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Agreed, but at this point even images and videos can be faked and doctored to a pretty high standard. Privacy of the leakers should be worth it IMO.
by yitianjian 6y ago
Agreed, but at this point even images and videos can be faked and doctored to a pretty high standard. Privacy of the leakers should be worth it IMO.
- eru 6y agoWell, why release 'the meeting' in the first place then? If you recreate a deep fake, you might as well start from a transcript. Or leak a transcript. Leakers need some fidelity to prove their credibility. But fidelity also identifies them.
- jessaustin 6y agoThe journalist, editor, or their lawyer might need something genuine to be comfortable publishing. If that journalist and editor have a good reputation, however, the general public shouldn't need that. "The Intercept" may not have that good reputation? They seem at least as trustworthy as the typical USA war media firm to me.
- eru 6y agoYes. But in that scenario, what's the value added compared to the journalist just publishing a transcript?