February 2004 - cypherpunks-legacy

Anti-Porn Zealot Bruce Taylor Lands Bush Appointment At DOJ
by Freematt357＠aol.com 03 Feb '04

03 Feb '04

Anti-Porn Zealot Bruce Taylor Lands Bush Appointment At DOJ Bruce Taylor, has accepted an appointment to the DOJ. His official title is Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice. This position, which is a presidential appointment took place on January 26, 2004. As Senior Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division. He will work primarily on federal obscenity prosecution issues. >From 1989-1994, Bruce was at the Department of Justice as a Special Attorney in the Criminal Divisionbs National Obscenity Enforcement Unit and then a Senior Trial Attorney in the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section. He has served as an Assistant Attorney General of Arizona in 1989 and was an Assistant Prosecutor and Assistant Director of Law for the City of Cleveland, where he handled 600 obscenity cases and 100 appeals from 1973-78. Since 1973, he has prosecuted nearly 100 state and federal obscenity jury cases, as well as trials on prostitution, RICO, child pornography, and child sexual abuse, has written over 200 appeal and amicus curiae briefs, presented over 50 appellate arguments, and has represented public officials, law enforcement personnel, and citizens in civil lawsuits on civil rights, zoning, Internet pornography, nuisance abatement, injunctions, forfeiture actions, criminal procedure, defamation, and First Amendment challenges to federal, state, and municipal laws. Since 1995, he was President and Chief Counsel of the National Law Center for Children and Families in Fairfax, Virginia, where he assisted prosecutors, police, legislators, and public officials with laws and cases involving obscenity, child pornography, commercial sexual exploitation, protecting minors from Internet pornography, and trafficking in persons.

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The SWIPE Toolkit
by R. A. Hettinga 02 Feb '04

02 Feb '04

<http://turbulence.org/Works/swipe/main.html> THE SWIPE TOOLKIT: INTRO The SWIPE Toolkit is a collection of web-based tools that sheds light on personal data collection and usage practices in the United States. The tools demonstrate the value of personal information on the open market and enable people to access information encoded on a driver's license or stored in some of the many commercial data warehouses. Decode Your Barcode This application unveils the mystery of the 2D barcode. Currently 39 states use 2D barcodes to digitally store personal information on the backside of drivers' licenses. What information is encoded on your license that machines can read and you cannot? Request Your Data Send away for your information that commercial data warehouses collect about you and sell to third party clients. What does this information look like, how accurate is it, and who is buying it? Take a look at your data files and find out for yourself. Currently we can help you send away for information from ChoicePoint,Acxiom, LocatePlus and Experian. Report back here when you receive your data and help us keep track of the companies' response times and accuracy. Data Calculator How much is your personal information worth on the open market? Why are you just giving it away whenever it is requested? Use this handy calculator to determine the approximate value of your data bits so you can demand proper monetary compensation. Now when you release information that will later be sold for a profit, at least you'll be getting a cut. Use this calculator here online or download it to your PDA and make calculations "on the go." The SWIPE Toolkit is part of a larger project titled SWIPE that includes a performance, installation, and workshop. For more information about SWIPE, visit www.we-swipe.us or contact info(a)we-swipe.us. SWIPE is produced by Beatriz da Costa, Jamie Schulte, and Brooke Singer. The SWIPE Toolkit is a 2003 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the Jerome Foundation. And special thanks to Chris Hoofnagle for his advice and support. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Cypherpunks response to viral stimuli
by Tyler Durden 02 Feb '04

02 Feb '04

Well, I'm still wondering... Could a TLA or other group, wanting to know who was lurking or otherwise subscribed to a list (such as cypherpunks) deliberately craft a virus that was easy to detect, for the purposes of having the automated email reply systems "out" that subscriber? And then, is it possible to create some kind of filter that stops these replies? Of course, it could be very difficult to determine the difference between an automated reply and a real posting. ANyone have any thoughts? -TD _________________________________________________________________ Scope out the new MSN Plus Internet Software optimizes dial-up to the max! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/plus&ST=1

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Are Terrorists Using Crypto?
by Matthew S. Hamrick 02 Feb '04

02 Feb '04

Once again I've had to defend the domestic use of encryption technology. My latest "opinion" is at http://www.cryptonomicon.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=645 . I don't know if it's of any value to either of you guys, but I thought I would pass it along anyway. -Matt H. -- One Ringtone to rule them all, one Carrier to find them, One Phone to bring them all and to the Service Contract bind them. __ ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as eugen(a)leitl.org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net

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Are Terrorists Using Crypto?
by Matthew S. Hamrick 02 Feb '04

02 Feb '04

Once again I've had to defend the domestic use of encryption technology. My latest "opinion" is at http://www.cryptonomicon.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=645 . I don't know if it's of any value to either of you guys, but I thought I would pass it along anyway. -Matt H. -- One Ringtone to rule them all, one Carrier to find them, One Phone to bring them all and to the Service Contract bind them. __ ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as eugen(a)leitl.org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net

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