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Re: Delivery for Mr. Assange

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Post by kilroy123 »

Hmm... sending a device into an embassy, that is recording data (video), possibly sound, and transmitting it.

Isn't this an act of espionage? While cool, this seems like a bad idea to me.

Re: Delivery for Mr. Assange

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Post by w1ntermute »

tptacek wrote: post #12
joejohnson wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't it technically a foreign package travelling from the UK (I presume) to the Ecuadorean embassy, which is Ecuadorean soil?

Contrary to popular belief, embassies are not in fact foreign soil.

Yeah, I'm pretty surprised that Her Majesty's government hasn't already raided the Ecuadorian embassy, taken Assange into custody, and handed him over to the Swedes. Ecuador is a pretty insignificant country, and it's not like they'd catch any flak from the American government for such a move.

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Post by jpdoctor »

kilroy123 wrote: post #21

Hmm... sending a device into an embassy, that is recording data (video), possibly sound, and transmitting it. Isn't this an act of espionage? While cool, this seems like a bad idea to me.

> Isn't this an act of espionage?

I'm no spook, but I'd be surprised if the usual protocol for such situations is to advertise the presence of a camera on a high-traffic website.

Re: Delivery for Mr. Assange

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Post by derrida »

w1ntermute wrote: post #22
tptacek wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Contrary to popular belief, embassies are not in fact foreign soil.

Yeah, I'm pretty surprised that Her Majesty's government hasn't already raided the Ecuadorian embassy, taken Assange into custody, and handed him over to the Swedes. Ecuador is a pretty insignificant country, and it's not like they'd catch any flak from the American government for such a move.

The diplomatic fallout in the event of a raid would be huge. There was a meeting of all foreign ministers of South America who issued a joint statement to condemn the UK for threatening to raid the embassy.

Re: Delivery for Mr. Assange

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Post by contingencies »

thefreeman wrote: post #14
Mithrandir wrote: post #2

Wow, I was just thinking how cool it would be to watch a package be delivered online. Anyone know how the images are being transmitted?

Probably a cell phone

Copy that. I wrote something like this over bonded GSM links (1G) in Australia circa late 2000/early 2001. Also carried a GPS feed. 10 seconds was about normal then for a CIF JPEG over 2 x ~8kbps links (very lossy and unreliable though). This is higher res, but then data speeds have improved.

Re: Delivery for Mr. Assange

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Post by cyanbane »

kilroy123 wrote: post #21

Hmm... sending a device into an embassy, that is recording data (video), possibly sound, and transmitting it. Isn't this an act of espionage? While cool, this seems like a bad idea to me.

I agree, very ballsy art. I don't believe I have ever explicitly seen a law here in the US (I know this is UK, just comparing) forbidding cameras within a package, but I would think there would be some law on the books somewhere they could apply (not saying that is a good thing, esp in light of recent events).
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