December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

TEA REMAILER: new mix key & type-1 pgponly mended
by Antonomasia 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- My apologies for the recent failure of the type-1 portion of tea, due to my clumsiness with procmail. The tea remailer has a new mix key, as is my custom, old ones remain in force _for a little while_. (If somebody can explain how to force the use of the previous key on a new installation I'd be pleased to learn - I haven't managed so far.) The (not very) old PGP key remains unchanged. Here is the public key for The Email Anonymizer: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= tea tea(a)notatla.demon.co.uk c0c054d374a12420e881dd7d27bff5fc 2.0.4b14 MC - -----Begin Mix Key----- c0c054d374a12420e881dd7d27bff5fc 258 AASoHzHsRr3emZA9t0ARvKUf6K4/5rYxRxuYk7XD 6ECrnZIQjYYeloI2yiiN+NUXCrVbsSUJqgGCnX+O XoTdOaO2d/GA5r4rB8EsjLVNewAKq9w6a7vIhO5m 4OyNC7rvA3xkiaexrdbt6/qN4Ab1+SY7GuTOKXwy 5bLHC2qPzqVVNwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAB - -----End Mix Key----- Key for user ID: The Email Anonymizer <tea(a)notatla.demon.co.uk> 2048-bit key, key ID C551BA85, created 1997/08/25 - -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.3i mQENAjQBmK8AAAEIAOHEvRoyB2+TRDdVfIYmSWE+2mHdGVGfSOfdheMUpsUTn2PF Hg3cCEAcpp9KJjSW4hIu0csBcpdEFMb4uu8ZCZIgjOs6QFLhqb6MnVNAXJoxfq1Y U0sl32/ttKBlFvDFJ9vDgORML9Gqz/chgfDGNbe4Cd0DNy7K8azrVdnPE+4SrH0e C/cfZPfRbYTauQ1Qx1Z2sSp2muDRhodnM1U124Rxkr3nEECadpQfofVDRc5sKAu5 /Vi5TDyj+YLrw33ilp3KceAsCod6WW1JUJm0fkTHEXRrfC6QFq5FiV1kcxx+WwW2 nMHbv3SaLbdPnIsfJPmi/AsdLPfacNP6IsVRuoUABRG0LlRoZSBFbWFpbCBBbm9u eW1pemVyIDx0ZWFAbm90YXRsYS5kZW1vbi5jby51az6JARUCBRA0AZiwcNP6IsVR uoUBAfM1CADFwRTqyrYENZy+5jFGv8fOteXcR+AvpLcY1Rz6Wkz4EbFS75ZO9lrU oUSwGhR5hyzitBmNBKoJxuZxTf/8TePvUC4uSZViWIvQeFFRnC6ho6iEk2lSE/aQ xHLXSReoXhjOwrZXn0Uot6wG1J3sxfytbBQrpAcNIiqXVlYNvJzCjTemdjjPcec3 Q4v02YsPBUIS3eFBJtNmrVjbMuG/EvJvI1TsSwTklp/z7ieIsZ02uIgW80N3cGZG b7fF32wlZUOQdkXjcbc3+ND2+uqnMK4Lp9qQVs30q6rg71TPm372YJE13BkcWcYw BgypsiaVtbEmxR6AINj38XIk2IaPRT1Q =mKq+ - -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQCVAgUBNA80E0rZ5ZQH9XIxAQEqKgP8DROVlKims1cIxImaormPrsGk7HLnxCtq pw5WjER7nnI4jQMhXAlo4sWUeuCNKaCCq9zzghrtlRO2hHKk4QJ1DtKvKhlcs9Go V0cT/iCoz51ogxRWma/G+3LKUoTTq34+6KsCFxl+sCvjk0gFBQQSqUPx+BBxbh41 HgaD/zFS/E4= =/0UG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ############################################################## # Antonomasia ant(a)notatla.demon.co.uk # # See http://www.notatla.demon.co.uk/ # ##############################################################

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One Smart Polack (Was: Students of Hitler)
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Vin Suprynowicz, vin(a)lvrj.com "A well-regulated population being necessary to the security of a police state, the right of the Government to keep and destroy arms shall not be infringed." http://www.nguworld.com/vindex/

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Alternative to MTB? (was Re: DigiCash issuers)
by Feanor Curufinwe 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Sep 4, 14:17, Zooko Journeyman wrote: } Subject: DigiCash issuers > > Feanor wrote: > >There might be other reasons for this: have you looked at their _fees_??? > >Holy crap! That's the only reason I don't have an account. They're charging > >top dollar for every aspect of a system that has it's only overhead in > minimal > >amounts of CPU time. > > > You might be a bit behind the times on this issue. Recently > MTB announced new lower fees: http://www.marktwain.com/fee.html > > Are these the ones you consider excessive? No, actually, they're fine. Except that they penalize the merchant mroe than the customer, which I find stupid in a tech as new as this. > Note that if you consider the new fees to be reasonable, then > you are now obliged to open account as per your publically > posted exclamation quoted above. :-) Hrmm... Well, It appears I lied. Here's the _other_ reasons why might not still get an MTB account (although I might anyways, with some creative form filling): 1. Lack of real anonymity. Feh. Nuff said. 2. Cleint software. You should be able to do e-cash with e-mail if you want to. 3. Lack of code avalability. Although this is improving. 4. Chaumian blind signatures. OK, the guy's smart, but I've heard over and over again how much of a prick he is about liscencing. Liek a multiplication and subsequent division deserves a patent. Sheesh. I asked before, but no-one answered: Would any of you be interested in an e-cash that didn't have any of the points above working against it? Although, obviously, client softare could be writtent ot facilitate things. As I said before, the mint does not need to store identity-related info with the list of coins. With an e-mail based system and the remailers, you can be _sure_ this is not taking place. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQBVAwUBNA79jxkU7YRPCnEJAQFNQgIAwNJpK/NRKjtLM6z0kEzwxpHlhTxoj/WF XOZDZ3rXNfgs7oamptvRKa5+WXo3qzvqEQUk3BPKgaU8zhQuKW8LDw== =87LT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Brute-force cracks, discovery, etc.
by Greg Broiles 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

HotWired's "Hot Seat" interviewed two private investigators who consult doing hostile data recovery. Their comments are interesting, both in terms of illustrating what can (and can't) be recovered, and in terms of the scope of civil discovery which has become standard in civil disputes. A transcript is at <http://www.hotwired.com/synapse/hotseat/97/35/transcript2a.html>. -- Greg Broiles | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell: gbroiles(a)netbox.com | http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | Export jobs, not crypto.

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Big Brother is watching
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Yes, rest assured that Big Brother is watching. Three CopBots have been > deployed around the county to take pictures of vehicles exiting > intersections after the light has turned red. These CopBots are a great > boon to our prosperity and security as they free up the huminoid Cops from > traffic duties so that they can better spend their time toilet plunger > kicking. Yes, they love these in Germany too. Ways to combat: 1) Wax your license plate, especially the front one. 2) When you find one of these unattended critters along the road, wave your hand in front of it at amazing speeds until it runs out of film. (Ensure middle finger is extended.) 3) Wave a plunger in front of it at amazing speeds. Give the cops tens of alternating shots of your extended finger and plungers. 4) Assault the machine with a plunger. (Only if really mad.) -- FedPlunger

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Political News from Wired News
by Alan Olsen 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/6605.html Senators Embrace Mandatory Data Keys by Wired News Staff 12:03pm 4.Sep.97.PDT In a major advance for hard-line proponents of giving the government wide access to electronic data, several influential senators have declared their support of mandatory key recovery features for all encryption-enabled software sold in the United States. At a Judiciary subcommittee meeting Wednesday, Senator Dianne Feinstein was among those who came out strongly in support of the position taken by FBI Director Louis Freeh that mandatory key recovery is essential to deterring crime. "Nothing other than some kind of mandatory key recovery really does the job," the California Democrat said at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee's technology, terrorism, and government information subcommittee. "The public-safety issue is a paramount one." The subcommittee's chairman, Senator Jon Kyl (R-Arizona), added that he was "in complete agreement." The Clinton White House, like past administrations, have, along with major police and spy agencies, been strong supporters of such measures. But in Congress, sweeping measures to give government agents an easy-open back door to scrambled data have been met with strong opposition and legislation that cuts in the opposite direction. Bills in both the House and Senate have sought to exclude mandatory key recovery systems as a requirement not only for US software-makers and users but also for export products. The Senate version of this liberalized policy is, practically speaking, dead, supplanted by the Secure Public Networks Act by Senators Bob Kerrey (D-Nebraska) and John McCain (R-Arizona). The bill offers incentives to software manufacturers for building key recovery features into their products. In the House, a liberalization bill by Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia) is not only alive but has gained a majority of members as cosponsors. The software industry, civil liberties advocates, and privacy groups on both the right and the left have opposed mandatory key recovery. Some opponents were stunned by Wednesday's hearing. "It was really shocking to hear how casually senators and the FBI director talked about imposing domestic controls," said Alan Davidson, staff counsel at the Center for Democracy and Technology. "They've crossed a new line in this debate." "It appears that Senator Feinstein wants a Constitution- free zone for the Internet," said David Banisar, staff counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. Reuters contributed to this report.

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clipper.csc.uvic.ca moved?
by nobody＠neva.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Does anyone know if clipper.csc.uvic.ca has moved to another location?

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Plunger Pervert Returns to Work
by Mike Duvos 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Officer Volpe is back on the job, on modified duty minus his badge and gun. Apparently the union contract prohibits suspensions over 30 days in length. Gee - you'd think someone like that would be in jail on multimillion dollar bail as a "suspected sex offender." If he is convicted, will laws require him to register for life and notify his neighbors when he moves in next door to them? I certainly wouldn't want this sadistic pervert with his fixation on minority anuses living next door to me. If he weren't a cop, they probably would have searched his house immediately looking for evidence of other crimes. I'll bet Officer Volpe has a really unusual porn and dildo collection. -- Mike Duvos $ PGP 2.6 Public Key available $ enoch(a)zipcon.com $ via Finger $ {Free Cypherpunk Political Prisoner Jim Bell}

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U.S. Prison Labor
by bureau42 Anonymous Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Does anyone have pointers to information/details about U.S. prison inmates being used as slave labour for international corporations? Thanx

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Re: Big Brother is watching
by Brian B. Riley 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 9/4/97 1:17 AM, Lucky Green (shamrock(a)netcom.com) passed this wisdom: >BTW, just for the record, I believe that we live in a consumer society and >the People choose the government they want. The average person doesn't care >who thinks for them as long as they don't have to think for themselves and >can pretend to themselves that it was in fact they who did the thinking. .. among other things, I teach school. Mostly one on one tutoring and occasional Calculus or Physics fill-in ... (nice when you already have a pension to be able to work leisurely and play with your computer!) I am in the process of rereading "Fahrenheit 451" - the recent printing of this in paperback features a Marquis that says somethig like "Now, more relevant than ever" - as much as I hate having someone else tell me what to think ... they certainly seem to be right. It has been over twenty years since I read it and now ... it surely seems to be right on the path mentioned above and then some ... William Lederer also had it right years ago when he penned "A Nation of Sheep" Brian B. Riley --> http://www.macconnect.com/~brianbr For PGP Keys - Send Email Subject "Get PGP Key" "...Those of you who turned your swords into plowshares will soon find yourselves under the yokes of those of us who kept our swords..." -- author unknown

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