Hacktivism is back – but don't be fooled, it's often state-backed goons in masks: Military units, government nerds appear to join the fray, with physical infra in sights.
[off topic] If you're at a peaceful demonstration and see someone getting ready to throw a rock at a cop be ready to stop them. Cops love to send in provocateurs so they can have a reason to bust heads.
Back in the day, Union demonstrators had their own goon squads to make sure things stayed quiet.
Yes. Oldest authoritarian trick in the book.
They are called agitators, it happened a lot during blm protests, there was prominent right wing influencers MO is to be an agitator at these eventsm
When they were protesting here in Akron, some asshole put out giant pallets of bricks all along the protest route. Fuckheads.