Boomr
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Boomr
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Proud to be woke. Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way. Scouser. Tangata Tiriti since 1953. Grokking in fullness waiting is.


Global telecom networks hijacked for mass surveillance by Israeli firms —— Israeli telecommunications infrastructure has been used to track mobile phone users across more than 10 countries over the past three years, according to an investigation by Canada-based digital research group Citizen Lab, cited by Haaretz. The probe found that systems spanning legacy networks and modern 5G architecture were effectively turned into “tracking devices” using advanced spyware tools, with over 15,700 location-tracking attempts recorded since November 2022 across countries including Thailand, South Africa, Norway, Bangladesh, and Malaysia. Internal documents reviewed by Haaretz showed that Israel-linked firms marketed and deployed surveillance tools globally. Verint, the parent company of Cognyte, reportedly sold an SS7-based system known as SkyLock to a government client in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while Swiss telecom firm Fink enabled Israeli companies such as Rayzone to impersonate mobile carriers and infiltrate networks. The investigation found that core global telecom systems used to route calls, texts, and mobile data across networks were exploited to extract user data, including through SIMjacking, which uses hidden SMS messages to force devices to share their location.

@Tiare_MP Difficult and costly to enforce. Land Tax is simple and captures all those who own real estate. Forces investment into productive enterprise








Auckland @MayorWayneBrown: Central govt is withdrawing funding while capping rates & telling lies Council costs are going up thanks to central gov decisions & withdrawing funding e.g. for public transport, social services, homeless Nat's plan is to force Council to privatise

I bet you can't guess it right 😋 Difficulty - Hard 🤯


David Seymour just reformed OIA to make it easy for foreigners to buy up sensitive NZ assets and land. It includes taking affidavits on face value sans verification & less due diligence while removing national interest test Winston Peters from the supposed NZ First party agreed























