October 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Amusing note from RIAA
by measl＠mfn.org 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

[Reformatted for legibility. Please take the few moments required to present material in a clear and readable manner. KMSelf] from http://www.fuckedcompany.com/extras/riaa_email.cfm ----- Original Message ----- From: Hilary Rosen <hrosen(a)riaa.com> Sent: 9/25/01 Subject: Peer to Peer Services Dear all: It is time to get coordinated and aggressive with the new round of peer to peer services. The amount of music being downloaded is, as you know, reaching unprecedented levels. Since college started last week Morpheus traffic was up to 19 million downloads per day. AND THAT'S JUST MORPHEUS. With the imminent launch of legitimate subscription services we have to get our customers back. I know you want your new businesses to be successful. So do I. Given the overwhelming volume of these alternative services, RIAA can't handle all of the enforcement alone. If they are not controlled more effectively and consumers redirected to legitimate offerings, there won't be new businesses. That's obvious. You are all competitors, but you have common interests in enforcement. Help me help you. I'd like to have a meeting at the RIAA in October as soon as possible. If you agree to participate, I will have my assistant try and work with schedules to get a date that works. I want to keep the meeting small to start (we can expand participation to other companies later). We need to discuss: 1. Spoofing and/or interdiction methods for existing peer to peers - (perhaps by adding promotional messages about the launch of various new systems) 2. A PR campaign 3. We will share the latest legal strategies and RIAA's thinking on options Please plan on attending. I am cautious about sending alternates because we need people who have the ability to make decisions and commit to spending. Best regards, Hilary

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Re: IP: Newsweek: FBI had one hijacker before Sept 11th and Justice DeptBumbled (fwd)
by Tim May 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

On Wednesday, October 3, 2001, at 10:08 AM, Eugene Leitl wrote: > > Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 12:59:34 -0400 > From: David Farber <dave(a)farber.net> > To: ip-sub-1(a)majordomo.pobox.com > Subject: IP: Newsweek: FBI had one hijacker before Sept 11th and Justice > Dept Bumbled > > >> Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 09:44:40 -0700 >> From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger(a)ultradevices.com> >> >> {The FBI and the Justice Dept had tools before Sept 11 and didn't use >> them. They don't need more ways to errode our civil liberties, they >> need >> to be competent} >> Let's look at a section of the article cited: ""....after officials at an Eagan, Minn., flight school tipped them off that the 33-year-old French citizen was acting suspiciously. Moussaoui had sought training only in making turnsnot take-offs and landingsand specifically asked about flying over New York air space, officials said. " But, while Moussaoui himself was placed in detention on minor immigration charges on August 17, agents in Minneapolis were never given approval by Justice Department officials in Washington to open up the hard drive on the suspects computer. ..." So, "acting suspiciously" is now the backdoor to the Fourth Amendment? Or was it the "minor immigration charges"? There are thousands, even tens of thousands, of "minor immigration charges" every day. Papers not in order, visas expired, even failure to produce proof of citizenship. (Hint, yours truly, T C May, cannot easily find any proof of his citizenship...we native born folks don't _need_ no stinking proofs of citizenship. So, if I am "acting suspiciously" and cannot produce my citizenship papers, does my hard drive suddenly become fair game for snoopers?) Beware the logic of using 20/20 hindsight as a justification for expanded search powers. "Had we been allowed to look in his trunk, we would have found the gun he later used to kill those people. We need the power to do our job." "Police admit that they could have detected the illegal drug deals if only they had deployed more video surveillance cameras. We must give them the power to do their jobs!" "Key escrow would have helped." --Tim May

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Re: Congress drafts new "anti-terror" bill -- with expiration date
by mmotyka＠lsil.com 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

John Young <jya(a)pipeline.com> wrote : > > It's a long, long campaign the leaders warn, > just like their predecessors said > > the main enemy is within. > Couldn't agree more.

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IP: Newsweek: FBI had one hijacker before Sept 11th and Justice DeptBumbled (fwd)
by Eugene Leitl 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204/">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBMTO: N48 04'14.8'' E11 36'41.2'' http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204 57F9CFD3: ED90 0433 EB74 E4A9 537F CFF5 86E7 629B 57F9 CFD3 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 12:59:34 -0400 From: David Farber <dave(a)farber.net> Reply-To: farber(a)cis.upenn.edu To: ip-sub-1(a)majordomo.pobox.com Subject: IP: Newsweek: FBI had one hijacker before Sept 11th and Justice Dept Bumbled >Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 09:44:40 -0700 >From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger(a)ultradevices.com> > >{The FBI and the Justice Dept had tools before Sept 11 and didn't use >them. They don't need more ways to errode our civil liberties, they need >to be competent} > >** Access Denied ** >FBI agents in Minneapolis weren't given approval to search terrorist >suspect's hard drive by the Justice Department. If 'two and two' were put >together could hijackings have been stopped, asks one investigator. A Web >exclusive by Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman > >http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_email.asp?/news/636610.asp > >Oct. 1 Top Justice Department and FBI officials turned down a request >by Minneapolis FBI agents early last month for a special >counterintelligence surveillance warrant on a suspected Islamic terrorist >who officials now believe may have been part of the Sept. 11 plot to >attack the World Trade Center and Pentagon, NEWSWEEK has learned. > ><snip. >-- For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/

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Photographing Dams
by Tim May 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

There have been several panicky calls that "Arabs" were seen at national tourist spots, including photographing the Hoover Dam. Some on Usenet are calling for steps to "crack down" on these photographers. This is an article I wrote for Usenet: This is not the Soviet Union. Anyone may photograph _anything_, except on a military base or the like. There are no restrictions supported in the U.S. Constitution supporting bans on photographing, drawing, or making notes on anything not explicitly forbidden by military classification laws. I know that I if I am ever stopped for photographing a dam or a bridge I hope I'll have the courage to tell the cop to fuck off. If arrested on such a bogus charge, things will escalate dramatically and I would be forced to Plan B. (Sounds harsh. "They're just doing their job." Nope. They don't have any legal right to stop persons without probable cause. Looking Arabic is not probable cause. Photographing a dam is not probable cause. Being suspicious is not probable cause.) I realize many of the survivalist and gun owner types are now adopting the "My country, right or wrong" stance. Not me. Things are going to get very, very violent if this stampede toward a police state continues. --Tim May

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Re: RIAA Legal Analysis
by Subcommander Bob 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

At 07:20 AM 10/3/01 -0500, measl(a)mfn.org wrote: > An excellent technical analysis from the RIAA legal dept. Any errors of >transcription are likely my own - see the original at > > http://www.fuckedcompany.com/extras/riaa_memo.cfm > > for as long as it is there... > >My favorite part is the last paragraph, where they talk of getting >FastTrack to roll over on MusicCity! I wonder if they violated any terms in the EULA during their reverse engineering.. Material Contribution o FastTrack [XEROX] creates and licenses software primarily used for the reproduction and distribution of copyrighted works. o FastTrack [ADOBE] created and controls encryption that ensures that the network remains closed and insulated from outside monitoring. o [YAHOO] Provides a dynamic list of available supernodes where content can be exchanged (possibly through the .38 server). o [YAHOO/GOOGLE] Continually updates the list of available supernodes and communicates that information to users (likely through the .34 server). o [YAHOO] FastTrack, MusicCity and Grockster maintain log-in servers.

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USG muscles Arab TV stations to present its view
by Khoder bin Hakkin 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

Note that the offending Arab TV station has a "tendency to run interviews with analysts who argued U.S. foreign policy had brought about the recent attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon." As if there were another reason. Oh sorry, its about "democracy", right. US to Qatar: rein in Al-Jazeera Tuesday, 2 October 2001 20:14 (ET) http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=226316 US to Qatar: rein in Al-Jazeera By ELI J. LAKE WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Embassy in Doha has filed a formal complaint to the Qatari government about the partly state-owned Al-Jazeera satellite network's coverage of the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes on New York and the Pentagon, State Department officials told United Press International Tuesday. Last week, U.S. Ambassador to Qatar, Maureen Quinn, delivered a demarche from Washington regarding Al-Jazeera's broadcasts to Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani. Quinn asked the Qataris to investigate what the United States says is the station's tendency to run interviews with analysts who argued U.S. foreign policy had brought about the recent attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The ambassador also expressed concern about the station's repeated airing of an interview with Osama bin Laden, the man the United States says is behind the Sept. 11 attacks, State Department sources said. "They are running this thing four times a day," one State Department official told UPI. "It's like giving him a free forum to justify his beliefs with no filter." "All we are asking is for balanced reporting," another official said Tuesday. "They were airing interviews from the right of center and the far right. There are plenty of other people who speak Arabic who have condemned these attacks." Although Al-Jazeera is partly owned by the Qatari government, its editorial policy is independent, an anomaly in the state-run media climate of the Middle East. It is also the largest Arabic television news channel in the world. According to the station's Washington bureau, its programs are watched by 40 million viewers regularly. <snip>

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cryptome down ?
by Neil Johnson 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

I tried to get to cryptome, but it appears to be down. Any info ? - Neil M. Johnson mailto:njohnsn@iowatelecom.net

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[ISN] Hijackers' e-mails sifted for clues Computer messages weresentuncoded (fwd)
by Eugene Leitl 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204/">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBMTO: N48 04'14.8'' E11 36'41.2'' http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204 57F9CFD3: ED90 0433 EB74 E4A9 537F CFF5 86E7 629B 57F9 CFD3 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 02:18:55 -0500 (CDT) From: InfoSec News <isn(a)c4i.org> To: isn(a)attrition.org Subject: [ISN] Hijackers' e-mails sifted for clues Computer messages were sentuncoded Forwarded from: Patrice Auffret <patrice.auffret(a)intranode.com> http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20011001/3496196s.htm Hijackers' e-mails sifted for clues Computer messages were sent uncoded By Kevin Johnson USA TODAY WASHINGTON -- Federal authorities believe that some of the 19 hijackers involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were using computers in all-night Kinko's stores and cybercafes in South Florida to coordinate their activities in the weeks before the assaults. Investigators have amassed what they described as a ''substantial'' amount of e-mail traffic among the hijackers. Some of the messages were exchanged in a mix of English and Arabic. None of the communications, authorities said Sunday, involved the use of encryption or other code to disguise the contents of the messages. At least two laptop computers seized in the United States were being examined closely by investigators. They hope to determine whether the machines contained information that could help identify associates of the hijackers in this country or provide leads about future terrorist attacks, a senior law enforcement official said. The disclosure appeared to be further evidence that the hijackers felt free to conduct their business in the open without much fear they would be discovered. Late last month, law enforcement officials said they believed that the hijackers or their associates did extensive scouting missions on various airline routes before settling on flights originating in Boston, Newark, N.J., and Washington. Investigators said they believe that the hijackers selected the four flights they commandeered Sept. 11 because passenger loads generally were light and the fuel tanks on the jets, all on transcontinental routes, were full. Official interest in the hijackers' methods of communication comes as the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history continues to widen. The attacks left nearly 6,000 people dead or missing. - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomo(a)attrition.org with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.

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Man arrested in burning of U.S. flag
by Khoder bin Hakkin 03 Oct '01

03 Oct '01

Looks like the fundamentalists won... http://www.indystar.com/data/wire/out/1002ap_l91ia7g109.html Man arrested in burning of U.S. flag Associated Press Last updated 04:40 PM, EST, Tuesday, October 02, 2001 inscmsfonsrctdrccw NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- An Indiana man accused of burning an American flag behind his home has been arrested, despite rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court that have said flag-burning is an exercise of free speech. David H. Stout, 49, of Noblesville was charged Monday with flag desecration and resisting law enforcement. He was being held Tuesday at the Hamilton County Jail on a $9,000 bond. Stout was arrested Sunday after police found him lying beside a burning flag in an alley behind his home. Indiana is among 48 states that still have a law against flag desecration on the books, even though the U.S. Supreme Court has twice said flag-burning is a constitutionally protected form of expression. Stout told a neighbor who tried to stop the burning that he could burn his flag if he wanted. The neighbor called police. Stout is accused of throwing a lighted firecracker at a police officer and struggling with police when they took him into custody. Hamilton County Deputy Prosecutor Wendy Petersen filed the charges against Stout. "Our particular statute has not been challenged," Petersen told The Indianapolis Star. "We still have flag desecration on the books, although we may certainly come up against that (constitutional) argument if we continue to prosecute Mr. Stout." Both charges against Stout are misdemeanors, each carrying maximum penalties of one year in prison and a $5,000 fine upon conviction. Petersen agreed that the surge of flag-waving since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks may have created a new sensitivity to flag desecration. "I can't comment on what the officers were thinking at the time, but probably a report of flag burning would be taken more seriously because of the environment," she said.

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