GCSB bans Spark from using Huawei gear for its 5G mobile upgrade

Spark said this afternoon it had been notified by GCSB Director-General Andrew Hampton that it cannot use Huawei gear for its pending 5G mobile network upgrade.

The telco's announcement preempted any official statement from the government, though the GCSB and its minister, Andrew Little, later confirmed the development.

The decision represents a stark change in direction. For years while he was in power, former Prime Minister and GCSB Minister John Key actively encouraged our phone companies to use gear made by the Chinese company, founded by former People's Liberation Army officer turned billionaire entrepreneur Ren Zhengfei.

Under the Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act 2013 or TICSA, technology used by Spark, Chorus, Vodafone, 2degrees and other network operators for upgrades to be vetted and approved by the security agency.

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GCSB banning Chinese network supplier Huawei should alert New Zealanders.

Strong network encryption would mitigate any potential spy risk when using Huawei equipment.

But GCSB is not interested in your privacy. They want to make sure that US Empire can grab all your data 24/7.

https: //www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?objectid=12167798

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Obama, Oprah, Tom Hanks, and Bruce Springsteen all just vacationed together

"Four of the coolest Americans alive hung out at a party in French Polynesia without the rest of us.

Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Springsteen, and Tom Hanks all gathered on a 450-foot yacht off the coast of Tahiti on Monday for what we can only imagine was the coolest vacation of all time.

The quartet (along with former first lady Michelle Obama) boarded a luxury yacht called the Rising Sun for an island-hopping tour of French Polynesia. They went for lunch on Vanilla Island, made a stop at Le Taha'a Island, and will continue on to Bora Bora. The trip will end at The Brando, a luxury resort where Obama has stayed for the past three weeks while working on his White House memoirs"

https: //www.businessinsider.com/obama-oprah-tom-hanks-and-bruce-springsteen-vacation-2017-4?IR=T

"Human Sacrifices" in Greece

Greek diplomats were issuing visas to unaccompanied children in order to facilitate illegal removal of their organs, "but the press did not write about them." — Nikos Kotzias, Greece's former Minister of Foreign Affairs, in an interview on November 20, 2018.

There are currently 3,050 unaccompanied children in Greece, and 1,272 of them (42%) are either homeless, or they live in a non-permanent residence or in an unknown location, according to the newspaper Kathimerini. They all face the risks of sexual exploitation and illicit organ removal.

"The Trafficking in Persons Protocol states that if the victim is a child, that is a person below the age of 18, consent is irrelevant regardless of whether any improper means (such as deception, force, abuse of a position of vulnerability) have been used." — United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

https: //www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13346/greece-organ-trafficking

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cool ty..checked first but didnt see it…will go further back…