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Yes, that was the point of your thread, and you've explained why you think that. I happen to disagree.
Originally posted by boncho
Fixed it, my apologies.
Originally posted by wirehead
Originally posted by boncho
Fixed it, my apologies.
Okay, I've had a chance to look at this source. I won't dismiss it offhand, but you realize it's coming from a disgruntled former employee. How do you know that he isn't the disinfo agent being bought off by the government? It certainly benefits the US government to find and payoff someone like this. Discredit wikileaks, discredit the source, and you've put out the wildfire before it began.
On the other hand, what evidence does he offer? What proof? Any single shred of evidence? And what was his involvement with WikiLeaks exactly? He apparently registered their DNS. Not exactly ground-shaking stuff.
Regardless of what he says, the information so far released by WikiLeaks is unarguably valuable.
Edit: Plus he apparently runs cryptome.org, giving him ample reason to be upset that wikileaks is stealing his showedit on 14-7-2011 by wirehead because: edit made explicit in above post
It's about empowering the individual.
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As "Max Vision," he was an incredibly skilled hacker and security expert who boasted that he'd never met a computer system he couldn't crack.
As "The Equalizer," he was an FBI informant, reporting on the activities of other hackers.
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“Agent Steal,” a computer hacker-turned-government informant who claimed to have helped put superhacker Kevin Mitnick behind bars, is back in custody after being on the run for several weeks.
Every last scrap of solid evidence that we have about the abuses of the powers that be is power in our hands. It erodes the edifice of their authority. The documents leaked so far are but the tip of the iceberg, and they singlehandedly put to shame the entire media complex. U jelly?
Originally posted by boncho
reply to post by wirehead
It's about empowering the individual.
They are a real empowered bunch, until they have to deal with the real world:
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As "Max Vision," he was an incredibly skilled hacker and security expert who boasted that he'd never met a computer system he couldn't crack.
As "The Equalizer," he was an FBI informant, reporting on the activities of other hackers.
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“Agent Steal,” a computer hacker-turned-government informant who claimed to have helped put superhacker Kevin Mitnick behind bars, is back in custody after being on the run for several weeks.
edit on 14-7-2011 by boncho because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by boncho
Information like this (or its equivalent) have been around since Roman times. Please explain what I am supposed to be jealous of.
If a person has been in the dark their whole life, and then one day they see the way the world operates, it doesn't mean everyone else was clueless....
reply to post by wirehead
I know of a widely-respected anarchist activist leader who was influential in the 2008 anti-RNC protests, who turned out to be an FBI informant. Is this a strike against activists everywhere, anarchists as a whole? Why do you blame them for being infiltrated by the government?
Originally posted by boncho