December 2005 - cypherpunks-legacy

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by Eugen Leitl 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

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[dave@farber.net: [IP] Summarized -- WashPost: Bush's Massive and Secret CIA "GST" Program]
by Eugen Leitl 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

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[Clips] WhiteHouse.gov Uses Cookies, Bugs
by R. A. Hettinga 30 Dec '05

30 Dec '05

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:17:06 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] WhiteHouse.gov Uses Cookies, Bugs Reply-To: rah(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com Gee. Another government website that tries to look up your skirt. Imagine that. These people in the AP really *are* virgins, aren't they? Cheers, RAH ------- <http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/1,69945-0.html> Wired News WhiteHouse.gov Uses Cookies, Bugs Associated Press NEW YORK -- Unbeknown to the Bush administration, an outside contractor has been using internet tracking technologies that may be prohibited to analyze usage and traffic patterns at the White House's website, an official said Thursday. David Almacy, the White House's internet director, promised an investigation into whether the practice is consistent with a 2003 policy from the White House's Office of Management and Budget banning the use of most such technologies at government sites. "No one even knew it was happening," Almacy said. "We're going to work with the contractor to ensure that it's consistent with the OMB policy." The acknowledgment came a day after the National Security Agency admitted it had erred in using banned "cookies" at its website. Both acknowledgments followed inquiries by The Associated Press. The White House's website uses what's known as a web bug to anonymously keep track of who's visiting and when. A web bug is essentially a tiny graphic image -- a dot, really -- that's virtually invisible. In this case, the bug is pulled from a server maintained by the contractor, WebTrends, and lets the traffic analytic company know that another person has visited a specific page on the site. Web bugs themselves are not prohibited. But when these bugs are linked to a data file known as a "cookie" so that a site can tell if the same person has visited again, a federal agency using them must demonstrate a "compelling need," get a senior official's signoff and disclose such usage, said Peter Swire, a Clinton administration official who helped draft the original rules. The White House's privacy policy does not specially mention cookies or web bugs, and Almacy said the signoff was never sought because one was not thought to be required. He said his team was first informed of the cookie use by the AP. In any case, Almacy said, no personal information was collected, and the cookie was used only to determine whether a visitor was a new or returning user. It's not entirely clear how the cookies are created. Cookies from the White House site do not appear to be generated simply by visiting it, according to analyses by the AP and by Richard M. Smith, a security consultant in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who first noticed the web bug this week. Rather, WebTrends cookies are sometimes created when visiting other WebTrends clients. Smith said his analysis of network traffic shows such pre-existing cookies have then been used to recognize visitors to the White House site. But WebTrends officials say they do not aggregate information about visitors across multiple sites, and when presented with Smith's data, referred inquiries to the White House. Almacy said it's possible the cookie resulted from the White House visit, adding he was awaiting further details from WebTrends. In a statement, the company added that the analysis performed at the White House site is typical among organizations for improving user experience. But Swire said a similar use of cookies had prompted the federal guidelines. The Clinton administration first issued the strict rules on cookies in 2000 after its Office of National Drug Control Policy, through a contractor, had used the technology to track computer users viewing its online anti-drug advertising. The rules were updated in 2003 by the Bush administration. Although no personal information was collected at the time, Swire said, concerns were raised that one site's data could be linked later with those from the contractor's other clients. "It all could be linked up after the fact, and that was enough to lead to the federal policy," Swire said. Nonetheless, agencies occasionally violate the rules inadvertently. The CIA did in 2002, and the NSA more recently. The NSA disabled the cookies this week and blamed a recent upgrade to software that shipped with cookie settings already on. -- ----------------- 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' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips(a)philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- 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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Re: Bamford: The Agency That Could Be Big Brother
by Tyler Durden 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

Now that's starting to make some sense. Unless, of course, NSA doesn't want us realizing how easy it would be to jam major portions of their operation!!! -TD >From: "(Mr) Lyn R Kennedy" <lrkn(a)earthlink.net> >To: Tyler Durden <camera_lumina(a)hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: Bamford: The Agency That Could Be Big Brother >Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 20:37:35 -0600 > >On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 10:46:06AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: > > > > OK...does anyone know why the NSA has such a facility out there? Not a >lot > > of the most useful information these days is natively not of fiber >plant. > >They don't. Sugar Grove was a Navy Security Group station until it was >recently shuffled-renamed along with some other similar functions. > >It was first selected for Navy satellite communications and then re-worked >as a listening post. There are lots of interesting stories surrounding SG >but major telephone interception was not one of them. > >When NSA did do satellite telephone intereception in the U.S., it was from >Rosman, NC, a site since donated to radio astronomy. Look up Pisgah >Astronomical Research Institute. The big dish antennas are still there. > > >Bamford also says Washington DC is "north of" Sugar grove. Such basic >errors probably mean he has never "been to the mountain" and looked at >SG. The mountain is named Reddish Knob if you are ever in the area. It >was the site of the AT&T relay station before the fiber cables. > >The BS surrounding NSA capability is getting pretty deep. > > >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >| 73, E-mail | lrkn(a)earthlink.net | >| Lyn Kennedy webpage | http://home.earthlink.net/~lrkn | >| K5QWB ICBM | 32.5 North 96.9 West | >---Livin' on an information dirt road a few miles off the superhighway---

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[ekr@rtfm.com: Hey kids, come join the NSA!]
by Eugen Leitl 29 Dec '05

29 Dec '05

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