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"...one wonders why Swedish Bahnhof would take on the challenge of hosting a site that will probably be under permanent attack for the foreseeable future. Unle
by pigbucket 16y ago
"...one wonders why Swedish Bahnhof would take on the challenge of hosting a site that will probably be under permanent attack for the foreseeable future.
Unless it's for the PR value"
That's a good example of allowing one's imagination of possibilities to wander over very short distances. Is it that inconceivable that a company might be motivated by something other than the bottom line? Arvinjoar commented earlier on the principled character of the Bahnhof's founder: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1959961 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1959961
- potatolicious 16y agoIndeed. It's a little depressing that we live in a world where someone driven by principles instead of profits is regarded as extraordinary.
- Dove 16y agoSuch a sentiment says more about the speaker than the world.
- grinich 16y agoI think it has to do with the author/editors. Most journalism today is driven by profits, not principles. Sites like this are practicing textbook yellow journalism, trying to grab eyeballs to save the sinking ship of newspapers. Principles and integrity are now so foreign an idea for them that it comes out in the writing. Julian Assange and Wikileaks are muckrakers, and that makes a lot of people uncomfortable. Directly, the exposed governments and corporations. But indirectly, also the titans of "journalism" and news. Journalism is meant to push society, and right now Julian Assange is doing exactly that. WikiLeaks is like a new kid on the block, turning over rocks and standing up to bullies.
- baconhammer 16y agoIn the reception area of that particular server hall, they have a small, wall-mounted box labeled "FRA collaboration point" (FRA being the Swedish equivalent of NSA, more or less). From that box, two cut cables are sticking out. :-)