Re: Fwd: Some questions for discussion?

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As far as I'm concerned "Hacktivism" is still being defined.



At 10:39 AM 10/28/99 +0100, you wrote:
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>I'm writing because I have questions about hacktivism and I'm hoping that
>a discussion could possibly give me some answers. Any way here it goes
>(and if you think any of the questions are stupid reply and let me know
>why?) 
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>1 Is hacktivism more the activist community using digital skills or is it
>the political expression of  hackers?
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>2 Is there a difference between hacktivism and electronic civil
>disobedience? If yes was JED really hacktivism?
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>3 Who are hacktivist (I don't mean their personal identity) are they
>largely people that work with networks for a living or does it include
>others?
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>4 How does the older hacker ethos (information wants to be free... etc.)
>influence hacktivism? 
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>5 Does hacktivism have a certain political philosophy that is prevalent
>left vs. right if so why?
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>I don't know if you guys want to answer these questions but I am trying to
>clear up some blurred concepts, as I hope to create a web resource that
>people can look at to explain hacktivism but I don't want it to be my own
>guessing and conjecture. Any answers that you can give would be
>appreciated. Thank You 
>
>                    Corey (dv8)
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