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We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists

  • 2012
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We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012)
A documentary on the workings and beliefs of the self-described "hacktivist" collective, Anonymous.
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A documentary on the workings and beliefs of the self-described "hacktivist" collective, Anonymous.A documentary on the workings and beliefs of the self-described "hacktivist" collective, Anonymous.A documentary on the workings and beliefs of the self-described "hacktivist" collective, Anonymous.

  • Director
    • Brian Knappenberger
  • Writer
    • Brian Knappenberger
  • Stars
    • Anon2World
    • Anonyops
    • Julian Assange
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    • Director
      • Brian Knappenberger
    • Writer
      • Brian Knappenberger
    • Stars
      • Anon2World
      • Anonyops
      • Julian Assange
    • 15User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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      • 3 nominations

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    Zachary Bennett, Kristian Truelsen, Genadijs Dolganovs, Lorraine Nicholson, James Cade, Allyson Pratt, Daniel Eric Gold, Jimmy Byron, Colin Carter, Vlada Verevko, Rian Michelsen, Greg Hovanessian, Tara Brawley, Aidan Besu, and Allan Ryan Jacobson in We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012)
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    Anon2World
    • Self
    Anonyops
    • Self - Anonymous
    Julian Assange
    Julian Assange
    • Self - Founder, WikiLeaks
    • (archive footage)
    Aaron Barr
    • Self - Former chief executive, HBGary Federal
    Barrett Brown
    Barrett Brown
    • Self
    Adrian Chen
    • Self - Editor, Gawker.com
    Stanley Cohen
    • Self - Defense lawyer
    • (archive footage)
    Gabriella Coleman
    Gabriella Coleman
    • Self - Researcher, McGill University
    Joshua Corman
    • Self
    Josh Covedi
    • Self
    • (as Josh Covelli)
    Peter Fein
    • Self - Hacktivist
    Mercedes Haefer
    Mercedes Haefer
    • Self
    Homocarnula
    • Self
    Gregg Housh
    Gregg Housh
    • Self - Internet activist
    Tim Hwang
    • Self - ROFLCon
    Jericho
    • Self - Chief information security officer, Attrition.org
    Steven Levy
    Steven Levy
    • Self - author of 'Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution'
    Brian Mettenbrink
    • Self - Former member of Anonymous
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      • Brian Knappenberger
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    Christianity, Marxism, now Anonymous
    Some two thousand years you could be left a pauper because of "god". Meaning a rich owner could switch social class just for refusing to become a Christian. Well, slaves would remain slaves to a Christian lord, but they will be free if the Lord would refuse conversion because somehow Jesus did not tolerate anyone above him. Same goes for the trials. As a Christian you could keep your old rights, no matter how abusive. But as anything else, the tribunals were not for you.

    About a century ago Marxism has risen. Your whole factory could stop working because of syndicates. People who could not read or write, whose only merit was to get up when the siren sounded now were somehow entitled to a say in how the business was going. And they will kill and maim anyone who would want to take the working place. And these revolutionaries had nothing to do with the bills. Rent, storage, raw materials were all for the owner to bother, yet the profit was somehow their right.

    Now there is Anonymous. Some moment your computer might stop responding. Or start attacking some site you don't even know it exists. You pay the computer, they are ready to make it work. The power and Internet bill are yours. The usage is somehow shared.

    And all these happen because of activists. People whose only business is to decide for others. And they get angry too and throw tantrums if it does not get in their way.

    What is worse, like the ISIS guys, these are rich kids who believe they work for a higher purpose. The Messiah has called them, each one, and they have to do this and that to the system. And of course, they are not rich. Usually all their assets are owned by their parents, so they can freely develop the delusion of being a hippie or a gypsy.

    Nothing new. So they rape the words to make it look cool. Not activists. Hacktivists. And the laptop so expensive someone in India could by a house and a car? Cover it with cutesy stickers to show how anti consumerism you are.

    Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch
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      • October 30, 2012 (United States)
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      • Somos legión: la historia de los hackers
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