December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: LDS 'mountain'
by Dale Thorn 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

attila wrote: > Dale: > the 'mountain' contains only original copies of the church > records (actually quite small) and the immense collection of > the genealogy of the world as records are microfilmed whereever > the have been available. these records contain ** only ** birth, > baptismal, marriage, death, and burial records. most European > records come from the churchs. [remaining text deleted] The only reason I would bother to mention this is merely to caution people to think: What could *possibly* happen if the shoe were on the other foot. If the Constitution is about anything at all, it's about balance of power, and when *any* power transfers more to one interest than another, interesting changes can occur. BTW, there have been articles in the L.A. Times about attempts by persons not of the Mormon faith to prevent Mormons from dominating the cultural life in SLC schools, other public venues, etc. This raises the eternal question: Can a group live the way *it* wants to without interference, or is group culture always going to constitute a threat to persons in the vicinity who don't share that culture?

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Thoughtcrime a Reality: U.S. Toughens Child Pornography Law
by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> WASHINGTON (Reuter) - Congress cracked down on child >pornographers in a new law that took effect Tuesday, making it >illegal to appear to depict children in sexual situations, >whether in films, computer images or photographs. > But the American Civil Liberties Union decried the law as >unconstitutional and a waste of prosecutors' resources, since it >expanded a law designed to protect any actual children used to >produce pornography. The ACLU said it also was so broad that >adults portraying children in films could risk prosecution. > Previously, depictions of minors produced by computers >without using children had been outside the scope of federal >law. The new law expands the definition of child pornography to >include any image -- photograph, video or computer-generated >image -- that depicts or appears to depict a minor engaged in >sexually explicit conduct. > Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, a Utah >Republican, said it was designed to protect children from sexual >exploitation and pedophiles. ``This is a tough bill aimed a >child pornographers,'' he said. > ``While federal law has failed to keep pace with technology, >the purveyors of child pornography have been right on line with >it. Passage of this bill will help to correct that problem,'' >Hatch said. > But ACLU legislative counsel Daniel Katz said it had major >ramifications for artists, the film industry and journalism. He >said it included a waiver-of-privacy rule to permit newsroom >searches for information related to investigations of child >pornography. > ``It is much broader, and the ramifications are >extraordinary, both for artists and for people in the cinema,'' >Katz said. Under this expanded definition of child pornography, >it would be illegal to produce or show a film that included an >adult actor or actress portraying a minor in a sexually explicit >scene, he said. > Computers can be used to alter photographs, films and videos >to produce sexually explicit materials virtually >indistinguishable from unretouched photographs. The new >technology has hampered prosecutors in their ability to obtain >convictions because it can be impossible to identify individuals >or to prove that the materials were produced using real >children. > The new law would allow prosecution of pornographers whether >or not the identity of the child could be determined, so long as >the person, even if an adult, appeared to be a minor. Currently, >pornography is protected under free speech laws except when a >minor child is involved. > Hatch said the Judiciary Committee determined that >computer-generated pornography posed many of the same dangers to >children as did pornography made from unretouched photographs in >that it could be used to seduce children into sexual activity or >to encourage a pedophile to prey on them. > The new law sets mandatory prison sentences of 15 years for >production of child pornography, five years for possession of >the materials and life in prison for repeat offenders convicted >of sexual abuse of a minor. > The child pornography law was included in part of a broad >spending bill President Clinton signed into law Monday. It had >passed the Senate Monday just hours before the midnight deadline >for the start of the new financial year. > It does not address new or expanded regulation of the >Internet. The Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to >overturn a landmark ruling by a Philadelphia appeals court that >blocked as unconstitutional a new federal law barring indecency >on the Internet. > > > _______________________ Regards, You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. -Mark Twain Joseph Reagle http://rpcp.mit.edu/~reagle/home.html reagle(a)mit.edu E0 D5 B2 05 B6 12 DA 65 BE 4D E3 C1 6A 66 25 4E

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encrypting pppd?
by VaX#n8 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Anyone worked on, or know of a freely available, one of these beasts?

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send me mail
by spatterson＠juno.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hello, In the happy mutant handbook it said your name on the crypto section so what do you do? And can you send me some cool, info? Thanks, scott **Rember to see scotts page at*** WWW.GEOCITES.COM/HOLLYWOOD/HILLS/3108

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Re: Signs of Trouble in D.C.
by Dustbin Freedom Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Black Unicorn wrote: > Any person congregating in a group of 2 or more persons on > public space within the boundaries of this drug free zone for Keep moving, proles. The War on Some Drugs must continue. Now excuse me while I join my friends for a joint.

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[IMPORTANT] GAK
by Dustbin Freedom Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Timmy May is a convicted child molester.

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Utah as a Religious Police State
by John C. Randolph 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Moroni says: >I never cease to be surprised by the interest that gentiles show >in working mormon communities while totally neglecting their own >failing areas. I don't do a lot of nit-picking on this mailing list, but: I am a Jew. *You* are a gentile. So are all the rest of the mormons. Get this point straight. -jcr

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Re: Export laws don't just affect crypto
by Dustbin Freedom Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Tue, 1 Oct 1996, Roger Williams wrote: > Umm, so are you violating ITAR if you *use* these GPS-guided missiles > outside the US? ;-) Or how about if you launch a defective missile, GPS-guided, and the firing circuitry just happens to be misprogrammed so that it won't detonate, and the GPS module just happens to be very modular and easily recovered for use in another project? Maybe this missile could be carrying a crypto-CD, put there as a joke by an unknown employee.

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The Right to Keep and Bear Crypto
by azur＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. --Constitution of the United States of America, Amendment II, 1791 I'm not a consitiutional scholar, but it seems to me that since the government has already classed crypto as arms via ITAR and since the I am guaranteed the right to bear arms I choose to bear the crypto of my choice as part of my arsonal. The founding father's believed that the citizen's right to arms is all that may ultimately stand in the path of a government no longer duly constituted. In such a case a manditory GAK system could render all but the government's crypto impotent, disarming the populace of this valuable weapon. I therefore propose that since only strong crypto may be secure against the government in such a circumstances the government may not deny me the right to keep and bear the strong crypto of my choosing, unless I use it for criminal purpose. Futher in order that citizen militias employing strong crypto be well regulated (e.g., well maintained) the practice of using strong crypto by such citizens must be regular and wide spread. -- Steve PGP Fingerprint: FE 90 1A 95 9D EA 8D 61 81 2E CC A9 A4 4A FB A9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Snoop Daty Data | Internet: azur(a)netcom.com Grinder | Voice: 1-702-655-2877 Sacred Cow Meat Co. | Fax: 1-702-658-2673 7075 W. Gowan Road, #2148 | Las Vegas, NV 89129 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Just say NO to prescription DRUGS. "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." -- C.S. Lewis "Surveillence is ultimately just another form of media, and thus, potential entertainment." -- G. Beato

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Re: White House crypto proposal -- too little, too late
by jim bell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 04:09 AM 10/2/96 -0700, Declan McCullagh wrote: >Just woke up -- got up early today to head to ACLU Supreme Court >briefing -- but it strikes me that receiving nonescrowed crypto >through the mail might be like receiving kiddie porn. > >Import restrictions, of course, will come with mandatory domestic key >escrow. >-Declan I don't intend to be over-optimistic, but I think there was a good reason that even in the Clipper I proposal, it was (at least) _called_ "voluntary." However much they'd like to make it mandatory, they know that this wouldn't fly. Jim Bell jimbell(a)pacifier.com

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