The discussion centers around the role of non-governmental actors, specifically the hacker group Anonymous, in combating ISIS following the Paris attacks. It explores the effectiveness of citizen vigilantes compared to national military efforts in addressing terrorism, particularly in the context of encrypted communications used by ISIS.
Participants express differing views on the potential effectiveness of Anonymous compared to military efforts, with no consensus reached on the overall impact of citizen-led initiatives against ISIS.
Limitations include the uncertainty regarding the actual capabilities of Anonymous and the effectiveness of their proposed actions against a well-resourced organization like ISIS.
gleem said:Can this group of citizen vigilantes have a bigger effect on the spread of ISIS influence than the military of major countries?
Given the clandestine nature of that group the veracity of that "declaration" is hard to determine. For all we know it could have been made by a pajama clad adolescent in his mom's basement.gleem said:Anonymous the international network of hackers has declared war on ISIS after the Paris attacks. US security experts claim ISIS is using encryption to communicate their terrorist activities over the internet and not observable to national security agencies. Can this group of citizen vigilantes have a bigger effect on the spread of ISIS influence than the military of major countries?