July 2002 - cypherpunks-legacy

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by Ebargains 18 Jul '02

18 Jul '02

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by Jim Choate 18 Jul '02

18 Jul '02

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Re: 385-3 vote: House OKs life sentences for hackers
by Michael Motyka 18 Jul '02

18 Jul '02

"Elyn Wollensky" <elyn(a)consect.com> wrote : > > seems the cyber-terrorist FUD is starting to hit the fan ... > ;~( > e > > House OKs life sentences for hackers > But time may run out for computer crime bill in Senate > http://www.msnbc.com/news/780923.asp > > WASHINGTON, July 15 - The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly > Monday to create a new punishment of life imprisonment for malicious > computer hackers. By a 385-3 vote, the House approved a computer crime bill > that also expands police ability to conduct Internet or telephone > eavesdropping without first obtaining a court order. > > <snip> > > "Until we secure our cyber infrastructure, a few keystrokes and an > Internet connection is all one needs to disable the economy and endanger > lives," sponsor Lamar Smith, R-Tex., said earlier this year. "A mouse can be > just as dangerous as a bullet or a bomb." > > <snip> > Explain to me how someone who puts porno on a USAF website is any worse than someone who spraypaints a bridge abutment? Isn't community service a typical outcome of the latter getting caught? Explain to me how a computer hacker is more dangerous than a drunk driver on the freeway? A hacker who interrupts power could be said to put hundreds or thousands of lives at risk but so could a drunk driver who spends an hour on the freeway. One is parallel the other is more or less serial, so what? I guess rationality has little to do with what we're seeing : enabling technologies scare totalitarians. Mike

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by majormedical＠excite.com 18 Jul '02

18 Jul '02

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Anarchist Q+A.Q. Are anarchists mindless violent thugs?
by Matthew X 18 Jul '02

18 Jul '02

A. I never cease to be amazed and amused by the violent caricatures that dog the anarchist movement. When you examine the historical record, anarchists are angels when compared to other social movements. Violence is a by-word for religion, nationalism and racism. If you compare the limited violence committed by anarchists to the death and destruction that¹s caused by wars due to national, religious or racial differences, any violence committed by anarchists is insignificant when compared to the glorious record of the God, Queen and Country Brigade. So why are the stereotypes that anarchists are mindless violent thugs such a constant feature in popular literature and popular culture. The answer lies in the very principles that define anarchism. Anarchists want to break down hierarchies and rule themselves. Anarchist philosophy is a direct challenge to the idea that people need rulers to survive. Within our cultural, economic and religious context, people have a great deal of difficulty in believing that if you break down hierarchies that society won¹t disintegrate. The popular thinking is no rulers, no society, chaos. What¹s even more interesting is that at the very moment that human beings have access to knowledge, education and technology that makes hierarchies redundant, people are fighting to maintain the structures and institutions that limit their personal and social potential. The good thing is that more and more people are beginning to realise that rulers are an unnecessary imposition on people¹s aspirations and lives. Interestingly the decline of religion in western society (atheism is Australia¹s third largest ?religion¹) is one of those prerequisites that seems to be necessary to break down the stereotypes that continue to dog the anarchist movement. Through our aims, actions, activities, methods of organisation and planning, we can break down these enduring myths. Our position in Australian society is similar to the position of asylum seekers in this country, while asylum seekers are kept apart from the population they can be successfully de-humanised. Once contact increases, de-humanisation is difficult. As long as anarchists keep to themselves, they can be stereotyped. Once their presence begins to be felt in a community, they will be able to break down those stereotypes that have made them figures of fear and more importantly derision in most parts of the world. From http://www.ainfos.ca/ainfos12143.html

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Re: RIAA escalates attack on music piracy, wants "broadcast flag"
by Major Variola (ret) 18 Jul '02

18 Jul '02

At 09:46 PM 7/17/02 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: > The idea is straightforward: Future hardware and software would treat > music differently if it were designated as broadcast-only, preventing > users from saving it or uploading it. Ooops, I left the "broadcast only" switch on when I recorded my kids first steps. I need a program to remove that flag so I can make copies to give to relatives. Did I just a solicit a future felony?

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Gilmore Sues on FAA ID,
by Matthew X 18 Jul '02

18 Jul '02

A few good cypherpunks...Goodonya john Gilmore! Yoda man! As well as operating like the old south african pass laws,these "oral" directives seem to discriminate.Do corporate jet passengers suffer this insulting and demeaning assault? Times like these sort the cypherpunk men from the overgrown boys.Waytogo Johnno! "When you don't have the law, you argue the facts. When you don't have the facts, you argue the law. And when you don't have either, you persecute the prosecutor"

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Phone companies to violate your privacy more.
by Matthew X 18 Jul '02

18 Jul '02

>>Do you have a 'reduced expectation of privacy'? << From "arbiet mach"Trei Thanks to your TIPS actions here re cj and your slimy companies actions in red China,what do you fucking think? Pointing the finger at others wont save your bacon Trei as you might. Oh and how long are you RSA weiners going to let the Quantum euro crypto companies steal a march on you? "If you want a picture of the future, imagine my boot stamping on your face forever."

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Army gets kids' info from schools
by Major Variola (ret) 18 Jul '02

18 Jul '02

http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/52710.htm NEW LAW LETS ARMY GET INFO ON HS KIDS By CARL CAMPANILE July 17, 2002 -- U.S. military recruiters have the authority to demand that education officials turn over the names, addresses and phone numbers of high-school students under a new federal law. President Bush's "No Child Left Behind" law orders school bosses from New York and across the country to comply with the new edict - or risk losing federal funds. At the beginning of the school year, parents will be given an opportunity to call school officials to "opt out" of disclosing their child's personal information. Access to student records is a boon to the military in urban areas, where many young men fail to register for the draft, as required by law. The compliance rate in the Big Apple is one of the lowest among major U.S. cities, said Lewis Brodsky, a spokesman for the Selective Service. Only 49 percent of young men in New York register after turning 18. The Selective Service had complained that until recently, it was difficult to get city officials to make recruiters welcome in their schools. "We're aware of the provision. It's part of the law and we will comply," said Board of Education spokesman Kevin Ortiz. Critics of the draft said giving the military access to student information smacks of Big Brother. "We're opposed to it. It shows that the government can't be trusted to keep any information confidential," said George Getz, national spokesman for the Libertarian Party and the Campaign to End the Selective Service. But U.S. Rep. John Isakson (R-Ga.) told The Post he pushed for the amendment after a school district in his area refused to provide military recruiters with information to contact students, which he found reprehensible.

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by John Stepanian 18 Jul '02

18 Jul '02

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