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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by jfaucett on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:14AM (#12261398)
either all information is public or only those in the power elite circles, which control media and its mediums, will have access to all information. I would rather the power rest in the hands of a well informed many since this is an inherently more fault tolerant system than the orwellian future your assertions seem to imply.
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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by zzalpha on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:23AM (#12261469)
Sounds great!

Please post your complete medical and financial history here.

Thanks!

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by jfaucett on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:37AM (#12261582)
Ok. Medical: chronic PVT, and pseudobraintumor due to tetracycline allergie. Financial History 40k per year from 2011-2015 , last year no income, master student CS. That sums it up, I should probably post the details on github soon, since that is the policy of the company im founding following buffer.io precedent.

It is my firm belief that openness and honesty is as important for societal progress as it is for the scientific sort. But I don't expect you to adopt my sentiment only to weigh the full context of the consequences.

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by sanderjd on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:27AM (#12261992)
That's great! But this is a personal decision, and I would never do what you just did. Let's just both agree not to force our differing personal feelings about privacy on the other, and we won't have an issue.
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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by eli on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:49AM (#12261680)
Why did you redact or omit your social security number and bank account numbers?
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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by Practicality on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:13AM (#12261871)
You're conflating privacy and security (which are similar I know).

If you know my entire banking history that's a privacy issue (which jfaucett was ok with). However, if you are able to access my account and take money, that's a security problem.

The line can get really fuzzy sometimes, but they are different issues.

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by eli on Thursday August 11, 2016 @01:46PM (#12270282)
So did Wikileaks violate privacy or security when they released data containing unredacted credit card and social security numbers?
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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by Practicality on Friday August 12, 2016 @12:23PM (#12276851)
Security. Although SSN in theory should be a privacy issue. Credit card numbers are clearly similar to keys. They are the keys to your bank balance.
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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by Practicality on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:19AM (#12261914)
I could not agree more. I've learned to be ridiculously honest over recent years and it makes everyone happier (in the long run).

When everyone knows the truth they can make better decisions. This applies at all levels. Secrets hurt everyone.

(This does not apply to security things, like passwords, bank account numbers and the location of my house key).

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by CaptSpify on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @10:41AM (#12262100)
You might find this interesting:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/08/this-man...

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Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st... by HelloMcFly on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:47AM (#12261667)
Can I interpret that the only reason you might have been upset at the illegal phone metadata collection program performed by the government is because they didn't release the information in an open-access dataset? Otherwise, fair game?
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