Posts Tagged ‘remote data wiping’

Where to Begin, At the Beginning I Guess

07/07/2023

By Randall Richards
As I’ve written before, all my posted content mysteriously vanished, not only from this Telegram channel the day I left the Parliament protest grounds, but alsomy phone died, and was not able to take a charge, plus all the images were somehow encrypted. The only way to retrieve the data and videos (from many hours of recording interviews and capturing images) of the protest was, to turn the phone back on, which didn’t work. I say the NZ Government did this because, it happened to quite a few other people’s phones who witnessed and recorded uncomfortable truths, both in Wellington, and Melbourne. Also, there was a motive. And it makes reasonable sense that “remote data wiping” is a thing. Not to mention, the government’s intelligence office was right around the corner from the protest grounds. I eventually did get my data, images and vids back, thanks to a whizkid at Fix-it Wanaka. So if you’re ever in the same situation, go see Chris.
Anyway, let’s get back on horse and get this content back up where it belongs, on my outlets.

I’m just going through the early content again, which has been censored. And of course, seeing Alistair Harding’s documentary, We Came Here for Freedom, brings up emotions from being locked out. Maybe re-posting my content is a journey, so that we don’t forget the trauma we faced as a community of un-vaxxed, and a reminder that this can, and most certainly could, happen again.

We often say, “Thank you Covid” for bringing us together. I once heard a great description: When the vaccine came along, the community members, both locally and worldwide were like stalks of corn in a field. The vaccinated seemed to wither in some ways, and not stand as tall. Moreover, those of us who took a stand, seemed to stand taller, straighter, and then we looked around and said, “Oh, there you are!” and a community of awakened came into being, of all walks of life from all over the world.

Here are few shots of the early days, before the NZ convoy that took us New Zealand’s capital for the protest against mandates. I’ve got a story to tell, so pull up a chair for a front row seat. They’ll be plenty of videos and images to come.

A sign preventing entry for the “unwashed” at the local library
Singing my song, “Voices”, inspired by not only Voices for Freedom but the events of our rough-shod group being locked out of our reserved venue for very first VFF meeting. The restaurant is called Urban Grind (sorry no hyperlink) in Wanaka, and I haven’t been back since. Jared Stephan is with me on guitar. See the video of this song in a later post.
Looking back, the ridiculousness of situation, of actually being prevented from entering our own Wanaka town library is both comedic and tragic. Looking at this image, I still can’t believe it happened. We protested more than once at the entrance. See more on this in a later post.

Want a haircut? Sorry, You’ll have to figure yourself out. What? Here, Gerry Pyves, who was later the coordinator for Wanaka Voices for Freedom, is seen here, getting a haircut at one of our first Freedom Markets at Leanne Harding’s Camphill Coffee. Funny enough, as if future-proofing the community, Lone Wolf Hair just joined the compound at Leeane’s with his little barbershop trailer.

Stay tuned for tons more content, and I hope you enjoy the journey.

Randall’s bio’s at www.mtnspirit.nz/msm
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10th Feb. 2022 – Wellington, NZ. A Day I Won’t Forget

09/02/2023

One year ago today: I shot these videos and images when the police started getting pushy against peaceful protestors who only asked for their government to listen to their grievances. That never happened. What I and other citizen media providers reported and what we saw on the evening news were of two different worlds. One was what really happened, the other was what the corporate media wanted people to think. The NZ Police lost my respect that day, and the NZ/Globalist government behaved as expected, without regard for the citizenry. We were not few, we are many.

Is this a way to treat peaceful protestors? I think not. I later used this image as a banner icon on a Telegram channel.

The video interviews and images I posted on the Telegram channel I created to cover the protest, was later “remotely data wiped” by the New Zealand government minutes before I caught the ferry for the South Island. They also had the courtesy to remotely kill the charging ability of the phone, and then encrypted all of the images and videos. The only way to de-crypt the data was to re-charge the broken phone. Fortunately Fixit in Wanaka New Zealand, found and ordered used Samsung batteries with enough charger to resuscitate the phone enough to retrieve all my images and videos, three of which you see here.

Randall Richards,
Mountain Spirit Media