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Originally Posted by Dezzy

I'll take the bait.

The difference is in the fact that NOTW pretty much broke the law and hacked into people's private lives while (as far as I know) Wikileaks simply publishes leaked information, I'm sure if they did anything like NOTW then the governments would use it as an excuse to take it out since all they need is a reason and illegal hacking would pretty much give them all the ammunition they need. Again I don't know about Wikileaks' methods but I'm guessing it's not illegal like NOTW's since they're still standing.

People leaking sensitive information is different to an outside source hacking their way in and taking it for themselves.

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Wikileaks aren't guilty of hacking anything though (I don't think) Julian Assange has got a lot of enemies that could take him down if he was doing anything illegal but Wikileaks is still standing. Acquiring information through leaks and actively hacking to get it are two different things, only a fool with no sense of subtlety would think they are similar.

Unless it's discovered that Wikileaks ever did anything illegal to acquire their information then it's incomparable with NOTW since one is using illegal means to get their information while the other reports on leaks.

Yeah, you've summarised the difference as I understand it .....