Hackers form a global community, which consists of multiple micro-communities (Barber, 2001, 14). Those autonomous micro-communities are constanly on the move; evolving, hibernating and dying. Hacker micro-communities have been the first to form virtual communities. Among hackers, the most common communication network and base for community is Internet Relay Chat (IRC). Hackers lurk on the [...]
Agreed and precise definition of hacktivism has proven to be difficult among scholars. Prominent thinkers of hacktivism have publicly disagreed on what types of direct action are best suited to reflect the hacktivist ideology. Ruffin(2001) has characterized hacktivism as a form of “disruptive compliance”. Wray argues that it should present itself as a [...]
