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[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
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>> IT WAS 6:00 IN THE MORNING.
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I GOT A KNOCK ON MY DOOR -- A
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REALLY LOUD KNOCK -- AND I
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THOUGHT IT WAS MY DAD, WHO HAD
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LOCKED HIMSELF OUT OR SOMETHING.
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SO I OPENED IT, AND IT'S THE
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L.E.D. FLASHLIGHTS AND THE
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REALLY OBNOXIOUS BULLET-PROOF
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VEST AND THE DRAGGING ME OUT
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INTO THE COLD WHEN I'M IN MY
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PAJAMAS.
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THAT WAS NOT FUN.
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THEY SEEMED PRETTY SHOCKED BY
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THE SARCASTIC, BELLIGERENT,
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ANGRY TEENAGER THAT THEY DRAGGED
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OUT OF BED THAT DAY.
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[ LAUGHS ]
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I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JUST THAT I
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WAS 19 OR THAT I WAS A GIRL, BUT
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THEY DIDN'T EXPECT...THIS.
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10,000 ANGRY KIDS -- WHOEVER
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THEY ARE, THEY SCARED THE SHIT
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OUT OF SOME PEOPLE THOSE DAYS.
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THEY SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF THE
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POWERS THAT BE, AND THAT'S WHY
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THIS IS BEING INVESTIGATED.
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THAT'S WHY I'M UNDER
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INDICTMENT.
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THAT'S IT, BECAUSE BETWEEN THE
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DAYS OF DECEMBER 6th AND
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DECEMBER 10th, 10,000 ANGRY
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PEOPLE PROVED TO THE GOVERNMENT
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THAT THEIR REGULATIONS, THEIR
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IDEAS, THEIR VIEW OF PayPal,
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THEIR VIEW OF WikiLeaks, THEIR
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VIEW OF THE AFGHAN WAR, AND
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EGYPT AND TUNISIA AND LIBYA --
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IT DIDN'T...MATTER.
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THEIR OPINION NO LONGER MATTERED
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BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS OUT ON THE
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INTERNET KICKING ASS.
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>> THE COMPUTER HACKER GROUP
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ANONYMOUS IS CLAIMING TONIGHT
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THAT IT TOOK DOWN THE WEBSITE OF
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THE FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN
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SAN FRANCISCO THIS AFTERNOON.
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>> THEY TOOK DOWN senate.gov
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SERVERS, THEY'VE TAKEN DOWN
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HBGary, SONY'S CLAIMING THEY DID
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$150 MILLION WORTH OF DAMAGE.
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>> SO MANY CONFIDENTIAL FILES
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THAT TONIGHT, BECAUSE OF THESE
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HACKERS, CAN BE IN THE HANDS OF
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ANYONE.
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>> VISA, MasterCard, THE PayPal
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SITUATION.
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>> THE CRIMINALS WHO HACKED INTO
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SARAH PALIN'S PRIVATE E-MAIL.
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>> THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY
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SAYS ANONYMOUS IS A
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CYBER-TERRORIST GROUP OF
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RELIGIOUS BIGOTS.
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>> ANONYMOUS AND THIS OTHER
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GROUP CALLED LulzSec -- THEY
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SEEM TO BE WANTING TO PROVE A
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POINT.
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>> ANONYMOUS KIND OF WAS LIKE
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THE BIG, STRONG, BUFF KID WHO
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HAD LOW SELF-ESTEEM, AND THEN
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ALL OF A SUDDEN, PUNCHED
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SOMEBODY IN THE FACE AND WAS
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LIKE, "HOLY SHIT, I'M REALLY
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STRONG!"
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AND ANONYMOUS CALLS ITSELF "THE
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FINAL BOSS OF THE INTERNET," AND
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SOMETIMES IF PROVES TO BE
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REALLY FUCKING TRUE.
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IF YOU ARE GOING TO VIOLATE THE
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FREEDOMS OF THE INTERNET, YOU
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CERTAINLY BETTER WATCH THE FUCK
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OUT.
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>> THEY ARE KIND OF THE RUDE
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BOYS OF ACTIVISM.
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THERE'S A REAL ROUGH EDGE TO
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THEM, WHICH I THINK ALSO IS ONE
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REASON WHY THEY GARNER SO MUCH
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LOVE AND HATE FROM PEOPLE, TOO.
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THEY REPRESENT A CERTAIN SORT OF
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CHAOTIC FREEDOM.
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>> INDIVIDUAL, YOUNG, NAMELESS,
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FACELESS FOLKS ARE HAVING
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GEOPOLITICAL IMPACT.
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I MEAN, IT'S BOTH EXHILARATING
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TO REALIZE THAT AND TERRIFYING
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TO REALIZE THAT.
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IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW THAT
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POWER IS WIELDED.
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>> [ Amplified ] WE ARE LEGION.
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WE DO NOT FORGET.
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EXPECT US.
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>> WE STAND FOR FREEDOM.
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WE STAND FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH,
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THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE, THE
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ABILITY FOR THEM TO PROTEST
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AGAINST THEIR GOVERNMENT, TO
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RIGHT WRONGS.
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NO CENSORSHIP, ESPECIALLY ONLINE
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BUT ALSO IN REAL LIFE.
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>> WE HAVE MEMBERS THROUGHOUT
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SOCIETY, IN ALL STRATAS OF IT
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WORLDWIDE.
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YEAH, WE HAVE NO LEADERSHIP.
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>> IT'S ONE VOICE -- IT'S NOT
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INDIVIDUAL VOICES.
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THAT'S WHY WE DON'T SHOW OUR
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FACES, THAT'S WHY WE DON'T GIVE
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OUR NAMES.
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WE'RE SPEAKING AS ONE.
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IT'S A COLLECTIVE.
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GOOD TIMING.
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[ POLICE RADIO CHATTER ]
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>> I GOT CALLED A TERRORIST
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SYMPATHIZER.
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WE'VE BEEN CALLED KIDS, WE'VE
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BEEN CALLED CYBER-BULLIES, WE'VE
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BEEN CALLED HOOLIGANS, AND, YOU
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KNOW, SOMETIMES THOSE WORDS
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AREN'T ENTIRELY UNFAIR, BUT THIS
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IS A SERIOUS POLITICAL MOVEMENT.
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>> NO ONE IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC
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REALLY SEEMS TO GET IT.
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WHAT THEY DON'T SEEM TO GET IS
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THAT THE ABILITY FOR ANONYMOUS
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TO BE EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING IS
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IT'S POWER.
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>> ANONYMOUS IS A SERIES OF
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RELATIONSHIPS -- HUNDREDS AND
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HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY
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ACTIVE IN IT, AND WHO HAVE
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VARYING SKILL SETS, AND WHO HAVE
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VARYING ISSUES THEY WANT TO
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ADVANCE AND WHO ARE
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COLLABORATING IN DIFFERENT WAYS
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EACH DAY.
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>> THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LIKE A
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PRISM OR A KALEIDOSCOPE --
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THEY'RE GOT MANY DIFFERENT
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FACETS AND MANY DIFFERENT SIDES.
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OF COURSE, WHEN YOU SPEND ENOUGH
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TIME WITH THEM, YOU START TO GET
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A SORT OF FEEL OR TEXTURE THAT'S
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NOT JUST RANDOM, RIGHT?
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YET IT'S VERY MULTIFACETED,
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VERY RICH, WHICH DOES SPAN FROM
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THE QUITE LIGHTHEARTED TO THE
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VERY, VERY SERIOUS.
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>> BOB DYLAN HAD A LINE IN HIS
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SONG, TO SING, "TO LIVE OUTSIDE
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THE LAW, YOU MUST BE HONEST."
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THEY MIGHT DO SOMETHING WHICH
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ISN'T TECHNICALLY CORRECT,
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MAYBE IT'S NOT LEGALLY CORRECT,
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BUT THEY'RE DOING IT FOR
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PURPOSES THAT, IN THEIR MINDS AT
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LEAST, ARE ETHICAL.
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>> PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
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DOING, WHO SHARE AN ETHOS, WHO
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HAVE A COMMITMENT TO EXPOSING
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AND HUMILIATING "THE MAN," WHO
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HAVE A VERY LOW TOLERANCE OF
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LIES AND WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS
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EVIL ON THE PART OF OVERWEENING
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POWER STRUCTURES.
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THEY SHARE INFORMATION, THEY
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SHARE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES, AND
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THEY ARE CURRENTLY HAVING A VERY
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GOOD TIME.
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>> THEY HACKER CULTURE, AS WE
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KNOW IT, REALLY SPRANG FROM ONE
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PLACE.
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IT WAS M.I.T., AND IT WAS
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SPECIFICALLY THE PEOPLE IN THE
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MODEL-RAILROAD CLUB, THE
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TECH-MODEL-RAILROAD CLUB.
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>> HACKING ORIGINATED AS
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HUMOROUS PRANKS WHEN THE GUYS AT
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M.I.T. PUT A VOLKSWAGEN UP ON
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TOP OF THE DOME OF THE BUILDING,
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AND PEOPLE WOKE UP AND SAW THE
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CAR UP THERE IN THE MORNING.
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OR THEY MEASURED A BRIDGE BY THE
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BODY LENGTHS OF SOMEBODY, I
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WOULD SAY HIS NAME WAS BRIAN,
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AND DISCOVERED THE BRIDGE OVER
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THE CHARLES RIVER WAS
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822 BRIANS.
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THESE ARE FUNNY THINGS.
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THAT'S WHERE HACKING ORIGINATED,
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AND IT MIGRATED INTO ENGINEERING
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AND COMPUTER COMMUNITIES.
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IT'S WITTY. IT'S PRANKS.
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>> BASICALLY, MICROSOFT AND
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APPLE BOTH GOT THEIR ENTIRE
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START OFF COMPUTER CRIME.
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BILL GATES STOLE PRETTY MUCH ALL
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OF MS-DOS.
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STEVE JOBS -- HE WAS CREATING
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BOXES TO DEFRAUD THE PHONE
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COMPANY.
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>> I ALWAYS SAW HACKING AS
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IMPLICITLY POLITICAL.
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HACKERS, WHETHER THEY'RE
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CONSCIOUS ABOUT IT OR NOT,
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WHETHER THEY'RE EXPLICIT ABOUT
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IT OR NOT, MAKE A STATEMENT
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ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD TREAT
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INFORMATION.
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AND SOME YEARS AFTER MY BOOK
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CAME OUT, ONE OF THE PEOPLE I
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WROTE ABOUT, RICHARD STALLMAN,
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GOT VERY PUBLICLY AND
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EXPLICITLY POLITICAL ABOUT
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SOFTWARE.
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AND HE BELIEVED THAT SOFTWARE
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SHOULD BE FREE -- FREE AS IN
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FREEDOM, NOT FREE AS IN BEER, AS
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HE PUT IT THERE.
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BEHIND IT, WHETHER MISGUIDED OR
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NOT, THERE'S A POLITICAL
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IMPULSE.
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>> I'M CHRIS WYSOPAL, FORMER
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MEMBER OF THE LOPHT.
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WE DON'T NECESSARILY SAY
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"HACKING GROUP" BECAUSE IT MAKES
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IT SOUND LIKE WE'RE HACKING, SO
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WE USED TO CALL IT
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"A HACKER'S THINK TANK."
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"HACKTIVISM" WAS A TERM COINED
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BY A GROUP CALLED
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"THE CULT OF THE DEAD COW."
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THE LOPHT HAD AN INTERESTING
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RELATIONSHIP WITH
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THE CULT OF THE DEAD COW.
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ACTUALLY, THERE WERE SOME
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MEMBERS THAT WERE IN BOTH
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ORGANIZATIONS.
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AND WE KIND OF KEPT, LIKE, THE
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SERIOUS SECURITY RESEARCH THAT
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THEY WERE DOING, THEY WOULD DO
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UNDER THE LOPHT NAME, AND IF
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THEY WERE DOING SOME SORT OF
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JUST GOOFY STUNT-LIKE THINGS,
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THEY WOULD DO IT UNDER
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THE CULT OF THE DEAD COW NAME,
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BECAUSE THE CULT OF THE DEAD COW
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WAS REALLY KIND OF SORT OF LIKE
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A PROPAGANDA TYPE OF
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ORGANIZATION.
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THEY HAD A GUY WHO WAS THE
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MINISTER OF PROPAGANDA.
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THEY'RE KIND OF MERRY
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PRANKSTERS, LIKE EVERYTHING THEY
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DID WAS COMPLETELY OVER THE TOP.
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ONE OF THE GUYS THERE COINED THE
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TERM "HACKTIVISM" BECAUSE HE SAW
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ONE OF THE THINGS HIS GROUP WAS
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DOING, WHICH HE CALLED
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"HACKTIVISM," WAS WRITING
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SOFTWARE THAT PEOPLE IN OTHER
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COUNTRIES COULD USE TO
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COMMUNICATE SECURELY, EVEN IF
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THEIR GOVERNMENT WAS SPYING ON
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THEM.
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SO THE PRINCIPLE WAS REALLY
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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.
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IT WAS EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE
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ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, EVERYONE
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SHOULD BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE
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AND GET THEIR MESSAGE OUT ON THE
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INTERNET, EVEN MORE IMPORTANT,
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IN COUNTRIES WHERE THERE WAS
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REPRESSIVE REGIMES THAT IF YOU
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SAID SOMETHING AGAINST THE
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REGIME, THEY WOULD COME AND TAKE
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YOU AWAY AND YOU WEREN'T SAYING
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IT ANYMORE.
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>> "HACKTIVISM" HAS OFTEN MEANT
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TO DESIGNATE A FORM OF POLITICAL
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ACTIVITY IN WHICH TECHNOLOGY
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ASSISTANCE IS USED FOR
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HUMAN-RIGHTS ACTIVISM.
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THAT'S KIND OF THE NARROW SENSE
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OF THE WORD.
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IT USUALLY STAYS WITHIN THE
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PURVIEW OF THE LAW -- USUALLY,
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BECAUSE BY PROVIDING
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TECHNOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE, YOU
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MAY BE BREAKING A LOCAL LAW,
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HOWEVER.
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AND YET, OTHER FORMS OF DIGITAL
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INTERVENTIONS, PROTEST, DISSENT,
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DISOBEDIENCE ARE CLEARLY PUSHING
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THE BOUNDARIES OF THE LAW, ARE
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SEEKING TO ACTIVELY BREAK THE
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LAW IN PROTEST, OR ARE JUST
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MERELY TRANSGRESSIVE, AS WELL.
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>> JUST LIKE IN TRADITIONAL
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ACTIVISM, IT SPANS THE FULL
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GAMUT FROM SIT-INS OR PICKETS TO
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ACTUALLY SPIKING TREES AND
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POURING SAND IN THE ENGINES OF
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CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES.
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I MEAN, THERE'S REAL SABOTAGE.
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THE SAME THING DOES ALL FALL
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UNDER THE "HACKTIVISM" LABEL.
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THERE IS A SPECTRUM.
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>> A GOOD PLACE TO START ARE
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WITH WHAT HAS OFTEN BEEN CALLED
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VIRTUAL SIT-INS, WHICH USE THE
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TACTIC OF A DENIAL OF SERVICE
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ATTACK.
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>> DENIAL OF SERVICE HAS BEEN
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AROUND FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
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THE EQUIVALENT OF IF YOU, FOR
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SOME REASON, WANTED TO DISRUPT A
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BUS SERVICE, RIGHT?
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YOU CAN HIRE A THOUSAND EXTRAS
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TO ALL GO AND LINE UP AT THE BUS
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STATION AND GET ON THE BUS.
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AND SO THEN ANYONE WHO WAS
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REALLY TRYING TO GET ON THE BUS
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COULDN'T DO IT.
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IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT -- WHEN
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YOU STOP TRYING TO VISIT,
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WEBSITE GOES BACK UP, NO
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PERMANENT DAMAGE.
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>> AND THIS TACTIC HAS BEEN USED
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BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT GROUPS.
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PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS IS THE
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ELECTRONIC DISTURBANCE THEATER.
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ANOTHER REALLY INTERESTING CASE
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HAPPENED IN GERMANY WHERE A
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GROUP OF ACTIVISTS GOT TOGETHER
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WHO WANTED TO PROTEST THE FACT
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THAT THE AIRLINE LUFTHANSA --
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THEY WERE USING THEIR PLANES TO
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DEPORT IMMIGRANTS.
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AND THEY WOULD TAKE DOWN THE
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SITE.
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AND, IN FACT, EVENTUALLY, THE
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GERMAN COURTS RULED THAT THIS
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COULD BE A LEGITIMATE FORM OF
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PROTEST.
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>> THIS SOMETIMES HAS STRONG
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ANARCHIST FLAVOR TO IT, AS WELL.
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IT'S RESISTANCE TO AUTHORITY AND
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THOSE WHO WOULD IMPOSE
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GROUP-THINK AND GROUP-BEHAVIOR
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ON THE PEOPLE, WHICH WAS
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RIGHTLY PERCEIVED TO BE A
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CONSEQUENCE OF THE DIGITAL
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REVOLUTION AS IT WAS USED BY
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PEOPLE IN POWER -- TO DO
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HACKING ON BEHALF OF
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RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TO REDRESS THE
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GRIEVANCES OF THE WORLD.
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LANCE-LOWERED DON QUIXOTE ON HIS
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HORSE, NAG THOUGH SHE WAS,
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FLYING AT THE WINDMILLS OF
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MODERN LIFE.
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>> ANONYMOUS GREW OUT OF WHAT'S
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KNOW AS 4chan.
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AND ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS JUST A
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WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE CAN UPLOAD
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IMAGES AND YOU DON'T ACTUALLY
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GIVE YOUR NAME, IT'S JUST SORT
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OF ANONYMOUS.
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>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT 4chan,
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YOU'RE OFTEN SURPRISED BECAUSE
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IT LOOKS LIKE A SITE FROM LIKE
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1995 OR SOMETHING.
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THE IDEA IS VERY SIMPLE -- YOU
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POST A COMMENT AND YOU POST A
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PICTURE, AND YOU CAN POST UNDER
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YOUR NAME OR ANONYMOUSLY.
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AND IT'S SEPARATED INTO BOARDS
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ABOUT PARTICULAR TOPICS, SO
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THERE'S A TOPIC ON ANIME,
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THERE'S A TOPIC ON WEAPONRY.
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>> THERE'S LIKE A 4chan BOARD
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FOR ORIGAMI AND YOU JUST UPLOAD
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INTERESTING PICTURES OF ORIGAMI.
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AND THEN, THERE WAS A GROUP
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CALLED THE "/b/ board," WHICH
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ESSENTIALLY WAS FOR, LIKE,
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ANYTHING GOES.
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>> THE FIRST TIME ANYBODY GOES
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ON /b/, IT'S KIND OF AN INSTANT
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REVULSION, 'CAUSE THERE'S NEVER
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A TIME THAT YOU GO ON THERE
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WHERE YOU DON'T SEE SOMETHING
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HORRIBLE.
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THAT INSTANTLY PUTS OFF A LOT OF
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PEOPLE.
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>> THE IDEA IS POST SOMETHING
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THAT CAN NEVER BE UNSEEN.
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HALF OF THE POSTS ON /b/ ARE
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THERE SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE
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PEOPLE NOT WANT TO COME BACK TO
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/b/.
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>> HAVE YOU EVER READ
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"LORD OF THE FLIES"?
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4chan AND ESPECIALLY /b/ IS
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"LORD OF THE FLIES," EXCEPT SOME
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OF THEM AREN'T 16 ANYMORE.
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THEY'RE JUST ALLOWED TO ACT 16.
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>> IT'S THE MOST VILE,
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DISGUSTING, AND FUNNY THING ON
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THE INTERNET.
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>> 4chan WAS FOUNDED BY
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CHRIS "MOOT" POOLE WHEN HE WAS
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VERY YOUNG, MAYBE 15, IN THE
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EARLY 2000s.
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HE STARTED 4chan BECAUSE HE WAS
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A BIG FAN OF JAPANESE ANIMATION.
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>> CHRIS "MOOT" POOLE'S THE
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SWEETEST KID YOU'VE EVER MET IN
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YOUR LIFE.
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HE'S SMALL, AND HE'S, LIKE --
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HE'S GOT THESE SORT OF LIKE TINY
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FEATURES, AND HE RUNS THE MOST
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DISGUSTING WEBSITE IN THE WORLD.
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>> WHAT I THINK IS REALLY
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INTRIGUING ABOUT A COMMUNITY
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LIKE 4chan IS JUST THAT IT'S
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THIS OPEN PLACE.
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AS I SAID, IT'S RAW, IT'S
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UNFILTERED, AND SITES LIKE IT
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ARE KIND OF GOING THE WAY OF THE
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DINOSAUR RIGHT NOW.
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THEY'RE ENDANGERED BECAUSE WE'RE
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MOVING TOWARDS SOCIAL
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NETWORKING.
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WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS PERSISTENT
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IDENTITY.
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WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW,
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A LACK OF PRIVACY, REALLY.
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>> THE /b/ board -- THAT'S THE
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EXACT OPPOSITE OF FACEBOOK.
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FACEBOOK, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
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WHO YOU ARE AND THERE'S SORT OF
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ONE MODEL, WHICH IS THAT YOU'RE
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FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE, RIGHT?
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IN 4chan, YOU'RE A TOTALLY
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ANONYMOUS NOBODY.
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AND ANONYMOUS SPEECH IS -- A LOT
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OF IT'S UGLY, BUT NOT ALL OF IT
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IS.
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IT'S ACTUALLY SORT OF A PLACE
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WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE HONEST.
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>> ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS
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ABOUT 4chan IS TO HAVE A THREAD
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THAT REALLY EXPLODES AND LASTS
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FOR A LONG TIME.
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'CAUSE IF IT DOESN'T, THEN IT
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DISAPPEARS -- IT'S A SITE THAT'S
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NOT ARCHIVED.
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SO IT CREATES CONDITIONS FOR
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ANYTHING THAT GRABS ATTENTION,
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AT SOME LEVEL, AND SO HUMOR AND
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GROTESQUENESS, AS A RESULT, ARE
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QUITE GOOD FOR THAT.
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>> I'D RATHER JUST BE REFERRED
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TO AS ANONYMOUS, I GUESS, IN THE
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INTERVIEWS 'CAUSE I HAVE SOME
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DOCS OUT ON ME.
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YOU'LL SEE SOMETHING POSTED ONE
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DAY, AND THEN A WEEK LATER IT'S
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GOT 50,000 DERIVATIVES OF IT.
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>> A LOT OF THE GREAT INTERNET
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MEMES THAT WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE,
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YOU KNOW, LOLCATS, RIGHT, YOU
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KNOW, LITTLE CATS DOING FUNNY
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THINGS AND THEN THEY HAVE "I CAN
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HAS CHEEZBURGER," RIGHT?
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ALL THAT STUFF SEEMS TO START IN
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THIS PETRI DISH THAT IS 4chan,
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/b/ board.
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[ PIANO PLAYING ]
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>> * SAY IT PUBLICLY, AND
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YOU'RE INSANE *
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* CHOCOLATE RAIN *
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>> NAME ANY MEME FROM THE LAST
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ABOUT SIX YEARS, AND I'LL BET
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YOU, EITHER IN IT'S FIRST
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POSTING EVER WAS ON 4chan, OR AT
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LEAST ONE OF IT'S EARLIEST
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REVISIONS THAT BECAME WHAT IT
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WAS WAS ON 4chan.
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>> I CAN SEE THE FOOD SITUATION
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IS [BLEEP] SO WE'LL BE ON OUR
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WAY.
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>> * NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP *
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* NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN *
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>> IT'S BASICALLY THE BEST
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BREEDING GROUND FOR INTERNET
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CULTURE, AS FAR AS I'M
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CONCERNED.
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>> * WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
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INSURANCE RATES *
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* CHOCOLATE RAIN *
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>> 4chan IS ALSO VERY KNOWN FOR
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ACTS OF TROLLING.
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>> FOR THEM, IT'S FUNNY, THAT
516
00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:43,967
PEOPLE THINK THE INTERNET IS
517
00:17:43,967 --> 00:17:44,933
SERIOUS BUSINESS.
518
00:17:44,933 --> 00:17:46,600
AND IF PEOPLE THINK THE INTERNET
519
00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,067
IS SERIOUS BUSINESS, IT'S A
520
00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:49,600
TROLL'S JOB TO MAKE THEIR LIFE
521
00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,967
TERRIBLE.
522
00:17:52,167 --> 00:17:54,467
>> THE IDEA OF ANONYMOUS CAME
523
00:17:54,467 --> 00:17:56,167
INITIALLY AS A JOKE.
524
00:17:56,167 --> 00:17:58,700
I MEAN, SOMEBODY SUGGESTED THAT,
525
00:17:58,700 --> 00:18:00,733
"WHAT IF THE WHOLE SITE, WHAT IF
526
00:18:00,733 --> 00:18:02,667
4chan, WHAT IF /b/ WAS JUST ONE
527
00:18:02,667 --> 00:18:04,600
PERSON, AND WHAT IF THAT'S JUST
528
00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:06,600
ONE GUY CALLED ANONYMOUS SITTING
529
00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,200
SOMEWHERE AND YOU'RE JUST
530
00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,067
READING ALL THESE POSTS BY ONE
531
00:18:10,067 --> 00:18:10,600
GUY?"
532
00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:11,800
AND IT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE
533
00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,067
THAT, FROM THE OUTSIDER'S
534
00:18:13,067 --> 00:18:13,667
PERSPECTIVE.
535
00:18:13,667 --> 00:18:15,067
I MEAN, THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL
536
00:18:15,067 --> 00:18:15,800
THE DIFFERENCE.
537
00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:17,100
IT MIGHT AS WELL BE ONE GUY.
538
00:18:17,100 --> 00:18:19,067
>> FOX NEWS DID A VERY FAMOUS
539
00:18:19,067 --> 00:18:20,267
SEGMENT ABOUT IT.
540
00:18:20,267 --> 00:18:21,633
>> THEY CALL THEMSELVES
541
00:18:21,633 --> 00:18:22,467
"ANONYMOUS."
542
00:18:22,467 --> 00:18:24,133
THEY ARE HACKERS ON STEROIDS,
543
00:18:24,133 --> 00:18:25,500
TREATING THE WEB LIKE A
544
00:18:25,500 --> 00:18:27,267
REAL-LIFE VIDEO GAME -- SACKING
545
00:18:27,267 --> 00:18:28,800
WEBSITES, INVADING MYSPACE
546
00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,467
ACCOUNTS, DISRUPTING INNOCENT
547
00:18:30,467 --> 00:18:32,267
PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND IF YOU FIGHT
548
00:18:32,267 --> 00:18:33,633
BACK, WATCH OUT.
549
00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,067
>> THREATS FROM A GANG OF
550
00:18:39,067 --> 00:18:40,400
COMPUTER HACKERS CALLING
551
00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:41,733
THEMSELVES "ANONYMOUS."
552
00:18:41,733 --> 00:18:42,733
>> I'VE HAD SEVEN DIFFERENT
553
00:18:42,733 --> 00:18:43,900
PASSWORDS, AND THEY'VE GOT THEM
554
00:18:43,900 --> 00:18:44,400
ALL SO FAR.
555
00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,733
>> ANONYMOUS HACKED HIS SITE AND
556
00:18:46,733 --> 00:18:48,600
PLASTERED IT WITH GAY-SEX
557
00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:49,467
PICTURES.
558
00:18:49,467 --> 00:18:51,300
HIS GIRLFRIEND LEFT HIM.
559
00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:53,233
>> SHE THOUGHT THAT I WAS
560
00:18:53,233 --> 00:18:55,200
CHEATING ON HER WITH GUYS.
561
00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,133
>> AS LONG AS I CAN THINK BACK,
562
00:18:57,133 --> 00:18:59,067
ANONYMOUS HAS DONE SOME PRETTY
563
00:18:59,067 --> 00:19:01,067
OFF-COLOR THINGS IN THE NAME OF
564
00:19:01,067 --> 00:19:02,967
GETTING CHEAP LAUGHS, YOU KNOW?
565
00:19:02,967 --> 00:19:04,900
BUT, I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF THE
566
00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:05,600
CULTURE.
567
00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,367
>> [ Distorted ] THEY GET WHAT
568
00:19:07,367 --> 00:19:08,500
THEY CALL "LULZ."
569
00:19:08,500 --> 00:19:10,667
>> "LULZ" IS A CORRUPTION OF
570
00:19:10,667 --> 00:19:12,900
"LOL," WHICH STANDS FOR LAUGH
571
00:19:12,900 --> 00:19:13,833
OUT LOUD.
572
00:19:13,833 --> 00:19:16,133
ANONYMOUS GETS BIG "LULZ" FROM
573
00:19:16,133 --> 00:19:17,900
PULLING RANDOM PRANKS.
574
00:19:17,900 --> 00:19:20,333
FOR EXAMPLE, MESSING WITH ONLINE
575
00:19:20,333 --> 00:19:22,067
CHILDREN'S GAMES LIKE
576
00:19:22,067 --> 00:19:23,300
"HABBO HOTEL."
577
00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:25,067
>> "HABBO HOTEL" WAS THIS ONLINE
578
00:19:25,067 --> 00:19:26,567
COMMUNITY WHERE YOU HAD AN
579
00:19:26,567 --> 00:19:28,333
AVATAR AND YOU WALKED AROUND AND
580
00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:29,667
TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE.
581
00:19:29,667 --> 00:19:31,233
IT WAS KIND OF LIKE AN EARLY
582
00:19:31,233 --> 00:19:32,900
VERSION OF "WORLD OF WARCRAFT"
583
00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:34,667
OR "SECOND LIFE" OR ANY OF THOSE
584
00:19:34,667 --> 00:19:35,633
VIRTUAL WORLDS.
585
00:19:35,633 --> 00:19:38,567
WHAT THE PEOPLE ON /b/ DID WAS
586
00:19:38,567 --> 00:19:41,433
INVADE "HABBO HOTEL," CREATED
587
00:19:41,433 --> 00:19:43,633
THOUSANDS OF AVATARS.
588
00:19:43,633 --> 00:19:45,900
THEY ALL HAD THIS ONE UNIFORM OF
589
00:19:45,900 --> 00:19:47,867
A BLACK GUY WITH A BIG AFRO
590
00:19:47,867 --> 00:19:49,467
WEARING A BLACK SUIT.
591
00:19:49,467 --> 00:19:51,700
AND SO THERE WOULD BE THOUSANDS
592
00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:53,533
OF THESE PEOPLE -- BLACK GUYS,
593
00:19:53,533 --> 00:19:55,567
BLACK SUIT, HUGE AFRO -- WALKING
594
00:19:55,567 --> 00:19:57,300
AROUND THIS WORLD, AND THEY
595
00:19:57,300 --> 00:19:59,067
WOULD DO THINGS LIKE FORM A
596
00:19:59,067 --> 00:20:00,833
SWASTIKA OUT OF THEMSELVES.
597
00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:02,567
AND I THINK THAT WAS A REAL
598
00:20:02,567 --> 00:20:04,367
LANDMARK BECAUSE IT WAS WHEN
599
00:20:04,367 --> 00:20:06,367
THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT THEY
600
00:20:06,367 --> 00:20:08,100
CAN USE THEIR NUMBERS TO DO
601
00:20:08,100 --> 00:20:10,133
SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING AND
602
00:20:10,133 --> 00:20:11,667
REALLY DISRUPTIVE.
603
00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:24,600
>> THOSE KIDS LOVED THAT POOL.
604
00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,200
THEY LOVED THE SHIT OUT OF THEIR
605
00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:26,633
POOL.
606
00:20:26,633 --> 00:20:28,133
>> THE GOAL WAS ACTUALLY TO
607
00:20:28,133 --> 00:20:29,800
OFFEND EVERYONE, SIMPLY BECAUSE
608
00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:31,367
THE IDEA THAT WE COULD OFFEND
609
00:20:31,367 --> 00:20:33,100
YOU BY DRAWING A LITTLE SHAPE ON
610
00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:34,633
THE SCREEN WAS STUPID TO THE
611
00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:36,000
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT.
612
00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:37,500
THEY WERE LIKE, "REALLY?
613
00:20:37,500 --> 00:20:39,100
YOU'RE GONNA GET THAT MAD OVER
614
00:20:39,100 --> 00:20:40,767
US DOING -- JUST DRAWING THIS ON
615
00:20:40,767 --> 00:20:41,467
THE SCREEN?
616
00:20:41,467 --> 00:20:43,167
WOW, WELL, YOU NEED TO REFOCUS A
617
00:20:43,167 --> 00:20:44,600
LITTLE ON LIFE, 'CAUSE THIS
618
00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,267
SHOULD NOT BE UPSETTING YOU THAT
619
00:20:46,267 --> 00:20:46,767
MUCH."
620
00:20:46,767 --> 00:20:49,000
>> BARRETT BROWN, I'M THE
621
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,467
DIRECTOR OF PROJECT PM AND A
622
00:20:51,467 --> 00:20:54,233
FORMER OPERATIVE WITH ANONYMOUS.
623
00:20:54,233 --> 00:20:55,733
WE WERE TARGETING FURRIES, WHICH
624
00:20:55,733 --> 00:20:57,067
MEANT WE ENTERED A SUBCULTURE OF
625
00:20:57,067 --> 00:20:58,733
PEOPLE, OF COURSE, WHO A LOT OF
626
00:20:58,733 --> 00:21:00,467
PEOPLE ON 4chan FIND IRRITATING
627
00:21:00,467 --> 00:21:02,467
BY VIRTUE OF THEY'RE BEING
628
00:21:02,467 --> 00:21:03,967
IRRITATING.
629
00:21:03,967 --> 00:21:06,633
A FURRY IS SOMEONE, GENERALLY A
630
00:21:06,633 --> 00:21:09,333
MALE IN HIS 20s, WHO IDENTIFIES
631
00:21:09,333 --> 00:21:12,067
WITH ANIMALS AND OFTENTIMES HAS
632
00:21:12,067 --> 00:21:14,333
SEXUAL ATTRACTION TO OTHER
633
00:21:14,333 --> 00:21:16,633
PEOPLE DRESSED AS ANIMALS.
634
00:21:16,633 --> 00:21:17,733
WE HAD FURRY INFILTRATORS,
635
00:21:17,733 --> 00:21:18,900
PEOPLE TRYING, YOU KNOW -- WE
636
00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:19,733
HAD SECRET GROUPS.
637
00:21:19,733 --> 00:21:20,567
MINE WAS CALLED THE
638
00:21:20,567 --> 00:21:22,467
"ILLUMINATI/I/ILLUMINATI," AND
639
00:21:22,467 --> 00:21:24,333
OUR GOAL WAS TO WREAK AS MUCH
640
00:21:24,333 --> 00:21:26,200
HAVOC AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IT
641
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:27,067
WAS STUPID.
642
00:21:27,067 --> 00:21:28,667
THERE WAS A POINT WHEN I
643
00:21:28,667 --> 00:21:30,567
OTHERWISE SEEMED A RESPECTABLE
644
00:21:30,567 --> 00:21:32,433
WRITER, IN 2007, AND MY FIRST
645
00:21:32,433 --> 00:21:34,467
BOOK HAD COME OUT LIKE THAT, BUT
646
00:21:34,467 --> 00:21:35,933
I SPENT MY EVENINGS ON
647
00:21:35,933 --> 00:21:37,933
"SECOND LIFE," THAT BIG VIRTUAL
648
00:21:37,933 --> 00:21:39,967
WORLD RIDING AROUND IN A VIRTUAL
649
00:21:39,967 --> 00:21:41,533
SPACESHIP WITH THE WORDS
650
00:21:41,533 --> 00:21:43,500
"FAGGORY DAGGORY DO" WRITTEN ON
651
00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:45,500
IT, WEARING AFROS, AND DROPPING
652
00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:47,533
VIRTUAL BOMBS ON LITTLE VILLAGES
653
00:21:47,533 --> 00:21:49,433
AND CONCERTS, AND WAVING GIANT
654
00:21:49,433 --> 00:21:50,533
PENISES AROUND.
655
00:21:50,533 --> 00:21:52,067
AND THAT WAS THE MOST FUN TIME I
656
00:21:52,067 --> 00:21:54,567
EVER HAD IN MY LIFE.
657
00:21:54,767 --> 00:21:56,633
>> ALL THESE DIFFERENT
658
00:21:56,633 --> 00:21:59,067
ORGANIZATIONS ONLINE, WHETHER
659
00:21:59,067 --> 00:22:01,567
IT'S 4chan OR JUST ANY WEBSITE,
660
00:22:01,567 --> 00:22:03,167
THERE'S TYPICALLY A COMMUNITY
661
00:22:03,167 --> 00:22:04,067
ASPECT TO IT.
662
00:22:04,067 --> 00:22:05,667
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR
663
00:22:05,667 --> 00:22:06,867
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS.
664
00:22:06,867 --> 00:22:08,600
THIS IS WHERE THEIR FRIENDS ARE.
665
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,067
THIS IS WHERE THEY HAVE A
666
00:22:10,067 --> 00:22:10,967
CREATIVE OUTLET.
667
00:22:10,967 --> 00:22:12,500
AND SO ALL THOSE ASPECTS ARE
668
00:22:12,500 --> 00:22:13,833
GOING IN TO GROUPS LIKE
669
00:22:13,833 --> 00:22:15,533
ANONYMOUS WHERE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE
670
00:22:15,533 --> 00:22:17,167
THEY'RE PART OF A BIGGER THING
671
00:22:17,167 --> 00:22:18,667
AND THEY'RE ABLE TO EXPRESS
672
00:22:18,667 --> 00:22:20,200
THEMSELVES WITHIN THAT GROUP.
673
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,467
>> THERE WERE CERTAIN WORDS,
674
00:22:22,467 --> 00:22:24,633
CERTAIN PHRASES, CERTAIN WAYS
675
00:22:24,633 --> 00:22:26,500
PEOPLE RESPOND TO THINGS,
676
00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:28,700
CERTAIN IMAGES THAT ARE POSTED
677
00:22:28,700 --> 00:22:31,067
THAT CREATED A PATTERN, AND THAT
678
00:22:31,067 --> 00:22:33,367
PATTERN WAS, I GUESS, THE ORIGIN
679
00:22:33,367 --> 00:22:35,267
OF WHAT IS NOW ANONYMOUS.
680
00:22:35,267 --> 00:22:36,467
>> IT'S LIKE FREE MASONS WITH A
681
00:22:36,467 --> 00:22:37,633
SENSE OF HUMOR, IN SO MUCH THAT
682
00:22:37,633 --> 00:22:38,833
THEY HAVE THIS COMMON SYMBOLOGY
683
00:22:38,833 --> 00:22:40,567
AND ONE OF THEIR CHIEF JOYS,
684
00:22:40,567 --> 00:22:42,400
WHICH IS KIND OF WRAPPED UP IN
685
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,300
POWER AND SECRECY, WAS THE FACT
686
00:22:44,300 --> 00:22:46,133
THAT THEY COULD RECOGNIZE EACH
687
00:22:46,133 --> 00:22:47,733
OTHER BY REFERENCING THESE
688
00:22:47,733 --> 00:22:49,367
SYMBOLS, REFERENCING THESE
689
00:22:49,367 --> 00:22:51,367
PHRASES -- "OVER 9,000."
690
00:22:51,367 --> 00:22:53,533
>> IT'S OVER 9,000!
691
00:22:53,533 --> 00:22:56,867
>> "I LOST MY iPod," "MUDKIPZ,"
692
00:22:56,867 --> 00:22:58,500
ANYTHING INVOLVING MUDKIPZ.
693
00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:00,367
SO YOU HAVE THIS WEIRD SORT OF
694
00:23:00,367 --> 00:23:02,267
INTERNATIONAL CULTURE DEVELOPING
695
00:23:02,267 --> 00:23:04,067
WITH PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD,
696
00:23:04,067 --> 00:23:05,333
WHEREVER THEY MAY BE.
697
00:23:05,333 --> 00:23:08,500
>> IN LATE '06, AND INTO EARLY
698
00:23:08,500 --> 00:23:10,133
'07, THERE'S A BIT OF A SEA
699
00:23:10,133 --> 00:23:11,833
CHANGE WHERE INSTEAD OF JUST
700
00:23:11,833 --> 00:23:13,600
POSTING A BUNCH OF CONTENT, OR
701
00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,500
RANDOMLY SAYING, "WE'RE GOING TO
702
00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:17,367
GO OVER TO SOME WEBSITE AND POST
703
00:23:17,367 --> 00:23:18,900
A BUNCH OF DIRTY COMMENTS
704
00:23:18,900 --> 00:23:20,700
AGAINST SOMEONE," IT BECOMES A
705
00:23:20,700 --> 00:23:22,067
LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED.
706
00:23:22,267 --> 00:23:23,267
>> WELCOME TO
707
00:23:23,267 --> 00:23:24,600
"THE HAL TURNER SHOW"!
708
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:25,933
>> THEY WENT AFTER A GUY NAMED
709
00:23:25,933 --> 00:23:27,100
HAL TURNER.
710
00:23:27,100 --> 00:23:28,767
>> I AM BEING DISCRIMINATED
711
00:23:28,767 --> 00:23:31,300
AGAINST BECAUSE I'M WHITE.
712
00:23:31,500 --> 00:23:34,433
>> HAL TURNER WAS A NEO-NAZI WHO
713
00:23:34,433 --> 00:23:36,700
WAS BIG ONLINE AND HAD A
714
00:23:36,700 --> 00:23:37,733
PODCAST.
715
00:23:37,733 --> 00:23:39,067
>> I THINK THAT THE 14th
716
00:23:39,067 --> 00:23:41,233
AMENDMENT WAS NOT RATIFIED
717
00:23:41,233 --> 00:23:43,233
PROPERLY, AND I THINK,
718
00:23:43,233 --> 00:23:45,833
THEREFORE, IT IS STILL OKAY TO
719
00:23:45,833 --> 00:23:47,333
HAVE NEGROES AS SLAVES IN
720
00:23:47,333 --> 00:23:48,200
AMERICA.
721
00:24:23,567 --> 00:24:24,767
>> I'M LIKE, "YEAH, SCREW THAT
722
00:24:24,767 --> 00:24:25,700
RACIST SON OF A BITCH!
723
00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:26,733
LET'S DO THIS," YOU KNOW?
724
00:24:26,733 --> 00:24:28,200
SO I JOINED IN, AND I MADE SOME
725
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,700
OF THE PHONE CALLS AND I PLAYED
726
00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:31,167
AROUND ON THE CHAT THING ON HIS
727
00:24:31,167 --> 00:24:32,400
WEBSITE AND POSTED IN THE
728
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:33,467
THREADS, AND WHATNOT.
729
00:24:33,467 --> 00:24:34,333
>> WHO ARE YOU?
730
00:24:34,333 --> 00:24:35,600
WHERE YOU CALLING FROM?
731
00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,067
>> [ Hispanic accent ] Hola!
732
00:24:37,067 --> 00:24:38,600
This is Pedro! From San Diego!
733
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,600
>> SPIC, DON'T CALL MY RADIO
734
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,433
SHOW ANYMORE, YOU FILTHY SPIC
735
00:24:42,433 --> 00:24:42,933
ANIMAL!
736
00:24:42,933 --> 00:24:45,867
>> The college that I go to has
737
00:24:45,867 --> 00:24:47,867
begun an integration program
738
00:24:47,867 --> 00:24:49,867
where they try and purposely
739
00:24:49,867 --> 00:24:51,933
lower standards to bring more
740
00:24:51,933 --> 00:24:53,800
blacks and "diversify" the
741
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:54,567
campus.
742
00:24:54,567 --> 00:24:56,733
And by the end of the next five
743
00:24:56,733 --> 00:24:58,667
years, they intend to bring
744
00:24:58,667 --> 00:25:00,233
over 9,000.
745
00:25:00,233 --> 00:25:01,933
>> HE WAS JUST A HORRIBLY RACIST
746
00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:03,600
RADIO PERSONALITY WHO SEEMED TO
747
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,200
HANDLE IT WELL WHEN YOU CALLED
748
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:05,567
IN.
749
00:25:05,567 --> 00:25:07,067
LIKE, HE COULD HANDLE BEING
750
00:25:07,067 --> 00:25:08,267
BERATED BY ANONYMOUS.
751
00:25:08,267 --> 00:25:09,467
AND THAT MADE IT VERY
752
00:25:09,467 --> 00:25:10,233
INTERESTING.
753
00:25:10,233 --> 00:25:11,933
IT MADE IT A BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
754
00:25:11,933 --> 00:25:13,400
IT WASN'T SOME GUY WHO JUST
755
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:14,833
EITHER CRUMBLED OR STOPPED
756
00:25:14,833 --> 00:25:16,067
ANSWERING THE PHONE.
757
00:25:16,067 --> 00:25:17,467
IT WAS A GUY WHO WOULD YELL
758
00:25:17,467 --> 00:25:17,933
BACK.
759
00:25:17,933 --> 00:25:19,667
>> I don't see really where
760
00:25:19,667 --> 00:25:21,267
you're going with this.
761
00:25:21,267 --> 00:25:23,233
>> WHERE I'M GOING IS I BELIEVE
762
00:25:23,233 --> 00:25:25,067
BARACK OBAMA IS GENETICALLY
763
00:25:25,067 --> 00:25:26,833
INCAPABLE OF EXERCISING THE
764
00:25:26,833 --> 00:25:28,767
POWER NECESSARY TO GOVERN THE
765
00:25:28,767 --> 00:25:30,500
MOST COMPLICATED NATION ON
766
00:25:30,500 --> 00:25:31,167
EARTH.
767
00:25:31,167 --> 00:25:32,967
THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH
768
00:25:32,967 --> 00:25:33,567
THIS.
769
00:25:33,567 --> 00:25:35,533
AND I THINK PART OF THE REASON
770
00:25:35,533 --> 00:25:37,433
HE'S INCAPABLE OF DOING IT IS
771
00:25:37,433 --> 00:25:39,133
BECAUSE OF RACIAL-GENETIC
772
00:25:39,133 --> 00:25:42,133
INFERIORITY.
773
00:25:42,133 --> 00:25:43,867
IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH FOR YOU?
774
00:25:43,867 --> 00:25:45,600
>> No, you changed the subject
775
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:46,167
again.
776
00:25:46,167 --> 00:25:47,767
>> WAIT A SECOND, YOU ASKED
777
00:25:47,767 --> 00:25:48,300
ME...
778
00:25:48,300 --> 00:25:49,867
>> HAL TURNER WASN'T THE FIRST
779
00:25:49,867 --> 00:25:51,533
ACTUAL PERSON THAT ANONYMOUS HAD
780
00:25:51,533 --> 00:25:53,067
CAUSED TROUBLE FOR, BUT THE
781
00:25:53,067 --> 00:25:54,467
CIRCUMSTANCES ENDED UP BEING
782
00:25:54,467 --> 00:25:55,267
SIGNIFICANT.
783
00:25:55,267 --> 00:25:56,833
THEY DDoS'd HIS WEBSITE, STUFF
784
00:25:56,833 --> 00:25:58,500
LIKE THAT, COSTING HIM THOUSANDS
785
00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:00,267
OF DOLLARS IN BANDWIDTH FEES.
786
00:26:26,467 --> 00:26:27,700
>> AND THEN THEY ENDED UP
787
00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:29,067
GETTING SOME REAL HACKERS TO
788
00:26:29,067 --> 00:26:30,567
HELP THEM OUT, LIKE THIS WASN'T
789
00:26:30,567 --> 00:26:31,400
SORT OF PRANKS.
790
00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,667
THEY ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO GET
791
00:26:33,667 --> 00:26:35,600
INTO HAL TURNER'S PRIVATE
792
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,067
SERVERS AND HIS MAIL SERVERS AND
793
00:26:38,067 --> 00:26:40,233
FIND SOME INTERESTING E-MAILS
794
00:26:40,233 --> 00:26:42,433
THAT HE WAS SERVING AS AN FBI
795
00:26:42,433 --> 00:26:44,567
INFORMANT, WHICH IF YOU'RE A
796
00:26:44,567 --> 00:26:46,700
RIGHT-WING NEO-NAZI IS NOT A
797
00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:47,933
GOOD THING BE.
798
00:26:47,933 --> 00:26:49,700
>> AND OBVIOUSLY, HIM BEING AN
799
00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:51,300
FBI INFORMANT, AND ALSO HIS
800
00:26:51,300 --> 00:26:52,700
REACTION -- HIS SORT OF
801
00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:54,500
DOUCHE-BAGGY REACTION -- TO THE
802
00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:56,233
RAIDS DAMAGED HIS CREDIBILITY
803
00:26:56,233 --> 00:26:57,933
WITHIN THE WHITE NATIONALISTS
804
00:26:57,933 --> 00:27:00,333
SCENE, WHICH IS A SHAME.
805
00:27:00,333 --> 00:27:02,100
>> HAL TURNER'S GONE.
806
00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:04,633
HE'S BEEN PROSECUTED BY THE FEDS
807
00:27:04,633 --> 00:27:06,533
FOR THREATENING JUDGES.
808
00:27:06,533 --> 00:27:07,667
>> IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE
809
00:27:07,667 --> 00:27:08,933
DIFFERENT, BUT IT ENDED UP BEING
810
00:27:08,933 --> 00:27:09,467
DIFFERENT.
811
00:27:09,467 --> 00:27:10,767
PEOPLE WHO OBSERVE ANONYMOUS SEE
812
00:27:10,767 --> 00:27:12,067
THIS GROUP CALLED ANONYMOUS IS
813
00:27:12,067 --> 00:27:12,933
GOING AFTER THIS WHITE
814
00:27:12,933 --> 00:27:14,167
NATIONALIST AND SAY, "OH, HEY,
815
00:27:14,167 --> 00:27:15,300
LOOK, ANONYMOUS MUST BE SOME
816
00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:16,567
KIND OF ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION."
817
00:27:16,567 --> 00:27:17,900
SO, BY VIRTUE OF THOSE PEOPLE
818
00:27:17,900 --> 00:27:19,200
JOINING ANONYMOUS, ANONYMOUS
819
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:20,500
BECOMES MORE OF AN ACTIVIST
820
00:27:20,500 --> 00:27:21,200
ORGANIZATION.
821
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:22,733
WHAT FOLLOWS IS A PERIOD OF
822
00:27:22,733 --> 00:27:24,533
CONFUSION AND ANGER IN WHICH THE
823
00:27:24,533 --> 00:27:26,300
ORIGINAL ANONYMOUS PEOPLE -- THE
824
00:27:26,300 --> 00:27:28,067
SORT WHO WANT TO KEEP ANONYMOUS
825
00:27:28,067 --> 00:27:29,400
AS THIS NIHILIST LITTLE
826
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,067
RIDICULOUS GROUP -- ARE UPSET
827
00:27:31,067 --> 00:27:33,067
THAT NOW THE MOST TERRIBLE THING
828
00:27:33,067 --> 00:27:35,067
ON THE INTERNET IS NOW BECOMING
829
00:27:35,067 --> 00:27:36,633
A FORCE FOR GOOD ALL OF A
830
00:27:36,633 --> 00:27:37,500
SUDDEN.
831
00:27:40,300 --> 00:27:41,933
>> ANONYMOUS HAS NEVER BEEN
832
00:27:41,933 --> 00:27:43,833
ABOUT GETTING MEDIA ATTENTION OR
833
00:27:43,833 --> 00:27:45,567
GETTING ALL OF THIS ATTENTION
834
00:27:45,567 --> 00:27:46,400
TOWARDS IT.
835
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:48,467
I MEAN, IT'S A COMMUNITY, A
836
00:27:48,467 --> 00:27:50,367
PRETTY SOMETIMES INSULAR
837
00:27:50,367 --> 00:27:52,633
COMMUNITY THAT JUST KIND OF KEPT
838
00:27:52,633 --> 00:27:54,767
TO ITSELF, MADE JOKES AND MADE
839
00:27:54,767 --> 00:27:55,567
CONTENT.
840
00:27:55,567 --> 00:27:58,567
BUT THAT WAS, OF COURSE, CHANGED
841
00:27:58,567 --> 00:27:59,300
COMPLETELY.
842
00:27:59,300 --> 00:28:00,867
IT'S THROWN COMPLETELY ON ITS
843
00:28:00,867 --> 00:28:02,367
HEAD WHEN CHANOLOGY STARTED.
844
00:28:02,367 --> 00:28:04,533
>> ANONYMOUS BEGAN TO BECOME
845
00:28:04,533 --> 00:28:05,700
LESS JUST OF A CULTURE, YOU
846
00:28:05,700 --> 00:28:06,867
KNOW, OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO
847
00:28:06,867 --> 00:28:10,200
PERFORM PRANKS AND MORE OF THE
848
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:11,700
INTERNET'S FIRST ARMY.
849
00:28:11,700 --> 00:28:13,400
>> I'M MIKE VITALE, AND MY
850
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,767
HANDLE'S "SETHDOOD."
851
00:28:14,767 --> 00:28:16,933
NOW, THIS IS JANUARY 2008.
852
00:28:16,933 --> 00:28:18,067
ANONYMOUS IS STRONG NOW.
853
00:28:18,067 --> 00:28:19,200
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT A LITTLE
854
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:20,433
DINKY FUCKING GROUP ANYMORE.
855
00:28:20,433 --> 00:28:21,767
LIKE, THIS IS, LIKE, MILLIONS OF
856
00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:22,967
PEOPLE WORLDWIDE, AND WE'RE
857
00:28:22,967 --> 00:28:23,467
WATCHING.
858
00:28:23,467 --> 00:28:24,800
AND THEN SCIENTOLOGY STEPPED IN
859
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,500
WITH A BIG TARGET ON ITS CHEST.
860
00:28:26,700 --> 00:28:28,067
>> A VIDEO CAME OUT OF
861
00:28:28,067 --> 00:28:28,800
TOM CRUISE.
862
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:30,500
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, LIKE, AN
863
00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:31,933
INTERNAL SCIENTOLOGY VIDEO
864
00:28:31,933 --> 00:28:34,433
TALKING ABOUT SECRETS OF
865
00:28:34,433 --> 00:28:36,267
SCIENTOLOGY.
866
00:28:36,267 --> 00:28:38,433
>> BEING A SCIENTOLOGIST, WHEN
867
00:28:38,433 --> 00:28:40,733
YOU DRIVE PAST AN ACCIDENT, IT'S
868
00:28:40,733 --> 00:28:42,367
NOT LIKE ANYONE ELSE.
869
00:28:42,367 --> 00:28:43,933
AS YOU DRIVE PAST, YOU KNOW YOU
870
00:28:43,933 --> 00:28:45,400
HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
871
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,067
BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE THE ONLY
872
00:28:47,067 --> 00:28:48,267
ONE THAT CAN REALLY HELP.
873
00:28:48,267 --> 00:28:49,833
>> TALKS ABOUT "YOU'RE THE ONLY
874
00:28:49,833 --> 00:28:51,400
ONE WHO CAN STOP, YOU KNOW, BAD
875
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:52,600
THINGS FROM HAPPENING."
876
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,433
AND SO, THIS IS KIND OF WILDLY
877
00:28:54,433 --> 00:28:55,433
MOCKED ONLINE.
878
00:28:55,433 --> 00:28:58,100
>> IT CIRCULATED LIKE WILDFIRE.
879
00:28:58,100 --> 00:28:59,600
>> [ LAUGHING ]
880
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:01,067
[ Laughing ] THERE'S NOTHING
881
00:29:01,067 --> 00:29:04,167
PARTING A WAVE FOR ME.
882
00:29:04,167 --> 00:29:05,667
IT'S JUST "WHOO!"
883
00:29:05,667 --> 00:29:07,167
>> THESE PEOPLE FOUND IT
884
00:29:07,167 --> 00:29:08,433
HUMOROUS AND GOOFY.
885
00:29:08,433 --> 00:29:10,200
AND THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY
886
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,067
WENT INTO THEIR LEGAL MODE, AND
887
00:29:12,067 --> 00:29:13,833
THEY THREATENED WEBSITES WITH
888
00:29:13,833 --> 00:29:15,567
LAWSUITS IF THEY DIDN'T PULL
889
00:29:15,567 --> 00:29:16,600
DOWN THE VIDEO.
890
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,067
>> INSTANTLY, THE SCIENTOLOGISTS
891
00:29:19,067 --> 00:29:20,767
POST A DMCA -- DIGITAL
892
00:29:20,767 --> 00:29:22,300
MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT.
893
00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:23,767
AND THIS IS A WAY THAT IF YOU
894
00:29:23,767 --> 00:29:25,133
OWN CONTENT, YOU CAN GO TO VIDEO
895
00:29:25,133 --> 00:29:26,367
SITES, UPLOAD SITES AND HAVE
896
00:29:26,367 --> 00:29:27,733
YOUR CONTENT PULLED WHEN SOMEONE
897
00:29:27,733 --> 00:29:28,700
UPLOADS IT ILLEGALLY.
898
00:29:28,700 --> 00:29:30,067
>> SCIENTOLOGY'S ALWAYS AT ODDS
899
00:29:30,067 --> 00:29:31,400
WITH THE INTERNET, ALWAYS TRYING
900
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:32,700
TO LEGALLY BULLY PEOPLE OUT OF
901
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:33,767
FUCKING THEM OVER ON THE
902
00:29:33,767 --> 00:29:34,300
INTERNET.
903
00:29:34,300 --> 00:29:36,300
THEY ALWAYS DID THAT.
904
00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:37,767
AND THEN HERE THEY ARE TRYING
905
00:29:37,767 --> 00:29:39,067
AGAIN, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
906
00:29:39,067 --> 00:29:40,467
ANONYMOUS SAW THAT, AND THEY
907
00:29:40,467 --> 00:29:42,833
SAID, "OH, YOU GUYS JUST FUCKED
908
00:29:42,833 --> 00:29:44,067
AROUND BADLY.
909
00:29:44,067 --> 00:29:45,400
LIKE, YOU'RE TRYING TO CENSOR
910
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:46,133
OUR INTERNET.
911
00:29:46,133 --> 00:29:47,567
YOU KNOW, LIKE, ARE YOU TRYING
912
00:29:47,567 --> 00:29:48,767
TO TAKE A JOKE AWAY FROM
913
00:29:48,767 --> 00:29:49,367
ANONYMOUS?
914
00:29:49,367 --> 00:29:50,600
LIKE, YOU DON'T DO THAT."
915
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:51,933
>> WHAT THESE PEOPLE DID, IN
916
00:29:51,933 --> 00:29:53,300
THIS CASE -- GREGG HOUSH AND
917
00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:55,100
THESE OTHER PEOPLE -- WAS, THEY
918
00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:56,667
DECIDED, YOU KNOW, "WE CAN
919
00:29:56,667 --> 00:29:58,400
PROBABLY HARNESS ANONYMOUS IN
920
00:29:58,400 --> 00:29:59,633
THIS CASE AND TARGET
921
00:29:59,633 --> 00:30:00,567
SCIENTOLOGY."
922
00:30:00,567 --> 00:30:02,367
>> A FEW ANONS, A FEW PEOPLE ON
923
00:30:02,367 --> 00:30:04,033
4chan POSTED "HEY, WE SHOULD
924
00:30:04,033 --> 00:30:05,900
GRAB THAT VIDEO AND POST IT ON A
925
00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:07,000
FEW OTHER SITES."
926
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,267
AND I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN
927
00:30:09,267 --> 00:30:11,467
THAT THREAD TALKING ABOUT IT.
928
00:30:11,467 --> 00:30:12,600
WE GOT THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF
929
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:13,800
THE VIDEO BY REACHING OUT TO THE
930
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:14,967
PERSON BEHIND THE ACCOUNTS AND
931
00:30:14,967 --> 00:30:15,500
EVERYTHING.
932
00:30:15,500 --> 00:30:16,567
WE START POSTING IT.
933
00:30:16,567 --> 00:30:18,000
THE SURPRISING THING WAS HOW
934
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,533
FAST THEY WERE DMCAing THEM ON
935
00:30:19,533 --> 00:30:20,200
EVERY SITE.
936
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:21,733
IT LOOKED TO US LIKE THEY MUST
937
00:30:21,733 --> 00:30:23,133
HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE
938
00:30:23,133 --> 00:30:24,400
LAWYERS AND THE TEAM WHO
939
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:25,967
ACTUALLY PULLS VIDEOS AT ALL OF
940
00:30:25,967 --> 00:30:26,700
THESE SITES.
941
00:30:26,700 --> 00:30:28,200
LIKE, IT WAS -- IT WAS MINUTES
942
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:29,667
AND THESE THINGS WERE FALLING
943
00:30:29,667 --> 00:30:30,100
DOWN.
944
00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:31,767
WE'RE LIKE, "HOLY CRAP.
945
00:30:31,767 --> 00:30:33,267
THAT'S MESSED UP."
946
00:30:33,267 --> 00:30:35,200
>> WHAT FOLLOWED WAS -- THIS IS
947
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:36,367
A TERM CALLED THE
948
00:30:36,367 --> 00:30:38,233
BARBRA STREISAND EFFECT -- AND
949
00:30:38,233 --> 00:30:39,667
THIS VIDEO, AS THEY'RE
950
00:30:39,667 --> 00:30:41,600
ATTEMPTING TO SUPPRESS IT, WENT
951
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:42,367
EVERYWHERE.
952
00:30:42,367 --> 00:30:44,167
LIKE, EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK ON THE
953
00:30:44,167 --> 00:30:45,967
INTERNET, YOU WERE GONNA STUMBLE
954
00:30:45,967 --> 00:30:47,000
UPON THIS VIDEO.
955
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,600
>> ACTUALLY, GAWKER, THE SITE
956
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,233
THAT I WORK FOR, WAS, I THINK,
957
00:30:50,233 --> 00:30:51,900
THE FIRST ONE TO PUT IT ON THE
958
00:30:51,900 --> 00:30:53,500
WEBSITE, AND WE GOT IN A HUGE
959
00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:55,133
LEGAL BATTLE WITH SCIENTOLOGY,
960
00:30:55,133 --> 00:30:57,000
WHO WANTED US TO TAKE IT DOWN.
961
00:31:02,967 --> 00:31:05,267
>> A GUY JOINS THE CHANNEL, AND
962
00:31:05,267 --> 00:31:07,667
HE SAYS, "YOU SHOULD ALL LOOK AT
963
00:31:07,667 --> 00:31:08,500
GAWKER."
964
00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:10,067
SO, WE GO OVER TO GAWKER, AND
965
00:31:10,067 --> 00:31:11,300
THE STRANGEST THING HAS
966
00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:11,933
HAPPENED.
967
00:31:11,933 --> 00:31:13,500
THIS BIG MEDIA COMPANY HAD THE
968
00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:15,167
VIDEO UP ON THEIR FRONT PAGE AND
969
00:31:15,167 --> 00:31:16,433
BASICALLY HAD A COMMENT
970
00:31:16,433 --> 00:31:17,933
UNDERNEATH OF IT THAT STATED
971
00:31:17,933 --> 00:31:19,600
VERY CLEARLY THAT THEY WERE SICK
972
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,267
OF THIS ABUSE THAT WAS GOING ON.
973
00:31:21,267 --> 00:31:23,100
THAT MADE US THINK, "WHAT HAVE
974
00:31:23,100 --> 00:31:24,733
WE GOT OURSELF MIXED UP IN
975
00:31:24,733 --> 00:31:25,300
HERE?"
976
00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:27,233
>> SCIENTOLOGY IS AN INTERESTING
977
00:31:27,233 --> 00:31:29,100
TARGET, BECAUSE IN SOME WAYS,
978
00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:31,067
IT'S THE PERFECT INVERSION OF
979
00:31:31,067 --> 00:31:32,867
WHAT GEEKS AND HACKERS VALUE.
980
00:31:32,867 --> 00:31:34,833
AT SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS --
981
00:31:34,833 --> 00:31:36,700
SCIENCE FICTION, INTELLECTUAL
982
00:31:36,700 --> 00:31:40,067
PROPERTY, DISCOURSES OF FREEDOM,
983
00:31:40,067 --> 00:31:42,200
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
984
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,267
IT'S VERY PROPRIETARY.
985
00:31:44,267 --> 00:31:45,567
IT'S CLOSED.
986
00:31:45,567 --> 00:31:47,900
AND SO, IN SOME WAYS, IF YOU HAD
987
00:31:47,900 --> 00:31:50,733
SOMETHING LIKE A CULTURAL
988
00:31:50,733 --> 00:31:52,467
INVERSION MACHINE AND YOU STUCK
989
00:31:52,467 --> 00:31:54,067
GEEKS AND HACKERS IN THERE,
990
00:31:54,067 --> 00:31:55,833
YOU'D GET SOMETHING THAT LOOKS A
991
00:31:55,833 --> 00:31:57,100
LOT LIKE SCIENTOLOGY.
992
00:31:57,100 --> 00:31:58,433
SO IT'S QUITE OFFENSIVE, AND
993
00:31:58,433 --> 00:32:00,833
THERE'S A REAL PLEASURE IN
994
00:32:00,833 --> 00:32:02,767
ATTACKING YOUR PERFECT NEMESIS.
995
00:32:02,767 --> 00:32:04,700
>> WHAT REALLY KIND OF DARED US
996
00:32:04,700 --> 00:32:06,700
AND SET US OFF ABOUT SCIENTOLOGY
997
00:32:06,700 --> 00:32:08,700
IS SPECIFICALLY THE TREATMENT OF
998
00:32:08,700 --> 00:32:09,733
THEIR CRITICS.
999
00:32:09,733 --> 00:32:11,567
ANYBODY WHO SAYS ANYTHING BAD
1000
00:32:11,567 --> 00:32:12,900
ABOUT SCIENTOLOGY IS
1001
00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:14,567
AUTOMATICALLY SOME SORT OF
1002
00:32:14,567 --> 00:32:16,400
CRIMINAL, SOME SORT OF CRAZY
1003
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:17,900
PERSON, A DRUG ADDICT.
1004
00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:19,367
IT'S JUST THAT KIND OF
1005
00:32:19,367 --> 00:32:21,433
MENTALITY, THAT KIND OF -- LIKE,
1006
00:32:21,433 --> 00:32:23,267
IF ANYBODY SAYS ANYTHING BAD
1007
00:32:23,267 --> 00:32:25,233
ABOUT YOU, WE'RE GONNA FUCK YOU
1008
00:32:25,233 --> 00:32:27,233
OVER IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY.
1009
00:32:27,233 --> 00:32:29,133
IT'S JUST -- IT RESONATED, LIKE,
1010
00:32:29,133 --> 00:32:30,933
THIS FEELING OF DISGUST WITHIN
1011
00:32:30,933 --> 00:32:31,333
US.
1012
00:32:31,333 --> 00:32:32,800
THAT WAS A BIG PROBLEM.
1013
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:34,533
THAT WAS THE BIG PROBLEM, THE
1014
00:32:34,533 --> 00:32:36,667
CENSORSHIP ASPECT OF IT, THE
1015
00:32:36,667 --> 00:32:38,767
AUDACITY OF THIS CULT, THIS
1016
00:32:38,767 --> 00:32:40,833
CREEPY CULT, TO GO INTO OUR
1017
00:32:40,833 --> 00:32:43,067
TERRITORY AND TELL US THAT WE
1018
00:32:43,067 --> 00:32:44,433
CAN'T POST THIS?
1019
00:32:44,433 --> 00:32:45,667
NO. FUCK THEM.
1020
00:32:45,667 --> 00:32:46,967
NO. IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
1021
00:32:46,967 --> 00:32:48,300
>> AND PEOPLE WHO KNEW WHAT
1022
00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:49,833
ANONYMOUS WAS TO BEGIN WITH WERE
1023
00:32:49,833 --> 00:32:50,800
LIKE, "OH, MY GOD.
1024
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,200
ANONYMOUS IS GONNA GO TO WAR
1025
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:53,100
WITH SCIENTOLOGY?
1026
00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:54,200
THIS SHOULD BE REALLY
1027
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:54,967
INTERESTING."
1028
00:32:54,967 --> 00:32:56,233
ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE IT'S TWO
1029
00:32:56,233 --> 00:32:57,167
WEIRD-ASS GROUPS.
1030
00:32:57,167 --> 00:32:58,567
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN AN
1031
00:32:58,567 --> 00:32:59,900
ANON FOR A LONG FUCKING TIME.
1032
00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:01,200
I KNOW ANONYMOUS IS REALLY
1033
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:01,700
STRANGE.
1034
00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:03,567
LIKE, THEY'RE WEIRD, AND THE
1035
00:33:03,567 --> 00:33:05,667
STUFF WE LIKE IS WEIRD, AND IT'S
1036
00:33:05,667 --> 00:33:07,600
REALLY NOT MAINSTREAM AT ALL.
1037
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,700
NOW YOU HAVE SCIENTOLOGY -- ALSO
1038
00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:10,467
REALLY WEIRD.
1039
00:33:10,467 --> 00:33:11,967
A LOT OF CRAZY SHIT GOES DOWN.
1040
00:33:11,967 --> 00:33:13,367
ANYBODY ON THE OUTSIDE WHO'S
1041
00:33:13,367 --> 00:33:14,933
SEEN THIS IS GOING, "LET'S WATCH
1042
00:33:14,933 --> 00:33:16,167
THESE TWO RETARDS FIGHT.
1043
00:33:16,167 --> 00:33:17,767
LIKE, BOTH THEIR PANTS ARE GONNA
1044
00:33:17,767 --> 00:33:18,400
FALL DOWN.
1045
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:19,800
THEY'RE GONNA TRIP, AND IT'S
1046
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:21,300
GONNA HURT EVERYBODY, AND IT'S
1047
00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:22,400
GONNA BE HYSTERICAL."
1048
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:23,933
AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS ALL THESE
1049
00:33:23,933 --> 00:33:25,433
PEOPLE WHO WERE GEARED UP, THE
1050
00:33:25,433 --> 00:33:27,433
INFRASTRUCTURE WAS BUILT TO WAR
1051
00:33:27,433 --> 00:33:29,067
WITH OTHER ANONS, SAID, "YOU
1052
00:33:29,067 --> 00:33:30,333
KNOW WHAT -- FUCK IT.
1053
00:33:30,333 --> 00:33:32,333
EVERYBODY'S GONNA GET TOGETHER
1054
00:33:32,333 --> 00:33:34,067
AND POUND THE FUCK OUT OF
1055
00:33:34,067 --> 00:33:35,100
SCIENTOLOGY."
1056
00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:37,067
>> AND THEN THAT'S WHEN 4chan
1057
00:33:37,067 --> 00:33:38,767
KIND OF REARED INTO ACTION,
1058
00:33:38,767 --> 00:33:40,400
REALLY REARED INTO ACTION.
1059
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,233
AND THEY STARTED TO TROLL THE
1060
00:33:42,233 --> 00:33:43,700
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY.
1061
00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:45,300
AND THIS TOOK THE FORM OF
1062
00:33:45,300 --> 00:33:46,933
PRANKING THE DIANETICS HOTLINE,
1063
00:33:46,933 --> 00:33:47,867
ORDERING PIZZAS.
1064
00:33:47,867 --> 00:33:49,500
>> EVERY FAX NUMBER WE GET, AND
1065
00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:50,767
WE'RE SHARING THEM ALL.
1066
00:33:50,767 --> 00:33:52,333
YOU KNOW, EVERY NUMBER WE GET,
1067
00:33:52,333 --> 00:33:54,167
WE'D SEND BLACK PIECES OF PAPER
1068
00:33:54,167 --> 00:33:55,933
ON A LOOP UNTIL IT WASTES ALL
1069
00:33:55,933 --> 00:33:56,700
THEIR INK.
1070
00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:58,533
I GO TO CALL THEM ON THE PHONE,
1071
00:33:58,533 --> 00:34:01,433
AND IT'S BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.
1072
00:34:01,433 --> 00:34:03,267
YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THEIR MAIN
1073
00:34:03,267 --> 00:34:05,133
FUCKING DIANETICS HOTLINE, THEIR
1074
00:34:05,133 --> 00:34:06,467
DIANETICS 800-NUMBER.
1075
00:34:06,467 --> 00:34:08,200
YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH BECAUSE
1076
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:09,400
ANONS HAVE COMPLETELY FUCKING
1077
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:10,533
CLOGGED IT AND JUST PROBABLY
1078
00:34:10,533 --> 00:34:11,400
SAYING STUPID SHIT.
1079
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:12,700
THE WHOLE IDEA WAS JUST YOU CALL
1080
00:34:12,700 --> 00:34:13,867
THEM JUST TO KEEP THEM ON THE
1081
00:34:13,867 --> 00:34:14,267
PHONE.
1082
00:34:14,267 --> 00:34:15,433
"WHAT'S AN ELROND?
1083
00:34:15,433 --> 00:34:17,100
HOW DO I DIANETICS MY FACE?"
1084
00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:18,800
THEY WERE NOT EXPECTING THAT,
1085
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,333
AND THEY COULDN'T HANDLE IT.
1086
00:34:25,233 --> 00:34:27,133
>> I'M BRIAN METTENBRINK.
1087
00:34:27,133 --> 00:34:28,933
I ALWAYS LIKED ANYTHING
1088
00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:31,233
TECHNICAL, MECHANICAL, ANYTHING
1089
00:34:31,233 --> 00:34:32,633
SCIENCEY, REALLY.
1090
00:34:32,633 --> 00:34:34,233
COMPUTERS DO WHAT YOU TELL THEM
1091
00:34:34,233 --> 00:34:34,600
TO.
1092
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:36,233
THEY DON'T ALL OF A SUDDEN START
1093
00:34:36,233 --> 00:34:37,267
DOING WEIRD STUFF.
1094
00:34:37,267 --> 00:34:38,800
AND IF THEY DO, IT'S PROBABLY
1095
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:40,300
YOUR FAULT, AND I ALWAYS LIKE
1096
00:34:40,300 --> 00:34:41,200
THAT, YOU KNOW.
1097
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:43,133
THEY'RE PERFECT, REALLY, IN A
1098
00:34:43,133 --> 00:34:43,633
WAY.
1099
00:34:43,633 --> 00:34:45,800
I'D JUST GONE TO 4chan JUST ON
1100
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,633
PURE HAPPENSTANCE, AND I SAW A
1101
00:34:48,633 --> 00:34:49,900
POST ABOUT THE SCIENTOLOGY
1102
00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:51,333
THING, AND I STARTED LOOKING UP
1103
00:34:51,333 --> 00:34:51,800
STUFF.
1104
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:53,067
AND I'M LIKE, "OH, THIS IS
1105
00:34:53,067 --> 00:34:54,367
ACTUALLY FOR A DECENT CAUSE.
1106
00:34:54,367 --> 00:34:55,633
I THINK I'LL, YOU KNOW, DO
1107
00:34:55,633 --> 00:34:56,500
THIS."
1108
00:34:56,700 --> 00:34:58,533
>> ANONYMOUS MEMBERS HAVE
1109
00:34:58,533 --> 00:35:00,333
DEVELOPED A DISTRIBUTED
1110
00:35:00,333 --> 00:35:01,833
DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK TOOL
1111
00:35:01,833 --> 00:35:03,667
CALLED LOW-ORBIT ION CANNON,
1112
00:35:03,667 --> 00:35:06,333
WHICH IS A NAME TAKEN FROM A
1113
00:35:06,333 --> 00:35:07,667
COMPUTER GAME.
1114
00:35:07,667 --> 00:35:09,867
>> LOW-ORBIT ION CANNON IS
1115
00:35:09,867 --> 00:35:12,067
WHAT'S CALLED AN ENDGAME WEAPON
1116
00:35:12,067 --> 00:35:13,233
IN "RED ALERT."
1117
00:35:13,433 --> 00:35:15,600
ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS LITERALLY
1118
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,500
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS STEP BY
1119
00:35:17,500 --> 00:35:18,100
STEP.
1120
00:35:18,100 --> 00:35:19,833
I DOWNLOADED A PROGRAM THAT'S
1121
00:35:19,833 --> 00:35:21,533
FREE AND LEGAL FOR ANYONE TO
1122
00:35:21,533 --> 00:35:23,867
DOWNLOAD AND USE.
1123
00:35:23,867 --> 00:35:25,633
AND I FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS,
1124
00:35:25,633 --> 00:35:26,533
AND I TYPED IN
1125
00:35:26,533 --> 00:35:29,367
www.scientology.org, AND I
1126
00:35:29,367 --> 00:35:30,433
PUSHED "GO."
1127
00:35:30,433 --> 00:35:32,533
AND WHAT IT DOES IS IT TELLS
1128
00:35:32,533 --> 00:35:34,900
scientology.org, IN THIS CASE --
1129
00:35:34,900 --> 00:35:36,933
IT TELLS THEM TO SEND THEIR
1130
00:35:36,933 --> 00:35:39,233
WEBSITE TO MY COMPUTER ABOUT, I
1131
00:35:39,233 --> 00:35:41,133
THINK, IT WAS 800,000 TIMES IN A
1132
00:35:41,133 --> 00:35:41,800
WEEKEND.
1133
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:43,600
AND I'M PRETTY SURE I PROBABLY
1134
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,433
TOOK IT DOWN MYSELF A COUPLE OF
1135
00:35:45,433 --> 00:35:46,067
TIMES.
1136
00:35:46,067 --> 00:35:48,533
>> THIS TOOL IS LOW-ORBIT ION
1137
00:35:48,533 --> 00:35:51,267
CANNON, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS
1138
00:35:51,267 --> 00:35:52,067
"LOIC."
1139
00:35:52,067 --> 00:35:54,133
I AM ACTUALLY NOT BREAKING ANY
1140
00:35:54,133 --> 00:35:56,333
LAWS BY USING THIS TOOL AGAINST
1141
00:35:56,333 --> 00:35:59,167
MY OWN COMPUTER, 127.0.0.1,
1142
00:35:59,167 --> 00:36:01,300
WHICH IS A NON-ROUTABLE ADDRESS.
1143
00:36:01,300 --> 00:36:03,100
BUT, OF COURSE, IF I WERE TO
1144
00:36:03,100 --> 00:36:05,167
HAVE ATTACKED ONE OF THOSE OTHER
1145
00:36:05,167 --> 00:36:07,067
BIGGER SITES OUT THERE, I WOULD
1146
00:36:07,067 --> 00:36:08,433
HAVE SEVERELY BEEN BREAKING THE
1147
00:36:08,433 --> 00:36:09,900
LAW AND WOULD HAVE BEEN DOING IT
1148
00:36:09,900 --> 00:36:11,300
IN A WAY THAT WAS QUITE EASY TO
1149
00:36:11,300 --> 00:36:11,733
TRACK.
1150
00:36:11,733 --> 00:36:13,133
WHAT YOU DO IS, YOU PUT IN THE
1151
00:36:13,133 --> 00:36:13,533
SITE.
1152
00:36:13,533 --> 00:36:14,667
YOU SEE THAT THE I.P. IS
1153
00:36:14,667 --> 00:36:15,200
CORRECT.
1154
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:16,500
YOU MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE
1155
00:36:16,500 --> 00:36:18,333
SETTINGS ARE GOOD, AND YOU HIT
1156
00:36:18,333 --> 00:36:19,333
THE BUTTON.
1157
00:36:19,333 --> 00:36:20,333
AND OFF IT GOES.
1158
00:36:20,333 --> 00:36:22,067
>> IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE MAKING
1159
00:36:22,067 --> 00:36:24,400
A DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, JUST YOU
1160
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:26,467
YOURSELF AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN
1161
00:36:26,467 --> 00:36:28,567
HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR HOME, YOU
1162
00:36:28,567 --> 00:36:29,567
KNOW?
1163
00:36:29,567 --> 00:36:31,167
YOU JUST SAT AT YOUR COMPUTER
1164
00:36:31,167 --> 00:36:32,767
AND FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS AND
1165
00:36:32,767 --> 00:36:34,333
STOOD UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE
1166
00:36:34,333 --> 00:36:35,333
IN, SO TO SPEAK.
1167
00:36:35,333 --> 00:36:37,067
YOU MADE YOUR SAY IN THE WORLD,
1168
00:36:37,067 --> 00:36:38,467
AND HOPEFULLY IT TURNS OUT
1169
00:36:38,467 --> 00:36:39,367
BETTER FOR IT.
1170
00:36:39,367 --> 00:36:41,067
>> AND LIKE I SAID, WE NEED TO
1171
00:36:41,067 --> 00:36:41,833
MAKE A VIDEO.
1172
00:36:41,833 --> 00:36:43,533
WE HAVE TO MAKE A VIDEO.
1173
00:36:43,733 --> 00:36:45,300
>> HELLO, LEADERS OF
1174
00:36:45,300 --> 00:36:46,367
SCIENTOLOGY.
1175
00:36:46,367 --> 00:36:47,767
WE ARE ANONYMOUS.
1176
00:36:47,767 --> 00:36:49,667
>> WHEN THE VIDEO CAME OUT ON
1177
00:36:49,667 --> 00:36:51,567
JANUARY 21st, THAT WAS ONE OF
1178
00:36:51,567 --> 00:36:53,500
THE FIRST TIMES THAT ANONYMOUS
1179
00:36:53,500 --> 00:36:57,333
AS A CULTURE STARTED REFERRING
1180
00:36:57,333 --> 00:36:59,233
TO ITSELF AS "ANONYMOUS," AS A
1181
00:36:59,233 --> 00:37:01,133
MOVEMENT AND DECLARED THAT IT
1182
00:37:01,133 --> 00:37:02,833
WAS GOING TO TAKE DOWN AND
1183
00:37:02,833 --> 00:37:04,233
DESTROY THE CHURCH OF
1184
00:37:04,233 --> 00:37:05,267
SCIENTOLOGY.
1185
00:37:05,467 --> 00:37:06,700
THAT VIDEO PROBABLY CHANGED
1186
00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:07,333
EVERYTHING.
1187
00:37:07,333 --> 00:37:08,967
>> KNOWLEDGE IS FREE.
1188
00:37:08,967 --> 00:37:11,267
WE ARE ANONYMOUS. WE ARE LEGION.
1189
00:37:11,267 --> 00:37:12,667
WE DO NOT FORGIVE.
1190
00:37:12,667 --> 00:37:14,733
WE DO NOT FORGET. EXPECT US.
1191
00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:15,833
>> IT BASICALLY LOOKED LIKE IF A
1192
00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:16,900
COMPUTER WAS GOING TO TELL YOU
1193
00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:17,967
THAT HE WAS GONNA BEAT THE SHIT
1194
00:37:17,967 --> 00:37:18,933
OUT OF YOU, THIS IS WHAT IT
1195
00:37:18,933 --> 00:37:19,567
WOULD LOOK LIKE.
1196
00:37:19,567 --> 00:37:21,333
>> THAT ONE VIDEO, IT REALLY
1197
00:37:21,333 --> 00:37:23,100
GALVANIZED THAT MOMENT, THAT
1198
00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:26,100
MOMENT OF INNOVATION THAT THAT'S
1199
00:37:26,100 --> 00:37:27,833
EXACTLY -- LIKE, WITH THAT
1200
00:37:27,833 --> 00:37:29,700
VIDEO, INTERNET ACTIVISM, AS
1201
00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:31,500
IT'S KNOWN TODAY, WAS BORN.
1202
00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:33,367
>> WHAT THE VIDEO WAS SAYING
1203
00:37:33,367 --> 00:37:34,567
WAS, "IT'S OVER.
1204
00:37:34,567 --> 00:37:36,533
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
1205
00:37:36,533 --> 00:37:38,067
FOLLOW PEOPLE BACK TO THEIR
1206
00:37:38,067 --> 00:37:39,500
HOUSE ANYMORE WITH IMPUNITY.
1207
00:37:39,500 --> 00:37:41,100
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
1208
00:37:41,100 --> 00:37:42,633
JUST ISSUE A CEASE-AND-DESIST
1209
00:37:42,633 --> 00:37:44,333
LETTER TO ANY REPORTER WHO WANTS
1210
00:37:44,333 --> 00:37:45,833
TO WRITE SOME SHIT ABOUT YOU
1211
00:37:45,833 --> 00:37:47,433
THAT YOU DON'T LIKE, YOU KNOW.
1212
00:37:47,433 --> 00:37:48,767
THAT'S DONE WITH.
1213
00:37:48,767 --> 00:37:49,767
EVERY TIME YOU DO THAT,
1214
00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:50,867
ANONYMOUS IS GONNA HIT YOU
1215
00:37:50,867 --> 00:37:51,333
HARDER."
1216
00:37:51,333 --> 00:37:52,500
>> SO, WE MADE A VIDEO NAMED
1217
00:37:52,500 --> 00:37:53,200
"CALL TO ARMS."
1218
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:54,333
IT SAID "WE'RE GOING TO THE
1219
00:37:54,333 --> 00:37:54,800
STREETS.
1220
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,067
EVERY MAJOR CITY OF THE WORLD
1221
00:37:56,067 --> 00:37:57,533
HAS A SCIENTOLOGY BUILDING."
1222
00:37:57,733 --> 00:37:59,467
>> BE VERY WARY OF THE 10th OF
1223
00:37:59,467 --> 00:38:00,233
FEBRUARY.
1224
00:38:00,233 --> 00:38:02,067
ANONYMOUS INVITES YOU TO JOIN US
1225
00:38:02,067 --> 00:38:03,600
IN AN ACT OF SOLIDARITY.
1226
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:05,733
ANONYMOUS INVITES YOU TO TAKE UP
1227
00:38:05,733 --> 00:38:07,500
THE BANNER OF FREE SPEECH, OF
1228
00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:09,167
HUMAN RIGHTS, OF FAMILY AND
1229
00:38:09,167 --> 00:38:09,833
FREEDOM.
1230
00:38:09,833 --> 00:38:11,600
JOIN US IN PROTEST OUTSIDE OF
1231
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,433
SCIENTOLOGY CENTERS WORLDWIDE.
1232
00:38:13,433 --> 00:38:14,933
>> AND YOU JUST SEE THIS
1233
00:38:14,933 --> 00:38:16,100
CONSENSUS FORMING THAT IT'S
1234
00:38:16,100 --> 00:38:16,900
GOING TO HAPPEN.
1235
00:38:16,900 --> 00:38:18,200
SO WE MADE THE THIRD VIDEO, THE
1236
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:19,067
"CODE OF CONDUCT."
1237
00:38:19,067 --> 00:38:20,067
"DON'T BRING WEAPONS.
1238
00:38:20,067 --> 00:38:20,867
DRESS ACCORDINGLY.
1239
00:38:20,867 --> 00:38:22,067
COVER YOUR FACES 'CAUSE THEY
1240
00:38:22,067 --> 00:38:23,333
WILL TRY AND FIND OUT WHO YOU
1241
00:38:23,333 --> 00:38:25,200
ARE AND SCREW WITH YOUR LIFE."
1242
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,433
>> RULE NUMBER 17 -- COVER YOUR
1243
00:38:27,433 --> 00:38:28,067
FACE.
1244
00:38:28,067 --> 00:38:29,533
THIS WILL PREVENT YOUR
1245
00:38:29,533 --> 00:38:31,600
IDENTIFICATION FROM VIDEOS TAKEN
1246
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:32,567
BY HOSTILES.
1247
00:38:32,567 --> 00:38:34,633
>> SCIENTOLOGY HAS A HISTORY OF
1248
00:38:34,633 --> 00:38:36,600
HARASSING, STALKING, AND JUST
1249
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:38,500
DOING HORRIBLE THINGS TO ITS
1250
00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:39,233
CRITICS.
1251
00:38:39,233 --> 00:38:41,267
SO PEOPLE NEEDED A WAY TO HIDE
1252
00:38:41,267 --> 00:38:42,533
THEIR IDENTITIES.
1253
00:38:42,533 --> 00:38:43,433
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD VERY
1254
00:38:43,433 --> 00:38:44,133
LEGITIMATE FEARS.
1255
00:38:44,133 --> 00:38:45,267
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE FOLLOWED
1256
00:38:45,267 --> 00:38:45,567
HOME.
1257
00:38:45,567 --> 00:38:46,667
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE STALKED.
1258
00:38:46,667 --> 00:38:47,700
THEY DON'T WANT TO PUT THEIR
1259
00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:48,700
FAMILIES AND THEMSELVES IN
1260
00:38:48,700 --> 00:38:49,067
DANGER.
1261
00:38:49,067 --> 00:38:50,133
>> EVERYONE WAS GOING, "WELL,
1262
00:38:50,133 --> 00:38:51,067
WE'RE GONNA WEAR A MASK.
1263
00:38:51,067 --> 00:38:52,100
WHAT'S THE ONLY FUCKING MASK
1264
00:38:52,100 --> 00:38:53,200
THAT WE ALREADY KNOW OR HAVE A
1265
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:53,733
JOKE ABOUT?"
1266
00:38:53,733 --> 00:38:54,833
AND IT'S THE GUY FAWKES MASK.
1267
00:38:54,833 --> 00:38:55,500
YOU SEE THE MOVIE
1268
00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:56,200
"V FOR VENDETTA."
1269
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:57,367
YOU KNOW, THE ENDING SCENE WHERE
1270
00:38:57,367 --> 00:38:58,233
EVERYONE'S WEARING THE
1271
00:38:58,233 --> 00:39:00,200
GUY FAWKES MASK, THAT IS VERY
1272
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,100
REMINISCENT OF WHAT ANONYMOUS
1273
00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:08,133
THINKS ANONYMOUS IS.
1274
00:39:08,333 --> 00:39:11,833
WE WANTED TO REPRESENT ANONYMITY
1275
00:39:11,833 --> 00:39:13,767
IN SOME WAY WHEN IT MOVED INTO
1276
00:39:13,767 --> 00:39:14,600
REAL LIFE.
1277
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,633
I THINK THAT THE GUY FAWKES MASK
1278
00:39:16,633 --> 00:39:18,400
WAS ONE OF THE MOST NATURAL
1279
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:19,600
THINGS TO HAPPEN.
1280
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,533
IT IS THE IDEA THAT NONE OF US
1281
00:39:21,533 --> 00:39:22,700
ARE AS CRUEL AS ALL OF US.
1282
00:39:22,700 --> 00:39:26,200
YOU HAVE THIS MASSIVE CROWD OF
1283
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,167
PEOPLE WHO ARE ANONYMOUS THAT IS
1284
00:39:28,167 --> 00:39:30,067
GOING TO FIGHT AGAINST A BIGGER
1285
00:39:30,067 --> 00:39:30,867
THING AND WIN.
1286
00:39:30,867 --> 00:39:32,133
>> EVEN AFTER WATCHING THE
1287
00:39:32,133 --> 00:39:33,500
VIDEOS, LIKE, "YEAH, THIS IS
1288
00:39:33,500 --> 00:39:34,967
GREAT, BUT WHO'S ACTUALLY GONNA
1289
00:39:34,967 --> 00:39:35,433
DO IT?
1290
00:39:35,433 --> 00:39:36,467
WHO'S GONNA STEP UP?
1291
00:39:36,467 --> 00:39:37,867
ARE PEOPLE ACTUALLY GONNA GET
1292
00:39:37,867 --> 00:39:38,900
OUT OF THEIR HOUSE?"
1293
00:39:38,900 --> 00:39:40,733
LIKE -- AND I GUESS WE WERE
1294
00:39:40,733 --> 00:39:41,900
REALLY AFFECTED BY THE
1295
00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:44,067
STEREOTYPE OF THAT WHOLE
1296
00:39:44,067 --> 00:39:45,833
COMMUNITY, BEING INTERNET NERDS.
1297
00:39:45,833 --> 00:39:47,333
THEY'RE TOO AFRAID TO LEAVE
1298
00:39:47,333 --> 00:39:48,633
THEIR MOMS' BASEMENTS.
1299
00:39:48,633 --> 00:39:50,567
I FIGURED MAYBE 15 NERDS FROM
1300
00:39:50,567 --> 00:39:52,633
EVERY CITY SOMEWHERE MIGHT SHOW
1301
00:39:52,633 --> 00:39:53,767
UP AND WEAR THEIR MASKS AT A
1302
00:39:53,767 --> 00:39:54,967
BUILDING FOR AWHILE AND LEAVE.
1303
00:39:54,967 --> 00:39:56,233
>> NO ONE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE
1304
00:39:56,233 --> 00:39:57,433
GONNA COME OUT.
1305
00:39:57,633 --> 00:40:00,067
THIS IS ME ON THE WAY THERE.
1306
00:40:00,067 --> 00:40:01,133
I HAVEN'T SLEPT.
1307
00:40:01,133 --> 00:40:02,667
I'M VERY FUCKING TIRED.
1308
00:40:02,867 --> 00:40:04,600
AND I REMEMBER GOING TO THE PARK
1309
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:06,000
THAT DAY, AND IT'S REALLY
1310
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,600
FUCKING EARLY IN THE MORNING,
1311
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:09,767
WHICH I THOUGHT WAS A BAD IDEA.
1312
00:40:09,767 --> 00:40:11,033
AND I'M SMOKING A CIGARETTE, AND
1313
00:40:11,033 --> 00:40:12,233
I'M LOOKING AROUND LIKE, "WHERE
1314
00:40:12,233 --> 00:40:13,167
THE FUCK IS EVERYBODY?
1315
00:40:13,167 --> 00:40:15,333
LIKE, THERE'S NOBODY HERE."
1316
00:40:15,333 --> 00:40:17,500
SO, HERE I AM SITTING IN
1317
00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:20,167
BRYANT PARK.
1318
00:40:20,167 --> 00:40:21,667
WAITING FOR THE OTHER ANONS TO
1319
00:40:21,667 --> 00:40:22,200
SHOW UP.
1320
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:23,700
I REMEMBER THINKING LIKE, "OH,
1321
00:40:23,700 --> 00:40:24,133
FUCK.
1322
00:40:24,133 --> 00:40:25,700
LIKE, AM I GONNA BE THE ONLY ONE
1323
00:40:25,700 --> 00:40:26,400
IN THE PARK?
1324
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:27,900
AM I GONNA WALK TO SCIENTOLOGY
1325
00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:29,167
WITH FUCKING SIX OR SEVEN
1326
00:40:29,167 --> 00:40:30,633
PEOPLE, WHICH TOTALLY DEFEATS
1327
00:40:30,633 --> 00:40:31,933
THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THIS
1328
00:40:31,933 --> 00:40:33,500
BECAUSE NOW THEY COULD SINGLE ME
1329
00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:33,933
OUT?"
1330
00:40:33,933 --> 00:40:35,267
YOU KNOW, THEN I GET UP, AND I
1331
00:40:35,267 --> 00:40:36,633
START WALKING AROUND, AND I SEE
1332
00:40:36,633 --> 00:40:38,000
THERE'S A LOT OF GREEN BALLOONS
1333
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,233
OVER THERE FOR SOME REASON.
1334
00:40:39,233 --> 00:40:42,233
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARK,
1335
00:40:42,233 --> 00:40:43,967
THERE WAS LIKE FUCKING 200
1336
00:40:43,967 --> 00:40:44,633
PEOPLE.
1337
00:40:44,633 --> 00:40:46,333
THERE WAS GUY FAWKES MASKS
1338
00:40:46,333 --> 00:40:48,333
EVERYWHERE, AND I'M LIKE, "HOLY
1339
00:40:48,333 --> 00:40:51,833
SHIT, THIS IS HUGE!"
1340
00:40:51,833 --> 00:40:55,167
THERE'S A FUCKING LOT OF US.
1341
00:40:55,167 --> 00:40:56,667
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
1342
00:40:56,667 --> 00:40:58,200
I HAD NO IDEA HOW MANY ANONS
1343
00:40:58,200 --> 00:40:59,667
THERE WERE UNTIL WE STARTED
1344
00:40:59,667 --> 00:41:00,733
MOVING.
1345
00:41:00,733 --> 00:41:02,067
HA HA.
1346
00:41:02,067 --> 00:41:07,067
AND IT JUST FUCKING GOT BIGGER.
1347
00:41:07,067 --> 00:41:08,867
I REMEMBER WALKING THROUGH
1348
00:41:08,867 --> 00:41:10,933
TIMES SQUARE, AND EVERYBODY IN
1349
00:41:10,933 --> 00:41:12,667
TIMES SQUARE WAS AN ANON.
1350
00:41:12,667 --> 00:41:14,233
LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, LIKE, A
1351
00:41:14,233 --> 00:41:15,733
FUCKING 1,000-PERSON PER, LIKE,
1352
00:41:15,733 --> 00:41:17,067
FUCKING MINUTE FOOT-TRAFFIC
1353
00:41:17,067 --> 00:41:18,267
AREA, AND EVERYWHERE I'M
1354
00:41:18,267 --> 00:41:19,833
LOOKING, I'M SEEING FUCKING ANON
1355
00:41:19,833 --> 00:41:21,067
SYMBOLS.
1356
00:41:21,067 --> 00:41:22,833
IT WAS FUCKING WILD.
1357
00:41:22,833 --> 00:41:24,367
IT WAS REALLY WILD.
1358
00:41:29,667 --> 00:41:31,167
[ CROWD CHANTING
1359
00:41:31,167 --> 00:41:34,633
"DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID" ]
1360
00:41:40,333 --> 00:41:43,833
[ LAUGHS ]
1361
00:41:43,833 --> 00:41:46,867
>> WHOO!
1362
00:41:46,867 --> 00:41:47,867
HELL, YEAH!
1363
00:41:47,867 --> 00:41:49,200
>> SO WE START GETTING NUMBERS
1364
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:51,367
IN, AND SYDNEY.
1365
00:41:51,367 --> 00:41:52,700
WE'RE THINKING THAT IT'S GOING
1366
00:41:52,700 --> 00:41:54,867
TO BE 50 PEOPLE.
1367
00:41:54,867 --> 00:41:56,467
AND BEFORE 10:00 A.M., BEFORE
1368
00:41:56,467 --> 00:41:58,067
EVEN TIME, THERE'S ALREADY 50
1369
00:41:58,067 --> 00:41:59,533
PEOPLE THERE, AND THERE ARE
1370
00:41:59,533 --> 00:42:01,300
STILL STREAMS OF PEOPLE WALKING
1371
00:42:01,300 --> 00:42:03,300
DOWN THE STREETS.
1372
00:42:03,300 --> 00:42:04,467
A COUPLE HOURS INTO IT, YOU
1373
00:42:04,467 --> 00:42:05,767
KNOW, 'CAUSE I DIDN'T GO TO BED
1374
00:42:05,767 --> 00:42:07,067
UNTIL 1:00 IN THE MORNING, YOU
1375
00:42:07,067 --> 00:42:08,333
KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SYDNEY
1376
00:42:08,333 --> 00:42:10,900
AS, "WOW, THERE'S 250 PEOPLE IN
1377
00:42:10,900 --> 00:42:11,767
SYDNEY.
1378
00:42:11,767 --> 00:42:13,333
THE COPS ARE ESTIMATING HIGHER
1379
00:42:13,333 --> 00:42:14,800
THAN THAT FOR THEIR REPORTS.
1380
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,467
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
1381
00:42:16,467 --> 00:42:18,667
ADELAIDE, PERTH, AND MELBOURNE
1382
00:42:18,667 --> 00:42:19,533
HAPPENED.
1383
00:42:19,533 --> 00:42:21,400
AND, YOU KNOW, OVER 200 AT EACH
1384
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:22,067
OF THEM.
1385
00:42:22,067 --> 00:42:23,833
WE NEARLY BROKE 1,000 LEAVING
1386
00:42:23,833 --> 00:42:25,333
AUSTRALIA.
1387
00:42:25,333 --> 00:42:26,633
NOW, THE NEXT PROTEST WAS
1388
00:42:26,633 --> 00:42:28,067
TEL AVIV, WHICH HAD ACTUALLY
1389
00:42:28,067 --> 00:42:29,500
GOTTEN ITS FIRST SCIENTOLOGY
1390
00:42:29,500 --> 00:42:30,900
BUILDING RIGHT BEFORE THIS.
1391
00:42:30,900 --> 00:42:32,067
THERE WERE PALESTINIANS AND
1392
00:42:32,067 --> 00:42:33,233
ISRAELIS AT THIS PROTEST BOTH
1393
00:42:33,233 --> 00:42:34,133
HOLDING THEIR FLAGS.
1394
00:42:34,133 --> 00:42:35,433
AND AT ONE POINT, THEY ACTUALLY
1395
00:42:35,433 --> 00:42:36,700
SWITCHED FLAGS AND HELD UP EACH
1396
00:42:36,700 --> 00:42:37,800
OTHER'S FLAGS AND WHATNOT.
1397
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:38,800
IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE.
1398
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:40,067
I CALL OUR GUY IN LONDON,
1399
00:42:40,067 --> 00:42:41,233
BRITERNON, AND I SAY, "HEY,
1400
00:42:41,233 --> 00:42:42,367
WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?"
1401
00:42:42,367 --> 00:42:43,800
AND HE'S LIKE, "DID YOU JUST GET
1402
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:44,500
OUT OF BED?"
1403
00:42:44,500 --> 00:42:45,833
I SAID, "YEAH, I HAVEN'T EVEN
1404
00:42:45,833 --> 00:42:46,933
TURNED ON THE COMPUTER.
1405
00:42:46,933 --> 00:42:48,267
I JUST FIGURED I'D CALL YOU."
1406
00:42:48,267 --> 00:42:49,900
AND HE SAID, "WE GOT 600 PEOPLE
1407
00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:51,533
AND THE COPS ARE REALLY, REALLY
1408
00:42:51,533 --> 00:42:53,533
MAD AT ME."
1409
00:42:53,533 --> 00:42:54,900
>> ALL THE MAJOR CITIES WERE
1410
00:42:54,900 --> 00:42:56,333
HAVING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COME
1411
00:42:56,333 --> 00:42:56,700
OUT.
1412
00:42:56,700 --> 00:42:58,533
IT WAS MASSIVE.
1413
00:42:58,533 --> 00:43:02,600
CLEARWATER HAD LIKE 300 PEOPLE.
1414
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,333
>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE BEAT OUT
1415
00:43:04,333 --> 00:43:04,733
L.A.
1416
00:43:04,733 --> 00:43:06,233
I THINK L.A. HAD OVER 1,000
1417
00:43:06,233 --> 00:43:10,733
PEOPLE.
1418
00:43:10,733 --> 00:43:12,433
>> THE THING THAT HAPPENED WAS
1419
00:43:12,433 --> 00:43:14,167
SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
1420
00:43:14,167 --> 00:43:15,900
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
1421
00:43:15,900 --> 00:43:19,067
FROM EVERY CITY JUST SWARMED THE
1422
00:43:19,067 --> 00:43:21,067
STREETS.
1423
00:43:21,067 --> 00:43:22,567
IT WAS KIND OF OVERWHELMING, A
1424
00:43:22,567 --> 00:43:24,100
LITTLE EVEN SCARY, BUT SCARY IN
1425
00:43:24,100 --> 00:43:24,800
A GOOD WAY.
1426
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,167
>> SOON, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT
1427
00:43:26,167 --> 00:43:27,533
AROUND THE 10,000 MARK, YOU
1428
00:43:27,533 --> 00:43:28,967
KNOW, AND WE WERE JOKING THE
1429
00:43:28,967 --> 00:43:30,367
WHOLE TIME "OVER 9,000," YOU
1430
00:43:30,367 --> 00:43:31,667
KNOW, ONE OF THOSE MEMES.
1431
00:43:31,667 --> 00:43:33,067
IT WAS TOO SURREAL.
1432
00:43:33,067 --> 00:43:35,067
IT WAS NOT BELIEVABLE.
1433
00:43:35,233 --> 00:43:36,400
[ HORN HONKS ]
1434
00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:38,233
>> AND YOU GO BY WHAT NAME?
1435
00:43:38,233 --> 00:43:40,733
>> WE ARE ANONYMOUS.
1436
00:43:40,733 --> 00:43:42,100
>> IT WAS VERY EMPOWERING,
1437
00:43:42,100 --> 00:43:43,667
ESPECIALLY AFTER PEOPLE SAW THE
1438
00:43:43,667 --> 00:43:45,267
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP.
1439
00:43:45,267 --> 00:43:46,067
THIS WAS IT.
1440
00:43:46,067 --> 00:43:47,267
WE OWNED THE WORLD AT THAT
1441
00:43:47,267 --> 00:43:47,733
POINT.
1442
00:43:47,733 --> 00:43:49,133
YOU'VE GOT LOLCATS AND YOU'VE
1443
00:43:49,133 --> 00:43:50,067
GOT RICKROLLING.
1444
00:43:50,067 --> 00:43:51,300
YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE OTHER
1445
00:43:51,300 --> 00:43:52,733
THINGS THAT ANONYMOUS HAS BEEN
1446
00:43:52,733 --> 00:43:53,433
INVOLVED IN.
1447
00:43:53,433 --> 00:43:55,567
THEN, YOU KNOW, TAKE US A MONTH
1448
00:43:55,567 --> 00:43:57,433
LATER AND, YOU KNOW, 10,000
1449
00:43:57,433 --> 00:43:58,933
PEOPLE WERE JUST IN THE STREETS
1450
00:43:58,933 --> 00:44:01,067
AND IN EVERY MAJOR COUNTRY IN
1451
00:44:01,067 --> 00:44:03,067
THE WORLD IN EVERY MAJOR CITY
1452
00:44:03,067 --> 00:44:05,100
IN THE WORLD AND WHAT THE HELL
1453
00:44:05,100 --> 00:44:06,233
JUST HAPPENED?
1454
00:44:06,233 --> 00:44:07,800
WHAT CHANGED, YOU KNOW?
1455
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:09,367
WHO FLIPPED THE SWITCH?
1456
00:44:09,367 --> 00:44:11,367
THE WORLD LOOKED VERY DIFFERENT
1457
00:44:11,367 --> 00:44:12,767
TO ME AT THAT POINT.
1458
00:44:12,767 --> 00:44:14,433
>> WE ALL MET EACH OTHER.
1459
00:44:14,433 --> 00:44:16,467
THE IDEA OF AN ANON IS YOU'RE
1460
00:44:16,467 --> 00:44:18,533
FUCKING ALONE UNTIL YOU GET TO
1461
00:44:18,533 --> 00:44:20,700
4chan, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THESE
1462
00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:22,900
PEOPLE THINK LIKE YOU, YOU KNOW.
1463
00:44:22,900 --> 00:44:24,667
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU'RE NOT
1464
00:44:24,667 --> 00:44:25,200
ALONE.
1465
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,900
YOU ARE WITH FUCKING 500 OTHERS,
1466
00:44:27,900 --> 00:44:28,900
YOU KNOW.
1467
00:44:28,900 --> 00:44:31,067
THEY ALL KNOW THE SAME JOKES AS
1468
00:44:31,067 --> 00:44:31,600
YOU.
1469
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:33,967
THEY ALL HAVE -- CLEARLY HAVE
1470
00:44:33,967 --> 00:44:36,067
SIMILAR INTERESTS AS YOU.
1471
00:44:36,067 --> 00:44:38,533
HERE'S YOUR CULTURE.
1472
00:44:38,533 --> 00:44:40,700
YOU MEET YOUR OWN PEOPLE
1473
00:44:40,700 --> 00:44:41,400
FINALLY.
1474
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:42,533
[ CROWD CHANTING
1475
00:44:42,533 --> 00:44:44,300
"DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID" ]
1476
00:44:44,300 --> 00:44:45,900
>> IMMEDIATELY, YOU FELT LIKE
1477
00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:46,933
YOU WERE AT HOME.
1478
00:44:46,933 --> 00:44:48,633
IF YOU WERE AN ANON, YOU WERE AT
1479
00:44:48,633 --> 00:44:49,100
HOME.
1480
00:44:49,100 --> 00:44:50,833
WE ALL, LIKE, SPENT YEARS IN THE
1481
00:44:50,833 --> 00:44:52,533
SAME PLACE, LOOKING AT THE SAME
1482
00:44:52,533 --> 00:44:54,167
PICTURES, LAUGHING AT THE SAME
1483
00:44:54,167 --> 00:44:56,167
JOKES, AND WE PRETTY MUCH WERE
1484
00:44:56,167 --> 00:44:57,600
ALREADY FRIENDS EVEN THOUGH
1485
00:44:57,600 --> 00:44:58,867
WE'VE NEVER, EVERY MET.
1486
00:44:58,867 --> 00:45:02,133
IT WAS VERY HAPPY.
1487
00:45:04,333 --> 00:45:05,833
>> IT'S PERHAPS A LITTLE
1488
00:45:05,833 --> 00:45:06,867
SURPRISING.
1489
00:45:06,867 --> 00:45:08,800
IT'S NOT JUST PRETEENS OR
1490
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:09,767
TEENAGERS.
1491
00:45:09,767 --> 00:45:12,067
THERE'S A FAR MORE EVEN MIX OF
1492
00:45:12,067 --> 00:45:14,400
MALES AND FEMALES THAN YOU WOULD
1493
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:15,867
IMAGINE OTHERWISE.
1494
00:45:15,867 --> 00:45:17,400
>> EVERYONE ALWAYS FIGURED
1495
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,100
ANONYMOUS WAS A VERY MALE, YOU
1496
00:45:19,100 --> 00:45:20,867
KNOW, THING, BUT IT WASN'T LIKE
1497
00:45:20,867 --> 00:45:22,367
THAT AT ALL -- AT ALL.
1498
00:45:22,367 --> 00:45:24,067
THERE'S SOME FUCKING HOT GIRLS
1499
00:45:24,067 --> 00:45:24,933
COME THROUGH.
1500
00:45:24,933 --> 00:45:26,533
LIKE, THERE'S SOME REALLY --
1501
00:45:26,533 --> 00:45:29,200
LIKE, YOU'D BE SURPRISED.
1502
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:30,500
>> AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A
1503
00:45:30,500 --> 00:45:31,733
LOT OF -- A LOT OF, YOU KNOW,
1504
00:45:31,733 --> 00:45:33,100
THESE SO-CALLED GUYS WHO WEREN'T
1505
00:45:33,100 --> 00:45:33,800
SOCIALLY GOOD.
1506
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:35,067
THEY WERE VERY AWKWARD.
1507
00:45:35,067 --> 00:45:36,467
THEY STILL LIVED AT HOME AT
1508
00:45:36,467 --> 00:45:38,067
23 -- HALF OF THEM ARE VIRGINS.
1509
00:45:38,067 --> 00:45:40,333
AND I'LL TELL YOU THE AMOUNT OF
1510
00:45:40,333 --> 00:45:42,567
THOSE PEOPLE WHO GOT LAID FROM
1511
00:45:42,567 --> 00:45:44,767
THESE PROTESTS HAPPENING IS IN
1512
00:45:44,767 --> 00:45:47,067
THE THOUSANDS -- THAT WOULD NOT
1513
00:45:47,067 --> 00:45:48,933
HAVE, FOR YEARS PROBABLY.
1514
00:45:48,933 --> 00:45:50,600
>> AND THAT'S WHY THOSE PROTESTS
1515
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:51,633
WERE SO IMPORTANT.
1516
00:45:51,633 --> 00:45:53,267
IT WAS A CHANCE TO FINALLY MEET
1517
00:45:53,267 --> 00:45:54,433
OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE
1518
00:45:54,433 --> 00:45:55,900
PREVIOUSLY ANONYMOUS AND
1519
00:45:55,900 --> 00:45:57,600
UNKNOWN, AND HENCE IT WAS THE
1520
00:45:57,600 --> 00:45:59,267
MOMENT OF THE END OF THEIR
1521
00:45:59,267 --> 00:46:00,200
ANONYMITY.
1522
00:46:04,567 --> 00:46:06,700
>> SCIENTOLOGY -- THEY KIND OF
1523
00:46:06,700 --> 00:46:08,500
FOUGHT BACK, SO TO SPEAK.
1524
00:46:08,500 --> 00:46:10,333
THEY POSTED STUFF ONLINE.
1525
00:46:10,333 --> 00:46:11,867
>> WHILE CLAIMING THEY ARE
1526
00:46:11,867 --> 00:46:13,500
PEACEFUL, IN LESS THAN THREE
1527
00:46:13,500 --> 00:46:15,667
WEEKS, ANONYMOUS MEMBERS MADE OR
1528
00:46:15,667 --> 00:46:19,533
ENCOURAGED 8,139 HARASSING OR
1529
00:46:19,533 --> 00:46:23,300
THREATENING PHONE CALLS, 3.6
1530
00:46:23,300 --> 00:46:27,167
MILLION MALICIOUS E-MAILS, 141
1531
00:46:27,167 --> 00:46:29,933
MILLION HITS AGAINST CHURCH
1532
00:46:29,933 --> 00:46:33,067
WEBSITES, 10 ACTS OF VANDALISM,
1533
00:46:33,067 --> 00:46:35,833
22 BOMB THREATS, AND 8 DEATH
1534
00:46:35,833 --> 00:46:38,500
THREATS AGAINST MEMBERS AND
1535
00:46:38,500 --> 00:46:39,667
OFFICIALS OF THE CHURCH OF
1536
00:46:39,667 --> 00:46:42,533
SCIENTOLOGY.
1537
00:46:42,733 --> 00:46:44,900
>> THEY WANTED TO FIND ME.
1538
00:46:44,900 --> 00:46:47,233
THEY DID. THEY HIRED P.I.s.
1539
00:46:47,233 --> 00:46:48,667
>> THEY STARTED TAKING PICTURES
1540
00:46:48,667 --> 00:46:50,067
OF US, THREATENING TO SUE US.
1541
00:46:50,067 --> 00:46:51,800
>> PEOPLE WERE GETTING FOLLOWED.
1542
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:53,433
PEOPLE WERE GETTING FOLLOWED
1543
00:46:53,433 --> 00:46:53,900
HOME.
1544
00:46:53,900 --> 00:46:55,467
IT'D BE A REGULAR THING FOR
1545
00:46:55,467 --> 00:46:57,300
SOMEONE TO SAY, "OH, I HAD TO --
1546
00:46:57,300 --> 00:46:58,900
I HAD TO LOSE SOMEONE ON THE
1547
00:46:58,900 --> 00:46:59,500
SUBWAY.
1548
00:46:59,500 --> 00:47:00,900
I SAW SOMEONE FROM THE
1549
00:47:00,900 --> 00:47:02,500
SCIENTOLOGY CENTER, AND THEY
1550
00:47:02,500 --> 00:47:03,833
WERE FOLLOWING ME."
1551
00:47:03,833 --> 00:47:05,733
>> THEY WOULD FOLLOW US TO OUR
1552
00:47:05,733 --> 00:47:07,600
HOUSES, TRY TO INTIMIDATE US,
1553
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:09,300
SEND US CEASE-AND-DESIST
1554
00:47:09,300 --> 00:47:10,067
LETTERS.
1555
00:47:10,067 --> 00:47:12,067
THESE OLD TACTICS THAT THEY USED
1556
00:47:12,067 --> 00:47:14,067
TO FIGHT THE ACTIVISM THEY FACED
1557
00:47:14,067 --> 00:47:15,633
BEFORE THE INTERNET WERE
1558
00:47:15,633 --> 00:47:17,533
COMPLETELY INEFFECTIVE AGAINST
1559
00:47:17,533 --> 00:47:19,367
CHANOLOGY.
1560
00:47:19,367 --> 00:47:20,667
>> YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE PEOPLE
1561
00:47:20,667 --> 00:47:21,767
WHO RECEIVED THEM ACTUALLY
1562
00:47:21,767 --> 00:47:22,933
FRAMED THEM AND PUT THEM ON
1563
00:47:22,933 --> 00:47:23,500
THEIR WALL.
1564
00:47:23,500 --> 00:47:24,633
I'VE SEEN MULTIPLE OF THEM
1565
00:47:24,633 --> 00:47:25,767
FRAMED AND PUT ON THE WALL.
1566
00:47:25,767 --> 00:47:26,933
MINE'S SITTING IN MY CLOSET
1567
00:47:26,933 --> 00:47:31,100
SOMEWHERE IN A BOX.
1568
00:47:31,100 --> 00:47:33,367
>> I DID THE WHOLE LOW-ORBIT ION
1569
00:47:33,367 --> 00:47:35,567
CANNON STUFF, AND THEN I PRETTY
1570
00:47:35,567 --> 00:47:37,567
MUCH JUST WENT ABOUT MY LIFE
1571
00:47:37,567 --> 00:47:40,900
AFTER THAT FOR PROBABLY, LET'S
1572
00:47:40,900 --> 00:47:42,733
SEE, I THINK IT'S SIX MONTHS.
1573
00:47:42,733 --> 00:47:44,300
AND THEN THE FBI SHOWED UP HERE
1574
00:47:44,300 --> 00:47:45,767
AT MY PARENTS' HOUSE, WHERE I
1575
00:47:45,767 --> 00:47:47,767
WASN'T, LOOKING FOR ME.
1576
00:47:47,767 --> 00:47:49,100
>> TWO MEN GOT OUT OF THE CAR,
1577
00:47:49,100 --> 00:47:53,100
AND TOOK THEIR JACKETS OFF, AND
1578
00:47:53,100 --> 00:47:56,767
LAID THEIR GUNS ON THE FRONT
1579
00:47:56,767 --> 00:48:00,733
SEAT, AND CAME UP TO ASK US IF
1580
00:48:00,733 --> 00:48:04,500
BRIAN WAS HOME, AND EXPLAINED
1581
00:48:04,500 --> 00:48:05,833
THAT THEY WERE THE FBI AND THEY
1582
00:48:05,833 --> 00:48:06,900
WERE LOOKING FOR BRIAN.
1583
00:48:06,900 --> 00:48:09,567
AND I'VE NEVER BEEN SO SCARED.
1584
00:48:09,567 --> 00:48:11,167
>> AND THEN MY PARENTS DIRECTED
1585
00:48:11,167 --> 00:48:12,733
THEM TO WHERE I WAS LIVING, AND
1586
00:48:12,733 --> 00:48:14,267
THEY SHOWED UP AND SAID, "I'D
1587
00:48:14,267 --> 00:48:15,500
LIKE TO HAVE A FRIENDLY
1588
00:48:15,500 --> 00:48:16,733
CONVERSATION WITH YOU."
1589
00:48:16,733 --> 00:48:18,200
AND I HAD THE WORST FRIENDLY
1590
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:19,467
CONVERSATION OF MY LIFE.
1591
00:48:19,467 --> 00:48:21,267
WE SAT DOWN AT MY DINING-ROOM
1592
00:48:21,267 --> 00:48:23,067
TABLE, AND THEY JUST STARTED
1593
00:48:23,067 --> 00:48:24,333
ASKING ME QUESTIONS.
1594
00:48:24,333 --> 00:48:26,100
AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
1595
00:48:26,100 --> 00:48:27,967
WHAT THEY'RE HERE FOR 'CAUSE I
1596
00:48:27,967 --> 00:48:28,900
HAVE NO IDEA.
1597
00:48:28,900 --> 00:48:30,600
AND THEY EVENTUALLY STARTED
1598
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:32,200
ASKING ME QUESTIONS ABOUT
1599
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:33,067
ANONYMOUS.
1600
00:48:33,067 --> 00:48:34,333
>> I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.
1601
00:48:34,333 --> 00:48:38,167
I MEAN, MY SON IS...IS LOOKING
1602
00:48:38,167 --> 00:48:41,400
AT FIVE YEARS IN JAIL AND A
1603
00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:43,300
$100,000 FINE.
1604
00:48:43,300 --> 00:48:44,633
>> YOU KNOW, I HAD NO IDEA THAT
1605
00:48:44,633 --> 00:48:46,333
IT WAS ANY SORT OF -- THIS BIG
1606
00:48:46,333 --> 00:48:47,967
OF A CRIME TO DO WHAT I DID.
1607
00:48:47,967 --> 00:48:50,067
I THOUGHT IT WAS THE KIND OF
1608
00:48:50,067 --> 00:48:52,133
"SLAP ON A WRIST," $200-FINE
1609
00:48:52,133 --> 00:48:53,800
TYPE CRIME.
1610
00:48:53,800 --> 00:48:56,467
SO, I ACTUALLY TOLD THEM THAT I
1611
00:48:56,467 --> 00:48:59,333
DID IT AT THAT POINT.
1612
00:48:59,333 --> 00:49:02,600
THEN IT WENT FROM THERE.
1613
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,433
YEAH.
1614
00:49:04,433 --> 00:49:06,700
>> AS HE EXPLAINED IT TO ME AT
1615
00:49:06,700 --> 00:49:08,900
THE TIME, IT WAS LIKE PUSHING
1616
00:49:08,900 --> 00:49:11,300
THE REFRESH BUTTON OVER AND OVER
1617
00:49:11,300 --> 00:49:14,833
AND OVER AND OVER 800,000 TIMES.
1618
00:49:14,833 --> 00:49:18,300
AND IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A LITTLE
1619
00:49:18,300 --> 00:49:18,967
THING.
1620
00:49:18,967 --> 00:49:20,700
>> I DID THE SECOND-MOST DAMAGE
1621
00:49:20,700 --> 00:49:22,433
IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGY SAID I DID.
1622
00:49:22,433 --> 00:49:24,067
I SENT THE SECOND-MOST OUT OF
1623
00:49:24,067 --> 00:49:25,767
EVERYBODY SO I GOT THE MAXIMUM
1624
00:49:25,767 --> 00:49:27,467
FOR MY CATEGORY, WHICH WAS ONE
1625
00:49:27,467 --> 00:49:29,067
YEAR IN PRISON AND ONE YEAR
1626
00:49:29,067 --> 00:49:33,667
SUPERVISED RELEASE.
1627
00:49:33,667 --> 00:49:35,333
I THINK -- YOU KNOW, THE WAY I
1628
00:49:35,333 --> 00:49:37,333
FEEL IS, FOR WHAT I DID -- WAS
1629
00:49:37,333 --> 00:49:40,667
ONE OF THE MOST, LIKE, LOPSIDED
1630
00:49:40,667 --> 00:49:42,500
PUNISHMENTS I'VE EVER, LIKE,
1631
00:49:42,500 --> 00:49:45,833
READ ABOUT OR HEARD OF.
1632
00:49:45,833 --> 00:49:47,733
YEAH, I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS,
1633
00:49:47,733 --> 00:49:49,500
ESPECIALLY THE YEAR SUPERVISED
1634
00:49:49,500 --> 00:49:51,200
RELEASE WHERE I CAN'T TOUCH A
1635
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:52,467
COMPUTER FOR A YEAR.
1636
00:49:52,467 --> 00:49:53,933
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S
1637
00:49:53,933 --> 00:49:55,700
SUPPOSED TO SOLVE, EXCEPT MAKE
1638
00:49:55,700 --> 00:49:57,200
MY, LIKE, LIFE DIFFICULT.
1639
00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:58,867
SO, THAT COMPUTER BEHIND ME,
1640
00:49:58,867 --> 00:50:00,633
BACK THERE, I COULD GO BACK TO
1641
00:50:00,633 --> 00:50:02,167
PRISON IF I WENT OVER AND
1642
00:50:02,167 --> 00:50:03,767
TOUCHED IT, BECAUSE I CAN'T
1643
00:50:03,767 --> 00:50:05,100
KNOWINGLY ASSOCIATE WITH MEMBERS
1644
00:50:05,100 --> 00:50:05,933
OF ANONYMOUS.
1645
00:50:05,933 --> 00:50:07,633
THEY JUST MADE A BIG DEAL ABOUT
1646
00:50:07,633 --> 00:50:09,200
SCIENTOLOGY AS A RELIGION AND
1647
00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:10,933
THAT THIS IS AMERICA AND YOU CAN
1648
00:50:10,933 --> 00:50:12,100
BELIEVE IN WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
1649
00:50:12,100 --> 00:50:12,800
BELIEVE.
1650
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:14,600
I'M PRETTY SURE THEY ACTUALLY
1651
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:16,400
COMPARED ME TO, LIKE, THE KKK
1652
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:18,233
AND THE NAZIS AND STUFF IN THE
1653
00:50:18,233 --> 00:50:19,033
COURTROOM.
1654
00:50:19,033 --> 00:50:20,633
>> YEAH, IT'S -- IT'S A
1655
00:50:20,633 --> 00:50:22,433
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ISSUE.
1656
00:50:22,433 --> 00:50:24,433
I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT HE DID.
1657
00:50:24,433 --> 00:50:25,933
HE STOOD UP FOR WHAT HE BELIEVED
1658
00:50:25,933 --> 00:50:28,600
IN, BUT THAT WAS NEVER, EVER
1659
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:31,267
MENTIONED.
1660
00:50:31,267 --> 00:50:34,000
>> I NEVER WOULD EVEN DREAM OF
1661
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:36,433
HURTING ANYBODY, YOU KNOW.
1662
00:50:36,433 --> 00:50:39,300
IT'S JUST...NOT ME.
1663
00:50:43,500 --> 00:50:45,700
>> PRIOR TO ANONYMOUS, CRITICS
1664
00:50:45,700 --> 00:50:47,867
OF THE CHURCH STILL HAD TO BE
1665
00:50:47,867 --> 00:50:50,000
VERY, VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE OF
1666
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:52,067
THE AGGRESSIVE LAWSUITS THAT
1667
00:50:52,067 --> 00:50:54,400
WERE LAUNCHED AGAINST ACADEMICS,
1668
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:56,700
JOURNALISTS, AND OTHER CRITICS.
1669
00:50:56,700 --> 00:50:58,833
I WOULD SAY THAT ERA IS OVER.
1670
00:50:58,833 --> 00:51:00,933
AND ANONYMOUS MORE THAN ANY
1671
00:51:00,933 --> 00:51:03,067
OTHER SORT OF INTERVENTION IS
1672
00:51:03,067 --> 00:51:05,200
PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT
1673
00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:05,967
CHANGE.
1674
00:51:05,967 --> 00:51:07,533
>> THIS ACTUALLY CAUSED A DECENT
1675
00:51:07,533 --> 00:51:08,500
RIFT IN ANONYMOUS.
1676
00:51:08,500 --> 00:51:09,900
>> THERE WAS ONE BIG GROUP --
1677
00:51:09,900 --> 00:51:11,467
SIGNIFICANT GROUP OF PEOPLE, WHO
1678
00:51:11,467 --> 00:51:12,767
WOULD SAY, "THIS CHANOLOGY
1679
00:51:12,767 --> 00:51:14,233
STUFF, IT'S CANCER, IT'S AWFUL,
1680
00:51:14,233 --> 00:51:15,567
IT'S BAD, IT'S -- IT'S JUST
1681
00:51:15,567 --> 00:51:17,133
BRINGING ATTENTION TO US THAT WE
1682
00:51:17,133 --> 00:51:17,833
DON'T WANT."
1683
00:51:17,833 --> 00:51:19,833
>> THE TROLLING ISN'T HAPPENING.
1684
00:51:19,833 --> 00:51:21,733
WE AREN'T GETTING OUR JOLLIES.
1685
00:51:21,733 --> 00:51:23,500
LIKE, NOW THIS IS ALL REALLY
1686
00:51:23,500 --> 00:51:25,333
SERIOUS AND MORAL AND SOMBER.
1687
00:51:25,333 --> 00:51:27,133
AND, LIKE, "WELL, THAT'S NOT
1688
00:51:27,133 --> 00:51:28,900
WHAT I SIGNED UP FOR -- THAT
1689
00:51:28,900 --> 00:51:29,967
KIND OF THING."
1690
00:51:29,967 --> 00:51:31,800
AND THEN THERE ARE THE PEOPLE
1691
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:33,767
WHO WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHO
1692
00:51:33,767 --> 00:51:35,767
WERE GOING, "WELL, I ONLY SIGNED
1693
00:51:35,767 --> 00:51:37,633
UP FOR THE SERIOUS AND SOMBER.
1694
00:51:37,633 --> 00:51:38,900
YOU GUYS, GO AWAY.
1695
00:51:38,900 --> 00:51:40,767
THIS IS -- THIS IS," YOU KNOW.
1696
00:51:40,767 --> 00:51:42,767
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE BECAME THIS
1697
00:51:42,767 --> 00:51:44,767
VERY FIERCE CLASH OF IDEOLOGIES,
1698
00:51:44,767 --> 00:51:46,433
AND IT WAS ALIEN TO US.
1699
00:51:46,433 --> 00:51:48,367
>> AND THEY DECIDED -- IN THEIR
1700
00:51:48,367 --> 00:51:50,367
OWN WORDS, WHICH I WAS PRIVY TO,
1701
00:51:50,367 --> 00:51:52,100
'CAUSE IT WAS TOLD TO ME --
1702
00:51:52,100 --> 00:51:53,900
"STOP RUINING OUR BAD NAME."
1703
00:51:53,900 --> 00:51:56,100
SO, TO MAKE ANONYMOUS LOOK BAD,
1704
00:51:56,100 --> 00:51:57,900
THEY GO OFF AND THEY POST
1705
00:51:57,900 --> 00:51:59,733
ANIMATED GIFs -- ANIMATED
1706
00:51:59,733 --> 00:52:01,867
IMAGES -- TO EPILEPSY FORUMS,
1707
00:52:01,867 --> 00:52:03,333
THAT ARE BLACK AND WHITE, JUST
1708
00:52:03,333 --> 00:52:04,833
STROBING REALLY QUICKLY, SO ANY
1709
00:52:04,833 --> 00:52:06,333
OF THE EPILEPSY PEOPLE ON THESE
1710
00:52:06,333 --> 00:52:07,800
SUPPORT FORUMS SEE IT AND THEY
1711
00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:09,333
FALL OFF THEIR CHAIRS, YOU KNOW,
1712
00:52:09,333 --> 00:52:10,067
IN SEIZURE.
1713
00:52:10,067 --> 00:52:11,367
YOU START HEARING THIS TERM,
1714
00:52:11,367 --> 00:52:12,067
"MORALFAG."
1715
00:52:12,067 --> 00:52:13,467
IF YOU'RE NOT OUT THERE MAKING
1716
00:52:13,467 --> 00:52:14,900
EPILEPTICS HAVE SEIZURES, THEN
1717
00:52:14,900 --> 00:52:16,100
YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG --
1718
00:52:16,100 --> 00:52:17,267
SO, YOU'RE A MORALFAG.
1719
00:52:17,267 --> 00:52:18,867
>> WHICH IS WHAT I AM -- A
1720
00:52:18,867 --> 00:52:20,500
MORALFAG, THOSE WHO WANT TO
1721
00:52:20,500 --> 00:52:22,267
USE ANONYMOUS AS, YOU KNOW, A
1722
00:52:22,267 --> 00:52:23,900
TOOL FOR GOOD IN SOME SENSE
1723
00:52:23,900 --> 00:52:25,700
RATHER THAN JUST DOING WHAT WE
1724
00:52:25,700 --> 00:52:27,500
USED TO DO, WHICH WAS TO SCREW
1725
00:52:27,500 --> 00:52:28,633
WITH VIDEO GAMES.
1726
00:52:28,633 --> 00:52:30,967
>> ONE ANON SAID IT WELL ONCE.
1727
00:52:30,967 --> 00:52:33,867
"THERE IS NO LEADER.
1728
00:52:33,867 --> 00:52:37,467
THEIR OPS HAVE...MOMENTARY
1729
00:52:37,467 --> 00:52:39,067
LEADERS, DE FACTO LEADERS."
1730
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:40,467
>> ALMOST THROUGH MERITOCRACY.
1731
00:52:40,467 --> 00:52:41,700
THERE'S MORE RESPECTED OR MORE
1732
00:52:41,700 --> 00:52:42,733
PERSISTENT PARTICIPANTS.
1733
00:52:42,733 --> 00:52:43,900
SOME PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN A
1734
00:52:43,900 --> 00:52:45,167
SINGLE OPERATION AND ARE NEVER
1735
00:52:45,167 --> 00:52:45,867
HEARD FROM AGAIN.
1736
00:52:45,867 --> 00:52:47,100
IT MIGHT EVEN BE A HOUSEWIFE WHO
1737
00:52:47,100 --> 00:52:48,300
JUST, YOU KNOW, AGREES WITH THAT
1738
00:52:48,300 --> 00:52:49,333
POLITICAL STATEMENT OR THAT
1739
00:52:49,333 --> 00:52:50,200
PROTEST.
1740
00:53:25,900 --> 00:53:27,900
>> IF YOU HAD ASKED ME ALL
1741
00:53:27,900 --> 00:53:29,967
THROUGHOUT 2008 AND MOST OF
1742
00:53:29,967 --> 00:53:31,933
2009, "IS THE POLITICS OF
1743
00:53:31,933 --> 00:53:33,867
ANONYMOUS ALWAYS GONNA BE
1744
00:53:33,867 --> 00:53:36,267
SUTURED AND HINGED TO THE CHURCH
1745
00:53:36,267 --> 00:53:38,467
OF SCIENTOLOGY?" I WOULD HAVE
1746
00:53:38,467 --> 00:53:39,367
SAID YES.
1747
00:53:39,367 --> 00:53:41,767
AND IT BECAME UNSUTURED,
1748
00:53:41,767 --> 00:53:44,300
UNHINGED, WHEN A DIFFERENT
1749
00:53:44,300 --> 00:53:46,667
POLITICAL WING WAS BORN IN 2010.
1750
00:53:50,300 --> 00:53:55,300
>> IT'S OUR TASK TO FIND SECRET
1751
00:53:55,300 --> 00:53:58,500
ABUSIVE PLANS AND EXPOSE THEM
1752
00:53:58,500 --> 00:54:02,067
WHERE THEY CAN BE OPPOSED BEFORE
1753
00:54:02,067 --> 00:54:03,367
THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED.
1754
00:54:03,367 --> 00:54:05,167
>> THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT
1755
00:54:05,167 --> 00:54:07,067
SOMEONE LIKE ASSANGE IS THAT HE
1756
00:54:07,067 --> 00:54:08,800
ACTUALLY ALSO SPRANG FROM, YOU
1757
00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:10,267
KNOW, A HACKER CULTURE.
1758
00:54:10,267 --> 00:54:12,067
IT'S A MENTALITY OF SPREADING
1759
00:54:12,067 --> 00:54:12,700
INFORMATION.
1760
00:54:12,700 --> 00:54:13,733
>> JULIAN WAS MENDAX.
1761
00:54:13,733 --> 00:54:15,200
HE WAS THE GREATEST HACKER THAT
1762
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:16,500
EVER WALKED THE FACE OF THE
1763
00:54:16,500 --> 00:54:17,633
EARTH WHEN I WAS A KID.
1764
00:54:17,633 --> 00:54:19,067
I MEAN, THEY RUMORED HE COULD
1765
00:54:19,067 --> 00:54:20,500
MOVE SATELLITES AROUND IN SPACE
1766
00:54:20,500 --> 00:54:21,567
BY HACKING INTO NASA.
1767
00:54:21,567 --> 00:54:23,067
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT NEVER
1768
00:54:23,067 --> 00:54:24,533
HAPPENED BUT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW,
1769
00:54:24,533 --> 00:54:25,900
IT WAS A MYTH THAT KEPT YOUNG
1770
00:54:25,900 --> 00:54:27,333
KIDS LIKE ME WANTING TO, LIKE,
1771
00:54:27,333 --> 00:54:28,833
YOU KNOW, PLUG A COMPUTER INTO A
1772
00:54:28,833 --> 00:54:30,333
MODEM AND SEE IF I CAN MOVE SOME
1773
00:54:30,333 --> 00:54:31,267
SATELLITES AROUND.
1774
00:54:31,267 --> 00:54:33,067
>> WikiLeaks IS AN EXTENSION OF
1775
00:54:33,067 --> 00:54:34,867
THE HACKERS ETHOS -- TRUTH WANTS
1776
00:54:34,867 --> 00:54:36,400
TO BE FREE, AND WE WANT TO
1777
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:38,400
LIBERATE IT.
1778
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:40,333
>> WikiLeaks RELEASED A HUGE
1779
00:54:40,333 --> 00:54:42,200
TROVE OF DIPLOMATIC CABLES.
1780
00:54:42,200 --> 00:54:44,267
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONTROVERSY
1781
00:54:44,267 --> 00:54:46,600
FROM EVERY QUARTER OF SOCIETY.
1782
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:48,100
>> THE WikiLeaks WEBSITE
1783
00:54:48,100 --> 00:54:49,900
RELEASED NEARLY 400,000 SECRET
1784
00:54:49,900 --> 00:54:51,767
U.S. FILES ON THE IRAQ WAR LATE
1785
00:54:51,767 --> 00:54:52,333
TODAY.
1786
00:54:52,333 --> 00:54:53,933
IT WAS THE LARGEST LEAK OF
1787
00:54:53,933 --> 00:54:55,433
CLASSIFIED U.S. FILES IN
1788
00:54:55,433 --> 00:54:56,100
HISTORY.
1789
00:54:56,100 --> 00:54:58,067
>> THE DIPLOMATIC CABLES SHOW
1790
00:54:58,067 --> 00:54:59,800
THE U.S. IS SPYING ON ITS
1791
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:00,567
ALLIES.
1792
00:55:00,567 --> 00:55:01,800
>> LOTS OF THINGS WHICH WERE
1793
00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:03,067
UNDERSTOOD IN PRIVATE AND MAY
1794
00:55:03,067 --> 00:55:04,400
HAVE BEEN NOT EVEN TALKED ABOUT
1795
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:05,700
EXPLICITLY -- SUDDENLY THEY'RE
1796
00:55:05,700 --> 00:55:07,067
OUT THERE IN THE COLD LIGHT OF
1797
00:55:07,067 --> 00:55:08,267
DAY, AND IT'S GONNA MAKE SOME
1798
00:55:08,267 --> 00:55:09,633
GOVERNMENTS AND SOME INDIVIDUALS
1799
00:55:09,633 --> 00:55:11,067
VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
1800
00:55:45,300 --> 00:55:46,967
>> THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR
1801
00:55:46,967 --> 00:55:49,833
MOMENT THAT REALLY SPARKED THE
1802
00:55:49,833 --> 00:55:52,800
FIRE, AND THIS WAS WHEN PayPal,
1803
00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:55,600
MasterCard, AND AMAZON PULLED
1804
00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:57,267
SERVICES FOR WikiLeaks.
1805
00:55:57,267 --> 00:55:58,900
>> SO, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE'S
1806
00:55:58,900 --> 00:56:00,300
NO WAY TO ACTUALLY, LIKE,
1807
00:56:00,300 --> 00:56:01,933
PROCESS DONATIONS TO WikiLeaks.
1808
00:56:01,933 --> 00:56:03,533
AND THEN PEOPLE WENT AND FOUND,
1809
00:56:03,533 --> 00:56:04,767
LIKE, NEO-NAZI GROUPS.
1810
00:56:04,767 --> 00:56:06,067
VISA AND MasterCard WERE
1811
00:56:06,067 --> 00:56:07,600
PERFECTLY FINE WITH YOU BEING
1812
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:09,267
ABLE TO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, PayPal,
1813
00:56:09,267 --> 00:56:10,600
BEING ABLE TO, LIKE, MAKE
1814
00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:12,600
DONATIONS TO THEM.
1815
00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:14,633
BUT WikiLeaks -- NO.
1816
00:56:40,700 --> 00:56:42,533
>> ANONYMOUS VERY QUICKLY MOVED
1817
00:56:42,533 --> 00:56:43,867
INTO AN ATTACK MODE.
1818
00:56:47,633 --> 00:56:50,067
>> CYBER PROTESTS, SIT-INS --
1819
00:56:50,067 --> 00:56:52,200
HOWEVER YOU WANT TO LOOK AT
1820
00:56:52,200 --> 00:56:55,700
IT -- DDoS IS A TOOL THAT IS A
1821
00:56:55,700 --> 00:56:57,867
BIG GIANT -- IT'S LIKE DRIVING A
1822
00:56:57,867 --> 00:56:59,200
FINISH NAIL IN WITH A
1823
00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:01,433
SLEDGEHAMMER.
1824
00:57:01,433 --> 00:57:03,767
>> THE NUMBERS OF PARTICIPANTS
1825
00:57:03,767 --> 00:57:07,933
WERE MASSIVE -- MASSIVE.
1826
00:57:07,933 --> 00:57:10,600
AND THEY MANAGE OVER THE COURSE
1827
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:13,233
OF A COUPLE OF DAYS TO DISABLE
1828
00:57:13,233 --> 00:57:15,833
THE WEBSITES OF MasterCard AND
1829
00:57:15,833 --> 00:57:18,067
PayPal.
1830
00:57:18,233 --> 00:57:20,333
>> IT WAS LIKE WATCHING THE HACK
1831
00:57:20,333 --> 00:57:22,233
MAGICIAN FINALLY GET A TRICK
1832
00:57:22,233 --> 00:57:23,933
RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT
1833
00:57:23,933 --> 00:57:25,700
EXPECTING IT AND THEN IT'S
1834
00:57:25,700 --> 00:57:26,667
MAGNIFICENT.
1835
00:57:26,667 --> 00:57:29,067
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
1836
00:57:29,233 --> 00:57:30,900
[ CHUCKLES ]
1837
00:57:30,900 --> 00:57:32,133
'CAUSE WHAT YOU HAD IS PEOPLE
1838
00:57:32,133 --> 00:57:33,200
FINDING YOU STOOD UP FOR
1839
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:34,433
SOMETHING.
1840
00:57:34,433 --> 00:57:37,267
HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE WE
1841
00:57:37,267 --> 00:57:39,900
HAD A HUGE, REALLY RELEVANT
1842
00:57:39,900 --> 00:57:40,633
PROTEST.
1843
00:57:40,633 --> 00:57:42,500
I'M NOT TALKING TEA PARTY, "I
1844
00:57:42,500 --> 00:57:44,100
WANT TO BRING MY GUNS IN
1845
00:57:44,100 --> 00:57:44,833
PUBLIC."
1846
00:57:44,833 --> 00:57:50,167
I'M TALKING...I'M TALKING 10,000
1847
00:57:50,167 --> 00:57:52,067
ANGRY PEOPLE SAID, "THIS IS NOT
1848
00:57:52,067 --> 00:57:53,433
RIGHT, AND I WANT TO DO
1849
00:57:53,433 --> 00:57:54,800
SOMETHING ABOUT IT."
1850
00:57:59,167 --> 00:58:01,567
>> SOON AFTER, WikiLeaks WAS
1851
00:58:01,567 --> 00:58:05,067
BLOCKED IN TUNISIA.
1852
00:58:05,067 --> 00:58:08,067
AND ANONYMOUS GOT WIND OF THAT.
1853
00:58:08,067 --> 00:58:10,567
THEY THEN INTERVENED -- AT
1854
00:58:10,567 --> 00:58:12,067
FIRST, SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSES
1855
00:58:12,067 --> 00:58:13,467
OF, LIKE, STOPPING THE KIND OF
1856
00:58:13,467 --> 00:58:14,900
CENSORSHIP THAT WAS HAPPENING.
1857
00:58:14,900 --> 00:58:16,433
AND THEY DID SOME DDoSing.
1858
00:58:16,633 --> 00:58:18,133
AND THIS WAS A TIME PERIOD WHERE
1859
00:58:18,133 --> 00:58:20,067
THEY WERE GETTING INVOLVED WITH
1860
00:58:20,067 --> 00:58:21,267
WHAT I WOULD CALL
1861
00:58:21,267 --> 00:58:22,733
"NON-INTERNETY" SOCIAL
1862
00:58:22,733 --> 00:58:24,667
MOVEMENTS AND BUILDING LINES OF
1863
00:58:24,667 --> 00:58:26,067
SOLIDARITY.
1864
00:58:26,067 --> 00:58:27,333
>> MY NAME'S PETE FEIN.
1865
00:58:27,333 --> 00:58:29,333
YOU CAN CALL ME AN INTERNAUT OR
1866
00:58:29,333 --> 00:58:30,500
A HACKTIVIST.
1867
00:58:30,500 --> 00:58:32,833
TELECOMIX IS AN AD HOC CLUSTER
1868
00:58:32,833 --> 00:58:35,167
OF VOLUNTEER NET ACTIVISTS WHO
1869
00:58:35,167 --> 00:58:36,767
HAVE HAVE SPENT MUCH OF LAST
1870
00:58:36,767 --> 00:58:38,533
YEAR TRYING TO KEEP THE INTERNET
1871
00:58:38,533 --> 00:58:40,233
RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
1872
00:58:40,433 --> 00:58:42,067
DURING THAT TIME, WE SAW THE
1873
00:58:42,067 --> 00:58:43,600
TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT NOT ONLY
1874
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:45,167
CENSORING AND FILTERING THE
1875
00:58:45,167 --> 00:58:46,733
INTERNET BUT ALSO DOING SOME
1876
00:58:46,733 --> 00:58:48,367
KIND OF TECHNICAL TRICKERY TO
1877
00:58:48,367 --> 00:58:49,733
STEAL PEOPLE'S FACEBOOK
1878
00:58:49,733 --> 00:58:51,233
PASSWORDS AND DELETE THEIR
1879
00:58:51,233 --> 00:58:52,867
POSTS AND SEE WHO WAS POSTING
1880
00:58:52,867 --> 00:58:54,267
WHAT AND, YOU KNOW, FAKE
1881
00:58:54,267 --> 00:58:55,700
POSTS -- STUFF LIKE THAT.
1882
00:58:55,700 --> 00:58:57,600
>> SOME TUNISIAN HACKERS CAME TO
1883
00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:58,067
US.
1884
00:58:58,067 --> 00:58:59,867
THEY WERE MEMBERS OF ANONYMOUS,
1885
00:58:59,867 --> 00:59:01,700
AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD
1886
00:59:01,700 --> 00:59:03,600
MEMBERS OF ANONYMOUS IN TUNISIA,
1887
00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:05,100
SO IT WAS A SHOCK TO ME.
1888
00:59:05,100 --> 00:59:06,867
AND THEY HAD SOME -- THEY HAD
1889
00:59:06,867 --> 00:59:08,633
THE KEYS TO SOME PARTS OF THE
1890
00:59:08,633 --> 00:59:10,367
KINGDOM, SO TO SPEAK, WHEN IT
1891
00:59:10,367 --> 00:59:12,300
CAME TO THE DICTATOR IN TUNISIA.
1892
00:59:12,300 --> 00:59:14,067
WE WENT IN ON BEHALF OF THOSE
1893
00:59:14,067 --> 00:59:15,800
TUNISIAN ANONS, AND WE HELPED
1894
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:17,567
THEM GET THAT AND EXTRACT IT,
1895
00:59:17,567 --> 00:59:19,367
AND THEN IT WENT TO WikiLeaks.
1896
00:59:19,367 --> 00:59:20,467
>> THE TUNISIANS OVERTHREW
1897
00:59:20,467 --> 00:59:21,567
BEN ALI, WHO WAS KIND OF A
1898
00:59:21,567 --> 00:59:22,900
REPRESSIVE DICTATOR.
1899
00:59:22,900 --> 00:59:24,467
>> A REVOLUTION THAT WAS
1900
00:59:24,467 --> 00:59:26,067
FACILITATED BY -- BY THE
1901
00:59:26,067 --> 00:59:29,133
INTERNET, BY FACEBOOK, AND BY
1902
00:59:29,133 --> 00:59:30,333
TWITTER.
1903
00:59:30,333 --> 00:59:31,400
NOT CAUSED BY IT.
1904
00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:33,200
I MEAN, 50 YEARS OF DICTATORSHIP
1905
00:59:33,200 --> 00:59:34,967
HAS CAUSED THE ARAB SPRING, BUT
1906
00:59:34,967 --> 00:59:36,733
THE INTERNET HAS CERTAINLY BEEN
1907
00:59:36,733 --> 00:59:38,267
HELPING.
1908
01:00:02,233 --> 01:00:04,233
>> THE SAME GROUP OF HACKERS
1909
01:00:04,233 --> 01:00:06,467
THAT TARGET ANTI-WikiLeaks SITES
1910
01:00:06,467 --> 01:00:08,667
HAVE NOW TURNED THEIR ATTENTION
1911
01:00:08,667 --> 01:00:11,867
TO EGYPT.
1912
01:00:12,067 --> 01:00:13,667
>> IN KIND OF THE LEAD-UP TO THE
1913
01:00:13,667 --> 01:00:15,100
EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION, WE WOULD
1914
01:00:15,100 --> 01:00:16,400
TWEET ON PEOPLE'S BEHALF.
1915
01:00:16,400 --> 01:00:17,900
WE'D GET PEOPLE FROM EGYPT WHO
1916
01:00:17,900 --> 01:00:19,500
WERE UNABLE TO ACCESS TWITTER ON
1917
01:00:19,500 --> 01:00:21,033
THEIR OWN, ON OUR R.C. NETWORK,
1918
01:00:21,033 --> 01:00:22,533
AND WE WOULD TAKE REPORTS FROM
1919
01:00:22,533 --> 01:00:24,133
THEM AND TWEET THEM OUT USING --
1920
01:00:24,133 --> 01:00:25,533
USING OUR ACCOUNT TO KIND OF
1921
01:00:25,533 --> 01:00:28,200
HELP THEM GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT
1922
01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:30,067
WHAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING.
1923
01:00:33,700 --> 01:00:35,467
>> SOME OF THIS SHIT IS
1924
01:00:35,467 --> 01:00:37,767
PERSONAL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS
1925
01:00:37,767 --> 01:00:39,933
ABOUT THE MOVEMENT AS A WHOLE
1926
01:00:39,933 --> 01:00:42,300
WHEN EGYPT ROLLED AROUND IS THAT
1927
01:00:42,300 --> 01:00:44,333
EGYPT BROKE US EMOTIONALLY.
1928
01:00:44,333 --> 01:00:46,600
WATCHING IN REAL-TIME WITH LIVE
1929
01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:48,700
FEEDS THAT WE HELPED SET UP,
1930
01:00:48,700 --> 01:00:51,067
EGYPTIANS GETTING MASSACRED WITH
1931
01:00:51,067 --> 01:00:52,933
MACHINE GUNS.
1932
01:00:53,133 --> 01:00:54,900
IT WAS DIFFERENT, AND I HAVE
1933
01:00:54,900 --> 01:00:56,633
NEVER IN CYBER-ACTIVISM WEPT
1934
01:00:56,633 --> 01:00:57,267
BEFORE.
1935
01:00:57,267 --> 01:00:58,967
IT'S NEVER BOTHERED ME LIKE
1936
01:00:58,967 --> 01:00:59,500
THAT.
1937
01:00:59,500 --> 01:01:01,367
IT'S NEVER BEEN ABLE TO TOUCH
1938
01:01:01,367 --> 01:01:04,533
ME THE WAY EGYPT TOUCHED ME.
1939
01:01:04,533 --> 01:01:06,300
>> IT WAS FUCKED UP THAT WE WERE
1940
01:01:06,300 --> 01:01:07,933
WATCHING PEOPLE KILLED FOR NO
1941
01:01:07,933 --> 01:01:09,633
REASON OTHER THAN LEAVING THEIR
1942
01:01:09,633 --> 01:01:11,233
HOMES, THAT THESE PEOPLE HAD
1943
01:01:11,233 --> 01:01:12,800
EVERY RIGHT TO FREEDOM, THAT
1944
01:01:12,800 --> 01:01:14,467
THEY HAD EVERY RIGHT TO CHOOSE
1945
01:01:14,467 --> 01:01:16,800
THEIR GOVERNMENT.
1946
01:01:16,800 --> 01:01:18,867
>> AND THEN JANUARY 27th,
1947
01:01:18,867 --> 01:01:21,233
JANUARY 28th ROLLS AROUND AND
1948
01:01:21,233 --> 01:01:23,667
THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT STARTS
1949
01:01:23,667 --> 01:01:25,867
SHUTTING DOWN THE INTERNET.
1950
01:01:25,867 --> 01:01:27,067
I MEAN, JUST -- FOR THE WHOLE
1951
01:01:27,067 --> 01:01:28,300
COUNTRY, FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY.
1952
01:01:28,300 --> 01:01:29,533
THERE'S THIS FANTASTIC TRAFFIC
1953
01:01:29,533 --> 01:01:30,600
GRAPH THAT YOU CAN SEE THE
1954
01:01:30,600 --> 01:01:31,900
TRAFFIC COMING OUT EGYPT, AND IT
1955
01:01:31,900 --> 01:01:33,233
LOOKS LIKE -- YOU KNOW, LIKE
1956
01:01:33,233 --> 01:01:34,233
THIS.
1957
01:01:34,233 --> 01:01:36,233
JUST TOTALLY STOPS.
1958
01:01:36,233 --> 01:01:37,167
AND WE WERE JUST SHOCKED.
1959
01:01:37,167 --> 01:01:38,200
WE WERE JUST LIKE, "WHAT THE
1960
01:01:38,200 --> 01:01:39,533
FUCK -- LIKE, WHAT THE FUCK?"
1961
01:01:39,533 --> 01:01:40,867
TO THINK THAT A COUNTRY WOULD
1962
01:01:40,867 --> 01:01:42,867
COMPLETELY CUT ITSELF OFF AS
1963
01:01:42,867 --> 01:01:45,067
MUCH AS IT WAS ABLE TO FROM THE
1964
01:01:45,067 --> 01:01:46,733
OUTSIDE WORLD WAS PRETTY
1965
01:01:46,733 --> 01:01:47,733
UNTHINKABLE.
1966
01:01:47,733 --> 01:01:50,067
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW -- WE KNOW BAD
1967
01:01:50,067 --> 01:01:51,933
THINGS GO ON IN THE DARK PLACES.
1968
01:02:19,700 --> 01:02:22,067
>> I PUT MYSELF IN THEIR PLACE,
1969
01:02:22,067 --> 01:02:24,300
AND I FOUND MYSELF IN A DESERT
1970
01:02:24,300 --> 01:02:26,600
OF NOTHINGNESS BECAUSE HE JUST
1971
01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:28,733
WIPED OUT EVERYTHING THAT MY
1972
01:02:28,733 --> 01:02:30,300
WORLD INCORPORATED.
1973
01:02:30,300 --> 01:02:32,100
THAT JUST SHOWED ME AND
1974
01:02:32,100 --> 01:02:34,333
EVERYBODY ELSE THAT THIS SAME
1975
01:02:34,333 --> 01:02:36,467
THING CAN HAPPEN AT ANYTIME,
1976
01:02:36,467 --> 01:02:38,167
ANYWHERE, IN ANY GOVERNMENT.
1977
01:02:38,367 --> 01:02:41,333
>> ANONYMOUS AND THE PEOPLE ON
1978
01:02:41,333 --> 01:02:44,367
THE INTERNET STOOD UP AND SAID,
1979
01:02:44,367 --> 01:02:46,867
"GO FUCK YOURSELF."
1980
01:02:46,867 --> 01:02:48,367
YOU WANT TO SHUT DOWN THEIR
1981
01:02:48,367 --> 01:02:50,700
INTERNET -- FINE.
1982
01:02:50,700 --> 01:02:52,167
THE PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET WILL
1983
01:02:52,167 --> 01:02:53,567
SHOW THEM HOW TO TURN IT BACK
1984
01:02:53,567 --> 01:02:55,267
ON.
1985
01:03:15,067 --> 01:03:16,567
>> IN EGYPT, THE CARE PACKAGE WE
1986
01:03:16,567 --> 01:03:18,067
PUT TOGETHER INCLUDED SOME KIND
1987
01:03:18,067 --> 01:03:19,400
OF RCom INFORMATION, THE HAM
1988
01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:23,233
RADIO AND DIAL MODEM DETAILS.
1989
01:03:23,233 --> 01:03:24,400
IN TOTAL, WE HELPED COORDINATE
1990
01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:26,733
AND RUN ABOUT 500 DIAL-UP MODEM
1991
01:03:26,733 --> 01:03:29,567
LINES.
1992
01:03:29,567 --> 01:03:31,700
WE ALSO GOOGLED TREATMENTS FOR
1993
01:03:31,700 --> 01:03:33,933
TEAR GAS AND OTHER KIND OF BASIC
1994
01:03:33,933 --> 01:03:35,900
MEDICAL TREATMENT AND FOUND
1995
01:03:35,900 --> 01:03:38,067
FOLKS WHO COULD TRANSLATE THAT
1996
01:03:38,067 --> 01:03:40,200
INTO ARABIC -- SORT OF PUT THIS
1997
01:03:40,200 --> 01:03:42,400
TOGETHER IN A NICE ONE-PAGE PDF
1998
01:03:42,400 --> 01:03:43,833
AND FAX, AND OFF IT GOES.
1999
01:03:43,833 --> 01:03:45,467
>> I THINK THE MOST EFFECTIVE
2000
01:03:45,467 --> 01:03:46,800
THING WAS SHUTTING DOWN
2001
01:03:46,800 --> 01:03:48,967
GOVERNMENT WEBSITES.
2002
01:03:48,967 --> 01:03:51,133
WE'RE TAKING YOUR DICTATOR'S
2003
01:03:51,133 --> 01:03:54,133
WEB PAGES DOWN.
2004
01:03:54,133 --> 01:03:56,167
>> [ SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE ]
2005
01:03:56,367 --> 01:03:58,200
>> PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK HAS
2006
01:03:58,200 --> 01:04:00,067
DECIDED TO STEP DOWN FROM THE
2007
01:04:00,067 --> 01:04:01,633
OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE
2008
01:04:01,633 --> 01:04:02,633
REPUBLIC.
2009
01:04:02,633 --> 01:04:04,333
[ CHEERING ]
2010
01:04:33,600 --> 01:04:35,300
>> WE HAD EGYPTIANS COME THANK
2011
01:04:35,300 --> 01:04:36,967
US AS WE'RE DOING THIS STUFF,
2012
01:04:36,967 --> 01:04:38,667
AND I SAID -- I'M LIKE, "LOOK,
2013
01:04:38,667 --> 01:04:40,333
YOU GUYS JUST GET OUR BACK IF
2014
01:04:40,333 --> 01:04:41,700
STUFF GOES DOWN HERE."
2015
01:05:04,233 --> 01:05:06,133
>> THE FBI IS NOW INVESTIGATING
2016
01:05:06,133 --> 01:05:08,067
ANONYMOUS -- A LOOSE COLLECTION
2017
01:05:08,067 --> 01:05:09,767
OF ROGUE, TECH-SAVVY HACKERS
2018
01:05:09,767 --> 01:05:11,667
CREDITED WITH BRINGING DOWN THE
2019
01:05:11,667 --> 01:05:13,567
WEBSITES OF MasterCard AND VISA
2020
01:05:13,567 --> 01:05:14,567
LAST DECEMBER.
2021
01:05:14,567 --> 01:05:15,733
>> SO, OVER 40 RAIDS BACK THEN,
2022
01:05:15,733 --> 01:05:16,567
THEY SEIZE COMPUTERS,
2023
01:05:16,567 --> 01:05:17,700
CELLPHONES, AND THOSE KINDS OF
2024
01:05:17,700 --> 01:05:18,833
TECHNICAL APPARATUS, SOMETIMES
2025
01:05:18,833 --> 01:05:19,900
INCLUDING, IN THE CASE OF THE
2026
01:05:19,900 --> 01:05:21,100
19-YEAR-OLD GIRL LIVING WITH HER
2027
01:05:21,100 --> 01:05:22,233
FAMILY, THEY TOOK HER PARENTS'
2028
01:05:22,233 --> 01:05:24,567
STUFF, TOO.
2029
01:05:24,567 --> 01:05:26,067
THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A SORT OF
2030
01:05:26,067 --> 01:05:27,633
CAT-AND-MOUSE DYNAMIC, NOT JUST
2031
01:05:27,633 --> 01:05:29,233
IN RELATION TO THE FEDS BUT ALSO
2032
01:05:29,233 --> 01:05:30,700
TO THESE SORT OF GROUPS THAT
2033
01:05:30,700 --> 01:05:32,133
HAVE APPOINTED THEMSELVES AS
2034
01:05:32,133 --> 01:05:33,667
GUARDIANS OF THE REPUBLIC.
2035
01:05:41,167 --> 01:05:44,167
>> SUDDENLY ON FEBRUARY 5th,
2036
01:05:44,167 --> 01:05:45,833
A FINANCIAL TIMES ARTICLE COMES
2037
01:05:45,833 --> 01:05:49,067
OUT THAT WE ALL SEE.
2038
01:05:49,067 --> 01:05:50,567
IT'S QUOTING THIS GUY NAMED
2039
01:05:50,567 --> 01:05:52,333
AARON BARR, WHO'S THE C.E.O. OF
2040
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HBGary FEDERAL, WHICH IS AN
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INTELLIGENCE CONTRACTOR, AND
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AARON BARR IS TELLING THIS
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FINANCIAL TIMES JOURNALIST
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JOSEPH MENN THAT HE'S BEEN
2045
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SECRETLY MONITORING THE AnonOps
2046
01:06:01,933 --> 01:06:03,700
SERVER, WHERE ALL THIS IS GOING
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ON, AND HAS DONE SO FOR SEVERAL
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WEEKS, AND USING HIS OWN CUSTOM
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BRAND OF INFORMATION-OPERATIONS
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TECHNIQUES HAS MANAGED TO
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IDENTIFY THE ALLEGED LEADERSHIP
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OF ANONYMOUS, INCLUDING 25
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"LIEUTENANTS" OF SOME SORT.
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>> WE HAVE TO SEE THIS DOCUMENT.
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EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW.
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WE DON'T NEED TO DESTROY HIM.
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WE DON'T NEED TO DESTROY HIS
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COMPANY.
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WE JUST NEED TO SEE THE
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DOCUMENT, AND WE'LL DECIDED WHAT
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COMES NEXT AFTER LOOKING AT THE
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DOCUMENT.
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SO, THEY GET IT.
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IT WAS UNBELIEVABLY EASY TO GET
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INTO THAT NETWORK.
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>> AND MY NAME WAS ON THERE --
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AS A SCREEN NAME.
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AND GREGG HOUSH WAS LISTED THERE
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BY HIS SCREEN NAME.
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THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WHAT
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HE TOLD FINANCIAL TIMES WAS --
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EVERYTHING HE TOLD THEM WAS
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DEMONSTRATIVELY UNTRUE AND VERY
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MUCH HILARIOUSLY SO.
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>> HE HAD TO BE SHUT UP.
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IT HAD TO BE PROVEN TO THE WORLD
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THAT THIS GUY WAS A RETARD AND
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THAT HIS INFORMATION WAS IN NO
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WAY VALID.
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>> AND TO PUT THAT IN HACKER
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TERMS, ANONYMOUS IS A HORNET'S
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NEST AND BARR SAID, "I'M GONNA
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STICK MY PENIS IN THAT THING."
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[ LAUGHTER ]
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>> IN A MERE 24 HOURS, HE WAS
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OWNED, PWNED COMPLETELY BY A
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SMALL GROUP OF PARTICIPANTS WHO
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BASICALLY WENT ON A HACKING
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RAMPAGE.
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>> FASTER THAN YOU CAN SAY, "GET
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THESE HORNETS OFF MY PENIS,"
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ANONYMOUS TOOK DOWN BARR'S
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WEBSITE, STOLE HIS E-MAIL,
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DELETED THE COMPANY'S BACKUP
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DATA, TRASHED HIS TWITTER
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ACCOUNT, AND REMOTELY WIPED HIS
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iPad.
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[ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE ]
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AND HE HAD JUST REACHED THE
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"HAM 'EM HIGH" LEVEL ON
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"ANGRY BIRDS."
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[ LAUGHTER ]
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>> THE HBGary HACK BROUGHT ABOUT
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70,000 E-MAILS.
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>> PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
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ONES HAD TO DO WITH A PROPOSAL
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THAT HBGary HAD ALREADY
2108
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FORMULATED.
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IT WAS PACKAGED UP AS A NICE
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PowerPoint PRESENTATION.
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KIND OF ACT AS PRIVATIZED AGENT
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PROVOCATEURS WHERE THEY WERE
2113
01:07:52,400 --> 01:07:54,567
GONNA DISCREDIT WikiLeaks.
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>> HBGary WAS PROPOSING
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SUBMITTING FAKE DOCUMENTS TO
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WikiLeaks AND THEN, WHEN
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DISCOVERED AS FAKE, THE ERROR
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COULD BE CALLED OUT AND IT WOULD
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DISCREDIT WikiLeaks.
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>> SO, THERE'S A LOT OF, LIKE,
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SPECIFICS I CAN'T TALK ABOUT, SO
2122
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LET ME TRY TO ANSWER THAT,
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THOUGH, IN A GENERAL SENSE.
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WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'M -- IT'S
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PROBABLY NO SURPRISE TO ANYBODY
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01:08:15,300 --> 01:08:17,067
I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF WikiLeaks.
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I THINK THAT THE BROAD PURPOSE
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OF TRYING TO GET AS MUCH
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INFORMATION -- PROPRIETARY OR
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CLASSIFIED INFORMATION FOR THE
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GOVERNMENT -- EXPOSE THAT, IS AN
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EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE AND
2133
01:08:28,567 --> 01:08:30,733
DANGEROUS PURPOSE.
2134
01:08:30,733 --> 01:08:32,167
>> THE PROPOSALS INVOLVED
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CONDUCTING INFORMATION WAR ON
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WikiLeaks AND ITS SUPPORTERS,
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01:08:35,467 --> 01:08:36,467
CREATING DISSENSION WITHIN
2138
01:08:36,467 --> 01:08:39,800
WikiLeaks, DDoS ATTACKS.
2139
01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:41,467
>> YOU ALSO WANTED TO LAUNCH
2140
01:08:41,467 --> 01:08:43,067
CYBER ATTACKS ON WikiLeaks
2141
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INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET
2142
01:08:44,367 --> 01:08:45,800
INFORMATION ON DOCUMENT
2143
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SUBMITTERS.
2144
01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:47,933
>> ONE THING, I GUESS, I WANT TO
2145
01:08:47,933 --> 01:08:50,933
MAKE SURE IS CLEAR IS...
2146
01:08:50,933 --> 01:08:54,333
NONE OF THOSE ACTIVITIES HAD
2147
01:08:54,333 --> 01:08:55,467
ACTUALLY OCCURRED.
2148
01:08:55,467 --> 01:08:56,867
YOU KNOW, THERE'S -- IN
2149
01:08:56,867 --> 01:08:58,567
BUSINESS, THERE'S...YOU KNOW,
2150
01:08:58,567 --> 01:08:59,800
WHEN YOU START PROPOSING OR
2151
01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:01,267
THINKING ABOUT AN IDEA, THERE'S
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01:09:01,267 --> 01:09:02,333
A BRAINSTORMING PHASE.
2153
01:09:02,333 --> 01:09:03,667
AND SOMEBODY SAYS, "WELL, WHAT
2154
01:09:03,667 --> 01:09:05,067
IF, YOU KNOW -- WHAT COULD WE
2155
01:09:05,067 --> 01:09:05,300
DO?
2156
01:09:05,300 --> 01:09:06,700
WHAT'S THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE?"
2157
01:09:06,700 --> 01:09:07,933
>> WELL, STILL, THIS WAS AN
2158
01:09:07,933 --> 01:09:08,333
IDEA.
2159
01:09:08,333 --> 01:09:09,233
THIS WAS PROPOSED.
2160
01:09:09,233 --> 01:09:10,467
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU
2161
01:09:10,467 --> 01:09:11,200
THOUGHT ABOUT.
2162
01:09:11,200 --> 01:09:14,200
>> RIGHT.
2163
01:09:14,200 --> 01:09:16,067
>> THEY ALSO WANTED TO GO ON A
2164
01:09:16,067 --> 01:09:17,733
CAMPAIGN KIND OF TARGETING
2165
01:09:17,733 --> 01:09:19,300
GLENN GREENWALD, WHO'S A
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REPORTER FOR SALON, WHO'S AN
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01:09:21,067 --> 01:09:23,067
OUTSPOKEN KIND OF CRITIC OF THE
2168
01:09:23,067 --> 01:09:24,733
GOVERNMENT AND SUPPORTER OF
2169
01:09:24,733 --> 01:09:25,533
WikiLeaks.
2170
01:09:25,533 --> 01:09:27,767
>> IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING
2171
01:09:27,767 --> 01:09:29,900
TO ATTACK A JOURNALIST HERE.
2172
01:09:29,900 --> 01:09:31,633
>> YEAH, AND I, YOU KNOW -- I
2173
01:09:31,633 --> 01:09:33,533
DON'T WANT TO TALK TOO MUCH MORE
2174
01:09:33,533 --> 01:09:34,867
ABOUT GLENN GREENWALD, BUT OTHER
2175
01:09:34,867 --> 01:09:35,833
THAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT I
2176
01:09:35,833 --> 01:09:37,167
PREVIOUSLY SAID IS, YOU KNOW --
2177
01:09:37,167 --> 01:09:38,833
THERE WAS NEVER AN INTENT TO
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01:09:38,833 --> 01:09:42,833
ATTACK...JOURNALISTS.
2179
01:09:42,833 --> 01:09:44,267
NOT ON MY PART.
2180
01:09:44,267 --> 01:09:46,533
YOU KNOW...I GUESS I SHOULD
2181
01:09:46,533 --> 01:09:48,167
SAY -- I SHOULD GENERALIZE THAT
2182
01:09:48,167 --> 01:09:49,633
AND TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I
2183
01:09:49,633 --> 01:09:51,100
WOULD NEVER JUST OUTWARDLY
2184
01:09:51,100 --> 01:09:52,733
ATTACK A JOURNALIST OTHER THAN
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01:09:52,733 --> 01:09:54,200
IF I FELT THAT THERE WAS A
2186
01:09:54,200 --> 01:09:55,933
JOURNALIST, IN MY MIND, THAT WAS
2187
01:09:55,933 --> 01:10:00,267
ACTING UNETHICALLY.
2188
01:10:00,267 --> 01:10:03,267
THAT'S A FAIR GAME FOR HAVING A
2189
01:10:03,267 --> 01:10:05,633
PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.
2190
01:10:05,833 --> 01:10:07,500
>> THEY WERE WALKING A VERY FINE
2191
01:10:07,500 --> 01:10:09,500
ETHICAL LINE AT POINTS, AND, IN
2192
01:10:09,500 --> 01:10:12,667
MANY CASES, THE MASS OPINION IS,
2193
01:10:12,667 --> 01:10:15,200
"NO, THEY STEPPED WELL PAST IT."
2194
01:10:15,400 --> 01:10:17,133
>> I WILL NOT SUPPORT BROAD
2195
01:10:17,133 --> 01:10:18,800
THEFT OF -- OF INFORMATION
2196
01:10:18,800 --> 01:10:20,633
RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC 'CAUSE
2197
01:10:20,633 --> 01:10:22,567
THAT'S NOTHING BUT DESTRUCTIVE.
2198
01:10:22,567 --> 01:10:24,300
IF SOMEBODY HAS INFORMATION
2199
01:10:24,300 --> 01:10:26,133
THAT'S BEEN STOLEN FROM THEM,
2200
01:10:26,133 --> 01:10:27,900
AND WHETHER OR NOT WikiLeaks
2201
01:10:27,900 --> 01:10:29,833
ENCOURAGED THE THEFT OF THAT OR
2202
01:10:29,833 --> 01:10:31,733
WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS JUST PUT
2203
01:10:31,733 --> 01:10:33,400
IN THEIR LAP -- STILL,
2204
01:10:33,400 --> 01:10:34,567
THEY'RE -- THEY'RE THREATENING
2205
01:10:34,567 --> 01:10:36,900
TO RELEASE THE INFORMATION THAT
2206
01:10:36,900 --> 01:10:38,067
WAS THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OF
2207
01:10:38,067 --> 01:10:40,167
ANOTHER ORGANIZATION.
2208
01:10:40,167 --> 01:10:42,800
SO, YOUR CHOICES ARE TO JUST
2209
01:10:42,800 --> 01:10:45,600
ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN OR TO TRY
2210
01:10:45,600 --> 01:10:47,933
TO STOP IT.
2211
01:10:47,933 --> 01:10:50,100
HOW OFFENSIVE IS TOO OFFENSIVE?
2212
01:10:50,100 --> 01:10:51,433
YOU KNOW, WE'VE CERTAINLY SEEN A
2213
01:10:51,433 --> 01:10:53,100
LOT OF STRATEGY COMING OUT OF
2214
01:10:53,100 --> 01:10:55,100
GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE WORLD
2215
01:10:55,100 --> 01:10:56,267
NOW, SAYING, YOU KNOW --
2216
01:10:56,267 --> 01:10:57,533
PUBLICLY ADMITTING THAT THEY
2217
01:10:57,533 --> 01:10:58,867
NEED TO BECOME -- THEY NEED TO
2218
01:10:58,867 --> 01:11:00,067
DEVELOP BETTER OFFENSIVE
2219
01:11:00,067 --> 01:11:01,367
STRATEGIES IN CYBER SECURITY,
2220
01:11:01,367 --> 01:11:04,067
BECAUSE DEFENSE AS A WHOLE ISN'T
2221
01:11:04,067 --> 01:11:06,233
ENOUGH.
2222
01:11:06,233 --> 01:11:08,900
IT NEVER IS ENOUGH.
2223
01:11:08,900 --> 01:11:10,100
>> IN THE COURT OF PUBLIC
2224
01:11:10,100 --> 01:11:11,567
OPINION THAT TOOK HBGary QUICKLY
2225
01:11:11,567 --> 01:11:13,067
FROM BEING A PERCEIVED VICTIM TO
2226
01:11:13,067 --> 01:11:14,200
BEING A PERCEIVED VILLAIN
2227
01:11:14,200 --> 01:11:14,833
THEMSELVES.
2228
01:11:14,833 --> 01:11:16,067
IT WAS BECOMING HARDER AND
2229
01:11:16,067 --> 01:11:17,467
HARDER TO DISTINGUISH THE GOOD
2230
01:11:17,467 --> 01:11:19,067
GUYS FROM THE BAD GUYS.
2231
01:11:19,200 --> 01:11:22,533
>> HBGary CHANGED ANONYMOUS...
2232
01:11:22,533 --> 01:11:25,367
AS TREMENDOUSLY AS OPTUNISIA
2233
01:11:25,367 --> 01:11:25,867
DID.
2234
01:11:25,867 --> 01:11:27,367
AND WITHIN ESSENTIALLY A MONTH
2235
01:11:27,367 --> 01:11:29,367
OF EACH OTHER, THESE TWO EVENTS
2236
01:11:29,367 --> 01:11:32,367
WERE TOTALLY FORMATIVE FOR THE
2237
01:11:32,367 --> 01:11:33,233
COLLECTIVE.
2238
01:11:33,433 --> 01:11:35,433
OPTUNISIA WAS WHERE IT GOT ITS
2239
01:11:35,433 --> 01:11:37,533
MORAL COMPASS AND ITS SENSE THAT
2240
01:11:37,533 --> 01:11:39,300
IT COULD AFFECT THE WORLD.
2241
01:11:39,300 --> 01:11:41,067
HBGary IS WHERE IT GOT ITS
2242
01:11:41,067 --> 01:11:42,267
SWAGGER.
2243
01:11:44,967 --> 01:11:48,133
>> GEORGE HOTZ MADE IT POSSIBLE
2244
01:11:48,133 --> 01:11:50,800
FOR PlayStation TO RUN
2245
01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:52,467
HOMEBREWED SOFTWARE, WHICH ALSO
2246
01:11:52,467 --> 01:11:54,067
LETS YOU RUN PIRATED SOFTWARE.
2247
01:11:54,200 --> 01:11:56,100
>> YO! IT'S G.O. HOT.
2248
01:11:56,100 --> 01:11:58,667
AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW,
2249
01:11:58,667 --> 01:12:01,067
I'M GETTING SUED BY SONY.
2250
01:12:01,067 --> 01:12:02,700
>> SO, SONY WENT AFTER HIM,
2251
01:12:02,700 --> 01:12:04,067
CLAIMING IT WAS A DMCA
2252
01:12:04,067 --> 01:12:04,833
VIOLATION.
2253
01:12:04,833 --> 01:12:06,167
>> THEY JUST KIND OF MASS-LAWYER
2254
01:12:06,167 --> 01:12:08,333
NASTYGRAMMED HIM AND SHUT HIM
2255
01:12:08,333 --> 01:12:09,967
DOWN AND DID SUE HIM.
2256
01:12:09,967 --> 01:12:10,967
HE SETTLED.
2257
01:12:10,967 --> 01:12:13,067
AND THE RESPONSE TO THAT WAS
2258
01:12:13,067 --> 01:12:15,100
IMMEDIATE AND BRUTAL.
2259
01:12:15,300 --> 01:12:16,567
>> SONY HAS CONFIRMED THAT
2260
01:12:16,567 --> 01:12:17,667
HACKERS BROKE INTO ITS
2261
01:12:17,667 --> 01:12:19,067
PlayStation NETWORK, EXPOSING
2262
01:12:19,067 --> 01:12:20,500
THE PERSONAL INFORMATION OF UP
2263
01:12:20,500 --> 01:12:22,533
TO 77 MILLION USERS WORLDWIDE.
2264
01:12:22,733 --> 01:12:24,467
>> OVER THE NEXT SIX TO EIGHT
2265
01:12:24,467 --> 01:12:26,367
MONTHS, THEY WERE HACKED OVER 20
2266
01:12:26,367 --> 01:12:27,200
TIMES.
2267
01:12:27,200 --> 01:12:28,233
THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT
2268
01:12:28,233 --> 01:12:29,533
ANONYMOUS WAS ANYWHERE NEAR THE
2269
01:12:29,533 --> 01:12:30,500
MAJORITY OF THE HACKS.
2270
01:12:30,500 --> 01:12:31,567
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT
2271
01:12:31,567 --> 01:12:32,767
CAPTURED SO MUCH OF THE MEDIA
2272
01:12:32,767 --> 01:12:34,067
IMAGINATION WHEN ANONYMOUS DID
2273
01:12:34,067 --> 01:12:35,700
IT, AS OPPOSED TO WHEN OTHER
2274
01:12:35,700 --> 01:12:37,433
PEOPLE DID IT, IS BECAUSE THEY
2275
01:12:37,433 --> 01:12:39,100
WERE LOUD AND BOMBASTIC, AND
2276
01:12:39,100 --> 01:12:40,967
THEY HAD A GREAT IMAGE YOU COULD
2277
01:12:40,967 --> 01:12:42,400
THROW ON THE TOP OF YOUR
2278
01:12:42,400 --> 01:12:43,767
ARTICLE, AND THEY MADE
2279
01:12:43,767 --> 01:12:45,400
STATEMENTS THAT, WHEN YOU'RE
2280
01:12:45,400 --> 01:12:47,167
CONSTRUCTING A STORY, YOU JUST
2281
01:12:47,167 --> 01:12:51,833
CAN'T RESIST.
2282
01:12:51,833 --> 01:12:54,067
>> AND THEN, KIND OF SEEMINGLY
2283
01:12:54,067 --> 01:12:55,900
OUT OF THE BLUE, THERE WAS
2284
01:12:55,900 --> 01:12:58,067
SOMETHING BY THE NAME LulzSec
2285
01:12:58,067 --> 01:12:59,900
THAT SAILED INTO THE SEAS.
2286
01:12:59,900 --> 01:13:01,867
>> LulzSec -- IT'S A SORT OF A
2287
01:13:01,867 --> 01:13:03,700
GROUP, MOSTLY FROM ANONYMOUS,
2288
01:13:03,700 --> 01:13:05,533
WHO -- LARGE PART OF THE SAME
2289
01:13:05,533 --> 01:13:07,167
PEOPLE WHO HACKED HBGary.
2290
01:13:07,167 --> 01:13:08,500
AND THEY DECIDED TO FORM THIS
2291
01:13:08,500 --> 01:13:10,767
LITTLE GROUP AND CARRY ON
2292
01:13:10,767 --> 01:13:13,433
OPERATIONS OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW
2293
01:13:13,433 --> 01:13:15,800
OF ANONYMOUS FOR AWHILE.
2294
01:13:29,567 --> 01:13:32,900
>> LulzSec TRIED TO SAY IT
2295
01:13:32,900 --> 01:13:34,167
WASN'T ANONYMOUS FOR AWHILE.
2296
01:13:34,167 --> 01:13:35,600
THEY TRIED TO DIVIDE ITSELF OFF.
2297
01:13:35,600 --> 01:13:36,933
I DON'T THINK ANYONE BOUGHT IT
2298
01:13:36,933 --> 01:13:37,633
FOR A MINUTE.
2299
01:13:37,633 --> 01:13:39,200
THERE WAS NO WAY THAT LulzSec
2300
01:13:39,200 --> 01:13:40,633
WAS NOT ANONYMOUS, BUT THE
2301
01:13:40,633 --> 01:13:42,233
MAJORITY OF TIME, THE MAJORITY
2302
01:13:42,233 --> 01:13:43,933
OF ANONS WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING
2303
01:13:43,933 --> 01:13:45,133
PARTICULARLY ILLEGAL.
2304
01:13:45,133 --> 01:13:47,433
WHEN THEY ARE, A HUGE NUMBER OF
2305
01:13:47,433 --> 01:13:49,600
THEM TRY TO DO THAT IN A VERY
2306
01:13:49,600 --> 01:13:51,633
SPECIFIC POLITICAL CONTEXT.
2307
01:13:51,633 --> 01:13:53,833
FOR THOSE PEOPLE, WHAT LulzSec
2308
01:13:53,833 --> 01:13:56,200
WAS DOING -- THEY WERE FUNNY BUT
2309
01:13:56,200 --> 01:13:58,167
THEY WERE ATTACKING RANDOM
2310
01:13:58,167 --> 01:13:58,867
TARGETS.
2311
01:13:58,867 --> 01:14:00,367
THEY WERE BREAKING THE
2312
01:14:00,367 --> 01:14:03,400
QUASI-RULES BY ATTACKING MEDIA.
2313
01:14:15,833 --> 01:14:16,900
>> THERE WAS A LOT OF
2314
01:14:16,900 --> 01:14:18,300
IN-FIGHTING ABOUT IT BECAUSE
2315
01:14:18,300 --> 01:14:19,667
THEIR WAY, YOU KNOW, WASN'T
2316
01:14:19,667 --> 01:14:21,067
REALLY OUR WAY.
2317
01:14:21,067 --> 01:14:23,833
WE WILL NOT ATTACK THE MEDIA.
2318
01:14:23,833 --> 01:14:25,400
>> PBS's "FRONTLINE" RUNS A
2319
01:14:25,400 --> 01:14:27,100
DOCUMENTARY MAINLY FOCUSED ON
2320
01:14:27,100 --> 01:14:28,733
BRADLEY MANNING, THE ALLEGED
2321
01:14:28,733 --> 01:14:30,467
LEAKER TO WikiLeaks, AND A LOT
2322
01:14:30,467 --> 01:14:32,133
OF BRADLEY MANNING SUPPORTERS
2323
01:14:32,133 --> 01:14:33,133
DIDN'T LIKE IT.
2324
01:14:33,133 --> 01:14:35,100
>> THEY HACKED THE WEBSITE,
2325
01:14:35,100 --> 01:14:37,200
PUTTING A STORY THAT 2PAC AND
2326
01:14:37,200 --> 01:14:39,367
BIGGIE HAD KIND OF ESCAPED THE
2327
01:14:39,367 --> 01:14:41,433
WORLD OF CELEBRITY, FAME, AND
2328
01:14:41,433 --> 01:14:43,533
ATTENTION AND RETIRED QUIETLY
2329
01:14:43,533 --> 01:14:45,700
AND DISCREETLY IN NEW ZEALAND.
2330
01:14:45,700 --> 01:14:47,067
>> LulzSec, WHEN THEY ATTACKED
2331
01:14:47,067 --> 01:14:48,367
PBS, YOU KNOW, THAT GAVE ME THE
2332
01:14:48,367 --> 01:14:49,900
CREEPS, YOU KNOW.
2333
01:14:50,100 --> 01:14:51,867
AS A JOURNALIST, I'M NOT TOO
2334
01:14:51,867 --> 01:14:53,433
THRILLED WITH THE IDEA OF
2335
01:14:53,433 --> 01:14:55,367
SOMEONE JUDGING THAT, "WE DON'T
2336
01:14:55,367 --> 01:14:56,833
LIKE YOU TO WRITE THAT.
2337
01:14:56,833 --> 01:14:58,800
WE DON'T LIKE YOUR REPORTING, SO
2338
01:14:58,800 --> 01:15:00,533
WE'RE GONNA SHUT DOWN YOUR
2339
01:15:00,533 --> 01:15:01,267
WEBSITE."
2340
01:15:01,267 --> 01:15:02,833
I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
2341
01:15:02,833 --> 01:15:04,533
IT COULD BE ME, AND I COULD BE
2342
01:15:04,533 --> 01:15:06,233
WRITING SOMETHING ABOUT A GROUP
2343
01:15:06,233 --> 01:15:07,533
THAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE.
2344
01:15:07,533 --> 01:15:09,167
AND I'M HAPPY TO SIT AND TALK
2345
01:15:09,167 --> 01:15:10,733
WITH THEM ABOUT IT, BUT, YOU
2346
01:15:10,733 --> 01:15:12,267
KNOW, DON'T SHUT MY WEBSITE
2347
01:15:12,267 --> 01:15:13,133
DOWN.
2348
01:15:29,833 --> 01:15:31,167
>> HACKTIVISM STARTED TO
2349
01:15:31,167 --> 01:15:36,333
BECOME...SORT OF...I WOULD SAY
2350
01:15:36,333 --> 01:15:38,667
ALMOST MORE NASTY, USING, YOU
2351
01:15:38,667 --> 01:15:39,833
KNOW, SORT OF MORE
2352
01:15:39,833 --> 01:15:41,500
NO-HOLDS-BARRED KIND OF
2353
01:15:41,500 --> 01:15:44,233
ATTACKS -- SORT OF MORE VICIOUS
2354
01:15:44,233 --> 01:15:45,200
ATTACKS.
2355
01:15:45,200 --> 01:15:48,533
>> LulzSec ADDS THIS DIMENSION
2356
01:15:48,533 --> 01:15:50,200
OF BOMBASTIC LAWBREAKING TO
2357
01:15:50,200 --> 01:15:52,367
ANONYMOUS.
2358
01:15:52,367 --> 01:15:53,700
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FOCUSED
2359
01:15:53,700 --> 01:15:55,533
ON THINGS LIKE THE FREEDOMOPS,
2360
01:15:55,533 --> 01:15:57,700
WHO WANT ANONYMOUS TO BE A WAY
2361
01:15:57,700 --> 01:15:59,733
OF STANDING UP TO THE POWERS
2362
01:15:59,733 --> 01:16:01,900
THAT BE, THIS IS DILUTING AND
2363
01:16:01,900 --> 01:16:04,067
POSSIBLY COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO
2364
01:16:04,067 --> 01:16:05,967
THEIR PROJECT IN ANONYMOUS.
2365
01:16:05,967 --> 01:16:07,733
>> YOU CAN TRY TO MAKE A CASE
2366
01:16:07,733 --> 01:16:09,567
FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND FOR,
2367
01:16:09,567 --> 01:16:11,467
YOU MIGHT CALL IT, CROWD-SOURCED
2368
01:16:11,467 --> 01:16:12,767
INVESTIGATIONS USING
2369
01:16:12,767 --> 01:16:13,933
SOMETIMES ILLEGAL MEANS.
2370
01:16:13,933 --> 01:16:15,267
IT'S HARD TO KEEP MAKING THAT
2371
01:16:15,267 --> 01:16:16,600
CASE, IT'S HARD TO MAINTAIN THAT
2372
01:16:16,600 --> 01:16:19,267
CASE WHEN YOU HAVE THESE PEOPLE
2373
01:16:19,267 --> 01:16:21,167
FROM THE MOVEMENT...
2374
01:16:21,167 --> 01:16:23,867
FUCKING WITH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
2375
01:16:23,867 --> 01:16:25,567
JUST FUCKING WITH PEOPLE.
2376
01:16:28,100 --> 01:16:30,133
>> THEY SORT OF SAW THEMSELVES
2377
01:16:30,133 --> 01:16:32,200
AS GOING OUT THERE AND BREAKING
2378
01:16:32,200 --> 01:16:33,733
INTO, LIKE, ANYTHING,
2379
01:16:33,733 --> 01:16:35,467
EVERYTHING -- GOVERNMENT,
2380
01:16:35,467 --> 01:16:36,900
CORPORATIONS, POLICE
2381
01:16:36,900 --> 01:16:38,933
DEPARTMENTS -- LARGELY FOR THE
2382
01:16:38,933 --> 01:16:40,733
SAME REASON THAT ANONYMOUS
2383
01:16:40,733 --> 01:16:42,733
WOULD.
2384
01:16:42,733 --> 01:16:44,733
THEY WENT AFTER ARIZONA FOR
2385
01:16:44,733 --> 01:16:47,067
IMMIGRATION POLICY.
2386
01:16:47,067 --> 01:16:50,433
50-DAY RUN CAUSING MAYHEM,
2387
01:16:50,433 --> 01:16:53,933
HAVOC -- AND THEN ENDED IT.
2388
01:16:53,933 --> 01:16:55,533
>> THE COMPUTER HACKING GROUP
2389
01:16:55,533 --> 01:16:57,200
LulzSecurity HAS ANNOUNCED IT'S
2390
01:16:57,200 --> 01:16:58,600
DISBANDING, SAYING IT HAD
2391
01:16:58,600 --> 01:17:00,333
ACHIEVED ITS MISSION TO DISRUPT
2392
01:17:00,333 --> 01:17:01,700
GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE
2393
01:17:01,700 --> 01:17:04,867
ORGANIZATIONS FOR FUN.
2394
01:17:04,867 --> 01:17:06,200
>> I CALL THIS WHOLE THING THE
2395
01:17:06,200 --> 01:17:07,733
RISE OF THE CHAOTIC ACTOR.
2396
01:17:07,933 --> 01:17:10,267
AND CHAOTIC COULD BE CHAOTIC
2397
01:17:10,267 --> 01:17:11,767
GOOD, NEUTRAL, OR EVIL.
2398
01:17:11,767 --> 01:17:13,100
AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE OLD
2399
01:17:13,100 --> 01:17:14,500
"DUNGEONS & DRAGONS" CHARTS --
2400
01:17:14,500 --> 01:17:15,867
AND SOME PEOPLE SEE IT ON OPS
2401
01:17:15,867 --> 01:17:17,200
INITIALLY AND WILL STICK WITH
2402
01:17:17,200 --> 01:17:18,733
ANONYMOUS AS CHAOTIC GOOD.
2403
01:17:18,933 --> 01:17:20,400
THEY SAW OPERATION PAYBACK OR
2404
01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:22,067
THEY SAW ATTACKING SCIENTOLOGY,
2405
01:17:22,067 --> 01:17:23,367
AND THEY SAY, "THAT'S GOOD.
2406
01:17:23,367 --> 01:17:24,867
IT'S LIKE ROBIN HOOD, RIGHT?"
2407
01:17:24,867 --> 01:17:26,267
CHAOTIC GOOD -- OUTSIDE THE
2408
01:17:26,267 --> 01:17:27,867
SYSTEM BUT DOING SOMETHING GOOD.
2409
01:17:27,867 --> 01:17:29,500
OTHER PEOPLE SAW ANON AS CHAOTIC
2410
01:17:29,500 --> 01:17:30,567
EVIL LIKE THE JOKER.
2411
01:17:30,567 --> 01:17:32,167
THEY JUST WANT TO SEE THE WORLD
2412
01:17:32,167 --> 01:17:33,667
BURN AND ARE DOING POTENTIALLY
2413
01:17:33,667 --> 01:17:34,733
IRREPARABLE DAMAGE.
2414
01:17:34,733 --> 01:17:36,300
AND THE TRUTH IS, YES, IT'S THE
2415
01:17:36,300 --> 01:17:37,600
ENTIRE COLUMN OF CHAOTIC.
2416
01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:38,967
I'M ACTUALLY A LITTLE LESS
2417
01:17:38,967 --> 01:17:40,367
CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE
2418
01:17:40,367 --> 01:17:41,967
THINGS LulzSec HAS DONE AND MORE
2419
01:17:41,967 --> 01:17:43,233
CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEXT
2420
01:17:43,233 --> 01:17:44,800
GENERATION OF LulzSec, THE NEXT
2421
01:17:44,800 --> 01:17:46,367
TURN OF THE CRANK OF "WHO TAKES
2422
01:17:46,367 --> 01:17:47,500
IT FURTHER OR IS MORE
2423
01:17:47,500 --> 01:17:48,233
AGGRESSIVE?"
2424
01:17:48,233 --> 01:17:49,700
WHOEVER FIGHTS MONSTERS, YOU
2425
01:17:49,700 --> 01:17:51,300
KNOW, SHOULD SEE TO IT THAT THEY
2426
01:17:51,300 --> 01:17:52,833
DON'T THEMSELVES BECOME ONE.
2427
01:17:55,800 --> 01:17:58,533
>> SABU WAS PROBABLY THE MOST
2428
01:17:58,533 --> 01:18:01,467
FAMOUS ANON WHO MANAGED TO KIND
2429
01:18:01,467 --> 01:18:05,967
OF REMAIN FAMOUS FOR AWHILE.
2430
01:18:05,967 --> 01:18:07,833
SOMEBODY WHO GETS FAMOUS IN ANON
2431
01:18:07,833 --> 01:18:09,467
GENERALLY GETS PUNISHED VERY
2432
01:18:09,467 --> 01:18:10,767
HARSHLY BY ANONYMOUS.
2433
01:18:10,767 --> 01:18:13,100
BUT SABU MANAGED TO AVOID THAT A
2434
01:18:13,100 --> 01:18:14,100
FEW WAYS.
2435
01:18:14,100 --> 01:18:15,633
I MEAN, HE WAS A CONTROVERSIAL
2436
01:18:15,633 --> 01:18:16,767
FIGURE -- INCREDIBLY
2437
01:18:16,767 --> 01:18:18,300
CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE -- INSIDE
2438
01:18:18,300 --> 01:18:19,100
OF ANONYMOUS.
2439
01:18:19,100 --> 01:18:20,067
HE WAS BOMBASTIC.
2440
01:18:20,067 --> 01:18:23,067
HE WAS THUGGISH.
2441
01:18:23,067 --> 01:18:27,067
BUT HE WAS ALSO VERY GOOD AT
2442
01:18:27,067 --> 01:18:28,767
MENTORING AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE
2443
01:18:28,767 --> 01:18:30,333
AND GIVING THEM PERMISSION TO
2444
01:18:30,333 --> 01:18:31,067
TRY THINGS.
2445
01:18:31,067 --> 01:18:33,367
AND THAT WAS, I THINK, ONE OF
2446
01:18:33,367 --> 01:18:35,667
THE MOST PIVOTAL THINGS ABOUT
2447
01:18:35,667 --> 01:18:36,833
SABU'S ROLE.
2448
01:18:36,833 --> 01:18:40,500
AND IT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE
2449
01:18:40,500 --> 01:18:42,500
ABSOLUTELY SOUL-CRUSHING LEVEL
2450
01:18:42,500 --> 01:18:45,167
OF BETRAYAL...WHEN IT WAS
2451
01:18:45,167 --> 01:18:46,500
REVEALED THAT SABU WAS WORKING
2452
01:18:46,500 --> 01:18:47,700
FOR THE FBI.
2453
01:18:51,167 --> 01:18:53,633
THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO
2454
01:18:53,633 --> 01:18:56,400
CANNOT LET GO OF THE IDEA THAT
2455
01:18:56,400 --> 01:18:58,367
HE WAS SOMEHOW ON THEIR SIDE,
2456
01:18:58,367 --> 01:19:00,567
THAT SOMEHOW HE HAD TO HAVE BEEN
2457
01:19:00,567 --> 01:19:02,633
WORKING AGAINST THE FBI TO HELP
2458
01:19:02,633 --> 01:19:04,133
THEM -- NO MATTER HOW MUCH IS
2459
01:19:04,133 --> 01:19:06,467
REVEALED.
2460
01:19:06,467 --> 01:19:08,067
BUT HE HAD BETRAYED THE
2461
01:19:08,067 --> 01:19:08,933
COLLECTIVE.
2462
01:19:08,933 --> 01:19:10,900
IT DEVASTATED EVERYONE THAT HE
2463
01:19:10,900 --> 01:19:11,933
HAD TOUCHED.
2464
01:19:29,933 --> 01:19:31,767
>> HUGH DAVIES.
2465
01:19:31,767 --> 01:19:33,767
I'M AN INDEPENDENT BARRISTER.
2466
01:19:33,767 --> 01:19:35,867
AMONGST THE CASES I'M WORKING ON
2467
01:19:35,867 --> 01:19:37,800
AT THE MOMENT ARE THE LulzSec
2468
01:19:37,800 --> 01:19:39,067
BASE PROSECUTION.
2469
01:19:39,067 --> 01:19:41,333
I CAN'T COMMENT ON SABU, BUT
2470
01:19:41,333 --> 01:19:43,800
WITH CYBER CRIMINALS, WHATEVER
2471
01:19:43,800 --> 01:19:46,300
THEIR MOTIVATION, IT MAY NOT BE
2472
01:19:46,300 --> 01:19:48,600
PERSONAL PROFIT, BUT IT IS A
2473
01:19:48,600 --> 01:19:50,500
VERY STRONG, SOMETIMES
2474
01:19:50,500 --> 01:19:52,867
DESTRUCTIVE MOTIVE SIMPLY FOR
2475
01:19:52,867 --> 01:19:54,733
THOSE WITH WHOM THEY DISAGREE.
2476
01:19:54,933 --> 01:19:56,867
IN CRIMINAL TERMS, IT'S
2477
01:19:56,867 --> 01:19:57,900
VANDALISM.
2478
01:19:57,900 --> 01:20:00,400
ONE HAS TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL
2479
01:20:00,400 --> 01:20:02,767
THAT ONE PERSON'S EXERCISE OF
2480
01:20:02,767 --> 01:20:05,267
FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS NOT AT THE
2481
01:20:05,267 --> 01:20:07,467
EXPENSE OF SOME OTHER QUITE
2482
01:20:07,467 --> 01:20:09,967
LEGITIMATE ORGANIZATION'S EQUAL
2483
01:20:09,967 --> 01:20:12,400
RIGHT TO HAVE A LAWFUL WEBSITE
2484
01:20:12,400 --> 01:20:14,600
OPERATING, AVAILABLE TO THE
2485
01:20:14,600 --> 01:20:17,100
PUBLIC IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.
2486
01:20:17,100 --> 01:20:18,633
AND SIMPLY TAKING OUT LAWFUL
2487
01:20:18,633 --> 01:20:20,133
WEBSITES 'CAUSE YOU DISAGREE
2488
01:20:20,133 --> 01:20:21,567
WITH THEM IS AN EROSION OF
2489
01:20:21,567 --> 01:20:23,133
FREEDOM OF SPEECH RATHER THAN
2490
01:20:23,133 --> 01:20:24,333
EXTENDING IT.
2491
01:20:41,500 --> 01:20:44,400
>> REALLY, AS POWERFUL AS THEY
2492
01:20:44,400 --> 01:20:46,733
SEEM TO BE, LulzSec AND
2493
01:20:46,733 --> 01:20:48,267
ANONYMOUS ARE REALLY SMALL
2494
01:20:48,267 --> 01:20:50,067
POTATOES COMPARED TO THE BIGGER
2495
01:20:50,067 --> 01:20:51,700
OPERATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON
2496
01:20:51,700 --> 01:20:53,500
THAT WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT, MAYBE
2497
01:20:53,500 --> 01:20:54,767
OPERATIONS FUNDED BY
2498
01:20:54,767 --> 01:20:55,600
GOVERNMENTS.
2499
01:20:55,600 --> 01:20:57,467
>> THE CRIMINAL HACKERS -- THIS
2500
01:20:57,467 --> 01:20:59,100
IS NOT SOME LONE IDIOT, YOU
2501
01:20:59,100 --> 01:21:00,667
KNOW, HUNKERED DOWN LIKE
2502
01:21:00,667 --> 01:21:02,567
BEAVIS OR BUTT-HEAD, CACKLING AT
2503
01:21:02,567 --> 01:21:04,233
MIDNIGHT OVER HIS COMPUTER.
2504
01:21:04,233 --> 01:21:05,933
THERE ARE A FEW OF THOSE BUT
2505
01:21:05,933 --> 01:21:06,967
IT'S ORGANIZED.
2506
01:21:06,967 --> 01:21:08,500
THERE ARE AD HOC CONTRACT
2507
01:21:08,500 --> 01:21:09,500
WORKERS.
2508
01:21:09,500 --> 01:21:10,633
IT COMES OUT OF RUSSIA, COMES
2509
01:21:10,633 --> 01:21:11,733
OUT OF ROMANIA, COMES OUT OF
2510
01:21:11,733 --> 01:21:14,133
IRAN -- COMES OUT OF WHEREVER.
2511
01:21:14,133 --> 01:21:16,567
BUT THEY WORK ON BEHALF OF THE
2512
01:21:16,567 --> 01:21:18,700
USUAL CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES
2513
01:21:18,700 --> 01:21:19,700
>> THE COMPUTER-SECURITY
2514
01:21:19,700 --> 01:21:20,900
INDUSTRY HAS JUST BEEN GROWING
2515
01:21:20,900 --> 01:21:22,167
AND GROWING AND GROWING OVER THE
2516
01:21:22,167 --> 01:21:24,533
LAST, YOU KNOW, 10, 15 YEARS.
2517
01:21:26,700 --> 01:21:28,267
THERE'S $10 BILLION COMPANIES IN
2518
01:21:28,267 --> 01:21:29,800
THE COMPUTER-SECURITY INDUSTRY.
2519
01:21:29,800 --> 01:21:31,167
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL
2520
01:21:31,167 --> 01:21:32,333
MARKET CAP IS, BUT IT'S
2521
01:21:32,333 --> 01:21:33,733
CERTAINLY IN THE BILLIONS OF
2522
01:21:33,733 --> 01:21:34,300
DOLLARS.
2523
01:21:34,300 --> 01:21:36,200
BLACK HAT, WHEN I FIRST STARTED
2524
01:21:36,200 --> 01:21:38,133
COMING, LIKE 15 YEARS AGO, THERE
2525
01:21:38,133 --> 01:21:39,533
WAS, LIKE, 500 PEOPLE.
2526
01:21:39,533 --> 01:21:41,433
AND THERE'S 8,500 PEOPLE TODAY.
2527
01:21:41,433 --> 01:21:43,333
SO, EVERY YEAR, MORE AND MORE
2528
01:21:43,333 --> 01:21:45,367
PEOPLE COME TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT
2529
01:21:45,367 --> 01:21:46,533
ARE THE ATTACKS.
2530
01:21:46,533 --> 01:21:48,400
COMPANIES COME TO, YOU KNOW,
2531
01:21:48,400 --> 01:21:49,700
SELL NEW PRODUCTS.
2532
01:21:49,700 --> 01:21:51,600
AND THE GOVERNMENT IS COMING,
2533
01:21:51,600 --> 01:21:53,400
SAYING, "WE WANT TO RECRUIT
2534
01:21:53,400 --> 01:21:55,267
YOU TO COME BE OUR NEW CYBER
2535
01:21:55,267 --> 01:21:56,100
WARRIORS."
2536
01:21:56,100 --> 01:21:57,867
>> THE KIND OF THING THAT DRIVES
2537
01:21:57,867 --> 01:21:59,267
PEOPLE TO SOMETHING LIKE
2538
01:21:59,267 --> 01:22:00,933
ANONYMOUS IS THAT SENSE THAT
2539
01:22:00,933 --> 01:22:02,533
THEIR GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO
2540
01:22:02,533 --> 01:22:04,200
WATCH THEM EVERY MOMENT OF THE
2541
01:22:04,200 --> 01:22:05,600
DAY AND, IN AMERICA, OUR
2542
01:22:05,600 --> 01:22:07,300
GOVERNMENT IS KIND OF WATCHING
2543
01:22:07,300 --> 01:22:08,300
US ALL THE TIME.
2544
01:22:08,300 --> 01:22:10,067
LIKE, WE NOW KNOW THAT WITH THE
2545
01:22:10,067 --> 01:22:11,433
WARRANTLESS WIRETAPPING.
2546
01:22:11,433 --> 01:22:13,667
YOU KNOW, WE LIVE UNDER CONSTANT
2547
01:22:13,667 --> 01:22:14,333
CCTVs.
2548
01:22:14,333 --> 01:22:16,567
WE HAVE THAT SENSE THAT NOT ONLY
2549
01:22:16,567 --> 01:22:18,700
ARE WE BEING TRACKED, BUT IT'S
2550
01:22:18,700 --> 01:22:21,867
ABOUT TO GET A LOT WORSE.
2551
01:22:21,867 --> 01:22:23,667
THE NSA HAS EMBRACED DOMESTIC
2552
01:22:23,667 --> 01:22:24,267
SPYING.
2553
01:22:24,267 --> 01:22:25,800
THEY'RE BUILDING A GIANT
2554
01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:27,067
SPY CENTER IN UTAH.
2555
01:22:27,067 --> 01:22:28,833
AND THE ONLY THING -- THE ONLY
2556
01:22:28,833 --> 01:22:30,567
THING -- THAT EVEN GIVES THEM
2557
01:22:30,567 --> 01:22:34,567
PAUSE IS ENCRYPTION.
2558
01:22:34,567 --> 01:22:36,500
ANONYMOUS GIVES PEOPLE A WAY TO
2559
01:22:36,500 --> 01:22:38,333
EXIST OUTSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM.
2560
01:22:38,333 --> 01:22:40,067
>> THERE'S A CERTAIN ONLINE
2561
01:22:40,067 --> 01:22:42,067
CULTURE THAT BELIEVES IN CERTAIN
2562
01:22:42,067 --> 01:22:43,467
VALUES LIKE FREEDOM OF
2563
01:22:43,467 --> 01:22:44,333
EXPRESSION.
2564
01:22:44,333 --> 01:22:46,067
THEY'RE AGAINST CORRUPTION.
2565
01:22:46,067 --> 01:22:47,767
THEY'RE AGAINST GOVERNMENTS
2566
01:22:47,767 --> 01:22:49,500
CONTROLLING THEIR CITIZENS.
2567
01:22:49,500 --> 01:22:51,367
AND WHEN THEY SEE THOSE VALUES
2568
01:22:51,367 --> 01:22:53,067
HARMED IN SOME WAY BY SOME
2569
01:22:53,067 --> 01:22:54,867
ORGANIZATION, THE HACKTIVISTS
2570
01:22:54,867 --> 01:22:57,867
STRIKE BACK.
2571
01:22:57,867 --> 01:22:59,200
>> 16 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED
2572
01:22:59,200 --> 01:23:00,133
TODAY.
2573
01:23:00,333 --> 01:23:01,967
>> DOZENS OF FBI AGENTS TARGETED
2574
01:23:01,967 --> 01:23:03,600
ALLEGED MEMBERS OF A LOOSE-KNIT
2575
01:23:03,600 --> 01:23:04,433
HACKING GROUP.
2576
01:23:04,433 --> 01:23:05,867
ARMED WITH SEARCH WARRANTS,
2577
01:23:05,867 --> 01:23:07,100
AGENTS HIT SIX HOMES IN
2578
01:23:07,100 --> 01:23:08,667
NEW YORK, ALONG WITH LOCATIONS
2579
01:23:08,667 --> 01:23:09,933
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
2580
01:23:10,067 --> 01:23:11,767
>> THE PEOPLE ARRESTED YESTERDAY
2581
01:23:11,767 --> 01:23:13,300
WERE SUSPECTED OF ATTACKING
2582
01:23:13,300 --> 01:23:14,800
PayPal's WEBSITE AFTER THE
2583
01:23:14,800 --> 01:23:16,367
COMPANY SHUT OFF PAYMENTS TO
2584
01:23:16,367 --> 01:23:17,100
WikiLeaks.
2585
01:23:17,100 --> 01:23:18,800
>> DEFENDERS OF THE HACKERS SAY
2586
01:23:18,800 --> 01:23:20,533
THEY'RE MERELY ENGAGED IN CIVIL
2587
01:23:20,533 --> 01:23:22,267
PROTEST, BUT FBI OFFICIALS WORRY
2588
01:23:22,267 --> 01:23:23,833
THE DISRUPTIVE CYBER ATTACKS
2589
01:23:23,833 --> 01:23:25,500
COULD MOVE IN A MORE DANGEROUS
2590
01:23:25,500 --> 01:23:26,367
DIRECTION.
2591
01:23:26,567 --> 01:23:27,633
>> SO, THE FBI SHOWS UP.
2592
01:23:27,633 --> 01:23:28,967
IT'S 6:00 IN THE MORNING, AND IT
2593
01:23:28,967 --> 01:23:29,900
WAS REALLY OBNOXIOUS.
2594
01:23:29,900 --> 01:23:31,967
AND I REMEMBER BEING FRUSTRATED
2595
01:23:31,967 --> 01:23:33,800
AND ANGRY BECAUSE THERE WAS
2596
01:23:33,800 --> 01:23:35,700
NOTHING THAT I HAD DONE THAT
2597
01:23:35,700 --> 01:23:37,533
WOULD HAVE JUSTIFIED AN FBI
2598
01:23:37,533 --> 01:23:38,567
SEARCH WARRANT.
2599
01:23:38,767 --> 01:23:42,433
>> THEY CAME AND...GUNS BLAZING
2600
01:23:42,433 --> 01:23:44,300
AND ALL THIS OTHER GOOD STUFF --
2601
01:23:44,300 --> 01:23:45,600
BUSTED DOWN THE DOOR.
2602
01:23:45,600 --> 01:23:47,433
I IMMEDIATELY JUST DROPPED DOWN
2603
01:23:47,433 --> 01:23:48,600
ON THE FLOOR, 180.
2604
01:23:48,600 --> 01:23:50,467
I WASN'T TRYING TO FIGHT NOBODY.
2605
01:23:50,467 --> 01:23:51,800
>> THE THEORY OF THE CASE IS
2606
01:23:51,800 --> 01:23:53,300
THEY WERE, YOU KNOW -- THEY
2607
01:23:53,300 --> 01:23:55,467
FLOODED -- "A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
2608
01:23:55,467 --> 01:23:57,633
FLOODED ACCESS TO PayPal,
2609
01:23:57,633 --> 01:23:58,967
THEREBY CREATING ECONOMIC
2610
01:23:58,967 --> 01:24:00,667
DISTRESS TO A PROTECTED
2611
01:24:00,667 --> 01:24:01,733
CORPORATION."
2612
01:24:01,733 --> 01:24:02,733
END OF STORY.
2613
01:24:02,733 --> 01:24:04,800
THIS ISN'T -- THIS IS NOT A CASE
2614
01:24:04,800 --> 01:24:06,500
INVOLVING IDENTITY THEFT,
2615
01:24:06,500 --> 01:24:08,167
INVOLVING OUTING E-MAILS,
2616
01:24:08,167 --> 01:24:10,133
INVOLVING VIOLATING PRIVILEGE,
2617
01:24:10,133 --> 01:24:11,967
INVOLVING THEFT OF SERVICES,
2618
01:24:11,967 --> 01:24:13,867
INVOLVING, YOU KNOW, SHUTTING
2619
01:24:13,867 --> 01:24:15,467
DOWN BUSINESS.
2620
01:24:15,467 --> 01:24:18,633
IT IS A PURE CASE OF INTERNET OR
2621
01:24:18,633 --> 01:24:20,233
CYBER SIT-INS.
2622
01:24:20,233 --> 01:24:21,867
I THINK WHEN BARRACK OBAMA GETS
2623
01:24:21,867 --> 01:24:23,433
ON TELEVISION AND SAYS, "FLOOD
2624
01:24:23,433 --> 01:24:25,067
THE SWITCHBOARD, SHUT DOWN THE
2625
01:24:25,067 --> 01:24:26,167
REPUBLICANS, SEND THE
2626
01:24:26,167 --> 01:24:27,900
MESSAGE" -- THAT'S LEGAL.
2627
01:24:27,900 --> 01:24:30,067
AND EVEN IF YOU ACCEPT WHAT THE
2628
01:24:30,067 --> 01:24:31,400
THEORY OF THIS PROSECUTION IS,
2629
01:24:31,400 --> 01:24:32,333
IT'S NO DIFFERENT.
2630
01:24:32,333 --> 01:24:34,667
THIS IS AN ELECTRONIC SIT-IN AT
2631
01:24:34,667 --> 01:24:36,067
ITS FINEST.
2632
01:24:36,233 --> 01:24:37,733
>> SO, WHAT I'M FACING IS A
2633
01:24:37,733 --> 01:24:40,900
FELONY -- 15 YEARS IN FEDERAL
2634
01:24:40,900 --> 01:24:45,567
PRISON AND A $250,000 FINE.
2635
01:24:45,567 --> 01:24:47,100
IF YOU'RE A PEDOPHILE, THE
2636
01:24:47,100 --> 01:24:48,367
AVERAGE IS 11 YEARS.
2637
01:24:48,367 --> 01:24:49,500
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
2638
01:24:49,500 --> 01:24:51,067
I MEAN, YOU CAN GO MOLEST
2639
01:24:51,067 --> 01:24:52,567
CHILDREN AND GET LESS OF A
2640
01:24:52,567 --> 01:24:56,400
SENTENCE THAN YOU WOULD FOR
2641
01:24:56,400 --> 01:24:58,533
BREAKING INTO SOMEONE'S PHONE.
2642
01:24:58,533 --> 01:24:59,867
>> IF YOU -- EVEN IF YOU ACCEPT
2643
01:24:59,867 --> 01:25:01,300
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING IS
2644
01:25:01,300 --> 01:25:03,500
TRUE, WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT
2645
01:25:03,500 --> 01:25:05,733
PEOPLE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE
2646
01:25:05,733 --> 01:25:06,533
PROCESS.
2647
01:25:06,533 --> 01:25:09,433
IT IS VERY MUCH THE PROCESS.
2648
01:25:09,433 --> 01:25:11,967
IT IS SITTING IN AT A COUNTER IN
2649
01:25:11,967 --> 01:25:14,167
SELMA, ALABAMA, 500 FREEDOM
2650
01:25:14,167 --> 01:25:16,100
RIDERS REFUSING TO ALLOW PEOPLE
2651
01:25:16,100 --> 01:25:17,900
TO GO SIT IN AT A SEGREGATED
2652
01:25:17,900 --> 01:25:18,933
LUNCH COUNTER.
2653
01:25:18,933 --> 01:25:20,433
THEY WRITE BOOKS ABOUT THAT
2654
01:25:20,433 --> 01:25:20,933
STUFF.
2655
01:25:20,933 --> 01:25:22,633
IT IS DEMONSTRATING AT A STREET
2656
01:25:22,633 --> 01:25:24,433
CORNER SAYING NO TO A WAR.
2657
01:25:24,433 --> 01:25:26,300
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT -- IT'S
2658
01:25:26,300 --> 01:25:27,500
JUST A DIFFERENT VEHICLE.
2659
01:25:27,500 --> 01:25:28,533
IT'S THE SAME RESULT.
2660
01:25:28,533 --> 01:25:29,667
>> YOU KNOW, I WOULD NEVER
2661
01:25:29,667 --> 01:25:30,933
COMPARE MYSELF TO PEOPLE LIKE
2662
01:25:30,933 --> 01:25:31,433
GANDHI OR
2663
01:25:31,433 --> 01:25:32,800
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, BUT THEY
2664
01:25:32,800 --> 01:25:34,100
WERE ONE PERSON, AND THEY WERE
2665
01:25:34,100 --> 01:25:35,467
WILLING TO GO OUT AND CHANGE THE
2666
01:25:35,467 --> 01:25:36,867
WORLD.
2667
01:25:36,867 --> 01:25:38,767
AND THEIR MESSAGES LIVE ON EVERY
2668
01:25:38,767 --> 01:25:40,567
DAY THROUGH EVERYBODY.
2669
01:25:40,567 --> 01:25:42,067
AND TO NOT TAKE THE CHANCE OF
2670
01:25:42,067 --> 01:25:43,733
HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO DO
2671
01:25:43,733 --> 01:25:45,067
IS FOOLISH.
2672
01:25:45,067 --> 01:25:48,467
>> I ONLY WISH WE HAD 50 MILLION
2673
01:25:48,467 --> 01:25:49,400
MERCEDES HAEFER.
2674
01:25:49,400 --> 01:25:51,067
I'D FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE
2675
01:25:51,067 --> 01:25:52,533
AS A GUY GETTING TOWARDS THE
2676
01:25:52,533 --> 01:25:54,133
TAIL END OF HIS CAREER IF THERE
2677
01:25:54,133 --> 01:25:55,233
WERE MORE MERCEDES.
2678
01:25:55,233 --> 01:25:56,900
>> THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE LEGAL
2679
01:25:56,900 --> 01:25:58,633
CONSEQUENCE WHEN YOU DECIDE TO
2680
01:25:58,633 --> 01:25:59,567
BREAK THE LAW.
2681
01:25:59,567 --> 01:26:02,367
THAT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY.
2682
01:26:02,367 --> 01:26:04,100
AND IT WOULD BE NAIVE NOT TO
2683
01:26:04,100 --> 01:26:05,067
EXPECT THAT.
2684
01:26:05,067 --> 01:26:07,333
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THE
2685
01:26:07,333 --> 01:26:09,933
PUNISHMENT WILL BE PROPORTIONAL
2686
01:26:09,933 --> 01:26:12,067
TO THE CRIME.
2687
01:26:12,067 --> 01:26:14,267
AND I SUSPECT IT MIGHT NOT BE.
2688
01:26:14,267 --> 01:26:16,333
PEOPLE WILL BE WATCHING VERY
2689
01:26:16,333 --> 01:26:18,533
CLOSELY TO SEE HOW THESE CASES
2690
01:26:18,533 --> 01:26:21,167
PROCEED ON WHAT GROUNDS AND
2691
01:26:21,167 --> 01:26:23,233
WHETHER THERE'S ANY ROOM DURING
2692
01:26:23,233 --> 01:26:25,300
THE TRIALS TO THINK ESPECIALLY
2693
01:26:25,300 --> 01:26:27,400
OF THE DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACKS
2694
01:26:27,400 --> 01:26:31,567
AS A LEGITIMATE FORM OF PROTEST.
2695
01:26:31,567 --> 01:26:34,067
SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES ARE NOW
2696
01:26:34,067 --> 01:26:35,800
CONFIGURED AT LEAST IN PART ON
2697
01:26:35,800 --> 01:26:37,733
THE INTERNET, SO WE BETTER START
2698
01:26:37,733 --> 01:26:39,400
THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CLAIM
2699
01:26:39,400 --> 01:26:41,267
PARTS OF THE INTERNET AS SPACES
2700
01:26:41,267 --> 01:26:43,333
THAT WE CAN ALSO PROTEST.
2701
01:27:05,667 --> 01:27:08,733
>> THIS IS THE POINT IN HISTORY
2702
01:27:08,733 --> 01:27:13,200
AT WHICH YOU DECIDE WHETHER OR
2703
01:27:13,200 --> 01:27:14,833
NOT PROTESTING IS POSSIBLE
2704
01:27:14,833 --> 01:27:15,467
ONLINE.
2705
01:27:15,467 --> 01:27:17,267
YOU CAN STAND UP, AND YOU CAN
2706
01:27:17,267 --> 01:27:19,233
SAY FREEDOM OF SPEECH EXTENDS TO
2707
01:27:19,233 --> 01:27:19,800
ONLINE.
2708
01:27:19,800 --> 01:27:21,300
WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT BE
2709
01:27:21,300 --> 01:27:22,800
MONITORED BY OUR GOVERNMENT
2710
01:27:22,800 --> 01:27:24,167
BECAUSE OF OUR OPINIONS.
2711
01:27:24,167 --> 01:27:26,600
IT'S UP TO YOU.
2712
01:27:26,600 --> 01:27:28,100
>> YOU'RE IN THE POSITION OF
2713
01:27:28,100 --> 01:27:28,767
HUCK FINN.
2714
01:27:28,767 --> 01:27:30,467
DO YOU REMEMBER HUCK FINN AT THE
2715
01:27:30,467 --> 01:27:31,400
END OF THE BOOK?
2716
01:27:31,400 --> 01:27:33,067
HE'S TOLD HE'S GOT TO TAKE THAT
2717
01:27:33,067 --> 01:27:34,167
SLAVE AND GIVE IT BACK.
2718
01:27:34,167 --> 01:27:35,500
TWO THINGS WILL HAPPEN IF HE
2719
01:27:35,500 --> 01:27:36,067
DOESN'T.
2720
01:27:36,067 --> 01:27:37,333
ONE -- LEGALLY, HE'LL GO TO
2721
01:27:37,333 --> 01:27:39,333
JAIL, AS JIM IS PROPERTY.
2722
01:27:39,333 --> 01:27:41,067
TWO -- HE'LL BE DAMNED ETERNALLY
2723
01:27:41,067 --> 01:27:42,800
AND BURN IN HELLFIRE 'CAUSE HE'S
2724
01:27:42,800 --> 01:27:44,533
IN AN EVANGELICAL ENVIRONMENT IN
2725
01:27:44,533 --> 01:27:45,200
MISSOURI.
2726
01:27:45,200 --> 01:27:46,933
AND HUCK SMOKES HIS CORNCOB PIPE
2727
01:27:46,933 --> 01:27:48,433
ALL NIGHT, THINKS ABOUT IT.
2728
01:27:48,433 --> 01:27:49,867
AND NEXT MORNING, HE SAYS,
2729
01:27:49,867 --> 01:27:51,600
"WELL, DAMN IT, I'LL GO TO HELL,
2730
01:27:51,600 --> 01:27:52,100
THEN."
2731
01:27:52,100 --> 01:27:54,333
IN OTHER WORDS, HE DISCOVERED
2732
01:27:54,333 --> 01:27:56,733
THAT IN ORDER TO BE AN EXPERT AT
2733
01:27:56,733 --> 01:27:59,133
ETHICS, YOU HAD TO TRANSCEND THE
2734
01:27:59,133 --> 01:28:01,500
LEGAL AND SANCTIONED RELIGIOUS
2735
01:28:01,500 --> 01:28:03,900
APPROPRIATE TRUTHS OF THE DAY IN
2736
01:28:03,900 --> 01:28:06,167
ORDER TO ACCESS THE META TRUTH
2737
01:28:06,167 --> 01:28:07,800
OF BOTH LEGALITY AND
2738
01:28:07,800 --> 01:28:09,067
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
2739
01:28:09,067 --> 01:28:10,600
WELL, HACKERS SEE THEMSELVES AS
2740
01:28:10,600 --> 01:28:12,133
HUCK PUTTING DOWN THAT CORNCOB
2741
01:28:12,133 --> 01:28:13,567
PIPE AND SAYING, "ALL RIGHT,
2742
01:28:13,567 --> 01:28:14,467
I'LL GO TO JAIL.
2743
01:28:14,467 --> 01:28:15,867
ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO TO HELL.
2744
01:28:15,867 --> 01:28:17,200
BUT I'M GONNA DO THE RIGHT
2745
01:28:17,200 --> 01:28:17,733
THING."
2746
01:28:17,733 --> 01:28:19,300
>> I SUPPOSE THE QUESTION YOU
2747
01:28:19,300 --> 01:28:20,933
REALLY WANT TO ASK IS, WOULD I
2748
01:28:20,933 --> 01:28:23,400
DO IT AGAIN?
2749
01:28:23,400 --> 01:28:24,733
AND HONESTLY, AFTER THINKING
2750
01:28:24,733 --> 01:28:28,600
ABOUT IT, I FELT THAT I DID WHAT
2751
01:28:28,600 --> 01:28:29,567
WAS RIGHT.
2752
01:28:29,567 --> 01:28:31,933
I HAD A BELIEF -- I STILL DO --
2753
01:28:31,933 --> 01:28:34,133
THAT WHAT I DID WAS THE RIGHT
2754
01:28:34,133 --> 01:28:34,867
THING.
2755
01:28:34,867 --> 01:28:36,533
AND HOPEFULLY SOMEONE GOT SOME
2756
01:28:36,533 --> 01:28:37,467
GOOD OUT OF IT.
2757
01:28:37,467 --> 01:28:39,200
YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO THINK THAT
2758
01:28:39,200 --> 01:28:40,767
MAYBE I STOPPED SOMEONE FROM
2759
01:28:40,767 --> 01:28:42,167
JOINING A CULT, YOU KNOW.
2760
01:28:42,167 --> 01:28:43,900
PROBABLY WOULDN'T TELL ON MYSELF
2761
01:28:43,900 --> 01:28:45,400
NEXT TIME, BUT, YOU KNOW, I
2762
01:28:45,400 --> 01:28:47,133
DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE CHANGED
2763
01:28:47,133 --> 01:28:48,733
A SINGLE THING OTHER THAN THE
2764
01:28:48,733 --> 01:28:50,167
WHOLE "TALKING TO THE FBI"
2765
01:28:50,167 --> 01:28:51,467
THING.
2766
01:28:51,467 --> 01:28:52,800
>> JUST THAT LITTLE DETAIL.
2767
01:28:52,800 --> 01:28:54,267
>> YEAH, JUST THE LITTLE DETAIL
2768
01:28:54,267 --> 01:28:55,800
THAT KIND OF CHANGED EVERYTHING.
2769
01:28:55,800 --> 01:28:56,200
YEAH.
2770
01:28:56,200 --> 01:29:01,233
>> I'M ANGRY.
2771
01:29:01,233 --> 01:29:03,933
OCCASIONALLY, I HAVE SMALL
2772
01:29:03,933 --> 01:29:09,400
BREAKDOWN MOMENTS OF TERROR.
2773
01:29:09,400 --> 01:29:11,567
BUT I HAVEN'T STOPPED BELIEVING
2774
01:29:11,567 --> 01:29:12,767
WHAT I BELIEVE.
2775
01:29:12,767 --> 01:29:14,767
I HAVEN'T STOPPED WANTING TO
2776
01:29:14,767 --> 01:29:15,433
FIGHT.
2777
01:29:15,433 --> 01:29:17,633
I HAVEN'T STOPPED CARING.
2778
01:29:17,833 --> 01:29:19,200
SHOW ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS
2779
01:29:19,200 --> 01:29:19,600
LIKE!
2780
01:29:19,600 --> 01:29:21,067
>> All: THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY
2781
01:29:21,067 --> 01:29:22,233
LOOKS LIKE!
2782
01:29:22,433 --> 01:29:24,433
>> SHOW ME WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS
2783
01:29:24,433 --> 01:29:28,733
LIKE!
2784
01:29:28,733 --> 01:29:32,667
WE GOT SOLD OUT!
2785
01:29:32,667 --> 01:29:34,233
>> I DON'T THINK THIS WHOLE
2786
01:29:34,233 --> 01:29:35,867
ISSUE IS A TECHNICAL HACKING
2787
01:29:35,867 --> 01:29:36,400
THING.
2788
01:29:36,400 --> 01:29:38,067
THIS IS MORE ABOUT HUMAN
2789
01:29:38,067 --> 01:29:39,733
PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY,
2790
01:29:39,733 --> 01:29:41,567
WHAT'S MOTIVATING US, WHY IS
2791
01:29:41,567 --> 01:29:43,700
THERE SO MUCH UNREST OR
2792
01:29:43,700 --> 01:29:45,400
DISENFRANCHISEMENT OR ANGER THAT
2793
01:29:45,400 --> 01:29:46,933
WOULD LEAD PEOPLE TO WANT TO
2794
01:29:46,933 --> 01:29:48,400
TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN
2795
01:29:48,400 --> 01:29:49,633
HANDS AND JOIN THEM.
2796
01:29:49,633 --> 01:29:51,167
WHETHER YOU THINK IT'S BAD OR
2797
01:29:51,167 --> 01:29:52,200
NOT IS IRRELEVANT.
2798
01:29:52,200 --> 01:29:53,333
IT'S NOT GOING AWAY.
2799
01:29:53,333 --> 01:29:54,633
>> I HAVE STOOD UPON THE
2800
01:29:54,633 --> 01:29:57,067
MOUNTAINTOP KNOWN AS ANONYMOUS
2801
01:29:57,067 --> 01:29:58,933
AND LOOKED DOWN ON A WORLD
2802
01:29:58,933 --> 01:30:00,800
ENFLAMED WITH REVOLUTION.
2803
01:30:04,800 --> 01:30:05,733
WHAT CAN YOU SAY?
2804
01:30:05,733 --> 01:30:07,200
YOUR SPINE TINGLES WHEN YOU'RE
2805
01:30:07,200 --> 01:30:08,367
AT THE CUSP OF HISTORY.
2806
01:30:08,367 --> 01:30:09,833
WHEN YOU'RE SURFING, YOU KNOW,
2807
01:30:09,833 --> 01:30:11,367
THE WAVES OF HISTORY, YOUR SPINE
2808
01:30:11,367 --> 01:30:13,233
TINGLES.
2809
01:31:10,967 --> 01:31:12,567
>> DESCENT HAS A FACE NOW.
2810
01:31:12,567 --> 01:31:13,833
IT HAS AN AESTHETIC.
2811
01:31:13,833 --> 01:31:15,733
THERE'S THIS PACKAGE IT CAN PICK
2812
01:31:15,733 --> 01:31:18,933
UP AND PUT ON ANYWHERE IN THE
2813
01:31:18,933 --> 01:31:21,067
WORLD FOR ANY CAUSE IT WANTS.
2814
01:31:21,067 --> 01:31:22,400
AND SOMETIMES THAT'S GONNA BE
2815
01:31:22,400 --> 01:31:23,767
TERRIBLE, AND SOMETIMES IT'S
2816
01:31:23,767 --> 01:31:24,900
GOING TO BE WONDERFUL.
2817
01:31:24,900 --> 01:31:26,400
ONE THING I CAN KIND OF PROMISE
2818
01:31:26,400 --> 01:31:27,467
IS THAT IT'S GONNA BE
2819
01:31:27,467 --> 01:31:28,767
INTERESTING.
2820
01:31:28,767 --> 01:31:30,200
IT'S RARE IN HISTORY THAT NEW
2821
01:31:30,200 --> 01:31:31,733
THINGS HAPPEN, BUT I THINK THIS
2822
01:31:31,733 --> 01:31:34,433
IS ONE OF THEM.
2823
01:31:34,433 --> 01:31:36,133
>> IF YOU HAVE POWER IN REAL
2824
01:31:36,133 --> 01:31:38,067
LIFE AND YOU HAVE MONEY IN REAL
2825
01:31:38,067 --> 01:31:39,633
LIFE, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T
2826
01:31:39,633 --> 01:31:41,500
FUCKING MATTER ON THE INTERNET.
2827
01:31:41,500 --> 01:31:43,433
WHAT MATTERS ON THE INTERNET IS
2828
01:31:43,433 --> 01:31:45,867
YOUR ACTUAL IDEAS, YOU KNOW, HOW
2829
01:31:45,867 --> 01:31:47,767
SMART YOU ARE, THE QUALITY OF
2830
01:31:47,767 --> 01:31:48,633
YOU.
2831
01:31:48,833 --> 01:31:50,500
AND WHEN CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS
2832
01:31:50,500 --> 01:31:52,167
THAT, YOU KNOW -- THEY WANT TO
2833
01:31:52,167 --> 01:31:53,733
EXTEND THEIR REAL-LIFE POWER
2834
01:31:53,733 --> 01:31:55,267
ONTO THE INTERNET, IT'S NOT
2835
01:31:55,267 --> 01:31:56,900
GONNA FUCKING TAKE BECAUSE OF
2836
01:31:56,900 --> 01:31:58,767
ANONYMOUS.
2837
01:32:34,967 --> 01:32:37,067
>> I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A
2838
01:32:37,067 --> 01:32:39,367
DEMOCRAT OR A REPUBLICAN OR AN
2839
01:32:39,367 --> 01:32:41,400
INDEPENDENT OR IF YOU LIKE
2840
01:32:41,400 --> 01:32:43,400
RON PAUL OR IF YOU WORSHIP
2841
01:32:43,400 --> 01:32:46,133
PIGEONS OR SCIENTOLOGY OR IF
2842
01:32:46,133 --> 01:32:48,967
YOU'RE CATHOLIC OR ATHEIST OR
2843
01:32:48,967 --> 01:32:49,833
METHODIST.
2844
01:32:50,067 --> 01:32:52,300
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.
2845
01:32:52,300 --> 01:32:53,467
YOUR OPINION MATTERS.
2846
01:32:53,467 --> 01:32:55,100
I DON'T CARE IF I DISAGREE WITH
2847
01:32:55,100 --> 01:32:55,467
IT.
2848
01:32:55,467 --> 01:32:56,933
I DON'T CARE IF I HATE YOUR
2849
01:32:56,933 --> 01:32:58,667
GUTS.
2850
01:32:58,667 --> 01:33:00,833
YOUR OPINION MATTERS.
2851
01:33:25,200 --> 01:33:26,667
>> IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY
2852
01:33:26,667 --> 01:33:27,567
FURTHER ACTION?
2853
01:33:27,567 --> 01:33:29,233
I MEAN, DOES ANONYMOUS INTEND TO
2854
01:33:29,233 --> 01:33:32,600
PROVE THAT THEY CAN, IN FACT,
2855
01:33:32,600 --> 01:33:34,533
MANIPULATE THE WESTBORO BAPTIST
2856
01:33:34,533 --> 01:33:36,233
CHURCH NETWORK OF WEBSITES?
2857
01:33:36,233 --> 01:33:37,767
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT GOING
2858
01:33:37,767 --> 01:33:39,367
FORWARD, ANONYMOUS?
2859
01:33:39,367 --> 01:33:41,633
>> ACTUALLY, I'M WORKING ON THAT
2860
01:33:41,633 --> 01:33:42,533
RIGHT NOW.
2861
01:33:42,533 --> 01:33:44,633
>> HE'S WORKING ON THAT RIGHT
2862
01:33:44,633 --> 01:33:45,167
NOW!
2863
01:33:45,167 --> 01:33:45,800
OH, YAY.
2864
01:33:45,800 --> 01:33:46,800
>> SO, HOLD ON.
2865
01:33:46,800 --> 01:33:48,600
I AM GETTING A THUMBS UP FROM MY
2866
01:33:48,600 --> 01:33:50,333
PRODUCER THAT THERE HAS BEEN A
2867
01:33:50,333 --> 01:33:52,067
MESSAGE POSTED THAT APPEARS TO
2868
01:33:52,067 --> 01:33:54,433
BE FROM ANONYMOUS ON downloads.
2869
01:33:54,433 --> 01:33:56,200
westborobaptistchurch.com.
2870
01:33:56,200 --> 01:33:57,767
ANONYMOUS, ARE YOU TAKING
2871
01:33:57,767 --> 01:33:59,267
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS?
2872
01:33:59,267 --> 01:33:59,900
>> YEP.
2873
01:33:59,900 --> 01:34:01,733
WE JUST DID IT RIGHT NOW THIS
2874
01:34:01,733 --> 01:34:02,600
VERY SECOND.
2875
01:34:02,600 --> 01:34:04,100
>> THAT IS SO SPECIAL.
2876
01:34:04,100 --> 01:34:05,967
THAT'S SO SPECIAL.
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