hacktivism

Politically motiviated hacking. Some examples include denial of service attacks against conservative groups, defacement of political websites, malicious software development, and website parodies. Tends to be leftist and has close ties with anarchy.

When the media is taken over by conservative propaganda, citizens can engage in underground hacktivism to fight back.

by sephos August 31, 2006

macktivist

A pseudo-activist who participates in marches and other activities so that he may have access to cute girls who believe in saving the planet. A compounding of "to mack" and "activist." For obvious reasons, this noun has no feminine iteration.

Look at those boys with the "Peace Now" sign -- they ain't nothing but macktivists.

From what I hear, the treasurer of the campus Green Party is a total macktivist.

by Brendan Baber July 17, 2004

hacktivate

A combination or portmanteau of the words hack and activate meaning the use of alternate methods to gain access to computer programs or hardware.

hacktivate differs from cracktivate: hacktivate does not imply malicious intent.

I had to hacktivate my authentic copy of MS Office because I lost the product key.

by uzebdrumz January 2, 2012

Wacktivist

Research shows that activists actually know less about the causes they champion than the average person. Instead, they’re in the cause to fill the emptiness in their lives and feel they’re doing something important. The community they form with similarly-minded zealots also addresses their loneliness. Passionate about causes they know little about, these people get in the way of advocates who employ sound strategy trying to make positive changes to the world. Wacktivists attack sane people because wacktivists fear their problems being “solved.” What would fill the emptiness then?

Don’t bother going to Creating Change. It’s just a convention of wacktivists.

by AlfredE May 19, 2022

wacktivist

noun Origin: wacky + activist = wacktivist. A crazy person intensely involved in insane protest campaigns.

Ane member of PETA or the Earth Liberation Front; most members of Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club and other wacktivist organizations.

by Vandana Shiva February 5, 2004

Hacktivity

The work done by a Hacker.

Wanting to cover his tracks, anonymous wiped all traces of his hacktivity.

by Dragontat1989 November 25, 2013

Whacktivist

Activists who do more harm their cause than help it by attacking the public instead of the organizations responsible for what they are protesting against.

Just Stop Oil is a whacktivist group that attacks paintings in museums and disrupts traffic instead of going directly to the facilities owned by the oil industries and organizing large noticeable protests there.

by Green_Devil November 19, 2022