June 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Microsoft, the privacy force
by George＠Orwellian.Org 16 Jun '01

16 Jun '01

http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_0-1005-200-6285910.html # # June 15, 2001 # # IE 6 beta pushes ad networks on privacy # # By STEFANIE OLSEN, CNET NEWS.COM # # As Microsoft puts the finishing touches on an upgrade to its # popular browser, Internet advertising companies are racing to # ensure that their ads and cookies are compatible with it. # # Internet Explorer 6, scheduled to be released in August, will # be the first browser to support a new … [View More]privacy standard called # Platform Privacy Preferences, or P3P. # # With P3P, Web surfers can configure their browsers to # automatically determine whether a Web site collects personally # identifiable information, uses that information to create user # profiles, or allows visitors to opt out of the data collection. # # Ad networks also must post privacy policies that can be read # by the browser. Sites and ads that are not compliant with the # standards being included in IE 6 may not be able to place cookies # on PC users' hard drives. # # "In order for ad networks to continue to set cookies on people's # computers, they'll have to create a P3P privacy policy--many # haven't done that yet," said Richard Smith, chief technology # officer at the Privacy Foundation, a Denver-based watchdog group # and research foundation. Smith said that by his count, about # 50 to 100 marketers and ad networks set third-party cookies, # many of which could be blocked by users of IE 6. # # "All those guys are going to have to hustle to get a P3P privacy # policy in place or their cookies won't work," Smith said. # # The issue recently came to light when some of the 500,000 beta # testers of Windows XP noticed that some ads were not being # displayed while surfing the Web. Windows XP, an upgrade to the # Windows operating system that will be released in October, # includes IE 6. # # Because cookies are an important component of online advertising, # leading ad networks such as DoubleClick and Engage are working # to ensure compatibility with IE 6. # # DoubleClick, for example, uses cookies to create anonymous # profiles on consumers who visit specific sites or content areas, # such as sports pages or financial sites. With this information, # the company might target a Nike ad to a consumer surfing a retail # site who regularly visits sports Web sites. # # Engage, which serves ads for about 3,400 Web sites, is installing # headers so that the browser will be able to read Engage cookies. # Complying with P3P is a "fairly significant expenditure of a # couple of people's time but it's not overly burdensome," said # Engage spokesman Mark Horan. # # "Our site will be P3P-compliant within the next three weeks," # he added. "Much more important, our cookies will be P3P-compliant # before IE 6 launches this fall." # # Jules Polonetsky, DoubleClick's privacy chief, said his company # also will have its privacy policy and cookie headers ready before # the launch of IE 6. # # Meanwhile, the default privacy controls for IE 6 could spell # trouble for some companies that are late in meeting P3P # compliance. # # The default setting in IE 6 allows a "first-party" cookie to # be set, meaning that if a person visits Yahoo the browser will # accept a cookie from Yahoo. # # However, "third-party" cookies--most often set by marketers or # ad networks to track consumer response to promotions--will be # allowed through IE 6 default settings only if the third party # allows consumers to opt out of data-collection practices. If # the company doesn't give consumers an option, the cookie will # be blocked. # # DoubleClick's Polonetsky noted the company does not collect # personally identifiable information with its cookies and does # offer consumers an opt out, so its cookies will be accepted under # IE 6 default settings. # # "This is a great step for protecting consumers' privacy on the # Web," said Rick Miller, a Microsoft spokesman. "Consumers will # be able to control what personal information they give out to # marketers." # # DoubleClick's Polonetsky, who helped to develop the P3P standard, # said that although his company will be prepared for the new # settings, many online companies may run into trouble come August. # # "Here's the surprise: Many Web sites, especially complicated # ones with third-party content provided by their affiliates, may # discover that they are third parties on their own sites," # Polonetsky said. This would create a situation where their cookies # would not be accepted on their own properties. # # However, Smith said that this will not likely be a problem for # many sites because they work fine without cookies, which makes # targeting ads more difficult but not impossible. [View Less]

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16 Jun '01

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FCC violating the First Admendment: let's make some arrests
by George＠Orwellian.Org 16 Jun '01

16 Jun '01

http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0124/sotc.shtml # # Week of June 13 - 19, 2001 # # Radio Can't Even Play My Jam # # Eminem is a man of many guises, but is he ready to be the new # Mapplethorpe? On June 1, the FCC fined Colorado radio station # KKMG $7000 for playing the "clean" version of Em's "The Real # Slim Shady," the same one played thousands of times last summer # by pop, rock, and r&b stations around the country-maybe the first # time all … [View More]those formats agreed on a No. 1. # # The commission-now chaired by Colin Powell's son Michael-found # that the song contains "sexual references in conjunction with # sexual expletives that appear intended to pander and shock," # a description the artist could hardly dispute; in fact, the # indecency standard is practically the subject of the song. # # "Sometimes I want to get on TV and just let loose, but can't/But # it's cool for Tom Green to hump a dead moose," reads the # transcript of the offending track in the FCC's decision. "My # bum is on your lips . . . /And if I'm lucky you might just give # it a little kiss/And that's the message we deliver to little # kids/And expect them not to know what a woman's BLEEP is?" # # "I think all of America should feel threatened," says Def Jam # founder Russell Simmons, who will lead a "hip-hop summit" this # week at the Hilton. Last week Simmons received a Father of the # Year award from the National Father's Day Committee at the # Marriott Marquis, and found that Powell was a co-honoree. # # According to Simmons, Powell said he'd like to come to the summit, # but on Friday Powell's staff called to say he had a scheduling # conflict. "He said [this fine] was just a random case, and not # to view it as an attack, but that's bullshit," Simmons says. # "I asked him how the record was indecent, and he couldn't give # me a clear answer." (The FCC declined comment.) # # Kathleen Kirby, KKMG's lawyer, isn't surprised. "FCC indecency # rules are difficult to get your arms around, even for the agency's # own attorneys." Nonetheless, she calls the fine "unusual" and # says the station will appeal. Earlier this year, the commission # imposed an equal fine on a Wisconsin station for "accidentally" # playing the album version of "Slim Shady." # # Kirby is cautious about gauging the political implications of # the fine. Powell was appointed by Clinton-Bush named him chair # days after the inauguration-and is known as a strong advocate # of the First Amendment, while Gloria Tristani, the other remaining # Clinton appointee, has pushed for more aggressive indecency # enforcement. Neither was involved in issuing the fine, which # was imposed by career civil service employees in the FCC's newly # created enforcement bureau. # # Will other stations be fined? FCC enforcement actions are driven # by complaints from listeners, and the agency won't tell Kirby # whether it has received any others. # # "This is probably a result of pressure from this organization," # says Paul McGeady, director of Morality in Media's National # Obscenity Law Center on the Upper West Side, which lobbied # Congress during the first few months of Bush II for stepped-up # enforcement. # # But even McGeady can't pinpoint what's wrong with the clean # version. "The whole thing is offensive. It's got bestiality; # he's talking about a vagina-what more do you need?" # # Actually, the bleeped word is "clitoris," and the question Eminem # poses is similar to the one his lawyers will raise. "The Supreme # Court said in the Pacifica case that the FCC can bar the 'seven # dirty words' because radio is a uniquely pervasive medium that # is particularly accessible to children," says Northern Kentucky # University law prof Kenneth Katkin (who has done work for Kirby's # firm). # # "But this looks a lot more like the FCC trying to decide what # ideas kids can hear, and even the FCC would agree that's # unconstitutional." Kids with Web browsers can find the complete # lyrics of the "dirty" version on the FCC's own Web site, # # http://www.fcc.gov/eb/broadcast/obscind.html # # along with shock-jock pedophilia jokes, lots of cusswords, and # oral-sex tips from Monty Python. -Josh Goldfein [View Less]

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Creeping Police State item #32767
by George＠Orwellian.Org 16 Jun '01

16 Jun '01

Pull up the URL for the full article. http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0124/ince.shtml # # June 13-19, 2001 # # Cops in Schools Teach a Generation to Live # in Jail Preppin? for Prison # by Adamma Ince # # "The po-po are like recruiters, only they don't want us for the # NBA or the NFL. They want us for jail." # # Three years into a four-year pilot program giving the New York # Police Department control of safety in the public schools, sexual # assaults have … [View More]

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"Star" directed by Guy Ritchie
by updates＠mediatrip.com 16 Jun '01

16 Jun '01

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Re: Freematt Interviews Financial Cryptographer Ian Grigg
by lcs Mixmaster Remailer 15 Jun '01

15 Jun '01

Subject: Freematt Interviews Financial Cryptographer Ian Grigg It's too bad you didn't ask the juicy questions. Systemics has recently become embroiled in a lawsuit with e-gold and/or DigiGold, as the emails below describe. Former Friends Become Enemies! Servers Being Seized! Ian Trapped in Anguilla! And all you can think of to ask is, where do you think you'll be in ten years? which authors influenced you? You call this journalism? Come on, enquiring minds want to know the dirt. … [View More]> Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 18:02:40 -0400 (AST) > From: Ian Grigg <iang(a)kostunrix.cryptohill.net> > > Dear WebFunds Users, > > I regret to announce that Systemics Inc will not be supporting > DigiGold Ltd from 25th May, 2001, 11:00 a.m. AST due to > termination of the contract between the two parties. > > Unfortunately, we cannot afford to continue to cover the costs > for services consumed by DigiGold Ltd. > > In operational terms this would mean that the Issuance Server > operated by Systemics Inc will cease to accept payment requests > for the Ricardian Contracts issued by DigiGold Ltd on the above > date & time. These are, in brief, the 4 metals. > > Also, the books that were trading on the Exchange will be > "closed," and any orders returned in their current state to > the user. > Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 02:07:03 -0400 > From: Ian Grigg <iang(a)systemics.com> > > Due to representations from interested parties, Systemics Inc have decided > in good faith to maintain in operation (at own expense) the Issuance Server > that handles the DigiGold contracts for one more week. > > Apologies for the brief email, but, we are somewhat constrained in discussing > the situation, as much as we are constrained from continuing to provide the > service at own expense, on behalf of others. > Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 13:13:54 -0400 (AST) > From: Ian Grigg <iang(a)kostunrix.cryptohill.net> > > W.r.t. to the terminated agreement with the e-gold group in general > and the DigiGold company in particular, papers have just been > served on myself and Systemics (as of 12:25 Tuesday 29th May 2001). > > The nature of the papers is unclear at this stage, as they are long > and legally worded. They do speak of DigiGold servers and injunctive > relief and so forth, as well as apparently forbidding me to leave the > island of Anguilla! On my first reading, I found no mention of > payment towards outstanding and ongoing support costs. No doubt, > the bevy of lawyers they have retained will probably leave little over > for operations. > > Support for all projects will be a little loose in the forthcoming > period as I'll have to devote much time to understanding and in all > probability defending Systemics and myself from these filings. > > Even up to minutes before, there was a dialogue going on in email > with Barry Downey, his two lawyers and the management team of > DigiGold, in an attempt I thought to reach some sort of understanding > as to their position (potentially leading to a resolution). > > However, the papers were filed on Friday last, and given the weight > of the documents served obviously took some time to prepare. This > is not a light action on their parts. > > In summary, I will be distracted. I'll attempt to hand over > support of the projects to someone else so as to minimise the > disruption caused to others. > From: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen(a)vangelderen.org> > Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2001 12:21:05 -0400 > > L.S. > > Attentive users will have noticed that the new issuance > server in the US of A has had hickups over the past couple > of days. > > Having got back from my European adventures I have had a > look at the problem that caused the Digi* and the other > commercial issues to not work. > > It turns out that the Linux networking did not play well > with the Systemics Issuance Server software and solving > that particular problem involved digging in the Linux source > code to find out what was wrong. Open Source software indeed > has it's advantages! > > The good news is that I've put in place a bandaid solution > that should allow the server to function for the time being > albeit not optimally. > > A more permanent and reliable solution would be to move the > servers back to our trusty FreeBSD operating system running > on hardware in Anguilla. > > The bad news is that if we move the server to Anguilla now > we will not be allowed to move it out again by injunction of > the court of Anguilla. > > This of course would severely limit Systemics' operational > capabilities as any major connectivity problems here in > Anguilla could not be effectively addressed. > > The worst news however is yet to come... : > > We have to anticipate that the e-gold litigants will attempt > to seize the server as: > - they have made claims to Systemics intellectual property, > - the injunction clearly states that the server is not to > leave the 25-by-6 mile rock known as Anguilla. > > This puts us in a situation where we are forced to separate > the Digigold currencies (AGG, AUG, PDG and PTG) from the > other commercial issuances in order to protect the interests > of Systemics' paying customers. > > At this stage our distinguished team of Financial Cryptography > engineers are working around the clock to come up with a > solution (if you didn't get that, it means we don't have a clue > as to how to attack this problem just yet). > > More to follow. > > Cheers, > Jeroen [View Less]

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15 Jun '01

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Regularly Scheduled Weekly Choate Commentary.
by aluger＠hushmail.com 15 Jun '01

15 Jun '01

At Fri, 15 Jun 2001 19:37:21 -0500 (CDT), Jim Choate <ravage(a)einstein.ssz.com> wrote: > >There is a distinction between a 'search' and 'the method of search'. > >Some methods may be more physically invasive than others, but the 4th >doesn't talk to the process or act, only the intent. > >The intent to search is ALWAYS invasive. Mr. Choate obviously detected that I hadn't said this in a week or so and so he spurred me to do it now. "You're an idiot. Go to law … [View More]

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New patent: Auto-escrowable and auto-certifiable cryptosystems with fast key generation
by Bo Elkjaer 15 Jun '01

15 Jun '01

Patent 6,243,466, granted june 5. 2001. Auto-escrowable and auto-certifiable cryptosystems with fast key generation Abstract A method is provided for an escrow cryptosystem that is overhead-free, does not require a cryptographic tamper-proof hardware implementation (i.e., can be done in software), is publicly verifiable, and cannot be used subliminally to enable a shadow public key system. A shadow public key system is an unescrowed public key system that is publicly displayed in a covert … [View More]

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