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We can confirm Ecuador cut off Assange's internet access Saturday, 5pm GMT
- ryanlol 10y agoSeems pretty strange that he can't just hop on 4G, they had that the last time I was in London. It'd be pretty surprising if they were actually jamming wireless networks, but I guess that's what these tweets have to be implying.
- wbhart 10y agoWouldn't it be easy to intercept 4G, e.g. by setting up a fake 4G cell. Anyway, their previous tweets state that contingency plans have been enacted, which surely implies they've set up something alternative.
- nateberkopec 10y agoI've got to think that Wikileaks assumes the transport layer is insecure - wired or not.
- TylerH 10y agoHe's probably not allowed anywhere that gets 4G coverage, at least not while also possessing a device capable of connecting to 4G or 3G
- 6nf 10y agoHe's in a building in the middle of the city. There's definitely 4G coverage, and I don't see why he would not be able to get a hold of a phone. He's a guest there, not a prisoner. Equador won't give him asylum but deny him basics like cellphones.
- dragonwriter 10y agoWe're you inside a foreign embassy at the time? There are very good reasons that modern embassies often have countermeasures against signals being transmitted into and out of them (including sometimes being constructed as faraday cages), except for those controlled by the government the embassy represents.
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- mihok 10y agoDoes anyone know what the cryptic tweets[1][2][3], that this tweet was following up to, refer to? onion address? 1. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787781519951720449 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787781519951720449 2. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787781046519693316 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787781046519693316 3. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787777344740163584 https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787777344740163584
- nateberkopec 10y agoSHA-256 hashes of future documents to be released. It's insurance to make sure Ecuador doesn't turn Assange over.
- dom96 10y agoIn what way does this ensure that they don't turn Assange over?
- Eridrus 10y agoIt does prove he has some documents which other holders of the documents can ascertain he had and presumably shared with others in some sort of dead man's switch setup. Definitely unclear if posting those hashes is a winning move though.
- JorgeGT 10y agoCommitment in cryptography context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commitment_scheme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commitment_scheme
- dhbanes 10y agoThey appear to be SHA256 hashes.
- Overtonwindow 10y agoThat... is very strange. Why did Ecuador cut off his internet? Hyperbole and conspiracy aside, that would seem like a very overt warning to Assange (if true) that if he continues to release, Ecuador will withdraw its protection. Very strange.
- TheDrizzle43 10y agoThere's rumors it's related to a pending charge for grooming of a minor online, who knows though. I'm sure we will find out the real reason in the next few days so I'll wait for that rather than go into full tinfoil hat conspiracy theory territory.
- whybroke 10y ago>...Hyperbole and conspiracy aside... good luck with that.
- rebootthesystem 10y agoTo get philosophical, when are we really free? We seem to be learning, at various levels, that the very people we elect to represent us --our employees-- have distorted the contract they have with us to the point where they think it is OK to deprive us freedoms as they see fit. This isn't good. It has the makings of something very ugly going forward. It's the proverbial slippery slope.