Wiki LEAKAGE!

Now its time to explore wiki leaks!

What is wikileaks? Well basically its an international online not-for-profit organization that publishes submission of private, secret and classified media from anonymous sources. It launched in 2006, and since then has been the internet robin hood of information.

 

I steal from the rich and give to the trolls!

Some of wiki-leaks notable works are the publishing of gunfight footage from the 12 July 2002 Baghdad airstrike. 40,000 documents called the Iraq war logs which basically detailed every recorded death in Iran, as well as a variety of other controversial material. But what is the purpose behind this publishing besides giving the general public information it wouldn't bother looking for unless it made headline news? Of course there are THOSE people that actually do something with the information, just don't count on this guy to do something.

Yet another human male that refuses to interact with women

Ignoring the geek above, wiki leaks goal is generally along the lines of "bring important news and information to the public". What classifies as important can range from person to person, but that said, people dying in Iraq would seem important to those that believe it is relevant or have some sort of worldly sense of justice. It does however provide a gateway for sneaky alley rats to divulge sensitive information if wiki leaks anonymous policy rings true, could be good news if your into stocks I guess.

This brings the issue of is knowledge of sensitive information, beneficial to the general public? What advantages does it bring, what are the repercussions of said information going public? Also do the corporations or organizations get a a say in this? Most likely not, considering they are hiding the information in the first place, at what point does information become intellectual property or has protection for privacy.

As everything is generally stored in data and computers nowadays, the risks involve in attaining information are considerably low in contrast to the days without digital technology. Back then it usually involved stalking said sources until they spill the beans or infiltrating a society for several years to gain trust and eventually being let in on the secret. Now all you need is to download some software, get yourself a geeky nerd that has a flashy computer and you can even hack NASA!. Screw hanging around for several years, building up in ranks just get on your home desktop and start up the hacking program! 

In that sense wiki leaks could be considered a database of hacked or stolen information, providing cover to the contributors. It was going to be done eventually, there is a robin hood in every age. That said the data is supposedly important enough to warrant public attention and in that regard they are doing a good thing....I mean come on. its free.

 In this age of information wiki-leaks can be considered as free cash, you just got to hope that the information will be relevant and help you somewhat.