December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

(fwd) Fishman > Pest Control
by hkhenson＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I know there are services which can recover at least some of the data on a formated disk. Does anyone have a pointer to them? Keith Henson PS, Please reply by email. I used to read this list, but it has been some time since I was here. I already asked the victum to quit using the disk. Xref: netcom.com alt.religion.scientology:150246 Path: netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!netnews From: xenu(a)ix.netcom.com(STEVEN FISHMAN ) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Fishman > Pest Control Date: 15 Feb 1996 02:58:35 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 190 Message-ID: <4fu7gr$f07(a)cloner4.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-ftl5-11.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Wed Feb 14 6:58:35 PM PST 1996 DECLARATION OF STEVEN FISHMAN 1. I, STEVEN FISHMAN, am a plaintiff and co-plaintiff along with Dr. Uwe W. Geertz in the case before the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County Los Angeles, known as Uwe Geertz and Steven Fishman vs. Church of Scientology International et. al., Case Number BC 122 467. 2. On Thursday, February 8, 1996, I received a phone call from a woman in a mature voice who said she was from Sonnys Pest Control Services. She said that she was introducing her company to the Sunshine Ranches subdivision of Fort Lauderdale and offered me a free pest control spraying of both inside and outside the house, at no cost or obligation. As I had not had a spraying done in five months due to my financial situation, I told her to send her representative to spray the house on Saturday afternoon, February 10, 1996. 3. On Saturday afternoon, about 3:00 P.M., two pest control workers arrived at the house. They introduced themselves as Eddie and Amy, and said they were from Sonnys Pest Control. They were very clean cut and had canisters of pest control spray. They both wore white shirts. Eddie had a tie on, and Amy was wearing denim shorts. Eddie shook my hand and told me that Amy was his sister. They were very friendly and knowledgeable about pest control. Eddie seemed genuinely concerned about my parrot, and said that the spray his company used would not hurt the bird, and also began describing three kinds of carpenter ants which his spray would contain. 4. Eddie began spraying the inside of the house and Amy suggested I show her which plants outside had the most ants. She was also very knowledgeable about plants and was very friendly and congenial. She was smiling a lot and I found her attractive so we spoke for about ten minutes outside. 5. We then went back inside and I told Eddie I liked their work and I would call them in a month if I were financially able to afford their services because I was currently looking for a job. Eddie asked me to write down his phone number so I could call him. I asked him for a business card but he said they were not ready yet. Amy asked if I was pleased with their service and I said it was very well done. I left a few minutes after they did to go pick up my daughter who was a hostess at the Renaissance Festival. 6. When I returned around 5:30 P.M., I turned on my computer and I found the screen blank except for the words c:\format c: and underneath it 100% formatted. Everything on my hard drive had been erased, including the rough drafts of my opposition motion to defendants notice of motion to quash service of process of David Miscavige and my opposition motion to defendants notice of motion and special motion to strike the second amended complaints of plaintiffs pursuant to C.C.P. § 425.16 (SLAPP Suit). Furthermore, all of my research, including my original complaint and all of my Internet files were simultaneously destroyed when my hard drive was formatted. 7. I checked the house and nothing had been taken. I had $ 40 in my wallet which was on a table in plain view in my bedroom and nothing was stolen from out of it. The sole purpose of these two pest control sprayers was to re-format my hard drive and render it impossible for me to send in my motions and also go on the Internet. I also had important correspondence on my hard disk with the Internal Revenue Service about my effort to overturn the tax exempt status of the Church of Scientology, as well as letters of complaints to the Food and Drug Administration regarding the Church of Scientologys Super VII E-Meter not being an approved device for the treatment of mental illness, and my complete file on the criminal activities of Church officials including Defendant Eugene Ingram is now gone. 8. At no time did Eddie and Amy mention anything about Scientology. They only talked about pest control, my bird, and the outdoor plants and their services. I tried calling the number Eddie gave me but it was not the number for Sonnys Pest Control Services, and the party who answered it said she has had that number for many years and I reached a trailer park near the Seminole Bingo on State Road 7. The woman said it was a wrong number and she never heard of Eddie or Amy. 9. I had been working on the preparation of two motions for the Status Conference for nearly a month, doing legal research and typing between 14 and 16 hours a day, without the benefit of legal help. When I lost all of my data, I had chest pains and became physically sick and depressed for several days and I remained in bed. All of the work I had done was gone and I was unable to locate these two people. 10. I cannot prove that these individuals were Scientologists or connected with the Office of Special Affairs. I do not even have their last names or even know if Eddie and Amy are their correct first names. I never thought of putting a password system on my computer because the only two people who use the computer are myself and my daughter Elysia. I had no backup of my data. 11. I called the Microsoft help line at (206) 646-5104 and spoke to a support engineer named David. I explained to David what had happened, and he assigned my problem a task number 14803868, and told me to use a recovery disk to get my DOS prompt back, so I could re-install Windows and the word processor software (Works for Windows). I was finally able to get the word processor loaded on Tuesday evening at 11:23 P.M. There was no time to re-write the opposition motions since the replies had to be in the Court file by Friday, February 16, 1996. 12. I am therefore joining with Dr. Geertzs two opposition motions because there is insufficient time to re-write my own opposition motions, and I do not want to ask the Court for a delay in order to prepare the motions over again, because I would have to pay a penalty for changing my non-refundable airline tickets for the Status Conference, which I cant afford. 13. I just wanted the Court to take notice of what happened to me as I believe it was a deliberate attempt to sabotage my legal work, and/or to keep me off the Internet because I have been a vocal critic of the Church of Scientology on the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology and on the International Relay Chat Channel #scientology as of late. And, as I said before, even though I believe I know who is responsible, I cant prove it. However, I would like the Court to take judicial notice of it in the event this type of operation occurs again or in a similar fashion to interfere with my right to litigate this case. 14. I declare under penalty of perjury that the aforementioned facts set forth are true and correct. Respectfully Submitted, Dated: February 14, 1996 ___________________________ Steven Fishman Plaintiff Pro Se 12980 S. W. 48th Street Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33330-2339

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Re: AT&T Public Policy Research -- hiring for cypherpunks
by mccoy＠communities.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Bill Franz writes: > Adam Shostack wrote: [...] >>IP numbers are not portable, DNS names are. You can move toad.com >>anywhere on the network, but you can't move 140.174.2.1 anywhere on >>the network. > >FYI - IP portability, both in the sense of disconnecting in one place and >reconnecting in another and in the sense of keeping a TCP connection alive >while moving from place to place are design goals of IPv6 But IPv6 also brings link-level encryption and makes subliminal communications channels trivial; Big Brother (now does anyone know what that that translates to in Chinese?) won't stand for that... The enhancements of IPv6 make a lot more possiblities for secure channels and untracable packet-level communications available. Instead of needing to jump through many hoops you just have to subvert one of the new goodies IPv6 gives you for free :) jim

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Re: Cypherpunks Decency Act
by tbyfield＠panix.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

bell@pacifier: >Hey, I resent the implication, here! This maybe isn't the best forum for your feelings. Be a mensch and ice the thread, OK? TIA.

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Re: MS CryptoAPI (fwd)
by Rich Salz 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Okay, so how the hell did Microsoft get export approval for this? I mean, this is the classic crypto-with-a-hole; a service-provider interface (SPI) with DLL's means "plug your crypto here". This is usually considered an "anciliary" device in ITAR language, and therefore export controlled. I mean, how long until you see MSWord with "full privacy" option? Word I've heard is that the office of Export Control has had a lot of turnover and "nobody knows anything" anymore. Anyone here any other good rumors? /r$

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PUR_ple
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

2-16-96. FinTim: "First world smartcards and third world pensioners." Each month, a thin line of grandparents and great-grandparents shuffles across the rural wilderness clutching fresh banknotes dished out by the most sophisticated cash dispensers in the world. The machines are the hub of a thriving market economy. Mounted on unmarked pick-up trucks and escorted by armed guards, they are pursued across the hillsides by traders carrying buckets of freshly slaughtered meat, caged chickens, and an array of traditional medicines. The able-bodied carry the disabled and infirm with them in wheelbarrows. Under makeshift awnings, every pensioner swipes a plastic card through the machine, then rolls a weathered finger across a tiny scanner which checks the fingerprint against a digital template and dispenses a monthly allowance. Another machine, the "smartbox", keeps a tally of its contents and transmits an encrypted data stream with a constantly updated record of deposits to its destination bank. If tampered with, it sprays its contents with indelible purple ink like that with which the security police once sprayed anti-apartheid protesters. No reports yet of the graffiti inspired by the coloured ink in the 1980s, when township walls proudly proclaimed: "The Purple Shall Govern." PUR_ple

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"US Court: Communities Can Judge Cyber-Porn"
by Deranged Mutant 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From LI Newsday, 2/16/96, p. A32: "US Court: Communities Can Judge Cyber-Porn" [Combined News Services] Memphis, Tenn. - In a court ruling that could have a wide impact on cyberspace, a federal appeals court has decided that every community can judge for itself the obscenity of material downloaded from computer bulletin boards - no matter where those boards are based. That opinion, unless overturned by the US Supreme Courtm coult mean that bulletin board material that might have been at the far edge of acceptable in New York or California could be judged by perhaps more conservative standards if downloaded in Tennessee or Iowa. Rob. --- Send a blank message with the subject "send pgp-key" (not in quotes) to <WlkngOwl(a)unix.asb.com> for a copy of my PGP key.

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Re: Carrying the Bible an Offense?
by Greg Broiles 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 01:24 PM 2/15/96 -0600, Sten Drescher wrote: >tcmay(a)got.net (Timothy C. May) said: > >TCM> There are two further points which need clearing up: > >TCM> 1. Private citizens (the atheist in this case) do not file >TCM> criminal charges. They may swear out a complaint ("I witnessed >TCM> John Doe carrying a Bible"), but they do not file criminal >TCM> charges. > > OK, how about `press charges`? And please, don't try telling >me that private citizen's don't `press charges`, because one of the >well reported problems in fighting domestic violence has been the >battered spouse (almost always the wife) refusing to press charges. The "pressing charges" question is essentially about evidence. At certain stages in a criminal proceeding, the prosecution must produce enough evidence of the right kind (e.g., sworn testimony which reaches the level of probable cause, for instance) in order for the proceedings to continue. There are smaller hurdles pretrial (in order to create the prosecution itself, and to hold the defendant while waiting for trial) and a bigger hurdle at trial. The sworn testimony of a victim can be strong evidence to help a prosecutor get over those hurdles. If there is no other evidence, the prosecution may fail. But prosecutors and investigators who see the reluctant victim problem coming can sometimes work around it by collecting other evidence which can be used instead of the victim's testimony. The victim can also be subpoenaed to testify even if they don't want to. (Of course, their testimony may not be especially helpful under those circumstances.) Thus, no, the victim does not have veto power over a prosecution, except in those circumstances where they're fortuitously in possession or control of the evidence the prosecution needs to prove its case. And that's a matter of luck and circumstance, not law. >TCM> No prosecutor can be "forced" to prosecute, absent approval by a >TCM> grand jury. (And if a prosecutor doesn't want to indict a ham >TCM> sandwich, it won't be indicted.) > > OK, how about this. J Random Atheist, Jr, comes across the >Bible on the 'net. J Random Atheist, Sr, finds out, and is appalled, >and swears out a complaint. The AUSA refuses to investigate. Could J >Random Atheist, Sr, file a lawsuit against the AUSA because he is >being denied equal treatment under the law? No. J Random Atheist has no right to expect prosecutors to share his priorities re enforcement of the laws. His remedy is to elect people with different prosecutorial priorities. -- "The anchored mind screwed into me by the psycho- | Greg Broiles lubricious thrust of heaven is the one that thinks | gbroiles(a)netbox.com every temptation, every desire, every inhibition." | -- Antonin Artaud |

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news of the world (fwd)
by Rev. Ben 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

China orders Internet users to register BEIJING - In its latest move to control the flow of information, China on Wednesday ordered all those who use the Internet and other international computer networks to register with the police within 30 days. China embarked on a broad crackdown on Internet users and other sources of information potentially harmful to government interests in December. Oh well. Ben. ____ Ben Samman..............................................samman(a)cs.yale.edu "If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I will never know happiness. For I am possessed by a fever for knowledge, experience, and creation." -Anais Nin PGP Encrypted Mail Welcomed Finger samman(a)powered.cs.yale.edu for key Want to give a soon-to-be college grad a job? Mail me for a resume

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Re: The Internet Party
by Kevin S. Van Horn 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- talon57(a)well.com (Brian D Williams) wrote: > >Now all we need is a candidate who stands for free speech, personal >privacy and the right to encrypt....... > Best-selling author Harry Browne fits the bill. He's seeking the Libertarian Party nomination. Kevin S. Van Horn vanhorn(a)excite.com - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMSTwUyoZzwIn1bdtAQESiAGAuGYmFY81oZxFNuU/88nK4RBKWwnL7JVu MHZp3Bm60vdyfx7MF18xwC7X/KMy3IVm =KuMC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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ITAR personal use exemption
by Matt Blaze 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I just happen to be heading to the airport shortly, and am looking forward to being among the first exports under the new rule... -matt ------- Forwarded Message Received: from research.att.com by nsa.tempo.att.com (8.6.10/4.7) id OAA17078; Fri, 16 Feb 1996 14:15:37 -0500 Received: from cs.cosc.georgetown.edu by research; Fri Feb 16 14:16:40 EST 1996 Received: from chair.georgetown.edu (chair.cosc.georgetown.edu) by cs.cosc.georgetown.edu (4.1/1a-eef) id AA00958; Fri, 16 Feb 96 14:13:43 EST Date: Fri, 16 Feb 96 14:13:43 EST From: denning(a)cs.cosc.georgetown.edu (Dorothy Denning) Message-Id: <9602161913.AA00958(a)cs.cosc.georgetown.edu> To: mab(a)research.att.com Subject: ITAR Amended to Allow Personal Use Exemption Cc: denning(a)cs.cosc.georgetown.edu In case you haven't heard ... Best regards, Dorothy - -------- Today's Federal Register contains a notice from the Department of State, Bureau of Political Military Affairs, announcing final rule of an amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) allowing U.S. persons to temporarily export cryptographic products for personal use without the need for an export license. The product must not be intended for copying, demonstration, marketing, sale, re-export, or transfer of ownership or control. It must remain in the possession of the exporting person, which includes being locked in a hotel room or safe. While in transit, it must be with the person's accompanying baggage. Exports to certain countries are prohibited -- currently Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. The exporter must maintain records of each temporary export for five years. See Federal Register, Vol. 61, No. 33, Friday, February 16, 1996, Public Notice 2294, pp. 6111-6113. Dorothy Denning ------- End of Forwarded Message

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