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| Sil the Shill | Posted: Nov 26, 2010 - 18:17 |
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 Level: 9 CS Original | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11847824</p> Do you agree with their leaking of classified materials? Or more specifically, with the potential leaking of these diplomatic cables? Proponents tell me that it encourages government transparency... but after looking into it some more, I don't feel that they encourage government transparency at all. It seems harmful to pretty much everyone involved. Government transparency in some areas is important of course, but I don't know if this is the way to go about it. It really feels less like journalism and more like sensationalism. Thoughts? | |||||
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| Agent Matt | Posted: Nov 26, 2010 - 19:40 |
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 Genuine American Monster Level: 70 CS Original | On the surface, it looks like a non profit organization trying to expose the truth. But the deeper you dig, the more it looks like silly idealists being led around by a paranoid egomaniac. There has been a lot of internal fighting at Wikileaks and members quitting. I don't feel like finding the sources. | |||||
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| Sil the Shill | Posted: Nov 26, 2010 - 19:59 |
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Level: 9 CS Original | "But the deeper you dig, the more it looks like silly idealists being led around by a paranoid egomaniac." Oh, most definitely. Julian Assange is encouraging everyone to download this "insurance file". It's some heavily encrypted document who's "key" will be given out if Julian dies in an attempt to keep government from assassinating him or something. Sure sounds like a paranoid egomaniac to me. | |||||
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| Edward L Winston | Posted: Nov 26, 2010 - 21:42 |
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 President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho: porn star and five-time ultimate smackdown wrestling champion! Level: 150 CS Original | Let's crack the key, unless it's PGP. | |||||
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| Sil the Shill | Posted: Nov 26, 2010 - 23:00 |
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Level: 9 CS Original | It's "AES-256", whatever that means. | |||||
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| Edward L Winston | Posted: Nov 26, 2010 - 23:49 |
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President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho: porn star and five-time ultimate smackdown wrestling champion! Level: 150 CS Original | Well, that depends on the length of the key, if it's long enough, it could take the life of the sun to crack (omfg sun = son!) without a massive amount of machines doing it (and even then...) | |||||
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| CyborgJesus | Posted: Nov 27, 2010 - 00:38 |
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Exactly. They did publish a lot of material in the past that I found very helpful personally, and I think a lot of journalists had the same idea. But now they seem to be concerned with publishing as many (mostly useless) documents at once, as if Assange had some kind of war to wage against all secret organizations of the world. AES is close to uncrackable, although the shorter key is in theory more secure than 192 and 256. You probably still need the lifetime of the sun and 12=11 helpful disciples. | |||||
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