July 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Rallies on Monday
by Reese 21 Jul '01

21 Jul '01

At 02:23 PM 7/20/01, dumbGeEk wrote: > > >Just wondering (because maybe you don't live in the US). But why are you >all gonna protest because some Russian got arrested for breaking the law?? Try not to think of it as a Russian breaking the law. Try to think of it as a person on US soil breaking an unconstitutional law. Take two clue pills and try again tomorrow. Reese

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Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime
by Seth Finkelstein 21 Jul '01

21 Jul '01

Remember what I told you: "If you think Clinton was dismal, you're going to find out what dismal *is*, during a Bush administration." [And Matt's reply is: They're both dismal.] http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20010720/pl/ashcroft_cybercrime_1.html Friday July 20 5:24 PM ET Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, Associated Press Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Calling computer security one of the nation's top problems, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Friday that the government is forming nine special units to prosecute hacking and copyright violations. Ashcroft said the new specialists will bring to 48 the number of prosecutors working on cybercrime in U.S. attorneys' offices. ``There are many people of poor and evil motivations who are seeking to disrupt business and government and exploit any vulnerabilities in the digital universe,'' Ashcroft said after meeting with Silicon Valley executives and venture capitalists. When computer crimes go unpunished, he said, ``It impairs the ability of the United States of America to remain in its position of priority in leading the world in the digital age.'' The new prosecutors will work in cities with relatively high levels of cybercrime: Los Angeles, San Diego, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Seattle, New York, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Alexandria, Va. The units will be modeled on the nation's first Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property squad, which began working out of the U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco several years ago. That unit was created by U.S. Attorney Robert Mueller, whom President Bush has nominated for FBI director. Mueller attended Friday's news conference at the headquarters of VeriSign Inc., but did not comment. Ashcroft cited a study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLC that said businesses spent $300 billion fighting hackers and computer viruses last year. He said the government must be careful to help secure the Internet without hindering its development. ``There is perhaps nothing quite as distressing as the unintended consequences of well-intentioned government,'' Ashcroft said. While cybercrime is an expensive problem for the private sector, companies are often reluctant to report computer attacks to law enforcement authorities out of fear of negative publicity and concern that prosecutors don't have the technical savvy to solve the cases. Prosecutors in the nine units will try to forge relationships within the technology community, provide training for state and local prosecutors and encourage companies to come forward when they are hit by hackers, Justice Department officials said. Ashcroft would not comment on the case of Dmitry Sklyarov, a 26-year-old Russian arrested this week in Las Vegas and charged with writing a program that unlocked encrypted software designed by Adobe Systems Inc. (NasdaqNM:ADBE - news) to protect electronic books. The FBI contends that is a violation of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Critics of the case say Sklyarov works for a legitimate company in Moscow that merely has a business dispute with Adobe. ``Taxpayer dollars are basically being used to do Adobe's dirty work,'' said Richard Smith, chief technology officer for the Privacy Foundation at the University of Denver. ``Frankly, I think they should be spending their time fixing the security problems he pointed out.'' - On the Net: Justice Department: http://www.usdoj.gov Copyright © 2001 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. __________________________________________________________________________ Distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. --- ************************************************************************** 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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Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime
by Seth Finkelstein 21 Jul '01

21 Jul '01

Remember what I told you: "If you think Clinton was dismal, you're going to find out what dismal *is*, during a Bush administration." [And Matt's reply is: They're both dismal.] http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20010720/pl/ashcroft_cybercrime_1.html Friday July 20 5:24 PM ET Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, Associated Press Writer MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Calling computer security one of the nation's top problems, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Friday that the government is forming nine special units to prosecute hacking and copyright violations. Ashcroft said the new specialists will bring to 48 the number of prosecutors working on cybercrime in U.S. attorneys' offices. ``There are many people of poor and evil motivations who are seeking to disrupt business and government and exploit any vulnerabilities in the digital universe,'' Ashcroft said after meeting with Silicon Valley executives and venture capitalists. When computer crimes go unpunished, he said, ``It impairs the ability of the United States of America to remain in its position of priority in leading the world in the digital age.'' The new prosecutors will work in cities with relatively high levels of cybercrime: Los Angeles, San Diego, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Seattle, New York, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Alexandria, Va. The units will be modeled on the nation's first Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property squad, which began working out of the U.S. Attorney's office in San Francisco several years ago. That unit was created by U.S. Attorney Robert Mueller, whom President Bush has nominated for FBI director. Mueller attended Friday's news conference at the headquarters of VeriSign Inc., but did not comment. Ashcroft cited a study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLC that said businesses spent $300 billion fighting hackers and computer viruses last year. He said the government must be careful to help secure the Internet without hindering its development. ``There is perhaps nothing quite as distressing as the unintended consequences of well-intentioned government,'' Ashcroft said. While cybercrime is an expensive problem for the private sector, companies are often reluctant to report computer attacks to law enforcement authorities out of fear of negative publicity and concern that prosecutors don't have the technical savvy to solve the cases. Prosecutors in the nine units will try to forge relationships within the technology community, provide training for state and local prosecutors and encourage companies to come forward when they are hit by hackers, Justice Department officials said. Ashcroft would not comment on the case of Dmitry Sklyarov, a 26-year-old Russian arrested this week in Las Vegas and charged with writing a program that unlocked encrypted software designed by Adobe Systems Inc. (NasdaqNM:ADBE - news) to protect electronic books. The FBI contends that is a violation of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Critics of the case say Sklyarov works for a legitimate company in Moscow that merely has a business dispute with Adobe. ``Taxpayer dollars are basically being used to do Adobe's dirty work,'' said Richard Smith, chief technology officer for the Privacy Foundation at the University of Denver. ``Frankly, I think they should be spending their time fixing the security problems he pointed out.'' - On the Net: Justice Department: http://www.usdoj.gov Copyright © 2001 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. __________________________________________________________________________ Distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. --- ************************************************************************** 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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The Story of the "8" in Jennifer 8. Lee
by Seth Finkelstein 21 Jul '01

21 Jul '01

http://www.girlhacker.com/2001_01_01_archive.html#1991206 Has the NY Times developed a quirky sense of humor? Or is the author of this article really named Jennifer 8. Lee? The article is about the demand for phone numbers with lucky digits in China. A man paid $2,500 for 8889988 at a charity auction. Cell phone stores advertise their best numbers. Discounted numbers (ending with unlucky 4s) are sold below cost. But there are customers who refuse to pay more for lucky numbers. At any rate, Jennifer 8. Lee is looking for prosperity in her byline, and it seems The Old Grey Lady is happy to play along. It's not so grey anymore anyway with the color photos that still take me by surprise. (Update: Turns out Jennifer just has very cool parents! They wanted to give her a unique name, Jennifer Lee being very popular. So 8. it was. I had done a search in the NY Times archives for "Jennifer Lee" when I wrote the post to see if she usually used the 8, but the search engine was too smart and didn't return any "Jennifer 8. Lee"s, just "Jennifer Lee" in a few places. But I should have searched for "Jennifer 8. Lee" to begin with. Actually I should have remembered I've read plenty of her 8. bylined articles already. Thanks for the info, Seth Gordon!) a http://members.aol.com/ogit1/eight.html NATE PARSONS, ANNAPOLIS, MD Some people have ask what is the deal with the Washinton Post's Metro reporter Jennifer 8 Lee. Well here it is... Jennifer's parents are from China, where there about 200 million people have the last name "Lee." To impart a sense of individuality they gave her the middle name "8," which has special meaning to the Chinese. It means luck, good fortune, security and strength. ************************************************************************** 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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The Story of the "8" in Jennifer 8. Lee
by Seth Finkelstein 21 Jul '01

21 Jul '01

http://www.girlhacker.com/2001_01_01_archive.html#1991206 Has the NY Times developed a quirky sense of humor? Or is the author of this article really named Jennifer 8. Lee? The article is about the demand for phone numbers with lucky digits in China. A man paid $2,500 for 8889988 at a charity auction. Cell phone stores advertise their best numbers. Discounted numbers (ending with unlucky 4s) are sold below cost. But there are customers who refuse to pay more for lucky numbers. At any rate, Jennifer 8. Lee is looking for prosperity in her byline, and it seems The Old Grey Lady is happy to play along. It's not so grey anymore anyway with the color photos that still take me by surprise. (Update: Turns out Jennifer just has very cool parents! They wanted to give her a unique name, Jennifer Lee being very popular. So 8. it was. I had done a search in the NY Times archives for "Jennifer Lee" when I wrote the post to see if she usually used the 8, but the search engine was too smart and didn't return any "Jennifer 8. Lee"s, just "Jennifer Lee" in a few places. But I should have searched for "Jennifer 8. Lee" to begin with. Actually I should have remembered I've read plenty of her 8. bylined articles already. Thanks for the info, Seth Gordon!) a http://members.aol.com/ogit1/eight.html NATE PARSONS, ANNAPOLIS, MD Some people have ask what is the deal with the Washinton Post's Metro reporter Jennifer 8 Lee. Well here it is... Jennifer's parents are from China, where there about 200 million people have the last name "Lee." To impart a sense of individuality they gave her the middle name "8," which has special meaning to the Chinese. It means luck, good fortune, security and strength. ************************************************************************** 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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by The Financial-Quest Group 21 Jul '01

21 Jul '01

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CNN.com - G8 leaders in no-win situation - July 20, 2001
by Jim Choate 21 Jul '01

21 Jul '01

http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/07/20/genoa.statement/index.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Tesla be", and all was light. B.A. Behrend The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Slashdot | Dimitry's company sold password crackers to the FBI
by Jim Choate 21 Jul '01

21 Jul '01

http://slashdot.org/articles/01/07/21/039257.shtml -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Tesla be", and all was light. B.A. Behrend The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Chandra Levy's Hard Disk
by George＠Orwellian.Org 21 Jul '01

21 Jul '01

The DC police have apparently released the *generic* URLs of where she visited during a three hour tour of cyberspace. A three hour tour. ( couldn't help myself ;-) They apparently said "Lycos.com" etc, without releasing the search criteria (the rest of the URL). What gives? How is the base name of a search engine going to be of use to anyone? This could be called, "Clue-less."

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RE: Killing the G8 Anarchists
by Jim Choate 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Duncan Frissell wrote: > At 04:56 PM 7/20/01 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: > > >Just as much as these protesters object to having their cultures and > >planet raped and pillaged for the God $ Fascist good (and not their own). > > Presumably "their cultures" and "their planet" are the "property" they are > defending according to your prior post. I thought they didn't really > believe in property? Yes, property they have an interest in. An interest that is not measurable in economic metrics. Who didn't believe in property? Which group didn't believe in property. As a journalist who is supposedly well versed in this area it's surprising that you would try to attempt to show the many groups involved as having a single agenda or theme, when you know that isn't so. Some don't believe in a world government. Some don't believe in trans-national economics becoming the primary force in government. Some object to a combining of the two. Some object to the crass commercialism that has ravaged Afria with AIDS. Some object to the belief that pledging a $1B to 'fight AIDS' isn't sufficient when what is needed and what is required (though they don't want to do it) is to 'end AIDS', without turning the people into chatels of the state in some eco-socialist wet dream. No, there are many views and you're trying to lump them all into one category is nothing more than evidence to the strength (really complete lack thereof) of your case. > In any case, culture is something that exists in the minds of people and in > the choices those people make every day. Provided they're given the opportunity to even make that choice. This is another of the bitches. > One can only claim to "own" a culture if one claims to own the minds and > choices of others. One does not claim to own a culture (demonstrating your lack thereof), one IS a culture. To have a culture destroyed, especially for nothing more than profit, is rape. > A bit totalitarian and impossible for commie thugs to do these days since > even governments with nukes are having trouble controlling the minds and > choices of others. It's not just 'commie', again your single mindset reveals your shallow understanding. The lack of 'control' is exactly why they're so upset. Why they're so worried. It's exactly why they don't want it to get larger. It's why they don't want people to know what's going on. These are the same people, who when they want to search your home, who ask "what have you got to hide?" What have they got to hide? > As for the planet, a bit big to be owned at this point though people will > be able to own them later when we're richer and have access to more of > them. Though why one would want to own a gravity well is beyond me. You have a shallow sense of ownership if you believe it must be 1-to-1. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Tesla be", and all was light. B.A. Behrend The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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