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WikiLeaks just dumped all of their files online

27 points by jhabdas 5y ago

ipspam 5y ago
Please define "Just"
- jhabdas 5y ago
  10:47am 16 Jun 2021 ish
  - ranguna 5y ago
    As another comment has noted: https://web.archive.org/web/20141127154059/http://file.wikileaks.org/file/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141127154059/http://file.wikil... Not 2021.
    - jhabdas 5y ago
      Everything from Hillary Clinton's emails, McCain's being guilty, Vegas shooting done by an FBI sniper, Steve Jobs HIV letter, PedoPodesta, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Bilderberg, CIA agents arrested for rape, WHO pandemic. Happy Digging!
ChrisGranger 5y ago
The /files directory has been online and they've been releasing files there for quite a few years. This isn't some new development. Here's Internet Archive's snapshot from 2014: https://web.archive.org/web/20141127154059/http://file.wikileaks.org/file/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141127154059/http://file.wikil...
- jhabdas 5y ago
  Archives aren't static.
  - ChrisGranger 5y ago
    Obviously. Your title has the words 'just' implying putting their files online is a brand new development, which I was refuting, and 'all' indicating there are no other files, which is impossible to know.
dandongus 5y ago
I thought that's what they do …
0x_rs 5y ago
I recall some years ago during a period of uncertainty regarding Assange's safety an encrypted safeguard archive was released and could be downloaded, but I can't find anything about it online now. Were the keys ever revealed, if I'm not misremembering?
Pinegulf 5y ago
> all of their files online All of them? [Citation needed]
deknos 5y ago
i get a 502?
ryanlol 5y ago
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=file.wikileaks.org&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
jimsmart 5y ago
> WikiLeaks just dumped all their files online The same mistaken claim has been made in social media posts for so long now, that we are gradually starting to see the emergence of fact-check type pages on the topic. [1] Not that they're overly informative, mind. The linked 'file' folder is part of WikiLeaks FTP mirror. If one goes up a folder (by clicking ../), one will find a helpful and informative document, entitled HOW-TO-MIRROR.txt The files here are exactly the same as those served from the front end, via the main WikiLeaks site. Without the convenience of search, nor any accompanying articles for context. They're not some secret dump of new or previously unreleased documents containing leaks. The folks with the unreleased documents won't be keeping them on a public FTP server. https://www.opindia.com/2020/12/fact-check-has-wikileaks-really-just-dumped-all-their-files-online/ https://www.opindia.com/2020/12/fact-check-has-wikileaks-rea...
- jhabdas 5y ago
  You sure about that?
  - jimsmart 5y ago
    > You sure about that? Absolutely, 100% Because I originally looked into this claim that they dumped all of their files online the first time I saw it made, several years ago. And it wasn't true then either. And it's not been true any time the claim has been repeated since. Here's another post, from a couple of years back, hinting at what this folder is really for [1], and another from 4 years ago saying same [2]. Here's another post debunking the claim this is a new dump, 6 months back [3]. This post from 4 years ago, references the same folder, and one of the comments states it was made public 18th October, 2016 [4]. — What evidence to you have to suggest that these repeated false claims about a new dump suddenly have merit now, in 2021...? Particularly in the light of all of these previous posts over the years debunking the exact same claims, or discussing what the folder actually is. The only 'evidence' to support the claim, it would seem, is the link to this 'file' folder, plus the claim itself. Which honestly amounts to nothing, and has been doing the rounds for years with no further evidence to substantiate the claim. Clearly there is lots of easy to find evidence to support the claim that this folder and its contents are nothing new, nor particularly special that is not already offered on WikiLeaks website. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/bcibm5/clone_wikileaks_file/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/bcibm5/clone_w... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiLeaks/comments/5n1730/how_can_i_download_all_documents_from_wikileaks/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiLeaks/comments/5n1730/how_can_i... [3] https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiLeaks/comments/kdqj1w/is_there_a_reason_nobody_on_here_is_talking_about/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiLeaks/comments/kdqj1w/is_there_... [4] https://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/4221/dump-of-wikileaks https://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/4221/dump-of-wi...

27 points by jhabdas 5y ago

ipspam 5y ago

Please define "Just"

jhabdas 5y ago
10:47am 16 Jun 2021 ish
- ranguna 5y ago
  As another comment has noted: https://web.archive.org/web/20141127154059/http://file.wikileaks.org/file/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141127154059/http://file.wikil... Not 2021.
  - jhabdas 5y ago
    Everything from Hillary Clinton's emails, McCain's being guilty, Vegas shooting done by an FBI sniper, Steve Jobs HIV letter, PedoPodesta, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Bilderberg, CIA agents arrested for rape, WHO pandemic. Happy Digging!

ChrisGranger 5y ago

The /files directory has been online and they've been releasing files there for quite a few years. This isn't some new development. Here's Internet Archive's snapshot from 2014: https://web.archive.org/web/20141127154059/http://file.wikileaks.org/file/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141127154059/http://file.wikil...

jhabdas 5y ago
Archives aren't static.
- ChrisGranger 5y ago
  Obviously. Your title has the words 'just' implying putting their files online is a brand new development, which I was refuting, and 'all' indicating there are no other files, which is impossible to know.

dandongus 5y ago

I thought that's what they do …

0x_rs 5y ago

I recall some years ago during a period of uncertainty regarding Assange's safety an encrypted safeguard archive was released and could be downloaded, but I can't find anything about it online now. Were the keys ever revealed, if I'm not misremembering?

Pinegulf 5y ago

> all of their files online All of them? [Citation needed]

deknos 5y ago

i get a 502?

ryanlol 5y ago

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=file.wikileaks.org&sort=byDate&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

jimsmart 5y ago

> WikiLeaks just dumped all their files online The same mistaken claim has been made in social media posts for so long now, that we are gradually starting to see the emergence of fact-check type pages on the topic. [1] Not that they're overly informative, mind. The linked 'file' folder is part of WikiLeaks FTP mirror. If one goes up a folder (by clicking ../), one will find a helpful and informative document, entitled HOW-TO-MIRROR.txt The files here are exactly the same as those served from the front end, via the main WikiLeaks site. Without the convenience of search, nor any accompanying articles for context. They're not some secret dump of new or previously unreleased documents containing leaks. The folks with the unreleased documents won't be keeping them on a public FTP server. https://www.opindia.com/2020/12/fact-check-has-wikileaks-really-just-dumped-all-their-files-online/ https://www.opindia.com/2020/12/fact-check-has-wikileaks-rea...

jhabdas 5y ago
You sure about that?
- jimsmart 5y ago
  > You sure about that? Absolutely, 100% Because I originally looked into this claim that they dumped all of their files online the first time I saw it made, several years ago. And it wasn't true then either. And it's not been true any time the claim has been repeated since. Here's another post, from a couple of years back, hinting at what this folder is really for [1], and another from 4 years ago saying same [2]. Here's another post debunking the claim this is a new dump, 6 months back [3]. This post from 4 years ago, references the same folder, and one of the comments states it was made public 18th October, 2016 [4]. — What evidence to you have to suggest that these repeated false claims about a new dump suddenly have merit now, in 2021...? Particularly in the light of all of these previous posts over the years debunking the exact same claims, or discussing what the folder actually is. The only 'evidence' to support the claim, it would seem, is the link to this 'file' folder, plus the claim itself. Which honestly amounts to nothing, and has been doing the rounds for years with no further evidence to substantiate the claim. Clearly there is lots of easy to find evidence to support the claim that this folder and its contents are nothing new, nor particularly special that is not already offered on WikiLeaks website. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/bcibm5/clone_wikileaks_file/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/bcibm5/clone_w... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiLeaks/comments/5n1730/how_can_i_download_all_documents_from_wikileaks/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiLeaks/comments/5n1730/how_can_i... [3] https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiLeaks/comments/kdqj1w/is_there_a_reason_nobody_on_here_is_talking_about/ https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiLeaks/comments/kdqj1w/is_there_... [4] https://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/4221/dump-of-wikileaks https://opendata.stackexchange.com/questions/4221/dump-of-wi...