December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Where is _my_ blowjob?
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Visited the CNN website earlier. I wasn't at all surprised to see the factual errors and pandering to government spoon feeders for the main sources of many CNN stories. After all, when Captial Hill'$ bottom feeders give away fify billion dollars worth of valuable digital airwave bandwidth, I expect them to ask for a few extras thrown in with the usual bribes and blow-jobs. So it was no great surprise to find CNN still reporting the LIE that the child-rapist/murderer in New Jersey had been a victim of a sexual predator he had met on the InterNet, despite the fact that the news services who *aren't* part of the fifty billion dollar giveaway of taxpayer-citizen's public resources have been reporting the FACTS for quite some time now. Seems the guy bopping the murderer met him on a 1-900 line. Should I hold my breath waiting for the loud calls by reporters and legislators for strict new laws taking away citizens' rights to free speech on the phone systems of America, or would that be dangerous to my health? I know that CNN also has to fill in a few spaces between government spoon-fed mind-control propaganda being fed to the citizens by the recipients of the public largess, so that CNN is forced to throw in a few quickie references to some other websites and information other than that which comes directly out of the assholes of Lying Fuck Freeh and Nazi Cunt Reno, such as: Crime on the Superhighway http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6647/ Investigator Lynn Zwicke However, did somebody on the staff get a blow-job in return for putting a supposed NEWS pointer to this schmuck's ADVERTISEMENT for his or her PI business? I certainly hope that this is the case, since someone should have gotten *something* for opening CNN up to a lawsuit for providing a pointer to an incompetent schmuck who is spreading extremely bad FUD (fear, uncertainty, disinformation) in regard to child abuse and abusers, in order to turn a quick buck. I imagine that CNN has some fine-print disclaimer somewhere, explaining that they are not responsible for the victims of incompetent and perhaps unlicensed schmucks that CNN blesses with their own reputation capital when directing people to supposed news/information sites, but I doubt that the parent of an abused child or a falsely accused child abuse victim is going to be to impressed, nonetheless, with CNN's lack of integrity in not spending the time, effort and expense needed to make certain that they are not throwing their trusting readers into the mouths of waiting hyenas. I'm still waiting for the CNN story which replies to the DoJ and FBI *HANDOUTS* detailing their list of 4,000 suspected pedophiles, with a question as to whether some of the 800 LEA's present at the murder of the religious group in Waco perhaps didn't have some extra time on their hands that might have been better spent investigating all of these alleged pedophiles, rather than pushing and shoving each other to get pictures of burning children. OK, I'm holding my breath, starting........NOW! TruthMonger

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No Subject
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"THE DUKE" <pleontks(a)hotmail.com> writes: >The government is not planning to murder everyone. The Government is >not keeping aliens in the 'basement'. The X-Files are not real. The >government is not murdering public figures, and setting-up pore, >civilian saps to take the fall. The only thing that the Government is >doing is running our country the best it can. The Government routinely lies to the citizens it allegedly represents. It infringes on the rights guaranteed those citizens by the Constitution. The FCC can't allocate radio bandwidth efficiently, byt they seem to have no problem telling Howard Stern not to say "vagina" on the radio. I could go on and on, ad nauseam, but you get the idea. If this is their best effort, they should be horsewhipped, tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail. Unfortunately, the brain-dead populace continues to get hypnotized by their Pied-Piper tales and makes the biennial Bataan death march to the polls (nice double entendre there, n'est-ce pas?) to choose between Picto Bold and Picto Light, the two candidates in their district who have a single common goal: to get elected to an office where they can get a firm lip clamp on the teat of the American taxpayer, and skim off the lobbyists in their spare time. Neither one really gives a flying fuck about the people they represent; it's the power they want. >All you are doing for the Government, is finding fault and conspiracy in >every action. You are destroying the Government, and are thereby >destroying America. Why would I want to do anything for the Government? I already pay them a tithe (oh, sure, you can call it "income tax") to stay the fuck away from me, by and large. As soon as someone shows up at my door and says "Hi, I'm here from the Government to help you," I'm running for my life. That kind of "help" usually results in gunfire, or dependence on further Government subidies, or having mopey Government types hang around to explain to me that I should use water-based varnish so I don't wreck the ozone layer. >None of you have my pity. I spit upon you all. None of us need your pity. And wipe your chin when you're done. And say "hi" to Mr. Freeh next time you see him. Of course, it won't be his face that'll be at eye level. . . AngerMonger

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1998 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
by Mike Reiter 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The call-for-papers for the 1998 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy can be found at http://www.research.att.com/~reiter/oakland98.html - Mike

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Re: Internet Via Electric Lines? (fwd)
by phelix＠vallnet.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

On 9 Oct 1997 02:25:13 -0500, "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii(a)invweb.net> wrote: > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >In <199710081234.HAA11747(a)einstein.ssz.com>, on 10/08/97 > at 07, Jim Choate <ravage(a)ssz.com> said: > >>Forwarded message: > >>> From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii(a)invweb.net> >>> Date: Wed, 08 Oct 97 01:28:42 -0500 >>> Subject: Re: Internet Via Electric Lines? > >>> This is nothing new. > >>At least late 70's. > >>> I think it was GE that several years ago created phone extensions that you >>> plugged into your power outlets, no need to run wire to put in an extra >>> outlet. I believe that X-10 uses this same principle for computer control >>> of household appliances. >>> >>> Not to mention data leakage through power lines is an issue long reconized >>> by the TEMPEST crowd. >>> >>> The trick here seems to be in routing the data. How do you get data on the >>> power grid routed to the location that you want it to go?? > >>The trick with X-10 is to stay away from transformers as the signal won't >>go through them effectively. This ends any dreams of sending data to your >>neighbor, the signal won't go through your power meter. > >This seems to be a Goodthing(TM) for residential X-10 as it would seem to >take care of a lot of security issues by effectively isolating each home >from others who may be running the same system. > >Has anyone researched the security issues around X-10? Is the Transformer >isolation good enough protection from a dedicated attack (as opposed to >accidental signal leakage)? Are their alternative routes for transmitting >the FM signal (Airwaves) that the X-10 devices would pick up?? Do any of >the current X-10 devices use signal authentication/verification? > X-10? security? hehehe... that's good for a laugh. There is no security whatsover in X-10. If your neighbor knows the addresses of your X-10 units and his power comes off the same transformer as yours, he can easily turn your lights on and off. The only thing protecting you (besides obscurity) is the transformer that isolates your power line from others. X-10 doesn't use any type of FM signal. It simply transmits bits in the zeros of the ac power 'signal'. It only get 120bps and most signals are repeated 3 times (even with that, the signal sometimes gets lost in the line noise), so really you only get 40bps. A command consists simply of [address],[command]. The address is 8 bits long, I dont' remember how long the command is. In X-10 speak, and address is [A-P] [1-16]. The commands are on,off,bright,dim,all-lights-on, and a few others. There's no security, no encryption, not even collision detection when using more than one transmitter. Now, there a new system called cebus, but it's over 10X more expensive. I don't know too much about it. -- Phelix

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No Subject
by Mix 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Seeing Both Sides
by Magus Mixmaster Anonymous Remailer Service 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Bob Hettinga wrote: >But then, logic, much less independent thinking, was never >Foucault's strong point. I took this statement at face value, but out of curiousity I decided to find out who this guy Foucault was. The things I read about him lead me to believe otherwise. Some quotes from Michel Foucault: "The judges of normality are present everywhere. We are in the society of the teacher-judge, the doctor-judge, the educator-judge, the 'social worker'-judge." "Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline." How quick we are to condemn those who step out of the "norm", no? As soon as someone says something even slightly controversial, our inner censors rush in to separate ourselves from that person, to chastise him, to condemn him, regardless of the relationship we have developed with him in the past. There is this unfortunate property in man that leads him to disassociate himself from the ideas he holds true if it is convenient, and especially if it will allow him to avoid the ridicule, hatred and disdain of others. In the never ending "pursuit of happiness" we seek to make our lives so comfortable that we will give up that which we hold dearest. "The work of an intellectual is not to mould the political will of others; it is, through the analyses that he does in his own field, to re-examine evidence and assumptions, to shake up habitual ways of working and thinking, to dissipate conventional familiarities, to re-evaluate rules and institutions and...to participate in the formation of a political will (where he has his role as citizen to play)." In other words, to make people think. This is the goal of the intellectual. To subtly influence the mass of humanity by appealing to their minds, their reason, instead of their base instincts and emotions. Tolerance and acceptance are results brought about in us by communion with the mind, that which is greatest in us. Hatred, persecution, violence are what we fall back upon when we cease to live to our fullest potential. We degenerate into the animals we once were. Once again, Bob wrote: >The world's foremost pseudomystical relativist cited to support an >absolutist position. The logic escapes me. But then, logic, much less >independent thinking, was never Foucault's strong point. Perhaps one way of looking at it is that if you can't see the black and the white, you're missing the whole picture. After all, who would think that one would need to use an anonymous remailer and a pseudonym to express oneself in a free and open society such as ours? Nerthus -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBNGu85OFWwZe05jcJAQGvYwgAlI0R3rJW67A9fFIs9ai5FY/jEAwV2oQ1 112bd/UmgfJ11DYPWUpG6GKt2XcBUd6UfYPnidY27hT+GGBTTKjAeF88z0XMu6Ep jWUPllwb0Dw5or1o9IBg8ZAOPaAu/SMy9yVgcfaEbAqmfNken+dBhbfoAORjaLd8 BJSYCGs1Bw3Aw1gE7e3aJdjlYs/gKKNkoTQCkgkt6VBBCEQ7dXG1qbq2BTYS3py9 meK2utOM+YLG/+bJSoGRLT5oFiIpnYrkIwAziAtO7WAfydq+vwf8EsTdnX5mwUxg THngvvyaAbZtVm/yObAPgifbfpfDbnfYOL/rrJQzGMXVJCUBNKTQKg== =zZLC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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A Leaner's as good as a Ringer! / WAS: Asleep on Crime
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

* In June, the Court of Appeal in London, England, turned down Thomas Moringiello's challenge to his fraud conviction and 18- month prison sentence. Although Moringiello was able to prove that Judge Richard Hamilton had slept through portions of the testimony at trial the year before, the higher court said Moringiello was not harmed because Hamilton still was able to give a summary of the case for the jury's deliberation. ~~~~~~~ To read these News of the Weird newspaper columns from the past six months, go to http://www.nine.org/notw/notw.html (That site contains no graphics, no photos, no video clips, no audio. Just text. Deal with it.)

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Progressive Government Programs That WORK!!!
by TruthMonger 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

sampler-request(a)lmboyd.com wrote: > > ====================================================== > The powerful William the Conqueror became the even more > powerful Duke of Normandy, and thereafter enforced the > Truce of God. It forbade violence on Mondays, Tuesdays, > Thursdays and Fridays. This cut murderers down to a > three-day week. > ============================================== > > LMBoyd Web Site / U. S. Newspapers / Start Email / Stop Email > http://www.LMBoyd.com/postscript.htm

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Microsoft Addresses Justice Department Accusations
by semprini＠theschool.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Microsoft Addresses Justice Department Accusations REDMOND, Wash. -- Oct. 21, 1997 -- In direct response to accusations made by the Department of Justice, Microsoft Corporation announced today it will be acquiring the Federal Government of the United States of America for an undisclosed sum. "It's actually a logical extension of our growth," said Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates. "It's a positive arrangement for everyone." Microsoft representatives held a briefing at the Oval Office with US President Bill Clinton, and assured members of the press that changes to US Government policy will be "minimal." The United States will be managed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. An initial public offering is planned for July 4 of next year, and the Federal Government is expected to be profitable by 1999, according to Microsoft president Steve Ballmer. In a related announcement, President Bill Clinton stated that he had "willingly and enthusiastically" accepted a position as vice president of USA Operations with Microsoft, and will continue to manage the United States government, reporting directly to Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates. When asked how it felt to give up the mantle of executive authority, Clinton smiled and referred to it as "a relief." He went on to say that Gates has a "proven track record," and that US citizens should offer Gates their "full support and confidence." In his new role at Microsoft, Clinton will reportedly be earning several times the $200,000 annually he currently earns as US president. Gates dismissed a rumor that the US Capitol be moved to Redmond as "silly," though he did say he would make executive decisions for the US government from his existing office at Microsoft headquarters. Gates did say, however, that the US House and Senate would "of course" be abolished. "Microsoft isn't a democracy," Gates said, "yet look how well we're doing." When asked if the rumored attendant acquisition of Canada was proceeding, Gates would only say that Microsoft doesn't comment on unannounced products. Microsoft representatives closed the conference by stating that United States citizens will be able to expect lower taxes, increases in government services, discounts on all Microsoft products, and the immediate arrest of all executive officials of Sun Microsystems Inc. and Netscape Corp. About Microsoft - Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers, and democratic government. The company offers a wide range of products and services for public, business and personal use, each designed with the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of personal computing and mostly free society every day. About the United States - Founded in 1776, the United States of America is the most successful nation n the history of the world, and has been a beacon of democracy and opportunity for over 200 years. Headquartered in Washington, DC, the United States is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation. "The United States of America" and "Microsoft" are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

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Re: Key Signing
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Bill Stewart wrote: > At 01:21 AM 11/10/1997 +0100, Necessarily Knot, ME wrote: > >I am including the key (below) for my new nym, which has not been used > >before, and would like for people to sign it and send the signed key > >to the list. > >This way, people will know by the signature, that it is, indeed: > >Necessarily Knot, ME > > This was bizarre - what did you do to create the key and the ASCII version? > I imported the key into my PGP 5.0, and saw the double-key icon, > which says I have the private key as well as the public key, > and sure enough, it was willing to let me change the passphrase > (which was previously not set.) I was testing the procedure outlined in Epilogue 5 of InfoWar on a friend's machine and, sure enough, I got PGP 2.62 to spit out the private key he had created as Necessarily Knott, ME. > I'm not sure how comfortable I am signing a key which has the > private keys made public - so I signed it, and revoked it, > and you're welcome to the signed revocation certificate :-) Perhaps we have inadvertently taken key-signing to a new level. i.e. - develop software that will allow a user to have another user sign the key and then, when revoked, the software allows the user to sign with the revoked key, but not to recreate it or change it in any way. The software could be marketed to cryptographers with low self-esteem. > The keyserver says it accepted the certificate, but doesn't > find it when I query it for the key, but then it did that to me > earlier today, so I'm not sure if it's there or not. > (It's the server at http://www.pgp.com/keyserver/pks-lookup.cgi .) I added the secret key to the keyserver, and it also said it had accepted it, but does not show it on a query. > The KeyID was 0x61C747B1 - 512-bit RSA > > - -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 > > mQBNAzRmZWoAAAECAMnJrqd/TERCLeFscdgNvwVxrVG4tRm0VThMEXXkctCGMaUD > jcETxcV0ZseRUcyUKfqlLd3CRsIwClozlWHHR7EABRGJAFUDBSA0bAHUClozlWHH > R7EBARcXAf9oQLI0CvkPpxPLcUgdlolZ6J9Y5f5AAeX169o6SPtxaJBaHp0C39+0 > h4EimgD+TB4kiCWvklDhkTDckAxweIjbtBVOZWNlc3NhcmlseSBLbm90dCwgTUWJ > AJUDBRA0bAGS+fMmybV+y8UBAYRCA/99H8XcS1h0X0l2vQ5zPqmOSiYQ0mfi5dXZ > iMOlqlnFzVyus3L6sIr9X7Xyzg8emaNfLslQBqiagLRyVVc6e5wTVSXOKQoMzqTm > s26OA/e+/1oZHx3mCgrJm2YWyjOVm8Vx1BwbrFSgTVgdiaKbeVKrj9Zbx178BYqs > Gd1RHLXjWQ== > =ANSy > - -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > > But hey, since I've got this bogus key around, might as well sign > something with it :-) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 > Charset: noconv > > iQBVAwUBNGwEogpaM5Vhx0exAQGupAH/duqAF915VFqxcFHk3wlmXzmU2DDQv9nP > 6FM0rU2MSfiFmfQu76dBAyriBAdEzk1Ry+oyZiWIlixGZYbLaXLU8Q== > =5ZQC > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Yep. That confirms that your message was sent by someone who is Neccesarily Knott, ME. Took a few days for you to reply to the message. Have you been waiting for the wee hours to see if you could narrow down the list of senders by seeing who is online at the time you receive a reply? I could add latency to this anonymous email, but that would be tacky. Necessarily Knott, ME -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQBVAwUBNGwftQpaM5Vhx0exAQGYzAH9HMbEev5KxJs9cqzYm4wbXv8+7Atxx5D/ gymQS2nhxp2aupDIewq9JkzK++VN7JAZJqyexrimiOh7ndvwI7ZOvA== =H6JV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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