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Seeing Anonymous primarily as a cybersecurity threat is like analyzing the breadth of the antiwar movement and 1960s counterculture by focusing only on the Weathermen.

Yochai Benkler

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Yochai Benkler
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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