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Re:Ola Bini, Swedish Software Developer with Ties to Assange... by squarefoot on Saturday April 13, 2019 @04:48PM (#19655622)
Which could explain why they waited just over one year after cutting his internet access to arrest him: if after one year still nothing happened, it's pretty much safe assuming he doesn't have a working dead mans switch (anymore).

If true, this could also mean they were in agreements with the Ecuador govt. to arrest him a long time ago.

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Re:Ola Bini, Swedish Software Developer with Ties to Assange... by ddalex on Sunday April 14, 2019 @05:46PM (#19661904)
A dead man's switch is not necessarily based on a timeout when your internet connection is not guaranteed.

If the leak is nuclear level - e.g irrefutable proof that the ruling class ARE reptilians - you want to keep that unreleased for as long as you can.

I can imagine a bot somewhere scanning top 10 international newspapers daily and looking for the words 'Assange' and 'dead' before the countdown begins.

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