Professor Zittrain Q&A Hacktivism: Anonymous, lulzsec, and Cybercrime in 2012 and Beyond

On January 10th 2012 Stanford Law School welcomed HLS Professor Jonathan Zittrain for a Q&A on Hacktivism. The event was sponsored by CodeX: Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, Stanford Center for Internet and Society, and the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology.

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[Timothy Campbell]

People have always been furious; the modern age offers no reason for people to be angrier than, say, during the era of the Black Death. The reason hacktivism has arisen is because the world has been wired with a nervous system. Now the faceless can work in some semblance of unison, just as any brain works. The medium is the message.

[SymonDymond]

I wonder if Hacktivism is popular now because so many of us are more disenfranchised than ever. Class divides and wealth division seems to be becoming a bigger issue that it has since the 40's and 50's depending on whose research you chose. People are furious that governments keep taking our money and giving it to a system without addressing the problems with the system that robbed us in the first place and lead us all to the point of financial collapse. No change, no accountability.

[anonynaw]

XD

[Alfonsebrowncapone]

Expect us

[Unclesamslair]

gotta tell those guys to hold the mic up to their mouths so we can hear them ask questions.

[Aaron Bale]

actually, i would LOVE to speak to you sir, my god father is a stanford grad and i have a social solution to both sides

[Aaron Bale]

Joint Operation Blackout of #J18 Salutes you. Would you like to see how deep the Lulz rabbit hole goes?

[ginlikestea]

"my blankets have been disapparated"

XD lovely

[mrmelice]

Interesting this type of lecture doesn't seem to have a lot of views with all the current denial of service attacks, SOPA/PIPA blackouts, and Anonymous's response to MegaUploads shut-down. I really enjoy this type of information but find it hard to think that anyone else really cares because most Hacktivist can be found in IRC channels and on 4chan. I liked to think that there will be other resolves more like the Apple sandbox idea Professor Zittrain discusses.