October 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Airlines - the newest members of the international community of nations.
by Black Unicorn 18 Oct '01

18 Oct '01

From: http://cgi.newcity.com/exitlog/frameset.php?close=http://www.citypaper.net/a rticles/101801/news.godfrey.shtml&back=http://www.newcity.com "'When a passenger passes through security, it is under the jurisdiction of the airline. We dont get involved,' he says, adding that stories like Godfreys are likely to become increasingly common." Wow, I didn't realize airlines had law enforcement powers and "jurisdictions" akin to those of state actors.

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re: StreetMail (triangulate this)
by citizenQ 18 Oct '01

18 Oct '01

I wouldn't make the assumption that there is sufficient public street anonymity. This scheme would fall easily to simple surveillance attacks. Or LEA putting a second receiver in the vicinity. >It has nothing to do with crypto. It just exploits anonymity that (still) exists for people using public streets.

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Boost Your Windows Reliability!!!!!!!!
by d18544＠miesto.sk 18 Oct '01

18 Oct '01

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Re: Your papers please
by Steve Furlong 18 Oct '01

18 Oct '01

Duncan Frissell wrote: > > Don't do it in Massachusetts. They consider it wiretapping. Most states > aren't so funny. But why take it out. Leave it in your pocket (save when > clearing the metal detector, of ocurse). MA wiretapping law applies only to secret recording. In theory, holding the thing in plain sight should be ok. That's the written law. Case law might be different, and I might know it if I were a Massachusetts lawyer, which I ain't. Also, as measl pointed out, jackbooted thugs can trash the device and lie about it later. (I had a similar encounter which resulted in my equipment being smashed and the pigs lying about it when I complained. I wasn't arrested in that incident, though.) -- Steve Furlong Computer Condottiere Have GNU, Will Travel 617-670-3793 "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly while bad people will find a way around the laws." -- Plato

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Re: Fwd: Reply from Zero-Knowledge
by Anonymous 18 Oct '01

18 Oct '01

My comments integrated below: > >I want to start by saying that Zero-Knowledge absolutely does not track or > >profile the users of its Freedom Privacy & Security Tools 3.0 software. Whenever I turn on Freedom, which, by default, happens when I boot, it sends a message to ZKS. EVERY time. How, again, is this not "tracking" of my usage behaviour? How is ZKS knowing every time I boot up that I've got Freedom 3.0 installed not something they can build a profile about? > >Our software loads updates (e.g. Ad Manager files and e-wallet scripts) as > >well as privacy-related content via HTTP. This was the case with previous > >versions of the software and is still true today, although today it may > >appear more prominent since we have designed Freedom 3.0 with a new user > >interface and are carrying more privacy content. I can't comment on Freedom 2.0, but this doesn't change any of my comments. > >This HTTP activity is covered by our privacy policies. I don't doubt it. > >As for cookies, Zero-Knowledge has always used cookies on its websites, for > >the purposes of store-, affiliate- and state-management. These practices are > >also reflected in our privacy policies. And EVERY time I turn on my Freedom client (usually at startup) it sends a request, info I don't have a clue about (And those cookies, when the domain in zeroknowledge.com and when I use IE as my browser, are sent back to ZKS whenever they're in my IE cache and I open ZKS. And, of course, there's the fact that Freedom notifies everyone between my computer and zeroknowledge.com that I'm using freedom. Which, of course, is covered by the Pen trace and trap warrants, and is collected by carnivore. Now I'm telling my ISP and the world what my IP is, what my platform is, and that I use Freedom. How, again, is this not tracking me? Things to consider. -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759. ******** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: Fwd: Reply from Zero-Knowledge
by Anonymous 18 Oct '01

18 Oct '01

My comments integrated below: > >I want to start by saying that Zero-Knowledge absolutely does not track or > >profile the users of its Freedom Privacy & Security Tools 3.0 software. Whenever I turn on Freedom, which, by default, happens when I boot, it sends a message to ZKS. EVERY time. How, again, is this not "tracking" of my usage behaviour? How is ZKS knowing every time I boot up that I've got Freedom 3.0 installed not something they can build a profile about? > >Our software loads updates (e.g. Ad Manager files and e-wallet scripts) as > >well as privacy-related content via HTTP. This was the case with previous > >versions of the software and is still true today, although today it may > >appear more prominent since we have designed Freedom 3.0 with a new user > >interface and are carrying more privacy content. I can't comment on Freedom 2.0, but this doesn't change any of my comments. > >This HTTP activity is covered by our privacy policies. I don't doubt it. > >As for cookies, Zero-Knowledge has always used cookies on its websites, for > >the purposes of store-, affiliate- and state-management. These practices are > >also reflected in our privacy policies. And EVERY time I turn on my Freedom client (usually at startup) it sends a request, info I don't have a clue about (And those cookies, when the domain in zeroknowledge.com and when I use IE as my browser, are sent back to ZKS whenever they're in my IE cache and I open ZKS. And, of course, there's the fact that Freedom notifies everyone between my computer and zeroknowledge.com that I'm using freedom. Which, of course, is covered by the Pen trace and trap warrants, and is collected by carnivore. Now I'm telling my ISP and the world what my IP is, what my platform is, and that I use Freedom. How, again, is this not tracking me? Things to consider. -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759. ******** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message -----

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don't write "fags" on military bombs, its not polite
by Tabla bin Rasa 18 Oct '01

18 Oct '01

Anti-Gay Bomb Slur Wrong, Navy Says WASHINGTON (AP) - An anti-gay slur written on one of the bombs used in the strikes on Afghanistan was inappropriate and commanders have been directed to prevent similar incidents, a top Navy official said. Pilots or crews of U.S. warplanes often write messages on bombs, either taunting the enemy or praising America. Messages written on bombs during the anti-terrorism airstrikes have included several references to the Sept. 11 attacks. A news photograph of a plane on the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier last week showed one bomb with the message, ``High Jack This,'' followed by an anti-gay slur. The Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group, complained about the bomb's message. Rear Adm. Stephen Pietropaoli, in a letter to the group Wednesday, said the Navy does not tolerate discrimination and the bomb's message was an ``isolated incident.'' Several newspapers across the country also asked the Navy about the bomb's message earlier this week, said Pietropaoli, the Navy's chief of information. ``We immediately notified Navy commanders involved with Operation Enduring Freedom to ensure steps were taken to prevent a recurrence of this unfortunate incident. They have done so,'' Pietropaoli wrote. Elizabeth Birch, executive director of Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement that the letter was ``a welcome clarification and we are pleased the Navy has stated that this type of anti-gay behavior has no place in our armed forces.''

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"Expert" fooled by Bert Stego
by Optimizzin Al-gorithm 18 Oct '01

18 Oct '01

At 12:40 PM 10/18/01 -0700, auto301094(a)hushmail.com wrote: > >Expert Warns Al Qaeda Planning Major Biological Attack > >DefenseWatch: One of the illustrations shows Osama bin Laden next to a cartoon >character from Sesame Street. What significance does that image have? > >The Sesame Street character that has appeared in a huge poster with Osama bin >Laden is significant in that it is yellow and has a mask-like quality. And one >can be certain that it was not placed on that huge poster by accident, as some people have stupidly suggested. It is a signal. Bert Stego? Occam's razor, dude. >Robert Koontz is an experimental nuclear physicist who earned his Ph.D. in 1980 >at the University of Maryland. His specialties are experimental nuclear >physics and high-energy physics, but he is also an expert in certain areas of >electronics, computer systems, software development and matters relating to >electronic intelligence gathering. Koontz has been a Staff Scientist at the >Department of Energys Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, a Professor of Physics at >the University of South Dakota, and formerly was an instructor at the National >Security Agency.He lives in Pennsylvania. He might be smart, and the rest of what he says is interesting, but he has paranoid delusions W.R.T. Bert.

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Do SpecOps set aside a pair of clean underwear for Somalias?
by Optimizzin Al-gorithm 18 Oct '01

18 Oct '01

>`America will only be certain about its mistaken calculations after its soldiers are dragged in Afghanistan >as they were in Somalia,'' http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20011018/ts/attack_qaeda_usa_dc_1.html One bomb got USG out of Lebanon. A few stingers and some underwear on CNN got USG out of Somalia. Bombs didn't work for crusaders in Arabian barracks or warship. Wouldn't think oil is so addictive, but it is. People will die to get it. Maybe Osama's brother will recognize his writing and turn him into the FBI.

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Im sorry aimee
by mattd 18 Oct '01

18 Oct '01

man who received a suspicious letter with amorous writings and lace panties turned it over to sheriff's deputies, who stored it in a biohazard barrel before determining it was not from a terrorist but from a secret admirer.

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