Virtual Vigilantes

The idea of virtual terrorism is  pretty intimidating one when you think about it. There's so much that we do that depends on technology. We really do depend on the fact that technology will run effectively and without error. When street lights don't behave the way that they're supposed to on a daily basis because of some regular issue people react badly. And that's only one street, or one block! Thinking about everything else that someone could do on a massive scale is incredibly jarring and terrifying. That this sort of chaos can be started with one malicious person's tweaking is kind of scary. I can definitely see how it can be used for evil. I do think that these same tactics can be used for good. I suppose I see people who manipulate technology in order to enact some form of justice the same way that I see Batman or Robin Hood. They're sort of vigilantes, yes they work outside the law and the ability they have to do so could be bad in someone else's hands but instead they're trying to help people out. Plus, a vigilante usually tries to push their own justice because of the legal system's inability to do the same. I think that we should consider that if there wasn't something wrong with our system people wouldn't step forward to fix it. Yes what they're doing is technically illegal, but it's not a bad thing to do. There's a big difference between committing a crime for the sake of committing a crime and doing it for the people. I think that we sort of need people to do this in order to bring attention to the wrongs in our world. At least until we manage to change so that we don't need their aid anymore.