December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: DL in exchange for fingerprint
by tcmay＠got.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 9:13 PM 9/19/96, Gary Howland wrote: >Timothy C. May wrote: >> >> (Yes, I disliked being thumb-printed, but I could see no viable >> alternative. I'm sure Duncan has some scheme to declare himself a Botswanan >> exchange student, but I decided being thumb-printed was the lesser hassle.) > >Sure, it's always less hassle doing what they want. Privacy doesn't >come for free. It's easier to let the police search you in the street >than it is to make them arrest you so that you can make a formal >complaint. So, just what it is _your_ method of dealing with this? While it is noble to talk about fighting the system, just how do you go about doing it yourself? Do you simply drive without a valid driver's license? I know some folks who do, of course, but it's not something that's "worth it" to me. (This space reserved for your lecture about how I need to be prepared to go to jail to defend my right not to be thumbprinted, etc. On second thought, why don't you be the one to go to jail, and then you can let us know your experiences.) >> Paraphrasing that famous quote, just which part of "not for identification" >> don't they understand? > >Hmm - who are you paraphrasing here? (Just curious). "What part of "No" don't you understand?" and "What part of "Congress shall make no law" don't you understand?" --Tim May We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, I know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1,257,787-1 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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CIA hacked
by Mike van der Merwe 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi everybody Heh! This one's good for a laugh :-)) http://www.odci.gov/cia Seems the DOJ hack was a good inspiration. Heh! Life's good when you're willing to work at it. Later Mike ____________________________________________________________________ I'm sure we will find out in a few years that Microsoft invented the Net. Or brought it to the masses. Or saved it from a certain and early demise. Or all of the above. JAMES SEYMOUR

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Re: GAK, GAP, GAY
by Bill Stewart 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 10:52 AM 9/18/96 -0700, Tim wrote: >It doesn't matter if cash is still allowed if one cannot interact with any >health care person without a proper citizen-unit data base entry. They've >got you tracked even if you pay in gold dust. > >(Putting on my Duncan cap--not to be confused with dunce cap--I wonder what >will happen the first time someone dies because a hospital wouldn't treat >someone without a proper citizen-unit health care card?) By definition, without a citizen-unit health card number, a Health Status Transition Event can't be recorded, therefore nothing will happen. It's possible that some auditor may notice a short-term increase in the amount of hazardous medical waste disposal at the facility that can't be properly allocated to health-services-consumption-units for cost recovery purposes, but there are overhead accounts for such things, which are simpler than creating fictitious accounts for "un-persons" or some such. # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, +1-415-442-2215 stewarts(a)ix.netcom.com # <A HREF="http://idiom.com/~wcs"> # You can get PGP software outside the US at ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto

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DL in exchange for fingerprint
by Jeff Barber 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Oh joy. You no longer need to be arrested to get fingerprinted in Georgia. On the front page of Wednesday's Atlanta Journal, under the headline "Now you can get driver's license in minutes": The average 45-day wait to get a new driver's license in Georgia will be a thing of the past under a new system that will churn them out while customers wait. "From start to finish it takes about 10 minutes," said chief examiner ... in charge of the Georgia State Patrol's driver's license office in Milledgeville where the system went into effect on Tuesday. Previously, drivers received a temporary paper license that was good for 45 days. ... ... Officials at the Department of Public Safety plan to have the new computer system in 82 locations across the state by Oct. 1. Georgia is the 32nd state with the system. After an eye exam, the applicant presses a finger down on a pad that registers the fingerprint in a state-wide memory bank. Then, the examiner confirms the name, address, and identifying information. ... The licenses have a hologram of the word "Georgia" behind the driver's name, age and address, and a bar code on the back that contains a laser recording of the driver's index fingerprints. "We keep a memory bank that matches your fingerprints with your license," [DoPS spokesman] said. "In other words, if you went to get a new license with a false birth certificate and your fingerprint didn't match the name, you wouldn't get a license. And you could also face possible investigation for fraud from the Public Safety's investigative division." ... "I think it's wonderful," said Katherine Kidd, the first Milledgeville driver to get the instant license. "It's a great idea. Now we don't have to wait forever." [ End quote ] Just what I would have called it: a great idea. Is it true that 31 other states take your fingerprint as part of the license application? I feel sick. -- Jeff

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SAB_tag
by jya＠pipeline.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

9-19-96. NYP: "New Method of Internet Sabotage Is Spreading." Markoff. Sabotage reported by Panix is spreading and has now occurred at least a dozen other World Wide Web sites around the nation. Officials concede that there is no easy defense against the attack. One said. "I think this is sick, but I guess that is what these guys do." "Regulators Turn Spotlight on Cybermoney." As concerns grow about electronic money laundering, cybercounterfeiting and bank runs on the Internet, regulators around the world are scurrying to catch up with the rapid development of electronic money. The US plans to announce today two initiatives intended to grapple with the new technology, and in another move, G-7 will examine the international cooperation needed as money moves through the borderless world of the Internet. ----- http://jya.com/sabtag.txt (14 kb for 2) SAB_tag ---------- Pipeline is sluggish due to transition to Mindspring operation. Responses may be slow or never. Try again after 2000, or forget about it, go Luddite.

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Re: GLOBAL ALERT: GERMAN GOVERNMENT PUSHES BLOCKAGE OF NETHERLANDS WEB SITES
by Rolf Weber 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

i absolutely agree with what you said, but let me correct this misunderstanding: > > GERMAN GOVERNMENT PUSHES BLOCKAGE OF NETHERLANDS WEB SITES. > it was *not* the german government, it was the public prosecutor general, who pushed this blockage. the german government recently said, that ISPs shouldn't (and aren't!) be responsible for what they're transmitting. but like other democratic states, in germany the public prosecutor is independant from government... rolf -- ----------------------------------------- Rolf Weber <weber(a)iez.com> | All I ask is a chance IEZ AG D-64625 Bensheim | to prove that money ++49-6251-1309-109 | can't make me happy.

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RE: Bernstein hearing reminder: THIS Friday 11:45AM, SF Federal Building
by hootie＠netrix.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Me too! At 09:24 AM 9/19/96 +-200, Batman wrote: >For the 200th time, unsubscrive me of your fucked mail lists. > > >

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No Subject
by mixmaster＠remail.obscura.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Drivers Must Allow Fingerprinting" By Ralph Ellis _The Atlanta Constitution_ 9/19/96 "Georgians renewing or getting a new driver's license after Sept. 30 will have to provide the state with two fingerprints. "The right and left index fingerprints will be taken with an inkless scanning device that is part of a digital imaging system being installed in 82 driver's license examination offices across the state said Gordy Wright, spokesman for the Georgia Department of Public Safety. SNIP "The fingerprints will make it difficult for people to obtain licenses with falsified identification papers, Wright said. "Teresa Nelson of the Ga. Civil Liberties Union said the fingerprinting invades the privacy of law-abiding citizens. "'I have grave concerns,' she said. 'When we think of giving a fingerprint, we think of being arrested. We feel like we've done something wrong, not because we are complying with the law and are doing something right.' "There will be no exceptions to the fingerprint requirement..., Wright said, adding that 'having a driver's license is a privilege,' not a right. SNIP "Wright said...the fingerprints eventually will be available to other law enforcement agencies and courts.... SNIP "The new licenses will include an instant photo....A bar code on the back will contain a laser recording of the driver's index fingerprints...."

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Insider Trading - news report
by barina man 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Return-Path: cypherpunks-errors(a)toad.com >Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 15:46 EDT >From: "E. Allen Smith" <EALLENSMITH(a)ocelot.Rutgers.EDU> >Subject: Insider Trading - news report >To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com >X-Envelope-to: cypherpunks(a)toad.com >X-VMS-To: IN%"cypherpunks(a)toad.com" >Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com > > I'd be curious as to the comments of Black Unicorn and others on >that legal finding - it does appear to make things at least a bit better >in this area... including making it difficult to claim that insider >information shouldn't be transmitted on the Net. Incidentally, I find >AP's calling insider trading "fraud" rather biased. > -Allen > >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Direct Media >> _________________________________________________________________ >> INSIDER TRADING NEVER WENT AWAY >> __________________________________________________________________________ >> Copyright &copy 1996 Nando.net >> Copyright &copy 1996 The Associated Press > >> WASHINGTON (Sep 18, 1996 10:35 a.m. EDT) -- One of the most infamous >> acts in the financial fraudster's playbook, insider trading, remains >> at record levels, despite a decade of steady crackdowns by regulators. > >[...] > >> The SEC brought one of its more unusual insider trading cases on >> Monday, when it sued the unnamed account holders in a Swiss and >> Bahamian accounts with insider trading ahead of The Gillette Co.'s >> merger proposal for Duracell International. > >[...] > >> One disturbing development for regulators is a recent decision by the >> 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down one of the SEC's >> main enforcement tools in insider trading cases. > >> The court, which covers several Midwestern states, rejected the >> so-called "misappropriation theory" in insider trading cases, which is >> used to nab people trading on inside information who don't owe a >> fiduciary duty to the company's shareholders. The court also rejected >> an SEC rule used to snare insider trading in tender offers. > >> The 8th Circuit decision came in August in a Justice Department case >> against Minneapolis attorney James H. O'Hagan, who was charged with >> insider trading during the 1988 takeover bid of Pillsbury Co. by Grand >> Metropolitan PLC. SEC General Counsel Richard Walker has asked the >> appeals court for a rehearing on the matter. > >> While the 8th Circuit decision represents a setback for the SEC, the >> agency usually brings its cases in the New York and Chicago areas, >> where the federal courts acknowledge these insider trading rules. > >> Regulators say these enforcement tools are important because insider >> trading follows few patterns. In an analysis of 35 cases brought in >> 1995 that solely dealt with insider trading, Gerlach said 20 involved >> trading ahead of mergers, three ahead of other positive corporate >> announcements and six ahead of bad corporate news. > >> He described 16 of the cases as "classic insider trading" involving an >> executive, company director or employee who traded on confidential, >> market sensitive information or tipped friends about it. Among the >> remaining cases, four involved trading by securities brokers or other >> industry officials, four involved law firm employees and one, an >> employee at an outside accounting firm. > >> Investigators at the Nasdaq Stock Market's market surveillance unit >> refer a significant number of insider trading cases to the SEC. Halley >> Milligan, who heads a team of nine insider trading investigators at >> Nasdaq, said the market has made 73 referrals on suspected insider >> trading to the SEC so far in 1996, which is on par with last year, >> when 107 cases were referred to the agency. > >> Nasdaq, like major stock markets, uses sophisticated computer >> technology to sniff out illegal trading. The Nasdaq system is called >> SWAT, or Stock Watch Automatic Tracking, which scans news databases >> after detecting any unusual trading. > >[...] > >> Copyright &copy 1996 Nando.net > >unsubsribe please

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Stego inside encryption
by Mullen Patrick 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I know a lot of times the idea behind steganography is to hide the fact that a secret message is in a seemingly normal file/mail/whatever. This is good for avoiding unwanted interest in your file. The benefit of not having people attempt to crack you code, added to the strength of the cryptosystem is wonderful. However, I propose this-- Don't hide that anything's encrypted! Rather than hide this fact, throw it in their face! I propose hiding an encrypted message inside another encrypted message. Set bits in specific places to data in the real message. The benefit is Oscar not only doesn't know what the crypto is, he attacks the wrong message. Hiding statistically random bits from the true message in statistically random bits from the masking message shouldn't be too hard. Granted, this scheme doesn't get you past measures designed to keep out all encrypted messages, and it surely wouldn't keep you message from generating interest, but it would be very hard to decrypt the message, especially when some algorithm is used which (seemingly) randomly selects which bits to use for the stego. Just a thought... My apologies if someone has already proposed this method. Patrick

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