We, being Anonymous, don't attack sites that have not done anything. We attack sites that have done something to stop others from exercising their rights to free speech, free Internet or the free exchange of information WORLDWIDE. If Anonymous comes after you, then you have done something to oppress/suppress CITIZENS from being able to do those things. This also means that you are a corporation or government entity - NOT another citizen. There's no need to 'fear' Anonymous being a citizen.....you should fear your government and the corporations that run it.
You are focusing on the the cyber-protests though. We also do physical protests worldwide as well.....Most Anons are NOT hackers/crackers, they are just everyday people who are sick and tired of corporations and governments controlling people as they do. We are lawyers, teachers, hackers, activists, steel mill workers, cops, doctors and every other walk of life. I personally have two degrees and am almost 50 years old - Anonymous is NOT about age, occupation or hacking ability. While I did hack, back in the old skool days, I rarely do anything any longer. I've been online since there was an "online" and information is what I provide, as well as some support operations and physical protesting when I can.
Being as loosely based as we are, it's difficult to come up with any real numbers as to "members", but it is well in excess of 100,000 worldwide at this point. In recent days, with all that is happening and the exposure we've had in the press, our numbers have increased a great deal.
As for the person who asked what the difference between us and ICE is.....If you haven't figured that out by now, then there's really no hope for you. If you can't see the difference between those who seek to remove your freedom and oppress you daily, then you probably deserve what will be coming. You have a choice in life....To lie there and let the bullies who knocked you down continue to kick you, or to stand up and fight them. Your choice may be to lay there and get kicked like a bitch, but I'll die fighting for my freedom, my kid's freedom and your freedom - whether in cyberspace or on the ground facing them off!
*These are my words, NOT the words of the Anonymous collective. I have no authority to speak for all, merely myself.
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You are focusing on the the cyber-protests though. We also do physical protests worldwide as well.....Most Anons are NOT hackers/crackers, they are just everyday people who are sick and tired of corporations and governments controlling people as they do. We are lawyers, teachers, hackers, activists, steel mill workers, cops, doctors and every other walk of life. I personally have two degrees and am almost 50 years old - Anonymous is NOT about age, occupation or hacking ability. While I did hack, back in the old skool days, I rarely do anything any longer. I've been online since there was an "online" and information is what I provide, as well as some support operations and physical protesting when I can.
Being as loosely based as we are, it's difficult to come up with any real numbers as to "members", but it is well in excess of 100,000 worldwide at this point. In recent days, with all that is happening and the exposure we've had in the press, our numbers have increased a great deal.
As for the person who asked what the difference between us and ICE is.....If you haven't figured that out by now, then there's really no hope for you. If you can't see the difference between those who seek to remove your freedom and oppress you daily, then you probably deserve what will be coming. You have a choice in life....To lie there and let the bullies who knocked you down continue to kick you, or to stand up and fight them. Your choice may be to lay there and get kicked like a bitch, but I'll die fighting for my freedom, my kid's freedom and your freedom - whether in cyberspace or on the ground facing them off!
*These are my words, NOT the words of the Anonymous collective. I have no authority to speak for all, merely myself.
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