All right, then. Try it. Let's see what happens.
In particular, I'm interested to see what will happen to TLS-encrypted streams between Europe and the US, most of which pass through London.
Surespot is most likely toast now. I see two possible attacks from someone who controls the servers:
The article's viewpoint is dangerous. We must solve the Friendliness problem before AGI is developed, or the resulting superintelligence will most likely be unfriendly.
The author also assumes an AI will not be interested in the real world, preferring virtual environments. This ignores the need for a physical computing base, which will entice any superintelligence to convert all matter on Earth (and then, the universe) to computronium. If the AI is not perfectly friendly, humans are unlikely to survive that conversion.
After Goliath's defeat, giants ceased to command respect. - Freeman Dyson