James King

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[James King @isjamesking]

Secret payments from a Russian intelligence contractor and a home down the road from Russia's military intelligence agency. The first time an Australian media outlet has obtained internal Russian Government documents.

@TheNightlyAU and @7NEWSAustralia.

https://t.co/cZcyQNBb4l

[James King @isjamesking]

Exclusive: Monash University is researching Australia’s renewable-energy grid integration – using the same power-system control techniques that underpin US warships – with a Tehran institution sanctioned by allies over Iran’s ballistic-missile program. https://t.co/8y4ebekwZT

[James King @isjamesking]

Signal is closing one gap, identity key in backups, while another remains intentionally open, Sesame multi-device PCS. The new design is a real improvement— converting invisible takeovers into visible ones—though it does not make identity keys ephemeral, which would bolster PCS.

[James King @isjamesking]

Signal has quietly made a substantive change in its new offline Secure Backup architecture: private identity keys are no longer transferred in Android backups. Restoring on a new device now resets your "safety number" with every contact.

[James King @isjamesking]

Note though that identity-preserving migration remains separately available through rust/device-transfer/, used by in-person Wi-Fi transfer. Continuity requires physical possession plus active authentication, a higher precondition.

[James King @isjamesking]

"The government makes a decision as to how much total funding the national security agencies should get. And they, quite properly as independent agencies, make decisions on risk assessment ... In terms of resources, they are made by independent agencies."

https://t.co/lNWM2CUwfC

[Peter Mattis @PLMattis]

Reminder that counter-interference rules can be country-agnostic, but the implementation and prioritization involves choices.

[Sam Cooper @scoopercooper]

Australia's foreign interference unit to rank communities by threat | The Canberra Times | Canberra, ACT good reporting from Australia on discussions to prioritize resources focus on certain repression threats: #1 China https://t.co/2z0yjA4pxo

[James King @isjamesking]

Exclusive: Australia's counter foreign interference unit is preparing to leave some multicultural communities behind as it weighs more focus on interference targeting government—while ASIO warns foreign states may plot to kill on Australian soil.
https://t.co/ZKF5HbPZxy

[Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @KMooreGilbert]

An ANU @ouranu academic co-authored a paper with none other than Mohammad Javad Zarif urging Western governments to “reduce their sanctions pressures” on Tehran and revive the 2015 nuclear deal (which Zarif himself negotiated).
This paper was put out under an ANU byline and indexed in ANU's own “research output” portal.
This seems to be an example of soft power foreign influence par excellence.
Both ANU and the Australian security agencies must investigate the academic concerned. How does he have access to the former Iranian foreign minister? How was it that they came to co-author an article together which, not coincidentally, advances Tehran's agenda on sanctions under the guise of scholarly 'research'?
As any academic who touches on Iran will tell you, this sort of thing is just the tip of the iceberg. Universities are the soft underbelly, and continuing to do nothing about foreign interference and transnational repression is no longer an option.
https://t.co/ADEepLE1Lm

[Jason Brodsky @JasonMBrodsky]

This is a very interesting piece. The platforming of #Iran’s regime’s Javad Zarif in academic journals extends to Australia, which is raising foreign interference concerns. He has a network of people assisting him. Worthy of inquiry. https://t.co/xNYWUu0rn5

[James King @isjamesking]

Exclusive: The Australian National University’s name has appeared with a journal editorial urging sanctions relief for Iran — supervised by a US-sanctioned vice-president of the Islamic Republic.

https://t.co/Ig0NbPKzG8

[Robert Faturechi @RobertFaturechi]

I recently learned someone is impersonating me - and trying to work people with ties to foreign militaries for info.

So I did some reporting of my own on what appears to be the latest evolution of online deception...

https://t.co/ckCCHCZvEo

[James King @isjamesking]

Exclusive: Australia’s domestic spy agency is facing fresh scrutiny after revelations a top advisor driving its “influence agenda” is now paid more than one of the organisation’s second-in-command.
https://t.co/GEuuDSvFmJ