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Anonymous Doxes Trump, But Leaked Info Underwhelms
Mic.com reports that the "total war" declared by Anonymous against presidential candidate Donald Trump has resulted in a grandly presented leak of some personal information. Items alleged to be personal information about Trump have been posted to PasteBin; these include a social security number purported to be his, contact information for some Trump business associates (including his agent and his lawyer's office), and some information about his family relationships. As Tech Insider points out, though, the YouTube video announcing the dump seems to overstate its significance, in that none of the information leaked is new or earth-shattering -- most of it could be quickly gleaned from a Google search or a visit to Wikipedia.
I don't care about anonymous's childish and sensationalized political views, that's not how democracy works. Hackers shouldn't influence votes any more than the wealthy should. Either they found real dirt or they didn't. It seems they didn't.
By causing trouble anonymously, Anonymous are technically working as agents for those entities (such as Russia) which would like to eliminate anonymity.
Come now, if you are going to go the conspiracy route you have to look deeper than a single layer. Trump is being attacked by _everyone_ except the public who is supporting him.
I find it much more likely that this is a two-for. Try and make Trump look bad and at the same time make Anonymous look bad. The elitist pricks holding power don't like either of them very much.
All that goodness out in the open, if Anonymous does not come out and declare victimization then it is most likely yet a poor mission by them. Not everything they have done has been successful or grand. I find the latter more likely than any conspiracy. Anonymous also threatened Hillary and did a bit of damage. Nothing that the corrupt media could not cover up, unfortunately.
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The thing about Doxxing is that we already know most of the "dirt" about Trump. Most of the stuff about him that would kill other potential candidates he wears like a badge of honor. His whole campaign basically depends on being the biggest piece of shit candidate running to make all the small people feel like their faults aren't really all that bad and maybe even ok.
And if you want a Trump elected, this sort of thing helps him out a lot. Other things that help him:
- any negative comments from Bush or Romney
- any negative comments from Mexican government leaders
- protests like the ones in Chicago. The more disruptive the protests, the more it helps Trump.
- any big business CEOs or Chamber of Commerce leaders speaking out against him
- any negative comments from Obama.
- any other foreign leaders or celebrities speaking out against him
If you want him to win easily, keep it up.
Maybe you missed the whole #GamerGate thing... The problem with Anonymous is that since anyone can use that flag and it's impossible to verify, sometimes you get great good and more often you get childish asshattery and criminality.
Anonymous and it's offshoot GamerGate need to recognize this and form some kind of organization, because other simply disclaiming the actions of those using the name for malice is meaningless. The only way to protect yourself from people using your name for bad stuff is to have some way to positively identify members.
Anonymity is a good thing, but it also has some severe limitations when trying to organize around it.
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