSing Paypal, pointing out the hypocrisy of what they did when well-known hacker Topiary was arrested, a member that Matthew claims is "higher up" in the rankings in the group.
Matthew said that Anonymous is not responsible for toppling governments. He said it was the people on the streets that brought down dictators in countries across the world. He said the group has tricked people into thinking they are helping in situations like this, but in reality they are not.
He called on governments to "arrest the leaders", not the kids. Of course, if this suggestion that there is an Anonymous leadership group is true, it might be harder to get to them than the average Joes on the bottom, many of whom do not know how to protect their identity online nor realise the implications of being arrested for hacking crimes.
Matthew claimed that Anonymous is a "media whore" and that it has preyed on people's willingness to help others. He called on members of Anonymous to "quit while you still can". µ
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Easy peasy to claim membership and defame a group that has no real leader let alone attribute actions to the group that it might have or not have performed.
i used to be into anonymous so much but then after a few weeks when people were saying that the plan was made by the fbi and that it is going to fail, i just though "shit, here comes the drama" and then i remembered about the november fifth operation where anonymous was going to take down facebook (i dont participate in those operations, i just watch and see what happens) and then the drama really started to come, so i just bailed out and im only going to do the friendly operations that i planned on doing like free hugs day then im leaving because i hate drama, and i advice you to leave anonymous if you do too, because i can tell that this is going to end bad
Too bad this story broke like Friday
@Bigger
I would disagree, but I've seen so many consperciy crap that turned out to be true over the years, I know anything is possible.
At least it was a fun ride.
(most recently the Afghanistan pipeline project infected my head)
The leadership, anyway. It's publicly touted all over the front pages yet ineffective, and even counter-productive; just happens to provide an excuse for more surveillance and controls on the internet, so tailor-made to help push legislation that just happens to be ready.