Turns out, Anonymous' Strength is also a Weakness
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- Wisconsin's governor
- The Koch brothers, Koch Industries
- Major copyright holders #operationpayback
- The Libyan government #oplibya
- Bank of America #operationBOA
- Egypt #opegypt
- Security firm Palantir (a continuation of the #ophbgary work)
- Westboro Baptist Church (hit hard after trolling Anonymous mercilessly)
- Glenn Beck (though the idea has yet to gain much traction)
- The government of Sweden (for prosecuting WikiLeaks' Julian Assange)
The list goes on… and on. But as the targets have spread, their effectiveness appears to have diminished.In exchange for all the advantages of an amorphous, distributed, and untargetable command system, Anonymous has given up the ability to precisely coordinate effective activities. Very often, one's strength is also one's weakness.