Airis Damon3d ago
Christine Lemmer-Webber

Kind and cherished FOSS and computing freedom advocate @sleepyowl (Joyce Ng) has gone missing and there is reason to fear she may have been apprehended by authorities, possibly likely even for being framed. Nobody has been able to reach her and many of us are worried for her safety.

Joyce does work on verifiable open source hardware. She also has been an activist pushing against the rise of far-right Christian nationalism globally but especially in Singapore. Because of this and her identity, she has people who would like to see bad things happen to her.

Probably for this reason, she may have been misidentified by Five Eyes as being a threat actor. Joyce wrote about this concern in November, posting a threatening screenshot where she was tipped off. https://bitowl.online/about

Please spread this wide. Hopefully this is a false alarm but Joyce is a kind-hearted person who fights for human rights and computing freedom; many of us are worried for her safety.

BitOwl Online

Mar 18 at 10:56amWeb
Show threadChristine Lemmer-Webber3d ago

If you have seen me posting about the dangers of ID laws, and about the need to have hardware options we can trust, a lot of the information on that stuff comes from talking to @sleepyowl

That's the kind of person she is: someone who wants to build solutions and use computing skills to advance human rights. You can see that stuff just by reading her fediverse feed. My experience is that Joyce in private is exactly like how she is in public. She isn't a threat actor, she's someone who wants to help people.

I hope she is safe.

Show threadChristine Lemmer-Webber3d ago

Here is the screenshot @sleepyowl posted on her site of her being tipped off. She also says:

> Who I am NOT
>
> Some of you think of me as such a big deal that you think I am some threat actor wanted by the Five Eyes.
>
> (screenshot)
>
> I am not this "Gideon Teagarden" person and have no idea who they are or if they even exist. Whatever they've done however, I certainly don't envy their position.
>
> If the Internal Security Department is paying attention, you think maybe it's a good idea to consider recruiting more... reliable persons as third-party fixers if you have to recruit fixers at all in the first place, and not someone like Mercury Jamie Alice?
>
> I don't want to tell you how to do your business, but you do realize that this isn't a good look for Singapore in the global intelligence community, right?

https://bitowl.online/about

Show threadChristine Lemmer-Webber1d ago
update here: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116260689041387517 and https://chaos.social/@sleepyowl/116257348164580770
Show threadConny Nasch3d ago
@cwebber @sleepyowl people seem allergic to ethics and morals these days. I am also holding thumbs that she is OK 🙏
Show threadLiquidParasyte3d ago
Well this is fucking terrifying.
Show threadViolet Madder3d ago

@cwebber @sleepyowl

Fuck.

Keep an eye on each other, everybody.

Show threadGinevraCat3d ago
@cwebber @leonieke @sleepyowl Shit.
Show thread5ombr43d ago
@cwebber @sleepyowl
I hope she's ok.
Show threadDataline3d ago
@cwebber @sleepyowl I would like to say as a friend of a friend of hers that if anyone does find out about her whereabouts, *not* to share it publicly, although confirmation that she is safe would put some at ease. It may put her in danger.
Show threadAi Carmela Netîrk3d ago
@cwebber @sleepyowl she's also the only other person i know that talks about vectoralism and hackers as a class ❤️‍🔥 i hope she's ok and we see her soon
Show threadAhri Enby3d ago
@cwebber @sleepyowl did someone at CIA or GCHQ order to force her into disappearance? ​​
Show threadt3ss2d ago
@cwebber @sleepyowl Joyce is back: https://chaos.social/@sleepyowl/116257348164580770
Schrödinger's Catgirl (Joyce) (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Have no fear, 'cause I iz here. Unfortunately, this disappearance was not a false alarm. A few of us were arrested on the evening of 16 March, and all but one person was released on bail on the 18th. I am doing alright myself, although some were traumatized by the experience. We will need some time to rest, decompress and consider our legal options. I will provide more details about what transpired when we are able to do so. Thank you all for your concern & support! With love, Joyce/BitOwl

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