WikiLeaks Launching Its Own Encrypted Social Network That Actually Sounds Kind Of Neat
Everybody has a social network nowadays, and if Anonymous has one and there’s one that helps you find people with similar intestinal bacteria, it should come as no surprise that WikiLeaks is announcing its own encrypted social network called FoWL for “Friends of WikiLeaks.” What might come as a surprise is that parts of it actually sound really neat.
The idea behind FoWL is not to connect you to friends you already now, but to connect you to would-be friends that you haven’t met yet. Considering the network’s affiliation with WikiLeaks, the tie that’s going to bind you and your friends on FoWL is probably going to be some sort of activist values, you know, the bond of being the kind of people who would consider themselves “friends of WikiLeaks.” The whole project seems to be centered around helping activists find other activists so they can act. But that’s not the interesting part, the interesting part is how FoWL intends to pull this off.
Instead of having you find people to friend, FoWL is going to assign you 12 friends. Always 12, exactly 12; it’s a hard limit. Six of these friends will be from your general geographic area, whereas the other six will be from other parts of the world, but still speak your language...
http://www.geekosystem.com/wikileaks-social-network/
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Don't know what to say. It will be interesting to see play out.
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[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Great idea. I wish them lots of luck.
