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>>minima+(OP)
All I wanted to do was read the memo and I couldn't find the link. I'm not sure if I missed it or what but this is a common problem I run into on "news" sites. They quote (often out of context) parts of something but give no links to the actual source.

>>chowar+M6
Probably because it was forwarded by email and the leaker's identity and job would be at risk.

>>anigbr+Hf
Redacting is a long accepted practice when revealing information but preserving secrets.

>>daenz+Th
Supposedly so is the practice of using subtle variations in spelling, word choice, word order, spacing, typography, etc. to identify recipients of documents.

>>nitrog+qj
This is exactly what I worked on ~10 years ago at amazon, embedding steganographic information into a certain internal app that reported confidential sales numbers. Ended up catching the person who leaked this: https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/04/leaked-sales-data-puts-kin...

>>oh_sig+rm
Curious how you feel about that now. Any guilt about building that? Pride? Ambivalence?

>>mavsma+as
No guilt at all - mostly ambivalence. It was actually my idea to put it into the specific product, but it's not like I invented the technique or anything. It was only one small thing I worked on, 98% of my time was on something else.

I think the ability to leak information about the wrongdoing of corporations or governments is extremely important, but most of the leaks I see coming out of the tech industry seem designed just to score points in some internal political war or push the company in the direction that the leaker wants it to go. Or just for some weird form of self-aggrandizement

>>oh_sig+Au
Having done the same kind of work - yeah, that. For every Edward Snowden, there's at least ten thousand Frank Underwoods and Michael Scotts.

>>throwa+Nw
This is the difference between leaking and whistleblowing. Leaking is for one's own personal benefit. Whistleblowing is to expose something you feel is wrong for no personal gain.

I wouldn't call this a leak unless the news agency paid him or something else that benefited him.