We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists
2012 · 93 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 10,466 VOTES · DIR. Brian Knappenberger
Overview
Takes us inside the world of Anonymous, the radical "hacktivist" collective that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, then moves to Anonymous' raucous beginnings on the website 4chan. Through interviews with current members, people recently returned from prison or facing trial, writers, academics, activists and major players in various "raids," the documentary traces Anonymous’ evolution from merry pranksters to a full-blown movement with a global reach, the most transformative civil disobedience of our time.
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00:00:02 Subtitles by Mammad
00:04:09 yet we have no leadership.
00:07:52 about open software, about.. And he believed that software should be free.
00:11:58 The idea is very simple: You post a comment and you post a picture
00:16:32 It's basically the best breeding ground for
00:20:16 which were just a sub-culture of people, of course
00:24:03 "Ola, this is Pedro, from San Diego.."
00:27:39 I'm Mike Vitale and my handle is "sethdood".
00:31:22 a cultural inversion machine and you stuck geeks and hackers in there
00:34:44 I'd just gone to 4chan, just on pure happenstance and
00:38:33 ..and you just see this consensus forming that it's going to happen.
00:42:34 What just happened?
00:46:31 in less than 3 weeks, Anonymous members made or encouraged:
00:50:33 as he explained it to me at the time
00:54:37 it was like a kid stretching for the first time
00:58:28 I think information wants to be free
01:02:33 We went in, on behalf of those Tunisian Anons and we helped them get that and extract it
01:06:21 It's like the Internet is a living thing.
01:10:35 after looking at the document.
01:15:05 the private property of another organization
01:19:00 You can still make your point, without actually giving up people's personal details.
01:23:14 bashing down the door, and they just dropped me down the floor, 180..
01:28:01 you had to transcend the legal and sanctioned religious, appropriate truths of the day
400:00:00 secret US files on the Iraq war late today