They are building it around you. And the person who controls the infrastructure controls the people inside it...
"The NDIS as the pilot
"Samantha Connor AM, a disability advocate, put it plainly: ‘I am guessing that we are the guinea pigs for the rest of you. Because remember, they are calling this a pilot.’
"Disabled Australians did not choose to be first. They were not asked. And when the officials running the system have made catastrophic, unlawful mistakes before — and faced no consequences — the question becomes ... whether the people wielding it can be trusted.
"The question is not whether you have anything to hide. The question is whether the people who can see everything — your finances, your health records, your messages, your location, your associations — will always use that power wisely. History suggests the answer. Robodebt provides the Australian example.
"George Orwell understood that surveillance doesn’t need to punish you to control you. It just needs to exist. Once people know they can be watched — their searches, their movements, their messages, their money — they start making different choices. Quieter ones. Safer ones. Smaller ones.
"That is what total surveillance does to a free society. Not with a knock at the door. Gradually. Quietly. Until silence becomes the habit nobody remembers choosing."[1]
Full Story: https://michaelwest.com.au/palantir-cellebrite-access-australia/
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PROTECTIVE SOLUTIONS for Mass Surveillance
*Cellebrite:
"The privacy-focused mobile operating system GrapheneOS has emerged as one of the few platforms capable of resisting advanced forensic extraction tools, according to leaked documentation from digital forensics company Cellebrite...
"Leaked Cellebrite documentation from 2024 reveals that the Israeli forensics company cannot successfully extract data from GrapheneOS devices that have been updated since late 2022. This stands in stark contrast to their claimed capabilities against virtually every other Android device and many iPhone models ... Cellebrite can perform consent-based extraction when users voluntarily unlock their devices, they cannot break into secured GrapheneOS phones through technical means.
"The community has noted that this resistance comes from GrapheneOS's aggressive security hardening measures, including automatic USB port disabling after the device locks and enhanced protection against brute force attacks on the secure element. These features go beyond what stock Android or iOS typically provide.[2]" Source and further sources below [2 - 4]
Further to that many Indie Web sites (off social media) have good helpful info and I encourage you to go looking. For tips re good sites and writers/researchers, visit or join these Facebook groups and have a read.
Graphene OS Users +
Privacy In The Surveillance Age
Moving to Linux - Info and Support
SOURCES
The Problem:
1
"Nothing to Hide? Everything to Lose," Claudia Weisenberger, Sep 5, 2026, Michael West Media, https://michaelwest.com.au/palantir-cellebrite-access-australia/
The Solutions:
2
"GrapheneOS Proves Resilient Against Cellebrite Forensic Tools While Community Debates Government Surveillance." https://biggo.com/news/202509120730_GrapheneOS_Resists_Cellebrite_Forensic_Extraction
Further Reading re Cellebrite and Graphene OS
3
https://www.androidauthority.com/cellebrite-leak-google-pixel-grapheneos-security-3611794/
4
https://piunikaweb.com/2025/10/31/google-pixel-more-secure-with-grapheneos-than-stock-android/
"The NDIS as the pilot
"Samantha Connor AM, a disability advocate, put it plainly: ‘I am guessing that we are the guinea pigs for the rest of you. Because remember, they are calling this a pilot.’
"Disabled Australians did not choose to be first. They were not asked. And when the officials running the system have made catastrophic, unlawful mistakes before — and faced no consequences — the question becomes ... whether the people wielding it can be trusted.
"The question is not whether you have anything to hide. The question is whether the people who can see everything — your finances, your health records, your messages, your location, your associations — will always use that power wisely. History suggests the answer. Robodebt provides the Australian example.
"George Orwell understood that surveillance doesn’t need to punish you to control you. It just needs to exist. Once people know they can be watched — their searches, their movements, their messages, their money — they start making different choices. Quieter ones. Safer ones. Smaller ones.
"That is what total surveillance does to a free society. Not with a knock at the door. Gradually. Quietly. Until silence becomes the habit nobody remembers choosing."[1]
Full Story: https://michaelwest.com.au/palantir-cellebrite-access-australia/
- - -
PROTECTIVE SOLUTIONS for Mass Surveillance
*Cellebrite:
"The privacy-focused mobile operating system GrapheneOS has emerged as one of the few platforms capable of resisting advanced forensic extraction tools, according to leaked documentation from digital forensics company Cellebrite...
"Leaked Cellebrite documentation from 2024 reveals that the Israeli forensics company cannot successfully extract data from GrapheneOS devices that have been updated since late 2022. This stands in stark contrast to their claimed capabilities against virtually every other Android device and many iPhone models ... Cellebrite can perform consent-based extraction when users voluntarily unlock their devices, they cannot break into secured GrapheneOS phones through technical means.
"The community has noted that this resistance comes from GrapheneOS's aggressive security hardening measures, including automatic USB port disabling after the device locks and enhanced protection against brute force attacks on the secure element. These features go beyond what stock Android or iOS typically provide.[2]" Source and further sources below [2 - 4]
Further to that many Indie Web sites (off social media) have good helpful info and I encourage you to go looking. For tips re good sites and writers/researchers, visit or join these Facebook groups and have a read.
Graphene OS Users +
Privacy In The Surveillance Age
Moving to Linux - Info and Support
SOURCES
The Problem:
1
"Nothing to Hide? Everything to Lose," Claudia Weisenberger, Sep 5, 2026, Michael West Media, https://michaelwest.com.au/palantir-cellebrite-access-australia/
The Solutions:
2
"GrapheneOS Proves Resilient Against Cellebrite Forensic Tools While Community Debates Government Surveillance." https://biggo.com/news/202509120730_GrapheneOS_Resists_Cellebrite_Forensic_Extraction
Further Reading re Cellebrite and Graphene OS
3
https://www.androidauthority.com/cellebrite-leak-google-pixel-grapheneos-security-3611794/
4
https://piunikaweb.com/2025/10/31/google-pixel-more-secure-with-grapheneos-than-stock-android/
1 comment
Josephine Celestine
That's superb
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