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HACTIVIST [1 record]

Record 1 2010-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Social Movements
  • Political Science (General)
DEF

An individual who performs an act of hacktivism.

CONT

A hacktivist uses the same tools and techniques as a hacker, but does so in order to disrupt services and bring attention to a political or social cause. For example, one might leave a highly visible message on the home page of a Web site that gets a lot of traffic or which embodies a point-of-view that is being opposed. Or one might launch a denial-of-service attack to disrupt traffic to a particular site.

OBS

Hacktivism is the act of hacking, or breaking into a computer system, for a politically or socially motivated purpose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)
DEF

Militant qui mobilise ses connaissances informatiques contre la mondialisation, les multinationales et en faveur de la défense des internautes.

OBS

Ce néologisme est le fruit de la fusion des termes anglais «hacker» et «activist».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Movimientos sociales
  • Ciencias políticas (Generalidades)
CONT

Somos una red de hacktivistas que nace de la comunidad de hacklabs y hackmeeting de la Península Ibérica. Este espacio surgió para coordinar nuestras acciones a nivel global, debatir estrategias, compartir recursos y sincronizar movimientos de creación y resistencia hacia una sociedad libre con unas tecnologias libres.

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