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the British Queen, the Crown, and Australia - Fwd: ASIO & Palace Letters
by Zenaan Harkness 06 Jun '20

06 Jun '20

The queen had, and almost certainly still has, interests in Australia - as in financial interests, and Whitlam wanted to buy back the farm, and shirt was going down re Vietnam. Personally, individuals, including the Queen, have a right to uphold and at least attempt to defend their interests. But, speaking as an Australian, when "our" British monarch/ the Queen, a) has been stripped of or has abdicated any relevant political power, and b) is not useful for the protection of basic human freedoms, for a recent example the matter of the Assange case, then it's hard not to ask "well what use is the Crown/ the Queen, to us?" There's nothing inherently wrong with at least some powers being vested with a Monarch or dictator, just so long as that authority is actually benevolent, and so long as we the people are with sufficient awareness and authority and will to hold any and all such authority to the required standard of benevolence, and with sufficient authority and power to remove such an authority from power should they fail to uphold benevolence, righteous justice, etc. (Most folks these days can see glaringly devolving and apparently structural compromise in our so called "democratic' system.) There is wisdom in having the hierarchy of power and authority be distributed so to speak - a balance of powers, and in our present system technically (though perhaps no longer practically) the Crown holds only one remaining formal power in Australia - the power to declare or veto war. Such power OUGHT be used as a check and balance against the corporations and bankers who lust for the econmic windfalls of war, and when this check and balance no longer exists, then again, on this point, the Crown loses its relevance to the rest of us, the King or Queen of the day little more than an attractively presented financial burden upon us. A lot of folks get caught up in envy of the wealth of another, and we must be absolutely diligent in casting aside such base, petty and demeaning (of ourselves no less!) such envy and implied 'negative' aspersions (e.g. "that person has a lot of wealth, they must be a bad person"). What we MUST uphold, is our individual and collective human rights, and dignity. Although the Crown ought in general be held to higher standards of principles, the Queen is no less deserving of dignity than anyone else. That said, the issues surrounding Vietnam, Pine Gap and other matters, may or may not be scandalous - but we the Australian people have the right to make our own assessments of past events such as the sacking of our democratically elected prime minister Gough Whitlam in that Vietnam era. With the letters and much of the behind the scenes of the events hopefully to be soon disclosed (see below), we might be able to meaningfully comment further, but as a principle, there's a chance Gough Whitlam missed the JFK memo - it's not a good idea to be the lone hero for all, that just makes you an individual target. Instead, better to speak to the people, be public on a daily basis, and stick to fundamental principles of human rights, fairness, and legitimate interests of individuals, groups and especially allies (so far as they are actually allies). Allies don't demean, allies don't enslave, allies don't deny justice, most especially that founded in righteousness (Julian Assange is today's prime example). Let's aim to (re)build Australia's dignity on the world stage, which for starters demands that we treat all nations, and all people, with dignity and respect. And to those who would consider themselves Australia's allies - yes, it can be scary to have to -actually- trust an ally, but surmounting that fear is the price for a truly strong relationship, which can of course never properly exist on a foundation of lack of trust. Hopefully our politicians will begin to get the memo. ---- Forwarded message from Gil May <gilmay97(a)gmail.com> ----- From: Gil May <gilmay97(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 08:23:37 +1000 Subject: Fwd: ASIO & Palace Letters *ASIO & Palace Letters:* As you read this remember that Whitlam wanted to bring in a law to prevent foriegn ownership of Australian assets, that all had to be at least 51% Australian owned. The iportance of this today is very relevent where China and others hold massive investments of our assets. He wanted all mineral assets to be Australian, think of the billion$ in opposition that caused, his raid on ASIO and Pine Gap that was opperating without any knowledge of what it's operations were and the US refusal to advise the government of such. IF as we were told Whitlam was a danger to Australia and all the terrible things he was suposed to have done, THEN WHY weren't all his law changed when the LNP came to power???????????? His laws still stand today. I told Lionel Murphy, The Attorney General, to tell Whitlam to call Malcolm Fraser in and tell him if he does not passs the Budget Bill, you will break the 'Book of Pairs' and would have given him a majority of one, and that would be the end of the Westminister sytem of government forever, but Whiltlam a stickler for traditional proceedures would not do it. GM I am sure you will remember these events clearly, so the following may interest you. . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: citizensparty.org.au <https://cec.enudgemail.com.au/securl.php?nudge=y84zpr11221&link=3671&email=…> *Will ASIO stop Australians from seeing the ‘palace letters’?* The 29 May High Court judgement that the “palace letters” between Queen Elizabeth II and Governor-General John Kerr in the Whitlam dismissal should not remain secret is a significant step in the fight for Australian sovereignty. It’s not a foregone conclusion, however, as the Director-General of the National Archives who has a say in what is released, David Fricker, is a former Deputy Director-General of spy agency ASIO. This is a massive conflict of interests, as ASIO was up to its neck in the intrigues against Whitlam, not least because Whitlam’s Attorney-General Lionel Murphy raided the agency he was supposed to be in charge of, but which withheld terrorism-related information from him. ASIO then, as now, operated under what is now known as the “Five Eyes”, dominated by US and British intelligence, which regarded Whitlam as a threat; indeed, ASIO is effectively the Australian subsidiary of Britain’s Security Service MI5, whose assistant director in the 1970s, Peter Wright revealed in his book *Spycatcher* that MI5 saw its loyalty as to the Queen personally, not to the elected government. Monash University historian Professor Jennifer Hocking, who initiated the case to have the letters released, has already indicated she is having trouble in her negotiations with Fricker, and Fricker told ABC News that releasing the palace letters won’t be simple, and that some records may not be released as exemptions for things like national security still apply. “We are not like a library or a museum”, Fricker said. “I am required to diligently go through those things and just make sure that our release of these records is responsible, it’s ethical and it complies with the law.” This is unacceptable, and Australians should demand their release in full. If they are released in full, Australians may soon discover secret details of the Queen’s role in the 1975 coup to overthrow Gough Whitlam, a democratically elected Prime Minister. Buckingham Palace has to date intervened to ensure the palace letters remain secret, a clear indicator that much is at stake, including the role of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and British Intelligence Services (MI5, SIS and GCHQ), the latter of which have since 2011 been overseen by Prince Charles in his capacity of Royal Patron of the Intelligence Services. Prof. Hocking’s four-year legal battle to access the palace letters has met enormous resistance. Sir Edward Young, the queen’s private secretary, has indicated the release “could damage not only international relations but also the trusting relationship between Her Majesty and her representatives overseas”. The 211 palace letters were placed in the custody of Australian Archives on 26 August 1978 by the then Official Secretary to the Governor-General, David Smith. The letters comprise 116 from Kerr to the Queen, mostly through the official secretary; and 95 letters from the Queen, all of them through her private secretary. At the time, Smith wrote to the Australian Archives in a letter of deposit: “This package contains the *personal* and confidential correspondence between the Right Honourable Sir John Kerr, AK, GCMG, GCVO, K St J, QC, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia from 11 April 1974 until 8 December 1977, and Her Majesty the Queen.” (Emphasis added.) Smith declared the letters would remain closed until 8 December 2037 and thereafter subject to further caveat at the whim of the British Crown. The Australian Archives has continued to argue that the palace letters were “personal correspondence” and therefore should remain private. Prof. Hocking explains otherwise. “Before lodging them in the Archives, the letters had been kept by Smith in the Government House ‘strong room under absolute security’ again in an official capacity, which scarcely suggested the letters were ‘personal’”, wrote Hocking in a 1 June article <https://cec.enudgemail.com.au/securl.php?nudge=y84zpr11221&link=3672&email=…> at Pearls and Irritations, the blog run by retired public servant John Menadue, who was head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet under Whitlam at the time of the dismissal. “It is surely an unusual position for the National Archives, which describes itself as a ‘pro-disclosure organisation’, to contest this action at significant expense—initially of almost one million dollars—at a time of severe budget and staff cuts”, Prof. Hocking wrote. Fortunately for Hocking the High Court has ordered the Australian Archives to pay her legal costs. The latest High Court ruling makes clear that the palace letters were not “personal” at all, but “constitute Commonwealth records within the meaning of the *Archives Act 1983*”. The court “ordered that a writ of mandamus issue to compel the Director-General of the National Archives of Australia to reconsider Professor Hocking’s request for access to the deposited correspondence”, and so overruled the previous Federal Court ruling against Prof. Hocking. *What is at stake?* In a 16 April article <https://cec.enudgemail.com.au/securl.php?nudge=y84zpr11221&link=3673&email=…> at Pearls and Irritations, Prof. Hocking had said that the more than two hundred letters is simply a “staggering number”, and “should they be released the ‘Palace letters’ will be the most important record of the inner workings of the vice-regal relationship during a time of political crisis that we have ever seen”. Veteran journalist John Pilger indicated what is at stake in a 1 June article <https://cec.enudgemail.com.au/securl.php?nudge=y84zpr11221&link=3674&email=…> for Consortium News. “There is an historical amnesia among Australia’s polite society about the catastrophic events of 1975”, he wrote. “An Anglo-American coup overthrew a democratically elected ally in a demeaning scandal in which sections of the Australian elite colluded. This is largely unmentionable.” Pilger explained how the Whitlam government provided significant opposition to Vietnam war crimes and threatened to close the secretive US-run intelligence facility at Pine Gap, near Alice Springs: “Victor Marchetti, the CIA officer who had helped set up Pine Gap, later told me, ‘This threat to close Pine Gap caused apoplexy in the White House … a kind of Chile [coup] was set in motion.’” And the role of British intelligence cannot be overstated: “In 1975, Whitlam discovered that MI6 was operating against his government. ‘The Brits were actually decoding secret messages coming into my foreign affairs office’, he said later. One of his ministers, Clyde Cameron, told me, ‘We knew MI6 was bugging Cabinet meetings for the Americans’.” Whitlam’s plans to control Australia’s mineral wealth for the benefit of all Australians clearly displeased the Queen, who was long the largest individual shareholder of minerals giant Rio Tinto. This plan to “buy back the farm” so Australians would own our nation clearly ran against the British imperial agenda, and the City of London and Wall Street banking interests. Will the released papers convince Australians to abandon the fairy tale that the Queen is above politics and merely plays a ceremonial role? Will we now fight for sovereignty? ----- End forwarded message -----

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Mission accomplished?
by Steven Schear 05 Jun '20

05 Jun '20

EU’s Europol: Bitcoin Privacy Wallet ‘Not Looking Good’ For Law Enforcement https://www.coindesk.com/europol-bitcoin-privacy-wasabi-wallet

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Box for simple Tor node.
by jim bell 05 Jun '20

05 Jun '20

Somebody asked me a question, but because I am far from being an expert, I couldn't answer. Suppose a person wanted to implement a TOR node, simply by buying some box, and plugging it into his modem, and power. And NOT needing to become an expert on TOR, or even on computers in general. And NOT having to follow pages and pages of instructions. I did a few minutes of searching, and even the 'simple' explanations seemed 'clear as mud'. Don't bother with long explanations challenging the usefulness, or trustworthiness of TOR. Yes, we've discussed them to death. That's a different subject. Jim Bell

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The Unix Way, and other tech bits
by grarpamp 05 Jun '20

05 Jun '20

https://prithu.xyz/posts/unix-pipeline/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23420786 https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/06/romanian-skimmer-gang-in-mexico-outed-b… SpaceX Starlink https://www.peeringdb.com/net/18747 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23409063 https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-ec2-c5a-instances-powered-by-2n… http://nautil.us/issue/86/energy/the-road-less-traveled-to-fusion-energy

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Articles and notes on recent events
by recondite＠tuta.io 05 Jun '20

05 Jun '20

#### Politics #### ## Curfews have been lifted in D.C. andL.A. county. The violence is dying down, and the four officers beingcharged seem to have had an effect. Was there also an effect from theNational guard? #Jim Craig, an associate professor ofmilitary and veteran studies in relation to the Ferguson civildistress in 2014 said, “calling out the national guard for a floodis one thing, calling out the national guard for riots and unrestmoves say into the extreme.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/what-is-national-guard-fergus… #So let’s not discount the extremenature of what has just happened and also the fact that it has becomeobviously much more common since many states deployed the nationguard this last week. #As of June 2, 23 states activated theNational Guard in reaction to the riots, 17,000 of them on Mondaymorning. 45,000 have already been activated in response to the Covidcrisis. That means about 66,700 National Guard personnel are activeright now in all 50 states. This is multiples of the amount ofactive-duty troops in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/06/02/which-us-states-have-… ##Even though things seem to have been dying down and staying peacefulPortland is still dealing with violence as they have a large ANTIFAto citizen ratio, and some rioters abroad have begun to express theirsolidarity with the American rioters by rioting themselves. Greekdemonstrators as the most extravagant of them all threw Molotov cocktails towards the U.S. embassy in Athens. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-greece/greek… ## Nolonger are the protests for justice for George Floyd as that seems tobe well on its way, but the riots are now against white superiority and police brutality. ##This is good, more or less, it’s undoubtedly something that needs tobe addressed. But what comes to mind is Killer Mike’s speech inAtlanta a few days ago. We need to be beating our opposition up in thevoting booth. By putting the the politicians you want into the jobswhere they can make a difference there’s a big chance of changingsome things. But right now the rioters are trying to kill wasps witha shotgun, it’s not going to work, they’re going to cause a lotof damage, and get themselves hurt in the process. Dealing with waspsproperly is going to take more time and effort but will be much moreeffective. ...Whichleads me to, another success in this saga: ## Defund the Police ## NYC Comptroller Wants $1.1B cut fromthe NYPD #The cut is supposed to happen over thenext four years in order to aid “vulnerable communities mostimpacted by police violence and structural racism.” #The plan: $265M annually by reducingheadcount through attrition, suspending hiring of new police classes,and scaling back overtime. According to statement from ScottStringer. https://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/comptroller-stringer-to-mayor-de-blasi… #The 1.1B cut is a %19 reduction in the overall budget for the NYPD ## So that’s a win! Or, is it just aconsolation prize? Like we talked about there is a substantial amountof National guard deployed right now. I realize that many of thepeople in the national guard are average citizens on reserve, butthis feels close to martial law! Maybe governors of all the statesare realizing how easy it is to deploy the National Guard reservesduring a crisis and therefore don’t feel the need to have policefunded? This is a major speculation and as I’m sure the NYCcomptroller and Governor Cuomo know each other but it’s a long shotthat they are colluding. ## Never the less, I am alwayssuspicious when the government “cuts back” and ask myself, arethey really cutting back or are they just moving power and influenceform the front-end to the back-end in order to save face but retaincontrol. ## If it is in good faith, is it reallythe most effective route to take? Right now it probably is for manyreasons, the least of them not being that of calming down the angrypeople and showing them that the government cares. But I feel there’smore of a change in the way of a spiritual revolution that could beof a larger benefit. ## Nicolo Machiavelli’s eighth ruleof war: Discipline in war counts more than fury. https://warontherocks.com/2014/08/machiavellis-27-rules-of-war/ ## “Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” - Aristotle #### Covid #### ## NYC hits zero confirmed covid deathsfor first day since march #NYC hit it’s peak death rate onApril 7 https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-deaths-confirmed-cov… ## The fact is that this pandemic hasbeen bad, but not as bad as we expected. ## Another 1.9 million have filed forunemployment, the ninth week of that number declining but still amassive ammount of unemployed. Still more unemployed than during thegreat depression. https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-nyc-us-world-updates… #### Crypto #### ## MakerDAO weighs accepting real-worldassets as crypto loan collateral. #Another step towards more robustdecentralized financial services, one of the most promising ideas inthe cryptocurrency space. https://www.coindesk.com/makerdao-weighs-accepting-real-world-assets-as-cry… #With decentralized financial serviceseveryone with an internet connection can take advantage of the samemethods that the ultra rich use in order to protect their wealth. #That is, creating liquidity fromnonliquid assets and therefore adding a layer of protection frominflation (among other things.) #Why do you think that the ultrawealthy buy painting for hundreds of millions of dollars? It’s avery slowly appreciating thing and is difficult to take care of.First of all it’s definitely insured so they can recoup much ofthat cost, but it’s also very easy to put that up as collateral andopen a line of credit with a bank that cost them about 1% ininterest. So they do in fact use the money to purchase the paintingbut in a roundabout way make it possible to take that money back outfrom the investment without actually selling the asset itself. #Projects like Celsius and MakerDAO dothe exact same thing but with cryptocurrency. It requires no creditrating, little KYC, and your loan comes to you with about a 1%interest rate. #The advancement of Non-fungibletokens, which is what powers crypto kitties, is what will be able toact as lesson between your real world assets and the loan that youtake out (in a USD-pegged stable coin, by the way.) #Goes to show that most technologicaladvancements become applied to at worst borderline nonsensicalprojects and at best fun things to do before they go on topotentially change the entire world as we know it. #This is a big deal that could makeMakerDAO a lot of money and enable the common people to takeadvantage of financial services that are currently reserved for thewealthy and well-connected.

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Facialized: Passing Off Your Own Passport Doppelgangers in Stasi State, Custom DeepFakes, Blurring Your Signal Shares
by grarpamp 05 Jun '20

05 Jun '20

https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/04/signal-launches-face-blurring-tool-as-u-… https://qz.com/1864846/signal-app-downloads-spike-as-us-protesters-seek-mes… https://myvoiceyourface.com/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-tech-morphing/germany-bans-digit… https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/how-apply/photos.html https://www.golem.de/news/foto-morphing-regierung-macht-digitale-passfotos-… https://usa.embassy.gov.au/guarantors https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPassport_gates https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23418281 https://pen.gg/campaign/mask-id-2/ https://artoftheprank.com/2010/06/19/ztohoven-art-collective-launch-citizen… https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~sbhagava/papers/face-rec-ccs16.pdf https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/3/13507542/facial-recognition-glasses-tric… https://www.gov.uk/photos-for-passports/photo-requirements https://travel.state.gov/content/travel_old/en/news/no-glasses-nov-1st.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resour…

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CFP IEEE DependSys 2020: The 6th IEEE International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud, and Big Data Systems and Applications
by Jun Feng 05 Jun '20

05 Jun '20

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] Call For Papers ============================================================================= The 6th IEEE International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud, and Big Data Systems and Applications (IEEE DependSys 2020) 14-16 December 2020, Fiji http://cse.stfx.ca/~dependsys/2020/index.html DependSys 2020 conference is the 6th event in the series of conferences which offers a timely venue for bringing together new ideas, techniques, and solutions for dependability and its issues in sensor, cloud, and big data systems and applications. As we are deep into the Information Age, huge amounts of data are generated every day from sensors, individual archives, social networks, Internet of Things, enterprises and Internet in various scales and format which will pose a major challenge to the dependability of our designed systems. As these systems often tend to become inert, fragile, and vulnerable after a period of running. Effectively improving the dependability of sensor, cloud, big data systems and applications has become increasingly critical. This conference provides a forum for individuals, academics, practitioners, and organizations who are developing or procuring sophisticated computer systems on whose dependability of services they need to place great confidence. Future systems need to close the dependability gap in face of challenges in different circumstances. The emphasis will be on differing properties of such services, e.g., continuity, effective performance, real-time responsiveness, ability to overcome data fault, corruption, anomaly, ability to avoid catastrophic failures, prevention of deliberate privacy intrusions, reliability, availability, sustainability, adaptability, heterogeneity, security, safety, and so on. ============================================================================= All accepted papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be be published in 8+ SCI & EI indexed prestigious journals (confirmed). 1. Information Fusion (IF: 10.716) SI on Fusion from Big Data to Smart Data 2. Information Fusion (IF: 10.716) SI on Data Fusion for Trust Evaluation https://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-fusion/call-for-papers/specia… 3. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (IF: 7.377) SI on Digital Twinning: Integration AI-ML and Big Data Analytics for Virtual Representation http://www.ieee-ies.org/images/files/tii/ss/2020/Digital_Twinning_Integrati… 4. Future Generation Computer Systems (IF: 5.768) SI on Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Defence and Smart Policing https://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/call-f… 5. Journal of Cloud Computing (IF: 2.14) SI on Security and Privacy Issues for AI in Edge-Cloud Computing https://journalofcloudcomputing.springeropen.com/securityprivacyaiedgecloud… 6. Software: Practice and Experience (IF: 1.931) SI on Software and Hardware Co-Design for Sustainable Cyber-Physical Systems https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/assets/page/journal/1097024x/SI_s… 7. MDPI Electronics (IF: 1.764) SI on Blockchain-based Technology for Mobile Application https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/special_issues/BTMA 8. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatics Sinica SI on Blockchain for Internet-of-Things and Cyber-Physical Systems: Emerging Trends, Issues and Challenges http://www.ieee-jas.org/news/news_en/9248195c-6d90-4868-9962-263ed9ba12f3_e… * More special issues will be added later. ================== Important Dates ================== Workshop Proposal/Special Session Due: July 01, 2020 Submission Deadline: Aug 01, 2020 Authors Notification Date: Sept 01, 2020 Final Manuscript Due: Oct 15, 2020 Conference Date: 14-16 December 2020 ================== Topics of interest include, but are not limited to ================== Track 1: Dependability and Security Fundamentals and Technologies - Concepts, theory, principles, standardization and modelling, and methodologies - Dependability of sensor, wireless, and Ad-hoc networks, software defined networks - Dependability issues in cloud/fog/edge - Security and privacy - Security/privacy in cloud/fog/edge - Homomorphic encryption, differential privacy - Blockchain security - Artificial intelligence - Big data foundation and management - Dependable IoT supporting technologies Track 2: Dependable and Secure Systems - Dependable sensor systems - Dependability and availability issues in distributed systems - Cyber-physical systems (e.g. automotive, aerospace, healthcare, smart grid systems) - Database and transaction processing systems - Safety and security in distributed computing systems - Self-healing, self-protecting, and fault-tolerant systems - Dependability in automotive systems - Dependable integration - Dependability in big data systems - Software system security Track 3: Dependable and Secure Applications - Sensor and robot applications - Big data applications - Cloud/fog/edge applications - Datacenter monitoring - Safety care, medical care and services - Aerospace, industrial, and transportation applications - Energy, smart grid, IoT, CPS, smart city, and utility applications - Decentralized applications, federated learning applications - Mobile sensing applications, detection and tracking Track 4: Dependability and Security Measures and Assessments - Dependability metrics and measures for safety, trust, faith, amenity, easiness, comfort, and worry - Levels and relations, assessment criteria and authority - Dependability measurement, modeling, evaluation, and tools - Dependability evaluation - Software and hardware reliability, verification and validation - Evaluations and tools of anomaly detection and protection in sensor, cloud, big data systems ================== Paper Submission ================== All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference submission website with PDF format. The materials presented in the papers should not be published or under submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 8 pages (or 10 pages with over length charge) including figures and references using IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style (two columns, single-spaced, 10 fonts).You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author Guidelines at the following web page: http://www.computer.org/web/cs-cps/ Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings can be found at: https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht… Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). At least one of the authors of any accepted paper is requested to register the paper at the conference. ================== Organizing Committee ================== General Chairs - Mohammad Zulkernine, Queen's University, Canada - Aniello Castiglione, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy - Alireza Jolfaei, Macquarie University, Australia Program Chairs - Salimur Choudhury, Lakehead University, Canada - Qinghua Lu, CSIRO, Australia - Jun Feng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Steering Committee - Jie Wu, Temple University, USA (Chair) - Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA (Chair) - Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China - Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy - Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong - Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada - Sy-Yen Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan - Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USA - A. B. M Shawkat Ali, The University of Fiji, Fiji - Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, USA - Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Southeast University, Bangladesh - Kenli Li, Hunan University, China - Shui Yu, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia - Yang Xiang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia - Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA - Kamruzzaman Joarder, Federation University and Monash University, Australia -- Dr. Jun Feng Huazhong University of Science and Technology Mobile: +86-18827365073 E-Mail: junfeng989(a)gmail.com WeChat: junfeng10001000

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Re: Rights - ex defense sec Jim "Mad Poodle' Mattis slams Trump -- Re: How to protect a town - "your great second amendment" - folks living their rights - AWESOME results! :D
by Zenaan Harkness 04 Jun '20

04 Jun '20

Correction, James 'Mad Poodle' Mattis actually "quit in protest over US’ Syria withdrawal" (see rt.com article gbelow). IOW, the Mad Poodle is a quitter where Peace and 'less imperialism' is sought. Not only that, Mattis is a quitter. That man, is a quitter. Did I mention he's a quitter? Because he's also the new hero of the Democratic Demon-rat-tick party for calling Trump a Nazi (now -that- was a truly original and knockout slur, Mr Mattis). So, quitters know how to quit, and Jim "Mad Dog" Mattis, it appears, is a quitter. Ya know, that's quite a legacy, to be a quitter. For an American general to quit on 'American nationalism' because the pouting quitter wanted more imperialism, well, that just about sums up the existential crisis America faces today :/ At least Trump knows that we Ozzies (as it's pronounced) or Aussies as it's properly spelt, or even Ossies as it's usually pronounced by North Americans, are no quitters - in fact, at least historically and to date, we, are your, greatest ally. And besides, we ain't quitters to our allys. Dems cheer Mattis after he compares Trump to Hitler, conveniently forgetting he quit in protest over US’ Syria withdrawal https://www.rt.com/usa/490700-mattis-denounce-trump-democrats/ US President Donald Trump’s first defense secretary, General Jim Mattis, is the new hero of the Democrats, after he denounced Trump as a threat to the Constitution and compared him to the Nazis. ... -------------------------- James "Mad Poodle" Mattis, the ultra "liberal" (read 'Democrat') former defense secretary under Trump, comes out against the constitution whilst claiming Trump is against the constitution, whilst it is actually Trump calling all upstanding men (and Women :) ), to literally "save your great 2nd Amendment" - here it is: LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege! 8:25 AM - 17 Apr 2020 Donald J. Trump Verified Account @realDonaldTrump https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1251169987110330372 So Mad Poodle is in fact using his Ministry speak to turn words upside down and to pretend black is white. What is Mattis' "blistering" statement? : “I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled, The words ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand — one that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers” Oh, so nothing, evidently. <shrug> Obviously "Mad Doggy Mattis" has absolutely no grudges whatsoever for being fired by Trump. 'We Can Unite Without Him': Former Defense Secretary Slams Trump as Threat to US Constitution https://sputniknews.com/us/202006031079511901-we-can-unite-without-him-form… .. “Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people — does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children," Mattis added. He also contrasted the Nazi ideology to Americans values of unity and cooperation. “Instructions given by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that ‘The Nazi slogan for destroying us … was "Divide and Conquer." ... IOW, literally "please, think of the children", and "evil Nazis" :D On Wed, Jun 03, 2020 at 05:50:56PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Folks this is some serious inspiration on the rise - when a few good > men stand, often that's enough, and often a few more good men join > them, and then here and there we are seeing literally 100s of good > folks getting out to join the corageous initial few good men, and > standing in solidarity and protecting their towns. > > >From Texas to Idaho, it's time to celebrate if you've stood already in > the right, and time to man up and live the right if the turoil is yet > to hit your town. > > Live the right muh grits! Yee haw :D > > Fantastic times all - join in and experience the feelings of liberation. > > > Idaho Town Taken Over By Armed 'Patriot' Patrols Amid Rumors Antifa > Headed There > https://www.zerohedge.com/political/idaho-town-taken-over-armed-patriot-pat… > > .. "Reports and rumors that groups bent on rioting and violence > in Coeur d’Alene brought out men and women with guns on Monday > determined to stop them if they arrive," local Idaho media reported. > https://cdapress.com/news/2020/jun/02/armed-patriots-patrol-coeur-dalene-5/ > > "Dan Carson was patrolling Sherman Avenue with an AR-12 > automatic 12-gauge across his chest, an AR-15 strapped to his back, > two 9mm handguns holstered and a .38 special, too," the report > continued. > > Groups of loosely affiliated 'Proud Boys' and armed 'patriots' > began lining the streets of downtown Coeur d’Alene over reports left > wing militants and Antifa anarchists were planning to cause mayhem in > the area: > > Soon, more armed men, self-described as a loosely formed > group of patriots, arrived. They took up posts at corners on both > sides of Sherman Avenue. > > Later, they were joined by hundreds of citizens packing > rifles, semi-automatic weapons, handguns, and bows and arrows. > > The sidewalks were packed with people walking up and down > Sherman Avenue, firearms proudly displayed for all to see. > > They carried guns, had them holstered around their hips > and had them strapped across their backs. > > https://t.co/9kMcX8WgMS > — Maher Kawash (@MaherKXLY) June 2, 2020 > https://twitter.com/MaherKXLY/status/1267668615018377216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw > > As it turns out, a group of Black Lives Matter protesters did in > parts of the city briefly face off with the 'protect Idaho' group of > armed locals, however, the scene stayed peaceful and without incident, > dispersing relatively early into the evening as the police monitored > the situation. > > Ultimately it appeared that in the downtown area it was only the > armed patriot group which was out in force, unopposed. But the armed > citizens patrols were in such large numbers they effectively took over > the streets. > > Our beautiful home sweet home of North Idaho!! God bless > our patriots, law-enforcement, & peaceful protestors (we support you) > you are welcome! Those of you who incite violence, to destroy our > communities will be met with a force in the likes of which you have > never seen! #NIdaho pic.twitter.com/JKyUrLzqSD > — Laurie Powell (@JaynLaurieP) June 2, 2020 > > https://twitter.com/JaynLaurieP/status/1267884355201822720?ref_src=twsrc%5E… > > It's a scene that's also played out in places like Texas, where > smaller towns and rural areas have vowed to keep rioters far away, > also as individual citizens practice 'open carry' in states where it's > permissible. > > ... > > [full article and brief live stream worth it for the conviction...] > > > > > Trump reassures NRA: 'We will protect your Second Amendment' > https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/04/politics/trump-nra-convention-dallas/ind… > > Trump calls protesters against stay-at-home orders 'very responsible' > https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/17/trump-liberate-tweets-coron… > > Trump's Mere Mention of the Second Amendment Sent Progressives Off > the Deep End > https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/06/01/progressives-and-antig… > > > > > Wanna avoid this 'Soros' blueprint for turmoil and the consequent > locking down of the nation? Then pick up your balls and live your > great second amendment! > > This Is Not A Revolution. It's A Blueprint For Locking Down The Nation > John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, > https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentar… > https://www.zerohedge.com/political/not-revolution-its-blueprint-locking-do… > > > Shocking Evidence Suggests Coordinated Effort To Orchestrate An > Uprising Inside The United States > Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, > http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/shocking-evidence-that-indicates-t… > https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shocking-evidence-suggests-effort-orche… > > > > Even single shops in the middle of a burning city can be and have been > saved in this way: > > ARMED CITIZENS STAND WITH MN PROTESTERS, BUT DEFEND STORES FROM LOOTERS > https://www.infowars.com/armed-citizens-stand-with-mn-protesters-but-defend… > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsItCadcPwc > https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/05/armed-citizens-stand-with-mn-protesters-b… > ‘Cops are a lot less likely to tread on people’s rights when > there’s other armed Americans with them’ > Four armed men were filmed standing in front of businesses in > danger of being looted on Wednesday night as an anti-police brutality > protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota quickly turned into an all-out riot. > ... > .. When asked why they were protecting the store in the > background, the pair described heading to the shop to purchase some > tobacco and finding out it was closed and the owners were out front > with machetes to defend their businesses. > “We heard that and we thought ‘we better kit up and see if > those guys need help,’ and it turns out these guys are out here with > machetes and shattered windows – trying to keep looters out of their > business because cops can’t get here,” another armed protester said. > “So, you know, I figure before there were cops, there were just > Americans. So here we are,” he continued. ... > > Corbo’s bakery owners in Cleveland, Ohio are armed with guns in > order to defend themselves and their business during the protest for > George Floyd. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bexEXiqEjQs > > Note To Rioting Americans: Why Looting A Gun Store Isn't Such A Great Idea > https://www.zerohedge.com/political/note-rioters-why-looting-gun-store-isnt… > > Who were the rooftop Koreans defending a gun store during the Los > Angeles 1992 riots? > https://www.quora.com/Who-were-the-rooftop-Koreans-defending-a-gun-store-du… > > Leftists Panic After Seeing ‘White Men With LARGE GUNS’ Defending > Their Own Neighborhoods > https://www.infowars.com/leftists-panic-after-seeing-white-men-with-large-g… > .. This hilarious clip out of Snohomish, Washington was shared > Sunday on Twitter by a leftist who lamented how the town was “trash.” > Some leftist uploaded this video from #Snohomish, WA on > Sunday showing patriots defending their (riot free) town with guns. > He complained about how the town was "trash." > He deleted it after it went viral and was praised by > right-wing Twitter. 😂👌 pic.twitter.com/5i9ZoBSeHf > — Chris Menahan 🇺 🇸 (@infolibnews) June 1, 2020 > https://t.co/5i9ZoBSeHf > > Looters break into a Philly gun store overnight... - TheBlaze > https://www.theblaze.com/news/looters-philly-gun-store-owner > > Gun Sales Soar 80% In May Amid Race Riots, Government... > https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/gun-sales-soar-80-may-amid-race-ri… > > https://www.yandex.com/search/?text=armed%20men%20defend%20gun%20store%20du… ----- End forwarded message -----

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Who is GovCorpSecretServiceMafia?
by Karl 04 Jun '20

04 Jun '20

Hi, The targeting, disruption, etc are painful and "obvious". I was wondering if, maybe from back when they didn't have so much power on the internet, anybody figured out what kinds of people are causing it. How they work, what they value, maybe even who they are, etc. Obviously control is important but those seem more like strategies to sustain something else. Did a map of these influences ever make it somewhere permanent? I'm realizing that although we could make a new one, the process could be pretty dangerous. It just really helps comprehending anything at all to know why these things are happening, and be able to talk about it specifically even if that means repercussions when you do. Karl

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How to protect a town - "your great second amendment" - folks living their rights - AWESOME results! :D
by Zenaan Harkness 04 Jun '20

04 Jun '20

Folks this is some serious inspiration on the rise - when a few good men stand, often that's enough, and often a few more good men join them, and then here and there we are seeing literally 100s of good folks getting out to join the corageous initial few good men, and standing in solidarity and protecting their towns. >From Texas to Idaho, it's time to celebrate if you've stood already in the right, and time to man up and live the right if the turoil is yet to hit your town. Live the right muh grits! Yee haw :D Fantastic times all - join in and experience the feelings of liberation. Idaho Town Taken Over By Armed 'Patriot' Patrols Amid Rumors Antifa Headed There https://www.zerohedge.com/political/idaho-town-taken-over-armed-patriot-pat… .. "Reports and rumors that groups bent on rioting and violence in Coeur d’Alene brought out men and women with guns on Monday determined to stop them if they arrive," local Idaho media reported. https://cdapress.com/news/2020/jun/02/armed-patriots-patrol-coeur-dalene-5/ "Dan Carson was patrolling Sherman Avenue with an AR-12 automatic 12-gauge across his chest, an AR-15 strapped to his back, two 9mm handguns holstered and a .38 special, too," the report continued. Groups of loosely affiliated 'Proud Boys' and armed 'patriots' began lining the streets of downtown Coeur d’Alene over reports left wing militants and Antifa anarchists were planning to cause mayhem in the area: Soon, more armed men, self-described as a loosely formed group of patriots, arrived. They took up posts at corners on both sides of Sherman Avenue. Later, they were joined by hundreds of citizens packing rifles, semi-automatic weapons, handguns, and bows and arrows. The sidewalks were packed with people walking up and down Sherman Avenue, firearms proudly displayed for all to see. They carried guns, had them holstered around their hips and had them strapped across their backs. https://t.co/9kMcX8WgMS — Maher Kawash (@MaherKXLY) June 2, 2020 https://twitter.com/MaherKXLY/status/1267668615018377216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw As it turns out, a group of Black Lives Matter protesters did in parts of the city briefly face off with the 'protect Idaho' group of armed locals, however, the scene stayed peaceful and without incident, dispersing relatively early into the evening as the police monitored the situation. Ultimately it appeared that in the downtown area it was only the armed patriot group which was out in force, unopposed. But the armed citizens patrols were in such large numbers they effectively took over the streets. Our beautiful home sweet home of North Idaho!! God bless our patriots, law-enforcement, & peaceful protestors (we support you) you are welcome! Those of you who incite violence, to destroy our communities will be met with a force in the likes of which you have never seen! #NIdaho pic.twitter.com/JKyUrLzqSD — Laurie Powell (@JaynLaurieP) June 2, 2020 https://twitter.com/JaynLaurieP/status/1267884355201822720?ref_src=twsrc%5E… It's a scene that's also played out in places like Texas, where smaller towns and rural areas have vowed to keep rioters far away, also as individual citizens practice 'open carry' in states where it's permissible. ... [full article and brief live stream worth it for the conviction...] Trump reassures NRA: 'We will protect your Second Amendment' https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/04/politics/trump-nra-convention-dallas/ind… Trump calls protesters against stay-at-home orders 'very responsible' https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/17/trump-liberate-tweets-coron… Trump's Mere Mention of the Second Amendment Sent Progressives Off the Deep End https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/06/01/progressives-and-antig… Wanna avoid this 'Soros' blueprint for turmoil and the consequent locking down of the nation? Then pick up your balls and live your great second amendment! This Is Not A Revolution. It's A Blueprint For Locking Down The Nation John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentar… https://www.zerohedge.com/political/not-revolution-its-blueprint-locking-do… Shocking Evidence Suggests Coordinated Effort To Orchestrate An Uprising Inside The United States Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/shocking-evidence-that-indicates-t… https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shocking-evidence-suggests-effort-orche… Even single shops in the middle of a burning city can be and have been saved in this way: ARMED CITIZENS STAND WITH MN PROTESTERS, BUT DEFEND STORES FROM LOOTERS https://www.infowars.com/armed-citizens-stand-with-mn-protesters-but-defend… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsItCadcPwc https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/05/armed-citizens-stand-with-mn-protesters-b… ‘Cops are a lot less likely to tread on people’s rights when there’s other armed Americans with them’ Four armed men were filmed standing in front of businesses in danger of being looted on Wednesday night as an anti-police brutality protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota quickly turned into an all-out riot. ... .. When asked why they were protecting the store in the background, the pair described heading to the shop to purchase some tobacco and finding out it was closed and the owners were out front with machetes to defend their businesses. “We heard that and we thought ‘we better kit up and see if those guys need help,’ and it turns out these guys are out here with machetes and shattered windows – trying to keep looters out of their business because cops can’t get here,” another armed protester said. “So, you know, I figure before there were cops, there were just Americans. So here we are,” he continued. ... Corbo’s bakery owners in Cleveland, Ohio are armed with guns in order to defend themselves and their business during the protest for George Floyd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bexEXiqEjQs Note To Rioting Americans: Why Looting A Gun Store Isn't Such A Great Idea https://www.zerohedge.com/political/note-rioters-why-looting-gun-store-isnt… Who were the rooftop Koreans defending a gun store during the Los Angeles 1992 riots? https://www.quora.com/Who-were-the-rooftop-Koreans-defending-a-gun-store-du… Leftists Panic After Seeing ‘White Men With LARGE GUNS’ Defending Their Own Neighborhoods https://www.infowars.com/leftists-panic-after-seeing-white-men-with-large-g… .. This hilarious clip out of Snohomish, Washington was shared Sunday on Twitter by a leftist who lamented how the town was “trash.” Some leftist uploaded this video from #Snohomish, WA on Sunday showing patriots defending their (riot free) town with guns. He complained about how the town was "trash." He deleted it after it went viral and was praised by right-wing Twitter. 😂👌 pic.twitter.com/5i9ZoBSeHf — Chris Menahan 🇺 🇸 (@infolibnews) June 1, 2020 https://t.co/5i9ZoBSeHf Looters break into a Philly gun store overnight... - TheBlaze https://www.theblaze.com/news/looters-philly-gun-store-owner Gun Sales Soar 80% In May Amid Race Riots, Government... https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/gun-sales-soar-80-may-amid-race-ri… https://www.yandex.com/search/?text=armed%20men%20defend%20gun%20store%20du…

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