December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Hi-tech anti-terrorism... [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > GADGET WARFARE: HIGH-TECH ANTI-TERRORISM > > January 6, 1998 > Web posted at: 9:34 p.m. EST (0234 GMT) > > From Netly News Writer Declan McCullagh > > For a country with no real military rivals, the U.S. still manages > to find an amazing number of enemies. Terrorists top the list of > anti-American villains, according to a Pentagon report released last > month. > > The 100-page document, called "Responses to Transnational Threats," > describes how the military should respond to the threat of saboteurs > and bombers aiming for violence, not victory. The solution, > according to the Pentagon, is to develop a set of gadgets that would > make even James Bond jealous. > > Micro-robots > > A spy camera scuttling through the underbrush? Yes, disguised as "an > insect, a small pebble, or a stick." The report calls for the > development of "micro-robots" that walk or fly and can beam video, > audio and infrared signals back to their operators: "These sensors [deleted text] > Sticky electronics > > Think SpiderMan's spidertracers, only smaller. "Sticky electronics" > adhere to a suspected terrorist's clothing, hair, luggage or vehicle > and report his location. These almost microscopic gizmos tune in to > satellite signals and transmit their exact latitude and longitude. [deleted text] > Bio-sniffers > > Go lie down, Fido. Soon drug-sniffing dogs may be replaced by even > more sensitive, digital noses. If suspects have been handling nukes, > biological weapons or high explosives, the military hopes to be able > to sniff substance traces from items like passports. "As future [text deleted] > technology is improved, antigens might then be detected at national > entry portals as trace contamination on emigration documents or > passports, by urine analysis or by other means." Look for companies > to use this as a more sensitive (if not more reliable) type of drug > testing. > > The Internet > > The Net shouldn't be viewed as "a vulnerability." That view "loses > sight of many potential benefits," the Pentagon explains. To the > spooks, the Net "is an underexploited information-acquisition > resource" that "allows for remote and anonymous participation in > online 'chat' forums that might provide insight into dissident group > activities." (Look out, alt.fan.militia!) The military also wants to > create a "secure, transnational threat information infrastructure" > -- at a cost of a mere $300 million. > > Data mining > > If you worried about the FBI's jones for access to your data, wait > 'til you find out what the military hopes to do. The Pentagon wants > authority to sift through private-sector databases in hopes of > tracking down, say, the World Trade Center bombers before they > strike. The plan is to incorporate "real-time data on international > border crossings, real-time cargo manifests, global financial [deleted text] > Smart software > > Once you've got the databases, how do you use 'em? The military says > the answer is "groupware" and "intelligent software agents" that > "can be focused to search for a confluence of events in multiple > databases or for goals over time." Consumer marketers will finally > be able to determine the commonalities between the Hajj, Promise > Keeper gatherings and Burning Man. > > So would military budgets. In a world where even the Pentagon admits > that the U.S. is the only remaining superpower, the defense > community argues that terrorism threats justify their budgets. > "Nothing will be more challenging to the protection of our citizens, > soldiers and our way of life than the threats of weapons of mass > destruction and terrorism," General John Shalikashvili, chairman of [text deleted] ____________________________________________________________________ | | | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make | | violent revolution inevitable. | | | | John F. Kennedy | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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RE: Location Escrow anyone ?
by Pearson Shane 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hey guys, I wasn't suggesting that they do record exactly where everyone is at the highest resolution possible. Just suggesting that should they want to investigate an individual, they could do it with pretty high detail. Though I'm sure they'd record when and where you switch your phone on, switch off / loose signal, switch cells and make and receive calls and messages. That wouldn't be all that much data. Bye for now.

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RE: [Humor] Kennedy's New Legislation
by Kurt Buff 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It balances, or more accurately, they don't. A second politician died today on the ski slope - Sonny Bono. - -----Original Message----- From: Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM [SMTP:dlv@bwalk.dm.com] Sent: Monday, January 05, 1998 4:19 PM To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com Subject: Re: [Humor] Kennedy's New Legislation Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> writes: > We have a good story in this week's Time that talks about how the ski > resort had repeatedly asked the Kennedys to knock it off. Including the > night before the accident. Even on the "fateful" afternoon, the ski patrol > had told the Kennedys -- the last on the slopes -- it was time to quit. > "Nevertheless, 36 members of the Kennedy party prepared to play." "Evolution in action." Thank you, Michael Kennedy, for improving humanity's gene pool. - --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNLMtJw3xegzLXcRmEQKeCwCgsElXKkUb2dzM+N0d2nn8I7fresoAn2yF fsizimZ5xfume+xLbPvpQCWL =ZhY3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RE: best body armor for cypherpunks [serious]
by Kurt Buff 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nice shot! :) However, Second Chance is probably the leader of that particular pack. - -----Original Message----- From: Trei, Peter [SMTP:ptrei@securitydynamics.com] Sent: Monday, January 05, 1998 8:32 AM To: 'cypherpunks(a)toad.com' Subject: RE: best body armor for cypherpunks [serious] > ---------- > From: Mix[SMTP:mixmaster@remail.obscura.com] > Reply To: Mix > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 1998 10:44 PM > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Subject: best body armor for cypherpunks [serious] > > What is, in your opinion, the best (price and performance-wise) > body armor for cypherpunks? > After a few years on this list, one develops such a thick skin that extra protection is superfluos Peter Trei ptrei(a)securitydynamics.c -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBNLMsmw3xegzLXcRmEQKJ4gCg9Fr8/XXJFUsB9UaPaZ4zymdc5GoAn3YS u46oyeNLel8/+nYbBs7Xb49R =EqQY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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UNSUBSCRIBE CYPHERPUNKS-ANNOUNCE
by bRIAN＠4qsi.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

UNSUBSCRIBE CYPHERPUNKS-ANNOUNCE

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Crescendo News - Version 3.0 now available
by LiveUpdate News 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: message dependent hashcash => no double
by mark＠unicorn.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Steve Schear (schear(a)lvdi.net) wrote: >We all know we must affix postage to our snailmail. >Its time to embrace the postal system's paradigm and educate the reminder >of the Net. That's an extremely bad analogy; we're not paying for the Net to carry our mail, because we've already paid our ISP for that. We're paying for remailers to process our mail or for humans to read it. A better analogy would be for snail-junkmail to include a five dollar bill to encourage people to open it rather than junk it unopened. (Of course this really only applies to real digital cash, but that's what hashcash is a substitute for.) Mark

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Re: Hate speech in America
by Aryan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Robert A. Costner" <pooh(a)efga.org> >>I am a German patriot who wants to >>publish my ideas without of fear of the German goverment. >>But my concern is >>that the U. S. ISP I use can hand over my subscriber infoation and logs to >the >>German goverment. >>Does anyone know a U. S. ISP who does not censor hate speech >>and who has a _known_ strong privacy policy? >>By the way, is hate speech >>protected in United States? > >Hate speech is constitutionally protected in the US. That doesn't mean you >can do it from any particular ISP or in someone's living room. You seem to >have found protected email, you should therefore know who to post to >usenet. There are dozens of places you can get free web sites from, though >I don't know about their hate speech policies. I know Geocities, Tripod, Angelfire and few others who provide free web hosting. All these ISPs have policies prohibiting political and sexually explicitly speech on the ground of its content. That's obviously not a First Amendment issue involved. >I'd be curious to know of Geocities, Tripod, et all - where they have >kicked people off or not for hate speech. Yes. They have done so. Geocities is very censorious even regarding politically correct speech such as gay advoccy and Tripod has kickeda homosexual site of for violation of a clause in the agreement concerning "adult" content. I am searching for a commercial ISP who will not censor political speech and who will respect one's privacy. I am not a nazi sympathizer, but I don't believe in the holocaust and want to say it loud. In Germany and in other countries where the Jews have succeeded in creating "hate laws" you can get four years in jail for refusing to believe in the holocaust. I would like to set up a homepage with some "illegal" [within Germany only] content that would not be shut down by the German goverment. I am working on a book exposing the holocaust story that would *surely* be banned in my own "democratic" country. The unfortunate not-so-well-known fact about Germany is that we do not have freedom of speech. I often wonder why Amnesty International did not protest the imprisonment of Gary Lauck who was denied basic due process and human rights, including freedom of speech and association, by a kangoro court. [This message is cross-posted to de.soc.zensur and de.soc.politik to upset my dictatorial goverment].

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Re: Freedom Forum report on the State of the First Amendment (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 19:08:31 -0700 > From: Tim May <tcmay(a)got.net> > Subject: Re: Freedom Forum report on the State of the First Amendment > This is part of why the First Amendment is being eroded constantly. It is > seen as a _political_ issue. > > Suppose RealBig Corporation fired Umbehr for his views. Would a First > Amendment issue have arisen? But Tim, governmental systems are *not* businesses, and should not simply as a matter of course be operated as such either. There is more involved than a simple bottem line. Perhaps you should talk to Horatio... ____________________________________________________________________ | | | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make | | violent revolution inevitable. | | | | John F. Kennedy | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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CNET Dispatch: gadgets; stop spam; IE 4.0 feedback (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 17:50:32 -0800 > From: CNET Digital Dispatch <dispatch(a)CNET.com> > Subject: CNET Dispatch: gadgets; stop spam; IE 4.0 feedback > To: DISPATCH(a)DISPATCH.CNET.COM > > CNET Digital Dispatch: gadgets; stop spam; IE 4.0 feedback > December 18, 1997 > > ******************************************* > Good things come in the mail...like cool portable computers, > mega speaker systems, and little digital cameras. Want more? > See our lead story this week, the "Geek's guide to gadgets" > (item 1). > > Unfortunately, bad things can come in the mail, too, such as > pointless junk mail and chain letters. Fortunately, you can > take control. This week's feature on stopping spam (item 2) > has our top tips. > > Rafe Needleman > Editor, CNET.COM > rafe_needleman(a)cnet.com ____________________________________________________________________ | | | Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make | | violent revolution inevitable. | | | | John F. Kennedy | | | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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