February 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: stego for the censored II
by Steve Schear 14 Feb '01

14 Feb '01

At 06:37 PM 2/10/01 +0200, Sampo Syreeni wrote: >On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Steve Schear wrote: > > >I know this has been mentioned before, but it seems to me that we should > >make use of all the great CRM watermarking technologies being > >developed. One of the primary goals of such technology is to hide the > >watermark in such a way that it cannot be isolated from the source material > >or removed by copying or filtering without making reproduction of the > >source material unacceptably degraded. > >However, methods used for watermarking et cetera are not optimized for >strict non-detection. What I mean is, they are of course meant to be >difficult to predict down to the sample level (since that would make them >easy to remove), but the presence of this sort of stego is often quite >easily verified. Especially if the algorithms are well known. This is >unacceptable in a non-watermark stego apps. > >Sampo Syreeni <decoy(a)iki.fi>, aka decoy, student/math/Helsinki university Not entirely true. If watermarking become ubiquitous then their presence is no longer suspicious. If the marks contain encrypted content then almost no one will know or care as they are passed and published and only the intended recipients will receive the messages. steve

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Question
by Soichi Hayashi 14 Feb '01

14 Feb '01

Dear Sir, I have been resarching Nevada brothel's business. What do you estinmate is the total income for brothel industry in Nevada? Sincerely, REY

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The days of wire rats are upon us
by alphabeta121 14 Feb '01

14 Feb '01

('wire rats' is a reference to rats w/ electrodes implanted in their brains that allow them to self-stimulate at any interval, ahahh, now women have the same ability) Implant Achieves Female Orgasm Wired News Report 12:25 p.m. Feb. 7, 2001 PST One woman undergoing treatment for back pain may have discovered a cure for the thousands of woman frustrated by the inability to achieve orgasm. While Dr. Stuart Meloy was putting an electrode into the woman's spine in an attempt to ease her chronic pain, he not only reduced her back pain, but gave her an unexpected -- but delightful -- side-effect. "She said, 'You're going to have to teach my husband how to do that'," Meloy, an anesthesiologist and pain specialist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said. The discovery is published in Wednesday's issue of New Scientist. See also: How "Doing It" Is Done This College Course Is a Turn-On Check yourself into Med-Tech Unexpectedly, Meloy had stumbled onto a solution that could help thousands of women who can't achieve orgasm. Recognizing the opportunity, he patented this use of the device, and is trying to work with Medtronic, a Minneapolis company that makes the spinal cord stimulator, to market it as a remote-control orgasm machine. Meloy hopes human clinical trials will begin later this year. An Orgasmatron like in the movie Sleeper is probably not around the corner, however. Even for back pain, the device is used only after all other possibilities are exhausted. The procedure is about as invasive as a pacemaker, Meloy said. Still, Meloy hopes the effect is reproducible. He's witnessed induced orgasms twice so far, he said. To treat back pain the surgeon places an electrode in a precise spot in the patient's spine in order to find the specific nerves carrying his or her pain signals to the brain. Meloy said that to induce orgasm, the stimulating wires could connect to a signal generator smaller than a packet of cigarettes implanted under the skin of a patient's buttocks. "Then you'd have a hand-held remote control to trigger it," he said. Various issues can cause a woman to have difficulty achieving orgasm, said Jim Pfaus, who studies the neurobiology of sexual behavior at Concordia University in Montreal. "Some women confuse what's called sympathetic arousal (in orgasm) -- like increased heart rate, clammy hands, nerves and so on -- with fear," he said in a statement. "That makes them want to get out of the situation." The problem is often treated with psychotherapy or Valium, but the drug can also delay orgasm, Pfaus said. Meloy said he hopes the device will help couples overcome problems associated with orgasmic dysfunction. "If you've got a couple who've been together for a while and it's just not happening anymore, maybe they'll get through it a bit easier with this," he said. He added that the device could be programmed to limit its use. "But whether it's once a day, four times a week -- who am I to say?"

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Please delete one of the references in your archive
by Ponnavolu＠aol.com 14 Feb '01

14 Feb '01

Dear Sir/Madam, I would greatly appreciate it if you delete a letter in your archive with my name on it. I would greatly appreciate it if you can do this favor for me. Thank you very much. Kishore Ponnavolu

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by JR 13 Feb '01

13 Feb '01

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Windows XP Can Secure Music
by Joe Baptista 13 Feb '01

13 Feb '01

Windows XP Can Secure Music (Technology 2:00 a.m. PST) http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41614,00.html?tw=wn20010213 Microsoft has built security into its operating system to prevent music from being played on unknown hardware. Its plan to prevent piracy could mean a scuffle with electronics makers. By Brad King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- Joe Baptista www.dot.god

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New stuff with Envelope Mail (fwd)
by Jim Choate 13 Feb '01

13 Feb '01

____________________________________________________________________ Before a larger group can see the virtue of an idea, a smaller group must first understand it. "Stranger Suns" George Zebrowski The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 22:09:07 -0800 (PST) From: Bram Cohen <bram(a)gawth.com> To: envelopemail(a)egroups.com, cryptography(a)c2.net, People who supposedly write code <coderpunks(a)toad.com> Subject: New stuff with Envelope Mail I've done a bunch more work on Envelope Mail, as always, the latest info is at - http://gawth.com/bram/envelope_mail/ New is actual code, complete with test code. Plans are next to write a patch for BoboMail implementing the dummy version of the crypto API. I could use immediate help on the following things - A logo - I'm incapable of graphic design A non-dummy version of the crypto API - the dummy one makes it excruciatingly clear how the real one should work and gives a strong indication of how it might be implemented. I'd make the 'real' one myself, but, you know, you're not supposed to do that, and I'm trying to play nice, despite the crypto community being remarkably unhelpful in this regard. -Bram Cohen "Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent" -- John Maynard Keynes

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MathTools News Digest, February 2001
by Mathtools.net News 13 Feb '01

13 Feb '01

Contents ======== * KFtools for MATLAB * Statistical Pattern Recognition Toolbox * Signal Processing using C++ * sbParser - Symbolic C++ Parser * Contribute your links KFtools for MATLAB ================== This set of MATLAB tools consists of functions useful for basic image processing and blob analysis. Functions included cover topics like store boundary of binary object as a list of pixel corner coords, select largest binary object, watershed segmentation (flooding from selected sources), centroid of a binary object and more. http://www.mathtools.net/MATLAB/Image_Processing http://www.dip.ee.uct.ac.za/~kforbes/KFtools/KFtools.html Statistical Pattern Recognition Toolbox ======================================= The toolbox contains both well known pattern recognition methods and recently proposed methods. The toolbox focuses on linear discriminant function including its generalization to quadratic discriminant function by non-linear data mapping, unsupervised learning algorithms and minimax learning algorithms. The demonstrator environment is provided that allows the user to choose different algorithms, compare their behavior, provides tools to control the algorithm run interactively and creates synthetic input data or uses real ones. http://www.mathtools.net/MATLAB/Statistics http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~xfrancv/stprtool/index.html Signal Processing using C++ =========================== SPUC provides a large and comprehensive set of simple, efficient and reusable DSP building block objects written as C++ classes. http://www.mathtools.net/Applications/DSP/Libraries http://spuc.webjump.com/ sbParser - Symbolic C++ Parser ============================== This SDK gives you an easy way to include parsing and calculator objects in your C++ programs. http://www.mathtools.net/C++/Symbolic http://home.t-online.de/home/Softbase/serv02_f.htm Contribute your links ===================== Mathtools.net was built using the contribution and effort of many people. Now you can make your favorite technical computing links appear in Mathtools.net. Doing so is simple: if you have in your bookmark a link worth adding, go to the Mathtools.net relevant section, choose 'Add Link', and enter your link information. If you wish to have your link included in this news digest, drop an email to feedback(a)mathtools.net. http://www.mathtools.net --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Sent to email: cypherpunks(a)toad.com . You are receiving this news digest because you have indicated a preference to receive news and updates. If you have any suggestions or requests regarding this news digest, let us know and include the sent-to email.

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Re: Re: Here you have, ;o)
by Roy Silvernail 13 Feb '01

13 Feb '01

>From: "Bill Stewart" <bill.stewart(a)pobox.com> >> The trick with double extensions is that after >> Explorer or Outlook hides the .VBS, the user sees the ".JPG" >> and says "Oh, this is a picture, I'll click on it", >> instead of "Hmmm, this is something I don't recognize, >> better leave it alone." >> Similar tricks are used for .doc.vbs, .xls.vbs, .txt.vbs, etc. > >Using Outlook Express 5 here, and nothing is hidden. Both extensions >(.jpg.vbs) are shown on this attachment. Most likely, you have set your Explorer options to show file extensions (as most any sane person would). The install default is to hide them (along with opening each folder in a new window and not showing the full path in the title bar, all of which I find most annoying), which is why the average sofa spud luser is apt to fall for these tricks. -- Roy M. Silvernail Proprietor, scytale.com roy(a)scytale.com

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Odd Addresses
by John Young 13 Feb '01

13 Feb '01

We have from time to time phantom "accesses" from odd addresses such as yesterday: http://161/1.035 These accesses and addresses do not show up in the log files but are listed in summaries of accesses produced by Analog on our dedicated server. When we run Analog of what should be the same log file on our machine the addresses do not appear. The odd addresses change, none repeat, and do not appear every day. Got any ideas what such entries indicate? Machine camouflage, snoops by spooks, spoofs, debris, taunts? We do see in the logfiles our ISP's regular checks of our machine for operability, showing log ins from 127.0.0.0, but the odd addresses not at all.

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