From the Guardian we have this story: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/sep/14/speculation-over-fate-of-missing-dutchman-linked-to-wikileaks
On 20 August, Arjen Kamphuis, a leading Dutch cybersecurity expert, checked out of his hotel in Bodø, northern Norway. He had told friends that he planned to take the train to Trondheim, 10 hours away.
He never boarded the train. Nor, two days later at the supposed end of his holiday, did he catch his return flight to Amsterdam. An intensive search by Norwegian police, and two Dutch investigators dispatched to help them has failed to locate him.
A kayak believed to belong to Kamphuis, who advised governments, corporations, journalists and activists on information security, was pulled from the sea about 50km from Bodø on Thursday, police said, the day after an amateur fisherman found some of his belongings – reportedly including an ID card – floating in the water. ...
I suppose if someone wanted to go off the grid for a while a good security expert could do it.
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Arjen Kamphuis, privacy expert from The Netherlands and consultant for Wikileaks, has disappeared and was last seen in Bodø, Norway back in August after checking out of his hotel. He has not been seen since and no details are available yet. Heavy summarizes what little is known at this date and Norwegian police have started looking for him.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by MostCynical on Thursday September 20 2018, @03:21AM (4 children)
did anyone see him get into his kayak?
How long would it take to get the kayak and go for a paddle and still make his next destination?
Fundamental question: is it likely that the powers-that-be have learned from Snowden and Assange, and have decided to be more.. active.. intheir interventions?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by black6host on Thursday September 20 2018, @03:33AM
I read the article as if the known association with WikiLeaks was quite akin to Trump's remark that Aretha Franklin worked for him.
Now, that being said, your user name is right up my alley so anything is possible, IMO.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Thursday September 20 2018, @11:02AM (1 child)
By that token, being who he was, having the knowledge and skills he has, he might have figured staging his own death was the best way to avoid Snowden's and Assange's fates. I know that if I was in the same situation, that's what I'd do--drop off the grid. The world is a very big place, with most of it being nowhere near a cell tower or internet connection or even other humans. People who have lived their whole lives in the bosom of man's creations fear real wilderness as tantamount to death, but for those who know how to live off the land, as Kamphuis apparently does, it's freedom.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Thursday September 20 2018, @02:50PM
Article says:
If he voluntarily disappeared, he could have gotten injured or drowned with little chance of rescue.
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(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @02:29PM
It is possible he was under duress when boarding the kayak, with a kike agent holding a gun to his head. Then when the kayak went further into the water, the researcher was drowned by the kike agent.
Never underestimate the resolve of the jewish rats to murder anyone they think "might" be a threat at some future time exposing the lies of the jewish rats and their friends.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Phoenix666 on Thursday September 20 2018, @11:09AM (3 children)
In the spirit of international comity, can we refrain from El Reg's favorite British-isms "bespoke" and "boffin?" Bespokes are something find in bicycle wheels, and a boffin is either a ditzy blond cheerleader or a small, adorable flying bird native to the North Atlantic and Arctic regions.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday September 20 2018, @01:44PM
Bespoke is great, I'm all [soylentnews.org] over it [soylentnews.org]. And you're making boffin sound better than ever! Cheerleaders and adorb birds!
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 20 2018, @02:28PM
Pretty sure the bird name related to cheerleaders that you were thinking of is either booby or tit. Boffins, like penguins, are nerd birds.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday September 20 2018, @04:34PM
I believe you're talking about a spoke, not a bespoke. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoke [wikipedia.org]
I have no idea what you're going about regarding the word boffin. I've only ever heard the word used in the distinctly British style. Maybe you're referring to the Puffin?
Maybe I'm missing some weird joke?
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"