December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: [FWD] Finding a Face in the Crowd
by Benjamin Chad Wienke 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 05:09 PM 11/16/97 -0800, Steve Schear wrote: >Oh well Mr. Orwell, you've never believe how far we've come... > >"Mugspot" Can Find A Face In The Crowd - Award-Winning Face Recognition >Software Prepares to Go to Work in the Streets > >Computer "eyes" are now up to such tasks as watching for fugitives in >airline terminals and other busy locations. A sophisticated >face-recognition system that placed first in recent Army competitive >trials has been given the added ability to pick out faces in noisy or >chaotic "street" environments. ><...snip...> > >The USC/Bochum system also shone in tests conducted under substandard >lighting conditions: It lost only a small fraction of its accuracy, >while competitors showed drastic falloffs in less-than-brilliant >illumination. > >The USC/Bochum system uses an unusual approach that mimics the >technique scientists believe the brain uses to recognize images. Von >der Malsburg, whose principal research interests lie in the >investigation of living brains, in fact carried out much of the >original research on the system as part of an attempt to understand >human face recognition. His research led to creating a computer model >of the way the brain's visual cortex processes information. To make this work really well, link it to the listening/locating/voiceprinting system described in the "Technology Secures Gunfire" thread for the purpose of aiming the cameras for greatest effect. 1984's "Big Brother" wasn't shit compared to this. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Business Security 5.5 iQEVAwUBNHAN7PVLt662DSXhAQHK2wgAilb7w4bBZ8ieNxgT1w4LkPqVSHF0U/3E TFcnrAQXMnIky7Pvh3PoU3+0GmPDCJ7hFwrXo3IkNFpTbqkEZkSYx2VCR1soVdSW yUnYeq13A4aYwhuw17Rb+gp/iOm0mJdVhLcWyntHdRrNtjqPq1Kz1G7jidVYo/LS PpP/W9Xf4JJdlz5Wi84skupl5oX3UC6lKC9ag5JU+VGcunmy0QkRkTZRCkIEBtvG tGjKp5KOst8MdMHeGFmKKS3/ckBXwn9drUntOrJBARihuzXU9cXnTGMHqUkRAc59 RFPHYuVDeNmw4dHsZ4Dg01cC0AXPIytjbH9sMrWitmF6hJCLxydOcw== =RbMM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Free web-based email, Forever, From anywhere! http://www.mailexcite.com

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Seeing Both Sides
by Secret Squirrel 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Bob Hettinga wrote: >But then, logic, much less independent thinking, was never >Foucault's strong point. I took this statement at face value, but out of curiousity I decided to find out who this guy Foucault was. The things I read about him lead me to believe otherwise. Some quotes from Michel Foucault: "The judges of normality are present everywhere. We are in the society of the teacher-judge, the doctor-judge, the educator-judge, the 'social worker'-judge." "Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline." How quick we are to condemn those who step out of the "norm", no? As soon as someone says something even slightly controversial, our inner censors rush in to separate ourselves from that person, to chastise him, to condemn him, regardless of the relationship we have developed with him in the past. There is this unfortunate property in man that leads him to disassociate himself from the ideas he holds true if it is convenient, and especially if it will allow him to avoid the ridicule, hatred and disdain of others. In the never ending "pursuit of happiness" we seek to make our lives so comfortable that we will give up that which we hold dearest. "The work of an intellectual is not to mould the political will of others; it is, through the analyses that he does in his own field, to re-examine evidence and assumptions, to shake up habitual ways of working and thinking, to dissipate conventional familiarities, to re-evaluate rules and institutions and...to participate in the formation of a political will (where he has his role as citizen to play)." In other words, to make people think. This is the goal of the intellectual. To subtly influence the mass of humanity by appealing to their minds, their reason, instead of their base instincts and emotions. Tolerance and acceptance are results brought about in us by communion with the mind, that which is greatest in us. Hatred, persecution, violence are what we fall back upon when we cease to live to our fullest potential. We degenerate into the animals we once were. Once again, Bob wrote: >The world's foremost pseudomystical relativist cited to support an >absolutist position. The logic escapes me. But then, logic, much less >independent thinking, was never Foucault's strong point. Perhaps one way of looking at it is that if you can't see the black and the white, you're missing the whole picture. After all, who would think that one would need to use an anonymous remailer and a pseudonym to express oneself in a free and open society such as ours? Nerthus -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBNGu85OFWwZe05jcJAQGvYwgAlI0R3rJW67A9fFIs9ai5FY/jEAwV2oQ1 112bd/UmgfJ11DYPWUpG6GKt2XcBUd6UfYPnidY27hT+GGBTTKjAeF88z0XMu6Ep jWUPllwb0Dw5or1o9IBg8ZAOPaAu/SMy9yVgcfaEbAqmfNken+dBhbfoAORjaLd8 BJSYCGs1Bw3Aw1gE7e3aJdjlYs/gKKNkoTQCkgkt6VBBCEQ7dXG1qbq2BTYS3py9 meK2utOM+YLG/+bJSoGRLT5oFiIpnYrkIwAziAtO7WAfydq+vwf8EsTdnX5mwUxg THngvvyaAbZtVm/yObAPgifbfpfDbnfYOL/rrJQzGMXVJCUBNKTQKg== =zZLC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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List
by Pier Carlo Montecucchi 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I will appreciate to be included in your list. Sincerely Pier Carlo Montecucchi Intelligence-Net Office 540 Beverly Ct. - suite 1 Tallahassee Fl 32301 - USA Email: pcmontecucchi(a)compuserve.com phone: 212-208-2647 fax: 212-208-2648

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-Make A Fortune In Foreclosures-
by Biz-Man＠Inteligence-9.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Hey Punk!!
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Josh Lynch writes: > I just mailed Jason. I feel like an asshole about missing my third day. > I haven't got any sleep since tuesday, and I haven't kept any food down > since Subway yesterday. I have a nice fever, and I can't sleep because my > stomach feels nautious (sp?). Well enough of my sob story, I think I made > a great impression today (not) you'll probably be lucky to see me tomarrow > if I get fired. Oh yeah, on top of all that I miss the metting that I > needed to go to the most. Later > > josh > > On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Super-User wrote: > > > Hey ya punk!! > > > > What's this crap about being sick?? Ya punk, wheere's the desire, the > > ambition, the need to puke on your client's terminal?? > > We're headed out to Impressions Inc. to do some Xinet shit and to talk > > to the Xinet Rep. Jason wanted you to come along to meet Xinet reps. > > Ya better feel special 'cause I never got asked to meet any reps, I had > > to corner'em and kick their ass to get a response. Anyway, if you feel > > good enough to come with, call Jason's cel @ 8674526 or the condo @ > > 9276596. > > > > Later, > > Murray > > > > > > P.S.- I made you an account on the SGI (josh, passwd:calvin1) ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ > > IP:206.144.185.110 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Note the risks of sending passwords in cleartext and fucking up the e-mail addresses so they end up in my orphan mailbox. :-) --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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See Ya Tomorrow
by user0105＠mallmaster1.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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[REPOST] Gary Burnore's Attack on Privacy
by Mixmaster 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

If anyone doubts Gary Burnore's vindictive nature and his disregard for the privacy of others, read this message from him where he dug up an old tax lien filed against one of his critics and broadcast it worldwide on Usenet in order to embarass him and intimidate him into silence about Gary Burnore and his abusive tactics: --- BEGIN INCLUDED MESSAGE --- Subject: Re: Monkey-boys position From: gburnore(a)netcom.com (Gary L. Burnore) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 02:01:14 GMT Message-ID: <gburnoreE5Iqy2.H8C(a)netcom.com> Organization: the home office in Wazoo, NE Newsgroups: news.admin.net-abuse.email,news.admin.net-abuse.misc,news.admin.net-abuse.usenet References: <gburnoreE51xvo.2zK(a)netcom.com> <5doim6$32q$1(a)monkeys.com> <twficE5G4HL.Fp9(a)netcom.com> <wotanE5Gu0t.8Hv(a)netcom.com> <5drvl3$bvr$1(a)monkeys.com> Ronald F. Guilmette (rfg(a)monkeys.com) wrote: { In article <wotanE5Gu0t.8Hv(a)netcom.com>, <Wotan> wrote: { >In article <twficE5G4HL.Fp9(a)netcom.com>, { >Ty Fairchild <twfic(a)netcom.com> wrote while drinking: { > { >>Fortunately this thread will not be extended by any further follow from { >>monkeyboy. His public pronouncement states his position. { > { >Y'all mean bent over a post spreading his ass cheeks and yelling "Fuck { >me" to any passing entity? { Atta boy Wotan, my little BaBaBasicks bean brain. Jump in again any time. What say each time you slam DataBasix for no reason, we post some publicly available information about monkeys.com. HEre's the first try: + +Filing Number: 90226822 +Document Type: STATE TAX +Filing Date: 04/30/90 +Amount: $157,705 +Debtor: GUILMETTE, RONALD F, <ssn deleted> + 550 PAULARINO AV, COSTA MESA, CA +Court/County: ORANGE REC, ORANGE, CA +Certificate: 90114005621 +Tax Authority: FRANCHISE TAX BOARD +Release Number: 90431912 +Release Date: 08/15/90 + +Filing Number: 336573L +Document Type: STATE TAX +Filing Date: 04/27/90 +Amount: $157,705 +Debtor: GUILMETTE, RONALD F, <ssn deleted> + 550 PAULARINO AV, COSTA MESA, CA +Court/County: SANTA CLARA REC, SANTA CLARA, CA +Certificate: 90114005622 +Tax Authority: FRANCHISE TAX BOARD +Release Number: 4451377L +Release Date: 08/10/90 + More where this came from. Yu wanna keep slamming DataBasix for no good reason? -- gburnore(a)databasix.com mailto:gburnore@databasix.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- What's another word for Thesaurus? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary L. Burnore | ][3:]3^3:]3][3:]3^3:]3]3^3:]3]][3 DataBasix | ][3:]3^3:]3][3:]3^3:]3]3^3:]3]][3 San Francisco, CA | ][3:]3^3:]3][3:]3^3:]3]3^3:]3]][3 | ][3 3 4 1 4 2 ]3^3 6 9 0 6 9 ][3 http://www.databasix.com | Official Proof of Purchase =========================================================================== --- END INCLUDED MESSAGE --- --

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List of reliable remailers
by Raph Levien 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I operate a remailer pinging service which collects detailed information about remailer features and reliability. To use it, just finger remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu There is also a Web version of the same information, plus lots of interesting links to remailer-related resources, at: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~raph/remailer-list.html This information is used by premail, a remailer chaining and PGP encrypting client for outgoing mail. For more information, see: http://www.c2.org/~raph/premail.html For the PGP public keys of the remailers, finger pgpkeys(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu This is the current info: REMAILER LIST This is an automatically generated listing of remailers. The first part of the listing shows the remailers along with configuration options and special features for each of the remailers. The second part shows the 12-day history, and average latency and uptime for each remailer. You can also get this list by fingering remailer-list(a)kiwi.cs.berkeley.edu. $remailer{'cyber'} = '<alias(a)alias.cyberpass.net> alpha pgp'; $remailer{"mix"} = "<mixmaster(a)remail.obscura.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut ek ksub reord ?"; $remailer{"replay"} = "<remailer(a)replay.com> cpunk mix pgp hash latent cut post ek"; $remailer{"jam"} = "<remailer(a)cypherpunks.ca> cpunk mix pgp hash middle latent cut ek"; $remailer{"winsock"} = "<winsock(a)rigel.cyberpass.net> cpunk pgp pgponly hash cut ksub reord ?"; $remailer{'nym'} = '<config(a)nym.alias.net> newnym pgp'; $remailer{"squirrel"} = "<mix(a)squirrel.owl.de> cpunk mix pgp pgponly hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{'weasel'} = '<config(a)weasel.owl.de> newnym pgp'; $remailer{"reno"} = "<middleman(a)cyberpass.net> cpunk mix pgp hash middle latent cut ek reord ?"; $remailer{"cracker"} = "<remailer(a)anon.efga.org> cpunk mix remix pgp hash ksub esub latent cut ek reord post"; $remailer{'redneck'} = '<config(a)anon.efga.org> newnym pgp'; $remailer{"bureau42"} = "<remailer(a)bureau42.ml.org> cpunk mix pgp ksub hash latent cut ek"; $remailer{"neva"} = "<remailer(a)neva.org> cpunk pgp pgponly hash cut ksub ?"; $remailer{"lcs"} = "<mix(a)anon.lcs.mit.edu> mix"; $remailer{"medusa"} = "<medusa(a)weasel.owl.de> mix middle" $remailer{"McCain"} = "<mccain(a)notatla.demon.co.uk> mix middle"; $remailer{"valdeez"} = "<valdeez(a)juno.com> cpunk pgp pgponly hash ek"; $remailer{"arrid"} = "<arrid(a)juno.com> cpunk pgp pgponly hash ek"; $remailer{"hera"} = "<goddesshera(a)juno.com> cpunk pgp pgponly hash ek"; $remailer{"htuttle"} = "<h_tuttle(a)rigel.cyberpass.net> cpunk pgp hash latent cut post ek"; catalyst(a)netcom.com is _not_ a remailer. lmccarth(a)ducie.cs.umass.edu is _not_ a remailer. usura(a)replay.com is _not_ a remailer. remailer(a)crynwr.com is _not_ a remailer. There is no remailer at relay.com. Groups of remailers sharing a machine or operator: (cyber mix reno winsock) (weasel squirrel medusa) (cracker redneck) (nym lcs) (valdeez arrid hera) This remailer list is somewhat phooey. Go check out http://www.publius.net/rlist.html for a good one. Last update: Thu 23 Oct 97 15:48:06 PDT remailer email address history latency uptime ----------------------------------------------------------------------- hera goddesshera(a)juno.com ------------ 5:03:45 99.86% nym config(a)nym.alias.net +*#**#**### :34 95.82% redneck config(a)anon.efga.org #*##*+#**** 2:00 95.44% mix mixmaster(a)remail.obscura.com +++ ++++++* 19:18 95.27% squirrel mix(a)squirrel.owl.de -- ---+--- 2:34:19 95.16% cyber alias(a)alias.cyberpass.net *++***+ ++ 11:26 95.11% replay remailer(a)replay.com **** *** 10:06 94.93% arrid arrid(a)juno.com ----.------ 8:50:34 94.41% bureau42 remailer(a)bureau42.ml.org --------- 3:38:29 93.53% cracker remailer(a)anon.efga.org + +*+*+*+ 16:32 92.80% jam remailer(a)cypherpunks.ca + +*-++++ 24:14 92.79% winsock winsock(a)rigel.cyberpass.net -..-..---- 9:59:18 92.22% neva remailer(a)neva.org ------****+ 1:03:02 90.39% valdeez valdeez(a)juno.com 4:58:22 -36.97% reno middleman(a)cyberpass.net 1:01:28 -2.65% History key * # response in less than 5 minutes. * * response in less than 1 hour. * + response in less than 4 hours. * - response in less than 24 hours. * . response in more than 1 day. * _ response came back too late (more than 2 days). cpunk A major class of remailers. Supports Request-Remailing-To: field. eric A variant of the cpunk style. Uses Anon-Send-To: instead. penet The third class of remailers (at least for right now). Uses X-Anon-To: in the header. pgp Remailer supports encryption with PGP. A period after the keyword means that the short name, rather than the full email address, should be used as the encryption key ID. hash Supports ## pasting, so anything can be put into the headers of outgoing messages. ksub Remailer always kills subject header, even in non-pgp mode. nsub Remailer always preserves subject header, even in pgp mode. latent Supports Matt Ghio's Latent-Time: option. cut Supports Matt Ghio's Cutmarks: option. post Post to Usenet using Post-To: or Anon-Post-To: header. ek Encrypt responses in reply blocks using Encrypt-Key: header. special Accepts only pgp encrypted messages. mix Can accept messages in Mixmaster format. reord Attempts to foil traffic analysis by reordering messages. Note: I'm relying on the word of the remailer operator here, and haven't verified the reord info myself. mon Remailer has been known to monitor contents of private email. filter Remailer has been known to filter messages based on content. If not listed in conjunction with mon, then only messages destined for public forums are subject to filtering. Raph Levien

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Korean "red alert" -- national ID cards proposed
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 15:04:32 +0900 > From: Ko Youngkyong <frontist(a)member.sing-kr.org> > Subject: RED ALERT of Privacy in Korea! > > Dear Comrads, > > About the Electronic National ID Card project, > situations gets rough in South Korea. > The ruling party, Shin-han-kuk Dang, and some politicians > of conservative Opposition party has passed related laws > on ID card project on November 13 in Domestic Affair Session. > It was a sudden terror to us and to the privacy of Korean people. > In Korea, for a law to be passed, it must be passed in the partial > session of National Assembly and be finally determined by > whole conference(I don't assure whether it correct or not). > Whole conference will be held on November 17. > It may be difficult to stop passing of the law, though we lobby > some M.P.s. > If the law should be passed, we will and must begin a long, > harsh struggle to the denial movement of ID card. > We think it may take several years like Australia. > We, Task Force against Electronic ID Card, and privacy advocates > in Korea are planning demonstrations within 2,3 days and some other > actions of expressing protest. We will do whatever we can. > > Keep your eyes on! Please inform your fellows of this crisis of privacy > and help us in every way you can. > It's RED ALERT of privacy in Korea. > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Korean NGO Task Force against Electronic National ID Card > ----------------------------------------------------- > Homepage URL: http://kpd.sing-kr.org/idcard/ > E-mail : frontist(a)member.sing-kr.org > Phone : +82-2-855-1913 > Fax : +82-2-858-1913

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Overcoming War with Information
by Secret Squirrel 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Steve Schear wrote: >Many injustices follow from form and scale of government. I won't be the >first to point out that as the number of people, geography and ethnic >diversity increase governance becomes ever more difficult and as is the >balancing of individual liberty over the "overiding interests of the >society." The solution is clear, the method of its emergence is not. >Smaller geo-political units. I doubt that our pressing social and political >problems can be adequately delt with until the scale of governance is >changed, but this requires those in the center to give up much and >historically this has rarely if ever happened without bloodshed. Monty Cantsin wrote elsewhere: >One of the things that appeals to me about the tools the cypherpunks >are developing is the likelihood that they will end war. What >percentage of wars are instigated and organized by governments? That >is, how many wars can we think of in which a war originated in the >population of country and dragged its unwilling government into the >fray? I cannot think of any. War is often used to justify the existence of government. If politicians can convince the people that they have an enemy that must be destroyed, the people willingly give their lives and livelihood to the government to fight this assumed enemy. War feeds the expansion of a government's power over its citizens. After the war has ended, the government maintains this newfound power. Interestingly, the 20th century, which has been the bloodiest in recorded history, has also been the century of failed experiments in large-scale government. The former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia are clear examples of what happens when different groups of people (who would rather not be associated) are forced to live together at the point of a gun. The disolution of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, and the subsequent violence and unrest clearly illustrate the results of forced association. Governments are impedements to the free and voluntary interaction among the world's people. Look how vehemently governments attempt to block the flow of certain types of information to their people. Trade barriers, censorship and control of communications channels are three of the tools governments use to restrict a free global society. The trend now is toward smaller political units. The recent dissolution of former socialist nation-states is one example. The growth in the "State Sovereignty" movement in America is another. "Those in the center", as Steve refers to them, may not have any choice about giving up what they have. Their only hope would be to spread enough lies (via the mass media channels) to convince the majority of people to back them, in another war of course. We must remember that people are reluctant -- and for good reason -- to go to war. Common sense prevails, though it may not be exercised all that often. War can be avoided if the truth of the situation is revealed to the populace: the spotlight shone on the puppetmasters. At the same time, clear solutions to the problems that have accumulated due to blind faith in an unworkable system have to be presented and implemented. The transition will not be easy. We have our work cut out for us. Nerthus -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBNG85MeFWwZe05jcJAQFddAf/boDWEY9HU5OxiRkOthDmEOn6fGbe/m/q r1QJz26TYQ+VH/3fMjbHeTpcOv9LwPPFpFx0HgW+FQOjFs5cBDUfbAZCliq8mDb8 CLXLmqh/DeFEPtMDMHHMakIYxT+uL06vR2jWXyvQFHQZLX/D0PvLTDf2/PFN2B3A yKln3C5yDcO54aHmlWjMz3nBVMBokGYcrvqUj8qlTX29B7CVq3bFPlbtm98mUhrD tpHCAHgLugjocNcoKPcNZblB0G52SP6uN/gvQj9fm0dixqKZbMjp6VHWpTAkQ2HR dfGlpcEZz7rnf3teqOMHlY858Z0Dkax+/9GvBbBSv8yGcOeaZRQuow== =eqJh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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