Response #1 It's In the Art

It’s In the Art

     People frequently wonder how anyone in the right mindset could have the nerve to access peoples’ personal information online. The answer is simply in the power. Hacking into someone’s bank accounts, websites, and emails are not the limit to my power. My whole attitude is established by my success in the hacking world. I am a hactivist and quite proud. The ability to bypass security and passwords of total strangers takes skill, and should be considered an art.

     To begin, nothing online should remain private. Gathering peoples’ information is simply a problem that needs to be solved, and solved only once. Why should I attack a corporate network when it is as simple as coaxing employees of that agency to give away detailed and important information through a simple false email. The filesharing of confidential information between one colleague to another isn’t as safe as it should be anymore, which makes my job much easier. Every bit of information is passed through email, government websites, and some other form of World Wide Web application. If the general public decides to put their personal information online, then why should it be kept private? It’s much easier to pay with a credit card online than to go to the actual location of the object being purchased and use it there. However, then I can get access to your Social Security number and bank account information. If someone decides to grant the internet access to their confidential information, then it’s free to anyone that can maneuver the internet.

     It takes talent to appropriately learn to be a hactivist. Websites such as pavietnam.net teach you how to become a hacker, but it takes a little more practice than to read the steps word for word from a page. Hacking is a language in its own. It’s an attitude, and a way of life. A community even exists of hackers. Hactivists pull together and share tips and ideas that could advance their success in the hacking world. I spent hundreds of dollars on programs to help me hack into websites and programs, but now that I have the art of hacking down, I can simply enter into any web linked page and download any program for free to me simply by rerouting the programing. Then I can start creating HTML pages that will attract the unaware victim. Beginner hactivists create flashy pages with unnecessary context that become clear warning signs to those who enter the page. This is something that must be avoided and websites that tell you how to hack don’t necessarily tell you these details. The internet is tricky to work with, but it can be done if you have the practice and the skill to do so.

     Therefore, despite all the remarks regarding how destructive hactivists are, when someone puts something on the internet, private or not, it can and will be accessible. Anyone should have access to all the information, personal data, and confidential information if it’s exposed to the World Wide Web. Hactivists unite to indoctrinate and combine these beliefs and tactics in order to accomplish the concept that the internet is a free world. Hacking is an art and it takes practice and dedication in order to be successful at it. The only way to know if you are a true hactivist is to determine if you eat, sleep, and dream hacking. If you know how to maneuver the internet and break through the barriers and obstacles that stand in your way, anything that anyone places on the web can be visible to you.