November 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Remote vechicle shutdown
by Neil Johnson 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

Wouldn't you know it, just after I send a test message to check to see if I'm still getting mail from the list. I find something worthwhile to post. >From a Amateur Radio Mail List I frequent: ---------- Forwarded Message ----------

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test - please ignore
by Neil Johnson 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

ping. -- Neil Johnson http://www.njohnsn.com PGP key available on request.

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[Politech] FBI visits John Young, asks about anti-government activity [fs]
by Declan McCullagh 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

John Young is a longtime supporter of open government and public access to government information. See: http://www.mccullagh.org/cgi-bin/photosearch.cgi?name=john+young -Declan --- http://cryptome.org/fbi-cryptome.htm 4 November 2003 Cryptome received a visit today from FBI Special Agents Todd Renner and Christopher Kelly from the FBI Counterterrorism Office in New York, 26 Federal Plaza, telephone (212) 384-1000. Both agents presented official ID and business cards. SA Renner said that a person had reported Cryptome as a source of information that could be used to harm the United States. He said Cryptome website had been examined and nothing on the site was illegal but information there might be used for harmful purposes. He noted that information in the Cryptome CDs might wind up in the wrong hands. SA Renner said there is no investigation of Cryptome, that the purpose of the visit was to ask Cryptome to report to the FBI any information which Cryptome "had a gut feeling" could be a threat to the nation. There was a discussion of the purpose of Cryptome, freedom of information, the need for more public information on threats to the nation and what citizens can do to protect themselves, the need for more public information about how the FBI functions in the field and the intention of visits like the one today. SA Kelly said such visits are increasingly common as the FBI works to improve the reporting of information about threats to the US. Asked what will happen as a result of the visit. SA Renner said he will write a report of the visit. Cryptome said it will publish a report of the visit, including naming the agents. Both agents expressed concern about their names being published for that might lead to a threat against them and/or their families -- one saying that due to copious personal databases any name can be traced. Cryptome said the reason for publishing names of agents is so that anyone can verify that a contact has been made, and that more public information is needed on how FBI agents function and who they are. Cryptome noted that on a previous occasion FBI agents had protested publication of their names by Cryptome. Cryptome did not agree to report anything to the FBI that is not available on the website. _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/) ----- End forwarded message -----

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[Politech] FBI visits John Young, asks about anti-government activity [fs]
by Declan McCullagh 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

John Young is a longtime supporter of open government and public access to government information. See: http://www.mccullagh.org/cgi-bin/photosearch.cgi?name=john+young -Declan --- http://cryptome.org/fbi-cryptome.htm 4 November 2003 Cryptome received a visit today from FBI Special Agents Todd Renner and Christopher Kelly from the FBI Counterterrorism Office in New York, 26 Federal Plaza, telephone (212) 384-1000. Both agents presented official ID and business cards. SA Renner said that a person had reported Cryptome as a source of information that could be used to harm the United States. He said Cryptome website had been examined and nothing on the site was illegal but information there might be used for harmful purposes. He noted that information in the Cryptome CDs might wind up in the wrong hands. SA Renner said there is no investigation of Cryptome, that the purpose of the visit was to ask Cryptome to report to the FBI any information which Cryptome "had a gut feeling" could be a threat to the nation. There was a discussion of the purpose of Cryptome, freedom of information, the need for more public information on threats to the nation and what citizens can do to protect themselves, the need for more public information about how the FBI functions in the field and the intention of visits like the one today. SA Kelly said such visits are increasingly common as the FBI works to improve the reporting of information about threats to the US. Asked what will happen as a result of the visit. SA Renner said he will write a report of the visit. Cryptome said it will publish a report of the visit, including naming the agents. Both agents expressed concern about their names being published for that might lead to a threat against them and/or their families -- one saying that due to copious personal databases any name can be traced. Cryptome said the reason for publishing names of agents is so that anyone can verify that a contact has been made, and that more public information is needed on how FBI agents function and who they are. Cryptome noted that on a previous occasion FBI agents had protested publication of their names by Cryptome. Cryptome did not agree to report anything to the FBI that is not available on the website. _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/) ----- End forwarded message -----

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[s-t] needle in haystack digest #3
by None 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

Re: privacy and caution digest #2 from "Bryan O'Sullivan" <bos(a)serpentine.com> and David M Chess <chess(a)us.ibm.com> and Steve Lamont <spl(a)ncmir.ucsd.edu> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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[s-t] needle in haystack digest #3
by None 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

Re: privacy and caution digest #2 from "Bryan O'Sullivan" <bos(a)serpentine.com> and David M Chess <chess(a)us.ibm.com> and Steve Lamont <spl(a)ncmir.ucsd.edu> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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[s-t] needle in haystack digest #3
by Eugen Leitl 05 Nov '03

05 Nov '03

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Re: Chaumian blinding & public voting?
by pgut001＠cs.auckland.ac.nz 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

Tim May <timcmay(a)got.net> writes: >(I bought _one_ lottery ticket, for $1, just to see how the numbers were >done. Lotteries are of course a tax on the gullible and stupid.) A friend of mine likes to say that lotteries are a tax on stupidity: The dumber you are, the more tax you have to pay. Peter.

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Re: Freenet and DHCP
by Tarapia Tapioco 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

Hi, Roy M. Silvernail (roy(a)rant-central.com) wrote on 2003-11-03: > In looking over the Freenet FAQ (specifically the Firewall/NAT stuff), it > looks like a static public IP address is assumed/needed. My DSL connection > is DHCP, so my visible IP changes periodically. Even more fun, the visible > IP isn't visible from my side. (I get a 10.x.x.x address from my DSL modem) > I can do some sneaky stuff to recover the visible IP, but can Freenet work > under these conditions? It Depends[tm]. All you really need is one TCP listen socket - if you can't receive incoming TCP connections, you can only participate as a transient node and retrieve content, but you're not really useful to the network as it is. Using a DynDNS host name for the ipAddress setting is pretty common on Freenet, so that shouldn't be a problem.

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FLASH: DHS wants info on store refunds?
by J.A. Terranson 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

Ahhh, the joys of shopping for new toys. A new sling. A scope mount and 4x. Music to the ears (after mufflers are properly applied :-). Here in the heart of Redneck Country, there are two stores with a decent selection that are under an hours drive: Dunn's and Galyans (a chain). Galyans is closer, so off I went. I made several purchases, including three different scope mounts, as I was uncertain as to the proper form in use - figuring that bringing back the two wrong choices would not be a big deal. I even checked at the counter - "Sure. No problem. Just bring your receipt.". Well, when I brought back the returns, they wanted a drivers license. Odd, considering it was a cash sale and I was holding the receipt. "It's required by the Homeland Security Department" says the kid behind the register. Sorry. I need ID, and I have to enter it into the computer and forward it to the Homeland Security Office. The Terrorists are using this kind of thing to wash money." I must have looked pretty stupid with my jaw hanging down like that. I made a scene of course. A *big* scene. Lots of loud argument, pointing out all the obvious things: as a cash sale, the money did not need "washing". Cash sales are inherently ID agnostic. Etc., etc., etc. No dice. They want ID, and they are not going to budge. I guess Galyans is off my list of acceptable stores :-( Pity, as I've spent almost a grand there since they opened just a few months ago, and had plans to sped a *lot* more. Next time, I'll have to make that extra 25 minute drive to Dunn's and pray they have what I want. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised - we all *knew* this day was coming - but I really thought it wouldn't happen until RFIDs were in the money... Gotta find a new country. Fast... -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin(a)mfn.org "Every living thing dies alone." Donnie Darko

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