They are following the ‘script’ of all the classic cyberpunk books and movies. Take a gander at old Alt.2600 or Mondo 2000 stuff and it’s easy to see what they’re doing, why, and what we can expect in the future.
First let me state that I’m no fan of them hacking and distributing our military/cecurity info, but I love the fact that they do not seem to be a lib bunch that just goes after Repubs and gives left wingers a pass.
It’s bad or it aint. And though there may be a LOT of ‘bad’ they are exposing (all the big hacker groups, not just these guys) The methods are wrong by the laws we believe in. There’s no getting around that. But I still have a part of me that wants, laws be damned, them to get the goods on all the corrupt bas!ard$ and nail them to the wall with it. If it happens, I won’t cry. Sad it’s come to this.
The really disgusting part is that our collective governments are so corrupt that this whole situation really has become a cyberpunk novel come to life... and that the hackers really are the lesser evil in many ways. Definitely not the country the founders had in mind.
Mondo 2000! glad somebody still remembers it. Editor: “I like the idea of a magazine with an expiration date.” Weird stuff from when social-hip was trying to merge with high-tech and had no idea how.
I agree.