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Tellsyouhow 14 points ago +14 / -0

I'd hope so, but Julian Assanges "dead man's switch" didn't materialise (he's as good as dead with where he's ended up) and these Governments are more powerful than any Cartel for silencing people.

Best laid plans, but start kidnapping family members etc and shit gets real very quickly

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DrCowboyPresident 12 points ago +12 / -0

Dead man switches are hardly infallible like people think.

The fact you have to regularly check in with it to reset it is of course the biggest security flaw.

They progressively holed him up and monitored his communications. They probably eventually figured out how it worked, then cut him off and rounded him up for good.

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kag-2020- 6 points ago +6 / -0

They also shutdown the Internet when they were tracking down where it was being released from so they could block the servers.

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1eyeameye1 2 points ago +2 / -0

I remember this.