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James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Re: James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Post by hkmurakami »

cantrip wrote: post #34
oliv__ wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well... maybe not all the steps.

Anything can be funny given the right person saying it at the appropriate time in the right context Seeing a suicide joke from a person I don't know in the Hacker News thread about the death an individual I respect an hour after it's been released is not my idea of funny.

I see it as a word of caution for the bright eyed. Fighting for your ideals wears on you, and some are more resilient to its demands than others.

Re: James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Post by hueving »

cantrip wrote: post #34
oliv__ wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well... maybe not all the steps.

Anything can be funny given the right person saying it at the appropriate time in the right context Seeing a suicide joke from a person I don't know in the Hacker News thread about the death an individual I respect an hour after it's been released is not my idea of funny.

People cope with death in different ways. Avoid taking things strangers say very seriously.

Re: James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Post by phkahler »

rsre wrote: post #22

First Aaron Swartz, now James Dolan. Sad to see good people like them leave us. Hope they inspire some other wonderful people to follow their steps. EDIT: Well, obviously not all their steps.

Let us not forget Ian Murdock, and all the others lesser well known.

Re: James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Post by zzzcpan »

txsh wrote: post #31

Like with Aaron Swartz “suicide” should be in quotes. I don’t believe in coincidences when the US government is involved.

Suicide is the easiest cover, especially in the U.S. In Russia, for example, suicide is harder to believe, so they instead do assaults, muggings. But yeah, you might be onto something here.

Re: James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Post by beebmam »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #44
beebmam wrote: post #39

I'm really not familiar with SecureDrop or James Dolan's activism. Does anyone familiar with him want to summarize for me/us?

The article itself is a good summary of his work on SecureDrop.

Okay, I thought there was something more that I didn't know about! Thank you

Re: James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Post by luhn »

yipopov wrote: post #45
zouhair wrote: post #35

Now we have two suicides of people working in this facet of human right activism. At what number should we start thinking about foul play? There are ways to push people to such extreme acts.

Two? Who's the other one?

Aaron Swartz, the other co-creator of SecureDrop.

Re: James Dolan, co-creator of SecureDrop, has died

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Post by logiclion »

captain_crabs wrote: post #33
Blinks- wrote: post #13

This one really got to me, my confidence is shot when I see people I really respect struggling and succumbing to the same despair I feel sometimes. On an even darker note, anyone hear anything suspicious about this... ?

Here's the line of reasoning I use that keeps me in the game. Sorry if this is way off the deep end! :) "The impediment to action advances action. The obstacle is the way." - Marcus Aurelius In the face of overwhelming despair, there's always a choice you can take that is hope. Right action is training yourself to habitually choose that, and continue with it, regardless of the circumstances. Those deepest moments of…

I like to think of it as integrating with the shadow, both hands serve the same master
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