As many of my followers will be aware, @_taylorhudak has been experiencing cyberstalking and threats by shadowy (cowardly) accounts for several weeks now. These accounts have also targeted me and some of her other friends.
We have the goods on who is likely to be behind it.
"Julian’s warnings of duplicitous men in activism movements are ringing in my ears. Seemingly unrelated events, with the benefit of hindsight, soon can be seen to contain common threads
Even in the silence of his unjust & brutal incarceration, his foresight echoes through years"
Talking on speaker to a group of WikiLeaks activists this year, who I've done my best to support, I was puzzled when some guy I'd never heard of jumped on the phone, confronting me about his petty, irrelevant vendetta against @_taylorhudak
All I could think was "Who are you?"
In subsequent months, I would learn the answer to my question.
I'd also learn that it wasn't just @_taylorhudak that he was going after.
It was an entire group of pro-Assange activists in the United States.
I frequently counsel activists *not* to try to expose infiltrators, as it's a massive time-sink & usually unpredictable.
Except when the hard evidence piles up & the sabotage is escalating at a critical time.
Also, when doing so will stop ongoing harm to vulnerable activists.
Killer clowns, threats that time is running out, that we'll soon be "destroyed" and photos of girls being attacked in bed are just some of the disgusting content that @_taylorhudak and I have been subjected to, by forces that are clearly seeking to harm WikiLeaks supporters
5 fantastic women put their heads together and started digging on who was doing this to us.
Clues in the pictures used by the stalker accounts and quotes in the profile banners, led us straight to a supposedly pro-Assange male recently ('19-'20) associated with our movements
But his penchant for Stephen King and horror movies was only the tip of an iceberg.
Other clues unearthed his obsession with the deeply misogynistic author Ayn Rand, and further tied him to the cyberstalker account which used a line from his favourite book 'The Fountainhead'
I spoke to 6 people affiliated with the group @action_4assange. All 6 went on record and provided witness testimonies about their IRL and online experiences with the suspected cyberstalker.
They told a consistent and corroborating story of his systemic attacks on their movement
They told stories of very, VERY serious things - things that could be used as pretexts for raids, arrests & jailing activists: such as the suspected cyberstalker having tried to get them to agree to hypothetical situations like killing Julian Assange's extradition trial judge
It's impossible to overstate the seriousness of what is being reported by these activists.
That someone who engages in such dangerous activity and presents as being so unstable has been stalking one of our best indy journos is frankly frightening and warrants serious concern.
Australian military whistleblower @MurdochCadell spotted the targeting of @_taylorhudak for what it was immediately - a textbook intelligence-agency style Information Operation
In my 2019 article 'Freeing Julian Assange Part 3' I wrote an 'Activism Survival Guide' outlining common methods of attacking activists & movements & how to counter them.
The infiltrator's activities align precisely with the vast majority of the techniques & tactics I outlined.
I don't out saboteurs for fun. I don't like doing it. I far prefer to study systems of oppression than low-level chumps perpetuating it.
But I do want Dack's misogynistic attacks on female activists to stop. I do want his victims protected. The light of truth is our best chance
Apparently the cyberstalker is already issuing tweets claiming he hasn't read the evidence-packed article & is pretending it is of no consequence.
But because he's a narcissist, you can bet he's read every single word.
Everyone who does read it will know the undeniable truth.
After receiving threats in DM's from the cyberstalker throughout the day & evening, the threats suspiciously stopped at the precise time of me publishing this article.
It will be interesting to see whether they continue & in what form
You can bet if they do, we'll document it
It took two x 16 hour days to put this article together, a sacrifice well worth it if it saves even one woman from being stalked in the future.
I'm exhausted & going to take a well deserved rest
All the latest news & updates on PQ development progress, including the exciting announcement that we are now ready to show the world the look & feel of the PQ interface!
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You can see the full public delivery meeting video here: vimeo.com/683644353 featuring myself & @seanodiggity presenting @Panquake news and updates, as we do every single month!
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You may have noticed the recent tweet by @JohnKiriakou endorsing PQ.
John is one of the first people in the world to see the PQ application working & described it as 'futuristic'.
It was huge for us to get to demo PQ for him in this way & we can't wait til you can see it too!
Ppl constantly ask me for my opinion on what is going on. When I give it, many assume I am coming from a fixed position. Actually, every single day I consume the following:
I also watch all the press conferences, be they pro or anti Western position
When you review such a spectrum of media content on a regular basis you see the way single events are skewed not just by one of two sides, but by every single outlet
They ALL have their own slants
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I also watch both left & right wing podcasts & you tube shows. I follow & watch people I like and ideologically align with AND those who I don't, every single day
Living in Russia, I also have real world experience/perspective
As for @Panquake dev progress last month we revealed our interface had functioning elements in place. This month, the core structural components are basically complete
Our drag & drop panels move around & reset correctly & are now customizable - resizable, pop-outable & more
First thing I see: the site uses tracking cookies.
Second thing I see: it collects email addresses & phone numbers.
Third thing I see: Advertising on its dashboard.
That isn't alternative social media.
It's the same old data surveillance rehashed.
Having a closer look. Here's their privacy policy. Which is basically an anti-privacy policy.
GETTR is registered in the United States & thus subject to US jurisdiction.
So, it's Parler 2.0.
After some lip service to claiming they only collect what you voluntarily give them (incl your SEARCHES!), scroll down a little bit further & find they actually fingerprint your browser, device & router info
(Panquake is engineered to avoid capturing of ANY of this information)
Last week, we hit our Phase 2 funding target of 167k and launched Phase 3, where we will raise an additional 500k to complete the service delivery of the product. More details about this later.
Incidentally, to celebrate Phase 3 I got some cool new graphic templates :P
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In terms of general campaign progress, we're ecstatic to have the final goalposts in sight and will work to meet the final target as fast as possible.
In the meantime, we are progressing the blockchain build & performing the BETA delivery vetting for our first 5,000 users