Re: <nettime> Guardian Live on Assange's arrest

[Morlock Elloi <morlockelloi@gmail.com>]

OK, let's look at it from another angle: who did, in the last 10 years, 
change public discourse in the desirable (to me at least) way more than 
Wikileaks and its staff? Suntanned POTUS? Pope? Habermas? Mother 
Theresa? Dalai Lama? Zizek? Beyonce? nettime?

The important thing to understand why is Wikileaks considered such 
danger: unlike impotent philosophiles, left, right and progressives, 
Wikileaks uses effective technological tools. Which is why it is 
universally hated. You are supposed to only pretend to be effecting change.

Make no mistake - it's not about Assange or anyone else - it's about two 
simple technical facts:

1. Wikileaks servers could not be suppressed neither by rubberhosing 
service providers, registrars, nor telecoms. They did try, for a long 
time. If they could, none of this would happen.

2. Wikileaks sources were far better protected than anyone else's (and 
still are) by using custom submission technology.

#1 and #2 is what put rope around Assange's neck. Use of tools. 
Wikileaks works. Effective use of technology cannot be allowed, and an 
example needs to be set. Tweeting and blogging on corporate servers is OK.


On 4/11/19, 10:52, tbyfield wrote:
> You give Assange more credit than he's due for changing public
> discourse, I think.

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