Pun Dogg Does Hacker Wars want to add to the debate over hacktivism's role in checking state and corporate power? Or does it just want to be a love letter to its characters? Either way, when the closing credits roll atop the bro-step beats, the audience will likely be left wondering about the hacktivists who don't appear in films and are even now trying to dig up corporate secrets while trying to avoid being caught. Hacker Wars has nothing to say about them.

Jesse Poland OK, so when it comes down to it, a lot of the information in this video is already out there. Hacking has been around since the dawn of computers. Hell even Kevin Mitnick, was charged and jailed because they thought he could use a phone, whistle a tune and cause Nukes to fly.Hacking, or Hacktivism as they term it in the video, is how this world operates. And there are 3 types of hackers. The black hat, who use their skill to enrich them selves. A white hat, who use their skill to defend. And a grey hat. Who use their skill of the betterment of society.I would place each and every one of those interviewed on this video as Grey hats. They were not in it for the money, they were not in it to cause damage. They were doing the public a service. And that is where the title of my review comes in. You see, it is the grey hats who embrace socialism. They made the system what it is today. Where as unchecked capitalism is attempting to exploit everyone, lie to the people about their intents, and then call them selves victims because the public strikes back. Like come on folks.TrapWire is one item i found interesting. And have since dug deeper into it. And the fact that Glenn Greenwald is in this is another bonus. It gives these folks a line of legitimacy for their actions.One review stated that these people are criminals. That they steal and hack and since it is a crime, they should be treated as criminals. I would like to offer a different perspective if you will.My perspective is this: If a nation ends up being run by a dictator, then it needs someone to stand up against said dictator right? If trump gets into office, and he starts acting like a fascist dictator... Someone has to stand up and lead the charge to remove said person from office. These people in this video are the ones who are standing up against the corporate dictators. Not 1 single dictator, but a multi-headed set of dictators. We live in a surveillance world folks. We all acknowledged that. Even some cop is probably reading this review now trying to determine if i am a threat or not. As such, it is our imperative in these democracies to hold businesses & government politicians and leaders accountable. Embarrassing a company is not illegal folks. Its holding them accountable.After all, in a real democracy, we don't have protest zones or ask permission to protest. In a open society we should not fear.Anyways, an excellent movie and i would recommend anyone interested to watch it and then do their research into what was mentioned in the documentary.Oh, and Thank you Edward Snowden!

kb3014 In today's world, it's incredibly important to know just how anonymous (pun intended) people really aren't when online. Whether you oppose these proclaimed "hacktivists", or admire their creative way to resolve a felt injustice, there's a lot of quality info here. It's an easy and engaging watch. Working in fraud, I couldn't be more surprised for how many people are so careless on the internet.The viewpoint is fairly biased, but there's nothing to suggest a significant revolution just by watching the film. The only truly horrifying part is how many hipsters are present in this documentary. Kidding of course.

christiank7 What a bunch of self engrandising, overbearing and deluded fools. Spreading their own private madness as a form of hero worship. Pathetic. The entire pseudo documentary is made up of selected moments from a large data base to make us believe that the government is the evil bad guy who is taking our freedom. Ridiculous. I worked in this area, and although I can not specify I have never seen any of my colleagues behave like these lowlife have said officials behaved. These so called protectors of our freedom are breaking laws. End of story! They are endangering citizens and organizations and also destabilizing the impressionable young and fostering hysteria and angst. They actually think that they are the great heroes. How self delusional can you get? On the other hand some of these people were actually so stupid as to show their faces and this only because their desire for their 15 minutes of fame is greater than their continued anonymous safety. How dumb can you get? I suggest that these little not quite grown up morons get a new life because the one they are leading is a dismal failure. Go hack yourselves.