May 09, 2015
Burcu S. Bakioğ[email protected]
@PaleFire
Samuel (2001)
Tactical MediaEveryday practices of users (de Certeau, 1984)
Systems of disruptionResponse to neoliberal globalizationMutable categoryUncertain outcomesSeeking security holesLaughter as a tactical response to power
Raley (2009)
In lulz we trust!
The Age of
Network Societyhorizontal modes of communication
alternative strategies of resistancecirculation (NOT accumulation)
Castells (2000), Dyer-Withford (1999), Scott Lash (2002)
Sites of Struggle
PiracyCultures
REGULATIONCorruption
Criminalization of
societyPrivacy
SurveillanceThreat to creativity
Lessig (2004), McLeod (2007), Vaidhyananthan (2003)
Operation Payback is a Bitch
Operation: Payback is a bitch – Wikileaks "the future of cyber protests"
Outcome:
Porn industry = leading piracy war
Companies not interested in stopping piracy but exploiting it
ISPs not following Data Protection Act (Privacy violation)
IP = PersonSurveillance
Significance:
Transformed Anon operations Leaking operations Operation Anti-security: LulzSec
Actively putting up Internet in support of the uprising in African countries
Privacy sacrificed for transparency/Bad PR
HackerLeaks (Redaction)
The Plan (3 phases set to finish Dec 21st 2012)
Burcu S. Bakioğ[email protected]
@PaleFire