Hey guys,
So I hope they do deliver and I hope it is legit.
But.. I won't be downloading anything. Not until the contents have been verified properly.
The last thing you want is to have downloaded actual CP (we don't know what's in there) and then it's on your computer, they've got your IP address, probably some tracking cookies too.
Probably the safest option would be to sit back and let other people download it first. There will be hundreds or thousands of people doing it. It won't be long until the smoking gun is found, if there is one. And you don't really want to be the one to find it, if you can help it. It may put you at risk in some way or another.
If they are in fact emails, they need to be verified somehow. I have little faith that this will have been done already.
Keep in mind also, that if we are not 100% sure of the source of the emails, they may have been tampered with by CIA etc. Even if they seem to include incriminating words, images or video - they would be happy to throw someone under the bus if it gets the reaction they want. They might fabricate an email that makes Podesta look 100% guilty, with evidence, and we don't know their motives for doing so. It may turn out later that they prove that email was faked, and then since we believed it, it renders all previous emails as useless (probable fakes).
Basically what I'm saying is keep an open mind, and tread carefully. Nothing is as it seems. They've had 48 hours to prepare for this, I find it hard to believe that they will allow the leak to happen if it is genuine.
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dafacts ago
Mods can we perhaps create a sticky "discussion thread" for this leak? Otherwise we are going to have dozens of posts about every little part of it, clogging up the whole sub (and it might all be bollocks). One discussion thread to post all findings would be much better and it would also allow a mod to summarise it properly and list the key findings.
@knowthyself @phobos_mothership @victorsteinerdavion
kingkongwaswrong ago
shit man I was just about to delete this post since it didn't have sources etc (rule 3) then I realised it was you... Can you please include more context for your audience? Some people won't know what you're talking about. Link to an archive of the findingassange discussion or something.
We can only have one sticky (limitation of voat) so it depends on whether you think this is more important than current sticky.
@millennial_falcon
also we SHOULD have some intelligent techies downloading this and reporting back if poss...
dafacts ago
it probably doesn't need a sticky until it looks substantial i'd say, it may be a massive load of crap. And it will go straight to the top and be very visible regardless.
dafacts ago
sorry i'll add some more backstory I guess.. cheers