March 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Slashdot | 2001 Big Brother Awards Announced
by Jim Choate 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

http://slashdot.org/articles/01/03/10/1652237.shtml -- ____________________________________________________________________ Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. Locke The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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VeriSign to keep the .com registry? (fwd)
by Jim Choate 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

____________________________________________________________________ Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. Locke The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- -------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 12:49:10 -0400 From: Ian Grigg <iang(a)systemics.com> To: coderpunks(a)toad.com Subject: VeriSign to keep the .com registry? http://www.icann.org/melbourne/proposed-verisign-agreements-topic.htm Has anybody looked at the ICANN proposal to let VeriSign keep hold of the .com registry servers? Apparently NSI under VeriSign has been behaving itself, so ICANN are wondering if they could just forget all that nasty separation stuff. But, they do not mention anywhere the conflict of interest that will arise if the biggest certificate seller is also the biggest registry. I'm not sure how the DNS security discussions are going, but it would seem that there is a conflict of interest in having VeriSign able to influence the registry whilst also being a seller of domain certs. Comments anyone? (by this monday :) (I know this is nothing to do with coding, but it does seem that coderpunks has the greater concentration of people who understand the security issues involved...) -- iang

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Eurofile: EU suppression of criticism smacks of fascism
by Jim Choate 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000157380504876&rtmo=3SSmwxBM&atmo=rrrr… -- ____________________________________________________________________ Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. Locke The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Law shelters AOL from child porn suit - Tech News - CNET.com
by Jim Choate 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5075352.html -- ____________________________________________________________________ Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. Locke The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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DeCSS-ed mice
by Predrag 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

well, they could well be Police hunt for rabid mice AUTHORITIES in the Lithuanian city of Siauliai are searching for 23 rabies-infected mice that disappeared from a research laboratory. Police say the mice, which disappeared on Monday, were either stolen to sell as pet food for snakes or that someone stole the containers holding them without realising what was inside. The city's veterinary service head said: "This is a very dangerous situation. The mice must be brought back, dead or alive."

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RE: The Private Secretary Of The Most Honorable Sir
by brainteaser 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

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10 Mar '01

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Robb Joins the Cypherpunks
by Eric Cordian 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

Robb London writes: > Attorney General Ashcroft personally approved your subpoena, and that > of another reporter who published admissions by James Dalton Bell. I'm sure he did. > The Government is not seeking any source material, notes, or other > unpublished material from you by virtue of this subpoena. The limited > purpose of the subpo ena is to have you review two of your published > articles, acknowledge your auth orship, review several of the statements > which you attributed to Bell in your a rticles, and have you verify that > he in fact told you those things. What's always struck me as odd is that Declan, who I have said previously seems to be spending far too much time eating at the King's table these days, seems to delight in publishing outrageous self-incriminating quotes from Bell, in lieu of any factual discussion of the issues raised by the case. I guess Declan must feel that as long as it's James Dalton Bell, and his elderly parents, who are the only likely victims of the anal plungering such comments engender, that it's great journalistic fun to put "Cypherpunk Terrorist Vows Revenge" articles at the top of Wired News to celebrate Bell's release from coercive mistreatment at the hands of the state apparatus. It is hardly surprising that these ill-chosen quotations resulted in a subpoena, so that they may be presented as evidence of motive as the government fabricates yet another laundry list of charges to hurl at Mr. Bell, in its neverending quest to manufacture terrorists to frighten the public with. As I've also said in the past, absent the government's persecution of Mr. Bell, AP would have been discussed briefly, like numerous other things on the Cypherphnks list, and quickly forgotten. The points Declan leaves out of his articles, and which I think are the more germain ones, I listed briefly in an April, 1999 message after Bell's first state-sponsored screwing. John Gilmore also pointed out that a lot of things people think are protected speech on Cypherpunks, actually aren't when you examine the case law used against Bell and similar defendants. As I wrote... <<The other thing I find interesting in this brief is the citing of case law which seems to gut the First Amendment with regard to politically motivated satire which discusses hypothetical violence against public officials. Indeed, while the statutes cited seem relatively straightforward with regard to what constitutes a threat, cited case law apparently permits the interpretation of a threat even if the defendant had no means or intent to carry it out, it was not communicated to the person allegedly targeted, and the person allegedly targeted would not have regarded it as a threat. <<So apparently, a non-threat can land you in jail as long as a ficticious "reasonable person" invented by the court, completely unaware of the context of the remark, can be hypothesized to have found it threatening in some way, even if neither you nor the person alleged to be threatened would have interpreted it in such a context. <<Under such an interpretation, Bell's mock trials of public officials, clearly designed as political theatre, could be considered criminal in the complete absence any genuine intent to do harm to public officials, and in the complete absence of any apprehension on the part of public officials that they might be harmed, as long as some hypothetical non-existent "reasonable person" could be deemed to have found the performance "threatening." This seems to tread dangerously close to outlawing pure political speech, which, according to the government, we do not need anonymity for, because we live in a "free society.">> It's would be real nice if Declan would someday write a Jim Bell article which explored the above issues, and didn't just quote Jim on what he intended to do to the pigfuckers next. As for Treasury Agent Jeff Gordon using anti-stalking laws, originally invented to protect terrified wives and girlfriends against psychotic ex's intent on killing them, as his current excuse to drag Mr. Bell into court, let me just say that I believe that my prior characterization of Mr. Gordon as the "World's Biggest Pussy" is still both Constitutionally protected and accurate. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"

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Stocknight- After Market Edition
by Stocknight ListServer 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

[Stocknight.com] [Image] [Image] Issue 2 March 9, 2001 Today's Issue [Image] The NASDAQ stumbled to a 27 month low Friday, driven in party by a nasty earnings warning by chip maker Intel. The Nasdaq composite index dropped 115.88, or just over 5 percent, to 2,052.85 during Friday's session, it's lowest level since Dec. 17, 1998. The DOW was battered too, falling 213.63, or almost 2 percent, to 10,644.62 managing somehow to stay up 1.7 percent for the week. CNNfn stated in an article published Friday, that "analysts said investors do not need to run for the hills in a panic." despite the bloodbath in the tech sector quoting Seth Martin, an analyst with IDEAglobal.com as saying, "I think stocks really are near their lows at this point and I think investors are bargain-oriented right now. They believe in some sort of comeback by the end of this year so if you believe in that, you have to like stocks at these prices." We'll see on Monday as earnings statements continue to be released. Breaking News [Image] At StockNight we prefer to publish news in our Breaking News section that truly is "Hot off the Press." When at all possible we try and work with news that has been released after the marker's close or late in the trading day. Today, at roughly 22 minutes after Friday's market close Saf-T-Hammer (otcbb: SAFH) issued a statement that many of our readers will undoubtedly find interesting given the tragic school shooting of this week. Here is part of the release: Saf-T-Hammer Responds to Child Safety Lock Legislation SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--March 9, 2001--Saf-T-Hammer Corp. (OTCBB: SAFH - news), the Scottsdale-based firearm safety and security company today responded to the efforts of Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl's March 1 reintroduction of the Child Safety Lock legislation he authored. Sen. Kohl has also authored the Youth Handgun Safety Act of 1994 and the Gun-Free School Zone Act, which makes it a federal crime to knowingly bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a school or to fire a gun in these zones. ``We are watching this legislation closely,'' said Robert Scott, president of Saf-T-Hammer. ``There is a continuing, growing awareness of the need for firearm safety solutions. The recent school shooting in San Diego tragically brought the issue to the nation's attention again.'' The ``Child Safety Lock Act of 2001'' reintroduced into the Senate last week under Senate Bill S 436, calls for safer keeping of firearms including the requirement of child handgun safety locks included in every sale and transfer of a handgun. ``All firearm owners, most of whom act extremely responsibly, have an obligation to store and secure their firearms in a manner to prevent unauthorized access,'' said Scott. ``The gun safety locks manufactured by our company have proven to be effective, inexpensive and easy to use.'' The bill would be an amendment to chapter 44 of title 18, U.S. Code and is co-sponsored by Sen. Barbara Boxer, Sen. Jon Corzine, Sen. John F. Kerry, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee, Sen. Richard J. Durbin and Sen. Jack Reed. Polls show that between 75 and 80 percent of the American public, including gun owners, favor the mandatory sale of child safety locks with guns. In addition, according to public reports from last year's campaign, President Bush indicated he supports the idea of mandatory child safety locks and would sign a bill that required the sale of a child safety lock with all new handguns. Attorney General Ashcroft confirmed the Bush administration supports the mandatory sale of child safety locks during his Senate confirmation hearings earlier this year. Each year, teenagers and children are involved in more than 10,000 accidental shootings in which close to 800 people die. In addition, every year 1,300 children usefirearms to commit suicide. ``The need is definite and real,'' said Scott. Please click here to read the remainder of this release: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010309/0231.html Disclaimer: StockNight.com is owned by Integrity Media Inc. (IMI) and associated with Market Pathways Financial Relations Incorporated (MP). 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