I’ve been asked to keep you updated on some serious communication issues Sundance is encountering. We received the following this morning. Out of an abundance of caution, I’m omitting his location and past and future travel itinerary. I’m sure he’ll fill us all in on the details when he’s able to get back online.
Hey guys, major issues here. Just the cliff notes…
This from phone. My laptop and electronics mysteriously hard crash – won’t even power up.
Let readers know my comms issues; I’ll buy another laptop to get back online.
Lots to share later…
Love to all,
Sundance
With Sundance leading the way, our power and reach are growing it seems!? They’re scared.
Send links like the Republic depends on it!
Sundance has a name out there—many even use and quote his forums.
The laptop didn’t hang itself.
Since the “ELECTRONICS” HARD CRASHED means to me that SD just might have a slight problem of a tracker…just thinking outside the box!!!
I fear Sundance may have been Attkisson-ed
CBS News confirms Sharyl Attkisson’s computer hacked
Attkisson v. DOJ and FBI for the Government Computer Intrusions: …
Update on Attkisson v. FBI for govt. computer intrusions
Funny enough, some laptops have built in (hardware based) trackers from the manufacturer like Apple, so that the presumed owners can ping the device and recover it after a theft or misplacing it.
Anyone running a decent sized business network is going to use a software package of similar effect to maintain accountability of their assets.
Another thing, devices can be identified by their MAC address as much as the more commonly known IP addresses. So, no tracker may be needed if you can tie a device to a person that way.
maybe his computer shut down because he’s out of the country, like some credit cards do
Imagine, if you will in a not so distant future, having to do everything in life within a 15-minute city.
As soon as you stepped outside of this geofenced area nothing you own works as it is networked to and managed by systems run by powers that want you tied to that land like a 21st century serf.
That is freaking CRAZY & beyond the pale!!! 🙁
That’s a vision of others who wish to rule all of us.
It is in no way, a certain thing.
Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.
The weak minded and lazy will lap it up!
As soon as you stepped outside of this geofenced area nothing you own works
thx, RF, for that portrayal – yes, it’s what they want to impose on us for sure
Kinda like the dog electronic invisible fence
My laptop works fine in Brazil.
thx, Val, I was mainly joking
I HAVE gotten credit-card messages flagging charges when I’m travelling, tho
their fraud algorithms get triggered
MAC address can be changed on almost any device (MAC spoofing; or, insert a different NIC!). It’s poor security anyway to overload an address (IP, MAC, etc.) with identity info. It’s a cat & mouse game.
MAC addressing is limited to link layer addressing – i.e., local network only.
I’ve had multiple hard drives crash over the years – internal and external; flash and old style spindle. Spindles can be damaged by a simple shock of a two foot drop….connectors can also easily deform after constant use. If SD is using a EUFI machine the problem may fall elsewhere.
From previous SD posts he seems to be pretty conversant with IT “stuff” so I will assume he checked all the blocks (e.g., power adapter, etc.). No one should leap to any conclusions without evidence! SD needs to get his machine out of GE and hand it off to a trusted forensic specialist if he thinks something is suspect.
GODSPEED to Sundance, Ad Rem, the organization, and to my fellow ‘Treepers’. The Enemy is amongst us!
Sundance,
Your courage and conviction, is the model of manhood, patriotism and most importantly, of being a soldier of Christ.
Thank you.
Praying unceasingly for you and your loved ones.
T
Well said. My Grandmother was Ma.
God bless you, Sir
There’s a lot of those hardware failures going around…
I know the feeling of having a malicious entity suddenly show up on your computer screen and off it goes, scrolling through all your data at a vertiginous speed, and you are powerless to stop it. And down goes your hard drive, your computer is finished.
These are not your run-of-the-mill viruses and no available protection plans can stop them. Suspicious cat, indeed.
Hmm…
Sounds like Big Brother is watching you!
Be safe Sundance; you keep it real, “We” need that, as well as greatly appreciate all that you do.
Praying very much so. May all of heaven’s saints hear our prayers and take them to Our Lord. Amen.
Prayers.
Oooh sh!t… Thanks for everything SD, take care of yourself first. We are all rooting for you.
I pray Sundance had all his trip data backed up or that he can retrieve it all when he returns home and gets his laptop repaired! Godspeed Sundance and travel mercies!!!
Time for another donation!!!
On the positive side depending on what country you’re in, electricity voltages and metering can be less than optimal in spite of plug converters. Layered with bot surveillance its bound to happen. Myself and team members have had our share of fried mother boards while traveling for business in Europe. Just sayin’…
Oh my, thank you Ad Rem
I am keeping Sundance in my prayers for his safe being and care.
Definitely suspicious 🐱
Many prayers are heading your way Sundance 🙏❤️
We look forward to your safe return.
May God bless you and keep you Sundance.
Just read this:
Russian cyber fighters from Just Evil (ex-Killnet) and Anonymus-Sudan knocked out the Internet in Poland, the attack also affected EU countries, interfering with assistance to Ukraine – details
The results of the attack bore great fruit, bringing down the largest provider in Poland.
Our hackers seek to attack the enemy’s infrastructure, disrupting the remote repair of NATO equipment in Ukraine and disrupting the logistics of supplies of Western equipment.
Hackers used a new method of attacking the provider’s ecosystem, which caused large-scale disruptions throughout Poland. The attack was recorded in the NET BLOCKS monitoring.
After the first wave of attacks, the Internet speed of the Polish provider Play dropped to 0.3 megabits per second and was constantly interrupted. Other EU countries were also partially affected. In Warsaw and other cities, bank and transport cards did not work.
Just Evil does not use a primitive DOSS attack like others do. The leader of the team under the pseudonym KillMilk assures his audience that in the next two months, Just Evil will destroy the Internet in every anti-Russian country in Europe.
Good find.
lolli, how is bjokdream? I miss him.
Ohhh my! This could get very interesting if true.
thank you ad rem.
God Bless America
Be safe SD. Yea the bloom is off the proverbial 3 lettr agencies rose
Someday, we may all lose our communications simultaneously. Do you have a plan when that happens?
Sneakernet, Ham and shortwave radios, face to face communications, couriers.
Lots of possibilities to maintain lines of contact. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Satellite Phone
Dumb Phone
Lightphone 11
Should that happen, it would very much be a “mixed blessing” as many have forgotten, or never lived in a pre-internet time, andso won’t know how to function.
I don’t think it will be TPTB, that will shut down the WWW, as they gain too much from it, what with CONTROL and MONITORING, Manipulation and propoganda.
Yes, I do. I have a bug out plan, a stock of provisions, and a full tank of gas at my disposal at all times. I’ve already lived through their dress rehearsals, so I’m well aware of our gubmint’s plans to induce mass communication blackouts.
It is very disorienting to be suddenly cut off from all communications, computer check out purchases, gas pumps and the like. So definitely plan ahead for it. Set up a prearranged meeting place with your loved ones.
A bug-out bag is a must-have. But the plan is all-important to keep your clan informed. Well-done, Judith.
Someday, we may all lose our communications simultaneously. Do you have a plan when that happens?
I have stockpiled a stash of notepads, pens, and some pencils. As for communications security, all information is encrypted, as I write everything in cursive.
“As for communications security, all information is encrypted, as I write everything in cursive.”
Touché , Resolute 💐
Sadly , I have witnessed this with my own eyes 😐
GodSpeed and Fair Winds , Sundance 🌺
Wow, not 1984 (1949) but more like Farenheit 451 (1953)!
Everyone’s bug out bag should include a helvitca type font copy of the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.
Travelling can be hard on laptops. I used to travel a lot and burned through several of them. The constant jostling, plugging and unplugging, balancing on things that aren’t flat, etc. The solid state drives are more resistent but connections to them can fail. So let’s hope this is just a run of the mill problem and not something more ominous.
i think he said multiple devices… that said, there are both innocuous and suspicious things that might’ve caused it.
Well, that could be true but for Sundance’s statement of “ laptop and electronic devices,” meaning more than one.
You’re both right. Thanks. Not just the laptop.
PRAYER FOR TECHNOLOGICAL CONTROL
Father God:
We humbly kneel down and come before the Throne of Grace to ask for Your assistance in Technological Control.
We give You all Honor and Glory and Praise as we put our trust in You to hear our prayer.
You know only too well the challenges we face when the ‘prince of the power of the air’ exercises his control over our technological devices.
As our Heavenly Father, we ask You to take control over the machinations of the enemy.
As our Heavenly Father, we come to You for assistance in thwarting the attacks of the enemy on our computers, servers, and connections.
As You have commanded us, we put on the Armor of God daily because our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
We ask You to watch over the blog owners/authors sharing truth on a daily basis and protect them from the attacks of the enemy.
By the Power of the Holy Spirit in us, we command the ‘Connection Angels’ to clear our path, repair the disconnect, and smooth over disruptions.
By the Power of the Holy Spirit in us, we command the ‘Chain-Breaking Angels’ to break through the chaos, frustrate the enemy, and clear the airwaves.
By the Power of the Holy Spirit in us, we command the ‘Repair Angels’ to keep our technical devices operating properly and efficiently.
By the Power of the Holy Spirit in us, we command the Protection Angels watch over our servers and keep them in alignment.
By the Power of the Holy Spirit in us, we command the ‘Healing Angels’ come to pour Healing Oils on our blog owners, authors, and all who support them.
By the Power of the Holy Spirit in us, we command the ‘Comfort Angels’ to calm those who are working diligently to keep us connected to each other.
We ask You to strengthen us all through these frustrations and disconnects, Father God.
We ask You to increase our faith as we put our trust in You, Father God.
We ask You to perfect our patience as we work diligently to fix what is broken.
We ask you to bless the blog owners and authors abundantly for all they do to bless us.
We ask You to bless the blog owners/authors with restful and restorative sleep.
We thank You for the many blessings received and prayers answered on their behalf.
We ask You to provide us with patient perseverance in prayer.
We thank You for loving the blog owners/authors unconditionally.
We thank You for their Guardian Angels who watch over them daily whether they are awake or asleep.
We thank You for making the connections for repairs, replacement, and refurbishing mechanical devices to Your specifications.
We thank You for breaking the chains that bind these disruptions causing distress, disruption, and turmoil.
We thank You for fighting our battles as we acknowledge nothing is impossible for You to fix and realign.
We thank You for the Grace to persevere under extreme censorship and hardship.
We thank You for supporting us in spite of our limitations, foibles, and failures.
We thank You for the example of our blog owners/authors who plow through the chaos, provide solutions, and persevere when problems arise.
We thank You for our blog owners/authors who work hard to provide a forum to share information and ignite insight.
We ask and acknowledge it all in the Precious and Holy Name of Jesus.
Amen.
D01: 10/09/2021
Amen
Amen.
Damn are they hitting the truth tellers again…
Back in 2008 they were putting virus on all the forums that were investigating and getting close to truth on Obama, especially his BC..
Once it cost me a $100 to get my puter fixed and back then i was quite broke, barely living paycheck to paycheck,
I think the boss needs some soundtrack music!
“Mission Impossible” with the glamorous Barbara Bain and a pre-Star Trek Leonard Nimoy. Thanks! Pretty appropriate for the occasion.
Pictured is actually Martin Landau.
Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. They were married.
That’s Martin Landau, not Nimoy. They do kind of look alike.
Nimoy was in Season 4 and Season 5
easy mistake
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
in the FACT that THESE ARE ACTUAL MUSICIANS Playing !
With a little Electronic Manipulation – BUT STILL MUSICIANS Playing Instruments.
I used a specific adapter when I was in the EU, still fried my electric razor.
They were aiming for Tuckers Comms, and hit Sundances by mistake?
“All these Deplorable Truth talkers look alike, to me!”
Thanks Ad Rem, stay safe Sundance.🙏🏻
Oh geez, when info is needed most the gubmint probably attacked. Hope back up soon.
If all else fails, you can remove the SSD from the laptop, whether it is a 2.5″ SSD or NVMe M.2 SSD, and get the appropriate adaptor to allow you to access the data over USB-C. If you need any help at disassembling the laptop, most places that replace iPhone batteries and screens can easily do it while you wait. It’s also possible to boot off that drive over USB if the BIOS boot order setting is changed to USB first. Assuming it’s not fried of course. In the case of solid state drives, that’s pretty rare.
Curiouser and curiouser. Prayers for safe travels.
Data backups are your friend.
Use a removable hard drive and backup everything once a week. Or even once a day if possible.
Lots of concern and speculation here about what may have crashed our hosts’ electronic digital comms devices.
If they all worked fine the last time they were used and then powered off, and then did not work when powered back on (or failed to power on), then there are 3 possible causes.
1) a virus was planted during the last session before being shut down, and may have been designed to destroy the boot firmware so it cold not work upon next power-up. Viruses have been designed for laptops, phones and tablets of both Apple and Android varieties
2) the device power cords / chargers were plugged into house power somewhere where they received a voltage spike that fried the internal power supplies without physically burning them. This would not affect a phone or tablet/notebook if its battery was still charged and not plugged into a wall socket.
3) the comms /laptop devices were either passed thru a security scanner of some type, or exposed to a nefarious device that was deliberately but stealthily brought close by and it emitted what is essentially a directed EMP that destroyed vital micro components in the devices, preventing them from powering up.
I would go with option 1 here, but the statement is just vague enough to not clearly indicate getting past the Power-on Self-test (POST) on the device which would be a major diagnosis in of itself.
Different bugs work differently. I’ve seen them where they let the machine power up but then freeze everything once the bug code is read by the boot program.
Work around may be to boot from a USB drive or CD.
WindowsOS PCs usually have the emergency boot disc (or USB drive) boot up the machine into “Safe Mode”.
Apple macOS machines can use a 16GB USB stick to contain a full copy of the OS including repair utilities.
But in all cases the machine must be able to be powered on.
Accurate.
I’ve had one before where the formatting data on a physical drive was itself damaged so the system could not boot any logical volume on that drive, so no safe mode for that one.
Fortunately, that formatting data was repairable with no notable loss of data in the logical volumes themselves with a OS and tools loaded from USB for that purpose.
Could also have been the X3 solar flare that occurred earlier this morning, and can affect devices:
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/r3-event-x3-flare-9-feb-2024
It is easy to forget simple explanation while automatically our minds coast toward nefarious dudes doing nefarious things:
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
Generally only if they’re powered on at the time the solar flare hits. I didn’t see if SD had all his equipment turned on when they failed. The way it was written I thought it was all off and wouldn’t power on.
Please Lord, allow SD to return home safely and not be intercepted by evildoers. Protect his activities and communications from any attempts by our domestic enemies at sabotage. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Amen
‘Wray has been warning congress over CCP cyber threat’
…I think THAT is what they’re going to do to us to keep us from communicating, then blame China for doing it.
Thank you for the update,
Prayers for Sundance !!!!
There is pain being displayed in DC and its satellites. The jawing by the lame stream media tells it all. Also what with TC interviewing Putin, and rumor is also Edward Snowden, panic has set in deeply. Couple that with president Trump smoking the election, biden falling over his mouth it is palpable. A cornered animal is dangerous. This is what the deep state is, a beast.
By the way, what was really in that folder Putin handed him? What was really in that folder!?
Report: Tucker Met Americans Edward Snowden, Tara Reade in Moscow
While in Moscow for his historic interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, journalist Tucker Carlson met with American whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Tara Reade, who’ve been forced to flee the United States and seek asylum in Russia after they told the truth about America’s federal government, specifically Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
Semafor has reported that “Tucker Carlson has kept a busy agenda in Moscow, meeting with two key American figures living in exile there” while in town for his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin…
…The former Fox News host met for hours Thursday with the NSA leaker Edward Snowden,” the report revealed, adding that while the Snowden interview was not taped for Carlson’s news program, “he did tape an interview with [Biden accuser] Tara Reade.”…
…Tara Reade, whose interview with Carlson will reportedly be released to the public, announced last year that she’d moved to Russia, decades after the U.S. government and law enforcement did absolutely nothing to help her after she reported a sexual assault at the hands of Joe Biden, for whom she worked as a Senate staffer in the early 1990s…
https://nationalfile.com/report-tucker-met-americans-edward-snowden-tara-reade-in-moscow/
Anyone who doubts this story might at least consider the website’s “About” at the very bottom of the page (in fine print). I check these About pages to see who runs the website and if they make any disclaimers to fend off lawsuits for false info. This site does not make any disclaimers.
https://nationalfile.com/about/
They are NOT claiming to be “for entertainment purposes” which is a popular way of saying their stories are fake or made up. They are in fact claiming that all articles are “hard news”, factual and correct. That’s a pretty strong statement and incriminating if they are printing made-up stories.
Can’t wait!
Praying for your safety Sundance. You are a blessing for all you do to keep us here at CTH informed with the real facts of any situation. God Bless
Hat tip to Sundance. Thank you for your indefatigable effort to resurrect our USA.
Jesus Mary and Joseph, not a good sign. Reminiscent of Atkinson, you should reach out to Sheryl and see how many parallels there are.
Praying you are back online soon.
Hal Turner 2.0…
Sheryl Atkinson (sp.?) found out the hard way and it took her over a year to see the actual corruption.
We don’t have that worry about Sundance.
He does need our prayers however.
Godspeed.
🙏🙏🙏
Give ’em the old Shake and Bake Sundance. “Shake and Bake.”
Don’t forget to check your hackable toothbrush…
https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/three-million-malware-infected-smart-toothbrushes-used-in-swiss-ddos-attacks-botnet-causes-millions-of-euros-in-damages
(h/t: Barnhardt)
This was found to be a hoax.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/viral-news-story-of-botnet-with-3-million-toothbrushes-was-too-good-to-be-true/
15 ys ago I was sailing north about 40 mi off the east coast of US.
Southbound were a couple of “Grey Ladies”. (US warships)
I was taking fotos of said Grey Ladies. Using a camera that had been reliable for years it suddenly crashed and the SD card was scrambled. Fotos all gone.
Coincidence? I have no idea but it truly freaked me out.
Sundance targeted? No doubt he is under surveillance.
I simply have no idea what is possible.
From Dr James Lindsay… We always say the Left worships power, but that’s wrong. They worship their own power, in fact their own omnipotence. That’s why they flip out so hard about losing even a tiny bit of power or advantage. It’s proof their god, which is themselves, is not actually omnipotent.
https://gab.com/ConceptualJames/posts/111902613908143161
Go with God, Sundance.
Idk about y’all but I really do believe him when he says his laptop and electronics don’t power up. Happens to me every time I take a vacation, so I can feel his pain.
Me thinks the Tucker/Putin interview has them going lock down on opposition. Can’t have momentum build.
Thank you Ad Rem-I thought something was up when I got no emails. Prayers for Sundance and the Treehouse community, may we all remain steadfast.