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8. Another blackmail attempt. n/t

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Wikileaks Just Released A Massive 'Insurance' File That No One Can Open [View all] Tony_FLADEM Aug 2013 OP

"... but there's already plenty of speculation." Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #1

We're talking Anonymous not Glen Beck. These'll be good. marble falls Aug 2013 #4

Pot meet the kettle. nt kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #176

Speculation is all I have seen Cryptoad Aug 2013 #5

And your still wrong. Fearless Aug 2013 #31

Where 's the proof? nt Cryptoad Aug 2013 #32

What do you classify as proof? Fearless Aug 2013 #34

Pretty much Cryptoad Aug 2013 #59

A John Roberts court? Fearless Aug 2013 #80

+1 villager Aug 2013 #143

Thats the Point Cryptoad Aug 2013 #167

I said nothing of the sort Fearless Aug 2013 #177

you have still failed Cryptoad Aug 2013 #181

Because the administration continues illegal programs Fearless Aug 2013 #189

Whose "Legal System" - the one that Generally Backs the Corporate Crooks Game ?? HumansAndResources Aug 2013 #125

Oh yea,,,, Cryptoad Aug 2013 #169

Holding democrats to democratic values Fearless Aug 2013 #178

YOu have already Cryptoad Aug 2013 #180

I said no such thing. Fearless Aug 2013 #188

Apparantly whatever was released will likely stand up in European Courts rpannier Aug 2013 #142

Seems you don't know the source of our Laws...... nt Cryptoad Aug 2013 #170

Touchy Touchy rpannier Aug 2013 #192

Another Cryptoad Aug 2013 #194

Wow, this is released by an anti secrecy group and many are complaining your private information Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #2

Seems it is Cryptoad Aug 2013 #6

How can you possibly surmise that? go west young man Aug 2013 #11

So you believe they are Cryptoad Aug 2013 #13

Love your arbitrary 6 month proclamation! go west young man Aug 2013 #18

TEll us Cryptoad Aug 2013 #30

Were the Afghan War logs and all the info on Afghan civilian deaths speculative? go west young man Aug 2013 #37

a little redirect and Cryptoad Aug 2013 #54

No, those were facts that trumped your silliness. East Coast Pirate Aug 2013 #60

What Facts,,,,,???? Cryptoad Aug 2013 #69

You may want to look up the term "projection" go west young man Aug 2013 #65

YOu havent even answered my Q Cryptoad Aug 2013 #68

Who could possibly take you serious at this point? go west young man Aug 2013 #107

Ah I remember my idealism back in the 60's & 70's,,,,, Cryptoad Aug 2013 #171

+1 NealK Aug 2013 #58

Piece By Piece, to let The Govt Lie and Get Caught - Again and Again. HumansAndResources Aug 2013 #127

Anarchist Cryptoad Aug 2013 #172

Oh, there's a very good reason Aerows Aug 2013 #72

I'm not sure it is as complicated as this thread implies BlueStreak Aug 2013 #113

Oh, I agree Aerows Aug 2013 #116

Yes, I agree with your point about timing, and I expect there is fresh data BlueStreak Aug 2013 #128

HOw much Cryptoad Aug 2013 #173

Huh? n/t Aerows Aug 2013 #175

you posted Cryptoad Aug 2013 #182

Rocket surgery? Aerows Aug 2013 #183

I was starting to wonder Cryptoad Aug 2013 #184

I think I have Aerows Aug 2013 #186

what i find funny about the whole wikileaks, snowden, manning deal okieinpain Aug 2013 #134

Do you read the news? Aerows Aug 2013 #163

It seems; greiner3 Aug 2013 #153

YOU got a point ? Cryptoad Aug 2013 #166

huh? NoOneMan Aug 2013 #7

Wikileaks is fighting for whatever will give them the most power. pnwmom Aug 2013 #9

A nonprofit fighting for power! go west young man Aug 2013 #15

Nonprofit? What do US non-profit tax laws have to do with Wikileaks? pnwmom Aug 2013 #21

Wikileaks is an "international" nonprofit. go west young man Aug 2013 #23

Most of Wikileaks's efforts revolve against the US though. phleshdef Aug 2013 #27

Once again this is untrue. go west young man Aug 2013 #36

Its not untrue. Look up the definition of the word "most". phleshdef Aug 2013 #52

Your propaganda filter is broken! go west young man Aug 2013 #56

Hadn't seen that. Thanks. nt wtmusic Aug 2013 #63

You need to worry more about your fact checking abilities... phleshdef Aug 2013 #64

Here's a link to the Cryptome emails your article references. go west young man Aug 2013 #99

I see; greiner3 Aug 2013 #154

That's what they call themselves. But it's a meaningless term pnwmom Aug 2013 #115

First paragraph from the link you gave: go west young man Aug 2013 #28

The link I gave is a DEBATE site, so it has opposing views. pnwmom Aug 2013 #118

Your "debate" sit starts off with a smear against Assange go west young man Aug 2013 #135

On the top left, there is one point of view. On the top right, there is the other. pnwmom Aug 2013 #137

Reread your link please. go west young man Aug 2013 #139

Maybe if they had started with the truth articles released now might be creditable but they got off Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #16

"Maybe if they had started with the truth articles..." greiner3 Aug 2013 #155

Lies, non factual informational, unintentuinal false statements Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #159

Um, Yeah Aerows Aug 2013 #101

I didn't compare Snowden and Assange. I believe Snowden's parents pnwmom Aug 2013 #119

Folks like yourself go west young man Aug 2013 #164

It's no sillier than your choice to believe that he's a patriot concerned about US pnwmom Aug 2013 #174

Ohhhhhhh,,,,,,, Cryptoad Aug 2013 #3

You Mean ADDITIONAL Crimes, right? HumansAndResources Aug 2013 #129

Whats your Cryptoad Aug 2013 #165

Whining about???????? greiner3 Aug 2013 #156

Another blackmail attempt. n/t pnwmom Aug 2013 #8

What was the first one? n/t Aerows Aug 2013 #106

In this go around? Greenwald said that they had information that pnwmom Aug 2013 #120

We don't even know what's in this file Aerows Aug 2013 #121

I'm sure someone will pop the code. It would be funny it they used free software too. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #10

yep. iamthebandfanman Aug 2013 #17

Full AES has never been "popped". wtmusic Aug 2013 #19

Brute-forcing 256-bit encryption isn't going to happen. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2013 #22

I've seen the "equal to all the atoms in the universe" thing. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #42

Longer than the universe will exist is more the idea. bemildred Aug 2013 #62

This all assumes they don't WANT the info out there. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #76

That is usually what one uses encryption for? nt bemildred Aug 2013 #88

Uh huh. So if it gets popped we know it was meant to be popped. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #92

Sort of like Orville Redenbacher, eh? bemildred Aug 2013 #102

Deep down everyone is hoping something will come out that will reveal "The Big Lie".... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #130

Yeah, sure they are, mean and nasty underneath, all of them. nt bemildred Aug 2013 #152

Well,....I DO have a reputation to uphold. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #179

You have no idea what your talking about. Fearless Aug 2013 #33

What would be funny is if the key was "Atlas Shrugged". Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #40

Beam me up Scotty! Iliyah Aug 2013 #55

The key for the cables from Manning was Paulie Aug 2013 #104

Nuthin like copy/paste.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #122

No worries WaPo Iliyah Aug 2013 #12

I'm pissed; greiner3 Aug 2013 #158

lol iamthebandfanman Aug 2013 #14

That's the word I would put on it. defacto7 Aug 2013 #132

Yes, they are blackmailing ... errr... who? muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #160

Yes, I understand protecting data is important especially when you have defacto7 Aug 2013 #191

You said you were certain it is blackmail muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #193

I stand by my posts in general. defacto7 Aug 2013 #199

Well... bunnies Aug 2013 #20

The world's fastest supercomputer could knock it out in 3.17 billion years. wtmusic Aug 2013 #24

Just curious iamthebandfanman Aug 2013 #26

A fair question. wtmusic Aug 2013 #35

I've wondered about other factors Babel_17 Aug 2013 #45

Good points. wtmusic Aug 2013 #50

Though the orders of magnitude are what matters, here is a list of the fastest computers. xocet Aug 2013 #46

The geek in me took over for a moment Aerows Aug 2013 #93

Of course; greiner3 Aug 2013 #161

I see it as Assange is tired of his embassy cell. Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #25

Or maybe he's just doing what he has always been doing. go west young man Aug 2013 #44

Assange-ing is a Distraction Technique HumansAndResources Aug 2013 #131

Since when does the freest country on earth view the truth as a doomsday bomb? JDPriestly Aug 2013 #138

No person on Earth, no group of people on Earth, wants complete exposure. Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #144

So, what if you are right? What if you are wrong? JDPriestly Aug 2013 #145

Ah, sorry. I guess I came over as flippant. Half-Century Man Aug 2013 #146

What kind of insurance? Insurance against what? Insurance for whom? another_liberal Aug 2013 #29

Insurance against prior restraint. It's in the article. Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #61

That is why Wikileaks released them . . . another_liberal Aug 2013 #70

They've done this before. Releasing the encrypted files globally without the key. Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #71

One should assume . . . another_liberal Aug 2013 #79

I would think they Aerows Aug 2013 #83

No doubt. another_liberal Aug 2013 #86

I agree. But I don't think that the insurance files are Snowden's documents. Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #94

It could be anything, you are correct Aerows Aug 2013 #98

Snowden has been so adamant about a deliberative vetting and publishing process Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #103

That's a good point. Aerows Aug 2013 #110

: ) Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #141

I suspect they are striving for such capability but aren't quite there yet. Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #84

Lets hope so at least. another_liberal Aug 2013 #91

You know Aerows Aug 2013 #112

That's what I'm thinking. Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #140

You have to know that this totally pisses the NSA off...... DeSwiss Aug 2013 #38

What would totally piss off the NSA is if it came out that they were working for Wall Street. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #74

I thought that had already (sort of) Aerows Aug 2013 #77

Everyone FREAK OUT!!!!11 tridim Aug 2013 #39

the Wiki that cried Wolf. Sorry, they lost the public attention long ago. MjolnirTime Aug 2013 #41

You comment on every one of these threads Aerows Aug 2013 #75

Lol! NealK Aug 2013 #109

First, didn't he release this years ago, under the same premise? Duer 157099 Aug 2013 #43

His scam is falling apart. tridim Aug 2013 #47

Hey at least he's raking in the Iliyah Aug 2013 #48

How so? wtmusic Aug 2013 #53

Sadly DU isn't about well sourced data anymore. go west young man Aug 2013 #57

FACT: To the Right Wing, a "Fact" is any statement that reinforces personal biases and convictions. NorthCarolina Aug 2013 #168

The cables were "insured" in a similar manner. Luminous Animal Aug 2013 #78

It can serve as a Dead Man's Switch Aerows Aug 2013 #81

I see the NSA apologists, statists hueymahl Aug 2013 #49

It's funny reading all their posts. go west young man Aug 2013 #51

Yup. NealK Aug 2013 #67

400GB of data??????????????? delrem Aug 2013 #66

325.39 GB of data if you want to be more precise Electric Monk Aug 2013 #73

You do know how easy it is to send a torrent with 1TB of crap, delrem Aug 2013 #82

Sure, I'm not bothering to DL any of it myself, just pointing out where it can be found. Electric Monk Aug 2013 #85

wtf kind of info requires 350G? delrem Aug 2013 #89

? Aerows Aug 2013 #87

I think they're saying that they think wikileaks is just bluffing with these torrent files. Electric Monk Aug 2013 #90

Yeah..I don't know Aerows Aug 2013 #95

Snowden hasn't gone through wikileaks, ffs. delrem Aug 2013 #97

I don't know why you're posting that in reply to me. See posts #94 and #98 above. nt Electric Monk Aug 2013 #100

Because you're suggesting that these files were torrented by wikileaks. delrem Aug 2013 #105

Did you read the OP? Try reading it again, where it says "Wikileaks just released a..." nt Electric Monk Aug 2013 #108

Wikileaks released these files Aerows Aug 2013 #111

Consider size of package vs kind of info promised. delrem Aug 2013 #96

They released a 1.7 TB file before Aerows Aug 2013 #114

Snowden's leak is unlike "cablegate". delrem Aug 2013 #124

Okay Aerows Aug 2013 #126

What kind of info was promised? NealK Aug 2013 #117

Fast connection, lots of seeders, doesn't take that long. hobbit709 Aug 2013 #148

already have one but certainly don't have space for another release 400 times bigger n/t PatrynXX Aug 2013 #123

Drives are cheap. Around here you can get a 1 Terabyte external for $60 on sale. hobbit709 Aug 2013 #149

I'm in! Summer Hathaway Aug 2013 #133

Best post of the night. go west young man Aug 2013 #136

Ralphie Parker, newest member of the SECRET CIRCLE, is that you? MADem Aug 2013 #147

LOL, good one DiverDave Aug 2013 #151

That it can't currently be opened isn't material dipsydoodle Aug 2013 #150

That it can't be opened is THE WHOLE POINT BlueStreak Aug 2013 #157

I'm beginning to wonder if CIA and all of the Governments have already called his bluff. The Stranger Aug 2013 #198

This is good news for Wikileaks. greiner3 Aug 2013 #162

lot of clever computer persons who would take 'no one can open' as a challenge. Sunlei Aug 2013 #185

Probably a tracking program that quietly scans your computer and sends JoePhilly Aug 2013 #187

Why would you make a post like that? Ash_F Aug 2013 #190

Awe, now you're just trying to hurt my feelings. JoePhilly Aug 2013 #195

No just trying to help you Ash_F Aug 2013 #196

What is "inane" is downloading any file with unknown contents. JoePhilly Aug 2013 #197