We can confirm Ecuador cut off Assange's internet access Saturday, 5pm GMT

[mihok]

Does anyone know what the cryptic tweets[1][2][3], that this tweet was following up to, refer to? onion address?

1. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787781519951720449 2. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787781046519693316 3. https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/787777344740163584

[JorgeGT]

Commitment in cryptography context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commitment_scheme

[nateberkopec]

SHA-256 hashes of future documents to be released.

It's insurance to make sure Ecuador doesn't turn Assange over.

[dhbanes]

They appear to be SHA256 hashes.

[rebootthesystem]

To get philosophical, when are we really free?

We seem to be learning, at various levels, that the very people we elect to represent us --our employees-- have distorted the contract they have with us to the point where they think it is OK to deprive us freedoms as they see fit.

This isn't good. It has the makings of something very ugly going forward. It's the proverbial slippery slope.

[Overtonwindow]

That... is very strange. Why did Ecuador cut off his internet? Hyperbole and conspiracy aside, that would seem like a very overt warning to Assange (if true) that if he continues to release, Ecuador will withdraw its protection. Very strange.

[TheDrizzle43]

There's rumors it's related to a pending charge for grooming of a minor online, who knows though. I'm sure we will find out the real reason in the next few days so I'll wait for that rather than go into full tinfoil hat conspiracy theory territory.

[whybroke]

>...Hyperbole and conspiracy aside...

good luck with that.

[ryanlol]

Seems pretty strange that he can't just hop on 4G, they had that the last time I was in London.

It'd be pretty surprising if they were actually jamming wireless networks, but I guess that's what these tweets have to be implying.

[dragonwriter]

We're you inside a foreign embassy at the time? There are very good reasons that modern embassies often have countermeasures against signals being transmitted into and out of them (including sometimes being constructed as faraday cages), except for those controlled by the government the embassy represents.

[wbhart]

Wouldn't it be easy to intercept 4G, e.g. by setting up a fake 4G cell. Anyway, their previous tweets state that contingency plans have been enacted, which surely implies they've set up something alternative.

[TylerH]

He's probably not allowed anywhere that gets 4G coverage, at least not while also possessing a device capable of connecting to 4G or 3G