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Does anybody remember when Bradley/Chelsea Manning released ~hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic cables? I seem to remember that most of the tech world at the time thought that was awesome. I wonder why this time they're clutching pearls about how scary and terrible this could be.

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> I wonder why this time they're clutching pearls about how scary and terrible this could be.

Most of the readers here know quite a few things about system administration and/or IT security. As I read this thread, most comments only discuss the IT security implication or express sympathy for the poor souls that will need to clean up this mess; there's hardly any discussion about the morality of possible leaks.

Four 5seconds until their contents was clear.

It was initally assumed to be a leak on moral grounds. And ended up just putting a lot of people in danger, and disrupting international diplomacy.

I dont think many who know the details support the leak.

No human was physically harmed as a result of Manning's leaks. If there had been, such a person would have been mourned in the USA war media for months.

Your recollection does not comport with my own. A lot of sensitive classified information was leaked, a good deal of it having nothing to do with warrant-less wire-tapping, etc.

Since you're bringing up Manning but not mentioning Snowden, and also helpfully dead naming her in case we were confused, we can assume you're not bringing this up in good faith but as a slanted whataboutism.

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