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The Internet has made the potential power of a small number of irresponsible individuals much higher than it ever has been. Previously, only terrorists had such
by qq66 16y ago
The Internet has made the potential power of a small number of irresponsible individuals much higher than it ever has been. Previously, only terrorists had such a high awareness/number ratio.
- joe_the_user 16y agoThe "power" of Wikileaks rests on the perceived need of the US government to govern secretly. I would question the need for a massive security state with a vast flow of secret information within it. Further, if the such a state is threaten whenever a flow of secrets are exposed, it says more about the fragility of such a system than the power of those who might reveal its secrets.
- _djo_ 16y agoConfidentiality has always been a necessary element of diplomacy. There is nothing inherently sinister about that. So far I have seen very little in the released cables that can legitimately be said was in the public interest.
- qq66 16y agoDoes Julian Assange make his email password public?