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noundigilante (plural digilantes)
plural digilantes
- A person who engages in vigilantism on or through the Internet.
Other computer wizards have become cult figures after rushing to defend their idea of Internet purity, for example, when several hacker "digitantes" sabotaged Cyber Promotions, Inc., one of the most hated e-mail advertisers, or "spammers."
1998, David Brin, The Transparent Society: WIll Technology Force Use to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom?, Perseus Books, →ISBN, page 164
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digilante. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digilante
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