Pretty stupid move. Whatever he has, it’s not locally stored with him. The dead man’s switch proved that.
Unless they want to shut down the internet as a whole, the files are coming out in one way or another.
This just gave him publicity and made the government look bad.
I’m hoping it’s ok. Rumor is Pamela Anderson gave him a bad sandwich.
Unless they want to shut down the internet as a whole, the files are coming out in one way or another.
This just gave him publicity and made the government look bad.
And that sounds exactly right for a Stupid Dumb-@$$ John Kerry move. You can generally count on John Kerry to f*** up to the detriment of whichever side he happens to be on.
Maybe Ecuador doesn’t care whether it’s effective or not. They might just not want to deal with the pressure and say, ok, I cut it off.
“This just gave him publicity and made the government look bad.”
No internet access means that he cannot communicate with the outside world. That apartment in the Ecuadorian Embassy is going to get very small.
Icann has the Internet now.....and no doubt the Internationals running it can play in this came if they so choose.....