
Someone has found a rival to Musk’s Doge—a capybara. On November 2, WIRED reported that a group calling itself the Capytistas announced a phased release of private residential data, initially targeting Musk and the Tesla board. The name draws inspiration from Mexico’s Zapatista movement, and the capybara was chosen to oppose Doge. Their reasoning is that tech companies collect data from ordinary people, yet their executives enjoy privacy. Journalists have seen a draft of the file, but cannot treat the full exposure plan as already implemented. The contradiction in this counterattack is direct: Can criticizing corporate abuse of personal data be justified by stripping privacy from another group? Holding companies accountable for their data business is fundamentally different from applying pressure by targeting private residences. Anger at power does not automatically answer why family members and neighbors should also bear the risk. The capybara may serve as a useful symbol of resistance, but the legitimacy of exposing residential information remains a separate issue.
