Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy
Subtitle: The Many Faces of Anonymous
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London, England; New York, United States of America
Language: eng
Format: Print book
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9781781685839
Description: Here is the ultimate book on the worldwide movement of hackers, pranksters, and activists that operates under the non-name Anonymous, by the writer the Huffington Post says "knows all of Anonymous' deepest, darkest secrets." Half a dozen years ago, anthropologist Gabriella Coleman set out to study the rise of this global phenomenon just as some of its members were turning to political protest and dangerous disruption (before Anonymous shot to fame as a key player in the battles over WikiLeaks, the Arab Spring, and Occupy Wall Street). She ended up becoming so closely connected to Anonymous that the tricky story of her inside-outside status as Anon confidante, interpreter, and erstwhile mouthpiece forms one of the themes of this witty and entirely engrossing book.

The narrative brims with details unearthed from within a notoriously mysterious subculture, whose semi-legendary tricksters -such as Topiary, tflow, Anachaos, and Sabu- emerge as complex, diverse, politically and culturally sophisticated people. Propelled by years of chats and encounters with a multitude of hackers, including imprisoned activist Jeremy Hammond and the double agent who helped put him away, Hector Monsegur, Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy is filled with insights into the meaning of digital activism and little understood facets of culture in the Internet age, including the history of "trolling", the ethics and metaphysics of hacking, and the origins and manifold meanings of "the lulz".
Table of contents: label: Introduction: "And Now You Have Got Our Attention"
title: 1; label: 1. On Trolls, Tricksters, and the Lulz
title: 19; label: 2. Project Chanology -I Came for the Lulz Stayed for the Outrage
title: 53; label: 3. Weapons of th Greek
title: 81; label: 4. The Shot Heard Round the World
title: 113; label: 5. Anonymous Everywhere
title: 143; label: 6. "Moralfaggotry" Everywhere
title: 177; label: 7. Revenge of th Lulz
title: 203; label: 8. LulzSec
title: 237; label: 9. AntiSec
title: 277; label: 10. The Desire of a Secret Is to Be Told
title: 317; label: 11. The Sabutage
title: 337; label: Conclusion: Daybreak
title: 377; label: Aknowledgments
title: 401; label: A Note on Sources
title: 409; label: Notes
title: 411; label: Index
title: 433