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The Internet and Anonymity
I ran across an article which i find well written, and oh so true.
http://www.canada.com/technology/Orwellian+power+anonymity/1127851/...
It starts off with the classic 1984 info about Newspeak, Big Brother, et al, and then somehow moves into something i didn't quite expect:
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The easy anonymity available to us is largely thanks to the Internet, a fact amply documented in sitcom plots about characters misrepresenting themselves on dating sites and in New Yorker cartoons (“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog”). What is remarkable is not that the Internet makes it possible to obscure your identity, but that online anonymity is now seeping into the off-line world. A woman in Missouri last month went on trial on accusations of using a fake online persona to bully one of her daughter’s classmates until the 13-year-old committed suicide. Meanwhile, online message boards known for their puerile humour and anarchist tendencies served as the incubator for a new movement aimed at dismantling the Church of Scientology.
In January, denizens of Web sites such as 4chan’s infamous “random” forum -- which features pornography, images of graphic violence and discussions of everything from cheating girlfriends to the merits of Will Smith -- decided to launch a war against Scientology for a perceived act of censorship.
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It goes on, of course, but makes some very good points both before and after. I think giving it a quick read is a good idea.
It pertains to a lot more than Anonymous, and can apply on so many levels to so many things, even for the general public who are seeping into action against the Scientology cult.
http://www.canada.com/technology/Orwellian+power+anonymity/1127851/...
It starts off with the classic 1984 info about Newspeak, Big Brother, et al, and then somehow moves into something i didn't quite expect:
""""
The easy anonymity available to us is largely thanks to the Internet, a fact amply documented in sitcom plots about characters misrepresenting themselves on dating sites and in New Yorker cartoons (“On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog”). What is remarkable is not that the Internet makes it possible to obscure your identity, but that online anonymity is now seeping into the off-line world. A woman in Missouri last month went on trial on accusations of using a fake online persona to bully one of her daughter’s classmates until the 13-year-old committed suicide. Meanwhile, online message boards known for their puerile humour and anarchist tendencies served as the incubator for a new movement aimed at dismantling the Church of Scientology.
In January, denizens of Web sites such as 4chan’s infamous “random” forum -- which features pornography, images of graphic violence and discussions of everything from cheating girlfriends to the merits of Will Smith -- decided to launch a war against Scientology for a perceived act of censorship.
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It goes on, of course, but makes some very good points both before and after. I think giving it a quick read is a good idea.
It pertains to a lot more than Anonymous, and can apply on so many levels to so many things, even for the general public who are seeping into action against the Scientology cult.
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