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5 Ways Google+ Naming Fails | Anonymous: Hacktivists or Hypocrites?

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Between The Lines ColumnistAnonymous Hackers Are Hypocrites, Not Hacktivists
By Robert Strohmeyer
An amorphous group of hackers has proven its ability to breach, torment, and embarrass. But as its dance with BART shows, its larger ambitions ring hollow.

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Posted By drmattnd:
"I can't figure out why heavy users of social networks think that this buys them some sort of vote or weigh-in on how the owners of said social network set their policies."
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Posted By JBEEBE972:
"The hypocrisy astounds me every time I see another tale of anonymous. Attacking an innocent third party because you don't like something that an organization or individual has done is the height of cowardice."
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