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Julian Assange Press Conference on CIA Vault

83 points by ctack 10y ago

ctack 10y ago
Just ended.
- deleted 10y ago
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- eriknstr 10y ago
  Actually ended now. Recording will be uploaded to their channel later they said.
  - Ajedi32 10y ago
    YouTube livestreams automatically become videos after the stream ends. So no need for a separate upload...
    - discreditable 10y ago
      Sometimes I record at higher quality than what I stream. When the stream ends I upload the high quality version.
- ElijahLynn 10y ago
  It is up now https://www.periscope.tv/WikiLeaks/1ZkKzEqeDMZxv https://www.periscope.tv/WikiLeaks/1ZkKzEqeDMZxv
Kroniker 10y ago
Was it really him? I can't wait to see photoshop analysis to see if it was CGI'd.
- ctack 10y ago
  It looked like him. A bit of lag, but yes.
- chmod775 10y ago
  Actually the first thing I did when he appeared on camera was looking up other pictures of him on the internet. I can't deny there's a resemblance... but he sure looks different now... older. A lot older. Edit: Here's a recent photo of him [1]. The difference might be the lack of a beard... 1. http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/7145700-3x2-940x627.jpg http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/7145700-3x2-940x627.jpg
  - dogma1138 10y ago
    Lighting, camera FOV and many other things can really play with how people look.
- bobwaycott 10y ago
  Why would it be CGI?
  - throwaway91111 10y ago
    He hasnt exercised his private key recently.
  - geofft 10y ago
    There's a conspiracy theory going around that he was killed by The Man, who is resorting to tricks like CGI to pretend he's still alive. I'm not sure what the motivation for killing him and continuing to pretend that he's alive would be, but then again, I don't understand most conspiracy theories.
    - bobwaycott 10y ago
      Seriously? This is real? I've apparently missed this.
      - deleted 10y ago
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    - mi100hael 10y ago
      Really? You can't imagine any reason someone might want to manipulate Wikileaks and its audience?
      - geofft 10y ago
        Oh, but there are easier ways to do that. Offer to let him avoid being extradited to Sweden in exchange for not reporting on certain things, for instance. Do you really think the Ecuadorean embassy, which had to install a shower so they could house him, is able to resist political pressure from basically all of NATO? Snowden had to flee to Russia, not even a Russian embassy, and he's not even leaking anything new. (I'm not necessarily claiming that anyone is actively manipulating WikiLeaks, just that there are a million easier ways to do it than secretly killing him and making a CGI double - and secretly killing him would require Ecuador's cooperation, anyway.)
pjc50 10y ago
I wonder if this has anything to do with the Farage visit https://www.buzzfeed.com/marieleconte/wait-what?utm_term=.riWxL3NVK#.asv5L0k1A https://www.buzzfeed.com/marieleconte/wait-what?utm_term=.ri...
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Rumudiez 10y ago
Does anybody know about the channel which hosted the stream? "Golden State Times" doesn't have a legitimate website (the .com has an invalid SSL certificate; didn't even proceed) and some of their other videos appear more than a little biased: see their video named "VAULT 7: Obama's CIA Posed as Russian Hackers!!!"
- Rumudiez 10y ago
  Also, 8 months ago they commented: "I hope to see you all tomorrow 6-11-16 for 2 trump rallies more info on our channel...Thank you" Conflicting interests? Fake video?
- jewbacca 10y ago
  OP's link is a presumably unaffiliated account, rebroadcasting a stream from the official Wikileaks Periscope account: https://www.periscope.tv/WikiLeaks/1ZkKzEqeDMZxv https://www.periscope.tv/WikiLeaks/1ZkKzEqeDMZxv
  - Rumudiez 10y ago
    Thank you. Would have been much better to see this link as the OP!
  - dang 10y ago
    Ok, we changed to that from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJdU_ahXeY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJdU_ahXeY. Thanks!
  - ctack 10y ago
    Thanks for this, I just posted the first link I found on Youtube after the Facebook stream timed out. Only realised at the end that it wasn't official :/
- pdx 10y ago
  > Obama's CIA Posed as Russian Hackers They're referring to the UMBRAGE program. “With UMBRAGE and related projects the CIA cannot only increase its total number of attack types, but also misdirect attribution by leaving behind the ‘fingerprints’ of the groups that the attack techniques were stolen from,” Wikileaks said in a statement. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/07/wikileaks-cia-hacking-group-umbrage-stockpiled-techniques-other-hackers/98867462/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/07/wikileaks-cia-...
dang 10y ago
Url changed from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJdU_ahXeY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJdU_ahXeY, which points to this. Edit: I assume people flagged this because the live stream is over and it's not clear where any actual content is.
- deleted 10y ago
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- mintplant 10y ago
  Apparently replay has been disabled for this stream on Periscope. The recording has been uploaded here on their official channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se6XWhKOE2Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se6XWhKOE2Q

83 points by ctack 10y ago

ctack 10y ago

Just ended.

deleted 10y ago
[deleted]
eriknstr 10y ago
Actually ended now. Recording will be uploaded to their channel later they said.
- Ajedi32 10y ago
  YouTube livestreams automatically become videos after the stream ends. So no need for a separate upload...
  - discreditable 10y ago
    Sometimes I record at higher quality than what I stream. When the stream ends I upload the high quality version.
ElijahLynn 10y ago
It is up now https://www.periscope.tv/WikiLeaks/1ZkKzEqeDMZxv https://www.periscope.tv/WikiLeaks/1ZkKzEqeDMZxv

Kroniker 10y ago

Was it really him? I can't wait to see photoshop analysis to see if it was CGI'd.

ctack 10y ago
It looked like him. A bit of lag, but yes.
chmod775 10y ago
Actually the first thing I did when he appeared on camera was looking up other pictures of him on the internet. I can't deny there's a resemblance... but he sure looks different now... older. A lot older. Edit: Here's a recent photo of him [1]. The difference might be the lack of a beard... 1. http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/7145700-3x2-940x627.jpg http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/7145700-3x2-940x627.jpg
- dogma1138 10y ago
  Lighting, camera FOV and many other things can really play with how people look.
bobwaycott 10y ago
Why would it be CGI?
- throwaway91111 10y ago
  He hasnt exercised his private key recently.
- geofft 10y ago
  There's a conspiracy theory going around that he was killed by The Man, who is resorting to tricks like CGI to pretend he's still alive. I'm not sure what the motivation for killing him and continuing to pretend that he's alive would be, but then again, I don't understand most conspiracy theories.
  - bobwaycott 10y ago
    Seriously? This is real? I've apparently missed this.
    - deleted 10y ago
      [deleted]
  - mi100hael 10y ago
    Really? You can't imagine any reason someone might want to manipulate Wikileaks and its audience?
    - geofft 10y ago
      Oh, but there are easier ways to do that. Offer to let him avoid being extradited to Sweden in exchange for not reporting on certain things, for instance. Do you really think the Ecuadorean embassy, which had to install a shower so they could house him, is able to resist political pressure from basically all of NATO? Snowden had to flee to Russia, not even a Russian embassy, and he's not even leaking anything new. (I'm not necessarily claiming that anyone is actively manipulating WikiLeaks, just that there are a million easier ways to do it than secretly killing him and making a CGI double - and secretly killing him would require Ecuador's cooperation, anyway.)

pjc50 10y ago

I wonder if this has anything to do with the Farage visit https://www.buzzfeed.com/marieleconte/wait-what?utm_term=.riWxL3NVK#.asv5L0k1A https://www.buzzfeed.com/marieleconte/wait-what?utm_term=.ri...

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Rumudiez 10y ago

Does anybody know about the channel which hosted the stream? "Golden State Times" doesn't have a legitimate website (the .com has an invalid SSL certificate; didn't even proceed) and some of their other videos appear more than a little biased: see their video named "VAULT 7: Obama's CIA Posed as Russian Hackers!!!"

Rumudiez 10y ago
Also, 8 months ago they commented: "I hope to see you all tomorrow 6-11-16 for 2 trump rallies more info on our channel...Thank you" Conflicting interests? Fake video?
jewbacca 10y ago
OP's link is a presumably unaffiliated account, rebroadcasting a stream from the official Wikileaks Periscope account: https://www.periscope.tv/WikiLeaks/1ZkKzEqeDMZxv https://www.periscope.tv/WikiLeaks/1ZkKzEqeDMZxv
- Rumudiez 10y ago
  Thank you. Would have been much better to see this link as the OP!
- dang 10y ago
  Ok, we changed to that from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJdU_ahXeY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJdU_ahXeY. Thanks!
- ctack 10y ago
  Thanks for this, I just posted the first link I found on Youtube after the Facebook stream timed out. Only realised at the end that it wasn't official :/
pdx 10y ago
> Obama's CIA Posed as Russian Hackers They're referring to the UMBRAGE program. “With UMBRAGE and related projects the CIA cannot only increase its total number of attack types, but also misdirect attribution by leaving behind the ‘fingerprints’ of the groups that the attack techniques were stolen from,” Wikileaks said in a statement. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/07/wikileaks-cia-hacking-group-umbrage-stockpiled-techniques-other-hackers/98867462/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/07/wikileaks-cia-...

dang 10y ago

Url changed from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJdU_ahXeY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJdU_ahXeY, which points to this. Edit: I assume people flagged this because the live stream is over and it's not clear where any actual content is.

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mintplant 10y ago
Apparently replay has been disabled for this stream on Periscope. The recording has been uploaded here on their official channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se6XWhKOE2Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se6XWhKOE2Q