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Does "wikileaks" provide any service beyond promoting the material it is given? I mean, if I wanted to leak classified data, I can think of lots of ways that w
by mynameishere 16y ago
Does "wikileaks" provide any service beyond promoting the material it is given? I mean, if I wanted to leak classified data, I can think of lots of ways that would be as technically effective and much, much safer than handing it to wikileaks.
- mkelly 16y agoTheir strategy, as I recall, is to make sure the information remains available even when it's politically unpopular. E.g., they provided info about Kaupthing when some media in Iceland was gagged: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikileaks#Bank_Julius_Baer_lawsuit https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikileaks#Ban...