December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

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17 Dec '03

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update.321 (fwd)
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message: >From physnews(a)aip.org Wed May 14 13:21:46 1997 Date: Wed, 14 May 97 10:24:01 EDT From: physnews(a)aip.org (AIP listserver) Message-Id: <9705141424.AA09540(a)aip.org> To: physnews-mailing(a)aip.org Subject: update.321 PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Physics News Number 321 May 13, 1997 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein A PHOTON CONVEYOR BELT has been created using sound waves and lasers, bringing about a new method for processing and storing light signals on a chip. In some opto-electronic devices it is desirable to delay or store an optically-encoded message by dispatching it down kilometer-long fiber cul-de-sacs. In a device developed at the University of Munich, the delay can be accomplished more compactly by first converting the light into a splash of excitons (electron-hole pairs) which propagate at a more leisurely pace, the electrons and holes surfing along on different parts of a guiding acoustic wave. Later the electron-hole pairs recombine into photons, which are read out at the other end of the sample. In effect the signal has been converted from a speed-of- light wave into a speed-of-sound wave, and back again. This technique is also a way of prolonging the lifetime of excitons, which typically live for mere nanoseconds before recombining; in this experiment they have now been preserved for microseconds. (C. Rocke et al., Physical Review Letters, 19 May 1997; contact Achim Wixforth, Achim.Wixforth @physik.uni-muenchen.de; animation at www.aip.org/physnews/graphics) THE QUANTUM WAVEFUNCTION OF A MATTER WAVE, the complete mathematical description of a quantum system, has been experimentally reconstructed for the first time. Trapping a single beryllium ion in electric fields, Dietrich Leibfried and his colleagues at NIST created a state in which the ion has exactly one quantum of vibrational energy. Determining the wavefunction, which contains all the knowable information about this system, is difficult because the uncertainty principle says that measuring its position alters its momentum and vice versa. But by preparing the same quantum state 500,000 times and making a different measurement each time, the researchers sidestepped this limitation and reconstructed piecemeal the probability for the ion to have certain values of position and momentum. Known as the Wigner function, this "quasiprobability" distribution can be mathematically transformed into an average quantum wavefunction for the system which, the researchers argue, is nearly identical to the actual wavefunction. The NIST researchers were the first to measure negative Wigner function values for certain coordinates of position and momentum--something that can only happen for quantum systems; this reflects the fact that the system can exist in many states simultaneously. (Physical Review Letters, 18 November 1996.) Subsequently, physicists at the University of Konstanz in Germany measured the Wigner function of a matter wave traveling in free space--a helium atom traversing a pair of slits. (Nature, 13 March; also Science News, March 15.) PHYSICISTS ARE 46 YEARS OLD AND MAKE $65,000 A YEAR. These are median values for a PhD physicist in the U.S. in 1996. Those who work at federal labs made the most (median $78,500), even more than in industry (median $77,000); those at 4-year colleges made the least, with a median of $49,200. Geographically, median salaries ranged from $70,000 (Pacific states) to $56,200 (East South Central). New PhD's earn $31,000 at universties and $39,600 at federal labs. Salaries for female physicists who have earned the PhD in the past 10 years are comparable to salaries for male physicists with similar experience ("Society Membership Survey: Salaries 1996," a report issued in April by the AIP Education and Employment Statistics Division; contact Ray Chu, rchu(a)aip.org)

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Re: Just Say "No" to Congress
by geeman 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I think I'd like to have some voice in who steps up to the bar to fill the power vacuum, though, after the rapid oxidation within the Beltway. At 09:13 AM 5/14/97 -0800, Tim May wrote: >At 9:14 PM -0800 5/13/97, Lucky Green wrote: >>At 12:19 PM 5/11/97 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote: >>>You might remember I wrote recently about the DoJ report released this >>>month that calls for new legislation to ban bomb-making info online. Now >>>Feinstein's office tells me she's going to introduce a bill. >> >>Feinswine never saw a gun/mind control bill she didn't like. She is an >>ultra fascist that rose to power thanks to the yellow dog Bay Area voters. >> > >Feinswine/Swinestein is the most despicable of all the politicians in >Congress. (This is not just ideology speaking...her usual-ally Barbara >Boxer is much less swinish, and even has some independent thoughts. I can't >see I often agree with Boxer, but she's not the Big Sister automaton that >Swinestein is.) > >We're basically under assault from all directions. The bozos in Congress >and state governments are spinning out new laws and obscure regulations >faster than we can react...and of course they're using our money to >generate these laws and lobby for them. Further, a mostly-brainwashed >Washington media population is surprising uncritical of these blizzard >drifts of new laws. > >As others have noted, recently James Donald, the lawmakers play the "good >cop, bad cop" game very well. Crypto becomes exportable (good cop), but >only if keys are given to the government (bad cop). Speech is ostensibly >protected by new laws, but new provisions criminalize racist, homophobic, >disrespectful, hurtful, offensive, or unpopular opinions. > >The "there ought to be a law" crowd is in high gear. > >The only proper rebuttal is to reject their view that more laws will fix >the societal ills they perceive. > >Attempting to "work with them" only feeds the good cop/bad cop system, as >the SAFE and Pro-CODE bills show. > >Removing the Washington area as a malignant tumor requiring drastic surgery >remains an option. > >--Tim May > >There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. >Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" >---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- >Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, >tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero >W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, >Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. >"National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway." > > > > > >

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Re: Fingerprint Stego
by nobody＠huge.cajones.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Alec wrote: > At 12:37 PM 4/29/97 -0700, Mike Duvos thoughtfully wrote: > |A funny story in last night's Seattle Times... > | > |It seems the INS and FBI are unwilling to grant US citizenship to > |persons without legible fingerprints. > > [snip] > > Fingerprint escrow? > > Does this mean that, ipso facto (I love it), physically challenged > individuals with missing or deformed hands are excluded regardless of other > qualifications? What a monstrosity of a rule! Also, can one have one's citizenship revoked if they lose their fingers in a bizarre chainsaw accident? Or if the "Circle of Eunuchs" performs finger-castration on them because they are caught *fingering* people while they sleep? Why are not alternative methods of identification used, such as placing a tattoo on their arms? Or remove the threat they pose to others, by placing them in camps? Other, more crypto-relevant, concerns arise when one considers whether this fingerprint-anonymity is perhaps a form of biological cryptography. Is the person breaking any laws if their fingers leave the country? Can they be required to cut off one of their fingers and send it to the government under fingerprint-crypto escrow laws? Perhaps we need a "Truth in Spokespersoning" law which would require spokespersons to tell it like it is: "We regret to announce that we cannot allow this person to become a citizen, because we consider citizens to be the property of the state, and we need to be able to identify our property. "Of course, there may be other ways to mark the person for identification by the state, but we are too stupid, anal-retentive and uncaring to concern ourselves with looking into these areas. "Besides, we don't have to. We're the government and we can do whatever silly, stupid, uncaring and unjust things we want to our citizens without suffering any consequences for our actions." FingerMonger

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Policy Post 3.03 - House Subcommittee Approves Internet Privacy Bill
by Alan Davidson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____ _____ _______ / ____| __ \__ __| ____ ___ ____ __ | | | | | | | | / __ \____ / (_)______ __ / __ \____ _____/ /_ | | | | | | | | / /_/ / __ \/ / / ___/ / / / / /_/ / __ \/ ___/ __/ | |____| |__| | | | / ____/ /_/ / / / /__/ /_/ / / ____/ /_/ (__ ) /_ \_____|_____/ |_| /_/ \____/_/_/\___/\__, / /_/ \____/____/\__/ The Center for Democracy and Technology /____/ Volume 3, Number 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A briefing on public policy issues affecting civil liberties online ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CDT POLICY POST Volume 3, Number 1 April 30, 1997 CONTENTS: (1) House Subcommittee Approves SAFE Internet-privacy bill (3) How to Subscribe/Unsubscribe (4) About CDT, contacting us ** This document may be redistributed freely with this banner intact ** Excerpts may be re-posted with permission of <editor(a)cdt.org> ** This document looks best when viewed in COURIER font ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE APPROVES SAFE INTERNET-PRIVACY BILL The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual property today approved the Security And Freedom through Encryption (SAFE) act (HR 695), sending the SAFE bill to the full House Judiciary Committee. The SAFE bill was passed by the Subcommittee without amendment and with unanimous approval. A House Judiciary Committee vote on SAFE is expected later this month. Today's vote marks a critical step forward in the ongoing fight to reform US encryption policy, and sends a strong signal to the Clinton Administration that Congress is serious about passing real encryption reform legislation. SAFE, and its companion bills in the Senate (Pro-CODE and ECPA II) are vitally represent the best chance yet of reforming US encryption policy in a way that protects privacy, promotes electronic commerce, and recognize the realities of the global economy. The full text of the SAFE bill, along with analysis and background information, is available online at http://www.cdt.org/crypto or http://www.crypto.com/ The Administration's allies did not introduce amendments to SAFE at the subcommittee markup today, though a tougher fight is expected when the bill reaches the full Judiciary Committee later this month. Rep. Bill McCullom (R-FL), voted in favor of the SAFE but expressed concern that the bill does not contain key-recovery provisions. McCullom, a high ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, said he hopes to address these concerns when the bill reaches the full committee. Also at the markup, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), an original co-sponsor of SAFE, noted that several privacy organizations, including CDT, have raised concerns about a provision of the bill which criminalizes the use of encryption in furtherance of a crime. Rep. Lofgren pledged to work with the privacy community to try and address these concerns as the bill moves through committee. CDT congratulates the subcommittee on today's vote and looks forward to working with the Congress, our colleagues in the civil liberties and Internet advocacy community, and the computer and communications industries to pass real reform of US encryption policy this year. For more information on what you can do to join the fight, please visit http://www.crypto.com/adopt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (2) SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Be sure you are up to date on the latest public policy issues affecting civil liberties online and how they will affect you! Subscribe to the CDT Policy Post news distribution list. 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The Center's mission is to develop and advocate public policies that advance democratic values and constitutional civil liberties in new computer and communications technologies. Contacting us: General information: info(a)cdt.org World Wide Web: URL:http://www.cdt.org/ FTP URL:ftp://ftp.cdt.org/pub/cdt/ Snail Mail: The Center for Democracy and Technology 1634 Eye Street NW * Suite 1100 * Washington, DC 20006 (v) +1.202.637.9800 * (f) +1.202.637.0968 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- End Policy Post 3.03 04/30/97 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Crypto gambling
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

It has been brung to my attention that one of the horses running in this Saturday's Kentucky Derby is named Crypto Star. He already won the Louisiana and Arkansas Derbys. Vote Labour!!! --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Re: Data Privacy Laws
by 3umoelle＠informatik.uni-hamburg.de 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> > According to the Registrar's office, anyone who is processing personal > > information, even as little as names and addresses received over the > > Internet, could find themselves facing an unlimited fine in the higher > > courts if they do not register with the Data Protection Registrar. > This is well known to most of us. Still, we periodically get "privacy > advocates" here on this list singing the praises of the various European > "data privacy laws" and urging other nations to adopt the same sorts of > laws. It is worth noting that the "Data Privacy Commissioners" in Germany (equivalent to the British Data Protection Registrar) are beginning to advocate technologies such as anonymous e-cash, pre-paid chipcards, pseudonyms, and of course encryption, rather than more laws.

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Re: Fingerprint Stego
by Robert A. Costner 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 05:04 PM 4/29/97 -0400, Alec wrote: >Does this mean that, ipso facto (I love it), physically challenged >individuals with missing or deformed hands are excluded regardless of other >qualifications? What a monstrosity of a rule! Georgia in fact has a mandated fingerprint requirement for obtaining a driver's license. Practices vary from station to station, but there have been reports of handicapped or others who do not fingerprint properly being denied a driver's license. -- Robert Costner Phone: (770) 512-8746 Electronic Frontiers Georgia mailto:pooh@efga.org http://www.efga.org/

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Re: Data Privacy Laws
by Tim May 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 5:37 PM -0800 4/29/97, Ulf Möller wrote: >> > According to the Registrar's office, anyone who is processing personal >> > information, even as little as names and addresses received over the >> > Internet, could find themselves facing an unlimited fine in the higher >> > courts if they do not register with the Data Protection Registrar. > >> This is well known to most of us. Still, we periodically get "privacy >> advocates" here on this list singing the praises of the various European >> "data privacy laws" and urging other nations to adopt the same sorts of >> laws. > >It is worth noting that the "Data Privacy Commissioners" in Germany >(equivalent to the British Data Protection Registrar) are beginning to >advocate technologies such as anonymous e-cash, pre-paid chipcards, >pseudonyms, and of course encryption, rather than more laws. This is very encouraging, if true. (Not that I doubt Ulf, but one must always be careful in considering the plans and promises of government entities.) It would be especially nice (schon, or schoen--my Mac supports umlauts, of course, but I never try to use them in ASCII posts) if Germany were to abandon its control-freak stance toward the Internet and realize that "the best cure for bad language is more language" and "sunlight is the best disinfectant." (These are both well-known sayings about free speech.) --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay(a)got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

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Re: Rejecting Dialog with Government Vermin
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sure DC is a swamp and NYC is a cesspool, but it's their lakes of shit that keep hungry dogs from the outback coming to feed. To hack politics, spin lies, hawk IPOs and Wall Steal from W&O. Both burgs draw never ending packs to plot the peddling of useless news and armaments and laws and fortune cookies -- all the SOS for which most countries need only one capital hole but for which America needs two to handle demand. In that vein, I bet Declan learns to love Manhattan via Time's irresistable harem and ungents. All journalists, especially those doing duty in DC and CA, aspire to the cessmost of presspools. So, Time-speaking a Declan, I nym drop that Cylink's board dined this evening at the Harvard Club to admire Dr. Leo Guthart hiccuping the joys of bedding and gorging Sodom's delights -- the cost to be written off thanks to DC/NY/CA/AR mutual scratch-fleas legally sanctioned worldwide: the need and deed of two-back gov and biz.

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