December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

NSA lawsuit recent documents
by billp 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Guys, I think NSA tangled with the wrong groups. Let's hope for settlement.

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RE: Hughes Markets? (Was Re: Copyright commerce and the street musician protocol)
by Fisher Mark 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Well how exactly does one prevent data from being stolen once it has been >unlocked? I pay my 2X to view the picture anonymously and now I copy it >save it and distribute it worldwide. I fail to see how any >encryption/watermark scheme can prevent me from doing so. The short answer: you can't prevent theft of copyrighted data if the user has physical control of the computer the data resides on. The long answer: depending on the OS and the hardware, you can make it difficult enough that it is not worth the effort for low-value data. As a veteran of the copy-protection wars (so, am I one of just 3 people on this list approaching/into middle age? (hi Tim and William :))), I know that it is impossible to protect unencrypted data if the user has physical control of the system. Unfortunately, in order to use the data, you have to decrypt the darn stuff!! Especially with the OSes commonly in use on PCs (DOS, Win3.1, Win95, MacOS), there is very little memory protection going on, so snarfing the data can be done entirely through software by a determined cracker -- there is no need to resort to hardware hacks. Technological protection against theft of intellectual property is like the search for the Philosopher's Stone during the Middle Ages -- many are seduced by the promise, but it is a promise that cannot be kept by personal computers. If the display device is/incorporates a general-purpose computer that can be physically accessed, then the data in the display device is subject to compromise. The very flexibility and accessibility of a general-purpose computing device is its undoing when it comes to protected unencrypted data -- and data has to be unencrypted to be used. ========================================================== Mark Leighton Fisher Thomson Consumer Electronics fisherm(a)indy.tce.com Indianapolis, IN "Their walls are built of cannon balls, their motto is 'Don't Tread on Me'"

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Are you getting loads of $5 orders in your mailbox everyday? I am !!
by 56810465 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I Never Thought I'd Be the One Telling You This: I Actually Read a Piece of e-mail and I'm Going to Europe on the Proceeds! Hello! My name is Karen Liddell; I'm a 35-year-old mom,wife, and part-time accountant. As a rule, I delete all unsolicited "junk" e-mail and use my account primarily for business. I received what I assumed was this same e-mail countless times and deleted it each time. About two months ago I received it again and, because of the catchy line, I finally read it. Afterwards, I thought, "OK, I give in, I'm going to try this. I can certainly afford to invest $20 and, on the other hand, there's nothing wrong with creating a little excess cash." I promptly mailed four $5 bills and, after receiving the reports, sent out some e-mail advertisements. After reading the reports, I also learned how easy it is to bulk e-mail for free! I was not prepared for the results. Everyday for the last six weeks, my P.O. box has been overflowing with $5 bills; many days the excess fills up an extra mail bin and I've had to upgrade to the corporate-size box! I am stunned by all the money that keeps rolling in! My husband and I have been saving for several years to make a substantial downpayment on a house. Now, not only are we purchasing a house with 40% down, we're going to Venice, Italy to celebrate! I promise you, if you follow the directions in this e-mail and be prepared to eventually set aside about an hour each day to follow up (and count your money!), you will make at least as much money as we did. You don't need to be a wiz at the computer, but I'll bet you already are. If you can open an envelope, remove the money, and send an e-mail message, then you're on your way to the bank. Take the time to read this so you'll understand how easy it is. If I can do this, so can you! 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If you do choose to participate, follow the program exactly, and you'll be on your way to financial security. Sean McLaughlin, Jackson, MS My name is Frank. My wife Doris, and I live in Bel-Air, MD. I am a cost accountant with a major U.S. corporation and I make pretty good money. When I received the program I grumbled to Doris about receiving "junk mail". I made fun of the whole thing, spouting my knowledge of the population and the percentages involved. I "knew" it wouldn't work. Doris totally ignored my supposed intelligence and jumped in with both feet. I made merciless fun of her, and was ready to lay the old "I told you so" on her when the thing didn't work... well, the laugh was on me! Within 2 weeks she had received over 50 responses. Within 45 days she had received over $147,200 in $5 bills! I was shocked! I was sure that I had it all figured and that it wouldn't work. I AM a believer now. I have joined Doris in her "hobby". I did have 7 more years until retirement, but I think of the "rat race" and it's not for me. We owe it all to MLM. Frank T., Bel-AQir, MD The main reason for this letter is to convince you that this system is honest, lawful, extremely profitable, and is a way to get a large amount of money in a short time. I was approached several times before I checked this out. I joined just to see what one could expect in return for the minimal effort and money required. To my astonishment, I received $36,470.00 in the first 14 weeks, with money still coming in. Sincerely Yours, Phillip A. Brown Not being the gambling type, it took me several weeks to make up my mind to participate in this plan. But conservative that I am, I decided that the initial investment was so little that there was just no way that I wouldn't get enough orders to at least get my money back. Boy, was I surprised when I found my medium-size post office box crammed with orders! 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wewease de secwet weapon
by virginia plain 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Totally Unbreakable VME
by geeman＠best.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

It has just about all the earmarks of snakeoil. It's got: "breakthrough" all sorts of nifty acronyms sounds like a stream algorithm by another name you of course can't get the source code it's going to "revolutionize" cryptography... .... yawn .... Remember Elementrix? "In fact, Bill Gates and several of his competitors have been personally challenged to validate or discredit these claims. " I'll go one better than that! "Bill - you and your buddies all give me $1,000,000" I think I'll cut a press release right now ... At 10:26 AM 11/7/97 -0500, you wrote: > >News report Nov 7, 97: > >AT&T, Hewlett Packard, Intel Corporation, Dell Computers, and >many other leading computer corporations have been added to the >challenge list by Meganet Corporation. The challenge started >last week with Bill Gates, now some of his peers have an opportunity >to validate or discredit the bold claim that Meganet's VME >(Virtual Matrix Encryption) is totally unbreakable. > >Unbreakable encryption is the only answer to security >in our electronic world. This is graphically illustrated >by the recent report from the National Security Agency >reporting the open market availability of a $10 chip that >can test up to 200 million keys per second. The 56-bit key, >government and banking standard, can be compromised in >twelve (12) seconds with brute force using ASIC >(Application-specific Integrated Circuits) chips. > >Meganet has the answer with its new VME (Virtual Matrix >Encryption). The impenetrable VME also has extreme speed, >much faster than any existing program available today. > >Major computer companies are already starting discussions >to acquire the rights to market this incredible new data >encryption system. More information about this >exciting new technology can be found at: www.meganet.com > >---------- > >Hmm, wonder if it has impenetrable GAK and CAK options. > > >

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Return of the Living Zundel, from The Netly News
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

**************** http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/editorial/0,1012,1561,00.html The Netly News Network (http://netlynews.com/) November 6, 1997 Return of the Living Zundel by Chris Stamper (cstamper(a)pathfinder.com) Does Ernst Zundel have the right to deny the Holocaust and brag about it on the Net? In the U.S. the answer is unequivocally yes. But in Canada, where Zundel resides, the Human Rights Commission has been holding hearings on whether the "Zundelsite" violates the country's hate speech laws. If Zundel loses the case, he'll be asked to pay damages and take any offending articles off the web site. "A lot of people think this case is about censoring the Net," said Bernie Farber, national director of community relations for the Canadian Jewish Congress. "It isn't. It's about a Canadian violating Canadian law. In Canada and in every other Western democracy but the U.S., there are limits to free speech and one of those points is vilification. I should feel I have as much right to get on the Net and not feel demeaned because I'm a part of a particular group." A simple enough concept, except that the Canadian tribunal has no explicit jurisdiction over the Internet. However, it can regulate the phone system, and if the commission can equate Zundel's modems with answering machines and voice mail, it could set a precedent for regulating speech on the Net. Zundel claims that the whole case is simply an attempt by the commission to expand its powers into the realm of cyberspace. But then Zundel also claims that Hitler maintained a secret UFO base in Antarctica. The only certain truth about Zundel's case is that he's basking in free publicity as a result of the flap. "I was a nobody before they started hounding me," he told The Netly News. "Now everyone spells my name right. Every Canadian knows I think the Holocaust is a racket." [...]

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17 Dec '03

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[patent] Secure electronic message transfer and voting scheme
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text X-Authentication-Warning: blacklodge.c2.net: majordom set sender to owner-cryptography(a)c2.org using -f From: tamaster(a)technologist.com Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 10:14:46 -0600 (CST) To: cryptography(a)c2.net Subject: [patent] Secure electronic message transfer and voting scheme X-Sender: Private Idaho 2.8b3 Sender: owner-cryptography(a)c2.net Secure anonymous message transfer and voting scheme (Assignee -- NEC Research Institute, Inc.) November 7, 1997 Assignee: NEC Research Institute, Inc. Patent Number: 5682430 Issue Date: 1997 10 28 Inventor(s): Kilian, Joseph John{#buSako, Kazue#} Abstract: A number-theoretic based algorithm provides for secure anonymous message transfer and electronic voting. A voter or sender may cast an encrypted vote or message that is processed through n centers in a manner which prevents fraud and authenticates the votes. Any interested party can verify that each vote has been properly counted. The invention can be realized by current-generation personal computers with access to an electronic bulletin board. Ex Claim Text: A method of secure anonymous message transfer from a plurality of senders by use of a plurality of mixing centers comprising the steps of: (a) choosing constants which are posted for senders S.sub.1, S.sub.2, . . . S.sub.l and mixing centers, C.sub.1, C.sub.2, . . . C.sub.n ; (b) each sender S.sub.k constructing an encrypted message which is posted; (c) a first mixing center C.sub.1 processing the posted messages from each sender S.sub.k which processed messages are then posted for use by the next center; (d) each mixing center C.sub.2 through C.sub.n-1 sequentially processing the processed messages from the previous center, which sequentially processed messages are then posted for use by the next center; (e) the last mixing center C.sub.n processing messages from the previous center C.sub.n-1 and posting the result; (f) each mixing center proving the validity of its processing, which proof is posted; and (g) channel checker verifying correctness of the execution from posted messages when necessary. from posted messages when necessary. --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah(a)shipwright.com) Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/ Ask me about FC98 in Anguilla!: <http://www.fc98.ai/>

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FTC, Canada, Mexico officials launch "health claim surf day"
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

[From Nov 5 Natural Healthline. --Declan] ****************************************** FTC Launches North American Health Claim Surf Day ****************************************** by Michael Evers The Federal Trade Commission recently joined with public health and consumer protection and information agencies from the United States, Canada, and Mexico to "surf" the Internet for potentially false or deceptive advertising claims concerning treatments or cures for heart disease, cancer, AIDS, diabetes, arthritis, and multiple sclerosis. The FTC announced today that in just a few hours during the recently conducted North American Health Claim Surf Day, Internet surfers identified more than 400 World Wide Web sites and numerous Usenet newsgroups that contain promotions for products or services purporting to help cure, treat or prevent these six diseases. The FTC said that it sent hundreds of Web sites and newsgroups e-mail messages pointing out that advertisers must have evidence to back up their claims. FTC staff will follow-up by revisiting the targeted sites in the coming weeks to determine if changes have been made. Suspected violators received an e-mail warning which said the following: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), its federal and state law enforcement partners, and public health and consumer protection agencies from Mexico and Canada are sending you (and hundreds of other Internet advertisers) this message based upon a review of the promotion you disseminated through the Internet. The FTC and its partners have NOT determined whether your Internet promotion violates United States federal or state laws, Mexican law, or Canadian law. Nevertheless, we want to remind you that when you make health claims in promoting a product, service, or treatment, those claims must be truthful and non-deceptive. Deceptive Acts or Practices Are Unlawful under the FTC Act In the United States, Section 5 of the FTC Act (15 U.S.C. § 45), prohibits deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce. In addition, Section 12 of the Act (15 U.S.C. § 52) prohibits the dissemination of any false advertisement to induce the purchase of any food, drugs, or devices. An advertisement is misleading and deceptive if the advertiser makes an objective claim, either expressly or by implication, including through the use of consumer testimonials, without a "reasonable basis" to support that claim. As set out in the Commission's Advertising Substantiation Policy Statement, advertisements that specify the level of substantiation that the advertiser possesses (e.g., "tests prove" or "studies show") must be supported by at least that level of evidence. If the advertisement does not specify a particular type of substantiation, the Commission considers several factors in determining the appropriate level of substantiation. Typically, claims of the sort included on your Internet site must be substantiated by competent and reliable scientific evidence. Competent and reliable scientific evidence is defined as tests, analyses, research, studies, or other evidence based on the expertise of professionals in the relevant area, that has been conducted and evaluated in an objective manner by persons qualified to do so, using procedures generally accepted in the profession to yield accurate and reliable results. Anecdotal evidence and consumer testimonials are not considered competent and reliable scientific evidence. You may want to review your advertisement in light of these standards. Possible Violations in Other Jurisdictions Unfair or deceptive acts or practices are also unlawful under various state statutes in the United States. The standards under these statutes may be different from those of the FTC's. In addition, by placing an Internet site on the World Wide Web, you may be subject to scrutiny in other countries where you sell your products. You should be aware that many countries, including Mexico and Canada, also have laws that generally require advertisements to be truthful and non-deceptive. "Hopeful and sometimes desperate consumers spend millions of dollars on unproven, deceptively marketed, and often useless 'miracle cures' and the Internet should not become the newest medium for this age-old problem," said Jodie Bernstein, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "In addition to wasting consumers' money, some products or treatments may even cause them serious harm or endanger their lives. Even when the advertised remedy is harmless, it can still have a detrimental effect if it causes consumers to stop or slow the use of proven treatments." In addition to today's effort to prevent health fraud, the FTC has recently conducted several other Internet Surf Days focusing on different types of fraud, including pyramid schemes and deceptive business opportunity offers. North American Health Claim Surf Day participants included: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Health Canada Competition Bureau of Industry Canada Procuraduria Federal del Consumidor of Mexico the Secretaria de Salud of Mexico Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Communications Commission (Denver Office) Attorney General of Connecticut Attorney General of Illinois Attorney General of Kentucky Attorney General of Maryland Attorney General of Massachusetts Attorney General of Minnesota Attorney General of Missouri Attorney General of North Carolina Attorney General of Pennsylvania Attorney General of Tennessee Attorney General of Texas Attorney General of Vermont Attorney General of Virginia Attorney General of Wisconsin Arthritis Foundation American Heart Association American Diabetes Association Capital Area and Tristate AIDS Task Force Better Business Bureau serving northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan. For more information, Federal Trade Commission Web site http://www.ftc.gov Tom Carter FTC Dallas Regional Director 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 2150 Dallas, Texas 75201 (214) 979-9350

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Re: Return of the Living Zundel, from The Netly News
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Declan McCullagh wrote: > http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/editorial/0,1012,1561,00.html > Return of the Living Zundel > by Chris Stamper (cstamper(a)pathfinder.com) > Does Ernst Zundel have the right to deny the Holocaust and brag > about it on the Net? In the U.S. the answer is unequivocally yes. But > in Canada, where Zundel resides, the Human Rights Commission has been > holding hearings on whether the "Zundelsite" violates the country's > hate speech laws. If Zundel loses the case, he'll be asked to pay > damages and take any offending articles off the web site. Canadian Shock TV!!! Camilla Scott, competing for airtime with Jerry Springer's shows about two-headed lady midget wrestlers in a bed full of chickens with a serial killer who married his own daughter, recently had a show where people who wanted their friends/relatives to change their 'outrageous' behavior could confront them live, on TV. One of the guests was perturbed because his friend, a very successful businessman, always wore black. (Clothes of exceptional quality and design, but _always_ black.) Fortunately, the Canadian sheeple hooted and hollered derision at the fellow, thus protecting us from unsavory types like the Man in Black. Unfortunately, the fellow seemed much happier and satisfied with his life than those doing the hooting and hollering, so chances are, he will continue his diabolical wardrobe atrocities. Canadians know that the answer to racism is to put the racists in ovens and gas them, then bury them in mass graves in Germany. Glad I could clear that up. MapleLeafMonger

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Beware of the 'ANY' Key / Re: Pauline Hanson's One Nation Monthly Newsletter
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Global Web Builders wrote: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PLEASE NOTE: No unsolicited email is sent. If you do not want to be on the > mailing list please say "REMOVE" in the subject line and return this message > in the body. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- That darned 'ANY' key is up to its pesky tricks again. Long the scourge of computer neophytes everywhere, the elusive 'ANY' key continues to be responsible for all of the evils that happen in the computer world, at any place and point in time. Now, the 'ANY' key, which no computer neophyte ever manages to find when told to do so by Robert's Terribly Funky Manual, seems to be responsible for those who 'do NOT send out unsolicited email' spamming millions of computer users around the world. Bleeding cunt liberal that I am, my pussy bleeds purple piss for Pauline Hanson (whether she is wearing panties or not), for the great suffering she must be undergoing as a result of the 'ANY' key mysteriously sending out her message to millions of total strangers. Perhaps the answer to the diabolical scourge of the 'ANY' key is to provide all computer users with a 'REMOVE' key similar to the big red button that the US President has access to. TruthMistress > Dear supporter in NSW, > > Pauline Hanson's One Nation continues to grow an extraordinary rate. > > There are now over 200 branches of the party nationwide - this just twenty > eight weeks after the April launch. > > The interest in what we have to say and the level of our support is best > demonstrated by comparing the recent visits of National Senator Bill O'Chee > and Pauline Hanson to the traditional National heartland of Gympie in > central Queensland. At their respective dinners O'Chee managed to attract > just 12 people while Hanson attracted a full house of 400! > > These are challenging times ahead for the party. With this explosive growth > and interest the Manly head office of One Nation has come under enormous > pressure with calls from the media, the growing need to manage the new > branches and a number of related teething problems. > > Please be patient if you find delays in One Nation responding to an inquiry. > This is due to the workload being faced by the Manly office. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > As you will have read Pauline Hanson's One Nation will contest the > Queensland state elections after an independent survey revealed that the > party had, conservatively, up to 27% support in certain electorates. > > If you know of someone who would make a good candidate please contact Manly > office on (02) 9976 0283 for application forms. Please note closing date for > nominations is December 1st. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > There have been a number of One Nation press releases during October. These > can be viewed at: > > http://www.gwb.com.au/onenation/press > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Pauline Hanson's on-line Working Group: > > There has been a tremendous response to the establishment of Pauline > Hanson's on-line Working Group and we thank those who have become involved > for their support. > > If you would like to participate please email the following information for > consideration. > > Name, Contact details (address, phone, fax), membership number (this is a > pre-requisite) and branch (default is Manly). > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Like any growing political organisation Pauline Hanson's One Nation needs > your financial support. Please help NOW if you are able... Their is an > on-line form that can be printed out and posted together with your donation at: > > http://www.gwb.com.au/pledge.html > > Let's get that donation-meter reading moving! > > Pauline Hanson

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IPO ALERT: Brass Eagle, Inc. Available through Wit Capital
by fiona＠witcapital.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Come Celebrate the launch of Wit Capital Corporation!
by fiona＠witcapital.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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INFO-RUSS: school projects... (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: >From INFO-RUSS-request(a)smarty.ece.jhu.edu Fri Nov 7 20:09:14 1997 Message-Id: <9711072030.AA17690(a)smarty.ece.jhu.edu> Errors-To: INFO-RUSS-request(a)smarty.ece.jhu.edu Sender: INFO-RUSS-request(a)smarty.ece.jhu.edu Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 15:22:36 -0600 (CST) From: "LEONID I. KIRKOVSKY" <lkirkovsky(a)utmem1.utmem.edu> To: info-russ(a)smarty.ece.jhu.edu Subject: INFO-RUSS: school projects... --------------------------------------------------------------------- This is INFO-RUSS broadcast (1200+ subscribers). Home page, information, and archives: http://psi.ece.jhu.edu/~kaplan/IRUSS/inforuss.html To post, or to subscribe/unsubscribe, mail to info-russ(a)smarty.ece.jhu.edu INFO-RUSS assumes no responsibility for the information/views of its users. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, everybody! My son is going to make two voluntary projects for his school. Tentative title of the projects are: 1. Transfer of military technologies to civil life. It is about technologies like microwave oven or diapers came from space stations, or automatic transmission first invented for tanks. 2. Russian scientists/inventors worked/working in the USA (like Sikorski, or inventor of TV). I am wondering if somebody knows any good sources of information on the matter. Many thanks in advance. Leonid Kirkovsky LKirkovsky(a)utmem3.utmem.edu

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Crazy Isreali's... [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > CHILD HEIRESS AT THE CENTER OF TWISTED PLOT > > Onassis November 7, 1997 > Web posted at: 7:50 p.m. EST (0050 GMT) > > JERUSALEM (AP) -- As part of a battle over a young girl's $2.4 > billion trust fund, former Israeli secret service agents tracked her > father's movements using paragliders and cameras hidden in trees. > > At least, that's the Israeli version of what happened to Athena > Roussel, the granddaughter of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle > Onassis. > > Swiss authorities, however, suspect the Israelis may have been > involved in a plot to kidnap the 12-year-old girl and want them > arrested. > > Much of the story, hushed up for months, remains shrouded inmystery, > though bits and pieces have emerged in the Israeli media. > > The daily newspaper Maariv ran a banner headline Friday about"An > operation to save the Onassis fortune." Next to it was apicture of > an angelic-looking Athena wearing a white dress and a garland of > white flowers in her honey-colored hair. > > Athena is the only child of Christina Onassis, the shipping > magnate's daughter, and her fourth husband, Thierry Roussel. The > couple divorced 1987 and Christina Onassis died a year later. > Roussel has remarried and has three children with his new wife. > Athena lives with her father and his new family in Switzerland and > France. > > Athena stands to inherit some $2.4 billion when she turns 18,and in > the meantime her father and the Greek executors of hermother's will > have been fighting over control of the money. > > Roussel receives $5 million a year for personal expenses, under his > ex-wife's will. Expenses for Athena are confidential. > > Roussel recently sued the charitable Alexander S. Onassis Public > Benefit Foundation, accusing it of having mismanaged and embezzled > millions of dollars. A Greek court acquitted the foundation earlier > this year. > > Israeli police said that at some point, Greek trustees turned to > Israeli private investigators and asked them to find evidence that > Athena's father was involved in "immoral acts." > > The seven Israelis -- among them former top agents in Israel's Shin > Bet security service -- began by preparing surveillance on the > Roussel mansion near Geneva, according to Maariv and the Yediot > Ahronot daily newspaper. > > This was a complicated task, the newspapers said, sinceintruders > could easily be spotted near the heavily guarded,isolated compound. > One solution the agents came up with, saidYediot, was to use > paragliders to fly over the Roussel home and take pictures from the > air. > > Another scheme to avoid drawing attention was to have > agentsmasquerade as environmentalists driving around in a > vanplastered with "green" stickers. > > The Israeli team also proposed to hide surveillance cameras in the > trees of the compound and use state-of-the-art laser technology to > wiretap Roussel's home and office, Maariv said. > > In a second stage, the surveillance team hired another Israeli > investigator to check out Roussel's Paris apartment, the newspaper > said. The agent learned, said Maariv, that Roussel was running a > modeling agency there, and at one point hired a British model to try > and infiltrate Roussel's business. > > The surveillance efforts came to light when an Israeli businessman > and a friend of the Paris agent found out about it and tried to sell > the information for profit. The businessman was questioned by Swiss > police who began an investigation. > > It was at this stage, said Maariv and Yediot, that the Greektrustees > ordered the Israeli team to drop its efforts. > > In a statement Friday, the Onassis Foundation accused Roussel of a > campaign to remove his daughter from the control of the trustees, > "even in matters of security." > > However, foundation officials refused comment on the record when > asked whether trustees had hired the Israelis. > > Last month, Swiss police officials came to Israel to questionseveral > of the Israeli investigators who had since returned home. > > Israeli police said they decided to close the case because they had > no evidence of wrongdoing. An Israeli police investigator said he > was convinced the Israeli agents had simply carried out surveillance > and were not involved in a kidnapping plot. > > But a Swiss judge investigating the kidnapping suspicions said he > doubted the Israeli version. > > "It's their way of seeing things and it's convenient forthem," said > Judge Jacques Delieutraz of Geneva. "They don't have all the facts > we have."

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Bay Area Cypherpunks meeting announcement
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tomorrow's Bay Area Cypherpunks meeting will be held at the offices of C2Net Software in Oakland. Agenda: o Andrea Liles will present some cool new ideas about virtual CA's. o Lucky Green will demonstrate the Dumb Mouse, a universal chipcard reader, and associated analysis/manipulation software. If you are at all interested in smartcards, especially smartcards for crypto and authentication purposes, you don't want to miss this one. If there aren't too many attendees, we will host a workshop. Attendees are encouraged to bring any smartcards in their possession and discover what is /really/ happening on the card. The Cypherpunks Smartcard Developers Association will accept smartcard donations after the workshop. o Cypherpunks Tonga will announce the release of BSAFEeay, a BSAFE 3.0 API compatible crypto library based on SSLeay. o Cypherpunks Tonga will then combine BSAFEeay with the freeware SETref (which requires BSAFE for the underlying crypto) and demonstrate the first ever globally available *freeware* SET solution. Location: C2Net Software 1440 Broadway 7th Floor Oakland, CA Date/time: Saturday, 11/8, noon Directions: By BART: Exit the system at 12th Street Oakland. Walk north on Broadway one block. 1440 is on the right side of the street. By car: http://www.mapquest.com/ Choose "Trip Quest" from the menu. - -- Lucky Green <shamrock(a)cypherpunks.to> PGP v5 encrypted email preferred. "Tonga? Where the hell is Tonga? They have Cypherpunks there?" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 5.0i Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNGPhYvXUPTw3WtkkEQKztACeIQwx4voyUVIP6u1HmosCWklX7osAnROD TTJn3K2jCIrKUQtOc5Z3oW1P =byR/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

TruthMunger wrote: > Does Ernst Zundel have the right to deny the Holocaust and brag > about it on the Net? In the U.S. the answer is unequivocally yes. But > in Canada, where Zundel resides, the Human Rights Commission has been > holding hearings on whether the "Zundelsite" violates the country's > hate speech laws. Thus, the Canadian Human Rights Commission's primary goal seems to be to limit Canadian's access to infomation to only that which is in alignment with the goals of those holding the reins of power. TruthMunger ----------- The World Wide Web and its liberating impact is being confronted with some realities from Big Brother. I don't know the technicalities of how these things are done. Would someone enlighten me (us) on how government can shut out internet traffice from or to undesireables? Browsing back through some article by S. Garfinkel recently led me to Electronic Border-Control, 14 July, 1997, Wired's Synapse http://www.hotwired.com/synapse/feature/97/28/garfinkel0a_text.html Some of Garfinkel's ideas about quite conventional about keeping the bad guys out and using government as the means of putting up a cyber barbed-wire-fence. I don't agree with his opinion about this, but it clued me in on the possiblities regarding what might be done under the conditions of a controlled & regulated environment. It would seem that as band-width increases dramatically, cheaper access and greater familiarity with the net occurs that government (taxes, regulations, der polizei, etc.) will come with it. The prospects of having the internet smothered under regulations is a disappointing idea. What are the possiblities for censoring/blocking communications on a technical basis? Sparticus

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Free Website for Any Business
by inbiz＠ultramax.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I will give you a FREE FOREVER website for ANY BUSINESS (except porn or illegal, of course) just for visiting my website. That's right, I'm trying to generate traffic to my website, so as an incentive to get you there, I'll GIVE you your very own website. (There's even a cool page wizard that makes it a snap to create your webpage). Email me back and I'll tell you the address to go to. Best Wishes to you in everything you're doing! Lisa If you'd like to be removed from this mailing list, please hit reply and type remove in the subject line.

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Re: Bay Area Cypherpunks meeting announcement
by Blanc 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Lucky Green wrote: >o Cypherpunks Tonga will announce [...] > >o Cypherpunks Tonga will then combine [...] ........................................................ What is Cypherpunks Tonga? .. Blanc

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WARNING: Serious Pentium Bug
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

There is a SERIOUS bug in all pentium CPUs. The following code will crash any machine running on a pentium CPU, MMX or no MMX, any speed, regardless of OS (crash as in instant seize, hard reboot the only cure): char x [5] = { 0xf0, 0x0f, 0xc7, 0xc8 }; main () { void (*f)() = x; f(); } This require no special permissions to run, it works fine with average-joe-userspace permissions. I have verified this, it works. Demand a new CPU from Intel.

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by brian＠firstgear.com.firstgear.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Totally breakable V(aporware) M(oney-making) E(ncryption)
by semprini＠theschool.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I just finished reading the contents of the VME web-site. I have a few things to say. :) First of all the web-site blows elephant cock. You would think with guys smart enough to come up with "unbreakable encryption", they would at least be able to design a good site. Second, they make a big deal about how fast it is and how it can encrypt *ONE WHOLE FAT MEGABYTE A MINUTE*! Big whoop. Hope nobody wants to encrypt anything useful besides teensy weensy e-mails, 'cause you're gonna grow old before it finishes encrypting. Third, what the hell good is it if nobody can see the source code? It's well known that a trademark of bad cryptographic systems are the ones that rely on secrecy of the algorithm. Some happy little geek in his college computer lab is going to spend the time needed to reverse engineer the program, which they claim is "impossible to reverse engineer". Well, they didn't say it was "impossible", but they did say that the code is so complicated that nobody would be able to understand it if they ever did reverse engineer it. Bullshit. I know a 15 year old kid who actually has the patience to go through a few thousand lines of assembly code just to see what a program really does. Fourth, as someone else pointed out, the description of the algorithm is filled with words like "revolutionary" and "super-fast", etc. The descriptions of how the program works are so vague and general that it hards to believe they even have a running program. The description of the encryption sounds all very pretty, but I seriously wonder if that's the extent of the security. Almost like having a gold plated sign on your door saying "Keep out!" and then leaving your door unlocked. Fifth, their "challenge" to these major corportions merely states that they gave IBM, MS, and Netscape this big challenge to crack the system, but it never actually says the companies took up the offer and are actively trying to crack it. How's this one? "Microsoft, Netscape, and IBM!! I challenge you to crack my version of the Caesar Cipher!" There. I can now claim that I have challenged all the big corps to crack my crypto scheme. Challenging a big company doesn't prove a thing. Anyway, that's my rant and rave. Just as a small side note, if you would like to see some good examples of Madison Avenue at work then just visit this web-site: http://www.meganet.com > News report Nov 7, 97: > > AT&T, Hewlett Packard, Intel Corporation, Dell Computers, and > many other leading computer corporations have been added to the > challenge list by Meganet Corporation. The challenge started > last week with Bill Gates, now some of his peers have an opportunity > to validate or discredit the bold claim that Meganet's VME > (Virtual Matrix Encryption) is totally unbreakable. > > Unbreakable encryption is the only answer to security > in our electronic world. This is graphically illustrated > by the recent report from the National Security Agency > reporting the open market availability of a $10 chip that > can test up to 200 million keys per second. The 56-bit key, > government and banking standard, can be compromised in > twelve (12) seconds with brute force using ASIC > (Application-specific Integrated Circuits) chips. > > Meganet has the answer with its new VME (Virtual Matrix > Encryption). The impenetrable VME also has extreme speed, > much faster than any existing program available today. > > Major computer companies are already starting discussions > to acquire the rights to market this incredible new data > encryption system. More information about this > exciting new technology can be found at: www.meganet.com > > ---------- > > Hmm, wonder if it has impenetrable GAK and CAK options. > >

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17 Dec '03

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CHALLENGE to Meganet VME: million dollar hype?
by Attila T. Hun 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Meganet Corporation (818) 757-3890 19528 Ventura Blvd. Suite 317 Tarzana, CA 91356 OPEN CHALLENGE TO YOU over the last 30 years I have seen hundreds of new "unbreakable" encryption programs; all of them have the same claims, the same challenges, and the same secrecy. but, with several notable exceptions, each has contained a fatal flaw. and I have seen even my own "perfect" algorithms fall apart when I awake... therefore, if you want any serious encryption experts to endorse your product as having a factor of "unbreakability" by forcing the level of brute force necessary to do so, provide the algorithm and the associated source code to a few of us who enjoy breaking algorithms as much as we enjoy trying to create them. I dont have time, any more than my colleagues will have time, to waste on foolishness represented by your amateur challenge. until you are willing to submit to an open review by your peers, your supposed encryption product is YAP. secondly, until your methodology is reviewed, we will consider the product a schill to Louis Freeh and other GAK and trap door mandated system advocates. if you wish to be considered a serious contender to replace RSA, it's time to put your cards on the table; we see your nickel and call. in the matter of public encryption, there is no secrecy, or there is no use. your move. attila out... cc: cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 Comment: No safety this side of the grave. Never was; never will be iQBVAwUBNGRf3LR8UA6T6u61AQGbHgH8CRQZShIUzW0wr1ib7cQGSfMcUbJTygx9 ckzuU/NB4W4u11rEjSQzC5ozybWWxHcjSQel+CZ79wPAP0vM+HM7Jg== =zTyp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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