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🗓️ 19 June 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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You've probably heard of the hacktivist group Anonymous, but what do you know aside from some famous cyberattacks and those signature masks? Kim dives into everything Anonymous with Dr. Gabriella Coleman, an anthropologist and professor at McGill University. She studies hacktivist groups and tells us what Anonymous is up to these days and how you can help stop the spread of their sensational messages.
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0:00.0 | Welcome to Commando on Demand, Insider with Kim Commando, your fast-paced weekly update straight from |
0:06.7 | Kim's desk to your ears. I'm Mike James, and today a special look into the activist and sometimes |
0:13.1 | known as a hacktivist group, Anonymous. I'm sure you've heard of Anonymous. They're famous for |
0:19.2 | cyber attacks, mostly against governments and government |
0:22.2 | institutions. But they've also been known to attack private organizations like the Church of |
0:28.3 | Scientology. They wear those crazy masks with the smiling face. It's from the movie V is for |
0:35.1 | Vendetta. But today we're going to go behind that mask and reveal just how sinister this group can be |
0:41.8 | and how many there are and a whole lot more information because we have Dr. Gabriela Coleman |
0:49.2 | with us, who's an anthropologist and professor at McGill University and studies |
0:54.2 | activist groups like Anonymous. |
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1:22.6 | All right, just ahead. |
1:23.8 | Anonymous, who they are and what they represent. |
1:26.5 | Next on Commando on Demand Insider. |
1:39.6 | So when you hear the word anonymous, I want you to close your eyes. |
1:43.9 | And what exactly do you see? |
1:46.3 | I bet it's that guy fox mask, that face of anonymous. And when you start looking at anonymous, |
1:51.8 | you start hearing about it in the news and online, it has like this mystique about it, this mysterious |
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