December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

A problem with anonymity
by sjb＠austin.ibm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 18:32:01 -0500 From: Scott Brickner <sjb(a)austin.ibm.com> I was thinking about some issues related to electronic commerce, and it occurred to me that there is a significant problem in conducting business with untraceable pseudonyms (anonyms?). The problem occurred to me while considering inheritance. If one operates a business under an anonym (as opposed to the sort of conditionally traceable pseudonym proposed by AT&T in "Anonymous Credit Cards" <URL:ftp://ftp.research.att.com/dist/anoncc/anoncc.ps.Z>), there's a strategy for transferring unlimited funds to one's posterity. Consider a business which typically has a lot of assets, but which are offset by a lot of liabilities --- almost any sort of VAR will do, for instance. In your will, you leave the key to unlock a private message to your heir, in which you hand over the information necessary to assume your anonym. Since the heir presumably has his own identity (whether anonymous or not is immaterial, except to *his* heirs), and the anonym can't be linked to you, he has no reason to care about maintaining the reputation of the anonym. In dismantling the anonym, he sells its assets to his own identity at a fraction of their worth, and defaults on the liabilities. Since the anonym behaved reputably during its life, it developed what would have been a credit-worthy reputation, had it been a (traceable) pseudonym. But, since there's nothing to link the anonym to its heirs (or ancestors), the creditors of the anonym must eat the loss. Since the process of taking an anonym from scratch to a positive reputation would be reasonably short (presumably not too much longer than taking a real name or pseudonym the same distance), especially when helped along by being fed the profits from the legitimate business of an ancestor anonym, it's likely that a single individual could pull off such an asset transfer at least two or three times a decade, as well as at inheritance time. A market which permits anonyms to have credit based on reputation will probably have a constant stream of defaults caused by such behavior, representing a significant risk factor in extending credit to anonyms which can't be predicted by reputation. Comments?

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GAK Ploy
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Markoff reports today on the latest GAK ploy: http://jya.com/gak-door.htm Excerpts: Government officials disputed the idea that requiring decoding technology would necessarily mean the technology would be used. "There is nothing about putting this enabling technology into law that will inevitably lead to it being turned on," said Robert Litt, a Deputy Assistant United States Attorney. The Administration is now moving on an effort to block legislation [SAFE] that is to be considered this week by the house Intelligence and National Security Committees. That legislation would end Government control over cryptographic systems. The Administration proposal is being offered as an amendment to that bill.

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Prayer to A.M. Turing
by valdeez＠juno.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Oh Lord Turing, God of Messages and Pathways, please reduce the latency time of the remailer network! Please accept this humble offering: 10110AlanMathisonTuring8ef2b1912670b51 Monty Cantsin Editor in Chief Smile Magazine http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBNBGxgpaWtjSmRH/5AQFT+gf+OqKjzcFIJ6NfT34tcEzmBpAV3zjiDS2a lTsxH91qVgEfXyd1d8O4nCZiwqS1c9UV6chDZwP7HkmP+HIHR6F7IXViP6yS3Rrq z8/p5vQvRQ7MBexp61b/YVUE1DvWHwYVAWYzmCD/3hMclEQ9D1TMzKdKwWMPahMN 9UO0vXOdwnsSqhk+/B9Va016E1K3MxgpmJiAbgRm5w4QlJVMYn5AoZ1ONoFfNa3/ l1T6Li/IALfQ7UglLkuK3dbRAdT54sUWxamtY4kVFRv3sItOBunhqODTj1AjL1Q9 h6AAg1LhQed+WdSi0NBeTN9FUzjcqpeYJxYmmNihPZB+PBvHHU72uA== =4W9L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- E-mail was meant to be Free, And so should Free Speech To Report any Abuse or Request Your E-Mail Address to be BLOCKED, Contact valdeez(a)juno.com

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Cryptoast Novel: Flame War
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Flame War, by Jonathan Quittner and Michelle Slatalla, William Morrow, New York, 1997. 291 pp. $24.00 ISBN 0-688-14366-0 Jacket blurb: As the U.S. Congress prepares to adopt a state-of-the-art encryption program with a secret key that would allow government access to all electronic communications, a brilliant codemaker stands ready to expose the program's critical flaw. Together with a determined band of cypherpunks and hacker activists, he plans to unveil his own code, which will ensure the privacy of all communication on the Internet -- and that not even the government will hold the key. Fresh out of law school, Harry Garnet walks straight into trouble when he accidentally delivers a deadly diskette that explodes inside the computer of a mathematics professor -- and kills him. In the aftermath, Harry joins up with the man's clever daughter, Annie Ames, to track the killer. Ther journey leads from a sleepy Adirondack town to New York city, where -- with the inadvertent help of Harry's scheming hacker friend Blaney -- Harry learns of the professor's connection to the anarchists and computer phreaks who make up the underground Urban Crypto Militia. The group's leader, Lionel Sullivan, is as talented a codemaker as the professor had been. As the only one of the bomber's intended victims who has managed to survive, he can also offer Harry and Anne crucial insights into the killer's motives. But it's not long before the bomber strikes again -- this time against Harry and Annie, who still possess the professor's secret computer files. In a riveting race agaisnt time, Harry and Annie must navigate secret networks and on-line fantasy worlds as they struggle to unlock the professor's final message. It seems to point to a fatal crack in the Patriot encryption program, which is about to become the national standard -- and which Lionel and his group are about to challenge in a dramatic showdown. Unless the bomber gets to them first. Jonathan Quittner and Michelle Slatalla's last book, a non- fiction account of rival teenage gangs in cyberspace, was widely praised for its novelistic texture and fast pace. Now, in Flame War, they use their keen jounalistic instincts and eye for detail to create a fictional world that's as fresh as today's news -- and a climax that's plausible enough that it could become tomorrow's headlines. ------ Joshua Quittner creted the website The Netly News and is a columnist for Time magazine. Michelle Slatalla's work has appeared in Wired magazine, among others, and has been syndicated in two hundred newspapers nationwide. Together, they are the authors of Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace. The live on Long Island, New York, with their two daughters (and another one on the way).

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Bulk Email For Profit
by wiu＠vtx.ch 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Interesting article concerning monopoly telco's crying poor (as usual) and asking someone else, in this case citizens of the USA to help pay for our (Australia and ors) infrastructure development...unbelievable. Article by Andrea Evagora [...] > In Australia, Telstra Corp. Ltd. (Melbourne) is dealing with a [...] > This year, Telstra will lose US$10 million on providing Internet > circuits to the United States. By 2000, the total spending on > U.S.-bound Internet circuits from all non-U.S. service providers will > reach US$2.5 billion, Hibbard notes. "We are providing resources for > which we are not adequately compensated," he says. "At the same time, > I am offering U.S. users access to Australian databases without _He_ is offering??? Just when did Hibbard start putting _his_ money where his mouth is? Of course Hibbard doesnt do this he is a paid employee doing a rather poor job. Australians are paying for this through their monopoly telco Telstra. > getting a brass razoo." Hibbard explains that traffic from the United > States to Australia gets a free ride, as U.S. service providers aren't > contributing to the international connection. Of course he could always pull the plug and then we'd see just how long the Telstra monopoly would last. Naturally the americans would be so eager to connect with us they'd gladly pay for a new US-Oz cable after the free ride they've been getting till now. [...] > Carriers that offer free local calls, such as Singapore Telecom Ltd. > and Telstra, are the most eager for change as they recoup little or no Let me assure everyone that Telstra DOES NOT OFFER free local calls. Our telephony costs in Australia are amongst the highest in the world. We pay 25c for a local call plus monthly line rental, telephone rental and connection charges. Its absolute bulldust to suggest they make no money from the internet given the increase in the number of calls a user makes once connected to the net. Telstra itself is an ISP (through thier so called 'Big Pond' 'service'. Why do they bother if it loses them money I wonder. Telstra try to run the timed local calls crap every year or so as well and have managed to get enabling legislation through parliament this year. People want to connect to the US for a reason. At a rough guess perhaps it's because that's where a lot of the content is...geee rocket scientist stuff hey. The quotes from Hibbard clearly illustrate the cluelessness of Australia's monopoly telco executives and the anti-free market let someone else pay for it attitude (in this case the USA..i still can't believe the arrogance of this Hibbard freak) that pervades the organization. With twonks like this running the show no wonder he's concerned about our archaic infrastructure that is failing to meet the needs of the current age and will continue to fail due to poor forecasting and capital planning. Another good reason for Australian content developers to locate their servers overseas.

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Re: GAK Ploy
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> "There is nothing about putting this enabling technology > into law that will inevitably lead to it being turned on," > said Robert Litt, a Deputy Assistant United States > Attorney. Is this list turning into some kind of comedy club. Litt (rhymes with ..) couldn't lie straight in bed. I spose implanting a nuclear devise up clit-ons ass doesn't necessarily mean that it will inevitably lead to it being turned on..just that most people would like to see that happen while he's in Washington DC.

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Hi There!
by Debbie＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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InfoWar (The True Story of the InterNet / Part III)
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: BXA Testimony at SAFE Hearing
by Brian B. Riley 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 9/7/97 4:48 AM, Apache (apache(a)bear.apana.org.au) passed this wisdom: >> 3. Finds the SAFE bill unhelpful but likes its crypto-criminali- >> zation provision and favors McCain-Kerrey's Secure Public Network >> Act bill or other legislation that will: >... >> Offer, on a voluntary basis, firms that are in the business of >> providing public cryptography keys the opportunity to obtain >> government recognition, allowing them to market the >> trustworthiness implied by government approval. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >BWHAHAHA this is some kind of sick joke surely. >Get ur crypto here folks, it's approved by the gubermint. Therein lies the problem, it actually would be funny, if it weren't true. The sheeple will feel its good 'cuz it is *gummint 'proved* !! And all the ignorant suits out their will lockstep ... when in doubt nobody gets fired for buying *gummint approved* !!! THEN, the gummint boys can come back and say "...look 92% of businesses went along with it" as the raison d'etre for turning it into a mandate. I tend to think of this process as 'lemmings followed by a bulldozer' <long deep sigh> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNBLACMdZgC62U/gIEQISCgCeIqmbttUr4OJMW4IEvX5M5IcS3wIAoMdb ec5/DGdCai/kac4R7hd+o4l7 =z941 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Brian B. Riley --> http://www.macconnect.com/~brianbr For PGP Keys - Send Email Subject "Get PGP Key" "to be yourself in a world that tries, night and day, to make you just like everybody else - is to fight the greatest battle there ever is to fight and keep on fighting" - e.e. cummings

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