Julian Assange arrested (merged)

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Anon gets its own DDOS:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12090245

Web wars!

Originally Posted by Vendor

Always interesting to other news angles, but unfortunately, old news, but thanks for posted,

The words pot, kettle and black spring to mind

[XabbaRus]

I'm still waiting for the guy to have an accident.

Saying that I don't like the guy and I'm really not sure what his motives are, but I wouldn't wish him dead. Of course the whole uproar could be his protection.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by XabbaRus

I'm still waiting for the guy to have an accident.

Saying that I don't like the guy and I'm really not sure what his motives are, but I wouldn't wish him dead. Of course the whole uproar could be his protection.

He get harder for every Day, so much is a pure matter of time..

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Vendor

He get harder for every Day, so much is a pure matter of time..

[Blood_splat]

Hehe

[Dowly]

Penis.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Pingas.

[Skybird]

Now it becomes a demonstration why you should not trust computer-supported so-called social networks: it is an unneeded, easy to abuse exposure of your private data and intimiate sphere.

Like in case of governments, amongst them that of Saudi Arabaia and America, demanding Blackberry to weaken its security protocolls so that governments can overhear the data transmissions done with them, a US court has ordered Twitter to reveal all data on persons that the US knows or just claims to be associated with the Wikileaks affair. The court also ruled it's decision to be kept secret - which meant that the effected people would not have learned about being spied out if Twitter apparently would not have fought back and won a legal battle so that now they were allowed to send emails to these peopel telling them that on the 17th January their private data on their Twitter accounts will be handed over to the US authorities.

Like the submissive obedience of Amazon, Visa and Paypal to US government pressure, this shows that the "independence" of the "free" internet is just an illusion, even more since practically all global key servers (or how are they called?) are located in the US. The SWIFT protocol also is such a case - every bank transaction even just inside Europe, gets indicated to US authorities with information on sending and receiving banking accounts. So much for sovereignity of non-US states. I wonder why the US could claim the even legalised freedom to sniff in my personal banking businesses - I am living in a foreign country and I am not even a US citizen, not even a suspect. But I know that already plenty of such data about me are stored in US intel databases - legally. TheEurpopeans have given the Americans rights and freedoms that the European nations either do not even have themselves inside their own countries, or not to such a far-leading degree! I assume that quite some Euro goivenrments like the arrangement - they can maybe participate in the benefits from such data tracking while not needing to fight the legal b attles to chnage national laws. Talking about underhanded behaviour by Euro governments.

I personally have drawn a consequence in so far as that I have cancelled my vasall Paypal membership and vasall Visa card after they kicked Wikileaks. No big loss anyway - I managed to live the better part of my life without their services.

Anyhow, here is the story according to German edition of Der Spiegel:

Comments:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20027893-281.html

http://rop.gonggri.jp/?p=442

Original court documents:

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/gl...r/subpoena.pdf

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/gl...ling_Order.pdf

[Gerald]

In the end, he will be extradited to U.S.A

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Vendor

In the end, he will be extradited to U.S.A

Which would make him a martyr, damaging US reputation over this even more. This is not about crime and justice, this is about simple revenge, and political business trying to stay hidden in the mist and getting away with its failures, lobby-decisions, scandals and crimes.

[Skybird]

Wikileaks assumes - I think correctly - that Google and Facebook also have received secret subpeonas - without resisting like Twitter.

http://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/23611515697364992

In the end, he will be extradited to U.S.A

On what charge?
Besides which, given the amout of crap there has been in the press and some muppets in the political establishment calling for his murder then no country can extradite him to the US as all their silly noise over the matter has prejudiced his ability to recieve a fair trial.

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Like in case of governments, amongst them that of Saudi Arabaia and America, demanding Blackberry to weaken its security protocolls so that governments can overhear the data transmissions done with them, a US court has ordered Twitter to reveal all data on persons that the US knows or just claims to be associated with the Wikileaks affair. The court also ruled it's decision to be kept secret - which meant that the effected people would not have learned about being spied out if Twitter apparently would not have fought back and won a legal battle so that now they were allowed to send emails to these peopel telling them that on the 17th January their private data on their Twitter accounts will be handed over to the US authorities.

Originally Posted by Skybird

Wikileaks assumes - I think correctly - that Google and Facebook also have received secret subpeonas - without resisting like Twitter.

http://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/23611515697364992

Goodbye freedom.
Hello Big Brother USA


I have never in my live trusted American politics/politicians, but this is the first time I see them as a real danger we'd be much better off without.

[Gerald]

I had an opinion, as I think about this whole story, and its tours, there are things that never come to light, and so later when it has taken hold as the situation becomes more complex one where it is today

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by DarkFish

I have never in my live trusted American politics/politicians, but this is the first time I see them as a real danger we'd be much better off without.

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