We ask supporters to stop taking down the US internet. You proved your point
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Re: We ask supporters to stop taking down the US internet. You proved your point
#2Is there any real reason to believe the attacks were connected to wikileaks in any way, or is this an attempt to stay politically relevant?
Re: We ask supporters to stop taking down the US internet. You proved your point
#3 Well, you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not, you're with some underworld spy
Or the wife of a close friend,
Wife of a close friend...
Re: We ask supporters to stop taking down the US internet. You proved your point
#4Man, watching wikileaks circle the drain sure has been fun, but it's starting to get sad. Can we wrap this thing up now?
Re: We ask supporters to stop taking down the US internet. You proved your point
#5Is there any real reason to believe the attacks were connected to wikileaks in any way, or is this an attempt to stay politically relevant?
It's an excellent way to make sure several US TLAs are looking at WikiLeaks supporters closely.
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#6Wikileaks is apparently on a mission to destroy whatever credibility they had left. They seem to be taking a leaf out of the IS playbook here, any random attack that is moderately successful gets claimed as one of theirs.
It isn't a week since they were extremely economical with the truth regarding Assange's internet access ('state actor cut off their internet' -> 'Ecuador has pulled the plug on Assange's laptop').
The best way to deal with this would have been to distance themselves from anybody doing this, the very worst is to suggest they have the ability to issue orders to those perpetrating these attacks.
With supporters like these they wouldn't need enemies to begin with, it's a very negative association and they're purposefully aligning themselves with these so called hackers.
What will replace wikileaks?
Re: We ask supporters to stop taking down the US internet. You proved your point
#7Wikileaks is apparently on a mission to destroy whatever credibility they had left. They seem to be taking a leaf out of the IS playbook here, any random attack that is moderately successful gets claimed as one of theirs. It isn't a week since they were extremely economical with the truth regarding Assange's internet access ('state actor cut off their internet' -> 'Ecuador has pulled the plug on Assange's laptop'). T…
I absolutely agree. What Wikileaks did for peace and democracy cannot be disputed but I could not say I am their supporter any more. I wonder how much of it is Assange's personality and questionable political views and how much is of it is campaign orchestrated by almost all-powerful secret services but it probably doesn't even matter at this point.
Re: We ask supporters to stop taking down the US internet. You proved your point
#8Wikileaks is apparently on a mission to destroy whatever credibility they had left. They seem to be taking a leaf out of the IS playbook here, any random attack that is moderately successful gets claimed as one of theirs. It isn't a week since they were extremely economical with the truth regarding Assange's internet access ('state actor cut off their internet' -> 'Ecuador has pulled the plug on Assange's laptop'). T…
I haven't been following this, but are you saying that Wikileaks asked for this to happen?
Because what I read in the tweet pretty much says - we don't want this, please stop.
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#9I do find that there is something surreal about Twitter and the U.S. election, it has become a primary communication channel. We used to have 'I have a dream' speeches, nowadays it is lol txt tweets. Donald Trump's contribution to this tweet-thread is an example:
"Wow! @wikileaks admits its supporters are engaged in anti-American cyber-terrorism. No wonder Wikileakes loves me so much! #ImWithPutin"
Is that really from a presidential candidate? With a misspelling and a hashtag that is not what you would think would chime with the electorate. Plus some narcissism thrown in, just to make you cringe.
As for the tweet itself, I am amazed that Wikileaks thinks Assange is that much of a hero that they think that some anonymous fan would take down the internets in response to Assange's internets being taken down. There is some conspiracy minded thinking going on there, warranted or not, it is not the sort of mindset that Wikileaks need to be in if they are to function as an organisation. For instance, if some real conspiracy was going on, e.g. the U.S. military were running a 'cyberstorm exercise', then Wikileaks would have taken the bait. In so doing this takes discussion away from what Wikileaks seek to publish and towards the ethics of hacking.
Re: We ask supporters to stop taking down the US internet. You proved your point
#10Wikileaks is apparently on a mission to destroy whatever credibility they had left. They seem to be taking a leaf out of the IS playbook here, any random attack that is moderately successful gets claimed as one of theirs. It isn't a week since they were extremely economical with the truth regarding Assange's internet access ('state actor cut off their internet' -> 'Ecuador has pulled the plug on Assange's laptop'). T…
I haven't been following this, but are you saying that Wikileaks asked for this to happen? Because what I read in the tweet pretty much says - we don't want this, please stop.
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