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Re: Delivery for Mr. Assange

#71

Can be followed on twitter as well https://twitter.com/bitnk/ also, e-mail sent to Assange informing him of the parcel: http://pastebin.com/44m5UViP

I bet it's some viral marketing thing. Assange is about to learn about the crisp, refreshing taste of Bud Light.

Re: Delivery for Mr. Assange

#72
Interesting experiment. Some of the Twitter posts say where the parcel is, but there is no EXIF data on the images posted. I would guess that either the images were geotagged but are processed to remove it, or the author separately uploads GPS data along with images.

Any chance of providing a time series of the parcel's location?

Re: Delivery for Mr. Assange

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post #72

Interesting experiment. Some of the Twitter posts say where the parcel is, but there is no EXIF data on the images posted. I would guess that either the images were geotagged but are processed to remove it, or the author separately uploads GPS data along with images. Any chance of providing a time series of the parcel's location?

>Any chance of providing a time series of the parcel's location?

Let's do that /after/ it arrives.

Re: Delivery for Mr. Assange

#76
post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's possible it won't be detected. Parcels sent locally don't go through nearly the level of security as customs puts foreign packages through.

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

Or if it's being sent from, say, Switzerland.

http://54.243.29.30/img/assange/assange_parcel_front.jpg

Re: Delivery for Mr. Assange

#77
post #74

It appears the ec2 instance has died. They should put an ELB in front of it (I assume you can get static ips for elbs).

ELBs are accessed via a CNAME as it's on scalable/changable infrastructure - you can't get a (reliable) static IP.

Re: Delivery for Mr. Assange

#78
post #3

How does it holds internet connection? Police will definitely notice it for Julian - and will x-ray it. Then they'll see wires and circuitry inside. Bomb? Would be interesting to see progress...

Alternatively, it is a bomb, and one cleverly prepared to maximize the likelihood that it is opened by its intended target. (Somehow I imagine Mr Assange is careful about opening unsolicited packages these days -- but if he becomes aware of this one, he might relax that standard). Perhaps my tinfoil hat needs adjusting.

No, it doesn't.

Re: Delivery for Mr. Assange

#79

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).

Just be glad Carmen Ortiz is not on the case. I'm sure she'd come up with a few decades' worth of counts.

Re: Delivery for Mr. Assange

#80

This looks straight out from a Hollywood movie. Now, this makes me curious. Who is behind this?

Google for !Mediengruppe Bitnik. They are a "media collective" based in Zurich[1]. And this is not their first hack.

[1]https://sites.google.com/site/kabkinteractivemediadesign/opp...

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