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Julian assange, the editorinchief of and visionary behind wikileaks, has been a leading voice in the cypherpunk movement since its inception in the 1980s. In the book, the authors warn that the internet has become a tool of the police state, and that the world is inadvertently heading toward a form of totalitarianism. Julian assange is an australian editor, publisher, and activist who founded wikileaks in 2006. Julian assange net worth 2020 salary, house, cars, wiki. These leaks included the baghdad airstrike collateral murder video, the afghanistan war logs, the iraq war logs, and cablegate. Julian assange, the editorinchief of and visionary behind wikileaks, has been a leading voice in the cypherpunk movement since the 1990s. At the age of only one, julian s mother married richard brett assange, but they divorced in 1979. They promote the use of cryptography to protect against. Freedom and the future of the internet assange, julian, appelbaum, jacob. As the founder and public face of wikileaks, a website that posts secret documents and information in the public domain, julian assange pronounced ahsanj believes that total transparency is for the good of all people.
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