Hacktivism
Well, darth_pengo, hasnt submitted his version yet, so i guess we'll ave to use mine. Here it us:
Hacktivism:
What is Hacktivism:
Hacktivism is hacking to promote politcal ideology. Hacktivists believe that by using proper hacks they can spread their ideas to a greater number of people than more traditional forms of activism. Fewer people can hack, but it affects more people. In simple terms: If you hack a website, to promote politcal ideas, you are a hacktivist. Hacktizism is increasing, more and more hackers are defacing a great number of sites, even some government based.. HackThisSite, which is well known amoungst all hackers, currently has 106588 registered members, and its been nicknamed "hacktivist training ground". Its only a matter of time, before attempts become more co-ordinated and organised between hundreds of hacktivists.
Today, Websites are viewd by hundreds, if not thousands, of people so its obvious to see why defacing wesbites is becomming the new activism. Denial of Service attacks are also frequently used for hacktivism, where entire sites can be taken offline for hours. Usally to be replaced with a politcal defacement.
How to get involed:
1 Person with a computer as more power than 100 who don't. Remember this. If your good at hacking, and you deface a site with a politcal message, THOUSANDS will see your message before the site is taken offline. Many politcal defacements are also broadcasted over the news, again, reaching thousands more. Nearly every site on the internet has atleast 1 way to gain access, hundreds still are vunerable to simple HTML injection!! To get more involved in hacktivism, sign up to HackThisSite, the hacktizists training ground (www.hackthissite.org) and also HellBound Hackers (www.hellboundhackers.org). There are still a stupid amount of racist, right-wing and child pornography sites, that the police and gouvernment will not remove. The internet can be a much safer place without these websites.
With power, comes responibilty. If you have the skills, are you gonna do your part? Think.. 1 Person with a computer as more power than 100 who don't.
~ written by Mr_Cheese ~
also here are the images you might want to include. (they are al done by me, and the guy at the comp is a member of HBH who said it was to use the pic)
- Think its ok?