April 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Slashdot | Cracking the Verisign Monopoly
by Jim Choate 04 Apr '01

04 Apr '01

http://slashdot.org/yro/01/04/03/2258226.shtml -- Adapt, Adopt, Improvise! - Anonymous Venimus, Vidimus, Delavimus - 1st Linux Motto, Anonymous Tivoli Certification Group, OSCT James Choate jchoate(a)tivoli.com Senior Engineer 512-436-1062

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CNN.com - Sci-Tech - Study: Most in U.S. want stronger cybercrime laws - April 3, 2001
by Jim Choate 04 Apr '01

04 Apr '01

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/04/03/privacy.survey.idg/index.html?s… -- Adapt, Adopt, Improvise! - Anonymous Venimus, Vidimus, Delavimus - 1st Linux Motto, Anonymous Tivoli Certification Group, OSCT James Choate jchoate(a)tivoli.com Senior Engineer 512-436-1062

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IRS Help Wrong 47% of Time (washingtonpost.com)
by Jim Choate 04 Apr '01

04 Apr '01

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/A34112-2001Apr3.html -- ____________________________________________________________________ Beware gentle knight, there is no greater monster than reason. Miguel de Cervantes The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Declan McCullagh and prosecutions
by Seth Finkelstein 04 Apr '01

04 Apr '01

Tim May wrote: > I probably should have said nothing to this journalist. If Declan is > forced to testify, beyond a very basic acknowledgement that he was > the author of the articles in question, I sure plan to refuse to ever > speak to any journalist again about anything which someone might > twist in front of a jury. "Hey, Declan, nice weather we're having, > eh?" I'll continue to be Declan's friend, presumably, but I just > won't talk to him about anything that may get extracted from him in > this or in any future star chamber prosecutions. I may regret this - but what's new here? Declan already testified and provided quite a bit of evidence in the Carl Johnson trial: http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=7285 You know this. That was two years ago. Why in the world does this current testimony count, but not the last time Declan did that? I'm probably going to be deeply sorry for this, but the following question has been bothering me for a while: Why in the world does anyone on this list trust Declan McCullagh? If you believe that the government is planning some sort of repression, why ever say a single word to a person who will likely be a key prosecution witness at your trial? At some level, I don't get it. Yes, Declan is sociable and gives a good dinner party and chants the correct rants. Is that all that matters? Testifying for the government in criminal prosecutions is considered just a minor character flaw in such an ideologically lovable fellow-soul? I'm not a lawyer, but this is my view of the court issues in this case: Declan's authorship of the articles is not in dispute. The prosecution wishes to use them as evidence. In order for them to do so, they have to put Declan on the stand, and he has to testify not that he authored them, but under penalty of perjury, that they are accurate. Now, the prosecution would like nothing better for Declan to say "Yes, they're true so help me God, good-bye!". Star chamber??? The problem is the exact opposite. The US legal system allows the accused to challenge evidence against him. The defense attorney is going to want to impeach Declan's credibility (this is not hard to do :-)). He'll likely get up and say something along the lines of 'Mr. McCullagh, you're a sensationalist journo-monger, aren't you? You provoked my client into outbursts of meaningless rhetoric, which you then hyped-up to peddle your papers, didn't you?" (not in quite those words, of course) This is a fact: Declan's motion is mainly about how he doesn't want to be cross-examined by the DEFENSE. Not the prosecution, do you get it, the DEFENSE: "The prosecutor has informed counsel for McCullagh that McCullagh will be asked only to verify the accuracy of statements by Bell that are included in the Articles. Bell's counsel, however, has made clear that cross-examination will not be limited to published information, and Bell might seek testimony regarding a variety of areas that Bell thinks will be helpful to his defense." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ... "Requiring McCullagh to testify, even if it is very limited on direct examination, creates an impermissible burden by necessarily exposing McCullagh to the risk of an intrusive cross-examination that will interfere with McCullagh's current and future newsgathering." I'll say it again, because of where I'm writing: Declan's motion makes very clear that his fear is the cross-examination, which stems from the Sixth Amendement right of an accused to confront witnesses. This couldn't be further from a police state or Star Chamber. A key request in Declan's motion is essentially that the prosecution be given all the evidence it wants, but the defense be hamstrung trying to impeach the credibility of that evidence. Yet no-one who might, ah, be strongly affected by such a tactic in the future, seems to be going through the roof about it. There's no screaming he's in bed with the Fed, he's a stool-pigeon, he's a collaborator, etc. etc. Granted, there's some unhappiness. But look, he's moaning and groaning and minting reputation-capital about the basic fact that he's being a witness for the prosecution in a criminal trial! (again!) Once more, at some level, I don't get it: 1) Why now? Why didn't you stop talking after the Carl Johnson trial? 2) In general, why does anyone trust him given all I've outlined above? My prediction is that Declan will go testify, write some martyrish articles about the inhumanity of it all, and then everything will reset to be repeated in the next criminal trial where he's a prosecution witness. I should note, in case this message finds its way into some evidence presentation, that whether Declan testifies or not right now will make no difference in my estimation of him and as to whether I'd advise anyone to "cooperate with his newsgathering efforts because he is trustworthy and independent". My own views were formed long before this particular case, and based on seeing how callously he treated the legal risks of myself and other programmers (but that's another story). __ Seth Finkelstein Consulting Programmer sethf(a)mit.edu http://sethf.com

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04 Apr '01

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04 Apr '01

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Ray Kurzweil to Participate In Extro-5!!
by E. Shaun Russell 04 Apr '01

04 Apr '01

******RAY KURZWEIL KICKS OFF EXTRO-5!!!****** Greetings! We are extremely pleased to announce that Ray Kurzweil, author of _The Age of Spiritual Machines_ and the forthcoming _The Singularity is Near_ will be participating in Extro-5! Ray has gone to great lengths to ensure that we will be able to conduct a 2 & 1/2 hour state-of-the-art videoconference on the afternoon of Friday, June 15th. Ray has agreed to speak for 40 minutes about his forthcoming book. After this, all registrants will have the opportunity to interact with Ray Kurzweil through various means, including a lengthy question and answer session. This videoconference is tentatively scheduled to begin at 1:00 PM PST on Friday, June 15th. For those of you who have registered but cannot arrive by that time, we will soon be creating a method for you to send Ray Kurzweil questions that you would like answered. His responses will be available later in the conference. In addition to the above, KurzweilAI.net will be an official sponsor of Extro-5, and Ray Kurzweil will be providing all of the videoconferencing arrangements and necessary personnel. Ray also plans to have the videoconference taped for broadcast on the above website, as well as for later in the conference itself! So for those of you who have not yet registered for Extro-5, here is one more major reason to do so! To register (and see other confirmed speakers), please go to http://www.extropy.org/ex5/extro5.htm , the official conference website. For any other questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at e_shaun(a)extropy.org. P.S.: For those who have not yet heard, David Friedman and Ronald Bailey will also be attending Extro-5. Check the above website regularly for updates! ************************************************************************** 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, 2175 Bayfield Drive, Columbus, OH 43229 (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************

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Ray Kurzweil to Participate In Extro-5!!
by E. Shaun Russell 04 Apr '01

04 Apr '01

******RAY KURZWEIL KICKS OFF EXTRO-5!!!****** Greetings! We are extremely pleased to announce that Ray Kurzweil, author of _The Age of Spiritual Machines_ and the forthcoming _The Singularity is Near_ will be participating in Extro-5! Ray has gone to great lengths to ensure that we will be able to conduct a 2 & 1/2 hour state-of-the-art videoconference on the afternoon of Friday, June 15th. Ray has agreed to speak for 40 minutes about his forthcoming book. After this, all registrants will have the opportunity to interact with Ray Kurzweil through various means, including a lengthy question and answer session. This videoconference is tentatively scheduled to begin at 1:00 PM PST on Friday, June 15th. For those of you who have registered but cannot arrive by that time, we will soon be creating a method for you to send Ray Kurzweil questions that you would like answered. His responses will be available later in the conference. In addition to the above, KurzweilAI.net will be an official sponsor of Extro-5, and Ray Kurzweil will be providing all of the videoconferencing arrangements and necessary personnel. Ray also plans to have the videoconference taped for broadcast on the above website, as well as for later in the conference itself! So for those of you who have not yet registered for Extro-5, here is one more major reason to do so! To register (and see other confirmed speakers), please go to http://www.extropy.org/ex5/extro5.htm , the official conference website. For any other questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at e_shaun(a)extropy.org. P.S.: For those who have not yet heard, David Friedman and Ronald Bailey will also be attending Extro-5. Check the above website regularly for updates! ************************************************************************** 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, 2175 Bayfield Drive, Columbus, OH 43229 (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************

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RE: Seth Finkelstein, reluctant cypherpunk?
by Sandy Sandfort 04 Apr '01

04 Apr '01

An Metet wrote: > And speaking of technology and education, > I wonder WHAT DOES IT TAKE to organise > free crypto classes in the Bay Area ? I > can donate time and some money. I know 2 > others who are willing to do the same. > We need at least 3-4 more volunteers. You might think about going through the "Learning Annex" or something like that. People value what they pay for more than what they get for free. At least that would help defray the personal costs of teaching the classes. Also, it includes free advertising and a venue. Contact me personally if you want some help. S a n d y

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