December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

RE: [NOISE] U.S. CIA employee caught spying
by John Fricker 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

According to this mornings AP story, the FBI recovered deleted files from his notebook computer. Apparently, working for the CIA does not imply knowledge of basic computer security. >Jean-Francois Avon (jf_avon(a)citenet.net) said something about Re: [NOISE] U.S. CIA employee caught spying on or about 11/19/96 10:45 PM > >> Tim Scanlon <tfs(a)adsl-122.cais.com> writes: >> > This is on the local DC news; >> > Harold Nicholson age 46, a CIA employee was arrested for spying today > >Did he used any crypto-tools we use? Did he used PGP? Would be fun to hear >about... :) > >jfa >Jean-Francois Avon, Pierrefonds (Montreal) QC Canada > DePompadour, Societe d'Importation Ltee > Finest Limoges porcelain and crystal > JFA Technologies, R&D consultants > physicists and engineers, LabView programing >PGP keys at: http://w3.citenet.net/users/jf_avon >ID# C58ADD0D : 529645E8205A8A5E F87CC86FAEFEF891 >ID# 5B51964D : 152ACCBCD4A481B0 254011193237822C >End of message --j ----------------------------------- | John Fricker (jfricker(a)vertexgroup.com) | -random notes- | My PGP public key is available by sending me mail with subject "send pgp key". | www.Program.com is a good programmer web site. -----------------------------------

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by nobody＠replay.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Aga the homophobic redneck son of a bitch
by paul＠fatmans.demon.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> Hey motherfucker, I TOLD YOU to leave out the stupid > cypherpunks header! Just when are you going to learn > to listen?!! You have been around those faggots too much! Listen you cheap ass redneck son of a bitch, your homophobic biggoted attitudes do not impress anyone here. > Faggots have NOTHING to do with Fredom of Speech! Homosexual people have everything to do with liberty and basic freedom, learn how to read and maybe you`d be able to learn something about the subject. > There is a basic understanding in life by ALL GOOD MEN > that Faggots are defective creatures. NOBODY wants to > be seen with or associated with faggots! I`m afraid not actually fool. I am not a homosexual myself but whatever other peoples sexual orientation it has nothing to do with their worth or value in other areas. > John Gilmore is a Faggot, therefore he is defective. > And we question any of his associates. > open and shut case. I think not, I do not think I count myself among John`s "associates" and we no doubt disagree on a number of issues but you may ask whatever questions about me you choose to. You are the one who needs questioning, preferably by a good psychiatrist and failing that a night club bouncer with a baseball bat... Decist and leave, you are hereby killfiled. Datacomms Technologies web authoring and data security Paul Bradley, Paul(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk Paul(a)crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul(a)cryptography.uk.eu.org Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/ Email for PGP public key, ID: 5BBFAEB1 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

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Re: Fuck You Dumb Cunt
by paul＠fatmans.demon.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> That's a fair question. I don't begrude one's ownership of their > fair share--but I do have serious problems with what we shall > call 'accumulators' if you will. For them I have contempt and no-- > they do not have that right of possession and often such 'work' is > at the expense and on the backs of others. Oh my god, a COMMUNIST!!!! - Call the morality police someone, quick. ;-) Datacomms Technologies web authoring and data security Paul Bradley, Paul(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk Paul(a)crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul(a)cryptography.uk.eu.org Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/ Email for PGP public key, ID: 5BBFAEB1 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

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Re: Fuck You Dumb Cunt
by paul＠fatmans.demon.co.uk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> I believe the posession of property is a priv. to be taken > away if abused. There is no such thing as a 'right' to > property--in fact the very notion seems absurd. In what sense do you believe I am given a "privelige" to own what I do. Your very attitude implies some form of statism, in that you believe some higher authority has the right to remove that which I lawfully accumulated, this is the position taken by those who support the idea of taxation etc. Explain further, if you will, what you mean by this being a privelige. In what cases do you believe I do not have the right to retain my property? Datacomms Technologies web authoring and data security Paul Bradley, Paul(a)fatmans.demon.co.uk Paul(a)crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul(a)cryptography.uk.eu.org Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/ Email for PGP public key, ID: 5BBFAEB1 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"

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CServe Does The Right Thing
by nobody＠cypherpunks.ca 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

COMPUSERVE MAY PULL ADMIN UNIT OUT OF GERMANY CompuServe's administrative operations in Germany may be transferred to another country because of proposed German legislation that would make Internet companies block access to pornography, neo-Nazi material or extremist pictures or writing. CompuServe says it does not want to be in the position of having to "censor" the Internet. (New York Times 19 Nov 96 C5)

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Re: Cracks Are Found In Smartcard Security (fwd)
by Jean-Francois Avon 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 19 Nov 96 at 15:36, Z.B. wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 21:17:49 +0000 > From: Simon Gardner <simon(a)access.org.uk> [snip] > Subject: Cracks Are Found In Smartcard Security > > Cracks Are Found In Smartcard Security [snip] > Anderson said his latest research indicated that two of the world's most > widely used systems for encoding sensitive financial information - the > RSA and DES encryption standards used by most banks - could also be ^^^^^^^ > cracked easily." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > [The London Telegraph, 19th November 1996] In what context? (How does that applies to PGP? Did he say that for short keys used to encrypt data directly?) Sorry for my cluelessness. jfa Jean-Francois Avon, Pierrefonds (Montreal) QC Canada DePompadour, Societe d'Importation Ltee Finest Limoges porcelain and crystal JFA Technologies, R&D consultants physicists and engineers, LabView programing PGP keys at: http://w3.citenet.net/users/jf_avon ID# C58ADD0D : 529645E8205A8A5E F87CC86FAEFEF891 ID# 5B51964D : 152ACCBCD4A481B0 254011193237822C

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Happy Holidays!!!
by Morence81＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Cypherpunks State of Emergency
by Matthew J. Miszewski 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

(snip) > I think it's apparent that the events of Friday, with the other shoe to > drop on Monday (the H-P/Intel/Microsoft/etc. Final Capitulation), signal to > us that we are in a State of Emergency. > > The Presidents of this country are in the habit of declaring such States of > Emergency, often essentially secretly (in that the sheeple know little of > such things, and those who speak of NSDDs and PDDs and EOs are demonized by > the media as "conspiracy nuts" and "militia members"). > > Maybe it's time for us to stop flaming about Vulis and his allies, and > concentrate on the Real War. (snip) I have to agree. One of the most impressive things I have seen as a modern "movement" (yes I realize cpunks are not an organized movement, relax) was the massive public relations job done by several core cpunks around the 1993 Clipper proposal. People with largely divergent opinions found public ground in their opposition to Clipper. Lets do that again. One thing that will help is spreading the use of filtering. Those interested in learning how to filter should be able to ask any of us and we should all respond ASAP. The Noise is horrible in here, but I only hear it in my trash folder. [BTW, Tim, thanks for being willing to withstand the crap you go through. You, and others on this list, have consistantly challenged and changed my assumptions about society, law and privacy. I dont always agree with you. But I am glad you are here.] Matt Miszewski > "The government announcement is disastrous," said Jim Bidzos,.."We warned IBM > that the National Security Agency would try to twist their technology." > [NYT, 1996-10-02] > 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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Stewart Baker on new crypto rules
by Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.steptoe.com/oped.htm argues that industry won't accept any system that threatens to cut off backwards compatibility after 2 years, hence DES export liberalization will have to extend beyond the proposed period. A. Michael Froomkin | +1 (305) 284-4285; +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) Associate Professor of Law | U. Miami School of Law | froomkin(a)law.miami.edu P.O. Box 248087 | http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA | It's warm here.

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