<story><title>Interview with key LulzSec hacker</title><url>http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20649-exclusive-first-interview-with-key-lulzsec-hacker.html?full=true</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>trb</author><text>I wonder how Antisec or LulzSec are supposed to bring about change. The interviewee talks about educating and changing people to fight corruption and abuse, but I&apos;m not sure that is happening. For example, look at his involvement in the Tunisian revolution. He talked about disrupting the Tunesian government by defacing the prime ministers website. Did that actually help the Tunisians? I&apos;m under the impression that the hard work got done by the protesters on the street, triggered by Mohamed Bouazizi when he burned himself.&lt;p&gt;I think it&apos;s not that different in democratic countries. Change comes about when enough people demand it and put pressure on their representatives. People have to be motivated to work together in large groups, since three letters demanding the same thing won&apos;t impress anyone, but a few thousand might. The work of lobbyists has to be countered, corruption has to be documented and brought to court, where hard evidence is a necessity. It takes lot of very demanding, hard work, without any direct gratification for a long time.&lt;p&gt;LulzSec/Antisec/Anonymous do nothing to help with that work. Instead, I fear that their actions will be used by politicians like Sarkozy to effect a policy of stronger internet regulation. In the end, these hacker groups might even do harm.</text></comment>
<story><title>Interview with key LulzSec hacker</title><url>http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20649-exclusive-first-interview-with-key-lulzsec-hacker.html?full=true</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ChuckMcM</author><text>I was more impressed with Khalid who went to Egypt and faced the bullets. Breaking into web sites, exposing passwords, is like &apos;pirate radio&apos; in that its relatively low risk for the participants.&lt;p&gt;I appreciate that you can&apos;t believe Sony or someone who says &quot;we&apos;ll keep your data safe&quot; but I have to believe there are better ways to get that information out without all the collateral damage. I continue to hope that folks find a way to elevate the discussion without the theatrics.</text></comment>