Daniel Domscheit-Berg
| Daniel Domscheit-Berg |
Daniel Domscheit-Berg at 26C3, talking about Wikileaks |
| Born |
1978 |
| Nationality |
German |
| Other names |
Daniel Schmitt |
| Known for |
former spokesperson for WikiLeaks, founder of OpenLeaks |
Daniel Domscheit-Berg, previously known under the pseudonym Daniel Schmitt (born 1978), is a German technology activist.[1] He is best known for his role, until September 2010, as a spokesperson for WikiLeaks, the whistleblower organization, in Germany. He is the author of Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website (2011).[2]
After leaving Wikileaks, he announced plans in January 2011 to open a new website for anonymous online leaks called OpenLeaks. At a Chaos Computer Club (CCC) event in August 2011, he announced its preliminary launch and invited hackers to test the security of the OpenLeaks system, as a result of which the CCC criticized him for exploiting the good name of the club to promote his OpenLeaks project and expelled him from the club.[3] In September 2011, several news organizations cited Domscheit-Berg's split from Julian Assange and Wikileaks as one of a series of events and errors that led to the release that month of all 251,287 United States diplomatic cables in the Cablegate affair.[4]
In 2011, he was named by Foreign Policy magazine to its list of top global thinkers, with Sami Ben Gharbia and Alexey Navalny. He stated Occupy Wall Street was the Best Idea.[5]
WikiLeaks
Domscheit-Berg began working with WikiLeaks after meeting Assange at the Chaos Computer Club's annual conference (24C3) in 2007.[6] On 25 September 2010, after reportedly being suspended by Assange, Domscheit-Berg told Der Spiegel that he was resigning, saying "WikiLeaks has a structural problem. I no longer want to take responsibility for it, and that's why I am leaving the project".[7][8][9]
Domscheit-Berg was highlighted in the Swedish Sveriges Television (Sweden's Television) programme, WikiRebels - The Documentary, released in the second week of December 2010.[10]
A book about his experience with and separation[11] from WikiLeaks was released in Germany in February 2011, entitled Inside WikiLeaks: Meine Zeit bei der gefährlichsten Website der Welt ("My Time at the World's Most Dangerous Website").[12] An English translation followed some days later by Australian publisher Scribe Publications.[13][14][15] In Domscheit-Berg's book he criticizes Julian Assange's leadership style and handling of the Afghan War Diaries.
OpenLeaks
OpenLeaks aims to be more transparent than WikiLeaks.[16] Daniel Domscheit-Berg and Herbert Snorrason are the two public contacts for the website.[17] Instead of publishing the documents, OpenLeaks will send the leaked documents to various news entities or publishers.[18]
Book: Inside WikiLeaks
- Daniel Domscheit-Berg: Inside WikiLeaks: Meine Zeit bei der gefährlichsten Website der Welt. Econ Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-430-20121-6. (German)
- Daniel Domscheit-Berg: Inside WikiLeaks: my time with Julian Assange at the world's most dangerous website. Scribe Publications, Carlton North, City of Melbourne 2011, ISBN 9781921844058. [19]
- Daniel Domscheit-Berg: Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website. Random House, New York City 2011, ISBN 978-0-307-95191-5. [20]
References
- ^ For his use of "Daniel Schmitt," see "'The Only Option Left for Me Is an Orderly Departure'", Der Spiegel, September 27, 2010.
- ^ Tweedie, Neil; Swaine, Jon (2010-12-11). "WikiLeaks Julian Assange: the most dangerous man in the world?". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8195431/WikiLeaks-Julian-Assange-the-most-dangerous-man-in-the-world.html.
- ^ "Hacker distanzieren sich von OpenLeaks", Der Spiegel, August 13, 2011.
- ^ Stöcker, Christian. "A Dispatch Disaster in Six Acts", Der Spiegel, September 1, 2011.
- ^ http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=0,23#thinker24
- ^ Hosenball, Mark (2010-12-15). "Julian Assange vs. the world". National Post. http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/Julian+Assange+world/3982050/story.html.
- ^ "WikiLeaks Spokesman Quits: 'The Only Option Left for Me Is an Orderly Departure'". Der Spiegel. 27 September 2010. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,719619,00.html.
- ^ Brown, Craig (12 February 2011). "War of the WikiFreaks: Inside WikiLeaks by Daniel Domscheit-Berg". Daily Mail (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-1356330/Julian-Assange-book-Inside-WikiLeaks-Daniel-Domscheit-Berg.html?ito=feeds-newsxml.
- ^ Unpublished Iraq War Logs Trigger Internal WikiLeaks Revolt|Threat Level. Wired.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
- ^ WikiRebels - The Documentary. Sveriges Television. 2010-12-12. http://svtplay.se/v/2258254/dokument_inifran/wikirebels_-_the_documentary. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ "WikiLeaks said to be in disarray". United Press International. 2010-09-28. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/09/28/WikiLeaks-said-to-be-in-disarray/UPI-61721285704883/. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ Collins, Hugh (2010-12-10). "Former Wikileaks Employee Daniel Domscheit-Berg to Publish Tell-All Book". aolnews.com. http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/former-wikileaks-employee-daniel-domscheit-berg-to-publish-tell-all-book/19755829. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ "Scribe News: Scribe acquires rights to Inside WikiLeaks: my time at the world's most dangerous website". Scribe Publications. 2010-12-10. http://www.scribepublications.com.au/news/scribeacquiresrightstoinsidewikileaksmytimeattheworldsmostdangerouswebsite. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ Boyes, Roger (2010-09-28). "WikiLeaks defector Daniel Domscheit-Berg reveals Julian Assange's siege mentality". The Australian. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/wikileaks-defector-daniel-domscheit-berg-reveals-julian-assanges-siege-mentality/story-e6frg6so-1225930625424. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ "Dissatisfaction with Assange: Former WikiLeaks Activists to Launch New Whistleblowing Site". Der Spiegel. 2010-12-01. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,732212,00.html. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
- ^ Piven, Ben (17 December 2010). "Copycat WikiLeaks sites make waves". Al Jazeera English. http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2010/12/20101216194828514847.html. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ "About OpenLeaks". OpenLeaks. http://www.openleaks.org/content/about.shtml. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ Greenberg, Andy, "WikiLeaks' Stepchildren", Forbes, 17 January 2011, p. 20.
- ^ Scribe Publications online. Retrieved on 2011-02-09.
- ^ Random House online. Retrieved on 2011-02-10.
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