December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

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Jerry Springer Crypto Special
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sitting at home this morning I decided to turn the TV to the Jerry Springer show, assuming that, since his network was trying to promote him as a News person, his show would no doubt be dealing with a serious issue such as the future of the InterNet, encryption, censorship, etc. Instead, the show turned out to be titled, "I Cut Off My Manhood." It was a delightfully artful mosaic about a guy who cut off his penis with gardening shears, the queer stalker who had killed the penisless guy's cat by throwing a recliner across the room, the stalker's lesbian friend and two fairly average relatives of the self-mutilater who apparently were there to confirm for us that cutting off one's penis with a pair of gardening shears is a bit over the edge, to say the best. Although I was disappointed in that encryption issues were not being addressed on the show, I did get somewhat enlightened as to what we can do to help spread strong encryption. The Jerry Springer audience got to see pictures of the mutilated penis (I assume in close-up color glossies) while those of us at home had to be content to watch the audience members groan and try not to throw up. I immediately realized that if the show had been on WebTV and pictures of the mutilated penis were available to home viewers in encrypted form, that "Applied Cryptography" would soon be on the Best Seller lists around the nation. Thinking about crypto issues from the standpoint of female body parts, I realized that GAK and Key Recovery are likely to become a part of our everyday reality because Silicon Valley Crypto has the same allure as Silicon Breasts. We live in a bottle-fed society that has learned from infancy to accept substitutes for the real thing. From topless bars to the beach, we are willing to settle for the illusion that matches the advertised product our minds have been sold, rather than accept the forms that exist in reality and take the time and effort to find ones that truly suit our needs and desires. Is a society that eats food that sometimes has less nutritional value than the package it comes in, are the masses going to demand "the real thing" in a crypto product, or will they settle for a watered down product which "meets government standards" and comes in a pretty box? The masses don't have the time or expertise to test the nutritional value of their food or the security of their crypto. They depend on the government, corporations and the press to provide them with the products and information to make a rational choice as to what truly meets their needs. The government's main interest is power over the citizens; the corporation's main interest is profiting from the citizens; the press' main interest is pandering to government and corporations enough to be kept from getting cut "out of the loop" of money and power. The only hope the masses have of getting anything resembling a square deal in regard to the products and information they are fed is for there to be enough individuals within the government, corporations and the press who are willing to resist the mindless, self-perpetuating evolution of these non-human entities, and make an effort to provide products and information which have real value based on the goals which they are designed and advertised to meet. There was a discussion on the list as to whether the cypherpunks who have "gone corporate" are a blessing or a curse to the spread of strong crypto. I think that the answer lies in the individual and in the final product of their efforts. Perhaps crypto needs Colonel Tom Parker to promote it, with Barnum and Baily bringing the Silicon Rockettes to town to give away pictures of of a mutilated penis which can only be viewed using a strong crypto product. ("As seen on the Jerry Springer show!") The Dark Forces are making a concerted bid to set the direction and the tone of crypto debate and crypto development in a manner which will lead to the negation of the constitutional right to have our freedom and our privacy unfettered by government intrusion. It is not government, nor corporations, nor the press, who ultimately decide whether our freedom and privacy will be maintained or whether it will be compromised. It is the individuals who make a decision whether to go along with the abrogation of our rights in their own individual self-interest, or whether they will speak out and/or resist those who put the goals of organizations over the interests of the people. Our government and our society are being directed by manipulation of the same mob mentality that is in evidence on the morning talk shows. The voice of reason gets shouted down unless there are enough people who realize that the answer to noise is more noise. The greater the position and authority of an individual, the more noise they are able to make to counter the efforts of those who are attempting to work the mob into a frenzy for their own aims. Thus the greater is their responsibility to act in the long-term interest of freedom. At the same time, unless there are people of conscience at every level of government, corporation and society who are willing to take a personal stand, and to support those in higher positions who take a stand, then freedom is doomed. There is a Swiss bank security guard who discovered bank records about to be shredded which detailed the accounts of Jews who were victims of the Holocaust. He chose to resist "going along" with the government laws, corporate rules, and societal taboos against making a decision based on one's own conscience, and he "stole" the records in order to prevent them from being destroyed. He was threatened with death, prosecution, had to leave his home and country behind and faces an uncertain future. There is a cost to resisting the fascism of organizations and of society itself, and the less that resistance is spread among us, then the greater the cost that each of us has to bear. Resist. Make noise. The freedom you save could be your own. TruthMonger

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Re: law as enemy: was Re: Jim Bell reference
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Antonomasia wrote: > Paul Bradley wrote: > Ant> Makes me think the issue is the preservation of many > Ant> thousands of _unathorised_ taps. What else could explain that viewpoint? > > PB> Don`t cloud the issue: The simple fact is strong encryption can and will > PB> obstruct law enforcement agencies in their "fight" against terrorism, > PB> child pornography, drugs etc... good. You are both right. Strong crypto will obstruct LEA's from doing the *millions* of unauthorized taps on communications in their "holy war" against ?crime?. > Strong widespread crypto will cut down on much crime in the form of > electronic theft, blackmail etc. I expect some obstruction of law > enforcement, but not enough to outweigh the benefits. Strong crypto will merely shift the nature of crimes being commited from LEA-originated to criminal-originated, which is the way God has planned it to be from the beginning. If we are going to play good-guy/bad-guy, there ought to be a real difference between the two. Kids on a playground know that much. > Despite the > occasionally glaring failures of a legal system it is still overall > of use to the public. Attitudes like this are the cause of the erosion of our freedom and privacy. "Give me compromise of freedom or give me death." <WRONG> "It is better for ten innocent men to be convicted than for one guilty child molester to go free." <WRONG> Why do we never hear anyone saying "Sure, the legal system just fucked me silly and unjustly ruined my life, but it is 'still overall of use to the public'."? The reason is that a roll of the dice isn't good enough when it comes to *ourself* receiving justice. Anyone who is comfortable for a roll of dice to decide the justice received by *the other guy* is a fool and your enemy. > PB> Would you then say their actions were wrong? As for child molestation, > PB> this is a clear cut case, most libertarians follow the basic rule that a > PB> crime has to be a direct act of agression, and infringe the rights of > PB> another person, therefore child molestation clearly comes into this > PB> category, distributing pictures of children being molested, raped, > PB> buggered, tortured and killed is clearly not a crime. Please clarify your > PB> position on this. > > Such photography would suggest at least cooperation with > those you'd regard as criminals. Bullshit. The current hot-ticket item in Canada is video of the girls being tortured, raped and murdered by Paul Bernardo. These videos are coming from the people involved in his prosecution and imprisonment. Are the TV networks cooperating with criminals by profiting from the pictures of the OKC bombing, etc? Their extensive coverage certainly makes such actions a good public forum for the potential terrorist. > PB> law > PB> enforcement should be routinely obstructed as often as possible. > > Are you going to post your home address and holiday plans on the list > so we give you the chance to gloat over failing law enforcement ? I have no doubt that Paul would love to do so, if it weren't for the fact that he would be subjected to imprisonment and lawsuits if he took action to protect his home and property from intruders during his absence and some ignorant thief got himself hurt or killed. Legislators and LEA's bemoan the fact that the constitution ties their hands in fighting crime, but the fact is that they are creating a mountain of new crimes through legislation and stings instead of putting their effort into dealing with real, existing crime. Miscarriage of justice is the rule of the day in the current legal system. The fact that the reins of power and control of the media is not in the hands of the poor, minorities, and social outcasts means that those who are busy participating in and/or supporting the gross miscarriages of justice are those who paint the system's public face. > There's probably not much point in pursuing this discussion. Not as long as you willing to settle for corruption of justice and the compromise of freedom being justifiable as being of "overall of use to the public." I don't choose to sell my weapons and walk around with a "kick me" sign on my back, trusting in strangers to defend my life and liberty. I resent those who choose to do so intimating that I am some kind of lunatic/radical for choosing to take personal responsibility for defending my life, liberty and beliefs. I am not against joining with others in forming organizations which are of mutual benefit to all. I am merely against these organizations being in the hands of self-serving criminals who want control over all of my movement and communication in order to guard their usurped power. I am willing to defend myself, my neighbors, my country. I am not willing to defend a corrupt system which imperils the freedom and privacy of myself and my fellow citizens. TruthMonger

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update on Crowds
by Mike Reiter 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Back in April we circulated an announcement for a system called "Crowds" for browsing the web anonymously. Here is an update on its status. 1) There is a new, more complete version of the Crowds paper, and a new web page from which you can retrieve it. The page's URL is http://www.research.att.com/projects/crowds/ Of course, comments are welcomed and appreciated. 2) AT&T has finally decided to release the code, and we are working out a free license for noncomercial use with our lawyers right now. Once that is done, we would like to start alpha testing. Alpha testing will require some commitment from the testers, and we are looking for serious people who are interested in contributing to our attempt at providing anonymity to the Internet community. To be an alpha tester, you should have access to a machine - running SunOS, Solaris, or Irix - with Perl 5.003 or later - with a high-throughput connection to the Internet (no modems please!) - that is not behind a firewall Moreover, testers must be US citizens, due to the cryptography in the code. If you are interested in being an alpha tester, please send email to either of us. In your email, please describe the platform on which you'll be running. Mike Reiter <reiter(a)research.att.com> Avi Rubin <rubin(a)research.att.com>

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Bizarre e-mail in the orphan mailbox
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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by Lucky Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Campingsport Amsterdam
by Secret Squirrel 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

For those planning to attend HIP97, there is already a cypherpunk party coming from the West coast. Some details can be seen on the hip website http://www.hip97.nl People making other arrangements may be interested in this tidbit from the NL tourist board. X-From: I.Princen(a)inter.NL.net Mon Jul 14 12:33:37 1997 X-Sender: iprincen(a)solair1.inter.NL.net Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 14:32:09 +0200 From: Ingrid Princen <I.Princen(a)inter.NL.net> Subject: Re: Camping arrangements Good afternoon, Please contact: Campingsport Amsterdam Jan van Galenstraat 271 1056 BZ Amsterdam tel.: 020-6128911 fax : 020-6184509 Kind regards, Ingrid Princen Netherlands Board of Tourism At 08:00 PM 7/9/97 -0000, you wrote: >Dear Sir, > >I wonder if you could please tell me where to obtain >(hire or buy) tents near Amsterdam in early August >for a camp near Almere. > >10 man army style tents may suit us best. > >If you can pass on details of any tent shops or >hire shops that would be very useful. Payment will >probably be by credit card. > >Thanks much.

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