Do you know the connection between Guy Fawkes, the movie “V for Vendetta” and the Anonymous movement? Or that today, was the Million Mask March at locations around the world?
If you do, you probably also understand why a variety of worldwide movements and groups – from Anonymous to Occupy to WikiLeaks among others – are trying to draw attention to increased inequality, government surveillance, environmental destruction and other pressing issues of the day.
It’s also a good reminder that today, the most powerful people in any organization aren’t actually the “bosses” but are the IT folks (both inside or even outside corporate firewalls) who have access to e-mails, documents and, depending on your records storage system, digital invoices and financial records as well. And IT folks tend to be *very* sympathetic to the types of issues that groups like Anonymous and WikiLeaks stand for.
Schwartz, Manning and Snowden are probably just the tip of the iceberg in terms of IT-related leaks. It will be interesting to see what comes out next…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKvvOFIHs4k