A hypothetical question concerning Anonymous....

[KissofKetchup]

I have been thinking practically since I have heard of the doings of Anonymous, should the US, UK, and/or NATO go to war with China for whatever the reason, do you think that Anonymous could be recruited to aid in cyberwarfare efforts, given China's past of civil rights suppression? Or would they do it under their own volition?

 

[Qizx]

I'm pretty sure Anonymous would do whatever they pleased. If they felt like helping out the US government (I somehow doubt they would) then they would. If they felt like messing with the Chinese government, then they would. Predicting Anonymous is like predicting *Was going to make a bad joke* how many jelly beans are in a 10 Kilometer by 10 kilometer enclosure... Basically impossible.

 

[ZeroMachine]

Recruited? No.

Would they help anyways? Maybe.

Will we ever find out until it happens? Nope.

 

[Gladiateher]

This is a really cool question! I would say yes they probably would, but maybe I have too much faith in anon sometimes they are doing it for teh lulz. Fortunately, the U.S. won't go to war with China because they hold enough American debt to destroy America without firing a shot

 

[Thaluikhain]

This is a really cool question! I would say yes they probably would, but maybe I have too much faith in anon sometimes they are doing it for teh lulz. Fortunately, the U.S. won't go to war with China because they hold enough American debt to destroy America without firing a shot

And also, to destroy the US by firing on them. You don't win nuclear exchanges.

But, I'd imagine most large nations would have team of hackers ready to make life difficult for the other side, if they aren't doing it already.

 

[CrashZxS]

1) it is somewhat difficult to recruit a faceless mob with no (apparent) leader and no allegiance to any particular country or group
2) Because if #1, there are multiple anon's, there are factions within groups within packs within parties within syndicates within gangs within.... etc. ad nausium (yes I looked up the synonyms of group, so what?) so it may be difficult to get everyone working to a common goal, without some sort of HUGE incentive.

 

[Dark Knifer]

I don't see anonymous as the kind of people to get recruited. They just do what they want, no-one is going to make them doing anything ever.

 

[Naheal]

Recruited? No.

Would they help anyways? Maybe.

Will we ever find out until it happens? Nope.

Best response on Anon to date. This man just won the thread.

 

[ZeroMachine]

Recruited? No.

Would they help anyways? Maybe.

Will we ever find out until it happens? Nope.

Best response on Anon to date. This man just won the thread.

*takes a bow*

 

[Erana]

You never ask Anon. to help you with something.
Unless it helps an abused kitten, they'll prolly sabotage it for the "lulz."

 

[KissofKetchup]

annonymous can't be controlled, they may act just, but really they just want an excuse to cause some mayhem. they wield mayham like a means to an end, they fail to understand that mayham is JUST an end. chaos simply leads to more chaos, people are idiots to think that chaos can fix anything.

My retort to that would be that there seems to be some genuinely focused and principled people within annonymous and that while they cannot be controlled, they could be influenced. Although I could see a whole "Giving weapons to the Taliban and them later using it against us" scenario going down.

 

[Paksenarrion]

At the moment, some of them are easily persuaded to run numerous tests for only $60.

And besides, they'd only fight for America if China had an army of Mantis men.

 

[000Ronald]

I have been thinking practically since I have heard of the doings of Anonymous, should the US, UK, and/or NATO go to war with China for whatever the reason, do you think that Anonymous could be recruited to aid in cyberwarfare efforts, given China's past of civil rights suppression? Or would they do it under their own volition?

Maybe, but someone's going to need to call them out on their bullshit. Pleading with them won't work; you need to piss them off.

 

[zehydra]

some of the would, some of them wouldn't. Not everybody in Anonymous does things for the same reasons.

 

[KissofKetchup]

What I wrote dammit!

Maybe, but someone's going to need to call them out on their bullshit. Pleading with them won't work; you need to piss them off.

Recruiting isn't the same as pleading so you know. I doubt the US would come begging on their knees to Anon

 

[zehydra]

annonymous can't be controlled, they may act just, but really they just want an excuse to cause some mayhem. they wield mayham like a means to an end, they fail to understand that mayham is JUST an end. chaos simply leads to more chaos, people are idiots to think that chaos can fix anything.

My retort to that would be that there seems to be some genuinely focused and principled people within annonymous and that while they cannot be controlled, they could be influenced. Although I could see a whole "Giving weapons to the Taliban and them later using it against us" scenario going down.

I don't deny that they have agendas, rather admirable agendas infact, but how they go about influencing them is all wrong in my opinion

Anonymous itself has no Agenda, other than "the lulz", which is still even debatable.

Anyone can do anything under the name "Anonymous" and there's no one to stop them, to the point that this is all anonymous really is. It's a cover name for multiple organizations + the collective internet underground.

 

[O maestre]

anon does not have a singular will, its a misconception that they are some kind of highly organized group.... anon is kind of like a terrorist cell except each and every terrorist has his own political agenda, and they just sometimes happen to coincide with the other terrorists...

okay the terrorist metaphor isn't actually that good... think of it as being like the league of non-aligned nations.

Anonymous itself has no Agenda, other than "the lulz", which is still even debatable.

Anyone can do anything under the name "Anonymous" and there's no one to stop them, to the point that this is all anonymous really is. It's a cover name for multiple organizations + the collective internet underground.

what he said!.. only alot better than me...

 

[000Ronald]

What I wrote dammit!

Maybe, but someone's going to need to call them out on their bullshit. Pleading with them won't work; you need to piss them off.

Recruiting isn't the same as pleading so you know. I doubt the US would come begging on their knees to Anon

But that's likely how they would perceive it, as a group. And even calling them out only has a 30/70 shot; it's still more likely they'll attack you, being as you attacked them.

Kinda funny, seeing how they've actively campaigned against Scientology.

Then again, I'm just kinda guessing. I'm probably wrong.