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**Slonopotam845** · 08-21-2013, 02:41 AM

I don't get why whistleblowers don't just go on Tor and post stuff to reddit.

It's a fine idea, but often there would be things linking the source to the documents they are leaking, preventing anonymity, or getting them in legal trouble.
What you would need is a site that worked with the source, or for the source, to remove any 'digital fingerprints' from documents, and help in as many ways as possible in keeping anonymity, while broadcasting to as many people as possible.
Then, also, to assure the source's safety, the site could guarantee them that if they did happen to lose their anonymity and get in trouble, that they would send world class lawyers, and even money, to help with their legal case.
And, of course, the site would have to do it all for free. And would need some real great legal and technical minds to keep it running. And have to be funded by donations, since no corporation or government would back this organization.
There already exists a site like that. That's exactly what Wikileaks is.
Coincidently, a few years ago, Julian Assange, one of the founders of the site, had a warrant put out for his arrest, as, one month after the second largest leak in military history, and two months before the largest leak in military history, two women claimed that he had raped them - one of the most character defaming, distracting, headline-grabbing, and difficult to prove, of all crimes. Very unlucky timing, hey?
EDIT: Wondering why I used the word 'distracting'? This comment is one hour old as I write this, and is parent to 17 comments about the technicalities of rape, and 0 about wikileaks.

08-21-2013, 02:41 AM	#4
Slonopotam845 Join Date Jan 2006 Posts 5,251 Senior Member	I don't get why whistleblowers don't just go on Tor and post stuff to reddit. It's a fine idea, but often there would be things linking the source to the documents they are leaking, preventing anonymity, or getting them in legal trouble. What you would need is a site that worked with the source, or for the source, to remove any 'digital fingerprints' from documents, and help in as many ways as possible in keeping anonymity, while broadcasting to as many people as possible. Then, also, to assure the source's safety, the site could guarantee them that if they did happen to lose their anonymity and get in trouble, that they would send world class lawyers, and even money, to help with their legal case. And, of course, the site would have to do it all for free. And would need some real great legal and technical minds to keep it running. And have to be funded by donations, since no corporation or government would back this organization. There already exists a site like that. That's exactly what Wikileaks is. Coincidently, a few years ago, Julian Assange, one of the founders of the site, had a warrant put out for his arrest, as, one month after the second largest leak in military history, and two months before the largest leak in military history, two women claimed that he had raped them - one of the most character defaming, distracting, headline-grabbing, and difficult to prove, of all crimes. Very unlucky timing, hey? EDIT: Wondering why I used the word 'distracting'? This comment is one hour old as I write this, and is parent to 17 comments about the technicalities of rape, and 0 about wikileaks.
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