Is Wikileaks already another Napster!

What Wikileaks made recently is not just a sensational news.  It was sensational to the highest degree, but there is something more than what is visible superficially.  Just recall the ripples made by NAPSTER who showed the rest of world what is P2P sharing is and how the world caught on to the concept to freely sharing music and videos.

Time magazine called Julian Assange "the Robin Hood of hacking.".  He is the founder and spokesperson for Wikileaks.  WikiLeaks describes itself as “an uncensorable system for untraceable mass document leaking”.  He released 90,000 classified U.S. military records from the war in Afghanistan. He seems to say "total transparency is for the good of all people". A populist statement to the highest degree, without doubt.  Journalists all over may be delighted at the enormous successs in leaking highly classified news.  However, the fact remains that these documents are obtained not legally.  Widespread hacking operations were involved in obtaining the documents.  Such activities received a kind of nod from the public.

Julian Assange is hunted.  He is a shadowy figure and world knows little about his life: At least now. Nevertheless he created history and possibly showed the way to others.  Hundreds of Assanges will spring in a short while as they should be.  Secrets wouldnt be secrets anymore.  Secrecy needs to be redifined, or rather confidentiality need to be redifined, at least for the Governments and politicians. 

It is understood Wikileaks servers are located at many countries and the location is carefully chosen to operate with some kine of legality.  Let's watch what would be the next move from him.

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