19 May 2010 Wikileaks website reopens: http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Wikileaks 19 April 2010 Wikileaks Insider Messages: http://cryptome.org/0001/wikileaks-mess.htm FORWARDED BY pgpboard[at]yahoogroups.com MSG 034 18.14GMT WIKILEAKS..SNAKE OIL or JUST A HACKERS WET DREAM?? ------------------------------------------------ Its interesting to note that WIKILEAKS is floundering somewhat from a lack of funds.. The Daily Telegraph reports that the majority of the funds raised will go towards paying the website's hosting costs, which are widely distributed across several countries and are heavily secured against attack. In an interview joint founder Assange brags that WikiLeaks has no headquarters, no office, no formal structure other than the name and the truth-seeking ideology attached to it. Co-founder or not, Assange is clear about who holds power at Wikileaks. Who gets the final call in a dispute? "Me, actually," Assange (former hacker) says. "I'm the final decision if the document is legit." (This is not reassuring).. Assange brags about how lean the organisation is with no premises etc... Then one assumes he would fully disclose his operating costs. Detailing just why he is looking for a cool $600K for such a low overhead operation. ($600K overall budget and just $200K to keep the lights on.) Existing donors are somewhat concerned, and have refused to bankroll Assange without acceptable accounting and audit procedures, including past expenditures. This is the reason why WIKILEAKS is spinning its wheels. Its an issue of Assanges credibility, and NOT the philosophy behind WIKILEAKS. No transparency or audit trails concerning operating procedures, or a technical review of security and technology issues which are supposed to protect whistleblowers; Very lax procedures concerning the use encryption technology and document verification using digital signatures. WIKILEAKS is a very serious accident just waiting to happen, they convince the whistle blower that their anonimity is protected, and their data is secured. NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. Unfortunately someone in an oppressive third world environment is going to suffer the consequences of Julian Assange's security assurance snake oil pitch. What we have here is a high profile ex-hacker trawling for $600K operating expenses. Anyone with a few bucks can buy into Assange's snake oil, including fronts for any government agency anywhere. From that moment on audited accounts don't seem to be available. 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