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serene rebel
by sixdegrees 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Encrypting files.
by Neels Kriek 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Try DataSafe. Dunno which algo it uses but easy to use and anything is better than zip ;) www.novastor.com hope this helps -----Original Message----- From: Sunder <sunder(a)brainlink.com> To: Lars Weitze <chromedemon(a)netcologne.de> Cc: Cypherpunks <cypherpunks(a)toad.com> Date: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 18:25 Subject: Re: Encrypting files. >Lars Weitze wrote: >> >> Does anyone now a program for WindozeNT to store encrypted data on harddisk. >> At the moment i use >> ZIP-Files with a Password on them (I now it is not very secure). >> I am living outside USA and do not want any software with backdoors >> ,"masterkeys" or stuff like that. > >http://www.pcdynamics.com/SafeHouse/ > >-- > >=====================================Kaos=Keraunos=Kybernetos============== >.+.^.+.| Sunder |Prying open my 3rd eye. So good to see |./|\. >..\|/..|sunder(a)sundernet.com|you once again. I thought you were |/\|/\ ><--*-->| ------------------ |hiding, and you thought that I had run |\/|\/ >../|\..| "A toast to Odin, |away chasing the tail of dogma. I opened|.\|/. >.+.v.+.|God of screwdrivers"|my eye and there we were.... |..... >======================= http://www.sundernet.com ========================== > >

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SNET: U.S. Patent Programmable subcutaneous visible implant
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: jeremy.compton(a)stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Jeremy Compton) Subject: SNET: U.S. Patent Programmable subcutaneous visible implant Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 01:35:49 +1200 To: snetnews(a)world.std.com -> SNETNEWS Mailing List United States Patent 5,638,832 Singer, et. al. Jun. 17, 1997 Programmable subcutaneous visible implant Abstract A subcutaneous implant for displaying various re-programmable information or decorative patterns beneath the surface of the skin of a person or an animal. A biologically inert subcutaneous implant is constructed of a flexible material so as to conform to the skin's surface. The subcutaneous implant includes a battery for providing power to the implant. The subcutaneous implant also includes a receiver for receiving programming information from a user, and a display for displaying the programming information through the skin. Inventors: Singer; Andrew J. (Palo Alto, CA); White; Sean (San Francisco, CA). Assignee: Interval Research Corporation (Palo Alto, CA). Appl. No.: 477,096 Filed: Jun. 7, 1995 Intl. Cl. : A61B 19/00 Current U.S. Cl.: 128/899 Field of Search: 128/897-899, 654 References Cited | [Referenced By] U.S. Patent Documents 4,233,964 Nov., 1980 Jefferts et al. 128/899 5,041,826 Aug., 1991 Milheiser 5,074,318 Dec., 1991 Campbell et al. 5,205,286 Apr., 1993 Soukup et al. 128/899 5,322,034 Jun., 1994 Willham et al. 5,324,940 Jun., 1994 Ekstrom 5,482,008 Jan., 1996 Stafford et al. 128/899 Primary Examiner: Cohen; Lee S. Assistant Examiner: Lacyk; John P. Attorney, Agent or Firm: Brooks & Kushman 19 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures -> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo(a)world.std.com -> Posted by: jeremy.compton(a)stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Jeremy Compton)

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SNET: U S Patent: Identification system
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: jeremy.compton(a)stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Jeremy Compton) Subject: SNET: U S Patent: Identification system Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 01:35:51 +1200 To: snetnews(a)world.std.com -> SNETNEWS Mailing List United States Patent 5,041,826 Milheiser Aug. 20, 1991 Identification system Abstract A passive integrated transponder (PIT) is attached to or embedded in an item to be identified. It is excited via an inductive coupling from an interrogator. The PIT responds to the interrogator via the inductive coupling with a signal constituting a stream of data unique to the identified item. The signal is in the form of two different frequencies, a shift from one frequency to the second during a bit cell representing a data "one", and a shift from the second frequency to the first frequency representing a data "zero". The responsive signal is then detected and processed for utilization in a data storage or display device. Inventors: Milheiser; Thomas A. (Littleton, CO). Assignee: Destron/IDI Inc. (Boulder, CO). Appl. No.: 481,833 Filed: Feb. 16, 1990 Related U.S. Application Data Division of Ser No. 388,761, Aug. 2, 1989, abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 165,310, Mar. 8, 1988, abandoned, which is a division of Ser. No 814,492, Dec. 30, 1985, Pat. No. 4,730,188, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 580,401, Feb. 15, 1984, abandoned. Intl. Cl. : H04Q 1/00 Current U.S. Cl.: 340/825.54; 340/825.69; 375/272; 455/41 Field of Search: 340/825.54, 825.55, 825.69, 825.72, 825.34, 825.94, 572; 455/118, 41; 375/45, 62, 78, 81, 52; 370/53, 112 References Cited | [Referenced By] U.S. Patent Documents 3,109,143 Oct., 1963 Gluth 375/81 3,510,779 May, 1970 Klapper 375/81 3,689,885 Sept., 1972 Kaplan et al. 455/41 X 4,287,596 Sept., 1981 Chari 375/52 X 4,313,033 Jan., 1982 Walker et al. 370/112 X 4,368,439 Jan., 1983 Shibuya et al. 375/62 X 4,388,730 Jun., 1983 Nash et al. 375/81 X Primary Examiner: Weldon; Ulysses Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sirr; Francis A., Hancock; Earl C. 14 Claims, 8 Drawing Figures [USPTO] -> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo(a)world.std.com -> Posted by: jeremy.compton(a)stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Jeremy Compton)

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IP: White House decision affects e-mail scrambling software
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: believer(a)telepath.com Subject: IP: White House decision affects e-mail scrambling software Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 18:17:36 -0500 To: believer(a)telepath.com Source: Fox News - AP White House decision affects e-mail scrambling software 6.56 p.m. ET (2256 GMT) September 16, 1998 By Ted Bridis, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) The Clinton administration relaxed some restrictions Wednesday on the export of powerful data-scrambling technology a decision that could help Americans who want to guarantee the privacy of their e-mail and other electronic information. The White House said U.S. companies can begin selling high-tech tools overseas that use the so-called 56-bit Data Encryption Standard or its equivalent, which has an unlocking key with 72 quadrillion possible combinations. The government imposes limits on exports of the most powerful scrambling technology now anything above 56-bit because it fears that authorities, even with a judge's permission, won't be able to read the messages of criminals or terrorists. The export limits do not directly affect Americans, who are legally free to use encryption technology of any strength. But U.S. companies are reluctant to develop one version of their technology for domestic use and a weaker overseas version, so they typically sell only the most powerful type that's legal for export, even to Americans. Vice President Al Gore called the new rule's balance between privacy and not helping criminals "probably one of the single-most difficult and complex issues that you can possibly imagine.'' "We must ensure that new technology does not mean new and sophisticated criminal and terrorist activity,'' Gore said. "And we must ensure that the sensitive financial and business transactions that now cruise along the information superhighway are 100 percent safe in cyberspace.'' Privacy advocates, though, derided Wednesday's announcement as a modest step, noting that a non-profit group of researchers demonstrated earlier this summer it can unscramble a 56-bit coded message in just days. Experts have suggested that scrambling sensitive e-mail or online credit-card transactions using less than 90 bits is vulnerable, while most experts consider 128-bit encryption practically unbreakable. Some companies that sell encryption products nonetheless praised the announcement. The president of the Business Software Alliance, Robert Holleyman, called it "a significant improvement over what we have today.'' The administration previously limited the export of 40-bit encryption technology, which has more than 1 trillion combinations. "It's a step but it's a small step,'' said Alan Davidson, an encryption expert for the Washington-based Center for Democracy and Technology. "We're worried that 56 bits is not enough.'' Barry Steinhardt, president of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based civil liberties group, said: "We assume this is done to throw a bone to industry at a time when the administration needs all the friends it can get.'' "But it's half a step, and it continues to rely on dangerous technologies,'' he said. The White House also said Wednesday that it will allow U.S. companies to use unlimited-strength encryption to communicate with their subsidiaries in all countries except seven terrorist nations: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Sudan, North Korea and Cuba. It also agreed to allow U.S. encryption companies to sell the most powerful scrambling tools overseas to insurance companies and health and medical organizations in more than 40 countries. And the administration said it will establish a technical support center for federal, state and local authorities who might be confronted with criminals using encryption. In June, the Electronic Frontier Foundation used a custom-built computer worth less than $250,000 to crack a 56-bit encrypted message in less than three days to win an industry contest. The EFF published a book describing exactly how to build a replica of its code-breaking computer. © 1998 Associated Press. All rights reserved. ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **********************************************

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IP: Digital Biometrics Awarded Rhode Island State Contract
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: believer(a)telepath.com Subject: IP: Digital Biometrics Awarded Rhode Island State Contract Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 12:00:41 -0500 To: believer(a)telepath.com Source: PR Newswire http://www.prnewswire.com Digital Biometrics Awarded Rhode Island State Contract DBI Tenprinter 1133S Systems Selected For Rhode Island's Live-Scan Fingerprinting MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Biometrics, Inc. (Nasdaq: DBII) a leader in biometric identification systems integration company, today announced the award of the Rhode Island State contract for an initial order of six TENPRINTER 1133S live-scan fingerprinting systems. These systems will enable police agencies to eliminate the need for the traditional ink method of taking fingerprints, and significantly speed fingerprint processing of criminal and suspected criminal fingerprints with a higher degree of accuracy. Live-scan systems such as the 1133S are special-purpose computer-based systems which capture, digitize and transmit fingerprint images, and provide a significant improvement in image quality and ease-of-use compared to the traditional ink-based method of taking fingerprints. Live-scan systems are used in law enforcement and increasingly in non-law enforcement applications such as employment screening, new employee enrollment, firearms registration, and security screening. James C. Granger, President and Chief Executive Officer of Digital Biometrics commented, "We are very pleased that Rhode Island has chosen DBI for their fingerprinting network. Rhode Island joins the growing list of states that have chosen our live-scan technology." Rhode Island joins Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Oregon, Nevada, Alabama, Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina, Tennessee, Colorado, California and Virginia as recent U.S. purchasers of Digital Biometrics TENPRINTER Series live-scan fingerprinting systems. Digital Biometrics also supplies live-scan systems to the Scottish Criminal Records Office and has recently won an OEM agreement with TRW for England and Wales. Digital Biometrics is a provider of biometric identification systems and systems integration services. DBI is a leading supplier of computer systems-based products and services for fingerprint capture for law enforcement and commercial applications. In addition, its Integrated Identification Solutions Division delivers total solutions through customized applications and product integration to solve complex information systems problems, including identification problems, in commercial and government markets. SOURCE Digital Biometrics, Inc. ©1998 PR Newswire. ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **********************************************

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IP: ****British Police Attempt To Sidestep E-mail Protection
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: Richard Sampson <rjsa(a)sprintmail.com> Subject: IP: ****British Police Attempt To Sidestep E-mail Protection Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 14:15:28 -0400 To: "ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com" <ignition-point(a)majordomo.pobox.com> ****British Police Attempt To Sidestep E-mail Protection LONDON, ENGLAND, 1998 SEP 16 (Newsbytes) -- By Steve Gold, Newsbytes. Newsbytes' sources have revealed that the Metropolitan Police have been holding a series of low-key discussions with major Internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK, aiming to streamline police access to e-mail and ISP user logs. According to one reliable source, the aim of the discussions is to develop a ground-breaking agreement between the police and ISPs so that, where the police have reasonable suspicion that an individual is sending or receiving e-mail, or downloading images that involve paedophilia, then they can formally request full details of the Internet user's mailbox and system logs, for example, from the ISP in question. While the aim of the project is to avoid the need for police to obtain a formal court order to access the ISP's computer systems, Newsbytes expects there to be a massive outcry from civil libertarian groups, since the police order could well be implemented against anyone with an account with a British ISP. Newsbytes understands that an expose on the police plans will be broadcast on Channel 4 news at 19:00 hours on British television this evening. Newsbytes' sources suggest that British ISPs are under immense pressure to comply with the police system since, if they do not comply and request a court order, the police could theoretically impound their computer systems, effectively putting an ISP out of action, and perhaps business, for an unknown period of time. "While I can understand the police wanting to gain access to Internet users' files who are accessing the Net for paedophile images, this does seem something of a steamroller approach," said one industry source who spoke to Newsbytes after agreeing anonymity. Newsbytes notes that a major flaw exists in the British police's modus operandi for the proposed system, since the e-mail file servers for America Online (AOL) and CompuServe (AOL is the UK's largest ISP) are held in the US. Only the company's sales and support operations are located in the UK. "It will be interesting to see how the management of AOL and CompuServe in the US react to the news that they have to willingly hand over user logs and e-mail files to the British police," said the anonymous source. As has been proven by various cases in the US, the normal legal protection afforded postal and telephone communications by anti- wiretap legislation is not automatically extended to include e-mail. In the UK, it had been thought that the Interception of Communications Act might apply to e-mail, but the law relating to e-mail remains unproven, Newsbytes notes. Reported by Newsbytes News Network, http://www.newsbytes.com . -0- (19980916/WIRES LEGAL, ONLINE/) News provided by COMTEX. [!BUSINESS] [!HIGHTECH] [!INFOTECH] [!PUBLIC+COMPANIES] [!WALL+STREET] [BUSINESS] [COMPUTER] [E-MAIL] [ENGLAND] [GOLD] [INTERNET] [LEGISLATION] [LONDON] [NBY] [NEWS] [NEWSGRID] [ONLINE] [POLICE] [SALES] [TELEVISION] -- ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **********************************************

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IP: Biometrics: SAC Tech: Complete Electronic Security Solution
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: believer(a)telepath.com Subject: IP: Biometrics: SAC Tech: Complete Electronic Security Solution Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 12:02:58 -0500 To: believer(a)telepath.com Source: PR Newswire http://www.prnewswire.com SAC Technologies Showcases Complete Electronic Security Solution Company To Unveil Next Generation Biometrics Technology Prototype Product at Security 2001 Conference NEW YORK, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- SAC Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SACM), a biometrics technology development company, today announced the Company will unveil a manufacturing prototype of its fully integrated solution for electronic security applications through biometrics identification technology at the September 16-17, 1998 Westergaard/Mallon Security 2001 Conference in New York. "A recent survey by the American Society for Industrial Security noted that losses due to intellectual theft have reached almost $300 billion," according to SAC CEO Mr. Barry Wendt. "Computer security is a major concern with electronic commerce, Internet transactions, on-line banking and security in general. Unlike other security measures such as PIN numbers, passwords or tokens which can easily be lost, stolen or forgotten, biometrics technology is based on an individual's physical characteristics, such as a fingerprint, so it requires the physical presence of an authorized user." SAC Technologies, Inc. plans to introduce the next evolution of its SACcat(TM) product at the two-day investment conference. Bundled with 'best of breed' biometrics technology consisting of fingerprint identification, voice verification and facial recognition, SACcat(TM) features software applications of computer log-on, screen-saver, and desktop security and configuration. Additional integrated software applications will include Bio-Key(TM) secured video teleconferencing and video e-mail and SAC_Secure(TM) for selectively encrypting program applications, data files and network communications using Certicom Corp.'s elliptic curve engine. At the heart of SAC's biometric identification technology is the Company's "Vector Line Type" Algorithm (VLTA) considered by some to be the most robust, reliable, scaleable and discriminating algorithm available today. VLTA represents a true paradigm shift from current industry minutiae-based methods of storing and analyzing fingerprints. VLTA processes the entire pattern of the fingerprint to derive a list of vector line types and their associated relationships. These unique characteristics of the fingerprint are subsequently transformed into a vector line type mathematical model or Bio-Key(TM), which is highly unique and easy to process for comparative purposes. Unlike biometric verification (one-to-one matching) processes produced by its competitors which require an additional identifier (pin number, token or password), SAC's technology provides for true, real-time identification (one-to-many) -- the process of comparing the biometric characteristics of an unknown individual against characteristics stored in a database to determine their identity. SAC's certified biometric identification technology can provide the necessary discrimination to determine the identity of a user and thereby insure the integrity of an application by eliminating the possibility of 'aliases' (multiple identities). SAC is the first, and currently remains the only, company in the world to earn the International Computer Security Association's (ICSA) biometric 'identification' certification. "This latest version of the SACcat(TM) product is a 'turn-key,' cost-effective hardware and software biometrics security and convenience solution for individual computer workstations and networks," said Mr. Wendt. "We believe that SACcat(TM) is an ideal complement to computer network security suites provided by such companies as Network Associates, Secure Computing, Check Point and Security Dynamics." "Within a year from now I am convinced that consumers will be asking whether biometrics security is included in their information systems and computer applications. Companies who do not add biometric security to their product offerings will lose market share. Compaq, one of the world's largest providers of PCs, will have a biometrics peripheral product available this fall. Other computer providers could gain competitive advantage by negotiating an exclusive license with the Company to manufacture, embed and distribute SACcat(TM) technology," added Mr. Wendt. Companies interested in SAC Technologies' SACcat(TM) biometric security solution should contact Mr. Barry Wendt at 708-798-9777 or for more information on the Company check out its website at http://www.sacman.com. Safe Harbor Statement Statements contained herein, other than historical data, may be forward-looking and are subject to risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to the Company's ability to successfully integrate its technology with other technologies, and its ability to achieve its sales and marketing plans while effectively managing costs and expenses, as well as those risks set forth in the Company's 10KSB, 10QSB, and other SEC filings. SOURCE SAC Technologies Web Site: http://www.sacman.com ©1998 PR Newswire. ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **********************************************

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IP: Redesigned $20 Bills Debut Sept. 24
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: believer(a)telepath.com Subject: IP: Redesigned $20 Bills Debut Sept. 24 Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 10:08:59 -0500 To: believer(a)telepath.com Source: Department of Defense http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep1998/n09151998_9809157.html [Note: Images at this site if you want to look at the new bill.] Redesigned $20 Bills Debut Sept. 24 By Rudi Williams American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON - The government rolls out its new redesigned high- tech, tough-to-copy $20 bill worldwide Sept. 24. Revamped $50 and $100 notes are already in circulation. The $20 bill, though, is key to thwarting counterfeiters, because it's the most widely circulated "big bill" and the most counterfeited, Secret Service spokeswoman Chaun Yount said. The Secret Service -- the organization that guards the president -- is the Treasury Department unit that oversees counterfeiting issues. Both sides of the redesigned $20 bills include numerous anti-counterfeiting measures, she said. Security features include embedded threads with micro-printing; a watermark; a large, off-center portrait of President Andrew Jackson with micro-printed words and hard-to-copy engraved details; the Federal Reserve seal; and color-shifting ink. Yount said people are the first line of defense against counterfeiting. People need to be familiar with the new twenties because they'll be seeing a lot of them, she said. According to U.S. Treasury figures, the mints print $20 notes in numbers second only to $1 notes. "We always have $20 bills in our pocket, if we're lucky," she noted. "The general public pays little attention to the $20 bill because it's the most commonly used note. Counterfeiters look at that as an opportunity. They like twenties because of their 'nice profit margin'" -- they have the highest face value that doesn't draw most people's attention, and passable fake twenties cost no more to make than fake fives and tens. "People who are passing counterfeit money are looking for a high volume of cash," she said. "They target people who are rushed and don't take time to authenticate the bills." She said military people are not typical targets of counterfeiters. However, the Treasury Department has been working with possible targets, such as the military exchange services, to train employees on the look and security features of the new $20 bill. In 1995, $231 million worth of counterfeit U.S. money was seized worldwide, Yount noted. That dropped to $64 million in 1996 and 1997 after the similarly redesigned $100 and $50 notes were introduced. She said the new notes will spread as fast as financial institutions order $20 bills and circulate them. "So for some time, the old and new $20 bills will circulate at the same time," she noted. "As the old $20 bills wear out, they'll be replaced with the new ones. The life of a $20 bill is about two years." Treasury officials are working on new, high-tech $1, $5 and $10 notes with anti-counterfeiting features. For more information about redesigned U.S. currency, visit the Treasury Department Web sites at www.treas.gov or www.moneyfactory.com/currency/20.cfm. [IMAGE} Security features on the front of the new $20 note include an embedded security thread; a large, off-center portrait of President Andrew Jackson; the Federal Reserve seal; and color-shifting ink. U.S. Treasury Department [IMAGE} The backside of the new $20 note contains fine-line printing patterns; an easy-to-read large $20 numeral; and an embedded security thread. U.S. Treasury Department ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo(a)majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **********************************************

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SNET: Satellite offers spy pictures by credit card
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: jeremy.compton(a)stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Jeremy Compton) Subject: SNET: Satellite offers spy pictures by credit card Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 03:06:46 +1200 To: snetnews(a)world.std.com -> SNETNEWS Mailing List http://www.mcs.net/~lpyleprn/jpfo.html <- Looks like a noble effort [jpfo(a)prn-bbs.org] JFPO Jews for Preservation of Firearms Ownership "The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." --Henry Kissinger TODAY's COMMUNIQUE ================== Satellite offers spy pictures by credit card ============================================ First a little on the handy... BIG BROTHER WATCHING Has anybody thought about the fact why Goverments are pushing the GSM-Handys so much. More and more people will change over to the "handy" Handy, not thinking that this system is utterly unsafe. There are various A5 chips build-in which supposed to encrypt the conversation between the Handy and the nearby station. This encryption - if there is any at all - can be switched off and is a 4 Bit Kode which can be cracked in Minutes. But the biggest danger was exposed by the (Swiss) Berner Sonntagszeitung which wrote that the Swisscom - which really belongs to AT&T or another US-company (a subsidiary of the CIA/MOSSAD) is collecting data from every GSM-User and the movement of the owner for at least 6 Months (Bewegungs-Profile). The owner of a GSM Handy can be located with the GPS (General Position System and Sattelites) within few Meters, no matter if he uses the Phones or not. The complete German Text (article) you will find on the Ostara-Website http://www.ostara.org/autor/gsm.txt The question is now what can we do, because the same "big brother" things are going on everywhere and nobody knows who is exchanging data with whom. Not only the owner of the GSM will be recorded, but also the telefon Nr. of the receiver. And this warning goes even more for people using ISDN which is no problem to hack into. The Story of the LOTUS-NOTES where the US-Goverment holds the decryption key is well known by now - hopefully. If you have to use a Handy, use a anonymous Credit-card Handy where you can buy the cards in any communication shop with cash (no bankcredit-card). 30.12.1997 fwd from: Satellite offers spy pictures by credit card By Robert Uhlig, Technology Correspondent Electronic Telegraph UK. THE first civilian spy satellite will soon allow anyone with a credit card to peek into a neighbour's garden or a highly secret military base for as little as engl. Pounds 200,- EarlyBird 1, the first commercial spacecraft to use recently declassified spy technology, was successfully launched from a military base in eastern Russia last week, ending the 40-year monopoly of the world's most advanced military and intelligence services on gathering high-resolution pictures from space. EarthWatch Inc, the satellite's owner, confirmed yesterday that, subject to a last calibration and alignment test, it was ready to start broadcasting clandestine pictures from its orbit 295 miles above Earth. With the exception of the governments of Cuba, North Korea, Libya, Iraq and Iran, anybody can order highly-detailed images from anywhere in the world, for as little as 31.80 per square foot, subject to a 3200 minimum order. The sharpest commercial satellite images available now capture features no smaller than 33ft across, good enough for media pictures of the Tiananmen Square massacre but not detailed enough for covert examinations of neighbours' activities. However, once EarlyBird 1 starts taking pictures, customers will be able to control it via the Internet and place orders for black-and-white pictures that will show features as small as 10ft across. EarthWatch promises that pictures will be taken and sent to customers within two days of receiving the target co-ordinates. "It's detailed enough to distinguish a car from a truck, or to measure the size of a neighbour's extension," said Bob Wientzen, an EarthWatch spokesman. Colour pictures will also be offered, but with a resolution of only within 45ft. Most of the time, the satellite is expected to focus on targets related to town planning, map-making, disaster relief or mining. It will also allow the media and the public to scrutinise environmental and military crises. Some industry experts expect the biggest customers to be foreign governments and intelligence agencies who do not have access to spy satellite networks of their own. Companies in India, Israel, Russia, China and America plan to launch a further generation of spy satellites capable of distinguishing objects with a diameter of about three feet. --=====================_883451814==_-- http://TeamInfinity.com/~ralph/dl.html Electric Eye in the Sky is a song by ? [Take a guess] ====================================== The lyrics go like this. Electric Eye Up here in space I'm looking down on you. My lasers trace Everything you do. You think you've private lives Think nothing of the kind. There is no true escape I'm watching all the time. I'm made of metal My circuits gleam I am perpetual I keep the country clean. I'm elected, electric spy I'm protected, electric eye. Always in focus You can't feel my stare. I zoom in on you You dont know I 'm there. I take a pride in probing all your secret moves My tearless retina takes pictures that can proof. Electric eye, in the sky Feel my stare, always there There's nothing you can do about it. Develop and expose I feed upon your every thought And so my power grows. Protected... Detective... Electric Eye... If you would like to hear this song, please ask. In our neck of the woods, We have a new system called "Aggressive Driving Imaging" but the state will not divulge details of this system to us. I thought we paid their salaries, etc, how can they "not disclose the details of the system to us". With the numerous "Red Light" cameras ($50,000 a piece $5000 to install) up that automagically mail tickets to the OWNER of the car that ran the light, you will have friends and family (who borrowed the car) being forced to testify against themselves to prevent the owner from being deprived of his property. Since same cannot be forced to bear witness against themself, where is the due process that must precede the taking of the owners property, however small it may start out to be ? Keep in mind that if there is no victim there is no crime, and that you should always be able to face your accuser, and that the state cannot sue or be sued, fair is fair right ? i.e. the plaintiff MUST be an individual of flesh and blood. Also the right to travel by the means available in your day, is a RIGHT, not a priviledge, and as such CANNOT be licensed or taxed or infringed in any manner whatsoever against your will if noncommercial. (SEE: http://TeamInfinity.com/~ralph/dl.html) And how are eye level camera shots of people in their cars legal when there is NO PROBABLE CAUSE and no SIGNED SPECIFC WARRANT !? http://www.bts.gov/smart/cat/images/274/274F1.GIF Some urls to explore: http://webserv.dot.co.montgomery.md.us/jpgcap/camintro.html http://www.atmsonline.com (latest in this sick industry) http://www.truckers.com/trafcam.htm http://www.dcn.com/usa.html http://www.bts.gov/smart/cat/images/274/274F1.GIF http://TeamInfinity.com/~ralph/dl.html Looking for more maps of exact locations of these cameras and police state devices so we can share them with others and compile an exhaustive inventory of them. We should be allowed to know where the NO-PRIVACY ZONES ARE and start letting others know the scope breadth and depth. CAUGHT You used to watch television. Now it watches you. By Phil Patton _________________________________________________________________ It's early morning in the 'burbs. My eyes are barely open, but the video eye is on me. I stop by the convenience store for coffee and newspapers. On the grainy screen of a boxy monitor behind the clerk, I catch a glimpse of a tiny figure that, after a moment, I realize represents me. Opening my wallet reminds me that I'm as short of cash as usual, so I stop at the ATM. Through a one-way mirror, a video camera is recording the transaction. I drive along New Jersey's Route 3 toward New York City, quite possibly under the video observation of the New Jersey State Police, my state being one of several that have tested remote stations that capture radar-gun readings and license-plate numbers and mail out speeding tickets. As I descend the dread "helix" into the Lincoln Tunnel, I go on TV for Panasonic. Atop a huge billboard advertising the company's camcorders is the "Panasonic Traffic Cam," an absurdly tiny device that perches like an insect above a sign bearing the face of a white-knuckled driver. The driver looks a bit like the late John Candy - all exasperation as the kids behind him quibble and scream. I can tune the radio to 1010 WINS to hear what the camera sees: in a cunning marketing tie-in, I get "reports from the Panasonic Traffic Cam high above the helix - there's a 15 minute delay at the Lincoln...." CUT, if you would like to read the rest of this ESQUIRE MAGAZINE Article, let me know and I will forward it to you... ralph Phil Patton (pattonp(a)pipeline.com) is a contributing editor to Esquire. 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