This phrase is strongly associated with Anonymous, the decentralized hacktivist movement that became widely known online in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Videos linked to Anonymous often used text-to-speech or heavily processed voices to deliver statements in a stern, mechanical style. That aesthetic spread across YouTube, meme edits, and social clips, where “we are anonymous” became shorthand for hacker culture, digital rebellion, or parody. It still appears in edits because the line is instantly recognizable and quickly creates a cyber-warning mood.