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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?
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 18 2016, @01:50AM
Anyone else notice this trend? We seem to be following the ./ route where jokes are the norm, obvious statements of dubious worth derail the conversation with ad hominem arguments. Basically it feels like this place has turned into an echo chamber for nerd rage.
You expected different for a group of 'refugees' from a site that ragequit over a redesign of their GUI? The people who were into tech sorts of stuff moved on LONG ago. They come back and visit once and awhile but rarely stay.
Maybe I'll just turn up the filter to 3 and see if that helps out.
Do not expect to see much.
There are 3 things you really shouldn't talk about. Religion, politics, and money. Yet the only stories on this site and the other one that gain any traction are of those 3. That becomes self reinforcing. As the people who post that sort of thing get into it. Those who do not care for it move on and stop posting.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by janrinok on Tuesday October 18 2016, @07:41AM
I, for one, would be more than happy to concentrate on our science and technology roots. But your final sentence in the quote explains the problem. We do publish far more STEM stories than the others but it seems as if our community has changed. There is less intelligent discourse and more trolling, abuse, and inappropriate moderation. And the only stories that attract significant interest are often a few intelligent comments buried in rubbish.
When this site first started we had a number of highly qualified people in our community who were able to explain what was happening in STEM in terms that we could all grok. An intelligent exchange of ideas would then take place. Many of them have either moved on or remain silent. We have also attracted a fair number who see this site as another version of /. We are not, we aspire to much better things. Unfortunately, a small number of the more recent arrivals are bringing all that is bad about the other site and trying to duplicate it here. I fervently hope that they don't succeed.