Abstract Hactivism. by Otto von busch & karl palmas online strategist and tactics mechanisms of computers understanding of the world and structure of technological systems machines and vision of the world computer network structure >> inspires conceptuals models of the economy emergence of the computer inspired world view data obsession free flow of information freedom no fear globalized mischief against authorities technocultures anarchism :: cyberpunk transparency freedom geeks using computers >> empowered creating networks, cheaply, hacking, making data visible :: goverment data, education, knowledge, maps, etc hacker as a social class with a particular struggle Wikileaks and the hacking of a super power :: Asange Cables from the National Security Agency the cable-library of the USA national governments and global computer networks don’t mix any more sharable >> like mp3 no-profit global discidents inventing and spreading the Internet. The Internet is about his age, and it doesn’t have any more care for the delicacies of profit, propriety and hierarchy than he does. subversive wikipedians