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It proves that the author of the rant is the leaker of the data, not just some guy linking to data someone else posted. It also causes all the data to be relea
by tlb 14y ago
It proves that the author of the rant is the leaker of the data, not just some guy linking to data someone else posted.
It also causes all the data to be released atomically even if it took a while to upload to all the places.
- error54 14y agoAh that makes sense. Thanks tlb.
- mintplant 14y ago> It proves that the author of the rant is the leaker of the data, not just some guy linking to data someone else posted. I don't see what would stop you from stating the password to a file you didn't upload.
- akennberg 14y agoThat's why for these types of archives the password actually contains the credentials.
- arn 14y agotrue, but in this case the password contains "antis3c" [Antisec], the group that is responsible.
- Groxx 14y agoSo download it, decrypt it, and pick a different password. Takes a couple minutes, tops. And if your 'release' gets more attention than the original, how does the original prove that's what happened, or even get heard?
- nikatwork 14y agobecause you wouldn't know the password before the public announcement, and after the announcement it doesn't matter.