[Noisebridge-discuss] Should NB mirror WikiLeaks?

[Christie Dudley]

Actually, I think Wikileaks is doing the government a HUGE favor here.

This data managed to make it out of secure areas.  Wikileaks was kind enough
to alert the government to security weaknesses.  Think of all the data that
potentially (probably?) made it out and into "enemy" hands without those
responsible for containing it being any wiser.  Idealism is a whole lot less
compelling than capitalism, at least in this country.  (Evidenced by this
discussion.)

>From that direction, it's like a first stab at a security audit that failed.

Christie
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On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Joel Jaeggli <joelja at bogus.com> wrote:

> Never altered a large institutions understanding of how it's internal
> processes work have you?
>
> What is that if not a hack?
>
> US state dept will spend billions to correct a perceived problem which
> will result, in more paranoia, lower productivity, and less effectiveness.
>
> Back when it was the russians you could pretend like this sort of thing
> never happened because the leak was secret too. given the way that
> entities like this respond to external pressure.
>
> http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/414871-not-such-wicked-leaks
>
> On 12/7/10 2:02 PM, jim wrote:
> >
> > explain, jake.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 13:49 -0800, Jacob Appelbaum wrote:
> >> On 12/07/2010 12:24 PM, jim wrote:
> >>>
> >>>    seems to me that the wikileaks issue is not much
> >>> related to hacking, ergo NB should not put resources
> >>> into it.
> >>
> >> I'd just like to laugh a good laugh about this comment.
> >>
> >> Absolutely absurd on all levels Jim, absurd.
> >>
> >> All the best,
> >> Jake
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