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I never understood what the point of linking to such leaked data is. Surely, you're not helping the situation?
by revorad 15y ago
I never understood what the point of linking to such leaked data is. Surely, you're not helping the situation?
- robtoo 15y agoThe data's already been leaked. The URL of the leak was included in the article, except for reasons best known to the author, the URL was only shown as a jpeg. This just makes it clickable.
- schrototo 15y agoIf it's out there, it's out there. People with bad intentions know how to find it anyway. Meanwhile, the rest of us would like to check if any of our data has been compromised. Hiding this stuff helps no one.
- proexploit 15y agoWell, not "no one" but I do see your point somewhat. When it's out, it's out and you can't make it private again but you can contain the exposure as much as possible to keep the information in a minimum number of unauthorized hands.
- tambourine_man 15y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect Trying to contain the exposure may actually make it worse.
- Someone 15y agoTrying to contain is not the same as not helping to spread.
- proexploit 15y agoRight, I'm not suggesting it's a good idea to try and hide all signs of leaked details as I think that would be a futile effort, just arguing that re-sharing leaked information isn't harmless.
- stock_toaster 15y agoI generally assume it is so people can check if their usernames are present in said lists. Once the cat is out of the bag, obscurity is more harmful than beneficial.
- aw3c2 15y agoThe linked site had the url in a image and I was curious what would be at the actual source so I manually typed it from the image. I knew others would be doing the same so I simply shared it. Simple as that. ;-) In a perfect world good journalism would mean linking to ones sources anyways.