A four-day protest organized by the UK-based hacktivist collective Anonymous has begun outside Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), backing a legal challenge against the mass surveillance agency.
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Peer2Politics
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on peer-to-peer dynamics in politics, the economy and organizations
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Hammond was sentenced on Friday at federal court in Manhattan to the maximum 10 years in jail, plus three years supervised release. He had pleaded guilty to one count under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) flowing from his 2011 hack of Strategic Forecasting, Inc, known as Stratfor. In an interview with the Guardian in the Metropolitan Correction Center in New York, conducted on Thursday, he said he was resigned to a long prison term which he sees as a conscious attempt by the US authorities to put a chill on political hacking. 
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We’ve all seen the infamous mask, and heard about the mysterious group it represents: Anonymous. But what does Anonymous actually do? The loosely associated group of activists and hacktivists emphasizes its decentralization, as evidenced by the sheer amount of actions it is currently involved itself with. The group has instigated battles to find JusticeForSavannah in Arizona and JusticeForDaisy in Maryville, and now it’s even fighting a mysterious Utah boarding school named Logan River. Here’s your rundown of what exactly Anonymous has been working on lately:
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