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I am simply stating that there is no proof he is alive, and hasn't been for ~40 days. The checksums don't match-- which is a bit odd as they have consistently m

I am simply stating that there is no proof he is alive, and hasn't been for ~40 days. The checksums don't match-- which is a bit odd as they have consistently matched pre-comitments until now. That said, I would assume that if Assange is alive (and hasn't escaped the embassy somehow) that he would want people to know he was alive. If very powerful people were trying to kill you, you would likely not want to make it a habit to disappear for >1 month to elicit shock value. In the event someone actually does kidnap/threaten/kill you no one would think it odd for 40 days. Again, I am not really speculating. There is no proof he is alive. Many have asked for it. The twitter poll vote was for a video, the pilger interview was a pre-recorded video and his spokesperson said he was "very ill and his condition had deteriorated" and the prosecutor relayed the info to him via 3rd party and barred his lawyer Samuelson from being present. So IDK what is going on, but something feels very strange about this.

notahacker 10y ago
> I am simply stating that there is no proof he is alive rolls eyes Apart from the fact that his hosts, his own legal team, and Swedish prosecutors have all publicly vouched for having interacted with him in the past couple of days and even Pamela bloody Anderson has met him since his last "proof of life", none whatsoever. Also, there is not cryptographically sound proof that I am alive, so it is not really speculating to suggest that you are interacting with a ghost. This particular ghost finds it pretty hilarious that anybody could consider it plausible that powerful people wanting to kill Assange would form the largest and unlikeliest group of conspirators ever and then drip feed as much information drawing as much attention to his situation as possible to the press after doing the deed, and consider it unlikely that Assange might do something to elicit shock value.
- vonklaus 10y ago
  > Apart from the fact that his hosts, his own legal team, and Swedish prosecutors have all publicly vouched for having interacted with him in the past couple of days and even Pamela bloody Anderson has met him since his last "proof of life", none whatsoever. Links? PA met him over a month ago. I have not seen the prosecutor state she has met with him. > there is not cryptographically sound proof that I am alive Well, to my knowledge you aren't being hunted by state government. You also didn't publicly state, build, and confirm a contingency plan and take pains to cryptographically verify most of your disclosures. I am again not speculating further. I am stating that despite his extremely precarious situation and his quarters being in a major city literally surrounded by reporters and with a balcony and windows he has not made an appearance despite tripping of his deadmans switch. Further, he is a pretty arrogant guy so I would be surprised he wouldn't be not only commenting on his successful influence of the election, his potential to exfiltrate himself from this legal mess or just generally make some statements, it is seeming as if he is no longer able to do so. When your dead man switch goes off, and you have encouraged people to verify your identity in this scenario, it is pretty fucking weird there has not been cryptographic proof. Believe what you want, but clearly something is amiss.
  - notahacker 10y ago
    Pamela Anderson met him twice since October 4th, most recently this week. As did a Swedish prosecutor, who just might have had something to say and not gone back the following day if she'd been interviewing a mannequin. His legal team issued a statement over the interview saying that he was "very happy" and had "prepared himself very carefully". His website issued a statement in his name about the elections on November 8th. Another press release in his name issued November 14th complained that only his Ecuadorean counsel and not his Swedish counsel were there but said he was cooperating with prosecutors anyway. But yeah, I'm sure none of these people really interacted with him in any way because he hasn't reactivated his dead mans switch since October 4th. Your evidential standards and blind faith in Assange's desire to quell rumours about conspiracies against him are totally reasonable here.

notahacker 10y ago

> I am simply stating that there is no proof he is alive rolls eyes Apart from the fact that his hosts, his own legal team, and Swedish prosecutors have all publicly vouched for having interacted with him in the past couple of days and even Pamela bloody Anderson has met him since his last "proof of life", none whatsoever. Also, there is not cryptographically sound proof that I am alive, so it is not really speculating to suggest that you are interacting with a ghost. This particular ghost finds it pretty hilarious that anybody could consider it plausible that powerful people wanting to kill Assange would form the largest and unlikeliest group of conspirators ever and then drip feed as much information drawing as much attention to his situation as possible to the press after doing the deed, and consider it unlikely that Assange might do something to elicit shock value.

vonklaus 10y ago
> Apart from the fact that his hosts, his own legal team, and Swedish prosecutors have all publicly vouched for having interacted with him in the past couple of days and even Pamela bloody Anderson has met him since his last "proof of life", none whatsoever. Links? PA met him over a month ago. I have not seen the prosecutor state she has met with him. > there is not cryptographically sound proof that I am alive Well, to my knowledge you aren't being hunted by state government. You also didn't publicly state, build, and confirm a contingency plan and take pains to cryptographically verify most of your disclosures. I am again not speculating further. I am stating that despite his extremely precarious situation and his quarters being in a major city literally surrounded by reporters and with a balcony and windows he has not made an appearance despite tripping of his deadmans switch. Further, he is a pretty arrogant guy so I would be surprised he wouldn't be not only commenting on his successful influence of the election, his potential to exfiltrate himself from this legal mess or just generally make some statements, it is seeming as if he is no longer able to do so. When your dead man switch goes off, and you have encouraged people to verify your identity in this scenario, it is pretty fucking weird there has not been cryptographic proof. Believe what you want, but clearly something is amiss.
- notahacker 10y ago
  Pamela Anderson met him twice since October 4th, most recently this week. As did a Swedish prosecutor, who just might have had something to say and not gone back the following day if she'd been interviewing a mannequin. His legal team issued a statement over the interview saying that he was "very happy" and had "prepared himself very carefully". His website issued a statement in his name about the elections on November 8th. Another press release in his name issued November 14th complained that only his Ecuadorean counsel and not his Swedish counsel were there but said he was cooperating with prosecutors anyway. But yeah, I'm sure none of these people really interacted with him in any way because he hasn't reactivated his dead mans switch since October 4th. Your evidential standards and blind faith in Assange's desire to quell rumours about conspiracies against him are totally reasonable here.