anonymous

Anonymous refers to an individual's state of anonymity, which is the condition of being without a name, or providing no personally identifiable information.


Anonymous is also a term used to refer to a newly surfaced internet concept that describes online and offline community members who function as part of an anarchic, global brain. The Anonymous group has no known leader, but represents the convergent actions of different individuals whose identities are unknown.


Anonymous actions are often coordinated toward a mutually-agreed upon goal. The group's name has become synonymous with different kinds of political and social protests, primarily promoted via acts of hacktivism. Some of their more well known protest actions were carried out against SOPA, the take down of file sharing websites and organizations opposing WikiLeaks.

The symbol of the Anonymous group is the Guy Fawkes mask, which is often employed in protests movements to represent the idea of strangers uniting under a common goal.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “anonymous”

• in Social Media
  17-year-old Girl Kills Self After Rape Photo Goes Viral
  Social Media Used for Bullying and Perhaps to Right a Wrong
  by goldensylph / on Apr 12, 2013
• in Technology
  Anonymous Hacks U.S. Government
  The activist group, Anonymous, hacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in an act of vengeance.
  by stephengfm / on Jan 26, 2013
• in Technology
  GoDaddy Hacked, or Just a Technical Glitch?
  A person affiliated with the hacking group Anonymous takes credit for the outage, but a hack hasn't been confirmed
  by cblaha / on Sep 11, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “anonymous”

 

• Chelsea Flower Show 2013 – Preview Day [ 2013 - AVI | XViD | PDTV | SD - By: Anonymous - Chelsea.Flower.Show.2013.Preview.Day.PDTV.XviD.hannibal ]

  
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  GARDENING: Chelsea Flower Show 2013 On: BBC 1 Date: Sunday 19th May 2013 (Already shown) Time: 17:00 to 18:00 (1 hour long) A preview of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Centennial Chelsea Flower Show with Alan Titchmarsh and Joe Swift. Carol Klein shares her memories of exhibiting at the event and takes a ...
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• Real Madrid says coach Jose Mourinho will leave at end of season

  
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  MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid says coach Jose Mourinho will leave at end of season. Visit link: Real Madrid says coach Jose Mourinho will leave at end of season
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• After Girl Expelled From High School and Charged Over Lesbian Relationship, Anonymous Goes on the Offensive

  
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  When Florida high school student Kaitlyn Hunt was 17, she began dating a 15-year-old teammate on her school’s girls’ basketball team. Kaitlyn’s parents say the parents of the 15-year-old never complained to them about the (consensual) relationship. But a few months after Kaitlyn turned 18, the younger girl’s ...
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• After Girl Expelled From High School and Charged Over Lesbian Relationship, Anonymous Goes on the Offensive

  
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  When Florida high school student Kaitlyn Hunt was 17, she began dating a 15-year-old teammate on her schools girls basketball team. Kaitlyns parents say the parents of the 15-year-old never complained to them about the (consensual) relationship. But a few months after Kaitlyn turned 18, the younger girls parents had ...
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• The Voice (AU) – S02E20 [ 2013 - MP4 | x264 | PDTV | SD | New - By: Anonymous - The.Voice.Au.S02E20.PDTV.x264-NOGRP ]

  
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  Episode Name: Live Shows 1 Season: 02 Episode: 20 Aired: 2013-05-20 Episode Overview: The finalists battle it out in the Live Showdowns. Keywords the voice au s02e20 the voice au s02 e20 torrent
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• Taiwan vows to protect Filipinos from attacks

  
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  Taiwan yesterday ordered all law-enforcement personnel to step up the protection of Filipinos on the island, after a suggestion that Manila might evacuate its nationals from the island after hearing reports of attacks targeting them. “We have instructed all prosecutorial and law-enforcement agencies to step up ...
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• Li Keqiang visits New Delhi and vows to end disputes on border with India

  
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  China and India agreed yesterday to launch a fresh round of talks to settle their long-running border disputes. They also pledged to draw up a roadmap to reach a “dynamic balance” in trade between the two emerging economic powers. We need to improve the border mechanisms…and make them more efficient Li Keqiang, ...
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• South Korea’s complaint about US use of term ‘Sea of Japan’ is dismissed

  
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  Academics and the Japanese government have dismissed the complaint by South Korea’s defence ministry about US Forces Korea referring to the body of water between the Korean peninsula and Japan as the “Sea of Japan”. Read more from the original source: South Korea’s complaint about US use of term ‘Sea of ...
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• Drug trafficking charges for US Virgin Islands environment officer

  
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  Federal agents have arrested the top enforcement officer for the US Virgin Islands environment agency on drug trafficking charges after he was allegedly caught with a cache of cocaine on a government patrol boat. Read more here: Drug trafficking charges for US Virgin Islands environment officer
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• Beware of pitfalls in buying property

  
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  Signing a contract to buy a property (a flat, an office block or whatever) marks a point of no return. You have passed from the zone of negotiations to that of binding commitment. At least that is the idea. Once you sign the contract it should be all over bar the shouting. In principle, it only remains for the seller ...
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• Divorced Briton confesses to killing his children in France

  
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  A 48-year-old divorced Briton locked in a bitter custody battle has confessed to killing his two young children by slitting their throats near the eastern French city of Lyons. The bodies of a five-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy were discovered on Saturday afternoon in the man’s apartment in Saint-Priest, a ...
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• Cyclone Mahasen a ‘dress rehearsal’ for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims

  
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  Myanmar’s victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon season weeks away. Myanmar’s Rakhine state is pockmarked with makeshift settlements for up to 140,000 people – mainly Rohingya Muslims – ...
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• Repackaging Failure

  
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  Its Fund Drive Time for The Political Carnival. Our Support TPC page is at http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/supporttpc/ . We could really use the help. Thanks! Guest post by an anonymous teacher in the Cleveland, Ohio school system. The Cleveland Metropolitan school District has come up with the “Cleveland ...
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• Recovery without God

  
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   A recent study performed by Harvard University’s McLean Hospital concludes that “faith in God positively influences treatment for individuals with psychiatric illness.”The McLean Hospital study “followed patients receiving care from a hospital-based behavioral health program to investigate the relationship ...
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• Recovery without God

  
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   A recent study performed by Harvard University’s McLean Hospital looking into the recovery process concludes that “faith in God positively influences treatment for individuals with psychiatric illness.”The McLean Hospital study “followed patients receiving care from a hospital-based behavioral health program ...
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• How Do I Know If My VPN Is Trustworthy?

  
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  Dear Lifehacker, Ive read about why I really should use a VPN and Ive been looking into different providers, but theres one thing Im worried about. Cant a VPN provider just look at my traffic all they want and see what Im doing? Dont I just have to trust them not to spy on me? If thats true, how do I pick one I can ...
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• Iraqi officials say car bomb in Shiite area of Baghdad kills at least 13 civilians

  
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  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say car bomb in Shiite area of Baghdad kills at least 13 civilians. Here is the original post: Iraqi officials say car bomb in Shiite area of Baghdad kills at least 13 civilians
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• Cambodia factory accident injures 23

  
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  A collapsing structure injured 23 workers on Monday at a Cambodian factory producing garments for a top Western brand, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about regional industrial safety. At least 23 workers were injured at a Cambodian factory that produced garments for a top Western brand on Monday, ...
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• Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion; to remain separately run

  
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  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion; to remain separately run. Original post: Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion; to remain separately run
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• Unemployment rate steady at 3.5pc for second month

  
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  Hong Kong’s unemployment rate in April was 3.5 per cent – same as the level in March, government figures released on Monday showed. Increases in the unemployment rate in April were mainly observed in retail, manufacturing, and accommodation and food services sectors, the Census and Statistics Department said, ...
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