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By anonevent at Daily Kos
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/7/1730643/-To-Hurt-Sales-of-Fire-and-Fury-WikiLeaks-Posts-Entire-Book-Online
"SNIP..........
If you needed any more evidence of whose side WikiLeaks is on:
WikiLeaks posted the full text of Michael Wolffs explosive new book about President Trump on Sunday.
The websites official account tweeted a link to a Google Drive containing the full text of the book.
New Trump book Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff. Full PDF: the tweet read.
...........SNIP"
shenmue
(38,506 posts)marybourg
(12,634 posts)CAN be sued over.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)When we have power again, we need to do something about Equador enabling Assange as Assange attacks democracies worldwide.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)to hide in their broom closet? You'd think they'd really be getting tired of his ass, unless they're getting A LOT of monetary support from someone? Gee, I wonder who (or which country) that someone could be?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)I'm not sure that many of those downloading from WikiLeaks would have purchased anyway.
So isn't the main impact likely to be an increase in readership numbers worldwide?
And that's something which would annoy Trump no end.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Their intent appears to be to silence any voice that is unfavorable to Trump.
TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)It's a comment re the unintended consequences of their plotting and conniving.
i.e. that they could end up amplifying an anti-Trump piece.
Cha
(297,642 posts)Consequences.
Gore1FL
(21,151 posts)By doing so, they are doing the exact opposite of silencing him.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)Assange is not wise.
TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)gets some sort of mining virus from the site.
DBoon
(22,397 posts).. in the former Soviet Union?
a program that surrepticiously uses your PC's cpu power to mine bitcoins, making the website richer
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)if anything, this will make the book even more popular worldwide.
GoCubsGo
(32,088 posts)I have seen at least two links here on DU, as well. One is the audio version. I wish people wouldn't post them, and I hope folks will not visit those links.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)tempted.
Mopar151
(9,996 posts)You never know what you'll catch! You don't know where it's been! Cooties!
Is there such a thing as computer vermin?
woodsprite
(11,924 posts)Hugin
(33,198 posts)compares the text in it with an authentic copy of the book.
They change things on there, so I've heard. Part and parcel of propaganda.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Which I would think would also hurt sales - if people can just play it illegally for free.
obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Eat shit.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)more will be convinced the fake President has to go.
TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)Are they inadvertently going to end up just amplifying the Fire and Fury message?
FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)We aren't breaking the law if we download it. We're breaking the law if we share it (or sell it) with another person.
Be very careful when downloading from torrent sites though. You can be tracked and ID'd, so it's essential to use a VPN.
DBoon
(22,397 posts)other folks you may not want to be involved with will figure out who you are
Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)nocalflea
(1,387 posts)spanone
(135,873 posts)Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)fox news = party of trump mouthpiece
wikileaks = putin disinformation mouthpiece
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)A 6 year old can do tech stuff better than I can (really, I taught first grade...they can also break/destroy tech better and faster too) and wasn't able to do it. Then I realized that I could've gotten some sort of virus since it was from Wikileaks. YIKES! I am dumber than a sack of hair and deserve it. Curiosity killed the cat and now probably my tablet. Could they really do that tech sort of thing?
FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)If you have Norton, MacAffee or any of the up-to-date antivirus software, scan the file you've downloaded.
That's it. You'll know immediately if it's safe to open.
More importantly be sure to download using a VPN so you can't be tracked or identified.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)It doesn't do the anti virus stuff that my desktop does, or perhaps it does but I don't get the same notices and visual updates and am not aware of it. Since it wouldn't accept the download does that mean it is protected somehow?
FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)Here's what I would do:
Download it to your desktop and scan it with the antivirus. If it checks out (and it probably will) then transfer from your desktop to your tablet. Or you can use Calibre (free & awesome ebook software) and read the book in your desktop.
DBoon
(22,397 posts)A lot of it is designed to be invisible to anti-virus software
Download into a throw-away Virtual Machine if you can
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)They currently have 3 copies on order and I'm 25th in line to check it out. If more people start wanting it, they'll order more copies. My library is good that way.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)samnsara
(17,635 posts)....NEED to read this book...
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)....or the facts it contains. And already being a best seller, I doubt that anyone who has or already purchased the book will change their minds.
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)Lithos
(26,404 posts)Just need to say - would you kiss that mouth (piece) knowing where it's been? Beyond the ethics, there are so many things which can go bad here.
As a minimum, assume that they now have your name. At the worst, they may have done something to your security. Not worth the price especially considering most of the good stuff will be online as "news" and revelations.
If you can't afford to either get the Kindle version and/or a new copy from a reputable book store, then please wait and get it from your friendly neighborhood used book store. Powells, Half-price books and others will have copies soon enough. I also half-expect Costco will have it for sale in their mass trade book tables in a couple of months.
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)Lithos
(26,404 posts)And they would also be a great place to borrow this from.
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Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)and the Russian Horse u rode in on!
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)F Julian Assange though.
https://wikileaks.org/spyfiles/russia/
A lot of it is in the cryllic alphabet same problem with the Saudi cables.
BiminiTwisted
(102 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,020 posts)Heckova job Wikileakers
meadowlander
(4,402 posts)Wasn't there some evidence that they doctored the Clinton emails too?