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Wikileaks Plans To Make the Web Leakier
itwbennett writes "At the Hack In The Box conference in Kuala Lumpur, Wikileaks.org announced a plan to enable newspapers, human rights organizations, criminal investigators, and others to embed an 'upload a disclosure to me via Wikileaks' form onto their Web sites that would give potential whistleblowers the ability to leak sensitive documents to an organization or journalist they trust over a secure connection. The news or NGO site would then get an embargo period in which to analyze the material and write the story, after which Wikileaks would make the leaked material public. At the same time, the receiver would have greater legal protection, says Julien Assange, an advisory board member at Wikileaks 'We will take the burden of protecting the source and the legal risks associated with publishing the document,' said Assange. 'We want to get as much substantive information as possible into the historical record, keep it accessible, and provide incentives for people to turn it into something that will achieve political reform.'"
I think it's a horrible idea.
You see, the internet is like a series of tubes. If you make them leak, then a plumber will have to go patch the holes. It would take a dump-truck of equipment to do so!
meme++
Hey, Mickey, he leaks it!
Even military secrets which violate international treaties?
And in the U.S., even Michelle Obama's favorite brand of tampon is classified Top Secret on the grounds of "national security" - you'd never know when those terrorists would infiltrate the Tampax factory and replace all the tampons with M-80's.
Moa thought this too. 30 million die now so 100 million can live later.
Nice.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
*Mao*
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
Weeeeelllll, it's a known leak.