January 2002 - cypherpunks-legacy

Air force one renamed "lady fanny of Omaha"
by mattd 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

COME ON NOW MR. PRESIDENT! Wayne Madsen I am the last person to defend airlines, especially considering the number of bumped flights, lost luggage, and discourteous flight attendants I've put up with over the years. However, when it comes to a feud between George W. Bush and the American Airlines pilot who refused to allow a member of the president's Secret Service personal detail to board a flight in Baltimore because something "didn't seem right with his paperwork," my vote goes to the pilot. Okay, so the Secret Service agent was an Arab American. I bet that American Airlines pilot knew a number of the American Airline pilots who died on September 11, and maybe the one who died in a still unexplained crash of Flight 587, another American Airline plane, near JFK Airport, and probably also the pilot who could have easily lost his life when Richard Reid tried to blow up his plastic explosive-laden sneakers on an American flight from Paris to Miami. Radical Arab Islamists have a penchant for hijacking and blowing up planes and they seem to have a certain predilection for American Airlines. So what did the pilot do wrong? The pilot is informed by airport security that the Secret Service guy is traveling with a gun. The pilot doesn't believe his papers are in order (I bet the Secret Service doesn't like it very much when they are on the receiving end of that missive). And here's the question I would have asked were I that pilot: Why the hell is a Secret Service agent assigned to the president traveling commercial air to the Texas ranch? What happened? Did he miss his flight on Air Force One? Too much to drink over the holidays? Yes, that pilot had a lot of reasonable questions. And considering how American Airlines seems to be the target du jour for Al Qaeda, he did the right thing in refusing him passage. So Dubya vents his spleen at that scruffy-looking Crawford ranch and says if it turns out that his Secret Service man was not allowed to fly because of his ethnicity, "that would make me mad as heck." Hey Dubya, you know what would have made me mad as heck? A passenger with possible phony Secret Service credentials steering another plane into another building. Could never happen? Well, let's see, on September 11 you ran out to hide at the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command in Nebraska because, according to William Safire quoting high-level White House officials, including head gauleiter Karl Rove, someone was able to break the code word security of White House communications and relay the message, "Air Force One is next." If someone could have done that (and every commercial pilot worth a salt knows about that incident), they could probably also obtain fake White House credentials and alter information in the Secret Service and FAA data bases. Mr. President, that pilot certainly does not deserve or require any lectures from you. If you had been a real Air Force pilot and not a weekend warrior who took back seat rides, chalking up questionable "flight time" with the senior arm of the Texas Civil Air Patrol, you might realize as does that American Airlines pilot and your "good friend" John McCain and other real pilots, that pilots are responsible for the lives of their crew and passengers. The pilot who flew you around Texas on weekends extended that protection to you. Please extend the same courtesy to our commercial airline pilots. Your Secret Service agent will get over the insult but families who lose loved ones in terrorist attacks never get over it. But here's the deal. Next time one of your more questionable-acting Secret Service agents gets into it with an airline pilot, would you personally guarantee the security of the aircraft with two armed sky marshals? From ... http://www.spiescafe.com/wm/wayne.htm and while your there,check out ... What?? Are You Serious! They could be just more conspiracy theories, but many investigative journalists are coming up with some interesting connections: 7 7 Profits of Death - Insider Trading & 9/11 7 7 The Smoking Gun 7 7 Guilty for 9/11 - Part 1 7 7 Guilty for 9/11 - Part 2 7 7 Gaping Holes in CIA-v-Bin Laden Story

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The Register - Email work eats security software
by Jim Choate 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

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Infinite justice..
by mattd 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

The fame of Asimov's Foundation and Robot series has tended to steal the limelight from some of his other masterpieces, chief among them, The End of Eternity, a book that is hard to find. In this book, Asimov consciously set out to explore the limits of the classic paradox of time travel that has bedeviled so many works of science fiction. As a result, this is a "bare bones" novel; no robots or empires or any other such distractions. Its strength lies in imagination. Asimov looks at our world as it has evolved, and then introduces the organization called Eternity, whose mission is to protect humanity from its own mistakes, by making deft changes in key events over time (past and future). Along the way, he has fun making digs at the unchanging fundamentals of human nature (competition, drive, love) amid centuries of changing social mores. At the heart of the book is the love story of Andrew Harlan and Noyes Lambent, but this tale is just a framework for Asimov to build on. In the final analysis, Asimov is making the point that just as a child learns to walk by repeated falls, humanity's ultimate characteristic is the Schumpeterian desire and ability to innovate through risks. If we are protected from ever making mistakes, we may avoid tragedies, but the human race itself will vegetate and die. As with many of his earlier works, the dialog can be jarring and characters often one-dimensional. For all that however, The End of Eternity ranks among Asimov's finest in the field of science fiction and makes it all the more strange why this book is so difficult to find. Do take the time to lay your hands on it; you will not be disappointed.

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Re: End-to-end encrypting US GSM phones?
by Ryan Lackey 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

Quoting Trei, Peter <ptrei(a)rsasecurity.com>: > Ryan suggested earlier that the Ipaq with Fireball isn't up to the task. > I don't think this is correct. I point you to > > http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs344/staff/group10/final_report.pdf > > in which some Stanford students produce a wireless ipaq2ipaq > VoIP system. Biggest problem is that it's simplex, not because > of cpu limitations but rather that the Compaq HW can listen or > make noise, but not both simultaneously. Using a headset which > interfaces through the expansion port might enable you to > avoid this problem (and the BT headset could also offload the > codec). A 206 MHz Ipaq would, I think have sufficient HP to > do the crypto. > I didn't mean the imply the Ipaq CPU (200MHz StrongARM) would be insufficient, merely that from usability standpoint. The "holy grail" would be working on 16-33MHz *dragonball* (== 68000) processors. *That* would be impressive. Doing this on a strongarm is easy. I'm not sure what the audio output from the ericsson bluetooth headset is, when it connects to a PDA. I've asked Monty (the ogg guy) and some others, and they think a 50MHz ARM7 is more than sufficient for the compression; getting it down a 33MHz 68000 (like in the recent high-end palm devices) would be cool. > I've toyed with the idea of porting SpeakFreely to Ipaq, but have > not actually done anything at this point. > > I've x-posted to coderpunks, since that group is more germane. > Serious further discussion should be over there, IMHO. > > Peter Trei > > > > > > > > > ============================================================================ > ================ > This e-mail, its content and any files transmitted with it are intended > solely for the addressee(s) and are PRIVILEGED and > CONFIDENTIAL. Access by any other party is unauthorized without the express > prior written permission of the sender. If > you have received this e-mail in error you may not copy, disclose to any > third party or use the contents, attachments or > information in any way, Please delete all copies of the e-mail and the > attachment(s), if any and notify the sender. > Thank You. > ============================================================================ > ================ > > -- Ryan Lackey [RL7618 RL5931-RIPE] ryan(a)havenco.com CTO and Co-founder, HavenCo Ltd. +44 7970 633 277 the free world just milliseconds away http://www.havenco.com/ OpenPGP 4096: B8B8 3D95 F940 9760 C64B DE90 07AD BE07 D2E0 301F

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Foundation and empire
by mattd 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0102.html Hari seldon informs me that a new era in pscho-hirstory is about to start.The crypto-anarchic milleneum. The game ranges from the prehistoric era up to and beyond the present day, and includes some sci-fi-inspired futuristic combat. Empire Earth is the brainchild of Rick Goodman, one of the key developers behind the Age of Empires games, and this pedigree is immediately apparent. Indeed, Empire Earth takes some of the most enjoyable aspects of the Age series and tosses in a lot more. The resource model and gathering system, in which you use villagers to collect wood, food, stone and gold, is almost identical to that in Age of Empires. There is also farming and the use of logical collection points such as the town centre. But the game adds so much more to this basic framework that it would be a huge injustice to simply call it an Age clone. A comprehensive editor lets you create all sorts of scenarios, and there are four narrative-driven missions that take you through historical epochs, often introducing you to well-known figures who need your help. The 3D visuals are also brilliant, even though the game is a bit of a resource hog and slows down on lesser machines. There are some great smoke and explosion effects, and the sight of massive battleships cruising the seas is extremely impressive. You also get to define your civilization and choose the bonuses and special abilities your people will develop, tweaking them so they are good with airborne units, great with cavalry and good at managing their production in a specific way. The options are very comprehensive, which gives you a real sense of ownership, as your people can be developed during the campaign to suit your style of play. Empire Earth is a very challenging game, and the computer can be a very adept opponent.

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[silk] airport iris scan (fwd)
by Eugene Leitl 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBMTO: N48 04'14.8'' E11 36'41.2'' http://www.leitl.org 57F9CFD3: ED90 0433 EB74 E4A9 537F CFF5 86E7 629B 57F9 CFD3 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2002 13:06:06 +0100 From: Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <rishab(a)dxm.org> Reply-To: silklist(a)lists.vipul.net To: silklist(a)lists.vipul.net Subject: [silk] airport iris scan what i mentioned earlier. http://www.schiphol.nl/schiphol/privium/privium_home.jsp as usual, the dutch govt is the first to try out new things. interestingly, though the card+iris scan allows you to bypass immigration, your iris records are not (they claim) stored anywhere other than on your card. it's not as expensive as i thought, only 99 euro till oct 2002. -rishab

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02 Jan '02

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Magic Lantern - The FBI's viral key-logger
by nnburk 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

Please feel free to distribute this far and wide: Magic Lantern - The FBI's viral key-logger - The Latest - <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0037.html>[ISN] FBI confirms "Magic Lantern" project exists <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0039.html>[ISN] Infamous hacker group helps the Feds <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0043.html>Re: [ISN] Infamous hacker group helps the Feds - cDc calls announcement "satire" <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0053.html>Re: [ISN] Infamous hacker group helps the Feds <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0064.html>[ISN] DIRT-Magic Lantern Firm Barred from Gov Work <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0063.html>FBI may be getting full benefit of Magic Lantern... from BadTrans.B [ISN] FBI surveillance bonanza in BadTrans.B worm <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02955.html>From the "We don't need no stinkin' oversight" dept.: Politech: FBI refuses to tell Congress aide about "classified" Magic Lantern <http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=1108>Homeland Security, Homeland Profits Technology Already in the Hands of Law Enforcement <http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=1092>FBI Software Records Each Keystroke <http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=1009>Software Firms Object to FBI Eavesdropping <http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/31/technology/ebusiness/31TECH.9.html> Scarfo, Phase 2: a.k.a. "Magic Lantern" CYBERSECURITY - Threat of Terrorism on U.S. Infrastructure (nytimes.com) What is Magic Lantern? <http://www.msnbc.com/news/660096.asp?cp1=1>FBI software cracks encryption wall Magic Lantern part of new Enhanced Carnivore Project <http://www.epic.org/privacy/carnivore/foia_documents.html>EPIC Carnivore (and 'Enhanced Carnivore') FOIA Documents <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5099906,00.html>ZDNet News: FBI's magic revealed as old tricks <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3371-2001Nov22.html>FB I Is Building a 'Magic Lantern' (washingtonpost.com) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1436-2001Nov22.html>FB I Develops Eavesdropping Tools (washingtonpost.com) McAfee sides with FBI against customers on "Magic Lantern" <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02822.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech FBI reportedly creating "Magic Lantern" anti-crypto virus <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02834.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech McAfee sides with FBI against customers on "Magic Lantern" <http://www.factsquad.org/radio/2001-11-26.mp3>The Spy in Your Computer? (.mp3) from Fact Squad Radio <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02837.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech Has McAfee sided with FBI on "Magic Lantern" detection? <http://www.ct.heise.de/newsticker/data/wst-26.11.01-001/>Spokesman for NAI in Germany disputes the Washington Post article from the German news site "Heise Online" <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02839.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech McAfee replies -- by denying any FBI contacts of any sort <http://www.interesting-people.org/ob/htsearch?config=lists_elistx_com &restrict=%2Finteresting-people%2F&method=and&sort=score&words=%22magi c+lantern%22>"Magic Lantern" Discussion from Dave Farber's Interesting-People elist <http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=mcafee>Declan McCullagh's Politech Background on McAfee/NAI <http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,48648,00.html>Wired News Summary 'Lantern' Backdoor Flap Rages, By Declan McCullagh <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02840.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech AP's Ted Bridis replies to McAfee: "I stand by my reporting" <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02846.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech McAfee broadens denial: No contact with government of any sort <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/23057.html>AV vendors split over FBI Trojan snoops <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02851.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech Symantec pledges to acquiese to FBI backdoor demands <http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=lantern>Politech Summary re: "Magic Lantern" <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23150.html>FBI 'Magic Lantern' reality check (original article picked up by ISN, below) <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0015.html>[ISN] Magic Lantern reality check <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7944351.html?tag=rltdnws>FBI snoop tool old hat for hackers <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2829781,00.html>Warn ing - The FBI knows what you're typing <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100528,00.html>Antivir us firms: FBI loophole is out of line <http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011210/tc/attack_tech_dc.html>Antiv irus Firms Say They Won't Create FBI Loophole <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02914.html>Politech: Symantec, McAfee backpedal furiously on espionage enabled-software <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02918.html>Politech: More on Symantec, McAfee, loopholes, and espionage-enabled 'ware <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8134814.html?tag=rltdnws>Antivir us firms balk at FBI loophole Existence of Magic Lantern Confirmed by FBI <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8160201.html?tag=mn_hd>FBI confirms "Magic Lantern" project exists <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100652,00.html>FBI confirms Net spying tool exists <http://www.vnunet.com/News/1127639>Infamous hacker group helps the Feds [this one may be nothing more than humor or hoax... on the other hand, the related article: <http://www.vnunet.com/News/87346>Back Orifice just a phantom seems (at first glance) to be consistent with other articles regarding BO2K.] Magic Lantern's Closest Relatives? <http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2072609,00.html>ZDNet: Back Orifice 2.0 <http://pcrev.com/articles/trojan/pindex.shtml>Back Orifice (incorrectly referred to in this article as "Back Office") and other trojans <http://www.vnunet.com/News/87346>Back Orifice just a phantom <http://www.codexdatasystems.com/>D.I.R.T. - A prototype for Magic Lantern? <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19480.html>Or is D.I.R.T. a S.C.A.M? <http://cryptome.org/dirty-secrets2.htm>Dirty Secrets 2 - Data Interception by Remote Transmission <http://jya.com/DIRT-spy.htm>D.I.R.T. being used to grab PGP keys as early as 1998 <http://www.keylogger.net/>Ghost - A Software Keylogger <http://www.keykatcher.com/>KEYKatcher - Hardware Keyloggers Can we trust LEAs? <http://www.politechbot.com/p-00624.html>Illegal LAPD wiretaps -- for shame! by John Gilmore <http://www.politechbot.com/p-00628.html>More on LAPD and illegal wiretaps <http://speakout.com/activism/opinions/4377-1.html>Will the Government Know What You Type? <http://www.onmagazine.com/on-mag/reviews/article/0,9985,12609,00.html >The Privacy Snatchers <http://www.epic.org/privacy/wiretap/>The Electronic Privacy Information Center's extensive resources on wiretapping cases <http://cryptome.org/dirty-secrets.htm>US Ambassador on Corruption Within Security Forces <http://www.msnbc.com/news/646793.asp?cp1=1>First, brand all the children... By Brock N. Meeks Potential ways to detect (or protect against) Magic Lantern? <http://spycop.com>Spycop <http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hills/8839/utils.html>Hook Protect or PC Security Guard Warning: This page contains a possible "web bug" per Bugnosis <http://www.stiller.com>Integrity Master from Stiller Research <http://www.openantivirus.org/>OpenAntiVirus Project <http://www.gnupg.org/>GnuPG (The GNU Privacy Guard) <http://www.jetico.com/>Jetico's BestCrypt <http://www.evidence-eliminator.com/go.shtml?A660528>Evidence Eliminator ************************************************************************** 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. 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Magic Lantern - The FBI's viral key-logger
by nnburk 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

Please feel free to distribute this far and wide: Magic Lantern - The FBI's viral key-logger - The Latest - <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0037.html>[ISN] FBI confirms "Magic Lantern" project exists <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0039.html>[ISN] Infamous hacker group helps the Feds <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0043.html>Re: [ISN] Infamous hacker group helps the Feds - cDc calls announcement "satire" <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0053.html>Re: [ISN] Infamous hacker group helps the Feds <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0064.html>[ISN] DIRT-Magic Lantern Firm Barred from Gov Work <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0063.html>FBI may be getting full benefit of Magic Lantern... from BadTrans.B [ISN] FBI surveillance bonanza in BadTrans.B worm <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02955.html>From the "We don't need no stinkin' oversight" dept.: Politech: FBI refuses to tell Congress aide about "classified" Magic Lantern <http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=1108>Homeland Security, Homeland Profits Technology Already in the Hands of Law Enforcement <http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=1092>FBI Software Records Each Keystroke <http://www.corpwatch.org/news/PND.jsp?articleid=1009>Software Firms Object to FBI Eavesdropping <http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/31/technology/ebusiness/31TECH.9.html> Scarfo, Phase 2: a.k.a. "Magic Lantern" CYBERSECURITY - Threat of Terrorism on U.S. Infrastructure (nytimes.com) What is Magic Lantern? <http://www.msnbc.com/news/660096.asp?cp1=1>FBI software cracks encryption wall Magic Lantern part of new Enhanced Carnivore Project <http://www.epic.org/privacy/carnivore/foia_documents.html>EPIC Carnivore (and 'Enhanced Carnivore') FOIA Documents <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5099906,00.html>ZDNet News: FBI's magic revealed as old tricks <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3371-2001Nov22.html>FB I Is Building a 'Magic Lantern' (washingtonpost.com) <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1436-2001Nov22.html>FB I Develops Eavesdropping Tools (washingtonpost.com) McAfee sides with FBI against customers on "Magic Lantern" <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02822.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech FBI reportedly creating "Magic Lantern" anti-crypto virus <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02834.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech McAfee sides with FBI against customers on "Magic Lantern" <http://www.factsquad.org/radio/2001-11-26.mp3>The Spy in Your Computer? (.mp3) from Fact Squad Radio <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02837.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech Has McAfee sided with FBI on "Magic Lantern" detection? <http://www.ct.heise.de/newsticker/data/wst-26.11.01-001/>Spokesman for NAI in Germany disputes the Washington Post article from the German news site "Heise Online" <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02839.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech McAfee replies -- by denying any FBI contacts of any sort <http://www.interesting-people.org/ob/htsearch?config=lists_elistx_com &restrict=%2Finteresting-people%2F&method=and&sort=score&words=%22magi c+lantern%22>"Magic Lantern" Discussion from Dave Farber's Interesting-People elist <http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=mcafee>Declan McCullagh's Politech Background on McAfee/NAI <http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,48648,00.html>Wired News Summary 'Lantern' Backdoor Flap Rages, By Declan McCullagh <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02840.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech AP's Ted Bridis replies to McAfee: "I stand by my reporting" <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02846.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech McAfee broadens denial: No contact with government of any sort <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/23057.html>AV vendors split over FBI Trojan snoops <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02851.html>Declan McCullagh's Politech Symantec pledges to acquiese to FBI backdoor demands <http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=lantern>Politech Summary re: "Magic Lantern" <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23150.html>FBI 'Magic Lantern' reality check (original article picked up by ISN, below) <http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2001/12/0015.html>[ISN] Magic Lantern reality check <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7944351.html?tag=rltdnws>FBI snoop tool old hat for hackers <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2829781,00.html>Warn ing - The FBI knows what you're typing <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100528,00.html>Antivir us firms: FBI loophole is out of line <http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011210/tc/attack_tech_dc.html>Antiv irus Firms Say They Won't Create FBI Loophole <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02914.html>Politech: Symantec, McAfee backpedal furiously on espionage enabled-software <http://www.politechbot.com/p-02918.html>Politech: More on Symantec, McAfee, loopholes, and espionage-enabled 'ware <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8134814.html?tag=rltdnws>Antivir us firms balk at FBI loophole Existence of Magic Lantern Confirmed by FBI <http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8160201.html?tag=mn_hd>FBI confirms "Magic Lantern" project exists <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5100652,00.html>FBI confirms Net spying tool exists <http://www.vnunet.com/News/1127639>Infamous hacker group helps the Feds [this one may be nothing more than humor or hoax... on the other hand, the related article: <http://www.vnunet.com/News/87346>Back Orifice just a phantom seems (at first glance) to be consistent with other articles regarding BO2K.] Magic Lantern's Closest Relatives? <http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2072609,00.html>ZDNet: Back Orifice 2.0 <http://pcrev.com/articles/trojan/pindex.shtml>Back Orifice (incorrectly referred to in this article as "Back Office") and other trojans <http://www.vnunet.com/News/87346>Back Orifice just a phantom <http://www.codexdatasystems.com/>D.I.R.T. - A prototype for Magic Lantern? <http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/19480.html>Or is D.I.R.T. a S.C.A.M? <http://cryptome.org/dirty-secrets2.htm>Dirty Secrets 2 - Data Interception by Remote Transmission <http://jya.com/DIRT-spy.htm>D.I.R.T. being used to grab PGP keys as early as 1998 <http://www.keylogger.net/>Ghost - A Software Keylogger <http://www.keykatcher.com/>KEYKatcher - Hardware Keyloggers Can we trust LEAs? <http://www.politechbot.com/p-00624.html>Illegal LAPD wiretaps -- for shame! by John Gilmore <http://www.politechbot.com/p-00628.html>More on LAPD and illegal wiretaps <http://speakout.com/activism/opinions/4377-1.html>Will the Government Know What You Type? <http://www.onmagazine.com/on-mag/reviews/article/0,9985,12609,00.html >The Privacy Snatchers <http://www.epic.org/privacy/wiretap/>The Electronic Privacy Information Center's extensive resources on wiretapping cases <http://cryptome.org/dirty-secrets.htm>US Ambassador on Corruption Within Security Forces <http://www.msnbc.com/news/646793.asp?cp1=1>First, brand all the children... By Brock N. Meeks Potential ways to detect (or protect against) Magic Lantern? <http://spycop.com>Spycop <http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hills/8839/utils.html>Hook Protect or PC Security Guard Warning: This page contains a possible "web bug" per Bugnosis <http://www.stiller.com>Integrity Master from Stiller Research <http://www.openantivirus.org/>OpenAntiVirus Project <http://www.gnupg.org/>GnuPG (The GNU Privacy Guard) <http://www.jetico.com/>Jetico's BestCrypt <http://www.evidence-eliminator.com/go.shtml?A660528>Evidence Eliminator ************************************************************************** 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. 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Re: Choices of small handguns
by Faustine 02 Jan '02

02 Jan '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matthew wrote: >Keep in mind that Glocks, while excellent, reliable and accurate do >lead the pack in accidental discharges, even among "trained" police. >I'd not recommend the Glock to a beginner or to someone who wouldn't >put in the necessary practice. Hey now, I might not exactly be Belle Starr, but if I weren't planning on making a serious effort toward doing it right I wouldn't have bothered. Point well taken though. Thanks to all for the excellent advice and recommendations. I'm sure it's worth taking the time to try them all before deciding, thanks again for a more solid place to start. ~Faustine. *** He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. - --Thomas Paine -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 (C) 1997-1999 Network Associates, Inc. and its affiliated companies. (Diffie-Helman/DSS-only version) iQA/AwUBPDDjj/g5Tuca7bfvEQJD1gCfV5jY1iMbuSOt0yjpY9ctfnHH4wsAoOg8 x0se+9r6JOoiFtV+fsWZk1/8 =6puB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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