Living with hacktivism : from conflict to symbiosis / Vasileios Karagiannopoulos.
Title
Living with hacktivism : from conflict to symbiosis / Vasileios Karagiannopoulos.
Subject
Description
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This book focuses on the phenomenon of hacktivism and how it has been dealt with up to now in the United States and the United Kingdom. After discussing the birth of the phenomenon and the various relevant groups, from Electronic Disturbance Theater to Anonymous, their philosophies and tactics, this timely and original work attempts to identify the positive and negative aspects hacktivism through an analysis of free speech and civil disobedience theory. Engaging in this process clarifies the dual nature of hacktivism, highlighting its potential for positive contributions to contemporary politics, whilst also demonstrating the risks and harms flowing from its controversial and legally ambiguous nature. Based on this hybrid nature of hacktivism, Karagiannopoulos proceeds to offer a critique of the current responses towards such practices and their potential for preserving the positive elements, whilst mitigating the risks and harms involved in such political practices. Finally, the study focuses on identifying an alternative, symbiotic rationale for responding to hacktivism, based on a cluster of micro-interventions moving away from the conflict-based criminal justice model and the potentially unjust and inefficacious results it entails.
Creator
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date
Contributor
SpringerLink (Online service)
Format
1 online resource (xx, 282 p.)
Language
eng
Type
a
Access Rights
Publisher's Web site. Access restricted to the University of Catania community.
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-71758-6 doi
ISBN
9783319717579 (hbk.)
9783319717586 (PDF ebook)
9783319717579 (hbk.)
Series
Palgrave studies in cybercrime and cybersecurity
Palgrave studies in cybercrime and cybersecurity.
Collection
Citation
Karagiannopoulos, Vasileios., “Living with hacktivism : from conflict to symbiosis / Vasileios Karagiannopoulos.,” Lex e-books - Collana, accessed December 23, 2024, http://ebooks.unict.it/omeka/items/show/248.