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http://www.wikileaks.ch/mass-mirror.html --Doug On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > On Dec 6, 2010, at 1:15 AM, Steve Smith wrote: > > ... > > As usual, nicely thought out and articulated. > > For me its simple. I like WikiLeaks and the counter pressure they bring to > bear. Not all corporations, politicians, militaries, labs, and so on are > evil, but lately they've been throwing their power around way too much. And > WL helps create a balance of power. > > It is absurd to argue that WL is putting solders and others "at risk". > They have been put there by their govt. > > But I doubt Amazon and other ISPs feel they can afford the mess they'd get > into by offering WL an account. > > So what to do? My first approach would be Peer to Peer. That removes the > debate from the large and powerful to the citizenry. Our first question > then would be "would I give 1% of my computer?". For me the answer is "yes". > > OK then, how? Well, the easiest would be Torrents. I'd simply subscribe to > a set of Torrents that were encrypted archives that the EFF (Electronic > Frontier Foundation) or WL would sponsor (RSS, name convention, etc). This > would massively replicate the archives, making it pretty difficult to crush, > yet not "publish" the content in the clear until judged appropriate by WL. > We'd then need to create a P2P web tech of some sort, possibly built on top > of torrents, to publish the material WL deems ready for the public. > > I'd also ask EFF to vet WL. Why? I have several friends associated with > them, and although a bit on the fringe, I think they'd do a good job of > calibrating WL, and possibly keeping them within bounds of sanity. If not > EFF, then Lawrence Lessig. > > Let the people decide! > > -- Owen > > > > >
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