Hacker News Reader

Comment by hnha | Hacker News Reader

why on earth is this a link to Facebook of all things?

I don't understand why they don't post it on their own site.. but well.. here is twitter: https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/368426845735120896

Thanks, I can't access Facebook from here. Might as well post the direct torrent URLs:

3,6GiB (20130815-A):

    http://wlstorage.net/torrent/wlinsurance-20130815-A.aes256.torrent
    magnet:?xt=urn:btih:e0a092ac0f9b56c886c41335ca36f34aaed6b80c&dn=wlinsurance-20130815-A.aes256&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.istole.it%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.ccc.de%3A80%2Fannounce

49GiB (20130815-B):

    http://wlstorage.net/torrent/wlinsurance-20130815-B.aes256.torrent
    magnet:?xt=urn:btih:95381785c3fb446df35c5b4a8e5ef167dcb72011&dn=wlinsurance-20130815-B.aes256&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.istole.it%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.ccc.de%3A80%2Fannounce

349GiB (20130815-C):

    http://wlstorage.net/torrent/wlinsurance-20130815-C.aes256.torrent
    magnet:?xt=urn:btih:091eed7793fdb48c5bd8488431e888dde41a889f&dn=wlinsurance-20130815-C.aes256&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.istole.it%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.ccc.de%3A80%2Fannounce

Partially because it is a primary source, and partially because I didn't think to look for the less obnoxious twitter source.

I'm a little curious why they aren't using magnet links though.

I agree. I see Facebook in a URL and I won't visit it, regardless of what it is.

And why is that, exactly?

Can't speak for the OP, but I often find myself reacting in a similar way. The reason is that in the past, more often than not all I got when clicking on such a link was a page asking me to login to see the actual content. I don't have a fb account, hence there's nothing to see for me.

This is not always the case because as far as I know you can see some pages without having to login first, but they seem to be a minority and so I learned simply to ignore such links.

It has nothing to do with dis-/liking fb or not, it's just a matter of practicality.

So make an account without personal information. What's the big deal?

HN, reddit, digg et al. would have failed long long ago if half the websites required a login before you could see the linked content. I see no good reason to make an exception for just one particular website.

This entire discussion is moot since Facebook does not, in fact, require you to log in to see content. At least not the content linked in this thread.

Facebook does, in fact, require you to log in to see a lot of content. This may be due to mistaken settings on the content by its uploader, but that's more or less irrelevant. When I follow a link to a Facebook page about a person or event or something, the chances are about 50/50 that I'll simply see a "please log in" box.

The thread started off with hnha asking, "why on earth is this a link to Facebook of all things?" followed by RexRollman responding, "I agree. I see Facebook in a URL and I won't visit it, regardless of what it is.", followed by you asking, "And why is that, exactly?". None of which were asking, "can I access this link without logging into facebook", so positing that the discussion can be ended simply because this link can be accessed is a non-sequitur.

Interestingly, in the same thread that hnha started, there is also a posting by brokenparser about NOT being able to access the linked content - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6228750 So, not only is your position a non-sequitur, it is also based on inconsistent evidence.

I appreciate your well-thought out reply, but I was simply referring to the tree of comments responding to my own original comment. Asserting that further discussion was (and is) moot was neither a non-sequitur nor based on inconsistent evidence.

Faceebook's abiolity to track you does not reqquire you to loginn. Yore y vewing pages with lick bittons preevids a rabust seat of indieacktor variaabbles. This why some cuntry mek illegal teh luke bouton.

Also, all the text you type on your smartphone goes to the fbi. You can probably be id'd by what you mosspell. It.s a question of whether they give a fuck.

Resistance is poodle!

If a Facebook post is public it can be seen without an fb login

because it may be the source of the news ?

Reply on news.ycombinator.com