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This is ill judged and shows Wikileaks to be immature as the motivation could only have been some form of juvenile revenge, this has probably damaged their cred
by epo 16y ago
This is ill judged and shows Wikileaks to be immature as the motivation could only have been some form of juvenile revenge, this has probably damaged their credibility beyond repair.
Little or no public good comes from this, any more than disseminating pictures of the keys to your front door or publishing your bank account details would somehow be justified "in the interests of openness".
Comments about this being OK because "security through obscurity" is a bad thing merely show the commenter to incompetent at thinking, preferring instead to spout cliched slogans, rather like the book waving Maoists of old.
- epo 16y agoOoh! downvoting, there's a compelling counterargument.
- jokermatt999 16y agoYou do have a very valid point, but your tone is rather harsh. I'm guessing the downvotes are more about how you're saying it rather than what you're saying.
- epo 16y agoA mindless defence of a mindless act deserves nothing but contempt. Harsh? not as harsh as the reaction to wikileaks will be. To quote Stan Lee "with great power comes great responsibility" ("Spiderman"). Wikileaks has power, they have not exercised responsibility, this will cost them (and indirectly, the rest of us) dearly.