https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=AMWJ 2026-04-17T06:40:52Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=834:_Wikileaks&diff=13659 2012-09-28T05:48:35Z

<p>AMWJ: Fixed the link to Wikipedia</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 834<br /> | date = <br /> | title = Wikileaks<br /> | image = wikileaks.png<br /> | imagesize = <br /> | titletext = STUDENTS ARE CALLING PRESIDENT JOHNSON EN MASSE TO PROTEST THE BOMBING AND IT'S JAMMED THE WHITE HOUSE SWITCHBOARD. COULD THEY COLLAPSE OUR CRITICAL PHONE SYSTEMS? HAS THE FIRST TELEPHONE WAR BEGUN? STAY TUNED FOR MORE ON THIS DANGEROUS NEW TECHNOLOGY.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> This comic references [[wikipedia:Wikileaks|Wikileaks]], a site that people with classified data can send to for the information to be posted publicly, while nobody would know who leaked the data. Many people dislike Wikileaks, but proponents claim that, since government is supposed to work for the people, all government information should be available to anyone who wants to see it. At the same time, Wikileaks' acts are illegal in most countries, and the people maintaining Wikileaks stay anonymous, with the notable exception of Jullian Assange the spokesperson.<br /> The comic shows Wikileaks releasing all Wikileaks' members' private information, thereby unmasking them to the world. This would be giving Wikileaks a taste of its own medicine, because as much as they believe in freedom of information, they don't believe in freedom of ''that'' information.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> &lt;!-- The transcript can be found in a hidden &lt;div&gt; element on the xkcd comic's html source, with id &quot;transcript&quot;.<br /> -- Tip: Use colons (:) in the beginning of lines to preserve the original line breaks. <br /> -- Any actions or descriptive lines in [[double brackets]] should be reduced to [single brackets] to avoid wikilinking<br /> -- Do not include the title text again here --&gt;<br /> [A black formal suit with no head is talking.]<br /> Suit: We are Anonymous. We are legion We are no one and everyone.<br /> And we are here to fight for WikiLeaks.<br /> <br /> ((The panel is presented (sic) a the front page of WikiLeaks, in a browser.))<br /> New Leak:<br /> Names, addresses, IPs, and phone numbers of everyone in Anonymous.<br /> Download Now<br /> <br /> Suit: ... Dammit, Julian.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}} <br /> &lt;!-- Include any categories below this line--&gt;</div>

AMWJ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=834:_Wikileaks&diff=13657 2012-09-28T05:47:31Z

<p>AMWJ: Added comic 834: Wikileaks</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 834<br /> | date = <br /> | title = Wikileaks<br /> | image = wikileaks.png<br /> | imagesize = <br /> | titletext = STUDENTS ARE CALLING PRESIDENT JOHNSON EN MASSE TO PROTEST THE BOMBING AND IT'S JAMMED THE WHITE HOUSE SWITCHBOARD. COULD THEY COLLAPSE OUR CRITICAL PHONE SYSTEMS? HAS THE FIRST TELEPHONE WAR BEGUN? STAY TUNED FOR MORE ON THIS DANGEROUS NEW TECHNOLOGY.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> This comic references [[wikipedia:Wikileaks]], a site that people with classified data can send to for the information to be posted publicly, while nobody would know who leaked the data. Many people dislike Wikileaks, but proponents claim that, since government is supposed to work for the people, all government information should be available to anyone who wants to see it. At the same time, Wikileaks' acts are illegal in most countries, and the people maintaining Wikileaks stay anonymous, with the notable exception of Jullian Assange the spokesperson.<br /> The comic shows Wikileaks releasing all Wikileaks' members' private information, thereby unmasking them to the world. This would be giving Wikileaks a taste of its own medicine, because as much as they believe in freedom of information, they don't believe in freedom of ''that'' information.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> &lt;!-- The transcript can be found in a hidden &lt;div&gt; element on the xkcd comic's html source, with id &quot;transcript&quot;.<br /> -- Tip: Use colons (:) in the beginning of lines to preserve the original line breaks. <br /> -- Any actions or descriptive lines in [[double brackets]] should be reduced to [single brackets] to avoid wikilinking<br /> -- Do not include the title text again here --&gt;<br /> [A black formal suit with no head is talking.]<br /> Suit: We are Anonymous. We are legion We are no one and everyone.<br /> And we are here to fight for WikiLeaks.<br /> <br /> ((The panel is presented (sic) a the front page of WikiLeaks, in a browser.))<br /> New Leak:<br /> Names, addresses, IPs, and phone numbers of everyone in Anonymous.<br /> Download Now<br /> <br /> Suit: ... Dammit, Julian.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}} <br /> &lt;!-- Include any categories below this line--&gt;</div>

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