November 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

CDR: Re: Speech May Not Be Free, but It's Refundable
by Jim Choate 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, David Honig wrote: > > Speech May Not Be Free, but It's Refundable > > Its not censorship if its not the government. Bullshit. Any time ANY(!!!) party interferes with your free expression it is censorship. ----- The above are your words, you've said them. Congratulations, you've just contradicted yourself, and therefore are wrong. Again. Gee, what a surprise. ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :Surveillance cameras|Passwords are like underwear. You don't /|\ \|/ :aren't security. A |share them, you don't hang them on your/\|/\ <--*-->:camera won't stop a |monitor, or under your keyboard, you \/|\/ /|\ :masked killer, but |don't email them, or put them on a web \|/ + v + :will violate privacy|site, and you must change them very often. --------_sunder_(a)_sunder_._net_------- http://www.sunder.net ------------

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Calif's online birth records questioned (ID, privacy, etc)
by Khoder bin Hakkin 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAGJMM2NUC.html Calif. Lawmakers Question Availability of Birth Records Online By Jennifer ColemanAssociated Press Writer Published: Nov 29, 2001 SACRAMENTO (AP) - California birth records - available online through genealogy sites - could be used to create false identity documents, a state lawmaker warned. But even privacy advocates admit limiting access to the public records won't solve the problem of identity theft, or the production of fake identification cards, such as those used by the men suspected in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. State Sen. Jackie Speier said Wednesday she was appalled that California officials sold an index of birth records dating back to 1905 to genealogy site RootsWeb.com. With a few clicks of the mouse, Speier demonstrated at a Senate hearing on privacy how easily she could find information such as date of birth and mother's maiden name for herself - and state Attorney General Bill Lockyer. That information is often used by banks as identifiers for transferring funds, she said. The Department of Health Services sold the index twice this year for about $900 each, officials said. The state doesn't keep records of who buys the indices. "The index is a public record. We are compelled to provide that information" under the California Public Records Act, said Mike Rodrian, chief of the DHS's center for health statistics. Calls to RootsWeb.com by The Associated Press seeking comment were not immediately returned. Copies of birth certificates are available through county registrars or through the state vital records office in Sacramento, said DHS spokeswoman Lea Brooks. Though the state database contains "two of the three key pieces of information needed to commit fraud" removing the list might not reduce identity theft, said Beth Givens, executive director of the San Diego-based Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. "The vast majority of identity theft cases don't involve birth certificates. Where the birth certificate factors in is primarily where it's used by undocumented immigrants to obtain identification," she said. Speier said the fact that birth records are public "should raise some red flags" especially following news that suspects in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were able to get fake driver's licenses in Florida and Virginia. Terry Francke, with the California First Amendment Coalition, said other states have been removing public documents from the Internet following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. "There is a fair spate of this happening," Francke said. In September, the U.S. Judicial Conference decided to remove online access to federal criminal filings, saying the documents would remain available at courthouses, but were too available on the Internet. Other government agencies have also pulled some information off-line. The Environmental Protection Agency no longer offers detailed reports on chemical plants online, saying the information could be used in terrorist attacks. The reports are still available at the agency's office. The debate over whether birth records are public records should be focused on if the documents "give the people the ability to keep an eye on their government, or is it providing access to people's personal information," said Gary Daniels, of the National Center Against Censorship.

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Re: Antivirus software will ignore FBI spyware: solutions
by Tim May 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

[I sent this a couple of hours ago, hasn't appeared on my feed, lne.com. Apologies if you get it twice.] On Monday, November 26, 2001, at 11:49 AM, Sunder wrote: > Great and wonderful except: > > 1. If such spyware has already been installed on your system you can't > trust your os therefore: > > a. It may use your OS to hide the key capture log, so you > won't be able to just watch files. Think of a kernel patch > that removes all references to a specific file, not just > sets it to be hidden. Yes, but this is probably beyond current and foreseeable attacks. I don't dispute that all sorts of advanced attacks are possible, just that the fixes this guy suggested are "much better than doing nothing." Even _secure_ OSes (KeyCOS, for example) are vulnerable to attacks when physical access is gained...doesn't make it easy, though. > > 4. If you live in a crowded area, your iPod can be lifted off you > in a false mugging, or break in, pick pocketting while you're at a > restaurant, movie, etc. This implies a level of surveillance/commitment beyond what most FBI attacks are at. More importantly, theft of my iPod would then trigger certain actions. Cancelling my existing key and generation of a new one. All of these kinds of "they've got your hardware" attacks are present with nearly all systems. All require more work than the simple insertion of a keystroke logger involves. It's all measures and countermeasures. > > 10. Ordered any new copies of a bit of software? Maybe they have a deal > with FedEx, UPS, the Mailman. Maybe what you're getting is the upgrade > and then some. How can you tell that copy of SmallTalk doesn't carry an > extra bit of code just for you? How can you tell that the latest patch > to > MacOS you've just downloaded really came from Apple? Sure DNS said it > was > from ftp.apple.com but how do you know that the router upstream from > your > internet provider didn't route your packets via ftp.fbi.gov? Paranoia can be a dangerous thing. --Tim May "Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound" --Tim May "That government is best which governs not at all." --Henry David Thoreau

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Judges still don't understand copying
by Khoder bin Hakkin 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

http://cryptome.org/mpaa-v-2600-cad.htm Decryption in the case of CSS requires a set of "player keys" contained in compliant DVD players, as well as an understanding of the CSS encryption algorithm. Without the player keys and the algorithm, a DVD player cannot access the contents of a DVD. With the player keys and the algorithm, a DVD player can display the movie on a television or a computer screen, but does not give a viewer the ability to use the copy function of the computer to copy the movie or to manipulate the digital content of the DVD. -- JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge. Hey Judge, here's a clue: the fact that a licensed DVD player knows a password to the content on a disk does NOT prohibit copying the medium. Here's another clue: All your hollywood are belong to us; we just need the bandwidth to swap them. If DeCSS were wiped off the earth, licensed players would still play swapped movies.

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Photog arrested for shooting nuke plant
by Khoder bin Hakkin 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAZ1FW2NUC.html Vermont Newspaper Photographer Is Taken Into Custody for Taking Pictures of Nuke Plant By Wilson RingAssociated Press Writer Published: Nov 29, 2001 MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - A newspaper photographer was taken into custody by police under a 1917 Vermont treason law for taking pictures of a nuclear power plant. But a prosecutor said he will not press charges. Jason Henske of the Brattleboro Reformer was held by Vernon police for two hours Wednesday before being released along with his camera and the images. Windham County State's Attorney Dan Davis said Thursday that after reviewing the case, he decided not to prosecute. He would not elaborate. Vernon police did not immediately return calls for comment. "It makes you very angry. I think this was completely uncalled for," said Henske, 26. The paper said it would use the photos Friday for a story about security at the Vermont Yankee plant - a move the prosecutor said would be irresponsible. "The security at Vermont Yankee and some of the other power plants in the state, dams, and hydroelectric generating facilities have been a concern for law enforcement as potential targets for terrorists," Davis said. "I think police in certain situations are justified in trying to protect citizens from incidents which may occur at those facilities." The treason law was passed during the opening days of U.S. involvement in World War I. It was intended to protect railroads and other public facilities during wartime. The offense carries up to 10 years in prison.

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As dicas do Rudolfo não podiam estar mais cinematográficas!
by infomacao＠giganetstore.com 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

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Declans testimony;Clone me!
by mattd 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

As an entertainment journalist with a disability I was interested in dec whittingtons road to london. Unfortunately as Ive been 80% incapacitated with schizophrenia since 1981 and prescribed stelazine and largactal on occasion that may have led to tardive dyskenesia,I DONT RECALL,what was it again? "You could create a lottery. A lottery whose payoff was a reward to the person who came closest to predicting the time of death of a given government official." james dalton bell.International patriot and global revolutionary hero.

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Qld DEFENS largest outside the US attn jya
by mattd 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

Working Conference on Complex and Dynamic Systems Architecture Date: Dec 12, 2001 - Dec 14, 2001 Location: Brisbane Marriott Hotel, 515 Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland. The Distributed Systems Technology Centre (DSTC) and University of Queensland host an international conference on complex and dynamic systems architecture. It will feature high-level representation from Australian and international researchers, including US Defence research organisations, US Defence contractors and US Government standards groups. With such key representation, the conference will be of interest to companies and departments reliant on the successful operation of large complex systems and in particular, organisations participating in the national and international defence communities. Specifically, the conference bridges international research and industrial and defence communities in order to share ideas and increase synergy between theoretical and empirical work. Program topics include reconfigurable software, architecture definition languages, configuration management, embedded system architectures, survivability, software architecture documentation, modelling re-configurable distributed systems, component compositions, ACME, probes and gauges in event-based systems, composition of behavioural specifications, system generators, composition analysis, peer-to-peer workflow, co-evolving and adaptive systems, adhoc federation, adaptive threat environments and semantic interoperability. Contact: Kelli Shanahan Tel: (07) 3365 4310 E-mail: kellis(a)dstc.edu.au URL: http://cdsa.dstc.edu.au

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Show your patriotism! with Osama Toilet Paper! Targets! Urinal Pads! and Voodoo Dolls!
by Osama H 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

Show your patriotism! Put Osama in his place and support a good cause! Wipe with him! Shoot at him! Pee on him! Stick pins in his Voodoo Doll! Check it out! http://www.IHateTerroristsToo.com p.s. Cool Patriotic T's too! Our server at www.ihateterrorists.com was temporarily crashed by cyber-terrorists! We'll be back there soon!

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Order Now: True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier
by Matthew Gaylor 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

[Note from Matt: I made a small wager in palladium that Vinge's True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier would be available to order prior to Jan. 1, 2002 with a well known Cypherpunk. And I won. Acct# 101893.] At 3:03 AM -0700 8/13/01, Well known Cypherpunk wrote: >Subject: Re: BTW- I'll bet you... > >OK - Done deal, if you'll accept the modification that it be >orderable and shippable by Amazon or other on-line bookstore >within a week after that. <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312862075/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/ 103-1236763-4454202> True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Vernor Vinge, James Frenkel (Editor) List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $11.96 You Save: $2.99 (20%) This item will be published in December 2001. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives. See larger photo This item qualifies for free shipping on orders over $99! Click for details Great Buy Buy True Names: And the Opening of the Cyberspace Fron... with The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge today! Total List Price: $42.90 Buy Together Today: $31.52 You Save: $11.38 Paperback - 384 pages (December 2001) Tor Books; ISBN: 0312862075 Amazon.com Sales Rank: 28,271 ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt(a)coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************

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