December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Y2K and Atlas
by Matthew James Gering 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-----Original Message----- From: [somebody] Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 5:04 PM To: philosophy of objectivism Subject: For the ARF Ed Yourdon is name known to aging geeks as the developer of structured systems analysis & design. His text on the subject is still in use in C.S. courses around the country. He's also the author of a dozen or so books about programming, particularly mainframe programming. In early 1998 Yourdon and his daughter Jennifer co-authored "Time Bomb 2000: What the Year 2000 Computer Crisis Means to You." (As you might infer from the title, the Yourdons aren't exactly sanguine about the potential impact of the Y2K problem.) (Nor am I.) Yourdon maintains a web site featuring, among many other things, reading list both technical and non-technical about programming and Y2K. Introducing his non-technical list of Y2K books, he recommends Atlas Shrugged with the following comment: >As for Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged ... well, you probably read it in >college, but you've probably forgotten all about it. You probably don't >remember John Galt's famous line, "I will stop the engine of the world." >Well, read the book again now, with Y2K-colored glasses, and remember that >computer programmers are reading it, too. The question you need to ask >them is whether they intend to stay on the job if the lights go out on >January 1, 2000, and whether they feel sufficiently motivated to re-start >the engines of the world. If you don't think that's a question worth >asking, then you haven't read Atlas Shrugged. So I guess I'm not the only person to have made that connection... http://www.yourdon.com/books/coolbooks/coolby2kother.html

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Re: "Export" controls
by Michael Motyka 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> I am unaware that microshit OS has hard crypto built-in. > I was pointing out a retail parallel, not a crypto parallel. You sure it's not Microshaft? More meanings. > The question is how to make money by selling hard crypto in the US. > A little experiment is often a good thing. I heard that the guys who made the DES cracker have had $$ requests for machines and/or chips. > To recap, there are no hard crypto drop-in hardware products > available to general public in the USA today. > In case you missed it, my original reply was an attempt to open discussion on some type of cooperative effort. Look at http://www.xilinx.com/products/xc4000XLA.html for prototype purposes. I wonder how many DES or IDEA engines could be put on a 500K gate array? It would fit about 35 instantiations of Twofish. That should be enough for a phone or a disk encryptor. It's not trivial but - Products can be done. On a shoestring. By the right people. Even non-geniuses. Who want to get them done. <-- the key item No sense pushing the button without critical mass. sigh... A friend's t-shirt many years ago: A penny for your thoughts, twenty bucks to act them out.

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A person who counsels to fail to comply with the Act
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Check out this bit of american slavery: "Failing to register or otherwise comply with the Military Selective Service Act is, upon conviction, punishable by a fine of up to $250,000, impris- onment for up to five years, or both. A person who knowingly counsels, aids or abets another to fail to comply with the Act is subject to the same penalties." www.sss.gov/teach3.pdf (for teachers, note) And this anti-FIJA bit: Except as may be authorized by a judge, no person or entity shall distribute or attempt to distribute any written materials tending to influence, interfere, or impede the lawful discharge of the duties of a trial juror, or communicate or attempt to communicate with any person summoned, drawn, or serving as a trial juror in the Superior Courts in Los Angeles for purposes of influencing, interfering, or impeding the lawful discharge of the duties of a trial juror in, or within 50 yards of any public entrance to, the facilities within which the Superior Courts conduct jury trials within this County. (Rule 5.2 added and effective 7/1/97.) http://www.co.la.ca.us/courts/superior-auc/CourtRules/Chapter5.htm#5.2

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test1 #1
by ichudov＠Algebra.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

test 1

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Re: Matt Blaze arrested???
by jim finder 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 11:36:51 -0500 >From: Matt Blaze <mab(a)research.att.com> > >I'm afraid you're confused. Whoever this report was about, it >wasn't me: > >* I'm not at Lucent Bell Labs. (I'm at AT&T Shannon Labs.) I'm not > aware of any other Blaze at either AT&T or Lucent, however. >* I'm not a mathematician. (I'm a computer scientist.) >* I've not been to ORD, or any other midwestern airport, > since August. (I do fly a lot, though). >* I never been arrested. (I did accently set off the antitheft > detector at a local bookstore once, but they let me go > when I showed them my reciept). > >-matt > Thanks for clarifying this! I'm very sorry to have started an unfounded rumor but I'm glad to know that you haven't been arrested. Thankfully, it looks like everyone assumed that I was just making this up, so I hope no serious damage was done and that the rumor didn't spread. That said, there <*was*> a radio report. It was on WBEZ 91.5 last night, and, as I said, I only heard the last part of the report. It was a news report about an arrest made at the O'Hare airport for something involving mathematics and foreign governments. I was almost 100% sure they said it was Blaze of Bell Labs who was arrested, but I guess it possible that I misheard. Perhaps they were quoting you or talking about you for some other reason. I remember that someone at bell labs (you???) had some problems with export authorities a few years ago, and maybe this is what they were talking about? Anyway, has anyone heard any more about this story, now that we know it wasn't Matt Blaze who was arrested? Humble Apologies, Jim PS I'm using a non-work account because I work for a large Chicagoland company that does some crypto business and I <*do not*> want to be seen as representing them on the cypherpunks list. Some of the work they do goes against cypherpunk (and my own) goals, and I'd rather not have people think I'm speaking for them. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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SASMF, Part 1
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Space Aliens Stole My Freedom, Part 1 Know Your Gutless SheepleCustomer(TM) Let's just take a peek at how the new FDIC proposed reg would look if transposed into an FCC setting: ----- "Know Your Customer" Requirements AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The FCC is proposing to issue regulations requiring FCC-supervised communications carriers to develop and maintain "Know Your Customer" programs. As proposed, the regulations would require each carrier to develop a program designed to determine the identity of its customers; determine its customers' sources of communicated information; determine the normal and expected calls of its customers; monitor account activity for calls that are inconsistent with those normal and expected callss; and report any calls of its customers that are determined to be suspicious, in accordance with the FCC's existing suspicious activity reporting regulations. By requiring communication carriers to determine the identity of their customers, as well as to obtain knowledge regarding the legitimate activities of their customers, the proposed regulations will reduce the likelihood that communications carriers will become unwitting participants in illicit activities conducted or attempted by their customers. It also will level the playing field between carriers that already have adopted formal Know Your Customer programs and those that have not. --- Minimum steps to take to comply with the Know Your Customer rule. Identify the customer. If a communication carrier offers private leased communication services, it is important that the carrier understand a customer's personal and business background, source of information to be communicated, and intended use of the private leased communication services. --- The extent of the information regarding the customer that may be necessary to fulfill the carrier's Know Your Customer obligations should depend on a risk-based assessment of the customer and the calls that are expected to occur, and should be addressed within the communication carrier's Know Your Customer program. --- Determine the source of information. Paragraph (d)(2)(ii) requires that the Know Your Customer program provide a system for determining the source of a customer's information. The amount of information needed to do this can depend on the type of customer in question. Determine normal and expected calls. Paragraph (d)(2)(iii) requires that the Know Your Customer program provide a system for determining a customer's normal and expected calls involving the communication carrier. A carrier's understanding of a customer's normal and expected calls should be based on information obtained both when an account is opened and during a reasonable period of time thereafter. It also should be based on normal calls for similarly situated customers. Without this information, an institution is unable to identify suspicious calls. Monitor the calls. Paragraph (d)(2)(iv) requires that the Know Your Customer program provide a system for monitoring, on an ongoing basis, the calls conducted by customers to identify calls 'that are inconsistent with the normal and expected calls for particular customers or for customers in the same or similar categories or classes.' The proposed regulation does not require that every call of every customer be reviewed. Rather, it requires that a financial institution develop a monitoring system that is commensurate with the risks presented by the accounts maintained at that institution. Determine if call should be reported. Once a call is identified as inconsistent with normal and expected calls, paragraph (d)(2)(v) requires that a communication carrier determine if the call warrants the filing of a Suspicious Activity Report. This is consistent with an carrier's existing obligations under 12 CFR 353.3(a). --- A. Reasons for and objectives of the proposed rule. The proposed Know Your Customer rule is designed to deter and detect communication crimes, such as obscene phone calls, getting tax advice, and discussing the Constitution. B. Requirements of the proposed rule. The proposed rule would require communication carrier to identify their customers, determine their customers' normal and expected calls, determine their customers' sources of information communicated in calls, monitor calls to find those that are not normal and expected, and, for calls that are not normal and expected, identify which are suspicious. Know Your Customer monitoring would be similar to monitoring that communication carriers already do. For example, communication carriers monitor customer calls to ensure that calling volumes exceeding 10,000 per month are reported under the Communications Secrecy Act, to ensure that customers do not overuse their telephones, and to ensure that required calls are accurate and timely. ----- Editor's Note: Putting this in an FCC context makes it pretty clearly bizarre and unconstitutional, doesn't it? Where do these fuckers get off pulling this Nazi shit? Just to carry it all the way into Wonderland, we've drawn up this questionnaire, also in the telephone context: Sample Questionnaire 1. Is this a __residential or __business account? 2. Approximately how many calls do you expect per month? a. Incoming ____ b. Outgoing ____ 3. List the subject matter of expected calls (use extra sheets if necessary: ____ 4. List the telephone numbers from which you expect to receive calls (use extra sheets, etc.) ____ 5. List the telephone numbers to which you expect to place calls (use extra, etc.):____ 6. List the names of people with whom you expect to speak: 7. List the Social Security numbers of people with whom you expect to speak: ____ 8. List the political organizations to which you belong: 9. List the political organizations to which people with whom you expect to speak belong: ____ 10. Are any of the organizations in (8) or (9) on the Attorney General's list? Yes__ No__ 11. If the answer to (10) was Yes, do you have a current and valid waiver for that (those) organization(s)? Yes__ No__ 12. If the answer to (11) was No, proceed directly to federal prison. Do not pass urine; do not collect $200 from any ATM. 13. Do you regularly call your mother? Yes__ No__ 14. If the answer to (13) was Yes, list the topics you commonly talk about with your mother (use extra, etc.) 15. What are your sources of information for your telephone conversations?____ 16. List all facts known to you, about which you expect to speak in your telephone calls:____ 17. List all times at which you expect to receive or place calls:____ 18. Attach transcripts of all conversations you expect to have. In lieu of transcripts, recordings may be attached. 19. Staple this form to your head, jam a toilet plunger handle up your ass, waddle to the nearest telephone, dial "1" and say, "I'm ready. Pick me up." Wait at your front door. ----- FuckingFedUpMonger

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MERRY CHRISTMAS! guys!
by Bernardo B. Terrado 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

sorry if you're angry with this ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "If a student is particular about his studies, especially while he is too young to know which are useful and which are not, we shall say he is no lover of learning or of wisdom; just as, if he were dainty about his food, we should say he was not hungry or fond of eating, but had a poor appetite. " ---- PLATO By the way, it's Bernie not Bernardo. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````

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No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Anonymous wrote: >Check out this bit of american slavery: > >"Failing to register or otherwise comply with the >Military Selective Service Act is, upon conviction, >punishable by a fine of up to $250,000, impris- >onment for up to five years, or both. A person >who knowingly counsels, aids or abets another to >fail to comply with the Act is subject to the same >penalties." Even more interesting is the fact that Congress was going to do away with the Selective Service a few years ago but President Clinton (accused of draft dodging during the Vietnam War) opposed getting rid of it.

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Fwd: Code Red privacy workshops
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>Date: Sat, 28 Nov 98 23:19:16 0 >From: simon davies <simon(a)privint.demon.co.uk> >Subject: Code Red privacy workshops > > > > >PLEASE DISTRIBUTE > >PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES >THE "CODE RED" PRIVACY WORKSHOPS > > >Friends and colleagues, > >In 1999, Privacy International - the international privacy >campaign organisation - will host a series of privacy workshops to >be held in Brighton throughout the year on the second weekend of >each month. > >The workshops will have four purposes : > >1. To brainstorm current privacy (and privacy related) issues; > >2. To plan future events and campaigns; > >3. To provide occasional training sessions in technical issues, media >skills, campaigning etc, and, > >4. To give us all an opportunity to network and to have huge >amounts of evening/night fun in sunny Brighton. > >We called the workshops "Code Red" because.....well.....because it >sounds cool. No other reason. > >We chose Brighton as the venue for the workshops because of the >mass of PI members and supporters there who can offer a billet (i.e. >free accommodation if you can stand sleeping with the cat/ dog/ >mainframe humm/ sound system/ travelling hippies etc etc.). > >The workshops are open to campaigners, IT experts, academics, journalists and >anyone involved in the pursuit of privacy protection. >Chatham House rules will apply to the workshops. > >The 1999 dates will be : > > January 9 & 10 > February 13 & 14 > March 13 & 14 > April 10 & 11 > May 8 & 9 > June 12 & 13 > July 10 & 11 > August 7 & 8 > September 11 & 12 > October 9 & 10 > November 13 & 14 > December 11 & 12 > > >The Standing Agenda will be : > >Saturday 13.00 - 14.00 Amateur buffet lunch and guest speaker > > 14.00 - 18.00 : Briefing and discussion of curent issues > > 18.00 - : pubbing, dining and clubbing in Brighton > >Sunday 11.00 - 15.00 : Follow-up from Saturday, campaign strategy, >ad-hoc training sessions, comprehensive briefing sessions, and forward >planning (can be extend if required). > >Within this agenda, the subject matter is flexible, and the sessions >are likely to cover a range of themes including internet privacy, >censorship, data protection law, workplace surveillance, >communications interception, police powers, national security and >visual surveillance. > >Anyone wanting to participate should call Simon Davies on 0958 466 >552. There will be no cost, though a contribution of a few quid for >food would be gratefully received if you can afford it. > >BLOCK OUT THE DATES IN YOUR YOUR DIARY NOW !! > >We're looking forward to seeing you. > >Best wishes > >Simon Davies >Director, >Privacy International > >email simon(a)privacy.org > >www.privacy.org/pi/ >

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Fwd: FC: Emergency Powers and National Emergencies
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>X-Sender: declan(a)mail.well.com >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.2 >Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 23:56:10 -0500 >To: politech(a)vorlon.mit.edu >From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> >Subject: FC: Emergency Powers and National Emergencies >Sender: owner-politech(a)vorlon.mit.edu >Reply-To: declan(a)well.com >X-Loop: politech(a)vorlon.mit.edu >X-URL: Politech is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ > >"The President has the power to seize property, organize and control the >means of production, seize commodities, assign military forces abroad, call >reserve forces amounting to 2 1/2 million men to duty, institute martial >law, seize and control all menas of transportation, regulate all private >enterprise, restrict travel, and in a plethora of particular ways, control >the lives of all Americans... > >"Most [of these laws] remain a a potential source of virtually unlimited >power for a President should he choose to activate them. It is possible >that some future President could exercise this vast authority in an attempt >to place the United States under authoritarian rule. > >"While the danger of a dictatorship arising through legal means may seem >remote to us today, recent history records Hitler seizing control through >the use of the emergency powers provisions contained in the laws of the >Weimar Republic." > > --Joint Statement, Sens. Frank Church (D-ID) and Charles McMathias (R-MD) > September 30, 1973 > > >I came across this and the Senate special committee's 1973 report on >Emergency Powers Statutes in Time Magazine's library. Powerful stuff. > >-Declan > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >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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