Julian Assange Tightlipped on Ecuador Spying Tactics, Lack of Transparency Worrying
Intelligence agencies from all over the world are spying on each other, and there is a lot of information being withheld from the public to see. When WikiLeaks came around, that paradigm was turned on its head, as the general public got access to all kinds of classified information. Yet for some reason, Julian Assange is not keen on releasing any intel he found on Ecuador. Even smaller nations, such as Ecuador, have developed their own tools and software to spy on other countries. While the United States, China, and most European countries are facing a lot of scrutiny for their spying....
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Julian Assange used the Bitcoin Blockchain to prove that he’s alive and well, being the first person to provide a blockchain-based “proof of life.” Assange is Alive and Well, Says Bitcoin. After being presumed dead by several internet fans, Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of the WikiLeaks organization, decided to prove his well-being by reading out block #447506 and its hash, which is a string of numbers and letters that are unique to that specific block and impossible to predict. The block number and its hash were read out during a during a live feed on a Reddit AMA (Ask me Anything)....
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As the prosecution of Julian Assange continues, can the cryptographic technology that helped WikiLeaks restore history now be used to defend the freedom of its founder? The post Political Prosecution Of Julian Assange Calls For Nonviolent Cryptographic Defense appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has reportedly spoken his mind on the topic of bitcoin via WeChat Livestream at the Net Prophet technology conference that takes place annually. "Bitcoin is the most intellectually interesting development in the last two years," he said. According to Assange, the technology behind the bitcoin protocol is creating new global consensus by using cryptography to enforce agreements as opposed to having laws on a book. These enforced agreements keep everyone using the bitcoin network on the same page, so to speak. Assange adds that the lack of regulation in the....