Should Julian Assange lose his freedom, it looks eminent, sysadmins at all levels of corporations, governments and organizations are likely to create new root users:
username: 4julian
password: $etJulianFree!2Day
There’s nothing illegal about creating new users. Happens everyday.
Many have promised impotent and camera mugging expressions of rage as a response to an Assange arrest.
Systems hemorrhaging and continuing to hemorrhage data will have a much greater impact.
Don’t banks, stock exchanges, airports, news media, government, etc., all run on computers? Yes?
All those organizations should be lobbying the US government to leave Assange alone. Let him go freely to whatever destination he chooses. The alternative could be uncontrolled transparency.