Hooray for human rights and the freedom of information. But even with the huge amount of lies and information that wikileaks has made available to the public that has helped, everyone defending Assange, everyone cheering for the lessening power of government, and everyone ecstatic that secrets are harder to keep than ever needs to realize one thing, No one, including you, will ever be safe from this, and there may be secrets that serve well being kept. It's hard to imagine for a lot of us, but eventually we may have our personal emails and data released through similar leaks. There is nothing to stop it, and as long as we support the major government leaks that we enjoy reading, we are building a base where there can almost be no argument against the access and release of any private documents. IN NO WAY am I saying that this is not a just cause or that they should stop what they are doing, I am simply pointing out that any company, group, organization or person that gains great support and power has the ability to infringe upon what we think is private to us.
Many people will say they don't have anything anyone would be interested in. And for the most part it's probably true, but if there is anyone holding a grudge, anyone looking to defame or "hurt" you in any way possible, the doors of privacy are opening and letting new eyes and ears in. Companies thinking to hire you, rival companies looking for a weakness, employers looking for faults in performance, anything could and would be open for investigation.
All I'm saying is that, while its great to see the government sweat right now, it may come to affect us a little closer to home in the future. And if we continue to fight for the absolute freedom of information from our government through sites like wikileaks, there will be no reason for them to give us any different treatment.
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