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17 Dec 2010

So After Torturing Bradley Manning For Months, US Officials Offer Him A Deal If He Says Assange ‘Conspired’ With Him

This is hardly a surprise, but after locking up Bradley Manning in solitary confinement for seven months -- a condition that much of the world has deemed to be torture -- and looking for ways to use a computer hacking law to charge Julian Assange, rumors are that officials have offered Bradley Manning a plea deal, in which he would claim that Assange "conspired" with him to get and leak the documents.
This is hardly a surprise, but after locking up Bradley Manning in solitary confinement for seven months -- a condition...
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17 Dec 2010

Congress Hears WikiLeaks Is ‘Fundamentally Different’ From Media

The Justice Department would have no problem distinguishing WikiLeaks from traditional media outlets, if it decides to charge WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with violating the Espionage Act, a former federal prosecutor told lawmakers Thursday.
The Justice Department would have no problem distinguishing WikiLeaks from traditional media outlets, if it decides to...
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17 Dec 2010

Wikileaks Cables show India accused of widespread, systematic torture in Kashmir

US diplomats in Delhi were briefed in 2005 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) about the use of electrocution, beatings and sexual humiliation against hundreds of detainees. Other cables show that as recently as 2007 American diplomats were concerned about widespread human rights abuses by Indian security forces, who they said relied on torture for confessions.
US diplomats in Delhi were briefed in 2005 by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) about the use of...
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17 Dec 2010

National Security Archive director on Wikimania, and the dangers of demonizing WikiLeaks

Thomas Blanton, executive director of the National Security Archive, was among those who testified today before the House Judiciary Committee on the aftermath of "Cablegate" and Wikileaks. Blanton believes efforts to tighten secrecy and crack down on leakers and press will be "fundamentally self-defeating."
Thomas Blanton, executive director of the National Security Archive, was among those who testified today before the...
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17 Dec 2010

Cuba launches Wikipedia clone EcuRed, but needs a little help

As you may have heard, this week the government of Cuba launched a state-approved online encyclopedia, called EcuRed. "Its philosophy is the accumulation and development of knowledge, with a democratizing, not profitable, objective, from a decolonizer point of view," reads a statement on the site.
As you may have heard, this week the government of Cuba launched a state-approved online encyclopedia, called EcuRed....
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17 Dec 2010

How Wikileaks and Operation Payback Have Exposed Infrastructure That Should Be Decentralized, But Isn’t

The classic line about how "the internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it," is certainly being proven true yet again these days, but there is an interesting corollary that might be worth considering in this as well: which is that sometimes these attempts at censorship expose the need for new routes, and those routes are quickly created.
The classic line about how "the internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it," is certainly being...
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17 Dec 2010

Congressional Hearing On Wikileaks Surprisingly Focuses More On Gov’t Overly Secretive Actions

Earlier today, Congress held hearings about Wikileaks and, given how the government has been reacting so far, I fully expected pure grandstanding about how "evil" Wikileaks is and how Julian Assange must be brought to justice.
Earlier today, Congress held hearings about Wikileaks and, given how the government has been reacting so far, I fully...
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17 Dec 2010

Interesting Timing Senate Passes Federal Whistleblower Protection Bill

We were just highlighting how the government is terrible at protecting whistleblowers -- with particular attention to the horrific treatment of Bradley Manning. As all of this is going on, it's worth pointing out that the Senate (apparently without much sense of irony) has passed a "Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act," which would seek to grant greater protections to government employees who blow the whistle on government wrongdoing.
We were just highlighting how the government is terrible at protecting whistleblowers -- with particular attention to...
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16 Dec 2010

Aussie Spies Spooked By Cyberwar

Wikileaks cables released overnight revealed that Australia's top cyber spy agency (akin to the NSA) was unprepared for cyberwar in the view of other intelligence agencies in 2008.
Wikileaks cables released overnight revealed that Australia's top cyber spy agency (akin to the NSA) was unprepared for...
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15 Dec 2010

Congressional Research Service Analysts Complaining About Blocked Access To Wikileaks

With the Library of Congress blocking access to Wikileaks over some misguided notion of what its legal responsibilities are, Copycense points us to a report about how librarians across the nation are now arguing over whether or not this was the right move, with many feeling that it was decidedly a bad move.
With the Library of Congress blocking access to Wikileaks over some misguided notion of what its legal responsibilities...
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15 Dec 2010

Battling Wikileaks And The Art Of War

Anyone who has studied tactics, for battle or otherwise, knows Sun Tzu's legendary work, The Art Of War. Or at least they should. In reviewing what the first chapter of that work teaches about the five factors a battling faction must consider when endeavoring to battle, you have to scratch your head and wonder if the United States government might need a refresher course. Take a look at some excerpts from this summary of the Giles translation:
Anyone who has studied tactics, for battle or otherwise, knows Sun Tzu's legendary work, The Art Of War. Or at least...
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15 Dec 2010

Air Force In Super Denial Mode Blocks Access To News Sites Covering Wikileaks

And we thought the Library of Congress was in denial mode for blocking access to Wikileaks. It appears the Air Force has gone a step further into denial, as it's now blocking access to over 25 sites, including major news publications covering Wikileaks, such as the NY Times and The Guardian. Apparently, anyone on an Air Force computer who goes to the NY Times is being told: "ACCESS DENIED. Internet Usage is Logged & Monitored," Along with a notice warning people that anyone accessing an "unauthorized" site may be punished. Apparently none of the other branches of the military have the same thing in place, though we've heard from others in the military that Defense Department computers are blocking websites with "Wikileaks" in the title.
And we thought the Library of Congress was in denial mode for blocking access to Wikileaks. It appears the Air Force has...
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15 Dec 2010

Columbia Journalism School Staff Warns Obama That Prosecuting Wikileaks Will ‘Set A Dangerous Precedent’

While it's been unfortunate watching the traditional press attack Wikileaks for doing the job it refused to do itself, it's nice to see the staff of Columbia's journalism school (still considered one of the top journalism schools) come out and warn the Obama administration that prosecuting Wikileaks will set a dangerous precedent for freedom of the press, even for those who disagree with Wikileaks' methods:
While it's been unfortunate watching the traditional press attack Wikileaks for doing the job it refused to do itself,...
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15 Dec 2010

US Is Apparently Torturing Bradley Manning, Despite No Trial And No Conviction

While there's been a ton of attention paid to Julian Assange's arrest and situation, much less attention has been paid to Bradley Manning, the Army Private who has been accused of being the source of many of Wikileaks' more recent leaks concerning the US government and military. It seemed like a reasonable question to ask, upon his arrest, whether or not he was simply whistleblowing or breaking the law. Certainly this is a question that is open for debate. What is pretty clear is that his intentions were absolutely to be a whistleblower.
While there's been a ton of attention paid to Julian Assange's arrest and situation, much less attention has been paid...
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15 Dec 2010

wikiriver.org

This is a project by Dave Winer - A stream of wikileaks news indexing various sources of information world wide
This is a project by Dave Winer - A stream of wikileaks news indexing various sources of information world wide
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15 Dec 2010

Berkeley City Council tables WikiLeaks resolution

The Berkeley City Council voted last night to table a controversial resolution calling for the release of alleged military whistle blower Private Bradley Manning from military prison and to honor him as a hero if he did leak sensitive information to WikiLeaks.
The Berkeley City Council voted last night to table a controversial resolution calling for the release of alleged...
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15 Dec 2010

Three Hackers Arrested in Wake of DDOS Attacks

One of the more cringe-worthy stories to come out of the Wikileaks-Anonymous-DDOS plotline in the last few weeks is the lack of security practiced by just about everyone involved. Authorities found the name of a designer named Alex Tapanaris embedded in a PDF press release purporting to come from the hacker group Anonymous. His site was later inaccessible and he was said to have been arrested
One of the more cringe-worthy stories to come out of the Wikileaks-Anonymous-DDOS plotline in the last few weeks is the...
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14 Dec 2010

Wikileaks spending rises to $500K in past 5 months, questions over donations promised to Manning

The support group for Pfc. Bradley Manning, the presumed leaker of those diplomatic cables who is currently in the brig in Quantico, claims funds solicited from the public by Wikileaks and Julian Assange on Manning's behalf haven't arrived. Snip:
The support group for Pfc. Bradley Manning, the presumed leaker of those diplomatic cables who is currently in the brig...
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14 Dec 2010

Is The US Response To Wikileaks Really About Overhyping Online Threats To Pass New Laws

Okay, this post is going to take the extreme cynical view, which I don't believe is true, but since it's being suggested, we might as well flesh it out. In my post about how the US government's response to Wikileaks has caused more harm than anything actually in the leaks so far, one of the commenters pointed to a Larry Lessig talk from a few years back, where he mentioned a conversation with Richard Clarke -- the former anti-terrorism government official, who, more recently, has been selling his book on "Cyberwar" -- where he said that the US government has had an "iPatriot Act" sitting in a drawer, ready to go at a moment's notice whenever there was "an i-9/11 event."
Okay, this post is going to take the extreme cynical view, which I don't believe is true, but since it's being...
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14 Dec 2010

Sweden fights Assange bail as Michael Moore offers to host WikiLeaks

Controversial documentary director Michael Moore has offered up his help to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, both in the form of cash and other resources. The offer came as Assange was finally granted bail from a UK prison pending Sweden's appeal on the condition that he obeys a nightly curfew and won't flee the country.
Controversial documentary director Michael Moore has offered up his help to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, both in...
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14 Dec 2010

One great thing about WikiLeaks

It's helping us all understand that the Internet isn't just for tweeting what you had for lunch, watching (and making) viral YouTube videos, sharing family pictures on Facebook and buying stuff on Amazon.
It's helping us all understand that the Internet isn't just for tweeting what you had for lunch, watching (and making)...
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13 Dec 2010

The CIA honeypot Wikileaks mirror that wasn’t

Yesterday, I posted an item referencing a reddit thread and a widely-retweeted Google search string referencing a purported "CIA wikileaks mirror honeypot" that revealed itself as likely having been set up by the CIA. It wasn't. It was some guy's joke or something. I'm traveling with wonky mobile internet, and in the process of attempting to update the post with a clarification late last night in a sleep-depped state, I screwed up. The post was deleted. There is no conspiracy here, and no reason to believe the CIA is setting up fake Wikileaks mirrors (though, not a bad idea, amirite?).
Yesterday, I posted an item referencing a reddit thread and a widely-retweeted Google search string referencing a...
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13 Dec 2010

The Anonymous group is taking aim at the wrong target

Long ago and far away (ie 1998) Larry Lessig - yes, that Larry Lessig, long before Creative Commons and remix culture occupied his days - got uptight about spam vigilantes. Lessig was unhappy that an increasingly popular approach to stopping spam - in 1998, a fast-growing but almost completely unregulated problem - was for groups of sysadmins to blacklist certain sites, on the say-so of other techie types who had evidence that those sites harboured spammers.
Long ago and far away (ie 1998) Larry Lessig - yes, that Larry Lessig, long before Creative Commons and remix culture...
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13 Dec 2010

Twitter explains why it’s not trending, as hackers play cat and mouse

Twitter has officially posted on its blog about the fact that the #wikileaks hashtag has not been continually trending. The topic has been the source of anger among some people who have insisted that the company is censoring its "trending topics", possibly under pressure from the US government.
Twitter has officially posted on its blog about the fact that the #wikileaks hashtag has not been continually trending....
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13 Dec 2010

Is The CIA Hosting A Wikileaks Mirror

Whatis42? points us to an interesting post on Reddit, which is initially just highlighting a Google heatmap showing the locations from which people are searching for the term "wikileaks." Not surprisingly, the hottest spot on the heatmap is the Northern Virginia, Washington DC area. Shocking, I know.
Whatis42? points us to an interesting post on Reddit, which is initially just highlighting a Google heatmap showing the...
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13 Dec 2010

Scribblings on Wikileaks Some Thoughts on Digital Nativism and Transparency

Here s the premise: My generation the Digital Natives, Gen Y and perhaps the one younger than it views the concept of Wikileaks very differently from older generations. We ve grown up sharing the intimate details of our lives, we Tweet, we post our location on FourSquare, practically inviting stalkers into our lives as a result, I believe that we expect more of a radical transparency from others including our government.
Here s the premise: My generation the Digital Natives, Gen Y and perhaps the one younger than it views the concept of...
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11 Dec 2010

Could the Wikileaks Scandal Lead to New Virtual Currency

It's not an exaggeration to say that the recent Wikileaks scandal has shaken the Internet to its core. Regardless of where you stand on the debate, various services have simply refused to handle Wikileaks' business--everything from domain-name providers to payment services--and this has led to many questioning how robust the Internet actually is.
It's not an exaggeration to say that the recent Wikileaks scandal has shaken the Internet to its core. Regardless of...
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11 Dec 2010

Thousands download LOIC software for Anonymous attacks – but are they making a difference

The LOIC software is used by the Anonymous group to coordinate attacks against targets - which are discussed and loosely coordinated through an IRC (internet relay chat) chatroom called #target, while the software is worked on individually and then linked to via a related channel called #hackers.
The LOIC software is used by the Anonymous group to coordinate attacks against targets - which are discussed and loosely...
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11 Dec 2010

Operation Payback changes course, may be fizzling out

Operation: Payback, the Anonymous effort to conduct denial of service attacks against a wide range of targets has experienced something of a setback and is now changing course. Yesterday's arrest of a Dutch teenager has caused some difficulties for the group as well, as he was apparently the operator of an IRC server coordinating the attacks. The result: a change in course and what appears to be diminished enthusiasm on the part of 4chan denizens who make up the Anonymous collective.
Operation: Payback, the Anonymous effort to conduct denial of service attacks against a wide range of targets has...
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11 Dec 2010

OpenLeaks to mimic WikiLeaks – minus the political agenda

The alternative whistleblower site created by WikiLeaks defectors may launch sooner than later, according to Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN). The project is being referred to as "OpenLeaks" and is reportedly on track to launch this coming Monday. Though the newspaper didn't name its sources, it's clear from the group's goals that the founders essentially want to be the anti-WikiLeaks.
The alternative whistleblower site created by WikiLeaks defectors may launch sooner than later, according to Swedish...
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10 Dec 2010

Ron Paul’s Sensible Thoughts On Wikileaks

A bunch of folks have been submitting Ron Paul's recent speech to Congress in defense of Wikileaks, which is absolutely worth watching/reading (full text included after the jump). There's not much new here, but it's nice that at least some in the government are pointing these things out:
A bunch of folks have been submitting Ron Paul's recent speech to Congress in defense of Wikileaks, which is absolutely...
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10 Dec 2010

How The Press Misleads About Wikileaks

As Julian Assange's lawyers fully expect him to get charged in the US under the Espionage Act, it's interesting (and a bit distressing) to see how some in the press -- who should be his biggest supporters -- are acting. Glenn Greenwald highlighted how a Time Magazine report on the potential US legal case against Assange misstated a variety of facts -- including the idea that Wikileaks itself had published "thousands" of classified State Department cables and that it had done so "indiscriminately." As Greenwald points out Wikileaks itself has only published a little over 1,000 of the cables, and nearly all of them are the ones that the press has already posted/vetted/reported on.
As Julian Assange's lawyers fully expect him to get charged in the US under the Espionage Act, it's interesting (and a...
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10 Dec 2010

Operation Payback May Now Start Focusing On Actually Digging Through Wikileaks Leaks For Details

While I find Operation Payback fascinating, from a sociological/cultural perspective, I've said from the very beginning that I thought their DDoS strategy to be a bad idea. I was happy, last month, when the folks behind it effectively had "called off" their attacks on copyright-related sites, and a bit disappointed (though, again, fascinated) by the more recent attacks in support of Wikileaks. However, there are now reports that the group has (as it did with the copyright issue) decided to back off the DDoS attacks, but instead, work towards helping to sift through all of the Wikileaks leaks to find the hidden gems of information that need more attention and exposure. As the plan says, "they don't fear the LOIC (the tool used for the attacks), they fear exposure." Could it be that out of what some consider "vandalism," we may get journalism? Welcome to the new digital world...
While I find Operation Payback fascinating, from a sociological/cultural perspective, I've said from the very beginning...
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10 Dec 2010

Wikileaks Leak Suggests Hollywood Is Better At Preventing Terrorism Than The TSA

While it seems like US politicians keep insisting that Wikileaks' release of State Department cables has put people in harm's way -- despite a lack of evidence to support that -- some are pointing out that at least some of the cables actually show that some of what the US is doing in the Middle East has been quite effective. Prashanth points us to the news that one of the leaks showed that American TV and movies in Saudi Arabia are actually "are doing more to dissuade young Muslims from becoming jihadists than virtually anything else." As the cable noted: "Saudis are now very interested in the outside world and everybody wants to study in the US if they can. They are fascinated by US culture in a way they never were before."
While it seems like US politicians keep insisting that Wikileaks' release of State Department cables has put people in...
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10 Dec 2010

Military Threatens To Court Martial Anyone Using USB Drives Or Other Removable Media

Apparently, one strategy the military is taking in a weak attempt to prevent a future State Department cable leaks, like the one currently going on, is to ban all forms of removable media and to threaten to court martial anyone caught using USB keys or CD-Rs on machines connected to SIPRNET. Apparently this is kind of frustrating for many in the military:
Apparently, one strategy the military is taking in a weak attempt to prevent a future State Department cable leaks, like...
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10 Dec 2010

WikiWecaps

Joe Sabia of Get Whirled offers this hilarious and appropriately instructive recap of the Wikileaks saga as it has unfolded over the last few weeks.
Joe Sabia of Get Whirled offers this hilarious and appropriately instructive recap of the Wikileaks saga as it has...
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10 Dec 2010

Personal Democracy Forum presents A Symposium on Wikileaks…

Personal Democracy Forum is an annual conference and daily online hub on all the ways that technology is changing politics, governance and society. At PersonalDemocracy.com you can find key content like videos and notes from past conferences, plus all kinds of practical information for political technology professionals, including a free job board and a variety of practical information on web campaign management consulting and technology companies, online tools, local political blogs and more.
Personal Democracy Forum is an annual conference and daily online hub on all the ways that technology is changing...
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10 Dec 2010

Are we starting a full-out war on the Internet

WikiLeaks is the perfect storm for all past issues on the net, but I'm afraid it also will draw us into a future that I've believed was coming and didn't want to talk about. We don't like to think about how much our civilization depends on the proper running of computer networks, and how vulnerable they are. Whoever it is that attacking Mastercard and Paypal are anonymous. They could be teenagers (that's what we hope) but they could also be professionals working for foreign governments, or even the US government.
WikiLeaks is the perfect storm for all past issues on the net, but I'm afraid it also will draw us into a future that...
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10 Dec 2010

New Competition For Wikileaks Shows Up — Say Hello To OpenLeaks

Like many folks, I'm somewhat conflicted about Wikileaks as an organization. It's been clear for quite some time that it has some organizational issues, to put it mildly. However, as we've pointed out the concept behind Wikileaks is inevitable, and we fully expected that even if Wikileaks itself went away, others would quickly step up to take its place. Last month, we noted that some former Wikileakers (who were not at all happy with Assange's leadership) were planning a new competitor.
Like many folks, I'm somewhat conflicted about Wikileaks as an organization. It's been clear for quite some time that it...
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10 Dec 2010

The move to cloud computing is unstoppable – but WikiLeaks gives us pause

Until last week, any computing futurologist would tell you that cloud computing is where it's at. You don't need to know where your data is being stored; it's just on a computer, or more likely computers, Out There On The Internet. Thus Amazon, with its EC2 ("Elastic Cloud Compute") service, or Microsoft with its Azure service, or the most familiar example, Google, with its GoogleMail and Google Docs services, which are used by thousand of companies around the world. (Disclosure: the Guardian uses Google Docs and Mail, and Amazon's EC2 system for its API.)
Until last week, any computing futurologist would tell you that cloud computing is where it's at. You don't need to know...
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10 Dec 2010

Schneier on Security – WikiLeaks

The State Department has learned what the music and film industries learned long ago: that digital files are easy to copy and distribute, says Bruce Schneier, a security expert. Companies are about to make that discovery, too. There will be more leaks, and they will be embarrassing.
The State Department has learned what the music and film industries learned long ago: that digital files are easy to...
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10 Dec 2010

Lieberman Praises Companies Helping Him Try To Censor Wikileaks

This should hardly comes as a surprise, but Senator Joe Lieberman has apparently put out a statement, along with Senator Sue Collins, praising companies for following through on their political pressure to try to censor Wikileaks, calling them "good corporate citizens," and saying that people should support those companies for their willingness to bow down to government pressure. Yeah, okay. Even the press reporting on this seem to think Lieberman is simply making stuff up. Witness this paragraph from Wired:
This should hardly comes as a surprise, but Senator Joe Lieberman has apparently put out a statement, along with Senator...
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9 Dec 2010

What Would Happen If Wikileaks Got Its Own Top Level Domain?

With all the talk about how the whole Wikileaks/domain name seizures issue is about a centralized vs. decentralized internet and even talk of a more decentralized DNS system, IP Watch raises an interesting question. With ICANN's plans to allow just about any TLD, what would happen if Wikileaks were to apply for its very own TLD?
With all the talk about how the whole Wikileaks/domain name seizures issue is about a centralized vs. decentralized...
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9 Dec 2010

Protests, cyber-skirmishes rage over WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks supporters and the companies they accuse of trying to stifle the group clashed in cyberspace Thursday, with spam attacks crashing websites on both sides of the battle. Offline, some efforts by the U.S. government and its allies to punish the site for leaking secret documents have landed in court or are headed to one. Judicial authorities in France foiled the French government s effort to boot WikiLeaks from its French computer servers, while supporters in Switzerland and Germany threatened lawsuits against U.S. financial companies who have cut their ties to WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks supporters and the companies they accuse of trying to stifle the group clashed in cyberspace Thursday, with...
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9 Dec 2010

First arrest made in WikiLeaks revenge attacks

4chan vigilante group Anonymous is used to getting away with its DDoS attacks and other Internet shenanigans, but that's not going to be the case this time around. An arrest has been made in 4chan's revenge attacks on PayPal, Visa, and MasterCard, begun after the companies stopped providing services to WikiLeaks. The first to go down is a Dutch 16-year-old boy, who has been arrested by the Dutch High Tech Crime Team and is being held for interrogation.
4chan vigilante group Anonymous is used to getting away with its DDoS attacks and other Internet shenanigans, but that's...
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9 Dec 2010

Sticky Wikis

Wikileaks has become the world s most visible and newsworthy user of cloud computing. Its current situation provides some useful enterprise lessons on the unique attributes of digital information.
Wikileaks has become the world s most visible and newsworthy user of cloud computing. Its current situation provides...
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9 Dec 2010

Wikileaks Payment Company Plans To Sue Visa and Mastercard Over Cutoff

With Visa and Mastercard refusing to take payments for Wikileaks, the company that was providing payment services to Wikileaks, Datacell, has announced plans to sue both credit card companies to try to get them to go back to accepting payments.
With Visa and Mastercard refusing to take payments for Wikileaks, the company that was providing payment services to...
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9 Dec 2010

If Assange Were In China, US Politicians Would Be Cheering Him On

We've pointed out the general hypocrisy of US politicians calling for an end to internet censorship, while threatening Wikileaks at the same time. If you want to see some real irony, check out the fact that Senator Joe Lieberman, who has been the loudest voice in pushing for censorship of Wikileaks and of others in the press, just so happens to be a member of the "Global Internet Freedom Caucus." Yeah, except here in the US.
We've pointed out the general hypocrisy of US politicians calling for an end to internet censorship, while threatening...
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9 Dec 2010

Is Operation Payback A Crime… Or Just The Modern Equivalent Of A Sit In?

With the news coming out that Dutch officials have supposedly arrested someone involved in "Operation Payback," the Anonymous-driven DDoSing of certain websites (first those in favor of stronger copyright, and now those working against Wikileaks), Evgeny Morozov raises an interesting question: is this just the modern digital equivalent of staging a sit-in?
With the news coming out that Dutch officials have supposedly arrested someone involved in "Operation Payback," the...
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9 Dec 2010

The 24-hour Athenian democracy

I am talking to members of a group called Anonymous , using a web-based collaborative text-editing service. It is the first such interview for all of us, and their answers begin to collide on the page. One member comes from Norway; another shows surprise, then offers that she is from New Zealand. Another writes that group members come from Nepal and Eastern Russia. They all speak through pseudonyms, but I don't even know which psuedonym comes from what country because shortly after I read these answers, someone who calls himself Tux erases them all and writes
I am talking to members of a group called Anonymous , using a web-based collaborative text-editing service. It is the...
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9 Dec 2010

Amazon Won’t Host Wikileaks… But Will Sell The Leaked Cables For Your Kindle?

This is making the rounds on Twitter, but cc was the first to submit it here. When Amazon kicked Wikileaks off of their S3 hosting service, we noted how it had (just weeks earlier) tried to defend a pro-pedophilia book by stating:
This is making the rounds on Twitter, but cc was the first to submit it here. When Amazon kicked Wikileaks off of their...
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9 Dec 2010

Operation Payback And Wikileaks Show The Battle Lines Are About Distributed and Open vs. Centralized and Closed

Back in October, I wrote a thought-piece on how "the revolution will be distributed," comparing Wikileaks to Anonymous' "Operation Payback" (whose tactics I disagree with). I noted that the two were very different, and were focused on very different issues, but that both were essentially about distributed and open systems taking on systems that were centralized and closed -- and that the folks in those centralized and closed systems didn't seem to understand this. Thus, all of their reactions did little to fix the challenges they were facing.
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9 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks Julian Assange: The Hilariously Over-The-Top, Strange Animated Video

Well, we all knew this was coming. Like they've done time and time again, NMA.tv has delivered a hilariously over-the-top, strange animated video about a current event. This time, it's WikiLeaks' Julian Assange. Yes, the man everyone in the entire world is talking about. And, naturally, we have plenty of tech companies making a cameo in the video. PayPal, Amazon, etc.
Well, we all knew this was coming. Like they've done time and time again, NMA.tv has delivered a hilariously...
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9 Dec 2010

Everyone at Le Web is Wrong: Wikileaks Should be Condemned not Celebrated

Le Web. I'm still unclear on the unique selling point of Europe's "leading technology conference" , and yet here I am, for the third year in a row, hanging out in a snow-bound venue four hundred miles from the centre of Paris, watching a succession of American entrepreneurs being interviewed - in English - by journalists who have flown in specially from California. I ll say this, though: the food is good this year - really good. Now, having satisfied my annual obligation to be snarky about Le Web, I'm free to talk about what passes for the big story of the conference, and indeed the biggest story of the world right now. Wikileaks. Specifically, the continuing DOS attacks against companies who are perceived as enemies of Wikileaks.
Le Web. I'm still unclear on the unique selling point of Europe's "leading technology conference" , and yet here I am,...
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8 Dec 2010

Silencing Wikileaks is silencing the press

Operation Payback is a bitch. "Anonymous" is retaliating against Mastercard for denying payment processing services to WikiLeaks, and Mastercard.com is currently down as a result. The apparent US government efforts to cut Wikileaks' lifeblood cashflow and web services kicked into high gear this week. On Monday, Swiss bank PostFinance closed the defense fund account for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. PayPal shut down donation processing after receiving a State Department letter, and most recently, Visa and Mastercard have suspended Wikileaks' accounts. Did the credit card companies do so in response to the same pressures? And, further, in part because the cables show the US lobbied Russia on their behalf? A Guardian report today suggests so.
Operation Payback is a bitch. "Anonymous" is retaliating against Mastercard for denying payment processing services to...
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7 Dec 2010

U.S. Satellites, Ammo Aided Saudis in Border War

Even after expressing alarm about civilians being killed in Yemen and Saudi Arabia s war last year against Shiite separatists in Yemen, the U.S. provided the Saudis with crucial military aid, including ammunition and satellite imagery, the WikiLeaks document trove shows.
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6 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks mirrors multiply as main funding source gets cut off

The Internet may be working to take WikiLeaks offline, but the site's contents aren't going to disappear, thanks to hundreds of mirrors that popped up over the weekend. But even though more than 200 sites around the world now host the controversial leaked documents, WikiLeaks may face an all-too-familiar funding problem if it wants to continue publishing new leaks.
The Internet may be working to take WikiLeaks offline, but the site's contents aren't going to disappear, thanks to...
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6 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks’ One True Home Is Twitter, But For How Long

With Amazon, Paypal and EveryDNS.net dissolving their relationships to WikiLeaks, leaving it without a stable home and a way to make money, Twitter currently serves as the only solid ground the Internet whistleblower has to stand on. This has left many wondering whether or not Twitter will eventually take down the @wikileaks account if put under enough pressure, from lawmakers or otherwise
With Amazon, Paypal and EveryDNS.net dissolving their relationships to WikiLeaks, leaving it without a stable home and a...
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6 Dec 2010

Boycott Amazon? Not doing it.

I'm a veteran of many free speech campaigns on the Internet dating back to the Communication Decency Act in 1996. I've been around this block many times. So when people say "I thought we were boycotting Amazon for their treatment of WikiLeaks" when I posted a link to Amazon's new programmable DNS feature (which I've been waiting for, thanks) I see it all coming around again.
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6 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks Shines a Light on the Limits of Techno-Politics

The hacker ethic, open source, open government, radical transparency and mass collaboration: all these ideas are linked by a belief that the Internet will promote non-hierarchical organization, decentralization, democratization , openness and sharing. A side effect of the WikiLeaks cables is to show that, for all the talk of movements and revolutions, these beliefs are empty of real political content. The cables prompt some tough questions, but the fault lines those questions reveal run perpendicular to digital attitudes, not parallel. When push comes to political shove, open source proponents and so on are found on both sides of the debate. The Internet is a new terrain, but the battles being fought on it are old ones.
The hacker ethic, open source, open government, radical transparency and mass collaboration: all these ideas are linked...
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6 Dec 2010

On Wikileaks Gov 2.0, The Press and Free Society

There s something to capitalize on because Government 2.0 is a movement, albeit a very loose one with many banners. The broad movement, though, boils down to a core commitment to democracy and a more collaborative and transparent government. There are a also a number of tools associated with the Gov 2.0 movement, from wikis to crowdsourcing platforms, social media and structured open data.
There s something to capitalize on because Government 2.0 is a movement, albeit a very loose one with many banners. The...
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1 Dec 2010

Salaries of WikiLeaks Staffers to Be Revealed in New Report

Expenses and salary earnings for paid WikiLeaks staff will be revealed for the first time in a report expected to be published by the end of this year, according to Kristinn Hrafnsson, a spokesman for the secret-spilling organization.
Expenses and salary earnings for paid WikiLeaks staff will be revealed for the first time in a report expected to be...
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29 Nov 2010

Cyberattack Against WikiLeaks Was Weak

In the first test of WikiLeaks resiliency since a staff rebellion earlier this year, the organization recovered within hours from a distributed denial-of-service attack during its rollout of leaked State Department cables Sunday. But experts who monitored the disruptive traffic say the attack was relatively modest in size.
In the first test of WikiLeaks resiliency since a staff rebellion earlier this year, the organization recovered within...
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19 Nov 2010

Another Hacker’s Laptop, Cellphones Searched at Border

A well-known and respected computer-security researcher was detained for several hours Wednesday night by border agents who searched his laptop and cellphones before returning them to him. The researcher, who goes by the hacker handle Moxie Marlinspike, was met by two U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the door of his plane when he arrived at JFK airport on a Jet Blue flight from the Dominican Republic
A well-known and respected computer-security researcher was detained for several hours Wednesday night by border agents...
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25 Aug 2010

WikiLeaks Publishes Mundane CIA Thought Experiment

Now it can be told: a CIA analytic team assessed in February that the recent spate of homegrown terrorism could have unpredictable foreign-policy consequences for the United States. And if not for the controversial transparency organization WikiLeaks, we might never have known that the CIA can occasionally bore policymakers to tears with its time-wasting obviousness
Now it can be told: a CIA analytic team assessed in February that the recent spate of homegrown terrorism could have...
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2 Aug 2010

WikiLeaks will fund itself via Flattr, Pirate Bay founder’s startup

WikiLeaks, the Sweden-based organisation that publishes anonymous leaks of secret material (most recently 90,000 documents about the War in Afghanistan) has until now, relied on donations to fund its activities. That s lead to outages when funds became scarce, for whatever reason. But today WikiLeaks is unleashing a potentially devastating strike against criitics which could see it become an almost unstoppable force in the world s media. It s joined Flattr
WikiLeaks, the Sweden-based organisation that publishes anonymous leaks of secret material (most recently 90,000...
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1 Aug 2010

Ex-Hacker Denies Alleged WikiLeaker Gave Him Classified Documents

An Army intelligence analyst who is charged with leaking classified documents to the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks also allegedly sent classified documents to the hacker who turned him in to the feds, according to a friend and associate of the hacker who helped connect him with federal agents.
An Army intelligence analyst who is charged with leaking classified documents to the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks also...
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26 Jul 2010

Transcript – Wikileaks Afghanistan docs ‘alarming’

The White House on Monday condemned Wikileaks' decision to release more than 75,000 secret military reports from Afghanistan, calling the move "alarming" and saying there is an investigation into how the documents were obtained.
The White House on Monday condemned Wikileaks' decision to release more than 75,000 secret military reports from...
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30 Jun 2010

WikiLeaks Posts Mysterious ‘Insurance’ File Threat Level

In the wake of strong U.S. government statements condemning WikiLeaks recent publishing of 77,000 Afghan War documents, the secret-spilling site has posted a mysterious encrypted file labeled 'insurance.' The huge file, posted on the Afghan War page at the WikiLeaks site, is 1.4 GB and is encrypted with AES256. The file s size dwarfs the size of all the other files on the page combined. The file has also been posted on a torrent download site.
In the wake of strong U.S. government statements condemning WikiLeaks recent publishing of 77,000 Afghan War documents,...
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9 Feb 2009

Wikileaks Forced to Leak Its Own Secret Info

What s Wikileaks, the net s foremost document leaking site, supposed to do when a whistle-blower submits a list of email addresses belonging to the site s confidential donors as a leaked document?
What s Wikileaks, the net s foremost document leaking site, supposed to do when a whistle-blower submits a list of email...
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1 Apr 2004

The Homeless Hacker v. The New York Times

Known as the Homeless Hacker before his arrest, Lamo did most of his virtual exploring from the Internet connections at Kinko's copy shops. Besides his laptop - an eight-year-old Toshiba with six keys missing - he traveled light, usually with a blanket, a change of clothes, and a Taser stun gun, which he used to pick electronic locks and sometimes to shock vending machines to see if they would drop food or spare change.
Known as the Homeless Hacker before his arrest, Lamo did most of his virtual exploring from the Internet connections at...
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