[ExI] <nettime> Forced Exposure: Groklaw closes down

[Eugen Leitl]

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:47:34AM +0100, Anders Sandberg wrote:

> But this cuts both ways too. Something many commenter have noted is
> that the Wikileaks and Snowden leak show is that it is very hard to
> keep your own secrecy-preserving organisational darknet tight. The
> decision to reduce NSA sysadmins by 90% to increase scurity have
> been met with howls of laughter.

The spooks are shooting themselves in both their feet with this.
 
> If it was possible to run a darknet perfectly, so the inside had the
> information and could watch the outside, then the intelligence
> agencies would be much better off.

The function of a darknet is uncensorable transport and tamper-proof
publishing across of untrusted network. It is not about limiting access.