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Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻

“#Secrecy, in the hands of the powerful, is too easy a tool to abuse. The distance from protection to cover-up is short, and a tool initially intended to help can quickly morph into causing harm. That’s why it should never be a default for anyone in power” 💯 apple.news/AdjN5WRP9SvKHCh7cmu

apple.newsI’ve fought the secret state for decades. Afghan scandal is no surprise — The Times and The Sunday TimesOne of the things that struck me most noticeably when moving to the UK from the US in 1997 was the secrecy of the state toward its citizens. Having worked as a crime reporter in America, I discovered that most of the public records and information I used to do my job were actually illegal to access in the UK. I found the secrecy wasn’t unique to law enforcement but rather a default attitude among officials. It didn’t matter if I were asking for details of food hygiene inspections, parliamentary
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kriykat

Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing
consortiumnews.com/2025/07/09/
Forty years later, David Robie, the only journalist on board the Greenpeace ship in the weeks leading up to its bombing on July 10, 1985, looks back on this act of French state terrorism in a New Zealand port. A…
#Politics #Australia #Commentary #France #NewZealand #Secrecy #WarCrimes #ChristineCabon #CovertAction #DavidMctaggart #DavidRobie #DefenceMinisterCharlesHernu #DirectorateGeneralForExternalSecurity(dgse) #FernandoPereira #Greenpeace #LaurentFabius #MarshallIslands #NewCaledonia #NuclearTesting #OpérationSatanique #RadioactiveFallout #RainbowWarrior #Tahiti

Consortium News · Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ BombingForty years later, David Robie, the only journalist on board the Greenpeace ship in the weeks leading up to its bombing on July 10, 1985, looks back on this act of French state terrorism in a New Zealand port.  A DECLASSIFIED AUSTRALIA SPECIAL REPORT The French government terror bombing of
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@cryptadamist @panigrc @finalstaticfox @dansup

Obviously that's another evidence of why #KYC IS THE ILLICIT ACTIVITY!...

  • That problem doesn't exist with #Monero as one cannot determine #transactions, #balances or link wallets by observing the #blockchain. Unlike with all those Shitcoins like #Bitcoin or #Ethereum!

  • So even if I had a Monero Wallet and even if you knew the wallet address, you cannot see what's on it or what transactions go in and out.

  • It's even more secure than #SEPA because thanks to #SWIFT & #FATCA the #IRS and #TreasuryDept. have bulk access to these systems and can basically see account balances in real time (when it comes to #US citizens! The rest they can approximate with bulk access to payment providers and intelligence).

So yeah, blame lack of #privacy, #secrecy, and #custody as well as #doxxing in the form of KYC under the false pretense of #AML for the rampant rise of #kidnappings and armed robberies of #shitcoin HODL'ers.

  • Obviously I do condemn such acts of violence as a matter of principle.

The fact that there are automated, idiot-proof tools like #chainalysis that enable statistical tracking and linking of transactions for everything except Monero is the problem.

  • Don't believe that such "AML compliance" tools are unique to the clients of said providers, because it's just connecting dots from public records. No warrant nor insiders nor MLAT needed.

IOW: OFC I'd have to expect getting robbed by organized crime if I were to post evidence of me sleeping on genuine gold bars.

Universeodon Social Media⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯ (@cryptadamist@universeodon.com)@kkarhan@infosec.space @panigrc@mastodon.social @finalstaticfox@pounced-on.me @dansup@mastodon.social the people i know who got home invasioned for their bitcoins got home invasioned way before there were any regulations involved
#opsec#infosec#comsec
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kriykat

Britain’s Long History of Spying on Iran
consortiumnews.com/2025/07/02/
The U.K. has spent decades trying to subvert Iran’s government, but also secretly sold them chemical weapons and spied on opposition activists, reports Martin Williams. By Martin Williams Declassified UK As bombs fell on Iran last month, the U.K. government…
#Politics #AdvancedTechnologies #CivilRights #Intelligence #Iran #Palestine #Secrecy #SocialMedia #Surveillance #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AngloIranianOilCompany #AyatollahKhomeini #Bp #Cyberwarfare #IranianRevolutionOf1979 #JointThreatResearchIntelligenceGroup(jtrig) #Lurl.me #MartinWilliams #Mi6 #MohammedMosaddeqh #PrimeMinisterTonyBlair #ShahMohammadRezaPahlavi #StuxnetVirus

Consortium News · Britain’s Long History of Spying on IranThe U.K. has spent decades trying to subvert Iran’s government, but also secretly sold them chemical weapons and spied on opposition activists, reports Martin Williams. By Martin Williams Declassified UK As bombs fell on Iran last month, the U.K. government claimed it had “not partici
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Research Network Digi-Oek.ch

[en] How political conspiracy theories start and spread, and why people believe them

Some systematic background to #conspiracy theories or "#conspiracisms" (Prof. Tyson).

"I think now we’re just well past the point of no return," says Tyson, who teaches an undergraduate class on conspiracy theories ...

"Conspiracy theories thrive especially in environments where #uncertainty, ſfear, or #distrust are rampant ..."

rochester.edu/newscenter/how-d

News Center · Who’s immune to conspiracy theories?University of Rochester faculty explain how political conspiracy theories start and spread, and why people believe them.
#conspiratorial#disinformation#disillusionment
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kriykat

Vijay Prashad: Strangling Venezuela’s Economy
consortiumnews.com/2025/05/02/
What the United States did to Chile between 1970 and 1973 is precisely what they have been doing to Venezuela since Trump’s 2017 “maximum pressure” campaign. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research No country should go through what Venezuela…
#Politics #Chile #Commentary #Secrecy #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #Venezuela #AttorneyGeneralJohnMitchell #C.i.a.DirectorRichardHelms #ChileanCoup #Copper #HenryKissinger #JuanGuaidó #MauricioClaverCarone #PetróleosDeVenezuela(pdvsa) #PresidentHugoChavez #PresidentRichardNixon #PresidentSalvadorAllende #Sen.FrankChurch #U.s.PresidentDonaldTrump #U.s.SecretaryOfStateMikePompeo #VenezuelanMaximumPressureCampaign #VenezuelanSanctions #VictorJara #VijayPrashad

Consortium News · Vijay Prashad: Strangling Venezuela's EconomyWhat the United States did to Chile between 1970 and 1973 is precisely what they have been doing to Venezuela since Trump's 2017 "maximum pressure" campaign. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research  No country should go through what Venezuela has been going through since 2
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petersuber

Update. "‘The Classified Catalog’ launches to track secrecy news"
freedom.press/the-classifieds/

"The [Trump] administration is eroding the information environment in ways this country has never seen. More secrets are being kept, more data is being deleted, and more government employees are being censored. This excessive secrecy prevents the public from meaningfully participating in self-government on domestic policies from climate and health issues to foreign affairs. To combat this, Freedom of the Press Foundation (#FPF) began tracking reports of government secrecy in January 2025."

Freedom of the Press‘The Classified Catalog’ launches to track secrecy newsNew database will mark Trump’s 100th day in office
#Censorship#DefendResearch#Journalism
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"The results speak for themselves. In the first 100 days alone, the administration has:

- Deleted thousands of datasets from agency websites
- Closed agencies’ Freedom of Information Act offices
- Used disappearing messaging apps and failed to preserve government records
- Ordered federal health agencies to stop communicating with the public
- Gutted a key surveillance oversight board
- Mass-fired inspectors general
- Replaced independent, professional leadership at the National Archives with unqualified appointees
- Attempted to illegally destroy agency records
- It’s hard to imagine what the next 1,361 days of Trump’s administration will hold.

But one thing is clear: FPF’s Classified Catalog will help journalists, researchers, Freedom of Information Act requesters, litigators, and members of Congress alike keep track of Trump’s assault on our right to know. And, most importantly, it will help us fight back."

#USA #Trump #FOIA #FreedomOfThePress #Secrecy

freedom.press/the-classifieds/

Freedom of the Press‘The Classified Catalog’ launches to track secrecy newsNew database will mark Trump’s 100th day in office
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kriykat

Probing Thatcher’s Role in Golden Temple Massacre
consortiumnews.com/2025/04/04/
Phil Miller reports on efforts to spur the Labour government to investigate British complicity in a massacre of Sikh pilgrims by Indian troops 40 years ago. By Phil Miller Declassified UK A senior Labour MP has called on the government…
#Politics #Britain #Commentary #History #India #Intelligence #Secrecy #UnitedKingdon #GoldenTempleMassacre #PhilMiller #PrimeMinisterDavidCameron #PrimeMinisterMargaretThatcher #U.k.PrimeMinisterKeirStarmer

Consortium News · Probing Thatcher's Role in Golden Temple MassacrePhil Miller reports on efforts to spur the Labour government to investigate British complicity in a massacre of Sikh pilgrims by Indian troops 40 years ago. By Phil Miller Declassified UK A senior Labour MP has called on the government to hold an “independent inquiry” into British complicit
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kriykat

Max Blumenthal: Jeffrey Goldberg’s ‘War Chat’
consortiumnews.com/2025/03/25/
Summoned to move the neocon message on Trump’s illegal war on Yemen, the Atlantic Magazine editor in chief wound up with more access than he could handle. By Max Blumenthal The Grayzone Atlantic Magazine editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg has won the admiration…
#Politics #Commentary #Gaza #Intelligence #Iraq #Israel #Media #Palestine #Secrecy #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #WarCrimes #Yemen #BarackObama #BenjaminNetanyahu #IanBremmer #JeffreyGoldberg #MaxBlumenthal #MikeWaltz #SignalWarChat #TheAtlantic

Consortium News · Max Blumenthal: Jeffrey Goldberg's 'War Chat'Summoned to move the neocon message on Trump's illegal war on Yemen, the Atlantic Magazine editor in chief wound up with more access than he could handle. By Max Blumenthal The Grayzone Atlantic Magazine editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg has won the admiration of his Beltway peers for the
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Wisdom in Space

Secrecy is a form of regulation. There are many such forms, but a general division can be made between those dealing with domestic affairs and those dealing with foreign affairs. In the first category, it is generally the case that government prescribes what the citizen may do. In the second category, it is generally the case that government prescribes what the citizen may know.
-- Daniel Patrick Moynihan

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DanielPatrickMoynihan #Regulation #Secrecy

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #BartolomeIsland #PinnacleRock #Galapagos

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Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐

The problem with #digital #technology is that it is literally #information #processing, and #privacy, #security, and #secrecy are both #weapons and #defenses.

Digital technology has to have access to data in order to function, but access to data can always be abused, so digital technology combined with #neoliberalism and #neofeudalism force us into a state where for our own safety well-being, we are behooved to trust no one and nothing, which only furthers the goals of "divide and conquer".

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Nonilex

The operation would take over the #USDS, which had been housed within the #OMB [#RussVought], & would become a stand-alone entity in the executive office of the president. #Musk would NOT be named the #DOGE administrator, but rather an *adviser* to #Trump….

An advantage of this complicated structure was #secrecy. For all his talk about “#transparency,” Musk was obsessed w/confidentiality & fearful of #leaks.

#coup#law#regulation
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