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posted by martyb on Monday October 17 2016, @07:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the where's-the-nearest-Starbucks? dept.

Multiple sources reporting:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37680411
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/10/17/wikileaks-says-assanges-internet-link-was-severed-by-state-party.html
http://time.com/4532984/wikileaks-julian-assange-theories/

Wikileaks has announced that Julian Assange's internet access had been intentionally severed by a state actor. I would assume this means they disrupted a VPN connection he had rather than just cutting all internet access to the Ecuadorian Embassy, but again details are limited.

The announcement of disruption was also preceded by multiple strange tweets of random numbers (likely crypto keys) that appear to be part of a dead man system activated by the disruption.

takyon: The full tweet states "Julian Assange's internet link has been intentionally severed by a state party. We have activated the appropriate contingency plans." Wikileaks recently released Part 9 of the Podesta Emails. Also at CNET and Ars Technica.

Update: Wikileaks says: "We can confirm Ecuador cut off Assange's internet access Saturday, 5pm GMT, shortly after publication of Clinton's Goldman Sachs speechs."

Perhaps the embassy's perennial guest has finally overstayed his welcome?


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  • (Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Monday October 17 2016, @11:32PM

    by dyingtolive (952) on Monday October 17 2016, @11:32PM (#415461)

    It's an election year. It's still better than most places at the moment, all things considered.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 17 2016, @11:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 17 2016, @11:39PM (#415462)

    MmmmHmmm, says the Moose Wang Lover :P j/k it is sadly true... Hubski.com looks like some decent discussions, but there isn't a whole lot of movement there (haven't used it long). Reddit is basically just an arm of the propaganda machine now. Haven't checked slashdot in a long time, maybe I'll check it out but not engage... Or better yet, unplug from the Net as much as possible! but who am I kidding... Oh right, myself!

  • (Score: 2) by gidds on Wednesday October 19 2016, @12:35PM

    by gidds (589) on Wednesday October 19 2016, @12:35PM (#416099)

    It's an election year.

    Well, yes, but that was months ago, and many more relevant things have happened since...

    — Oh, you mean you're yet to have an election where you are?  Good for you, but the world is rather larger than just the USA.  And so (more relevantly) is the world of tech.

    I'd be annoyed if every story got hijacked with divisive comments spewing bile about the issue of Brexit or Scottish independence, but at least those have some direct relevance to me.  The same doesn't apply to the US election, and I'm sure I'm not the only person here to find all this mention of it extremely tedious.

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    • (Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Wednesday October 19 2016, @01:50PM

      by dyingtolive (952) on Wednesday October 19 2016, @01:50PM (#416127)

      My US-centrism aside (sorry to microaggress you brah) I think you're being a little myopic if you don't accept that the US election affects you as well. Maybe not to the extent that it does the people actually living here, but certainly as much as brexit will affect us, at least, in a few years when you guys actually figure out what that means and how to implement it. Now is the world of globalism and secret trade agreements, and we've only hit the tip of the iceberg as far as that level of bullshit goes.

      For what it's worth though, I find it tedious as well, and I'm fucking trapped in the country to which it's directly relevant. I was simply trying to explain it, not excuse it.

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