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You make a good point regarding what they might be trying to do. But do you think many people are actually buying it? Anyone could think of malicious uses for a
by willstrafach 9y ago
You make a good point regarding what they might be trying to do. But do you think many people are actually buying it? Anyone could think of malicious uses for all sorts of things, the only noteworthy revelations would be actual proof of misuse.
- SomeStupidPoint 9y ago> Anyone could think of malicious uses for all sorts of things, the only noteworthy revelations would be actual proof of misuse. Does this same logic apply to the vault7 trove itself? The entire leak is basically "Spy agency has capability to spy. Yawn." once you take away the angle of "Oooo! Spooky! They might target you!" So we're already in the case that Wikileaks is trying to editorialize the content for an agenda, which we know is to cause damage to the US intel community. (They haven't been friends for a long time, in well documented ways.) We also know that Wikileaks is withholding the full extent of what they know or not, and are choosing what to reveal (which is a tactic well know to be used to shape narratives). Why should we care what Wikileaks has to say on this matter, for the exact reason you so helpfully pointed out? They're a biased source, not disclosing their full knowledge and seeking to manipulate us, who haven't actually shown any evidence of wrong-doing.
- willstrafach 9y agoYou might be missing that I do fully agree with you. I guess if it is out there anyway though, makes some sense for there to be discussion on HN as it is a technical forum. Probably safe to skip their "analysis" and only pay mind to the source document.