Just in time for Canada Day, the RCMP admits to using spyware to infiltrate the devices of multiple suspects, including the ability to remotely turn on the camera and microphone of a targeted phone or laptop. They kvetch over how the use of encryption makes surveillance difficult.

This isn't anything new, and not even surprising for the totalitarian shithole — after all, the Trudeau government tracked everyone's movements and the Canadian military openly admitted to using pandemic propaganda against its citizenry.

There are ways to harden your phone's security, but they generally shouldn't be used for anything you wouldn't say in front of a cop. Don't let yourself be a low-hanging fruit.

There have been a lot of wild events this week.

There was a nationwide internet outage for Rogers customers in Canada, which prevented all debit card transactions, and even interfered with police communications. They claim it was due to a failed update to the network. Incompetence or a cyber attack?

The now-bankrupt Sri Lanka is popping off. There have been massive riots over food (with soldiers authorized to use lethal force), and protesters taking DIRECT ACTION against their president by burning his mansion down.

But I think most exciting for me is to see the Farmers' Revolt taking place in the Netherlands. My understanding is that their government said "since cows cause too much pollution, we need to seize farmers' land to build housing for new migrants."

Inspired by the Freedom Convoy at the start of the year, the farmers have been taking to the streets. In response to the non-violent protest, Dutch pigs actually opened fire on a youth in a tractor! That 16 year old behind the wheel has been arrested for attempted homicide (despite driving in the opposite direction) and it has emboldened protesters. The resistance have been blocking highways, airports, and food distribution centers, as well as spraying manure on riot police and government buildings. They're not letting up; they even have a tank. And now German Farmers are following suit.

These 3 significant events show that chaos can happen anywhere. During a brief period when the banking system is down, cash is king. $100-300 in small denominations should be kept on hand. I believe food insecurity will be one of the biggest issues this decade. I don't have a crystal ball, but you don't need one when the United Nations says world hunger is a good thing (archive). Yes, our enemies have the unchecked egos of cartoon supervillains. Factor in the wheat fields and food processing facilities that have gone up in flames to boot. Grow your own heirloom vegetables, and make connections with local farmers.

And remember... things can escalate on a moment's notice.

USBGuard - can help to protect Linux from BadUSB and etc.

Open Source software framework helps to protect your computer against rogue USB devices (a.k.a. BadUSB) by implementing basic whitelisting and blacklisting capabilities based on device attributes:

https://usbguard.github.io

Metadata Removal
Metadata consists of pieces of information that characterize data. Metadata is useful for manipulating and classifying a pool of data, but can reveal sensitive pieces of information that one may not want to reveal. Bits of information such as the manufacturer and model of phone used to take a photo all the way down to GPS coordinates can be embedded in files as metadata. Cleaning files of this information before sharing them is absolutely crucial which is why I have made this list - to enable you to scrub as much metadata as possible from your files before you share them.

While this list is not by any means comprehensive, these tools should help you stay safe if you use them properly. I have ranked them from easiest (top) to hardest (bottom) to use. Carefully read the documentation for each tool beforehand. Each tool is free and open source software.

~ Scrambled Exif
An open-source Android Application which helps you remove metadata from pictures. PrivSecGoys have a nice post about it.
https://news.1rj.ru/str/PrivSecGoy/427
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.jarsilio.android.scrambledeggsif/

~ mat2
mat2 is a nice and simple program that you can use to scrub metadata from a variety of documents. You can find it in most Linux package repositories, and Tails includes it by default.
https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2

~ pdfparanoia
A nice program for removing watermarks from pdfs.
https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia

~ pdf-redact-tools
Helps with securely redacting and stripping metadata from documents before publishing.
https://github.com/firstlookmedia/pdf-redact-tools

~ Exiftool
Exiftool is one of the most advanced programs for reading, writing and editing meta information. It is arguably the most comprehensive exif editor available today. Can be used to do anything from simply scrubbing metadata all the way to planting fake metadata as disinformation.
https://exiftool.org/

How disillusioned teenage boys and loose-lipped dissidents end up with journalists at their (parents') door.

@PrivSecGoy

(Also note how they publicly show the exterior of the apartment building, the button they pressed for that residence, the floor number the family lives on, and the father's uncensored face at 3:28)

And just for the record, this isn't meant to be funny. A lot of young people have growing pains, trying to make sense of the world – maybe they spent too much time on /b/ or /pol/, maybe they had a toxic household with absent/abusive/neglectful parents, maybe they were just astute and clued in that things weren't exactly as they were told it was by adults, or maybe they just were edgy attention-seekers.

Regardless, these are kids and their brains haven't fully developed yet. If these journos were legitimately concerned of a terror attack by these minors, they would have reported their findings to the feds. Instead, they brought a camera man to confront the kid's family.

These journalists are desperately trying to get recognition for being the Shabbos Goy they are. This is an example of one of the many encounters between taxpayer-funded organizations that intimidate and cause emotional distress and economic/psychological harm to vulnerable teenage dissidents.

Let's call it what it is – State-sanctioned child abuse.

Handbook of Hate Memes

"Hate memes as early warning signs
Hateful thoughts about others and often strong (visual) frames that carry them have been described for centuries in human history. In more recent times, the Second World War and the Holocaust loom large as an extreme outgrowth of hateful thought and action. Although the origins of this mass violence lie in a complex interplay of actors and factors that bring it from idea to deed, an ever-present element is precisely this hateful framing of ‘the other’. Those who are not like us, have different ideas, different behavior, different values, different culture, different religion, and above all look different to us."

Notes: this is a sort of a coffee table book co-funded by the EU with illustrations and examples of rightwing meme culture. It contains everything from Pepe the frog to Tyrone and the Happy merchant. (2022)

#memes #europe #politics #culture

Android and iOS clients sends requests to Apple music to get a preview of music (in secret chats also).
With autoloading turned off and link previews also sends.
Ignores the proxy.
Hello FBI!

@github_pictures

Imagine ending up on a watchlist and eventually getting v& because you follow Baked Alaska on social media.

https://www.rawstory.com/baked-alaska-j6-gionet-guilty/

But hey, maybe our names are touching on the US secret terrorist watchlist. 👉🏻👈🏻

This is a huge story.

According to multiple FBI whistleblowers:

1) The FBI has a system of promotions and rewards for agents who target right-wing white men.

2) Most "domestic violent extremism" investigations have nothing to do with terrorism, but are falsely categorized as such to fill a political quota.

3) FBI agents share the same beliefs as left-wing activists and the few who are not are isolated and fired.

4) Christopher Wray and various Special-Agents-In-Charge are putting enormous pressure on field agents to find and manufacture white terrorists despite it now distracting from legitimate law enforcement activity.

An Unequal Battle

For the State authorities, this is not a battle on equal terms. Groups disappear, only to pop up again. Group names and aliases are reused. The connections between group members are less the product of rigid organization than of shared ideology. The strength of the network lies in the fact that it is not a fixed group but simply a loose collection of individuals who can be based anywhere in the world. All they need is a computer, a mobile phone and a bedroom. And all they have in common is their ideology and their hatred: hatred of jews, hatred of invaders, hatred of politicians, hatred of journalists, etc.

According to the European law enforcement agency Europol, it is this shift from a clear hierarchy to a loose collection of individuals that makes it so difficult to prosecute: “In these complex situations we have to deal with individuals, since one or two individuals acting on their own initiative can pose a real threat.”

https://news.1rj.ru/str/NewRightNews/5459
https://archive.ph/zIePC

🇺🇸 ⚡️ Explosion reported at Google's data center in Iowa, 3 electricians critically injured.

For those privacy-loving crypto enthusiasts out there, be aware that Tornado Cash users are getting their funds frozen. Many addresses associated with TC are ending up on the US sanctions list.

Another reason why you shouldn't publicize any personal information including your addresses; spiteful mutants of any variety can attempt to brick your assets and ruin your day.

@PrivSecGoy

Project Veritas revealed a new intelligence bulletin regarding those pesky Domestic Violent Extremists hiding out on social media and image boards.

We've seen several incidents lately where men at their wit's end with the System impulsively lash out. There's Ricky Shiffer, who was killed after taking a nail gun to an FBI building. Then 29-year-old Richard York crashed into a barricade at Capitol Hill, shot off a few rounds, and then killed himself.

It's not surprising to see these people – who until recently, held absolute confidence in the thin blue line to uphold the constitution or whatever – haphazardly enact a foolish plan and have it backfire on them miserably. I agree with the feds who penned this document: there is sure to be more "domestic violent extremism."

Many more people will come to the realization that no politician (White, brown, or orange) will save them. And these same featherless bipeds who believed that COVID was snake venom added to the water supply are sure to put just as much critical thinking into their retaliation against the establishment.

Bullish.

🇨🇦 🚛 Canadian province shuts down 39 trucking companies involved in Freedom Convoy protests

Ontario Ministry of Transportation issued order to seize all license plates

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation has effectively shut down 39 trucking businesses in the wake of a crackdown on so-called Freedom Convoy protesters. Responding to questions from trucknews.com, the ministry confirmed that 12 suspension and seizure orders were issued to Ontario-based large truck operators involved in the protests, suspending their operating authority throughout Canada, and issuing an order to seize all the plates registered to them.

Protesters from outside the province faced sanctions of their own. Twenty-seven seizure orders were issued to large truck operators from outside the province, banning them from operating any commercial motor vehicle in Ontario.

https://www.wnd.com/2022/08/canadian-province-shuts-39-trucking-companies-involved-freedom-convoy-protests

NOW - PM Trudeau: "Liberal democratic values, strong institutions. These are the things that guarantee our freedom."

@disclosetv

Zoomers Online: “I use a pseudonym, a VPN, and a burner phone so people can’t figure out who I am or where I live”

Boomers Online: