November 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Anonymizing Scam
by Nomen Nescio 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

John Young writes: > Criticism of anonymizers and remailers and this list is a healthy > as criticizing any reputable, and disreputable, private or publice > means of communication. > > Fending off criticism by saying past performance and reputation > deserves trust is a hoot and is also a hackneyed reply of someone > who is concealing betrayal, or to put it more politely, has not > yet learned how to earn trust continuously rather than bank it > for unearned profit. These are good points, but the mystery is why you don't apply them to yourself. Why not challenge your own reputation and trustworthiness? You are no better than Lance Cottrell, are you? You serve law enforcement agencies as well as private individuals. You are in much the same position as Lance to learn about sensitive browsing habits which would be of interest to the government. You are no more deserving of trust than he or anyone else. Rather than make accusations about other people, why not eliminate the middleman and make accusations about yourself? End your hypocrisy. Say, "I may be sucking up to law enforcement agencies. I may be recording people's browsing habits and supplying them to interested parties, with appropriate compensation. I am not deserving of trust, in fact I may be concealing betrayal. Nothing I have done in the past should be interpreted in any way to assume that I will not change in the future and begin selling out my friends and those who rely on me." You believe that this is the attitude we should take towards you, don't you? Why not come forward and say it. If you don't think we should trust you, say so. If you don't think you deserve our trust, admit it. You don't need to search out other people's flaws when your own are so much closer at hand.

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by Timothy Eze 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

PRIVATE MEMO FROM: ENGR. TIMOTHY EZE TEL: 234-1-7758054 FAX: 234-1-7594679 E-mail: timoeze_72(a)yahoo.com LAGOS-NIGERIA. Dear Friend, My name is Engr. Timothy Eze, a Director General in the Federal Ministry of Mines and Power (FMM&P). I am the Secretary to the Management Tender's Committee (MTC) of the ministry. I am a subscriber to the World Industrial Reporter from where I collected your name and address in the International buyer's guide section In a turn Around Maintenance (TAM) exercise in one of our parastatal a couple of years ago by Foreign contractors, we (the MTC members) were able to over -invoice the contract fees to the tune of US$35.00M (Thirty Five million United States dollars). The main contractors have been paid off completely. We now want this floating sum of US$35M, which is now in the ministry's account to be paid into a foreign account. Unfortunately, none of us in the committee own a foreign account since as public servants we are not allowed to run foreign accounts. My colleagues (Chairman and other members) have mandated me to source for an account owner in an overseas bank where this money can be lodged. The choice person must be honest and versatile in business, as we shall be presenting him as though he executed a certain contract here in this ministry several years ago. We shall then use our various post and positions in the Government to influence the processing of this claim. MODE OF SHARING: We have agreed that when this fund is transferred into your account, the chairman and the other members of this committee shall come over there to disburse the funds as follows: 30% to the account owner (that is you), 65% to the MTC members and 5% to settle any expense incurred by both parties during the process of the transaction. This transaction is strictly confidential and risk free. The officials of (FMMP) involved are highly placed Nigerians. Kindly notify me urgently of your acceptance to this proposal so that we can set the ball rolling. It is expected that this transaction will last for 14 days from the time we get your acceptance letter through our fax: 234-1-7594679 or telephone call on: 234-1-7758054 or via e-mail. That is an opportunity of a lifetime, which we cannot afford to lose. Upon your response we shall write you a more elaborate mail/fax message educating you on your role in this deal and the way we intend going about the actualization of this objective. We shall also be explaining more about the source of this fund. So sir, please do get back to us immediately even if you are not interested to enable us know if we should continue with our negotiations or not. I am waiting for your urgent phone/fax/mail messages with respect to this transaction. Thanks, Timothy Eze. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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cypherpunks@toad.com is going away
by John Gilmore 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

The cypherpunks list degenerated a long time ago to the point where I have no idea why more than 500 people are still receiving it every day. As part of cleaning up the email system on toad.com, I plan to shut down the cypherpunks-unedited list, which receives all the traffic sent to cypherpunks(a)toad.com, within the next week or two. I suggest that anyone who wants to talk or listen about encryption should send mail to: cryptography-request(a)wasabisystems.com with a one-line plain text message saying "subscribe". This will begin the process of subscribing them to the Cryptography mailing list, which is edited to remove irrelevant postings and to keep the volume down and the discussion focused. (I tried to do this with the cypherpunks list some years ago, but was shouted down by people who complained of "censorship". So I just left it unedited, with the expectable result that serious discussions deserted it.) If you were subscribed to the cypherpunks-unedited(a)toad.com list because you like to collect spam, talk with me personally and I'll see if I can help you. I have a large collection :-). The old "cypherpunks-announce" list was superseded many months ago by "meetingpunks(a)cryptorights.org". Cypherpunks-announce is no longer in existence. There remains a single encryption-related mailing list on toad.com, "coderpunks" which is for people who write code. John Gilmore --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo(a)wasabisystems.com

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[gnu@toad.com: cypherpunks@toad.com is going away]
by Eric Murray 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

It's the end of an era. ----- Forwarded message from John Gilmore <gnu(a)toad.com> -----

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Michigan Asks Arabs to Come for Questioning
by Khoder bin Hakkin 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011127/ts/attack_usa_interviews_dc.html Report: Michigan Asks Arabs to Come for Questioning NEW YORK (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials in Detroit, seeking to interview hundreds of Middle Eastern men about the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, are trying to do so tactfully by sending them invitations, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. The newspaper's online edition said the anti-terrorist task force in the Detroit area would send letters to about 700 young Middle Eastern men who had come to the country on temporary visas in the last two years. About 5,000 such people are being sought for questioning nationwide. The Times quoted Jeffrey Collins, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, home to the nation's largest concentration of Arab-Americans, as saying: ``The letters represent a conscious decision by our district to initiate contact with the people who will be interviewed in the manner that will be least intrusive.'' Lawyers, community groups and police chiefs have complained that the Justice Department (news - web sites)'s investigation into the attacks was singling out people out based on their religion or nationality and would be too time-consuming, the paper said. It said civil liberties advocates and Arab-American leaders believed the use of letters in Detroit was a positive step toward making the interview process more dignified, but were worried about the content of the questions and the process of compiling the list. Collins did not say what authorities would do about those who did not call, the newspaper said. It reported that federal authorities had asked that all interviews be conducted by Dec. 21. The Times said a Justice Department memo told local officials to check visitors' passports and visas; ask about visits to local landmarks and foreign countries; investigate sources of income, scientific expertise and access to weapons, including anthrax; and seek lists of phone numbers of friends and relatives. ``The individual should be asked if he is aware of anybody, including himself, who has received any training which could be applicable to terrorist activities,'' said the memorandum, whose contents were disclosed on Saturday in The Detroit Free Press. <snip>

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Re: Denning's Geo-crypto
by Declan McCullagh 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

Some details from a 1996 paper: http://www.cs.georgetown.edu/~denning/infosec/Grounding.txt -Declan On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 11:35:51AM -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: > Curious. 4-5 years ago Denning and another associate (I > forget who, it's in the archives :-) tried to market an authentication > scheme which purported to authenticate the location of a remote > user using GPS.

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by CrushMaster＠CrushLink.com 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

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by Jim Choate 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

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by Jim Choate 27 Nov '01

27 Nov '01

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