{"id":4616,"date":"2010-12-09T05:34:24","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T05:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2010\/12\/09\/the-leak-in-other-words-is-only-the-catalyst-for\/"},"modified":"2010-12-09T05:34:24","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T05:34:24","slug":"the-leak-in-other-words-is-only-the-catalyst-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2010\/12\/09\/the-leak-in-other-words-is-only-the-catalyst-for\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The leak, in other words, is only the catalyst for the desired counter-overreaction; Wikileaks wants to provoke the conspiracy into turning off its own brain in response to the threat. As it tries to plug its own holes and find the leakers, he reasons, its component elements will de-synchronize from and turn against each other, de-link from the central processing network, and come undone. Even if all the elements of the conspiracy still exist, in this sense, depriving themselves of a vigorous flow of information to connect them all together as a conspiracy prevents them from acting as a conspiracy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cHow the Response to Wikileaks is Exactly What Assange Wants,\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

via\u00a0Wikileaks As Systems Disruption<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The leak, in other words, is only the catalyst for the desired counter-overreaction; Wikileaks wants to provoke the conspiracy into turning off its own brain in response to the threat. As it tries to plug its own holes and find the leakers, he reasons, its component elements will de-synchronize from and turn against each other, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-4616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-video_graphics","tag-wikileaks","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-1cs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4620,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2010\/12\/08\/mass-mirroring-wikileaks\/","url_meta":{"origin":4616,"position":0},"title":"Mass Mirroring WikiLeaks","author":"monochromist","date":"December 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"+\u2013[ RSA 2048]\u2014-+ | | | . | |o . . | | = . . | |E . . o S | |.+ + . + | |..B + | |o=+o | |B* | +\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013+ WikiLeaks - Mass Mirroring our website Tutorial\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4615,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2010\/12\/09\/as-of-last-thursday-anonymous-has-officially-came\/","url_meta":{"origin":4616,"position":1},"title":"As of last Thursday, Anonymous\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"December 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"As of last Thursday, Anonymous has officially came out of the closet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4613,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2010\/12\/13\/wikirebels-the-documentary-%c2%bc-via-zerwas2ky\/","url_meta":{"origin":4616,"position":2},"title":"WikiRebels - The Documentary (¼)\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"December 13, 2010","format":"video","excerpt":"WikiRebels - The Documentary (\u00bc) (via zerwas2ky)(Source: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/)","rel":"","context":"In "motion"","block_context":{"text":"motion","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/category\/video_graphics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5184,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/15\/the-enemies-of-the-internet\/","url_meta":{"origin":4616,"position":3},"title":"The Enemies of the Internet","author":"monochromist","date":"March 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The year 2010 firmly established the role of social networks and the Internet as mobilisation and news transmission tools, especially during the Arab spring. 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