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This is not the first time a torrent containing breached information has been released. No one has ever been sued for downloading the torrent, not even with the
by patrickaljord 15y ago
This is not the first time a torrent containing breached information has been released. No one has ever been sued for downloading the torrent, not even with the wikileaks cable. Parent's post reads a tad alarmist and dramatic in my opinion but maybe that's just me.
- sliverstorm 15y agoAllow folks their small foibles and paranoia. You'll get along better with everyone that way :)
- patrickaljord 15y agoThey sure have the rights to their small foibles and paranoia just like I have the rights to call them on that.
- kragen 15y agoPeople who download illegal torrents might be profiled and the information used against them later.
- mcphilip 15y agoBingo. Brinqs to mind Columbia University advising some of its students not to discuss the wikileaks cables since it could hurt their employment prospects. http://oudaily.com/news/2010/dec/06/our-view-dont-talk-about-wikileaks-big-brother-say/ http://oudaily.com/news/2010/dec/06/our-view-dont-talk-about...
- GHFigs 15y agoThat advice is entirely to do with the fact that the information was classified and the federal government doesn't want to hire people whose treatment of classified information is to post links to it on Facebook. It is a reasonable suggestion to people seeking employment in government.
- cma 15y agoWhat about linking to the NYT articles, those weren't any less "classified".
- nextparadigms 15y agoThat information was already public. They didn't put stuff on Facebook from their own work documents. It was a pretty ridiculous thing to ask for.
- jbooth 15y agoAnd there's two ways to respond to something like that, you can go along to get along like a sheep, even though you know it's wrong, or you can go out of your way to discuss it since, if everyone's discussed it, then you can't discriminate against people for it.