Being a credit card / utility system hacker and calling yourself a member of Anonymous is like stealing hubcaps and calling yourself a member of the Black community. It may be a true statement, but not because of the way you chose to make money. There are corrupt cops out there, some may have decided to go legit, but I suppose I should believe that all cops are on the take. I'm not saying all Anon members aren't criminal, of course they are. I'm just saying that not every hacker that calls himself a member embodies the founding principles of the group.
If I had the necessary hacking skillz and decided to join the group, I wouldn't be hacking credit card information, I'd be hacking ISIS bank accounts to stop money from flowing to where they can use it to buy weapons and attempting to cripple foreign cyber-espionage groups like the guys who recently hacked Sony. Yeah, I might be tempted to pull a bit of a Robin Hood along the way because I'm poor, but diverting drug money from a Mexican cartel so it doesn't end up on the streets as product or weapons but rather in my pocket for Dr. Pepper or rent money is not something I would lose any sleep over. That's the type of Anonymous member I would be if I had the mad hacking skillz to do stuff like that. Alas, I've hacked a few video games so I could have infinite in-game money, so I'm not really Anon material. Principally Anonymous is defined by the fight against governmental corruption and oppression of freedom, not complicity in it. Hacking credit cards of ordinary hard working people is in stark contrast to these principles. Principally cops are defined by their role to serve and protect, not by how many innocent civilians they kill. Yet, each year innocent civilians do die at the hands of police. If everyone played their chosen role without deviation, the world would be a much simpler place, but because not everyone does, it doesn't mean we should start stereotyping. (That's my gig!
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- Cham
