How and why would they do that? The idea does not much sense reading this article.
WikiLeaks proposes tracking verified Twitter users’ homes, families and finances
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#12How and why would they do that? The idea does not much sense reading this article.
"We have your name and address. Stop talking about the connections between Wikileaks and Putin." That's why.
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#13I don't like it one bit, but they're taking the internet to its logical conclusion. At least they're only doing it for public figures it seems, for now. It is probably totally legal too.
This is what radical transparency looks like, by the way. It is consistent with and logically flows from Assange's long-stated philosophy. Basically, what the crowd on this website was defending when Wikileaks first came onto the public scene.
Here's what Twitter has to say about verified accounts:
>What types of accounts get verified?
An account may be verified if it is DETERMINED TO BE AN ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC INTEREST. Typically this includes accounts maintained by users in music, acting, fashion, government, politics, religion, journalism, media, sports, business, and other key interest areas.
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#14I don't like it one bit, but they're taking the internet to its logical conclusion. At least they're only doing it for public figures it seems, for now. It is probably totally legal too. This is what radical transparency looks like, by the way. It is consistent with and logically flows from Assange's long-stated philosophy. Basically, what the crowd on this website was defending when Wikileaks first came onto the pub…
"At least they're only doing it for public figures it seems"
Public figures are those we elect and put in government service, at least that was the original intended definition. Seems we've drifted from that definition into a rather dystopian one, with Assange.
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#15I don't like it one bit, but they're taking the internet to its logical conclusion. At least they're only doing it for public figures it seems, for now. It is probably totally legal too. This is what radical transparency looks like, by the way. It is consistent with and logically flows from Assange's long-stated philosophy. Basically, what the crowd on this website was defending when Wikileaks first came onto the pub…
"At least they're only doing it for public figures it seems" Public figures are those we elect and put in government service, at least that was the original intended definition. Seems we've drifted from that definition into a rather dystopian one, with Assange.
>Public figures are those we elect and put in government service
The courts disagree with you on that point, also including celebrities, business leaders, athletes, etc.
Position in government is only one avenue by which people exercise power or achieve fame.
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#16Looks like the tweet WaPo links to was deleted. So probably WLTF realized it's kinda very bad idea.
I think what they are trying to do is a standard journalistic thing of building influence network, but they managed to say it in a very creepy way and of course WaPo grabbed it and run with it.
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#17Yes... a world in which Sarah Palin is apologizing to Assange isn't one I understand very well.
How they respond to the Trump administration when it's in power will tell us a lot about what's happening at wikileaks.
But it seems like the world needs more diversity in Wikileaks-like services. I feel like they have done important work in the past, and it would be a shame for that to end.
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#18How and why would they do that? The idea does not much sense reading this article.
"We have your name and address. Stop talking about the connections between Wikileaks and Putin." That's why.
If Wikileaks is indeed connected to Putin, and they are intended to prosecute you for talking about it, don't you think Putin has more resources to find out where you live than Wikileaks? I mean, of this (hypothetical) tandem, I'd rather be afraid of the guy with trillions of dollars, nukes and one of the best intelligence services on the planet than of a guy that has to hide in Ecuadorian embassy.
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#19How and why would they do that? The idea does not much sense reading this article.
"We have your name and address. Stop talking about the connections between Wikileaks and Putin." That's why.
Either that, or more like:
"Here's why X CNN writer is supporting a war in Iran - his wife's cousin is an executive at Y weapons maker."
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#20WikiLeaks' online presence was taken over in October, when riseup.net got an NSL to give access to the email accounts associated with the WL Twitter accounts and other WL properties. Around that time WL removed some insurance file torrent links from wikileaks.org, distributed new pre-commitment hashes, and stopped responding to PGP-encrypted email.
People who work for WikiLeaks are still probably involved, but they are no longer in control. Ever since late October, their behavior across all of their Twitter accounts has been markedly different.