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Emma Best
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Emma Best writes emma best, a personal blog at emma.best about security and politics. Since 2018, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “Things You Can’t Say About Assange or WikiLeaks”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Emma Best's blog for her posts on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, including the list of things you can't say about them and the leaked WikiLeaks chat logs. Commenters cite them as sources.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Things You Can’t Say About Assange or WikiLeaks3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2019-01-07
- WikiLeaked: Over 11,000 messages from private WikiLeaks chat released3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-07-31
- Leaker, Liar, Hacker, Hoaxer: The Russian Contractor Who Infiltrated Anonymous2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-03-21
What Hacker News says?
> I don't think Assange has broken any US laws for which he can be extradited There is a sealed indictment of Assange in US district court that was inadvertently leaked when some documents were improperly redacted. [1] There were later reports based on chat logs that Assange solicited or participated in hacking attempts to obtain email documents during the 2016 political campaign.[2] Active solicitation of or partic…
Comment linking /2018/11/15/sealed-files-show-assange-and-wikileaks-solicited-hacks-against-governments-politicians-and-corporations/
on “Julian Assange arrested in London”Submitted Things You Can’t Say About Assange or WikiLeaks as a story · 144 points
HN discussion> I feel he removed some of his legal protection by being so actively involved in hunting for government secrets. > I don't believe that, because I think the actual case against him has merit. > He broke his own operational "security" code of staying above the fray by being such an active participant in the acquisition of state secrets. The manning case in particular is an area where I believe he crossed the line an…
Comment linking /wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2010-03-05-to-2010-03-18-CM-JA-log.pdf
on “The US is using the Guardian to justify jailing Assange for life”Submitted Leaker, Liar, Hacker, Hoaxer: The Russian Contractor Who Infiltrated Anonymous as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI have mixed feelings about him and WikiLeaks. I do think he's being unfairly persecuted by global governments (though surely he knew this was a likely risk from the start), and they have released information that was in the public interest, but at the same time, the CIA director calling them a "hostile intelligence service" doesn't seem wrong. [0] In their leaked group chat logs ( https://emma.best/2018/07/29/11000…
Comment linking /2018/07/29/11000-messages-from-private-wikileaks-chat-released/
on “Everybody Can Make DeepFakes Now [video]”Submitted Leaker, Liar, Hacker, Hoaxer: The Russian Contractor Who Infiltrated Anonymous as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThis is the original source: https://emma.best/2019/01/07/140-things-youre-not-allowed-to... After it was leaked WL released their edited version.
Comment linking /2019/01/07/140-things-youre-not-allowed-to-say-about-assange-or-wikileaks/
on “Things You Can’t Say About Assange or WikiLeaks”Submitted Renowned Hacker Phineas Fisher says organization misled people about their files as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Complete List of 140 Things You Can’t Say About Assange or WikiLeaks as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted WikiLeaked: Over 11,000 messages from private WikiLeaks chat released as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted WikiLeaked: Over 11,000 messages from private WikiLeaks chat released as a story · 1 points
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