December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Int'l Computer Law Observer #1
by Steve Schear 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 00:59:32 +0200 >Reply-To: wgalkin(a)lawcircle.com >Sender: lawobserver Computer Law Observer > <LAWOBSERVER(a)MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> >From: "William S. Galkin" <wgalkin(a)lawcircle.com> >Subject: Int'l Computer Law Observer #1 >To: LAWOBSERVER(a)MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU > > **PREMIER ISSUE** > ================== > =============================== > =========================================== > INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER LAW OBSERVER > December, 1997 -- No.1 > =========================================== > =============================== > ================== > > PLEASE FREELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS ISSUE!!! > >Welcome to the Premier Issue of the International Computer Law Observer >(ICLO). The ICLO is an e-mail report providing monthly coverage of >significant legal developments from around the world relating to computers, >technology and the Internet. Back issues and a listing of the Editorial >Board can be found at http://www.lawcircle.com/observer . The >Editor-in-Chief, William S. Galkin, Esq., is located in Ramat Gan, Israel, >and can be reached for comments at wgalkin(a)lawcircle.com . > [big snip] >--- SOUTH AFRICA --- > >[BOTTOM LINE] COURT GIVES NO SANCTION FOR ONLINE GAMBLING > >[WHAT HAPPENED] Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa - In South >Africa's first Internet related judgment, the Witwatersrand division of >the High Court of South Africa ruled in late October 1997 that it would >not sanction online gambling in its jurisdiction [Ruben Olivier v The >Minister of Safety and Security and the MEC for Safety and Security of the >Province of Gauteng] > >[WHY IT HAPPENED] The cyber cafe had brought an application to court for >the return of certain computer equipment comprising of a number of >networked personal computers, the network server and certain peripherals >following on the search of the cafe's premises and the seizure of the >computer equipment. > >In refusing the application, the Court held that it was lawful for the >South African Police to impound computer equipment owned by a cyber cafe, >which was allegedly being used for online gambling. > >In terms of existing legislation, Internet gambling is illegal and the >owner of the site is in contravention of national and provincial Gambling >Acts, where they exist. > >[THE SIGNIFICANCE] Many experts have indicated that this case is indicative >of the controversy and complexity surrounding the issue of regulating >Internet related transactions. Local gambling experts argue that the >proliferation of online gambling threatens to undermine the development of >a legal casino industry in South Africa at a time when companies are vying >with one another for casino licenses. Many such companies are investing >billions of rands in setting up in infrastructure development, but are >threatened with competition from Internet gambling site operators who can >set up shop online with ease. > >[INFORMATION SOURCES] Cape Times Newspaper, 27 October 1997 edition 2.) >Michael Silber - Werksmans attorneys > >[CONTRIBUTING EDITOR] Hofmeyr Herbstein Gihwala, Inc. - Contact: Lance >Michalson - e-mail: lbm(a)hofmeyr.co.za

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Updating the white bit
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Tim May wrote: >And the original comment above, that cypherpunk technologies will be >a major force to eliminate racism is only part of the picture....the >technologies also allow race to be considered as participants choose. One benefit of making your living through a wire is that your end of the wire can be anywhere you like. So, if you want to be surrounded exclusively by members of Group X, you are free to go live in some commune populated exclusively with the members of that group and still make a living. To the extent that racism is caused by ignorance, the Net will tend to reduce it. But, is this claim really correct or is it simply a slur against racists? (The implication being that all U.S. racists live in the South and that Southerners aren't that smart.) I believe that many people are racists because they like to be that way and that more knowledge about other racial groups isn't going to change that. Knowledge about someone is not synonymous with liking them or forming a relationship with them. The people who are working themselves up into a panic regarding "hate speech" would appear to agree with me on this point. What they fear is that certain ideas will "spread". That is, as certain people are exposed to ideas and knowledge they did not have before, they will become racist or more racist than they already are. In other words, there are groups of people who cannot be trusted to think for themselves. >Ironically, an equivalent example, but one which is deemed >politically correct by many, is the example of "women-only" forums on >the Net. Oh, you mean the majority group? The majority group will always protect its own privileges. Look how many men are in jail when compared to women. Clearly men are an oppressed group. ;-) Seriously, people like to spend at least some of their time with people who are a lot like themselves. This is true of just about every person on the planet. A common theme in the United States at this time is that it is wrong for white males to behave this way, but it is not wrong for anybody else to behave this way. Monty Cantsin Editor in Chief Smile Magazine http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.htm Subject: Updating the white bit To: cypherpunks(a)algebra.com 16A5942B6EED349ECF4594C784DFD177 [Cantsin Protocol No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Junk E-Mail Remover software
by Ed Bell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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December's Phrase
by CypherPunks Chief SpokesPerson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

With November drawing to a close, WE will be winding down OUR use of the phrase, "ad hominem." The Official CypherPunk Phrase of the Month, for December, will be: "Ad gaolas deliberandas" Any disputes over the proper meaning and use of this phrase will be settled by Jim Bell's judge (once he comes out of hiding).

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Death Penalty Expanded
by Tim May 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

What's next, the death penalty for unregistered crypto? No doubt Swinestein plans to introduce her own version of this in Amerika. --Tim # Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 6:43:53 PST # # TAIPEI, Nov 24 (AFP) - Taiwan brought in new heavy penalties # Monday to curb illegal firearm possession in an effort to tackle a # rising crime wave here. # Under an amended law effective from Monday anyone caught # manufacturing, selling or transporting illegal firearms faces the # death penalty. Previously the law stipulated a maximum penalty of # seven years jail. # The move comes just five days after the island's most wanted # fugitive gave himself up to police. # "The amened law is expected to emerge as a deterrent force to # effectively keep at bay illegal holding of firearms," President Lee # Teng-hui said. # In the past, nearly 80 percent of offenders under the law faced # only 18 months jail and were often released on parole after serving # a third of their sentence, official statistics show.

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Re: Another Anti-Privacy Bigot Heard From (was: The Guilmette/Burnore deba
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

gburnore(a)netcom.com (Gary L. Burnore) wrote: > On Sun, 30 Nov 1997 03:48:14 GMT, eridani+spam(a)netcom.com wrote: > > : In article <c87feca75aa95fb3e51fe7ad0c72f17d(a)anonymous.poster>, > : Anonymous <Use-Author-Address-Header(a)[127.1]> wrote: > : [same ole same ole] > : > : Gary said THE anon asshole. That's you, bubba. Your writing style and > : your tiresome beating of the same old drum give you away every time. > : > : Don't try to make this into Gary L. Burnore (and me, of course, don't > : forget me) against everyone who posts anonymously. It wasn't that way > : from the start and it ain't that way now. This is about YOU and the > : smear campaign that YOU conduct from behind an anonymous remailer. > > The anonasshole is now working on his "way out of this". Expect many more of > his posts to contain bits of how more than one person posting anonymously is > making the accusations. All is falling down around the anonasshole. > > : <cue more lies and distortions from THE anon cretin> > > We'd expect no less. I do wonder how long it will take before those who > believe remailers are a good thing start to realise this asshole has it in for > them. Everything it posts could be used by the anti-remailer front as a > reason to shut them all down. > > > gburnore@netcom dot com or gburnore@netcom databasix com > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > How you look depends on where you go. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gary L. Burnore | ÝÛ³ºÝ³Þ³ºÝ³³ÝÛºÝ³Þ³ºÝ³Ý³Þ³ºÝ³ÝÝÛ³ > | ÝÛ³ºÝ³Þ³ºÝ³³ÝÛºÝ³Þ³ºÝ³Ý³Þ³ºÝ³ÝÝÛ³ > DOH! | ÝÛ³ºÝ³Þ³ºÝ³³ÝÛºÝ³Þ³ºÝ³Ý³Þ³ºÝ³ÝÝÛ³ > | ÝÛ³ 3 4 1 4 2 Ý³Þ³ 6 9 0 6 9 ÝÛ³ > spamgard(tm): zamboni | Official Proof of Purchase > =========================================================================== > PGPprint: C63B CF4E 1B71 4D7E C6F8 AF4E 338D 5CB4 > KeyID: 0x0F7EDBD9 (RSA) finger gburnore(a)netcom.com for public key > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- That was an impressive tantrum that you and Belinda just staged. I suppose you thought it would distract attention from the fact that you still refuse to reveal what your motive was for harassing Jeff Burchell this summer in a failed attempt to get him to turn over the logs containing the names and e-mail addresses of everyone who either sent or received an anonymous message through his remailer. Your attempt to spread F.U.D. (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) among the remailer user community is reminiscent of the "Church" of $cientology's similarly rabid anti-remailer tactics. Your fanciful posts about "anonymous assholes", "cyber stalkers", and other bovine excrement don't even make good fiction anymore. I'll take ElRon's sci-fi over yours any day. If posts from "anon assholes" really offend your sensitive feelings, then you might want to stay away from most of the NGs where you've been posting your blather. SUGGESTION: stick with "safe" groups like comp.org.cauce where anonymous posts are banned and content is censo^h^h^h^h^hmoderated to ensure an appropriate level of political correctness.

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Re: New free speech oriented civil rights site
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Anonymous <nobody(a)REPLAY.COM> wrote: >Cypherpunks need to build bridges to minority communities, to show >them how these technologies can advance their cause. Members of abused minority groups should be pretty much in sync with a lot of concerns held by cypherpunks. When we talk about police brutality and concentration camps, most of us, as well as our friends and relatives, have little direct experience. This is not true of many members of minority groups. Sounds like a nice project. Good luck! >Racist comments by supposedly respected list members are harmful and >must be countered in order to show that these views do not reflect >the feelings of most cypherpunks. If we do our job properly, the cypherpunk public image won't matter. ;-) >Cypherpunk technologies will be a major force to eliminate racism. >With privacy protected transactions, the color of a person's skin, >his religion and his ethnicity are no longer apparent. People will >be able to succeed on merit - and not the "good old boys" definition >of merit, where somehow only white males seem to have what it takes. White males are a minority group. Also, I believe you are overestimating the effects of racism when it comes to hiring talented technical professionals. If not, there is a tremondous arbitrage opportunity out there. Monty Cantsin Editor in Chief Smile Magazine http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBNHuIqJaWtjSmRH/5AQHkxAf/VzMTu+RlDclEyiBJQ+79rGjZDa+M2G9E cRoHdL42kxa4FBTHOa7v+unqBXI1tLuz2AqGJFuAPQTSu3FIh4xR3BfHj3q35qOX NpkqH7bVNNgY/DUnB6vIxjgCkEu+GNDEtIuuCuKU0wCW8IJBe/iDIBDLDQZQUuVt DJk19LnyZ0DO1cfmJquJiyh3hIECowEnXHODwhybM9hzHq+l0xrgjmQ5deIOhXuY KH7QiQn8nv5wEYeantDsfTfitHfUIZKge4eLrLNqeva4E8sgf7CQrt3vEw+rjhXP WLnvYbsCLOLQOdjIQA3c0DG9a0HU28oecHcUG0IeZ+sgwDWf61J+KA== =tuE3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Fw: Virus Warning!! IMPORTANT!!!!
by Crandall 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

---------- : Date: Sunday, November 30, 1997 10:22:19 : From: THE.DUKE a.k.a. Perrin : To: Biscuit; my_bath_tub(a)innocence.com; parcha(a)hotmail.com; Jeff Crandall : (work); deanna(a)keylink.net; cjensen(a)smtplink.rockford.edu; yablo(a)hotmail.com; : Doug; Here; Denise; flood69(a)hotmail.com; Goddess; Guipe; : nailbomb666(a)hotmail.com; pierre(a)netins.net; jewlie(a)nwiowa.com; : mansonswonka(a)hotmail.com; jonesy(a)mindless.com; Luvdust; Me; Wales; Nick; : Nicole; philip(a)infospeedway.net; khanshaw(a)mindspring.com; Ryan; Sara Wilson; : shandave(a)hotmail.com; tabnit(a)hotmail.com; thetigress_(a)hotmail.com; Tom : Tindell; Tony Ortega; Yankee1428(a)aol.com; wrightk(a)tron.cochise.cc.az.us : Subject: Virus Warning!! IMPORTANT!!!! : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------------- : **************************************************************** : WARNING, CAUTION, DANGER, AND BEWARE! : Gullibility Virus Spreading over the Internet! : **************************************************************** : : : WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Institute for the Investigation of Irregular : Internet Phenomena announced today that many Internet users are : becoming infected by a new virus that causes them to believe without : question every groundless story, legend, and dire warning that shows : up in their inbox or on their browser. The Gullibility Virus, as it : is called, apparently makes people believe and forward copies of silly : hoaxes relating to cookie recipes, email viruses, taxes on modems, and : get-rich-quick schemes [perhaps conspiracy theories should be included : here]. : : "These are not just readers of tabloids or people who buy lottery : tickets based on fortune cookie numbers," a spokesman said. "Most are : otherwise normal people, who would laugh at the same stories if told : to them by a stranger on a street corner." However, once these same : people become infected with the Gullibility Virus, they believe : anything they read on the Internet. : : "My immunity to tall tales and bizarre claims is all gone," reported : one weeping victim. "I believe every warning message and sick child : story my friends forward to me, even though most of the messages are : anonymous." : : Another victim, now in remission, added, "When I first heard about : Good Times, I just accepted it without question. After all, there : were dozens of other recipients on the mail header, so I thought the : virus must be true." It was a long time, the victim said, before she : could stand up at a Hoaxees Anonymous meeting and state, "My name is : Jane, and I've been hoaxed." Now, however, she is spreading the word. : "Challenge and check whatever you read," she says. : : Internet users are urged to examine themselves for symptoms of the : virus, which include the following: : : * the willingness to believe improbable stories : without thinking : : * the urge to forward multiple copies of such : stories to others : : * a lack of desire to take three minutes to check : to see if a story is true : : T. C. is an example of someone recently infected. He told one : reporter, "I read on the Net that the major ingredient in almost all : shampoos makes your hair fall out, so I've stopped using shampoo." : When told about the Gullibility Virus, T. C. said he would stop : reading email, so that he would not become infected. : : Anyone with symptoms like these is urged to seek help immediately. : Experts recommend that at the first feelings of gullibility, Internet : users rush to their favorite search engine and look up the item : tempting them to thoughtless credence. Most hoaxes, legends, and tall : tales have been widely discussed and exposed by the Internet : community. : : Courses in critical thinking are also widely available, and there is : online help from many sources, including : : * Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory : Capability at : <a href=http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html>here</a> : : * Symantec Anti Virus Research Center at : <a : href=http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/index.html>here</a> : : * McAfee Associates Virus Hoax List at : <a href=http://www.mcafee.com/support/hoax.html>here</a> : : * Dr. Solomons Hoax Page at : <a : href=http://www.drsolomons.com/vircen/hoax.html>here</a> : : * The Urban Legends Web Site at : <a href=http://www.urbanlegends.com>here</a> : : * Urban Legends Reference Pages at : <a href=http://www.snopes.com>here</a> : : * Datafellows Hoax Warnings at : <a : href=http://www.Europe.Datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm>here</a> : : Those people who are still symptom free can help inoculate themselves : against the Gullibility Virus by reading some good material on : evaluating sources, such as : : * Evaluating Internet Research Sources at : <a : href=http://www.sccu.edu/faculty/R_Harris/evalu8it.htm>here</a> : : * Evaluation of Information Sources at : <a : href=http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm>here</a> : : * Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources at : <a : href=http://refserver.lib.vt.edu/libinst/critTHINK.HTM>here</a> : : Lastly, as a public service, Internet users can help stamp out the : Gullibility Virus by sending copies of this message to anyone who : forwards them a hoax. : : ******************************************************************* : : This message is so important, we're sending it anonymously! Forward : it to all your friends right away! Don't think about it! This is not : a chain letter! This story is true! Don't check it out! This story : is so timely, there is no date on it! This story is so important, : we're using lots of exclamation points! For every message you forward : to some unsuspecting person, the Home for the Hopelessly Gullible will : donate ten cents to itself. (If you wonder how the Home will know you : are forwarding these messages all over creation, you're obviously : thinking too much.) : : ***************************************************************** : ACT NOW! DON'T DELAY! LIMITED TIME! NOT SOLD IN ANY STORE : ***************************************************************** : : : : ______________________________________________________ : Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com :

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Re: [RePol] Denizen
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Rabid Wombat sayeth: >Harrasment of Dr. Grubor will be a demonstration sport during the next >Olympic Winter Games. Ah, another easy gold for the U.S. Would the people who had him disbarred be allowed to compete, or are they considered "professionals" in this event? GruborMonger

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launch memes
by Zooko Journeyman 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

------- Cypherpunks reject politics. They know that it is unnecessary, counter-productive, and wrong. Terrorism and violent confrontation are the ultimate form of politics. ------- Cypherpunks don't fixate on their enemies, real or imagined. Reactionary Christians do. Reactionary Muslims do. Wacko leftists do. Wacko rightists do. In fact, probably every penny-ante cult and fringe political movement does. Perhaps it makes it easier to avoid doubt by thinking and feeling about your enemies (real or imagined) in order to keep from thinking about your self. But cypherpunks don't fixate on their enemies. They have more important things to worry about. ------- Cypherpunks think strategically. Cypherpunks act strategically. -------

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