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by chuckee 1751 days ago
It's about time. Governments and corporations are getting a bit too transparent, and this is exactly the tool we need to keep what they do out of the public eye.
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Our solution has no emotional connotation, we are in favor of helping those who need it to find the culprit of the leak using our invisible marking technology.
Historically, what kind of leakers tend to be prosecuted? And by whom? Do you have any reason to believe your tool will buck these trends?
according to the last statistics about 3/4 of all leaks are made by insiders, by people who have already had legal access to confidential information. So we are planning to promote our solution to solve this problem. And each year the number of insiders threats increases, this the most important trend for us
Insiders such as Edward Snowden? Or Chelsea Manning, sentenced to 35 years in prison for revealing US military's human rights abuses? The leaker of the Panama Papers, revealing how the wealthy dodge taxes?

Maybe the world would be better of if the person who leaked the Minton Report, showing that the Trafigura corporation was knowingly dumping toxic waste [1], was deanonymized and "took responsibility" for their actions?

Forgive me if I'm being harsh, but you knew perfectly well that "insiders" is an irrelevant non-answer.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Ivory_Coast_toxic_waste_d...

If you're having to dodge the question...

Shame on you, you best hope the tools of oppression are not turned on you one day.

No emotional connotation.

You can't avoid moral responsibility that way. It sounds an awful lot like "I was just following orders."