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Re:‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departm... by tridentlead on Monday June 22, 2020 @11:57AM (#23601637)
Actually this is not whistleblowing. Technically, you need to have legal access to the data to whistleblow. If you have to acquire access to the data illegally to then release it its just illegal.
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Re:‘BlueLeaks’ Exposes Files from Hundreds of Police Departm... by kevin_thibedeau on Monday June 22, 2020 @12:58PM (#23602581)
Worked for the Pentagon papers.
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