hacktivism
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Blend of hack + activism, a portmanteau coined in 1994 by a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow hacker collective. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
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hacktivism (uncountable)
- (Internet) The practice of promoting a political agenda by hacking, especially by defacing or disabling websites.
- 2010, Pramod K. Nayar, An Introduction to New Media and Cybercultures, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 102:
- Hacktivism is a form of activism for social change that appropriates computers and electronic networks for this purpose. Also called electronic civil disobedience, hacktivism is geared to political ends.
- 2018, Vasileios Karagiannopoulos, Living With Hacktivism, Springer, →ISBN, page viii:
- My aim will be to identify and highlight the potential problems of the existing approach that is followed when dealing with hacktivism and its impact on user rights, protesters, and overall cybersecurity.
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