Assange Watch

nexus · Post by **nexus** » 30 Aug 2013, 08:25

nice

Post by **clv101** » 30 Aug 2013, 09:05

A lot of them will be 'bots' associated with web search engines on their unending task of indexing the web.

JohnB · Post by **JohnB** » 30 Aug 2013, 09:08

Many forums have lots of lurkers. This is who is currently on two other forums that I can't see would have any interest at all to GCHQ

293 users are online (in the past 15 minutes)
118 members, 172 guests, 3 anonymous users

In total there are 63 users online :: 3 Registered, 1 Hidden and 59 Guests

compared to our
In total there are 40 users online :: 4 Registered, 0 Hidden and 36 Guests

Of course just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they're not out to get you!

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 30 Aug 2013, 09:19

clv101 wrote:A lot of them will be 'bots' associated with web search engines on their unending task of indexing the web.

Oh how dull. Where have all the good conspiracy theories gone?

nexus · Post by **nexus** » 30 Aug 2013, 09:37

The only reason I commented on it in the first place is because the number of 'lurkers' has doubled, whilst the number of posters hasn't gone up at all. As this forum has been running for years I thought the 'bots' would already be on here, so I was wondering what accounted for the increase in lurkers.

I'm sure that TPTB monitor sites like this where people express opinions that are often counter to the prevailing narrative. However unlike a lot of other sites where people are expressing countervailing opinions this one tends towards sober, evidence based analysis.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 30 Aug 2013, 12:51

e wrote:He's got the support of Fidel, too.

Also, several people have nominated Snowden for the Nobel peace prize, such as described here.

And why not the Sakharov while they're going about it.

Snowden's getting a whack of donations via Bitcoin.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 05 Sep 2013, 14:46

Not much hope for Snowden or Assange in Sweden, where Obama's currently (and coincidentally; funny, that, eh?) on stopover.

The Swedish government don't intend raising the subject despite their describing themselves as 'champions of internet freedom'.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 05 Sep 2013, 14:55

The Metro taking a decidedly old-fashioned view, as in the quaint notion of a 'free press'.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 05 Sep 2013, 14:57

Snowden gets the Whistleblower award.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 05 Sep 2013, 15:03

An article comparing Obama, Manning and Snowden.

Who:

(1) revealed state secrets, (2) violated their constitutional oaths, (3) failed to go through the proper channels, (4) aided the enemy, (5) endangered American lives, and (6) did all of this for reasons of personal advancement.

??

UndercoverElephant · Post by **UndercoverElephant** » 05 Sep 2013, 15:17

emordnilap wrote:Snowden gets the Whistleblower award.

Link is dead for me.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 05 Sep 2013, 15:18

The crucial role of whistleblowers

We did not really learn from Snowden (or Manning) anything we did not already presume to be true. But it is one thing to know it in general and another to get concrete data.

the US is even more dangerous than China insofar as its measures of control are not perceived as such, while Chinese brutality is openly displayed.

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 05 Sep 2013, 15:24

Well.

http://wikileaks.org/spyfiles3.html#an3

Tracking the trackers.

PS_RalphW · Post by **PS_RalphW** » 06 Sep 2013, 16:58

http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2013-09-06/

emordnilap · Post by **emordnilap** » 09 Sep 2013, 11:12

For 'smart' phone users everywhere.

When questioned by Der Spiegel, BlackBerry officials said: "It is not for us to comment on the media reports regarding alleged government surveillance of telecommunications traffic."
The Canadian company stressed that it had not created a "'back door' pipeline to our platform."

Don't believe anything till it's officially denied.