Making wikileaks.org inaccessible by default still has tremendous impact. Not that many people have the technical proficiency to use Tor, use P2P software, or even know what the hell DNS, whereas almost anyone knows how to type "wikileaks.org" into their address bar.
> Not that many people have the technical proficiency
This is already addressed another way: Wikileaks started giving access to the leaks in advance to the journalists. This way, they can report about it when it's still news, and they do, because it almost looks like they're doing their freaking job.
Wikileaks needs a robust way to distribute the raw sources, and some PR know-how to make sure they're distilled, in an accessible way, to the layman. They're outsourcing the production of the easily consumed to newspaper, and that's a key part of their strategy. The minority of people who will put the effort to deal with the raw sources can also figure out Tor.
One can even argue that the website's primary purpose is to encourage newspapaers not to censor themselves.
A surprising number of people don't know how to even do that (my mum included, though I've tried to explain). They can type 'wikileaks' into Google though.
Even fewer people know how to take wikileaks.org data and do anything with it. Wikileaks, in general, serves intermediaries. Wikileaks.org is useful for fundraising though...
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Making wikileaks.org inaccessible by default still has tremendous impact. Not that many people have the technical proficiency to use Tor, use P2P software, or even know what the hell DNS, whereas almost anyone knows how to type "wikileaks.org" into their address bar.
"Not that many people" is a vast understatement.
> Not that many people have the technical proficiency
This is already addressed another way: Wikileaks started giving access to the leaks in advance to the journalists. This way, they can report about it when it's still news, and they do, because it almost looks like they're doing their freaking job.
Wikileaks needs a robust way to distribute the raw sources, and some PR know-how to make sure they're distilled, in an accessible way, to the layman. They're outsourcing the production of the easily consumed to newspaper, and that's a key part of their strategy. The minority of people who will put the effort to deal with the raw sources can also figure out Tor.
One can even argue that the website's primary purpose is to encourage newspapaers not to censor themselves.
A surprising number of people don't know how to even do that (my mum included, though I've tried to explain). They can type 'wikileaks' into Google though.
Even fewer people know how to take wikileaks.org data and do anything with it. Wikileaks, in general, serves intermediaries. Wikileaks.org is useful for fundraising though...