What does it feel to be a Anonymous member?
How do Anonymous work?
These are some important questions which even the die hard critics of Anonymous would like answers to.
We were looking for new ways, new ways of thinking, Jones said.
After 9-11 there was a swing of taking peoples civil liberties.
There was a knockdown of peoples rights and there was a fight for gaining that back, Jones said.
We kind of got together, put our heads together and labeled ourselves, basically, freedom fighters.
While you use the words freedom fighters, others out there use the word, criminal.
Do you consider yourself a criminal?
Channel 2s Robert Arnold asked.
No, I dont, Jones said.
You have broken laws that are on the books.
Is that not correct or do you disagree with that?
I dont disagree, but at the time those laws werent created.
They used us as a way to form new laws, Jones said.
Jones is also a ex-military man.
I went into military intelligence after 9-11, said Jones.
There was definitely an intelligence gap, and thats where I wanted to be.
Looking at systems for vulnerabilities is something that helps all of us, Jones said.
The way I look at it is, either I can test it or the Chinese can.
Would you rather me test it or someone from China or North Korea test it?
Jones told Arnold that he left Anonymous for three reasons.
The first was seeing friends sent to prison under, what at the time, were newly created cyber-laws.
They held us to almost a terrorist level.
Matter of fact they called it cyber-terrorism, Jones said.
I think that made a lot of us feel like less than citizens.
When I look at my kids, jail is not somewhere I want to be.
The second reason is Jones said he feels like the original intent of Anonymous has become diluted.
The idea is disappearing.
The idea was a pure idea and it was not physical or life-threatening.
The third reason was his professional life.
He felt that being an Anonymous member may have ruined a successful career in private sector.
Hiring people like me to defend against what we know is out there.
Its there, the threat is real, said Jones.
source: www.techworm.net
