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Silicon Valley shrugs off

ocean-kat — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 06:27:01 +0000

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Silicon Valley shrugs off Julian Assange's help – and questions his motives

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s pledge to help Silicon Valley technology companies patch the bugs outlined in leaked CIA files has been met with skepticism from the security community.

Some researchers were skeptical of WikiLeaks’ motives, pointing to apparent ties between the whistleblowing organization and Russia – despite Assange’s denial.

“Everything they have done over the last few months suggests they are operating as a front for a different leaker [Russia],” said Kalember.

He said that the possible Russian ties as well as WikiLeaks’ track record of publishing identifying information about people (known as “doxxing”) – including millions of women in Turkey – and threats to make an online database of all verified users on Twitter – has diminished confidence in the organization.

“No one in the information security community really trusts him and his motives,” he said.

Anti-ironic. Digby noted back

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 09:06:59 +0000

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Anti-ironic. Digby noted back in November that we'd end up seeing Comey as our good guy, better than any possible Trump appointment. And so it comes to pass.

well didya see that Comey

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:51:11 +0000

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well didya see that Comey also said he's not going anywhere? I admit it, I laughed, how can one not?

I must say I'm pleased that I'm seeing that tape of the campaigning Trump saying "I love Wikileaks" being played on the tube so often. It's the irony right now, but then there's the whole other level where it may not be ironic at all.Which would be ironic irony, or what? Help, I need a logician, I think....