September 2000 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Identity theft (Ellison, RISKS-21.05)
by Martin Minow 21 Sep '00

21 Sep '00

> Now -- how do we get consumer protection laws that make it clear that a > consumer is not liable for any debts incurred by someone claiming to be > him/her ... Having recently been on the receiving end of identity theft, I'm a bit more optimistic than Carl. I solved my problem by reading the back page of the credit report, where it provided addresses of the federal agencies that regulate collection bureaus, banks, and similar organizations. Letters to the agencies resulted in one "opening a case" and, eventually, a letter of apology from the bank in question (who hadn't answered my previous requests/complaints). I used an account record book -- a bound notebook with numbered pages -- that had dated notes of every interaction I had with the banks and credit card agencies, interspersed with software notes, interesting URL's, telemarketing caller numbers, and other scribbles. This let me document my complaints with the specific dates and times that I attempted to resolve the problem. Martin Minow minow(a)pobox.com --- All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification.

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CDR: Exciting News from Dialpad!
by The Dialpad Team 21 Sep '00

21 Sep '00

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CDR: Book & Open Source code announcement: Cryptography for Visual Basic
by Richard Bondi 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

Dear All, John Wiley & Sons has just published my new book "Cryptography for Visual Basic: A Programmer's Guide to the Microsoft CryptoAPI." Bruce Schneier has kindly endorsed it: "This is essential reading for anyone who needs to understand Microsoft's CryptoAPI,its strengths and its limitations." The book includes open source COM objects with a simple interface to help VB programmers use the CryptoAPI. For the actual code, links, and other information, see www.geocities.com/richardbondi. Best, Richard Bondi

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CDR: Re: would it be so much to ask..
by Reese 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

At 08:31 PM 20/09/00 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: > >On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, William H. Geiger III wrote: > >> Subscibe to a list that filters out the CDR: from the subject as Jim has >> made it clear that he is going to continue adding this to the subject >> line. On the openpgp.net list the subject is: > >You've got a right to filter, I've got a right to give you something to >filter... Logical fallacy alert - you have reversed the time-sequence of these events. Before you started adding the idiotic tag, there was no need to filter it out.

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Re: CDR: More COTUS rants...
by Reese 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

At 08:39 PM 19/09/00 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: > >And they say I'm half-baked?...I'm not alone. > ^^^^^^^^^^ >Findlaw: The Constitution and your CD's > >http://www.cnn.com/2000/LAW/09/columns/f1.hamlton.copyright.09.19/ 404.

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CDR: pro se fights v smith and wesson
by billp＠nmol.com 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

When I visited google I was agast what the cypherpunks had done. But, of course, we live on the far side. Keep it up! I am. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/8327/smithandwesson.htm Smith and Wesson and Sandia Labs have partnered to put microcontrollers into guns. Well, Sandia screwed-up the US nuclear arsenal with an 1802 and about 112k lines of assember so we might guess that Sandia will also screw-up handguns too. Short time here. Long time gone. http://www.geocities.com/computersystemsdocumentation/

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CDR: Re: would it be so much to ask..
by A. Melon 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Asymmetric wrote: > My mistake, I misread. I thought you were asking how many > anonymous-remailed messages I had seen to the list. I would still group > that as "a small handful" which was my point; That these messages don't > come all that often, and the benefits of allowing them when they do come > seem outweighed by the sheer volume of spam. You're probably one of those people who think that A. Melon, Nomen Nescio, An Metet, Secret Squirrel, etc., are actually individuals' personas. Are you subscribed to toad.com? A *lot* of legitimate posts are dropped by that server. I see at least 10 anonymous posts a day. -S.R.

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CDR: Re: would it be so much to ask..
by anonymous＠openpgp.net 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

Steve Furlong wrote: > Call me a moron, but what do you mean here? I had figured that "A. > Melon" was the nym of one individual, "Nomen Nescio" was the nym of one, > probably other, individual, and so on. Are "A Melon" etc group nyms, > like "Publius" of the US Federalist Papers? Does some anonymizer give > the same name for everyone who uses it? ALT.PRIVACY.ANON-SERVER FAQ (http://www.almostnotcrazy.org/b/apasfaq/apas-faq.html) [snip] 13) Who is Nomen Nescio? Secret Squirrel? Nomen Nescio is Latin for "I do not know the name." This is the X-Loop: openpgp.net From: header emitted by the Dizum Remailer remailer(a)dizum.com .This is simply a replacement for the more common "Anonymous" or "Anon User" X-Loop: openpgp.net From: header. Secret Squirrel is the From: header emitted by the Squirrel Remailer mix(a)squirrel.owl.de. Other alternative IDs include: An Metet, (Egyptian for "not spoken") From: header for the Shinn Remailer remailer(a)mixmaster.shinn.net. Jiggs McManus, From: header for the Eelbash Remailer eelbash(a)bigfoot.com Mr. Seppo, From: header for the Septic Remailer septic(a)home.com A. Melon, From: header for the Randseed Remailer randseed(a)melontraffickers.com .

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20 Sep '00

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CDR: Re: Would it be so much to ask...
by Anonymous 20 Sep '00

20 Sep '00

On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Riad S. Wahby wrote: > Asymmetric <all(a)biosys.net> wrote: > > As for my being naive as you claim in a second here, who is really being > > naive here? You think that just because the remailer doesn't maintain an > > active database of nym mappings that it's immdiately impossible for it to > > be reversed? You implicitly trust anyone who says "here, use my remailer, > > I guarantee it's anonymous?" Get with the program. One fucking line on a > > console, in a firewall rule, anywhere along the way could fuck you into > > losing your anonymity, unless the message was sent encrypted to the > > remailer, and that's just to start with. > > You should read up on Type 1 and Type 2 remailers. Both involve > encryption. In the case of Type 2 remailers, you only need to trust > one in the chain that you use in order to be sure that your identity > is securely hidden. That's not even 100% correct. If you are chaining, and the first server in the chain is evil, all that the admin can tell is that you are using a remailer. The content of the message, and the final recipient, are not known. (A good case for generating random cover traffic...) -S.R.

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