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High-profile wikileaks leaks which don't fit your pattern include: "On 25 November 2009, WikiLeaks released 570,000 intercepts of pager messages sent on the da
by hugh3 16y ago
High-profile wikileaks leaks which don't fit your pattern include:
"On 25 November 2009, WikiLeaks released 570,000 intercepts of pager messages sent on the day of the September 11 attacks."
Clearly a gross invasion of privacy for many individuals involved.
"In September 2008, during the 2008 United States presidential election campaigns, the contents of a Yahoo account belonging to Sarah Palin (the running mate of Republican presidential nominee John McCain) were posted on WikiLeaks"
An astoundingly clear violation of an individual's privacy. One gives up a certain level of privacy when entering public life, but that was ridiculous.
"After briefly appearing on a blog, the membership list of the far-right British National Party was posted to WikiLeaks on 18 November 2008."
If anyone's the "little guy", it's the British National Party, a hard-working group of political idealists fighting for what they believe in against tremendous odds. Of course they also happen to be a bunch of openly racist jerks, but they're also an oppressed minority.
- jbooth 16y agoSo, are you with me here on the principle?
- hugh3 16y agoNo, not really. I'm not one for protecting the little guy from the big guy, I'm one for treating the little guy and the big guy equally.
- jbooth 16y agoWell, then, I'll have to assume you're a libertarian. How on earth do you square that with opposing what wikileaks does? Liber-authoritarian? Is it just because they published Sarah Palin's email? (BTW, it's illegal to conduct public business over private email, that's why the leak was noteworthy).