[dundee] Wikileaks posts mysterious insurance file

Arron M Finnon finux at finux.co.uk
Mon Aug 2 09:38:51 UTC 2010


Its all a little like "The Daemon" by Daniel Suarez.

On that note anyone got the sequel to this awesome book, "FreedomTM".



On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 10:19:24AM +0100, Kris Davidson wrote:
> Nice, I wonder if it contains any revenge plans against Lamo.
> 
> kris
> 
> On 2 August 2010 10:13, Rick Moynihan <rick.moynihan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/wikileaks-insurance-file/
> >
> > This quote from metafilter, just about sums it up:
> >
> > "My ability to decide how I feel about Wikileaks' activities is
> > totally annihilated by my ongoing realization that it cannot possibly
> > be real. It's a plot device in a near-future thriller novel. I mean,
> > seriously, semi-stateless man with an unusual appearance uses an army
> > of anonymous allies to expose governments' secrets, and posts an
> > insurance file in public with some kind of deadman switch in case he's
> > taken out by his enemies? That shit does not happen in real life.
> > Julian Assange is a Neal Stephenson character who's escaped in to the
> > real world."
> >
> > http://www.metafilter.com/94273/The-plot-thickens#3212444
> >
> > R.
> >
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