• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Why is that surprising? The word hacktivist is defined by doing good deeds. That’s literally what it means

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      8 months ago

      It may be me being misinformed on the topic, bust most hacktivism actions I’ve heard about in the news were targeted at hurting the bad guys and rarely at effectively helping out the small guy.