December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: PICS is not censorship
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 09:15 PM 12/7/96 -0800, Thaddeus J. Beier wrote: >I don't think that PICS will be mandated any more than those two standards >are mandated, perhaps I'm naive, but I think that the social conventions >will work in this case. Let's put the question if something like PICS will be mandated aside for the moment. Do you agree that sites that deliberately mislabel their content, will eventually face legal action? If so, then PICS should not be considered truly voluntary. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred Make your mark in the history of mathematics. Use the spare cycles of your PC/PPC/UNIX box to help find a new prime. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/justforfun/prime.htm

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[No joke] The Feds may legally gas us
by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Folks, Did you know that the Feds may legally test chemical and biological weapons on the civilian population as long as they give 30 days advance notice to the local bigwigs (so they can get themselves and their families out of the danger zone)? This is not a joke. It is in the United States Code. >Return-Path: <ca-firearms-errors(a)lists.best.com> >From: JT McBride <James.McBride(a)GDEsystems.COM> >Subject: Under color of Law >Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 05:34:55 -0800 >BestServHost: lists.best.com >Sender: ca-firearms-errors(a)lists.best.com >Errors-To: ca-firearms-errors(a)lists.best.com >To: ca-firearms(a)lists.best.com > > >I just heard about this on Art Bell's program, but this is United States >Code, Title 50, section 1520. Under the NBC program, our government has >the 'legal' right to gas us. This ought to be all the proof we need that >what is "lawful" isn't necessarily. > >If we can be gassed, why can't we be disarmed? > >There are rights that transcend "law". I'd say LIFE is one, and the need >for self-defense against tyranny should be clear. > >>From the Cornell Law Library: > [Credits and Conditions] [Structure] [Your Comments] > > * UNITED STATES CODE > o TITLE 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE > + CHAPTER 32 - CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >§ 1520. Use of human subjects for testing of chemical or biological agents >by Department of Defense; accounting to Congressional committees with >respect to experiments and studies; notification of local civilian officials > > * (a) Not later than thirty days after final approval within the > Department of Defense of plans for any experiment or study to be > conducted by the Department of Defense, whether directly or under > contract, involving the use of human subjects for the testing of > chemical or biological agents, the Secretary of Defense shall supply > the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of > Representatives with a full accounting of such plans for such > experiment or study, and such experiment or study may then be conducted > only after the expiration of the thirty-day period beginning on the > date such accounting is received by such committees. > * (b) > o (1) The Secretary of Defense may not conduct any test or > experiment involving the use of any chemical or biological agent > on civilian populations unless local civilian officials in the > area in which the test or experiment is to be conducted are > notified in advance of such test or experiment, and such test or > experiment may then be conducted only after the expiration of the > thirty-day period beginning on the date of such notification. > o (2) Paragraph (1) shall apply to tests and experiments conducted > by Department of Defense personnel and tests and experiments > conducted on behalf of the Department of Defense by contractors. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > [Previous Section] [Next Section] > > [Overview] > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This HTML is automatically generated. A product of the Legal Information >Institute >shelden > > >Jim >The "Assault Weapons" ban is drive-by legislation. The target: Crime; >the victimized innocent bystander: the lawfully armed Citizen. > ~*~*~ Tyranny Insurance by Colt's Manufacturing Cos. ~*~*~ > > -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred Make your mark in the history of mathematics. Use the spare cycles of your PC/PPC/UNIX box to help find a new prime. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/justforfun/prime.htm

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Re: Redlining
by Jill014＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In a message dated 96-12-13 02:36:46 EST, dthorn(a)gte.net (Dale Thorn) writes: > Subj: Re: Redlining > Date: 96-12-13 02:36:46 EST > From: dthorn(a)gte.net (Dale Thorn) > Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com > To: EALLENSMITH(a)ocelot.Rutgers.EDU (E. Allen Smith) > CC: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > > E. Allen Smith wrote: > > From: IN%"dthorn(a)gte.net" "Dale Thorn" 12-DEC-1996 14:56:52.69 > > >Actually, there is not only good evidence for the environmental argument, > > >but you can reason it out yourself if you give attention to some things > > >that don't make it into most discussions on this topic. > > > Yes, there are strong arguments for the environment being the determining > > factor. there are also strong arguments (such as interracial adoption > still > > leaving blacks below the average IQ of adopted siblings) for it being > genetics. > > It is possible to understand intelligence as "pattern matching" skills, > without having to have attendant math and statistics to define it more > precisely or clinically. This understanding (if you have it) is the key > to knowing that Black persons do *not* have less IQ than White persons, > regardless of the standardized tests. Something I know about, as I've > scored in the top 1/1000 of one percent, etc. > Are you black?

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Re: Credentials without Identity--Race Bits
by Jill014＠aol.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In a message dated 96-12-13 02:03:26 EST, cmcurtin(a)research.megasoft.com (C Matthew Curtin) writes: > Subj: Re: Credentials without Identity--Race Bits > Date: 96-12-13 02:03:26 EST > From: cmcurtin(a)research.megasoft.com (C Matthew Curtin) > Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Reply-to: cmcurtin(a)research.megasoft.com > To: tcmay(a)got.net (Timothy C. May) > CC: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > > >>>>> "Tim" == Timothy C May <tcmay(a)got.net> writes: > > Tim> While it has been claimed by some that "crypto anarchy" means > Tim> that race won't matter, that cyberspace interactions will be > Tim> color-blind, this is misleading. > > Race bits, gender bits, etc., are all interesting possibilities. I > never thought about anyone wanting to do such a thing, but I suppose > that's likely. > > I've tended to think that as we become increasingly digital, issues > like race become less significant (perhaps because it generally isn't > immediately obvious in this medium). This doesn't mean that prejudices > go away, it means that they shift to stay with what is obvious. For > example, people who are unable to spell well (and don't spellcheck > email and usenet posts), or use excessively poor grammar are often > ridiculed for their lack of mastery of the language in which they're > writing. Basically, the prejudices and such continue with us, but > change, so as to remain based on things that are easily discernible. > > Tim> While many--probably most--users will care only for cyberspace > Tim> personna issues, and not meatspace personna issues of race, > Tim> color, height, weight, etc., this is not something built in to > Tim> anonymous transactions. > > As I'm replying, it's occurred to me that we've already got some sort > of persona "certificates" floating around now. (Such as the Geek > Code.) Imagine a field there to include race. Wouldn't take a lot to > do that, after all. > What is the "Geek Code?" > Of course, the implementation of a race bit system that can be trusted > is another issue altogether. Would the White Boyz Club then need to > have its own trusted arbitrator to introduce people of the same race > to each other? (AryanSign?) Is a more elaborate PGP-style web > of trust used? Hmm. So white Boyz Club excludes women to, is that correct?

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Re: Elliptic curves
by aga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote: > >From cypherpunks-errors(a)toad.com Fri Dec 13 00:43:05 1996 > Received: by bwalk.dm.com (1.65/waf) > via UUCP; Fri, 13 Dec 96 01:34:42 EST > for dlv > Received: from toad.com by uu.psi.com (5.65b/4.0.061193-PSI/PSINet) via SMTP; > id AA22158 for cypherpunks; Fri, 13 Dec 96 00:43:05 -0500 > Received: (from majordom@localhost) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA05349 for cypherpunks-outgoing; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 19:07:54 -0800 (PST) > Received: from zifi.genetics.utah.edu (zifi.genetics.utah.edu [155.100.229.31]) by toad.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA05344 for <cypherpunks(a)toad.com>; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 19:07:47 -0800 (PST) > Received: (from bin@localhost) by zifi.genetics.utah.edu (8.8.3/8.6.9) id UAA13495 for cypherpunks(a)toad.com; Thu, 12 Dec 1996 20:07:52 -0700 > Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 20:07:52 -0700 > Message-Id: <199612130307.UAA13495(a)zifi.genetics.utah.edu> > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > From: nobody(a)zifi.genetics.utah.edu (Anonymous) > Comments: Please report misuse of this automated remailing service to <complaints(a)zifi.genetics.utah.edu> > References: <850408570.510393.0(a)bexcol.demon.co.uk> > Subject: Re: Elliptic curves > Sender: owner-cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Precedence: bulk > > Admin(a)bexcol.demon.co.uk writes: > > > You are all a bunch of faggots. Faggot cannot be allowed on usenet as > > dictated by the great dr. Grubor. > > > > Fuck you all. > > 1. Cypherpunks is not on usenet. > The fuck it ain't. They are at least two newsgroups out there that carry every piece of e-mail that goes to the cypherpunks list. > 2. Faggots created and run Usenet, and there's nothing a pathetic, > powerless little boy like you can do about it. > This may be true, up until now, but the faggots are now getting kicked off of the new UseNet. There are just TOO MANY faggots like Peter Berger and Tim May and John Gilmore runnung around to allow this faggot subculture to continue. > 3. I enjoy your pathetic little displays of despair about not having > any control over usenet. Please keep whining to the mailing lists > to remind us all of what a pitiful little loser you are. > These faggot cypherpunks are not worth wasting your time on, unless you are ready to take their fucking ass to court and cross-examine them. ARE YOU A FAGGOT, Peter Berger? -- ANSWER THE QUESTION !!! (The faggots must answer this question when you get them on the stand.) That Tim Skirvin is also a faggot, so I have been told by his schoolmates. Has he been fucked in the ass by anybody on this list?

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Copyright violations
by alzheimer＠juno.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Agence France Presse: Tuesday, December 10, 1996 Visa to Launch Trial Electronic Money Services in Tokyo Visa International said Tuesday it would experiment with electronic money services in central Tokyo [Shibuya district] for about 18 months from June 1998 with Japanese commercial banks and credit card companies. The US-headquartered international credit card firm said it would be the world's largest experiment in terms of the size of participating companies and cards to be issued. The project will be joined by five Japanese commerical banks -- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd., Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd., Fuji Bank Ltd., Sumitomo Bank Ltd., and Tokai Bank Ltd. Five Japanese credit card companies, including Credit Saison Co. Ltd. DC Card Co., Sumitomo Credit Service Co., Million Card Service Co. and UC Card Co., will also take part in the trial. Visa said it hoped to use the experiment to assess commercial feasibility and customer affordability before introducing full electronic money services. Visa plans to install its electronic money terminals and issue more than 100,000 cards, including those with built-in integrated circuits, for the experiment. Visa said it had already conducted an electronic money experiment in Atlanta during the Summer Olympic Games. The company is also preparing to try similar systems in Hong Kong and Australia. American Banker: Thursday, December 12, 1996 REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK Home Financial Network Offers Web Software By DREW CLARK The house lights dimmed and music started blaring. Smoke billowed out from the stage and red-and-white lights flashed onto an audience of thousands. Despite the rock-concert atmosphere, complete with an emcee peering out from giant video screens like a live-action "Max Headroom," most of the audience in the Dallas Convention Center Arena was in suits. Welcome to Retail Delivery '96, the new-wave Bank Administration Institute conference covering all that is new and exciting in financial services technology. Having grown into banking's biggest convention, with more than 7,000 people and some 350 exhibiting companies, Retail Delivery made bold promises. Promotional brochures said it would go "beyond the buzzwords." Frank Feather, the Canadian banking consultant in the Max Headroom role, said the event would "unlock the secrets of how to make real money off technology." When the "virtual" Mr. Feather introduced Robert W. Gillespie for the keynote speech last Wednesday, the KeyCorp chief executive officer drew a laugh from the audience by declaring: "This may be the way to start shareholder meetings." Mr. Gillespie and the master of ceremonies were the first of a parade of speakers referring to the dramatic change the industry is undergoing. Mr. Gillespie captured the spirit by describing how his company, the "New Key," is evolving in three directions: national consumer finance, corporate banking, and community banking. His multimedia computer presentation took the audience through a virtual branch and displayed video clips of KeyCorp executives including Steve Cone, its renowned marketing strategist. Mr. Gillespie showcased a marketing campaign so unified that the voice of Anthony Edwards, the company's star ad spokesman, is also heard when consumers dial into KeyCorp call centers. Branding is big in retail banking, nowhere more than at Banc One Corp. The point was reinforced by Kenneth T. Stevens, chief executive of Banc One Corp.'s retail group, who previously worked at Pepsico and its Taco Bell subsidiary. "Strong brands get winning price-earning multiples," he said, which translate into easier entry into new markets and the ability to resist competitive attacks. "Historically, banks didn't need branding because of location," Mr. Stevens said. "With the leveling of competition, the control of brand names will be essential." He said banks' problems are typified by the jumble of logos on automated teller machines -- a stark contrast to the clarity of Coke and Pepsi. Despite such doses of high-level retail strategy, technology held center-stage. The enthusiasm about it was palpable, fueled by the appearances of executives from the Silicon Valley companies Intel Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. Generally admonishing the audience to get on the highway before it's too late, both spoke to banking issues. Intel executive vice president Frank Gill demonstrated remote banking with interactive video; Sun CEO Scott McNealy was critical of bankers' willingness to turn technology management over to others. "I can see a forestry company outsourcing information systems because their assets are in the ground," Mr. McNealy said. "But a bank's assets are information. Outsourcing (for banks) is a self-imposed lobotomy. It's like Budweiser outsourcing beer manufacturing." At the closing session Friday, Mr. Feather came out from behind the big screens to discuss his own keys to the future. Foremost, he said, is the Internet -- "the biggest thing ever in human history. It is not a technology, but a socio-economic system changing the way we live." Yet some bankers still "don't get it," Mr. Feather said. They prefer to think of the Internet as a passing fad, like the videophone, or an important but slowly evolving technology. Referring -- though not by name -- to Citicorp chairman John Reed and his prediction that full electronic banking would not be mainstream for 50 to 75 years, Mr. Feather dismissed it with a barnyard epithet. He suggested Citicorp is just trying to throw its competition off-balance. Mr. Feather's counterprediction: Within 25 years, there will be no full- service branches or tellers in North America. "Tens of thousands of branches will be closed, the entire distribution system will be rationalized," he said.

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KRA_gak
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

12-12-96 "High-Tech Leaders to Facilitate Recovery of Encrypted Information Globally. Key Recovery Alliance Welcomes 29 New Members" The key recovery alliance has more than tripled its membership and identified its charter objectives. + expediting the widespread, global use of strong encryption + evaluating technologies that are flexible and scaleable to meet various changing commercial needs and policies + promoting interoperability between different key recovery and non-key recovery solutions + defining a commercial infrastructure for worldwide development of strong encryption + maximizing security for business To facilitate meeting these and other objectives, the alliance identified a series of working committees targeted to meet within the next 60 days. Soon after this 60-day period, the now 40-member alliance will re-convene to mark the progress of these committees and to identify future benchmarks and deliverables. The new members of the alliance are: America Online, Inc., Certicom, Compaq Computer Corporation, CygnaCom Solutions, Inc., Cylink Corporation, Data Securities International, Inc., First Data Corporation, Digital Signature Trust Company, Gradient Technologies, Inc., ICL, McAfee, Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan, Motorola, Mytec Technologies, Inc., Network Systems Group of StorageTek, Nortel, Novell, Inc., PSA, Price Waterhouse, Racal Data Group, Rainbow Technologies, SafeNet Trusted Services Corporation, Secure Computing, SourceFile, Sterling Commerce, Telequip, Unisys, Utimaco Mergent, and VPNet Technologies. "IBM SecureWay Framework To Accelerate Growth of Electronic Business" IBM announced a new framework which will advance secure electronic business by making it possible for diverse security offerings to work together. The IBM SecureWay Key Management Framework will let businesses use encryption products interchangeably. The new framework will provide for the easy adoption of new and existing key recovery technologies, while not disturbing existing cryptographic and other security functions and operations. It will effectively isolate the application from the unique properties of a specific key recovery implementation. A white paper describing the SecureWay Key Management Framework is available at http://www.ibm.com/security ----- KRA_gak (19 kb)

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Re: Whom can you trust with your keys -- government version
by Peter Trei 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> From: Hal Abelson <hal(a)martigny.ai.mit.edu> > Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 15:29:25 -0500 > To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Subject: Whom can you trust with your keys -- government version > Reply-to: hal(a)MIT.EDU > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > The Commerce Department draft crypto export regulations (see > http://www.steptoe.com/commerce.htm) include the following stipulation > on Key Recovery Agents: > > > Evidence of an individual's suitability and trustworthiness [to > act as a key recovery agent] shall include: > > (i) Information indicating that the individual(s): > > (A) Has no criminal convictions of any kind or > pending criminal charges of any kind; > > (B) Has not breached fiduciary > responsibilities (e.g., has not violated any > surety or performance bonds); and > > (C) Has favorable results of a credit check; > or, > > (ii) Information that the individual(s) has an active > U.S. government security clearance of Secret or higher > issued or updated within the last five years. > > It's nice to know that we can trust ex-cons, frauds, and deadbeats to > hold our keys, provided that they have obtained a Secret clearance. Sorry, but you're mistaken. There is an implied AND between (i) and (ii), not an OR. Curiously, it looks like I may be eligible to run an GAK service. Peter Trei trei(a)process.com

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Credentials without Identity--Racey Bits
by nobody＠cypherpunks.ca 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 05:30 AM 12/13/96 -0500, Jill heatedly wrote: :So white Boyz Club excludes women to, is that correct? By definition, you steaming dreamboat. Drop me a note, kitten. XXOO Snookums

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Re: Elliptic curves--hot stuff here
by nobody＠cypherpunks.ca 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 05:18 AM 12/13/96 -0500, my baby, Jill, wrote: :Please tell the faggots to stop being so sexist. : :Jill : OK, all you faggots stop being so sexist. :Just what is it about these queers that makes them hate women so much :anyway? Are they jealous of us sexy women because their boyfriends :may want us? Oh, yea, and all you sexy hot AOL chicks stop turning on all the queers' boyfriends. P.S.: Jill, come up and see me sometime. I'm ready to start over if you are. XXOO Snookums

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