26 March 2024

Meta’s shocking Anti-Christian censorship

Facebook, Meta’s data mining asset, is a fascist style dictatorial ‘social media’ platform with a clear anti-Christian agenda.

People have posted a quote from scripture only to have it moderated by Meta deemed to be violent or containing graphic content.


With the notion of alleged violence or graphic content, one would think that a scene depicting slaughter of plebs or a bloody massacre of all living creatures would be shown to the reader.

Upon agreeing to see the proposed violent or graphic content the reader is greeted with the following:


The text is as follows:

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

John 10:27-28 (KJV)

With a backdrop of livestock, that being sheep in particular, in a field.

Hardly violent or graphic content one was expecting.

At the very least, Meta should be sued for Anti-Christian action like people are sued for allegedly being anti-Semitic, or for false-advertising for not supplying factually ‘Violent or graphic content’

It seems that corporations or ‘private law’ runs the world.

22 March 2024

Clean Hands Doctrine


Clean hands, sometimes called the clean hands doctrine, unclean hands doctrine, or dirty hands doctrine, is an equitable defence in which the defendant argues that the plaintiff is not entitled to obtain an equitable remedy because the plaintiff is acting unethically or has acted in bad faith with respect to the subject of the complaint—that is, with "unclean hands". The defendant has the burden of proof to show the plaintiff is not acting in good faith. The doctrine is often stated as "those seeking equity must do equity" or "equity must come with clean hands".

HE WHO COMES TO COMMON LAW MUST COME WITH CLEAN HANDS:


See also:

An "Unruly Horse" in a "Shadow World"?:

The Law if Illegality after Nelson v Nelson:


Also:

Key Points:

A recent court decision has recognised an estoppel in favour of a plaintiff with less than clean hands. Does this open up the possibility for more cases to be argued on estoppel grounds in the future?

Business prudence ordinarily requires that commercial leases be formalised, the terms clearly outlined and agreed between the parties, and any agreement recorded in writing. However in practice, especially in relationships between friends or family where a certain level of trust exists, parties are willing to make significant commitments on the basis of an informal or unwritten agreement. The case of Construction Technologies Australia Pty Ltd v Doueihi [2014] NSWSC 1717 addresses the issue of whether principles of equity protect parties where there is an expectation on the part of one party induced by the other, but formal legal requirements have not been complied with.

In the Doueihi case, the plaintiff, a company that manufactures tile adhesives, was leasing commercial premises from the defendants. The plaintiff alleged that there was an understanding between the parties that it would have a lease for a term of five years with an option for a further five years, even though no formal lease was ever entered into between the parties.

Despite the absence of a long-term lease, the plaintiff made a significant financial investment, including constructing a manufacturing plant on the premises, on the understanding that it would be able to occupy the site for an extended period of time. The defendants subsequently served a notice to quit. As there was no written lease, the plaintiff had a mere tenancy at will, which is determinable by either party with one month's notice. While certain oral agreements may give rise to statutory legal leases, the facts in this case did not meet the statutory requirements.

Estoppel

The plaintiff submitted that the defendants were estopped from denying the existence of an equitable lease and sought an injunction to restrain the defendants from interfering with its possession of the property. The plaintiff alleged that it had been induced to rely on an assumption to its detriment that a lease would be granted in the future, relying on the judgment in Waltons Stores (Interstate) Limited v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387.

In considering the plaintiff's claim, Justice White conducted a detailed review of the case law since Waltons Stores, including the criteria essential for the establishment of an equitable estoppel, and the distinction between promissory and proprietary estoppel. His Honour refuted the defendants' submission that "equity does not create rights but recognises and assists with the enforcement of existing rights" as a general proposition. Justice White noted a "controversial" previous decision by the NSW Court of Appeal in Saleh v Romanous (2010) 79 NSWLR 453, in which the Court held that promissory estoppel cannot act as a positive source of new rights. He concluded, however, that the same limitation has never been held to apply to proprietary estoppel, which is a broader concept. In Attorney-General of Hong Kong v Humphreys Estate [1987] AC 114, Justice Brennan described proprietary estoppel as "the equity [that] binds the owner of property who induces another to expect that an interest in the property will be conferred on him." The plaintiff's claim was based upon proprietary estoppel by encouragement, and not subject to any limitation of the kind discussed in Saleh.

Unreliable evidence

Justice White conducted an in-depth analysis of the facts and concluded that there were significant deficiencies in the evidence before him, and the credibility of key witnesses. He found that not only did the testimonies of all the parties differ significantly in respect of what was agreed, the credit of each party as witnesses was called into question. Justice White even commented that he "[did] not consider any of the witnesses to be reliable." Both the plaintiff and the defendants presented evidence which was inconsistent with either prior statements they had made or other documentary evidence. Both parties relied significantly on a recalled conversation from several years previous.

In the absence of detailed contemporaneous evidence, it was necessary for Justice White to rely principally on the parties' testimonies and a sparse string of contemporaneous emails to third parties to determine the true intentions of everyone involved. He also looked to subsequent conduct as an interpretive aid.

Does equity always require clean hands?

It is often stated that in order to enliven a claim for equitable relief, a party must come to equity with clean hands. In the ordinary course, this doctrine requires that there be a connection between the plaintiff's unclean act and the rights he or she wishes to enforce. The Doueihi case raises the question of whether a party which deposes unreliable testimony merits the protection of the courts of equity.

Despite his methodical examination of all of the evidence and identification of that which he was satisfied with as being truthful, Justice White did not expressly state that the unreliability of the parties' depositions would have any effect on the merits of the claim in equity.

In response to the plaintiff's claims, the defendants submitted that any equitable relief was barred because the plaintiff had unclean hands. This submission was not based on the reliability of the plaintiff's testimony. Rather, the facts showed that the plant which the plaintiff had constructed did not have the requisite statutory planning approval. Further, the Court found that the plaintiff had knowledge of false information being provided on its behalf to the Council about the output capacity of the plant, which affected the planning permission required. Nevertheless, Justice White held that these factors would not preclude a successful claim in equity, illustrating that a party's hands need only be partially clean.

Decision

What further complicates the case is that the plaintiff, who was originally content to lease the property on an informal basis, later sought to procure a written legal lease. There were various motivating factors behind the plaintiff's actions, including the fact that the person who owned the plaintiff company had familial ties with several of the defendants which had altered. When the defendants were reticent on the matter, the plaintiff continued to pursue the idea of executing a formal lease. The Court found that this demonstrated the plaintiff was very much aware that it had no legal rights and, contrary to its initial submission, had never originally expected a legal lease would be executed in the future. In response, the defendants served a notice a quit, alleging that they were within their rights to do so. If the plaintiff had no long-term legal lease and was aware of this, on what grounds does it have a claim in equity to possession of the land?

After a lengthy discussion of the authorities, Justice White relied on a principle enunciated by Justice Priestley in Austotel Pty Ltd v Franklins Self-Serve Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 582. In that case, Justice Priestley held that a key requirement for equitable estoppel is encouragement of the innocent party to adopt an assumption that causes it to suffer detriment. Justice White looked at the facts of the case holistically and ultimately determined that the defendants had encouraged the plaintiff by allowing it to expend money and time constructing a plant on the premises with the expectation of a long term tenancy.

While the Doueihi decision does not significantly develop the law of equitable estoppel, or clarify the distinction between the various categories of equitable estoppel, it does demonstrate that its application may be construed quite broadly. Even though the plaintiff was aware that it had no legal rights, and in spite of the fact that the plaintiff had seemingly acted inconsistently in both its testimony and in its dealings with the Council, the Court still found in its favour. It was held that the plaintiff was entitled to an equitable remedy, and that the defendants were required to grant it a legal lease subject to its remedying the issue of planning permission for the plant.

What is the significance of this case?

The complex factual matrix of this case may render its application to subsequent cases somewhat difficult.

Nevertheless, although the Doueihi decision largely restates the rules of equity as they currently stand, and does not significantly expand the application of the doctrine of estoppel, it is significant in that it does appear to reflect a relaxation of the requirement that the claimant come to the Court with "clean hands". The case does suggest that parties may have available to them an estoppel argument where other claims might not succeed, and that a certain latitude may be granted to them by the courts in relation to their own conduct and its relationship to the rights that they seek to enforce.

In a construction law context, disputes where the facts could give rise to an estoppel case may also satisfy the requirements for a statutory misrepresentation case. While a misrepresentation claim brought under statute may have greater prospects of success (especially given the reversal of onus effected by clause 4 of the Australian Consumer Law), parties should keep in mind the additional protection that the doctrine of estoppel might provide.

While major construction projects will almost invariably have thorough and heavily negotiated contracts with mechanisms for changed circumstances, equity may still prove a useful aid. For example, a party might rely on a representation that liquidated damages might be waived, or a representation that formal notification obligations are not required, or an agreement to grant an extension of time in relation to a delayed project. Such reliance might take the form of not increasing resources or working extended shifts to overcome any project delay. In these situations (depending on the particular facts), if the representing party later tries to deny the waiver or the extension, and the injured party has relied on their representations to its detriment, it could seek to estop them from doing so.

Source:Philip Dawson

21 March 2024

Terrifying video outlining City Council’s Nazi style invasion of your home?

Hume City Council CEO's office?

You may have heard of a few sayings such as:

- The land of the ‘free’,

- This is a free country,

- Your home is your castle, legally referred to as the castle doctrine/castle law/defence of habitation law.

The land of the free, is with reference to the United States of America, where people erroneously think that the free part is with reference to the people, where in fact it is with regards to ‘free’ trade.

This is a free country or Australia is a free country is also used without any merit, as Australia is a colony, albeit a self-governing one, and not a ‘country’ where colonial rules still apply.

See book within the link: Australia The Concealed Colony the book the federal police removed from bookshelves

Your home is your castle doesn’t stand up to scrutiny in the colony’s states or territories either.

If someone breaks into your home and hurts themselves, the colony’s law makers make it possible for the criminal or criminals to sue you.

There may also be some loose reference to a ‘home owner’, where even that is technically a ‘question of law’ or a Section 78B, as are you really an ‘owner’, where no person is legally a land owner. You do not ‘own’ the land you bought.

Australians are (deliberately) over administered, where those in government make ‘money for mates' jobs, where city councils are just one place where this corruption occurs.

MANY city councils across Australia are corrupt to the core, where in reality they all should be razed to the ground, but we know that will NEVER happen.

A while ago Melbourne’s entire Brimbank City Council was fired, as a result of too much visible corruption.

Also a while ago, Hume City Council was to be declared a Muslim State, where that didn’t go down too well, in this 'lucky country*'.


Are the current ‘city councils’ lawful?

The short answer is no, where primarily, they’re not in accordance with the Constitution.

In Victoria, the councils will claim that they obtain their power from the Local Government Act 1989, but again a Section 78B applies, or is that Act in circulation lawfully?

Again the short answer is no.

So the authorities have allowed ‘city councils’ to usurp municipal offices that were under the department of state.

Persons in positions of power within the current ‘city councils’ also believe that they have the power/authority to make law.

There are only two bodies in Australia that can make legally binding law, that being the Federal Parliament and State parliaments.

Councils across Australia have gone feral with all sorts of policies against their ‘rate payers’, where at this point in time the focus is on the Hume City Council, which is in charge of the Northern suburbs of Melbourne.

The federal government has deliberately created a problem, for the inhabitants of this land, where it also stated that it will allegedly ‘fix’ it. How convenient; Problem Reaction Solution.

In order to boost the economy, or rather to create bank slaves, the federal government has overpopulated the land, meaning it has brought in too many immigrants, more immigrants than the current resources can handle.

As a result the people in government have knowingly created the ‘housing crisis’ in order to profiteer (taxes raised) from the overinflated pricing of sales and rentals, also taking other industries with it, building supplies, supply/demand of other resources like gas, electricity and even food.

So, the people in charge of the Hume City Council have put out a terrifying video, that has connotations to Nazi occupied Germany, where your home will no longer be your (alleged) castle and you will be forced to accept ‘refugees’ as it would be very inhumane of you, if you have more bedrooms than people in your ‘own’ home? Is that what this is really all about? As that what is happening elsewhere in Europe. People's homes are illegally taken over by 'refugee' squatters.

See video of the title: What are Hume's housing needs? (1m37sec):


This is not the first time Nazi style policies have been implemented in Australia.

The forced use of smart-meters (for electricity, where other utilities will follow soon) is just one example, for a more cheaper and easier way of administering the serfs, but more importantly to turn off their power, you know for not paying a parking fine in the not too distant future?

Another one that started in 2020 that being Human Rights abuse across the land and medical apartheid, where people were forced to participate in the world’s largest clinical trials (see article: On this day 3 years ago Australia’s largest health & legal farces began), otherwise they would lose their job, not get operated on, or even see their yia yia (grandmother in Greek, as advertised on television).

From the very inception of this colony, the people in government 'misbehaved' where the imperial government had enough and installed the Colonial Laws Validity Act in 1865.

You can oppose this tyrannical action (Amendment C263):

Hume City Council did not allow comments for the video. Why? How very 'free speech' of them.  

within the following link:

https://participate.hume.vic.gov.au/AmendmentC263

Keeping in mind: Silence is acquiescence. 

See also: 

Australians waiting on hospital list up to 6 years for refugee priority

That’s life in a colony!

*- The myth: “Australia is a lucky country” (because it sure isn’t a clever one!)

The REALITY: "a lucky country run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck”

TIL calling Australia 'The Lucky Country' was actually intended as an insult, not a compliment.    


20 March 2024

Victoria Police officer allegedly searched for vile child abuse videos

A senior Victoria Police officer who allegedly sought out horrific online videos depicting drugged and unconscious girls being sexually abused has fronted court.

A senior Victoria Police officer has fronted court on child abuse material charges.

A senior police officer allegedly sought out horrific online videos depicting drugged and unconscious girls being raped.

Sergeant John Sherriff faced the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with 30 child abuse material (CAM) offences.

The court heard the allegations against Sherriff – a suspended member of Victoria Police – relate to multiple child victims, including one who was captured on an explicit video on his phone.

The video depicted the upskirting of the child as she was jumping up and down directly above the camera.

The court heard on multiple occasions the sergeant searched videos of young drugged or unconscious girls being raped by adult men.

Prosecutor Olivia Sparrow described the disturbing acts done to the girls, who remained motionless in each video.

The sergeant, who worked in Transit and Public Safety Command, is charged with offences including possessing, producing and using a carriage service to access child abuse material.

The offending allegedly occurred in Irymple and Caroline Springs in 2021 and 2022.

Sherriff was previously facing 90 charges but 60 charges were withdrawn by the prosecution on Monday, including counts of rape and sexual assault.

Sergeant John Sherriff faced the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with 30 child abuse material offences. Picture: David Crosling

The court heard some CAM production charges were withdrawn as further police investigation established illicit material allegedly on the sergeant’s phone was not made by him but through the encrypted messaging app Viber.

Sherriff was charged in August 2023 while living in Queensland.

A subsequent search on his second phone resulted in further charges.

The sergeant was extradited to Melbourne from Townsville to face court and later bailed to live in Tasmania.

Sherriff’s lawyer Christopher Wareham on Monday successfully fought for the police officer’s bail conditions to be relaxed to reenable his access to the internet for restricted activities.

Mr Wareham told the court prohibiting the officer’s use of any device with internet capabilities was “over and above what is needed for the protection of the community” and bordered on punishment.

Ms Sparrow said “the risk of further offending in relation to CAM offending is still very real and cannot be emolliated to a reasonable level” with relaxed bail conditions.

Magistrate Andrew McKenna granted Sherriff access to a mobile phone and computer for specified internet usage related to health appointments and consulting on his criminal case.

He will be required to surrender his devices to Victoria Police or Tasmania Police upon request.

The officer will return to court on April 24.

18 March 2024

Australia importing the world’s rubbish


BRIEFLY:

The colony we know as Australia, is well known for its long history of importing ‘trash’ into its ecology, where it all started in 1788.

Even the Imperial Government didn’t respect human life on Terra Australis, but rather saw it as a (colonial) wasteland full of resources such as cannon fodder, ripe for experimentation, when it detonated nuclear explosions in the Montebello Islands, Emu Field and Maralinga.

The people seen in this picture were not given 'full disclosure' in being used as test subjects by the British and Australian governments.

Throughout the decades there were different policies with regards to importing ‘resources’ / slave labour or a more modern term; corporate fodder.

From cheap Chinese labour during the colony’s gold rush period to an Anglo-Masonic (racist) White Australia policy, to a current low quality human trash imports that no other governments want.

Low quality, i.e. low moral or financial/societal value humans are imported from all over the world where a majority now come from Africa, Middle East and India, that being the norm over the past couple of decades.

Just to spice things up a bit for the general population, the people in government even import ‘known’ criminals or people that have zero intentions of leading a law abiding life in the colony thereby causing harm to the community.

What are the consequences? Why nothing of course.

As if there would be a RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act) type law for Australia, where those responsible in government for causing harm would be held accountable. As if the colony’s law makers would make a law against their ‘brethren’.

In any event those in government have screwed over ‘everyday’ Australians, mums & dads taxpayers, young people going out on their own, trying to make a home for themselves.

From the ‘Housing/Rental Crisis’ to overburdened utilities e.g public transport to overpopulation in many suburbs causing much dis-ease in the community.

They don’t care as they live in their ivory towers isolated from the trials (also criminal) and tribulations of the serfs.

Australia is ‘bust’, you know, financially kaput! So how do you fix it?

Let the government import another 1-100 million units of (human) trash into the colony to bring up the economy, as that’s what it’s all about, where most importantly they can be bank slaves where more money can be printed out of thin air, off the slave labour (as it’s no longer gold backed) of the imported serfs.

That’s life in a colony! Viva la corporate promissory notes.

The myth: “Australia is a lucky country” (because it sure isn’t a clever one!)

The REALITY: "a lucky country run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck”

TIL calling Australia 'The Lucky Country' was actually intended as an insult, not a compliment.     

Source:supplied.

14 March 2024

Victoria's child protection services gives children to paedophiles and rapists


The mainstream media drew attention to a recent posting by Anthony Lees, under his YouTube channel 'Spanian' from the 'Into the hood' series, where this time the crime ridden outer western town of Melton was the focus of the trials and tribulation of criminals living there.

While the media focused on the 'trivial' matters of some individuals, a more serious matter was aired, which was deliberately(?) ignored, that being paedophilia.

The boy whose face was blurred recounts how paedophiles within the department pass on children to paedophiles masquerading as carers or foster parents within the community.

An agenda on a high priority list of those in positions of government/power is a little taboo called paedophilia. E.g. ‘alleged’ ( – you know ‘cause it was never proven in court) paedophile Lionel Murphy was given the task (by his mates) to look after Family Law, you know taking away children from families, then putting them in foster care, so they can have their pickings…

It seems that the Victorian department for child protection services (DFFH Services) is knowingly(?) supplying children to paedophiles, as seen by the testament of this child:

Another concerning element coming from the judicature, is that the system releases known to re-offend criminals, who then once released continue their crime spree, terrorising the general population.

Would the system react differently of a judge's, magistrates' or police officer's home was invaded an a family member shot or stabbed.

After all the first job of government is to look after its people.

See post: 

What is the first job of a government?

The system is not broken, but rather functions exactly, as the law makers, judiciary and MPs intend it to.

10 March 2024

Android 14 introduces first-of-its-kind cellular connectivity security features

Android is the first mobile operating system to introduce advanced cellular security mitigations for both consumers and enterprises. Android 14 introduces support for IT administrators to disable 2G support in their managed device fleet. Android 14 also introduces a feature that disables support for null-ciphered cellular connectivity.

Hardening network security on Android

The Android Security Model assumes that all networks are hostile to keep users safe from network packet injection, tampering, or eavesdropping on user traffic. Android does not rely on link-layer encryption to address this threat model. Instead, Android establishes that all network traffic should be end-to-end encrypted (E2EE).

When a user connects to cellular networks for their communications (data, voice, or SMS), due to the distinctive nature of cellular telephony, the link layer presents unique security and privacy challenges. False Base Stations (FBS) and Stingrays exploit weaknesses in cellular telephony standards to cause harm to users. Additionally, a smartphone cannot reliably know the legitimacy of the cellular base station before attempting to connect to it. Attackers exploit this in a number of ways, ranging from traffic interception and malware sideloading, to sophisticated dragnet surveillance.


 Recognizing the far reaching implications of these attack vectors, especially for at-risk users, Android has prioritized hardening cellular telephony. We are tackling well-known insecurities such as the risk presented by 2G networks, the risk presented by null ciphers, other false base station (FBS) threats, and baseband hardening with our ecosystem partners.

2G and a history of inherent security risk

The mobile ecosystem is rapidly adopting 5G, the latest wireless standard for mobile, and many carriers have started to turn down 2G service. In the United States, for example, most major carriers have shut down 2G networks. However, all existing mobile devices still have support for 2G. As a result, when available, any mobile device will connect to a 2G network. This occurs automatically when 2G is the only network available, but this can also be remotely triggered in a malicious attack, silently inducing devices to downgrade to 2G-only connectivity and thus, ignoring any non-2G network. This behavior happens regardless of whether local operators have already sunset their 2G infrastructure.

2G networks, first implemented in 1991, do not provide the same level of security as subsequent mobile generations do. Most notably, 2G networks based on the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) standard lack mutual authentication, which enables trivial Person-in-the-Middle attacks. Moreover, since 2010, security researchers have demonstrated trivial over-the-air interception and decryption of 2G traffic.

The obsolete security of 2G networks, combined with the ability to silently downgrade the connectivity of a device from both 5G and 4G down to 2G, is the most common use of FBSs, IMSI catchers and Stingrays.


 Stingrays are obscure yet very powerful surveillance and interception tools that have been leveraged in multiple scenarios, ranging from potentially sideloading Pegasus malware into journalist phones to a sophisticated phishing scheme that allegedly impacted hundreds of thousands of users with a single FBS. This Stingray-based fraud attack, which likely downgraded device’s connections to 2G to inject SMSishing payloads, has highlighted the risks of 2G connectivity.

To address this risk, Android 12 launched a new feature that enables users to disable 2G at the modem level. Pixel 6 was the first device to adopt this feature and it is now supported by all Android devices that conform to Radio HAL 1.6+. This feature was carefully designed to ensure that users are not impacted when making emergency calls.

Mitigating 2G security risks for enterprises

The industry acknowledged the significant security and privacy benefits and impact of this feature for at-risk users, and we recognized how critical disabling 2G could also be for our Android Enterprise customers.

Enterprises that use smartphones and tablets require strong security to safeguard sensitive data and Intellectual Property. Android Enterprise provides robust management controls for connectivity safety capabilities, including the ability to disable WiFi, Bluetooth, and even data signaling over USB. Starting in Android 14, enterprise customers and government agencies managing devices using Android Enterprise will be able to restrict a device’s ability to downgrade to 2G connectivity.

The 2G security enterprise control in Android 14 enables our customers to configure mobile connectivity according to their risk model, allowing them to protect their managed devices from 2G traffic interception, Person-in-the-Middle attacks, and other 2G-based threats. IT administrators can configure this protection as necessary, always keeping the 2G radio off or ensuring employees are protected when traveling to specific high-risk locations.


 These new capabilities are part of the comprehensive set of 200+ management controls that Android provides IT administrators through Android Enterprise. Android Enterprise also provides comprehensive audit logging with over 80 events including these new management controls. Audit logs are a critical part of any organization's security and compliance strategy. They provide a detailed record of all activity on a system, which can be used to track down unauthorized access, identify security breaches, and troubleshoot system problems.

Also in Android 14

The upcoming Android release also tackles the risk of cellular null ciphers. Although all IP-based user traffic is protected and E2EE by the Android platform, cellular networks expose circuit-switched voice and SMS traffic. These two particular traffic types are strictly protected only by the cellular link layer cipher, which is fully controlled by the network without transparency to the user. In other words, the network decides whether traffic is encrypted and the user has no visibility into whether it is being encrypted.

Recent reports identified usage of null ciphers in commercial networks, which exposes user voice and SMS traffic (such as One-Time Password) to trivial over the air interception. Moreover, some commercial Stingrays provide functionality to trick devices into believing ciphering is not supported by the network, thus downgrading the connection to a null cipher and enabling traffic interception.

Android 14 introduces a user option to disable support, at the modem-level, for null-ciphered connections. Similarly to 2G controls, it’s still possible to place emergency calls over an unciphered connection. This functionality will greatly improve communication privacy for devices that adopt the latest radio hardware abstraction layer (HAL). We expect this new connectivity security feature to be available in more devices over the next few years as it is adopted by Android OEMs.

Continuing to partner to raise the industry bar for cellular security

Alongside our Android-specific work, the team is regularly involved in the development and improvement of cellular security standards. We actively participate in standards bodies such as GSMA Fraud and Security Group as well as the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), particularly its security and privacy group (SA3). Our long-term goal is to render FBS threats obsolete.

In particular, Android security is leading a new initiative within GSMA’s Fraud and Security Group (FASG) to explore the feasibility of modern identity, trust and access control techniques that would enable radically hardening the security of telco networks.

Our efforts to harden cellular connectivity adopt Android’s defense-in-depth strategy. We regularly partner with other internal Google teams as well, including the Android Red Team and our Vulnerability Rewards Program.

Moreover, in alignment with Android’s openness in security, we actively partner with top academic groups in cellular security research. For example, in 2022 we funded via our Android Security and Privacy Research grant (ASPIRE) a project to develop a proof-of-concept to evaluate cellular connectivity hardening in smartphones. The academic team presented the outcome of that project in the last ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks.

The security journey continues

User security and privacy, which includes the safety of all user communications, is a priority on Android. With upcoming Android releases, we will continue to add more features to harden the platform against cellular security threats.

We look forward to discussing the future of telco network security with our ecosystem and industry partners and standardization bodies. We will also continue to partner with academic institutions to solve complex problems in network security. We see tremendous opportunities to curb FBS threats, and we are excited to work with the broader industry to solve them.

Special thanks to our colleagues who were instrumental in supporting our cellular network security efforts: Nataliya Stanetsky, Robert Greenwalt, Jayachandran C, Gil Cukierman, Dominik Maier, Alex Ross, Il-Sung Lee, Kevin Deus, Farzan Karimi, Xuan Xing, Wes Johnson, Thiébaud Weksteen, Pauline Anthonysamy, Liz Louis, Alex Johnston, Kholoud Mohamed, Pavel Grafov

googleblog.com 

09 March 2024

Fuel Rip off as government does NOTHING!

Aussies have been getting ripped off by the petrochemical industry for decades, and the people in government have stood by doing nothing about it.

Why should they? The higher the prices, the more tax is ripped from the ‘consumer’s’ wallet to feed the leeches blood sucking sociopaths in government.

The (Labour Day) long weekend is upon us in a few states; SA, ACT, Tas, Vic, which means MANY people jump in their cars to get away from the hustle and bustle.

So what do the companies do?

They jack up the price 50 cents per litre to $2.319 per litre.


No outrage from motorists?

- Obviously quite satisfied with the price hike.


No ‘Royal Commission’ into this decades long scam?

- No need, as nothing will change just like it didn’t with the RC into the banking & financial institutions industry.


That’s life in a corporatocracy/totalitarian colony, ‘advertised’ as a democracy.

07 March 2024

The sinister web of deception by Freemasons detrimental to ALL Australians

The Anglo-Masonic system of governance over Australians is deeply rooted into this colony’s history, where it ultimately works only for the benefit of its members and to the detriment of the general population as a whole.

From falsified tenders, ripping off the public purse to the tune of billions per year, to courtroom theatrics, it is ultimately the ‘ordinary’ Australians that lose, MANY of them unaware of the sinister actions in play, telling 'conspiracy theorists' to put on their tin foil hats, how sad of them to be so ignorant.

At the end of the day irrespective of whether it’s the Fabians, Masons or the Hillsong cult, or whether it’s (Matthew) Guy or (Dan) Andrews, where in the case of Andrews, he has the full support of the Anglo-Masonic courts and police to aid his criminal, oops ‘alleged’ criminal activities (e.g. Red shirts), not forgetting his staff of thugs that dig up dirt on anyone and threaten them and their families.

See also:




Here is one story that you, the general population are allowed to know a little about:

Guy silence on Freemasons membership raises ‘conflict’ questions

Former opposition leader and planning minister Matthew Guy did not declare his years-long Freemasons Victoria membership, at a time when the secretive order pursued significant property developments around the state.

Guy’s membership of Freemasons Victoria was confirmed by grand master Anthony Bucca, leaked internal documents and five internal Freemasons sources, who spoke anonymously due to rules prohibiting members from speaking publicly.

Former opposition leader Matthew Guy, also a former Liberal planning minister, in 2022

Documents obtained by The Age show Guy was registered as a Freemasons Victoria member in 2018 in the rank of “mark mason”, which is the third level of membership of the secret fraternity. Guy lost the state election that year to Labor’s Daniel Andrews.

It is not known what year Guy’s membership began, but Bucca said it had ceased in recent years, without providing an exact date, and dismissed questions about potential or perceived conflicts during the politician’s membership.

“What a minister chooses to do and doesn’t is a matter for the minister,” Bucca said. “What’s it got to do with us? Did we deal with Matthew Guy personally? Did we approach him on a one-to-one? I very much doubt it.”

One former senior freemason, who had a leadership position in the fraternity from 2000 to 2011, said he was aware of Guy’s membership during that period.

The Dallas Brooks Hall was turned into luxury apartments in a deal between Mirvac and Freemasons Victoria. 

“He would have been a rising star in the Liberal Party. It would come up when we were looking for support. Whether anything ever happened, I don’t know,” he said.

Two other freemasons said they were aware of Guy’s longstanding membership but could not recall what date he joined.

Freemasons meet regularly at the organisation’s all-male clubs to raise money for charity, network and practise ancient rituals. Once a community of society’s most powerful – notable past members in Australia include Sir Donald Bradman and Sir Robert Menzies – membership has declined in recent decades.

Guy has not disclosed the membership on his parliamentary register of interests, which are annual statements that require politicians to report investments and associations with clubs, religions or groups that could represent an actual or perceived conflict of interest.

Dallas Brooks Hall

In 2018, Guy did declare membership of the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge and the Sir Henry Bolte Lecture Trust.

The Age is not suggesting that Guy acted inappropriately in making any planning decisions or that he made those decisions based on any relationship with the Freemasons, only that he may not have made necessary declarations.

Guy declined an interview request saying he would not be “replying to a vague fishing expedition”. “I’m not a member. Go away and cease harassing me,” Guy said.

An opposition spokesperson later clarified that Guy was a “non-financial member” in 2018 and “hadn’t been a financial member for many years before that”. The spokesperson did not answer specific questions about the duration of Guy’s membership.

Victorian Nationals leader Peter Walsh is a current member of Freemasons Victoria and appears regularly on the organisation’s newsletters to promote its charitable work.

Public records show Walsh discloses membership of organisations including the Echuca Workers Club, Swan Hill Field & Game, Geelong Football Club and the Athenaeum Club, yet does not disclose his Freemasons membership.

When contacted for comment, Walsh accepted that he had been Freemason for many years but did not think disclosure was necessary.

Former Victorian MP Ken Coghill, who is a founding member of the Accountability Round Table and an adjunct professor at Swinburne University, said Freemasons was a membership that Guy should have disclosed.

“There is an obligation to disclose any interest that might be affected by decisions you make,” Coghill said. “I certainly would have expected it [disclosure] in this case. There is a possibility that he would be influenced by his membership of Freemasons, whether as an opposition member or government member.”

Centre for Public Integrity director Joo-Cheong Tham, also a Melbourne Law School professor, said the omission of Guy’s Freemasons membership “strongly appears” to be a breach of his obligation under laws to disclose membership of organisations.

“This is especially so because of the perceived conflict of interest [if he was a Freemasons member] when he was Victorian planning minister and made consequential decisions in relation to the commercial interests of Freemasons Victoria,” he said.

Tham supported greater transparency of these memberships. “There is a good case for members of parliament to disclose their membership of Freemasons Victoria as its size and influence mean that such membership could give rise to a conflict of interest in the discharge of parliamentary duties.”

Guy was planning minister for four years to December 2014, during which time Freemasons Victoria was involved in two major property development projects, in East Melbourne and Box Hill. It’s not known whether Guy was a Freemasons member during those years, and The Age does not suggest he made decisions based on any relationship with the Freemasons.

The largest and most controversial was the re-development of Freemasons Victoria’s East Melbourne headquarters, the Dallas Brooks Hall, in a $450 million partnership with Mirvac.

The proposal was first lodged with the then Coalition state government in 2013 and generated 11 objections, including from the City of Melbourne and Epworth HealthCare. The objections related to heritage concerns, height, overshadowing and privacy concerns for the neighbouring hospital.

Mirvac and Freemasons Victoria sought permission from Guy, as minister, to substantially increase the development to two towers with 17 and 11 levels respectively.

Guy appointed an expert panel to advise the government on the project, and it reported just after the 2014 election. Labor’s then planning minister, Richard Wynne, ultimately approved a plan for the site in 2016.

Wynne said he had to make significant adjustments to ensure the development did not overshadow Fitzroy Gardens, directly opposite. “The initial application was way over the odds,” he said.

Guy was also involved in a planning decision at about the same time another property was eventually developed by Freemasons Victoria.

Freemasons Victoria mounted a strong objection when its 90-year-old Masonic centre in Box Hill was considered for heritage protection in 2011, as part of a wider planning change.

Freemasons Victoria’s expert consultant argued that there was insufficient justification for heritage protection.


710 Station St, Box Hill

“From an architectural and aesthetic perspective, the Box Hill site is a typical building from the 1920s of which there are many examples developed throughout Melbourne,” its submission from the time stated.

However, Whitehorse City Council found this did not detract from the “importance”, “historical significance” and “social memories associated” with the building.

An independent panel ultimately agreed with Freemasons Victoria and recommended to the minister that the centre not receive heritage protection. Guy approved the amendment in March 2013, according to the government gazette.

Freemasons Victoria then backed a project that razed the centre to make way for a 10-storey apartment complex.

Freemasons Victoria’s 2017-18 annual report noted the last four apartments had been sold, signalling the completion of the project.

During the same planning process another masonic lodge, in Blackburn, was granted heritage protection. This was not opposed by Freemasons Victoria, but it did request consideration be given to acknowledging its development potential.

Your Noisy Fingerprints Vulnerable To New Side-Channel Attack


Here’s a warning we never thought we’d have to give: when you’re in an audio or video call on your phone, avoid the temptation to doomscroll or use an app that requires a lot of swiping. Doing so just might save you from getting your identity stolen through the most improbable vector imaginable — by listening to the sound your fingerprints make on the phone’s screen (PDF).

Now, we love a good side-channel attack as much as anyone, and we’ve covered a lot of them over the years. But things like exfiltrating data by blinking hard drive lights or turning GPUs into radio transmitters always seemed a little far-fetched to be the basis of a field-practical exploit. But PrintListener, as [Man Zhou] et al dub their experimental system, seems much more feasible, even if it requires a ton of complex math and some AI help. At the heart of the attack are the nearly imperceptible sounds caused by friction between a user’s fingerprints and the glass screen on the phone. These sounds are recorded along with whatever else is going on at the time, such as a video conference or an online gaming session. The recordings are preprocessed to remove background noise and subjected to spectral analysis, which is sensitive enough to detect the whorls, loops, and arches of the unsuspecting user’s finger.

Once fingerprint patterns have been extracted, they’re used to synthesize a set of five similar fingerprints using MasterPrint, a generative adversarial network (GAN). MasterPrint can generate fingerprints that can unlock phones all by itself, but seeding the process with patterns from a specific user increases the odds of success. The researchers claim they can defeat Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) readers between 9% and 30% of the time using PrintListener — not fabulous performance, but still pretty scary given how new this is.

Source: hackaday.com