September 2000 - cypherpunks-legacy

CDR: Meth bill resurfaces on Capitol Hill
by Declan McCullagh 27 Sep '00

27 Sep '00

http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/09/22/0247244&mode=thread Methamphetamine Bill Resurfaces on Capitol Hill posted by cicero on Saturday September 23, @04:43AM from the accelerating-speed-bill dept. Everyone thought the Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act had died this summer, but a source close to the issue tells us the Senate has resurrected this nasty bit of legislation. Among other things, the bill would ban links to drug-related websites. It didn't quite get enough momentum on its own, so some of our more censorhappy congresscritters attached it to the entirely unrelated Bankruptcy Reform Act, part of which could allow police to conduct secret searches of your home. That bill is currently before a conference committee, which has only about a week left to finish it before Congress adjourns for the year. You may want to contact your legislators before it's too late.

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CDR: Re: Meth bill resurfaces on Capitol Hill
by Anonymous 27 Sep '00

27 Sep '00

<snip> > searches of your home. That bill is currently before a conference > committee, which has only about a week left to finish it before > Congress adjourns for the year. You may want to contact your > legislators before it's too late. Yes. "contact."

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CDR: Wake up to $237 every morning! Guaranteed.
by NetCashBuilder 27 Sep '00

27 Sep '00

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CDR: Linux Encryption HOWTO
by Jim Choate 27 Sep '00

27 Sep '00

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26 Sep '00

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CDR: IITRI
by A. Melon 26 Sep '00

26 Sep '00

IITRI maintains a staff of over 1,200 professional and support personnel at sites throughout the U.S. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, major IITRI locations include: Annapolis, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Rome, New York, and Huntsville, Alabama So theyre a fucking part of the machine... As Schiller said, whores. "If you have a reputation like MIT, youre concerned about sullying it by prostituting yourself by doing such work," said Jeffrey Schiller, a security expert and network manager at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://www.foxnews.com/national/092600/carnivore.sml Only slightly surprised that Denning wasnt involved..

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CDR: Liechtenstein ends anonymous bank accounts
by Declan McCullagh 26 Sep '00

26 Sep '00

Liechtenstein Formally Announce End Of Anonymous Accounts From October 1st http://www.tax-news.com/html/oldnews/st_jliBankSecrecyEnd_25_09_00.htm by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-news.com, Brussels 25/09/00 The cards have been on the table for some time, and now the moment has come for Liechtenstein, finally, to close the door on banking anonymity. The Liechtenstein Bankers Association announced at the end of last week that their formal agreement to comply with, and enforce, the abolition of banking anonymity will take effect from October 1st... [snip] The Liechtenstein Bankers Association has stated that its members hope to complete their checks by the end of next year, but it does stress, unequivocably, that any further account details will remain under normal banking secrecy agreements. Even so, the Bankers Association says it expects some clients may refuse to reveal their identity and choose to withdraw their funds. The new system of identifying the names of depositors, known as "Know Your Customer", has been in force for some time but is currently non-obligatory - until October 1st that is. Just as the demise of the anonymous account will be mourned by many an investor, so too will it be welcomed by institutions such as the OECD and FATF... [snip] The pressure placed on Liechtenstein by the FATF has played a major part in removing banking anonymity, but there remains some tax jurisdictions outside Europe which will welcome depositors money without compromising their identity. However, given the mounting international scrutiny and the implementation of anti-money laundering initiatives, times are changing and perhaps it is just a question of time before they begin to come under the same amount of pressure as Liechtenstein. -----------------------------------------

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by Email Offer 26 Sep '00

26 Sep '00

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CDR: Your Powerize.com User ID and Password Are Enclosed
by Michael Gallagher 26 Sep '00

26 Sep '00

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CDR: ZDNet UK News: Ex-NSA expert warns of concealed backdoors
by n.ominous＠somewhere.out.there.net 26 Sep '00

26 Sep '00

This ZDNET UK News story has been forwarded to you by n.ominous(a)somewhere.out.there.net. Ex-NSA expert warns of concealed backdoors Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:51:57 GMT Will Knight Ex-spook believes that software backdoors are out there, fuelling conspiracy theories Former NSA (http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/4/ns-12998.html) (National Security Agency) analyst and representative of Internet rights watchdog EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Centre) Wayne Madison warned privacy groups Friday that a growing number of proprietary commercial software applications may have backdoors allowing the security services to carry out surveillance activities. Speaking to privacy groups as well as cryptography and security experts at the International Forum on Surveillance by Design (http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/37/ns-17972.html) at the London School of Economics, Madison warned that this is an area of growing interest for security services such as the NSA. "A lot of manufacturers play ball with the NSA," said Madison. "This is an area that the NSA is moving into a lot and we have to be really careful about it." Until recently the US government strictly controlled the strength of cryptography in software exported to different countries, in order to protect the government's ability to access and monitor communications data. The regulations were relaxed after pressure from industry but Madison believes that this may have driven the NSA to find ways to carry out surveillance. "They're not going to give in over exporting strong cryptography without getting something in return," he says. The NSA carries out the US government's intelligence gathering operations. It is known to gather information from Internet traffic. It is possible for programmers to put secret capabilities into the code used to build programs that are difficult to detect. Software companies including Microsoft (http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/1999/35/ns-9723.html) have in the past been accused of colluding with the NSA to provide backdoors into their applications. Open source software, which publishes the underlying source code with a finished application, is by contrast entirely transparent. This has caused some foreign governments including the French administration to take an interest in open source solutions. According to Madison, evidence of the FBI's controversial Carnivore email surveillance tool shows that NSA technology is finding its way into other law enforcement departments. He predicts that similar surveillance tools may be applied to other technologies including biometrics and smart cards and used track the movements of individuals. "These are new intelligence targets," he says. Madison warns that government agencies often have a significant role in the development of standards for new technologies. The London forum (http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2000/37/ns-17972.html) saw presentations from a host of experts on government surveillance technology including Duncan Campbell, famous for his work on Echelon, and Tony Bunyan of Statewatch. Take me to Surveillance (http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/specials/1999/09/surveillance/) Is commercial software at risk? To have your say online click on the TalkBack (http://forums.zdnet.co.uk/community/showpost.cgi?forum=anchordesk&Cat=&Boar…) button and go to the ZDNet News forum. Let the editors know what you think in the Mailroom (mailroomuk(a)zdnet.com) And read (http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/mailroom.html) what others have said. If you found this ZDNN news report valuable, why not sign up for the free daily ZDNN News Alert - and we'll email you our top five headlines every day. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/misc/newsletters/news.html ZDNet News: The UK's best source for computing news - updated throughout the day. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/ Please report any abuse of this service to ukwebmaster(a)zd.com

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