WikiLeaks proposes tracking verified Twitter users' homes, families and finances - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Wikileaks wants to start building a list of verified Twitter users that will include highly sensitive and personal information about their families, their finances and their housing situations. "We are thinking of making an online database with all 'verified' twitter accounts & their family/job/financial/housing relationships," WikiLeaks tweeted Friday. The disclosure organization run by Julian Assange claims that the information will be used for an artificial intelligence program. But Twitter users immediately fired back, saying that WikiLeaks would use the list to take political vengeance against those who criticize it. Twitter "verifies" certain users, such as world leaders, nonprofit organizations and news outlets, with a blue check mark beside their names so that other users of the service can be confident about the poster's identity. WikiLeaks, which itself has a verified Twitter account, did not say whether it would subject itself to the scrutiny it was proposing. (It was also unclear whether, under its plan, WikiLeaks would seek to uncover information about the financial lives of Russian President Vladimir Putin or President-elect Donald Trump, both of whom are verified on Twitter.)[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-wikileaks-tracking-verified-twitter-20170106-story.html[/url] [Media]https://twitter.com/WLTaskForce/status/817431533183238144[/media] [Media]https://twitter.com/abditum/status/817473453712408577[/media]

I thought they were for transparency, not for hunting and hurting people.

can wikileaks fuck off please

:bullshit:

What the fuck are you smoking wikileaks

This is a fucking terrible idea.

a public doxxing list good job

Isn't Wikileaks becoming the thing they originally existed to stop?

Is the Twitter account actually run by them? Wikileaks Task Force's tweets sound like someone outside of the organization.

[QUOTE=-nesto-;51633997]Is the Twitter account actually run by them? Wikileaks Task Force's tweets sound like someone outside of the organization.[/QUOTE] Its verified. [T]http://i.imgur.com/GcNj0YL.jpg[/t]

The organization that helped Snowden escape Hong Kong is about to do the very thing he blew the whistle on. Amazing.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;51634008]The organization that helped Snowden escape Hong Kong is about to do the very thing he blew the whistle on. Amazing.[/QUOTE] no see the difference is everyone gets to see the list instead of people who could abuse the law with the info muh transparency

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;51634008]The organization that helped Snowden escape Hong Kong is about to do the very thing he blew the whistle on. Amazing.[/QUOTE] Not really. This would be a collection of only publicly accessible information, would be open to the public, and is only for notable (verified) figures. Not saying I support it but its not the same thing.

[QUOTE=MadPro119;51634021]Not really. This would be a collection of only publicly accessible information, would be open to the public, and is only for notable (verified) figures. Not saying I support it but its not the same thing.[/QUOTE] I don't usually think people's housing, financial, and all their family relations are public information.

Just how retarded do you have to be to think a public dox list is a good idea, if people want those details to be public they'll make it public.

[QUOTE=MadPro119;51634021]Not really. This would be a collection of only publicly accessible information, would be open to the public, and is only for notable (verified) figures. Not saying I support it but its not the same thing.[/QUOTE] still a incredible violation of privacy

[QUOTE=KillRay;51634000]Its verified. [T]http://i.imgur.com/GcNj0YL.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Weird that the main Wikileak account isn't retweeting the Task Force tweet. Sounds like whoever is running the TF account is tweeting stupid ideas that don't coincide with organization. [editline]6th January 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=Lambeth;51634032]still a incredible violation of privacy[/QUOTE] It's not

[QUOTE=-nesto-;51634038]It's not[/QUOTE] If I have a verified Twitter account and I don't want my private information out in a database open to the public on the internet and some cunts put it out there against my wishes then yeah, it's a violation of privacy.

I once trusted you.

[QUOTE=hippowombat;51634044]If I have a verified Twitter account and I don't want my private information out in a database open to the public on the internet and some cunts put it out there against my wishes then yeah, it's a violation of privacy.[/QUOTE] I dont support their choice but it sounds like publishing public info which isnt a privacy violation.

you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain

[QUOTE=-nesto-;51634075]I dont support their choice but it sounds like publishing public info which isnt a privacy violation.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]highly sensitive and personal information about their families, their finances and their housing situations.[/QUOTE] Doesn't sound like it's just public info they're wanting to put on there.

kill wikileaks

[QUOTE=hippowombat;51634166]Doesn't sound like it's just public info they're wanting to put on there.[/QUOTE] That's the sources interpretation but if we go off what they actually said(and assuming that's all they're going to do) "family/job/financial/housing relationships" That's public info and doesn't violate your rights.

[QUOTE=-nesto-;51634183]That's the sources interpretation but if we go off what they actually said(and assuming that's all they're going to do) "family/job/financial/housing relationships" That's public info and doesn't violate your rights.[/QUOTE] so I have a right to know your finances? Okay, so post them

[QUOTE=-nesto-;51634183]That's the sources interpretation but if we go off what they actually said(and assuming that's all they're going to do) "family/job/financial/housing relationships" That's public info and doesn't violate your rights.[/QUOTE] I feel like your interpretation of it is a bit shallow, "family/job/financial/housing relationships" doesn't really entail what information from those categories would be disclosed, and not every piece of information from the given categories is public information. Compounding the issue is that their Twitter didn't deny that the information contained in the database would constitute a doxx, and they further indicated that in their eyes, the sensitivity of the information they'd be hosting wouldn't matter if they themselves deemed the information, "of public interest." So basically they, the ones hosting the database, would decide when it was "of public interest" to share private personal information. [QUOTE]Shnd't have to say, but leaking *&data collection* for harassment etc have nothing in common with legit disclosures in the public interest,"[/QUOTE] It's all too subjective and leads down too many slippery slopes to be safe, imo. [editline]6th January 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=HumanAbyss;51634191]so I have a right to know your finances? Okay, so post them[/QUOTE] Basically this. My finances, the private information of my family members, shit like that is not public information and publishing it does violate my rights.

Who would have known Wikileaks, the organisation famous for selectively releasing documents to construct narratives, edit videos to demonise and release specifically timed and picked information to fuck with things they disagree with, would turn out to be evil? Such a shocker.

"the verified twitter tag" is frankly an awful metric to determine who has enough authority to not be allowed privacy. I understand and agree with the idea that people with too much power should tend to have their lives be more transparent as it makes corruption far easier to identify and root out, but im not sure forcing it is going to go over so well.

[QUOTE=Lambeth;51633983]What the fuck are you smoking wikileaks[/QUOTE] since ever the Jullian Assagne was captured or whatever that police was they started to act weird and post weird shit like Breaitbart articles. I think Wikileaks is compromised. [editline]7th January 2017[/editline] [QUOTE=Mattk50;51634242]"the verified twitter tag" is frankly an awful metric to determine who has enough authority to not be allowed privacy. I understand and agree with the idea that people with too much power should tend to have their lives be more transparent as it makes corruption far easier to identify and root out, but im not sure forcing it is going to go over so well.[/QUOTE] they can do it on average citizens though?

[QUOTE=KillRay;51634000]Its verified. [T]http://i.imgur.com/GcNj0YL.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] Uhoh. This account is verified.