WikiLeaks Put Women in Turkey in Danger

Re:WikiLeaks Put Women in Turkey in Danger by notahacker on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @01:29PM (#12167288)

I'm not sure it ever was "necessary" for Wikileaks to indiscriminately release large collections of emails sent to the Turkish government, especially if the HuffPo report is correct and it pertains largely to ordinary citizens' messages.

"If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" is even less true of releasing citizens' sensitive information to the entire world (including factions in a country where people are being killed over their political actions) than it is of allowing governments to collect and share it.

Just because some of the things revealed by Wikileaks are very much in the public interest doesn't make it an entirely benign actor.

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Re:WikiLeaks Put Women in Turkey in Danger by exstudent2 on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @01:57PM (#12167513)

If the data exists it may get leaked. It's up to people to protect themselves through encryption and not messaging bad actors. If someone makes malicious actions post-leak then they should be dealt with. Information wants to be free. There's no fighting it.

How exactly do you plan to police Wikileaks? Twitter shaming? Thankfully they've proven to be immune to that.

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