Julian Assange

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

According to a survey re wikileaks, most Australians agree

ZDNet Australia readers do not support retaliatory hacking or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on companies which have cut off Wikileaks, according to a global ZDNet survey.

The surveys show some interesting results. For example 83 percent of Australians agree with the publication of documents by wikileaks and 83 percent conssider the information published is useful.

Surveys on wikileaks

Meanwhile, back at the ranch a cloud of suspense surrounds Bank of America over the propsed leaking of documents about their executive activities. According to the Chalotte Observer, "Analysts say it's possible WikiLeaks could stir up new trouble for the nation's biggest bank, perhaps exposing more problems in the mortgage arena or reviving questions about its Merrill Lynch acquisition. It's also possible the revelations cause little harm or that WikiLeaks bypasses the bank altogether."

Bert Ely, a Virginia-based banking consultant, said he suspects all major financial institutions are girding for the group's next move.

"We don't know it's Bank of America," he said. "It could be one of a number of banks."

Read more at "Analysts say it's possible WikiLeaks could stir up new trouble for the nation's biggest bank, perhaps exposing more problems in the mortgage arena or reviving questions about its Merrill Lynch acquisition. It's also possible the revelations cause little harm or that WikiLeaks bypasses the bank altogether. Bert Ely, a Virginia-based banking consultant, said he suspects all major financial institutions are girding for the group's next move. "We don't know it's Bank of America," he said. "It could be one of a number of banks."

Read more at Charlotte Observer.

The Chinese got it right. We DO live in interesting times.

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