Quote Originally Posted by Ramil View Post
It's still a significant appearance. I don't mind my emails in public eye -- there's nothing special in them ))) Nothing that would harm me anyway. I'm a paranoid and encrypt everything important and I prefer to conduct business as anonymously as possible. Still, as I said -- the appearance of wikileaks indicates that no information is personal. No such thing as 'privacy' will exist soon. You may like it or not -- this will happen anyway. It'll be a new feeling for people. They will have to adapt. So, just in case -- I recommend clear your computers and maintain them in order. Every personal secret can be made available to public even now. The fact that yours are still 'secrets' means that they don't stir anyone's interest right now. There will be hundreds of wikileaks' in a number of years so the governments will have to adapt to a new reality. It may even be that they might want to play a fair game for a change. (Yes, I know, I'm only a naive dreamer )
(WHAT is the problem!! I type a response, and then am told I'm not signed in!!!!! Growl. It takes me forever in Russian, but in English????) Again:

I'm American, and I think WikiLeaks is important. I believe in free speech, after all. Embarrassing? Oh well, what doesn't kill you makes you strong! Also, the revelations just have not been particularly startling or surprising. I mean, the Arab Republic (built on oil), turning to the US for help with Iran? Was I surprised? Nope.

Besides, Wikileaks has a long and healthy history in every small town in the world. In small towns worldwide, people grow up, many secrets are known, people have different viewpoints, and life goes on, successfully. Every once in awhile, small town "Wikileaks," also known as the "rumor mill" in English, startles everyone for 15 minutes, and then life goes on, a little wiser, hopefully, than before.

In addition, I would think that the diplomatic circle would be proud to display their behind-the-scenes chess game, once in awhile. The negotiating process is really interesting, after all.

I do think that there will be many WikiLeaks online from now on. The world community can learn from small communities throughout history!

Ramil, I hope you are not a naive dreamer!