September 2002 - cypherpunks-legacy

Domestic Surveillance: BBC article on Fin Surveillance Software Firm
by Major Variola (ret) 04 Sep '02

04 Sep '02

Mantas's job is to write and install the complex software packages which banks and other financial institutions use to help them spot signs of money laundering or terrorist finance within their accounts. And the boost to business came a year ago, in the wake of the outrage that hit the US on 11 September. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2221261.stm

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Re: Cryptographic privacy protection in TCPA
by Nomen Nescio 04 Sep '02

04 Sep '02

It looks like Camenisch & Lysyanskaya are patenting their credential system. This is from the online patent applications database: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/n… > Non-transferable anonymous credential system with optional anonymity > revocation > > Abstract > > The present invention relates to a method and system for securely > proving ownership of pseudonymous or anonymous electronic credentials. A > credential system is described consisting of users and organizations. An > organization knows a user only by a pseudonym. The pseudonyms of the > same user, established for use with different organizations, cannot be > linked. An organization can issue a credential to a pseudonym, and the > corresponding user can prove possession of this credential to another > organization that knows him under another pseudonym. During the prove of > possession of the credential nothing besides the fact that he owns such > a credential is revealed. A refinement of the credential system provides > credentials for unlimited use, so called multiple-show credentials, > and credentials for one-time use, so called one-show credentials. Some of the claims seem a little broad, like this first one: > 1. A method for establishing a pseudonym system by having a certificate > authority accepting a user as a new participant in said pseudonym system, > the method comprising the steps of: receiving a first public key provided > by said user; verifying that said user is allowed to join the system; > computing a credential by signing the first public key using a secret > key owned by said certificate authority; publishing said first public > key and said credential. Wouldn't this general description cover most proposed credential systems in the past, such as those by Chaum or Brands? Does anyone know how to contact the PTO regarding proposed patents, perhaps to point out prior art?

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Update from telegraph.co.uk
by telegraph.co.uk 04 Sep '02

04 Sep '02

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Privacy/anonymity charities
by Anonymous 04 Sep '02

04 Sep '02

The company I work for has a charitable donation matching program. Do you have any suggestions for organizations with 501(c)3 status who would be worthy recipients of a donation? I have EFF and EPIC on my list. Are there others doing things to protect anonymity and privacy rights? I am more interested in actively working on developing ways of securing people's anonymity, rather than lobbying or litigation organizations. I think that the two I have above cover the latter nicely. TIA.

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Announcement: Cypherpunks meeting/party/BBQ, Tim May's house
by Tim May 04 Sep '02

04 Sep '02

ANNOUNCEMENT: Cypherpunks Meeting and Party/BBQ, Saturday, September 14th, 2002. Tim May's house, Corralitos, California. * WHAT?: Ten years ago this month the first Cypherpunks meeting. Cypherpunks meeting and party. Several interesting talks are planned, though nothing of the usual "political action" sort. A flexible agenda will be posted at the meeting. I am hoping we can have as stimulating a discussion as we had at our first meetings a decade ago. * WHEN?: Saturday, September 14th, 1 p.m. to "late." (A limited amount of people can stay overnight--ask me about it.) Formal talks will probably run for several hours, then the informal and BBQ/party takes over. People can arrive as early as 1 p.m. and hang out, but the formal agenda will start promptly at 2. * WHERE?: Tim May's house in Corralitos, east of Santa Cruz and north of Watsonville. 427 Allan Lane, Corralitos. Detailed driving instructions at the end of this message...or use one of the many mappers on the Net. It takes about an hour to get from Sunnyvale to my house, about 40 miles, so plan your travel accordingly. * WHO?: Cypherpunks and friends who are not narcs or Feds. Contrary to some meetings in the past, this is NOT an "open meeting, open to all." That strategy worked OK for some meetings in public places where certain kinds of software were to be distributed. But my house is a private residence. I have nothing against legitimate cops enforcing legitimate laws, but I don't want persecutors traipsing through my house, perhaps planting evidence, looking for signs of illegal activities or grounds for a warrant, etc. This is a PRIVATE RESIDENCE and I intend to escort to the door anyone who is unknown to others. If you are a lurker who doesn't know anybody and you want to attend, send me e-mail and we'll arrange something. * WHAT ELSE?: Parking may be tight. And because of the distance, carpooling with your friends would be good. A cat lives in the house...don't leave any doors open, and tell me if you see him get out. * CHILDREN?: My house is not child-friendly, and I don't have time to make sure nothing dangerous is exposed. Please leave children out of this meeting/party. * FOOD: If you stay for the evening BBQ and party, bring something to share. Don't everyone bring a bag of chips! The Corralitos Market is a popular place for meats, sausages, etc. (Don't everyone bring sausages, either!) And if you drink, remember the drive home. --Tim May (location instructions below) Getting to Tim May's house in Corralitos: 427 Allan Lane (MapQuest works well). 831-728-0152 From Santa Cruz, south on Highway 1. Take Freedom Boulevard exit in Aptos. Go inland, on Freedom Blvd. Travel about 5 miles, to first stop sign. Take a left on Corralitos Road. At the the next stop sign, the Corralitos Market (good sausages!) will be on your left. Just before the stop sign, bear right on Brown's Valley Road. Cross bridge and then bear left as Brown's Valley Road turns. Travel about one mile to Allan Lane, on the right. Allan Lane is at about the "360" mailbox point on Brown's Valley Road...if you go too far and enter the redwoods, turn back! Drive to top of hill on Allan Lane. At top, bear left, over a small rise, past a house on the left, then down my driveway. My house will be the white stucco semi-Spanish style, with a red Explorer and black Mercedes in the driveway. Note for parties: You can park either in my driveway or at the top of the hill and walk a few hundred feet. Don't block any driveways! From points south of Santa Cruz, take Green Valley Road exit off of Highway 1. Travel about 2 miles to Freedom Boulevard. Turn left. Then right at Corralitos Road.

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Denver P.I.Gs cough up.
by Matthew X 04 Sep '02

04 Sep '02

Activists in Denver get a peek at the secret police files that had been compiled (english) AP 12:28am Wed Sep 4 '02 article#201438 About 200 people crowded the lobby of Police Department headquarters Tuesday after officials opened 3,200 ``spy files'' on local activists and organizations. DENVER (AP) _ Holding the just-released 18-page file that had secretly compiled on her by police, activist Barbara Cohen smiled and shrugged her shoulders. ``Don't I look like a dangerous criminal?'' the barely 5-foot tall, 53-year-old gray-haired legal secretary asked. About 200 people crowded the lobby of Police Department headquarters Tuesday after officials opened 3,200 ``spy files'' on local activists and organizations. City officials have conceded police went too far when they began documenting individuals and groups some three years ago. Mayor Wellington Webb, himself the subject of police surveillance when he was a young activist, has condemned the practice. He said it violated city policy. Many who waited for up to an hour to see their file received papers that still smelled of black marker where police had deleted the names of people linked to them. Some of these files, which were categorized by groups, individuals and incidents, contained inaccurate information, some said. Cohen, who belongs to the group End the Politics of Cruelty, said she is considering a lawsuit after police linked her to a motorcycle group she never heard of. News that religious and peace groups were among those placed under surveillance since about 1999 drew charges of police misconduct, an investigation by a three-judge panel and the decision to let some people see their files before the reports are purged. Mark Silverstein, legal director of the Colorado chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, had a file for speaking at a rally in February 2000, which he insisted he didn't attend. ``It sounds like I ran my mouth off at a rally, but I wasn't there,'' he said. The American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker group and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, was listed as a criminal extremist group by police, according to the ACLU. So was the Chiapas Coalition, which supports the Mayans of the Chiapas state in Mexico where there have been guerrilla uprisings. Amnesty International was listed as a civil disobedience group. Some officers were not properly trained in intelligence gathering and some people and groups may have been misclassified as criminal extremists, said C.L. Harmer, spokeswoman for the Department of Safety, which oversees the police department. The system has been examined by outside auditors and training is under way, she said. Criminal intelligence gathering, however, remains an important police tool, Harmer added. ``As we approach 9-11, I think it reaffirms the legitimate use of legitimate criminal files,'' she said. Records of people not suspected of crimes will be released to those people, then purged after Nov. 1. However, the city attorney's office will keep copies of all files, including those eliminated by police. The names of people or groups considered legitimate targets of surveillance, as determined by an outside auditor, will remain in the files and won't be released. ___ On the Net: Denver police: http://www.denvergov.org/Police/template112667.asp http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=201438&group=webcast

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by Mama Announce 04 Sep '02

04 Sep '02

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The truth is waiting
by MedEuroImports＠hotmail.com 04 Sep '02

04 Sep '02

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04 Sep '02

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