CNN special on Anonymous : Othor Games

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:25 am

CNN Presents: Anonymous airs tonight on CNN, I think it looks pretty interesting. Does anyone plan to watch it? We don't get cable in the dorms, so I'm hoping to either try to watch it streaming on CNN Live or hopefully they upload it to the CNN Presents page sometime.

Are they any other good documentaries / specials on Anonymous out there to watch on the internet?

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:19 am

This ought to be good, I'll need to watch. Even for a laugh or two, if anyone finds a link let me know.

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:08 am

Here's sort of a preview: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2012/01/12/nr-intv-lyons-anonymous.cnn#/video/bestoftv/2012/01/12/nr-intv-lyons-anonymous.cnn

» Sat May 12, 2012 6:42 pm

Why did this remind me of Hackers? Ah, there's a movie I need to watch again, weird understanding of technology and the special effects aside.

» Sat May 12, 2012 7:37 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY

» Sat May 12, 2012 5:58 pm

Let me guess, some super serious faced white people will anchor a story that has a few cam/screenshots of some of 'that sites' boards, use the phrase 'anonymous hacker group', call them 'terrorists' or 'malicious', and use scare tactics to make people more fearful whenever they pull another huge public stunt? Yeah, I've seen it enough times before to know it's just buzzwords and etc. If I'm wrong it'd be a breath of fresh air, but, well, news media arent very quick to change their format.

» Sat May 12, 2012 9:29 pm

Let me guess, some super serious faced white people will anchor a story that has a few cam/screenshots of some of 'that sites' boards, use the phrase 'anonymous hacker group', call them 'terrorists' or 'malicious', and use scare tactics to make people more fearful whenever they pull another huge public stunt? Yeah, I've seen it enough times before to know it's just buzzwords and etc. If I'm wrong it'd be a breath of fresh air, but, well, news media arent very quick to change their format.

In the preview they interview a member and they same to give a fair, balanced view, they're not criticizing them, they're explaining what they do and what they stand for and who they are, at least that's what it seems like. It seems more like they're fascinated than condemning.

» Sat May 12, 2012 11:34 pm

In the preview they interview a member and they same to give a fair, balanced view, they're not criticizing them, they're explaining what they do and what they stand for and who they are, at least that's what it seems like. It seems more like they're fascinated than condemning.

It could all be lies and trickery though. During the preview of Impulse 76, it had us all fooled!

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:22 am

In the preview they interview a member and they same to give a fair, balanced view, they're not criticizing them, they're explaining what they do and what they stand for and who they are, at least that's what it seems like. It seems more like they're fascinated than condemning.

I'd be interested, although the 'interview with an anon' is probably [censored] given the fact that given a public interview sort of, you know, isnt very anonymous, unless he's black screened and voice altered, then sure.

» Sat May 12, 2012 11:33 pm

Something inside me said "Go Anonymous!" :clap:

» Sat May 12, 2012 5:51 pm

Must be a slow news day.

» Sat May 12, 2012 10:31 pm

Might be an interesting watch, I'll bookmark it.

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:30 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY

Yeah but that was FOX. CNN tries to be very professional about their news, and of the big U.S. news media corporations, is the least politically biased (at least from what I've seen, and I've seen quite a bit of every news station in the U.S.

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» Sun May 13, 2012 3:30 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY

That makes me realize that people just blame anything bad that happens to them on the internet on 'Anonymous'

» Sat May 12, 2012 7:16 pm

This will make me lol.
In before they get hacked.

» Sat May 12, 2012 6:08 pm

Yeah but that was FOX. CNN tries to be very professional about their news, and of the big U.S. news media corporations, is the least politically biased (at least from what I've seen, and I've seen quite a bit of every news station in the U.S. :tongue:

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Well, it definitely (from the preview) wasn't as bad as my original thoughts were it would be, but, it missed two very key points:

1. anyone can say they are anonymous, anyone can claim they did something as anonymous

2. anonymous is a political group with hackers that agree with them, not a hacker group (this was slightly hinted at in the end of the preview, but they still labeled it as a hacker group in the title)

» Sun May 13, 2012 12:47 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY

I literally closed the tab that video was on once I heard "Hacker's on Steroids"

I doubt I will watch it, but it sounds somewhat interesting.

» Sat May 12, 2012 7:18 pm

Am I the only one fascinated by Anonymous? I dunno, just something in me is attracted to the idea of a leaderless group with many faces and many agendas. It's an idea that is very romanticized to me

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:46 am

This ought to be good, I'll need to watch. Even for a laugh or two, if anyone finds a link let me know.

Atleast its CNN instead of that false news company that blow everything out of proportion. Should be interesting even though Anonymous is...weird i'll say proclaiming themselves to fight for the little guy when they hurt it.

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:32 am

When I think of Anonymous I think of pimply-faced neckbeard basemant dwellers angry at the world and lashing out through their computers. A bunch of people who have zero power or influence in real life, but through their computers they feel powerful and influential.

Sorry.

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:23 am

When I think of Anonymous I think of pimply-faced neckbeard basemant dwellers angry at the world and lashing out through their computers. A bunch of people who have zero power or influence in real life, but through their computers they feel powerful and influential.

Sorry.

I wouldn't say they have no influence in real life, even though not all of it is positive:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_involving_Anonymous

» Sat May 12, 2012 7:16 pm

Are they any other good documentaries / specials on Anonymous out there to watch on the internet?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group)
a ton of info about the group anonymous in the link. info ironically submitted by anonymous users. looks accurate to me though since it details both good things the group has done (shutting down an internet peadophile ring) and bad things (d-dos attacks against questionable targets)

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:31 am

I wouldn't say they have no influence in real life, even though not all of it is positive:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_events_involving_Anonymous

YOU! ninja me!

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:28 am

HURRRR DURRRRR ANON IS SO COOL I WANNA BE LIKE ANON. Stop it, anonymous is a bunch neckbeards with social problems that can't act like normal people. They are to be shunned and ignored, tripfriends same thing.

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:42 am

When I think of Anonymous I think of pimply-faced neckbeard basemant dwellers angry at the world and lashing out through their computers. A bunch of people who have zero power or influence in real life, but through their computers they feel powerful and influential.

Sorry.

thats a bit ignorant