Saturday, 12 March 2011

Federal judge denies bid of three linked to Wikileaks to keep Twitter information secret

WikiLeaks
Judgement in US v. WikiLeaks et al (pdf)
From the fevered imagination of exilestreet at 09:00

1 comment:

  1. trnsnd12 March 2011 at 10:02

    well, i have to say this is an ironic twist in this case, specifically since wikileaks' stated intention is to promote greater transparency. what the courts have basically said here, is that: pursuant to legitimate investigations by the government (and what investigations are legitimate are decided on a case-by-case basis through the court system), users of computer networks can have no expectation of privacy since they voluntarily disclosed the information to a third party, like twitter or a bank. this brings me back to my distrust of a computer network that can observe our every move and search. can we live with this trade-off in privacy for the benefits of the internet's convenience. it seems that people are generally answering yes. i'm not so sure anymore.

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