Ladies
and gentlemen, it’s high time you realized we are no longer defined as Citizens
only! For those who haven’t grasped the milestone event on their life path let
me acquaint you with the new idea. With constant internet availability we surf
the internet wherever we are. No matter whether we like globalization or not,
our daily dependence on internet creates the world as it is today - small,
accessible and to some united. It creates us, newly born to the vast cyberspace,
addicted to the continuous, steady flow of information. We scroll down facebook
first thing in the morning. In that case isn't it right to provide a shorthand
for our cereal routines: coffee, bathroom and facebook? Thus let the game of
throne begin.
We
build our personal virtual worlds with meticulous precision. Caring about
profile pictures, content we share, we are anxious to check the latest
breakthroughs in our friends' lives: starbuck's check-ins, untouched food
photos digested by instagram, inspirational quotes and profound inquires such
as: “OK, this is really bugging me now. Does your phone get heavier the more
stuff u have on it? Ie pictures, videos, etc?”. Only having pleased our
constant, psychotic need of control, having helped those in dire need, can we
stand up, close the bathroom doors behind and go on with our citizen's duties.
But
even in that perfect blue, virtual world of ours, there are flaws and shady
areas. Not to mention its rotten content and child pornography. Make no
mistake, plenty of pimpled crooks roam your neighbourhood with their collars
pulled up, just waiting for the opportunity to burn and loot golden visas. And
apart from those petty thinking minds, there are also villains. True,
superman-sized opponents, serving the cause of chaos and entropy.
These
Schwartz-characters are set to destroy the cyber world as it is today. They are
called hacktivist. They have devoted their lives to serve evil forces, hide
behind Fawkes' plastic masks and constantly plot to undermine cyber security provided
by beloved governments. In
their wicked minds they dream of turning World Wide Web into Wild Wild West.
But
rest assured: NATO has stood up to worrying security issues and came up with a
resolution. With its preliminary guidelines hacktivist are to be treated as
terrorist therefore can be killed in a counter-attacks. I can already imagine
unmanned drones busy with missions to target cyber rapscallions and scoundrels
such as Aaron Shwartz, Jeremy Hammond and Bradley Manning. Hence your
blue-walls, precious apartments and thrones are left unthreatened.
