December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Presidential advisor on the "problem of encryption"
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Presidential advisor Jim Steinberg spoke across the street from my office this afternoon at the Mayflower Hotel, addressing the European Institute. He said: ...we will pay a price if the United States and the EU cannot work together effectively to address the problem of encryption in a way that allows our cutting-edge industries to thrive, our citizens to have security in their communications, while at the same time protecting common public security interests. Translation: the government gets a backdoor to your encrypted files. Read on for more. (BTW, Steinberg is deputy assistant to the president for national security affairs. Also Deputy National Security Council Advisor and formerly the director of the State Department Policy Planning Staff.) Background: http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/afternoon/0,1012,1626,00.html http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1385,00.html -Declan "We also need to find better ways to harness our efforts to counter the kinds of new crimes looming ahead in the next century. We have made considerable progress through the Summit of the Eight, taking new steps to increase airline security, to protect our infrastructures, to fight cyber-crime and, most important, to promote nuclear safety. We are encouraged that Prime Minister Blair has identified cooperative law enforcement as a major topic for the Birmingham Summit this May. We have been somewhat disappointed that Europe has not strengthened its cooperation with us on the vital third pillar. I am particularly concerned about the lack of enthusiastic support for the U.S.-sponsored international Law Academy in Budapest. Full integration in the Euro-Atlantic community means that all of our police forces must have the confidence to work together against transnational threats. It is vital that the emerging democracies enjoy the rule of law during their transition period, and we will pay a price if the United States and the EU cannot work together effectively to address the problem of encryption in a way that allows our cutting-edge industries to thrive, our citizens to have security in their communications, while at the same time protecting common public security interests. "But the gravest and most immediate challenge before us is to find more common ground between the United States and Europe in dealing with states that threaten our common interests. We have started to fall into a troubling pattern of good cop/bad cop. This pattern, whereby Europe provides the carrot, and the United States is left holding the stick, is unhealthy for both sides, and only benefits our common adversaries. While we all believe that dialogue and engagement are the preferred course, dialogue should not be an excuse for inaction when countries like Iraq fail to live up to Security Council resolutions, and other nations import weapons of mass destruction and export terror. This divergence compromises the effectiveness of our shared efforts." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to majordomo(a)vorlon.mit.edu with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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by mws＠conch.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Re: Chris Lewis's death?
by Information Security 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

For the majority of you who have killfiled Dr. Dim V., add these killfile keywords: Chris Lewis cauce vznuri(a)netcom.com "Vladimir Z. Nuri" (nym for Dr. Dim) freedom-knights(a)jetcafe.org @pgh.org > Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 03:05:56 -0500 > From: "Dr. Zeus" <zeus(a)alt.net> > Reply-To: zeus(a)alt.net > To: freedom-knights(a)jetcafe.org > CC: cypherpunks(a)toad.com, usenet(a)pgh.org > Subject: Chris Lewis's death? > > > >CAUCE, the enforcement branch of the Internet administration, is dedicated to > > >exterminating all SPAMMERS by any means necessary. CAUCE wants Chris Lewis and > > >all other SPAMMERS dead, and will gladly pay the $50,000 (canadian) reward to > > >whomever KILLS Chris Lewis and his family, who reside in a suburb of Ottawa: > > I think we should leave the family out of this, and instead killing > Chris Lewis, just get him fired from Nortel > > > >After you kill Chris Lewis and his family, please see http://www.cauce.org > > >for information on how to collect your CAUCE reward. > > > > This is fucking censorship! I'm putting the notice of the CAUCE reward on my > > web home page at http://www.panix.com/~guy, right next to the pictures of the > > pre-teen kids screwing. Fuck you, Zorch, you're next after C, P, and G Lewis. > > > > ---guy [ <- forgery ] > > Just6 who is this "guy?" MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Dr. Dim can't even spell. > From: Admin Pgh Plan <pghmain(a)pgh.org> > X-Sender: pghmain(a)www3.localweb.com > To: freedom-knights(a)jetcafe.org > cc: cypherpunks(a)toad.com > Subject: Re: Chris Lewis's death? > > Let us concentrate on getting Lewis fired > rather than killing him. Killing Nortel > would be a much better idea. Dr. Goober is toothless. ---guy Which is handy, considering his favorite position is kneeling before Dr. Dim.

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Re: Microsoft Metaphors
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

declan(a)well.com wrote: > What are the best metaphors to use when talking about a browser > and an operating system? Is the combination like a car and an > engine, or a car and a roofrack? A pair of gloves? In this specific case it's more like garbage in a trash can.

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Personal webpages can get you fired [CNN]
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: > Barrett January 15, 1998 > Web posted at: 5:47 p.m. EST (2247 GMT) > > TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (AP) -- Hired to teach computer technology > at a marketing company, Cameron Barrett suggested his trainees check > out his Web page, where he published his own fiction. > > Some women staff members did, and were shocked by the violent and > sexually explicit passages. > > They complained to their boss, and Barrett was fired. [text deleted] > "Just as people need to watch what they say in real life, what you > put on your Web page is going to be visible to everyone, including > future employers," said Esther Dyson, a director of the Electronic > Frontier Foundation in San Francisco. > > Personal Web pages aren't considered private > > Although the First Amendment prevents the government from stifling > speech, private employers are under no such constraints. > > Companies can fire people for comments deemed inappropriate, and > experts warn that personal Web sites, even if done at home, are > public venues that employers can use to determine who is suitable > for the company. [text deleted] ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The most powerful passion in life is not love or hate, | | but the desire to edit somebody elses words. | | | | Sign in Ed Barsis' office | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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RSA Conference: Deterence measures for SPAM
by Steve Schear 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Kevin McCurley, IBM, delivered a paper on using electronic commerce techniques (i.e., d-postage) to deter SPAM. He cites a work by Cynthia Dwork and Moni Naor, "Pricing via Processing or Combatting Junk Mail," http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/Papers/trs/CS95-20/abstract.html I wan't able to access that paper and would be interested to know how similar their appraoch is to HashCash. --Steve

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Number Theory on Computers book...
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Hi, If you're looking for a good beginners book for number theory that is focused on using computer programs (BASIC) then check out: Exploring Number Theory w/ Microcomputers Donald D. Spencer ISBN 0-89218-113-3 (note I couldn't find w/ this, had to use the title) $24.95 Camelot Publishing PO Box 1357 Ormond Beach, FL 32175 904-672-5672 I ordered mine through Bookstop and should take 4-8 weeks for delivery. There is a teachers manual available as well (I suspect it is answers only) for $15.95 ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The most powerful passion in life is not love or hate, | | but the desire to edit somebody elses words. | | | | Sign in Ed Barsis' office | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage(a)ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|

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Add me to the mailing list
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>mws(a)conch.net Do it yourself like an intelligent individual. Cypherpunks write code. If you can't figure out how to use Majordomo this list probably isn't for you.

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Indiana state court rejects privacy claim in HIV case
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

So I just got done reading the decision in Doe v. Methodist Hospital, a recent case before the Indiana Supreme Court. (Thanks to Eugene for pointing it out.) The case involved a woman who truthfully told someone else a third party was HIV positive. She did not break any laws to learn this information; someone else told her. The HIV-positive man's suit against her relied on the so-called tort of disclosure of private facts. (There are four privacy torts: intrusion upon seclusion; appropriation of likeness; public disclosure of private facts; false-light publicity.) The plaintiff could not charge her with libel or slander since what she said was true. The judges referenced an oft-cited 1890 Warren-Brandeis article that popularized the idea of suing reporters (and others) for violating your privacy if they said truthful things about you. The authors seemed mainly concerned with muzzling journalists and censoring the press, the court noted: The invasion of privacy tort had its genesis in an 1890 law review article by Boston attorney Samuel Warren and his former law partner--and future Supreme Court Justice--Louis Brandeis. An impetus for it seems to have been the press's coverage of Warren's wife's social gatherings "in highly personal and embarrasing detail." The reports covering their daughter's wedding were apparently more than the Warrens' sensibilities could bear... The authors criticized the press for "overstepping in every direction the obvious bounds of propriety and decency." They were concerned that truthful reporting about "private" affairs was causing "a lowering of social standards and of morality."... A cause of action for invasion of privacy would chill the press from reporting "unseemly gossip." The Indiana court ruled, in a plurality opinion (joined by a concurrence): [w]e do not discern anything special about disclosure injuries. Perhaps Victorian sensibilities once provided a sound basis of distinction, but our more open and tolerant society has largely outgrown such a justification. In our "been there, done that" age of talk shows, tabloids, and twelve-step programs, public disclosures of private facts are far less likely to cause shock, offense, or emotional distress than at the time Warren and Brandeis wrote their famous article. The court flatly rejected and refused to recognize the tort of disclosure of private facts. It upheld the lower court's decision to grant summary judgment to the woman who was sued. In other words: you're allowed to speak the truth. The court even noted that gossip is socially useful. Score a minor victory for free speech and freedom of the press over so-called "privacy" laws. -Declan

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StockAlert News: UNFC expects increase of $50M in assets
by failaqa35＠psi.ch 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

<HTML><PRE> REMINGTON-HALL CAPITALIZES ON RESURGENT REAL ESTATE MARKET Company expects to acquire $50 million in assets by mid-1998 DALLAS -- UNFC ), a diversified real estate investment firm formerly known as Universal Fuels Company, is quietly acquiring over $50 million in previously undervalued, undercapitalized or mismanaged commercial properties and making this new major player one of the best moderate-risk real estate investments in 1998. Founded in 1975 as Universal Fuels, the company provided uranium to the world as an alternative fuel, but as uranium became less used as a nuclear fuel source than other more economical and useful materials, Universal Fuels' stock declined almost to extinction over several years. The stock price was less than 1¢ last year. Four months ago officials from Camden-Townwest, a privately held real estate investment firm, approached Universal Fuels former management about converting Universal Fuels into a publicly traded real estate conglomerate. Camden-Townwest, founded in 1994, grew from $19,000 in cash to $3 million in assets in three years without seeking any outside capital. Since the change in management and corporate mission last October, UNFC has seen its stock value increase by over 800%. Remington-Hall is now making its move to increase assets at a tremendous rate. By mid-year management expects to acquire in excess of $50 Million in office buildings and multi-family properties at a significant discount to their market value. "We have been referred to as 'Cat Burglars of Real Estate'," said Douglas Fonteno, president & chief executive officer, "and that's a title we plan to keep." Douglas T Fonteno previously Chairman of Camden-Townwest and formerly with Merrill Lynch, is Remington-Hall's new President & Chief Executive Officer. Larry Hood, formerly Chief Operating Officer of Pizza Inn and Chief Financial Officer of Reliance Mortgage Company, is Remington-Hall's Chief Financial Officer, giving the new company immediate and substantial financial integrity. Wade Hyde, previously public relations and investor relations executive for Blockbuster Video and FoxMeyer Corporation, is Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations. Currently Remington-Hall is seeking to be listed on the Pacific Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq National Market. The company anticipates announcing over $10 million in newly acquired assets by the end of January. Name: Remington-Hall Capital Corporation ( formerly Universal Fuels) Symbol: Nasdaq: UNFC Mission: To aggressively acquire steeply undervalued real estate properties due to previous mismanagement or undercapitalization. Management: Senior executives with diverse experiences, including: Fortune 500 corporations, leading stock brokerage firms, real estate companies and national marketing. Goals: To increase assets to $10M by January 98 and $50M by mid-year Address: 1401 Elm St., Ste. 1818, Dallas, TX 75202-2925 Internet: www.remington-hall.com E-Mail: InvestorRelations(a)remington-hall.com Quote: Yahoo! Remington-Hall Except for the historical information contained on the website, the matters set forth inthese documents are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbour" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risk and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements. </PRE><

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