It proves that the author of the rant is the leaker of the data, not just some g...

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tlb 558 days ago | link | parent

It proves that the author of the rant is the leaker of the data, not just some guy linking to data someone else posted.

It also causes all the data to be released atomically even if it took a while to upload to all the places.

> It proves that the author of the rant is the leaker of the data, not just some guy linking to data someone else posted.

I don't see what would stop you from stating the password to a file you didn't upload.

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nikatwork 558 days ago | link

because you wouldn't know the password before the public announcement, and after the announcement it doesn't matter.

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arn 558 days ago | link

true, but in this case the password contains "antis3c" [Antisec], the group that is responsible.

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Groxx 558 days ago | link

So download it, decrypt it, and pick a different password. Takes a couple minutes, tops. And if your 'release' gets more attention than the original, how does the original prove that's what happened, or even get heard?

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Devilboy 558 days ago | link

You can see who came first, the internet knows.

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Groxx 558 days ago | link

The internet attributes much to the wrong sources. And forgets many redactions. I wouldn't trust such a thing to the internet.

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akennberg 558 days ago | link

That's why for these types of archives the password actually contains the credentials.

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error54 558 days ago | link

Ah that makes sense. Thanks tlb.

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