December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Cash
by dwa＠mirage.svl.trw.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From alt.2600... In article 8imYglW00iV8M5q0dV(a)andrew.cmu.edu, Andrew Lewis Tepper <at15+(a)andrew.cmu.edu> writes: > Imbedded in 1991 series $20 bills (and I assume all later and higher > bills) are thin plastic(?) strips with metallic writing on them. If > you're careful you can remove them with a razorblade by slitting the > bill's top edge and gently pulling it out. I've heard that airports will > soon have "Money Detectors" that will count total cash carried per > person. I'd like to figure out how the system works. I also think it > would be cool for people to collect all the strips in any money they > ever came in contact with and keep those in their wallets. Soon it would > look like everyone was walking around with $100K's of cash, rendering > their system useless. > > Andy > In article oh9(a)crl2.crl.com, eric(a)crl.com (Eric Fredricksen) writes: > Anarch (anarch(a)cse.ucsc.edu) wrote: > : They're in tens, too (don't know about ones and fives). I've never been > : able to remove one completely, but I've exposed the ends. Do you know > : how many there are in each bill, and where? I know in tens there's at > : least one, about a fifth of the way in from the left side (looking at > : the front). > > They're easy to remove. Just rip the bill diagonally from the edge to > the strip on either side of it, and pull the little triangle you just > made. The strip comes with it. Show it to your friends. > Assuming this is true, it would seem that even good, old fashioned, paper currency doesn't provide the level of anonymity that one would think. Scary... Dana W. Albrecht dwa(a)mirage.svl.trw.com

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Can someone please list the mail-to-news gateways that are available, and any discrepancies aboyr message acceptance based on SUBJECT: line. Thanks, - spooge

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Re: Cash
by jamiel＠sybase.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:25 PM 11/18/94, Dana Albrecht wrote: >>From alt.2600... > >In article 8imYglW00iV8M5q0dV(a)andrew.cmu.edu, Andrew Lewis Tepper ><at15+(a)andrew.cmu.edu> writes: >> bill's top edge and gently pulling it out. I've heard that airports will >> soon have "Money Detectors" that will count total cash carried per >> person. I'd like to figure out how the system works. I also think it This one has been flying around ever since the strips were put in place. It has been refuted as techically infeasable. (I don't remember the exact arguement, it had to do with the strips being mostly nonreactive and there being no real way to count how many/what denomination is in a stack.) >Assuming this is true, it would seem that even good, old fashioned, >paper currency doesn't provide the level of anonymity that one >would think. Scary... Also, realize that some places to look for that strip and if you pull it it might not be accepted (most places that check only look at $50s and $100s, though). -j

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No Subject
by nobody＠jpunix.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"George Miranda" writes: > I'm curious as to how one goes about setting up a snake or a tentacle G'day Larry, fancy updating your Privacy and Anonymity FAQ? You should have the time before getting booted off this latest account :-; - John Doe

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Inman
by rishab＠dxm.ernet.in 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> In class today, Inman mentioned that his privacy had been invaded during > the nomination process; when asked for elaboration, he cited cases of the > press going around asking questions about his wife and sons. So Inman > seems sensitive to issues of privacy, but in this case, they seem to be > primarily associated with invasions of privacy by the media rather than by > the government. I seem to remember that Inman was quoted as having said many NSA-ish things in the past; I think this was mentioned on the list during his nomination process - Inman appeared to spooky to be bothered about individual privacy from 'National Security' spooks themselves. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh "Clean the air! clean the sky! wash the wind! rishab(a)dxm.ernet.in take stone from stone and wash them..." rishab(a)arbornet.org Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 Voicemail +91 11 3760335 H 34C Saket, New Delhi 110017, INDIA

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Work going on behind our backs
by abostick＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I found this on ba.jobs.misc > Xref: netcom.com ba.jobs.misc:4520 > Path: netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!pipex!uunet!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail > From: deakmaker(a)aol.com (DeakMaker) > Newsgroups: ba.jobs.misc > Subject: DC Network Administrator Sought ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Date: 24 Nov 1994 22:40:32 -0500 > Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) > Lines: 8 > Sender: news(a)newsbf01.news.aol.com > Message-ID: <3b3mbg$t9c(a)newsbf01.news.aol.com> > NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf01.news.aol.com > > Seeking UNIX/ Internet expert to manage commercial access provider site. > Salary plus profit sharing. > > If its not for you tell your friendly neighborhood guru. Thanks. > > RSVP Mike > > MMann(a)cap.gwu.edu or fax 301-530-5726 > It's about time someone implemented one! ;-) -- | In the other room I passed by Ellen Leverenz as Alan Bostick | someone asked her "Do you know any monopole abostick(a)netcom.com | jokes?" finger for PGP public key | "Sure," she said. "In fact, I know two of them." Key fingerprint: | -- Terry Carr, GILGAMESH 50 22 FB 46 41 A3 17 9D F7 33 FF E1 4E 1C 89 79 +legal_kludge=off

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Re: Encrypttion API (was: PGP DLL)
by merriman＠metronet.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>On Wed, 16 Nov 1994, David K. Merriman wrote: > >> If it helps any, there is a collection of encryption routines in .dll format >> on sable.ox.ac.uk - they're in a file called wincrdll.zip. The zip file >> includes the .dlls, source code, and brief explanatory text. The routines >> are DES, IDEA, MD5, and an MD5 variant the author is calling MDC (?). > >I got the name MDC from the original posting of the method by Phil Karn >to sci.crypt a number of years ago and it seemed sensible to retain it. >Just a small point. > I stand corrected, and my apologies for any slight I may have inadvertently caused. :-) It's a nice collection, and very convenient, in any case. Dave Merriman - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Finger merriman(a)feenix.metronet.com for PGP public key and fingerprint. PGP encrypted Email welcome, encouraged, and preferred. "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." John F. Kennedy

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REMAILER-OPERATORS LIST
by an137768＠anon.penet.fi 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I while back somebody suggested that the <remailer-operators> list ought to be a usegroup (in the interest of openness, I think it was). Why not simply just ask Sameer to open subscriptions to non-operators as well? And post a short how-to-subscribe msg here for all to see? Please sign me up to the <remailer-operators> list right away, thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To find out more about the anon service, send mail to help(a)anon.penet.fi. Due to the double-blind, any mail replies to this message will be anonymized, and an anonymous id will be allocated automatically. You have been warned. Please report any problems, inappropriate use etc. to admin(a)anon.penet.fi.

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Re: ARJ Cracker....
by Michael Handler 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sorry about the late response, I've been busy. On Thu, 3 Nov 1994, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > >I also have a cracker that works on encrypted ARJ files, if anyone needs it. > > Perhaps need isn't quite the right word - but I'd certainly like to see the > source for it..... (actually I'm bloody keen). Sorry, Chris, it doesn't come with the source... I can still send you the MSDOS binaries if you're interested. > Hmmm.... another thing. Is there a freeware .ARJ program or source. Or are > them some specs for ARJ? I know lots of people use it - but I HATE it, its > soo slow and really doesn't do much for me at all. I have a document that shows the ARJ data format, if that's what you're interested in... -- Michael Handler <grendel(a)netaxs.com> Philadelphia, PA Civil Liberty Through Complex Mathematics VoicePGP Development Team soc.support.youth.gay-lesbian-bi co-moderator

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Internet Shopping Network big league ripoff
by jamesd＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I just checked in to the internet shopping network - AAAaaargh Disk drive prices over twice the going rate. Fax modem prices over four times the going rate! And for the vast privilege of being permitted to shop there you have to make a signed membership application by snail mail or fax. Meanwhile Chaums Emoney remains totally disconnected with real money or real goods. Among the bankers, his name is mud. And despite his pious talk about privacy he seems committed to a many-to-few transaction system. A many to few transaction system will not protect privacy, no matter how secure and excellent the protocols. Of course, it took 25 years for the internet to grow from a research project to a major social and political force, so perhaps I am a little impatient. I eagerly await Bill Gates plans. The long and the short: You still cannot do transactions on the internet. It is still vaporware. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we James A. Donald are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. jamesd(a)netcom.com

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