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Old 3rd September 2011, 18:41     #121
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I suppose a more accurate question is why now, after Wikileaks had gone to lengths to release the data slowly.

But this makes it clear:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...cted_us_d.html
This is better:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/...783778,00.html
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Old 3rd September 2011, 18:52     #122
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I suppose a more accurate question is why now, after Wikileaks had gone to lengths to release the data slowly.

But this makes it clear:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...cted_us_d.html
Summary: never ever trust a journalist.
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Old 3rd September 2011, 20:05     #123
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Well it was really a failure by both parties, the file should have been deleted or password should have been changed
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Old 4th September 2011, 10:14     #124
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Reusing the same password, no matter how secure you think it is, is idiotic.
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Old 2nd December 2011, 23:44     #125
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http://wikileaks.org/the-spyfiles.html

yum!
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Old 3rd December 2011, 00:11     #126
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Wow.

There are some cool files to be found:
Homeland Security Program Technical Specification
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Old 3rd December 2011, 07:54     #127
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errr, that seems...fake? it's extraordinarily unprofessional.
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Old 16th November 2016, 15:46     #128
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Assange hasn't been heard from since his net was cut at the embassy mid-October. Latest leaks don't match pre-commitment hashes.

Something is up.
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Old 28th November 2016, 12:10     #129
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There's still a lot of noise about this. You'd think a PGP signed memo would be easy enough to come up with. @EmbassyCat isn't exactly compelling.

Then again, I could totally believe Assange might play up the drama I suppose.
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Old 28th November 2016, 16:29     #130
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Old 28th November 2016, 16:47     #131
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Yeah, that sounds acct take over
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Old 28th November 2016, 17:47     #132
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Old 28th November 2016, 17:49     #133
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Old 29th November 2016, 01:58     #134
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I guess they must have deleted those tweets... I'm still sure they're definitely real.
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Old 17th January 2017, 13:18     #135
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In Election Hacking, Julian Assange’s Years-Old Vision Becomes Reality - NYT

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Yet even his toughest critics acknowledge how clearly he saw the politically disruptive potential of technology, back when some of us were getting our first BlackBerries.
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