Leaks usually damage the party doing the leaking. Others benefit—and that’s usually desirable from the perspective of the rest of society—since it helps to even out power and wealth. Thus the popularity of WikiLeaks.
So: I didn’t mean to refer to the individual responsible for leaking the information, I meant to refer to the organisation which the information is leaking from.
Leaks usually damage the party doing the leaking. Others benefit—and that’s usually desirable from the perspective of the rest of society—since it helps to even out power and wealth. Thus the popularity of WikiLeaks.
With the obvious exceptions being insider trading and selling secrets.
So: I didn’t mean to refer to the individual responsible for leaking the information, I meant to refer to the organisation which the information is leaking from.
I am sure there are exceptions. For instance, some “leaks” turn out to be marketing.