December 2012 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: [liberationtech] CryptoParty in Tunis tomorrow (Saturday, 1st December)
by Eugen Leitl 02 Dec '12

02 Dec '12

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Re: [tahoe-dev] Tahoe-LAFS Desktop Indicator
by Eugen Leitl 02 Dec '12

02 Dec '12

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Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA
by Eugen Leitl 02 Dec '12

02 Dec '12

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Re: Some notes toward a fully distributed, serverless socnet/communications network using CouchDB.
by Eugen Leitl 02 Dec '12

02 Dec '12

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darknet into Syria
by Eugen Leitl 01 Dec '12

01 Dec '12

I've been thinking what a bunch of (camouflaged) Ubiquiti point to point links to Syria, running a darknet that obscures the gateways behind a few hops would do. Solar-powered, and installed so that there is no lead to a particular warm body. Rest goes over dynamical Serval-on-smartphone things, so that you can link up to meshed relays up there on house roofs. It seems that locating end users would be tricky, and taking the thing down or jamming it expensive. Thoughts?

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Julian Assange: Cryptographic Call to Arms
by John Young 01 Dec '12

01 Dec '12

Julian's 7-page introduction to "Cypherpunks: Future and Freedom of the Internet," titled "A Cryptographic Call to Arms." http://cryptome.org/2012/12/assange-crypto-arms.htm Our review of the book: http://cryptome.org/2012/11/cypherpunks-ffi.htm A pretty good book well above the usual journalistic skim-coating of crypto influence on technology, politics, economics. Reminds that most publication on crypto is not by the actors but by word smith marketers of publicity and reputation. Some of that in the book, but offers exceptionally astute observations among the four panelists who don't always agree. A wee bit of humor, a bit more about Manning, a good bit of flattery of Julian, and zero about the Swedish cloud overhanging Julian in favor of obsession with US threats. Jeremie Zimmermann is quite thoughtful and eloquent. Pay attention to his comments. Jacob Appelbaum calls the three youngsters "third-generation cypherpunks." And pukes over the Navy cheerleading hacker trainees with patriotic bombast. Andy Muller-Murhgum notes the diversity in those opposing authority by contrasts Italian hackers love of food with the German hackers love of structure. Julian's cloaking the book in Cypherpunks couture is worth pondering.

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Re: [tor-talk] William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.
by Eugen Leitl 01 Dec '12

01 Dec '12

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Julian Assange now an official enemy of the US
by Tyler Durden 01 Dec '12

01 Dec '12

"The U.S. Defense Department has formally declared WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange an enemy on par with al-Qaida, according to documents that an Australian newspaper said Wednesday it had obtained under freedom of information laws." Hilarious.

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Feds Monitor Facebook "Likes," Infiltrate Skype Chats To Build Terrorism Case
by Eugen Leitl 01 Dec '12

01 Dec '12

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/11/29/facebook_likes_skype_use… Feds Monitor Facebook "Likes," Infiltrate Skype Chats To Build Terrorism Case By Ryan Gallagher Posted Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at 4:33 PM ET A "like" sign at the entrance of Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty Images Be careful what you b likeb on Facebookbbecause the feds may be watching. Earlier this month, the FBIbs Los Angeles field office revealed it had charged four men over alleged involvement in an al-Qaeda inspired terror cell based in and around California. Since 2010, the men had, according to the feds, been plotting ways to help provide b material supportb to terrorists in order to kill American targets in Afghanistan. The FBIbs complaint against the group was under seal until it was released a few days ago, and it has since attracted attention from activists because of some of the shadowy law enforcement techniques it reveals. The document shows that aside from using the traditional method of paying a b confidential source,b the FBI was also trying to infiltrate the group electronically. Using an b online covert employee,b the feds posed as terrorism sympathisers in order to gauge the potential threat posed by certain individuals. In one case, they say they got a 21-year-old Mexico-born man to admit he was keen to pursue jihad in order to b stop the oppressors.b Other sections of the complaint detail how the FBI was somehow able to obtain audio and video recordings of Skype conversations in which their confidential informant participated. Given that it remains unclear whether it is technically possible to wiretap Skype due to its encryption, itbs possible that the FBI had installed some sort of spyware directly onto the terroristsb computer in order to bypass any eavesdropping barriers. But perhaps most interesting is how the feds monitored social networks. One part of the complaint, headed b DEFENDANTS' SOCIAL MEDIA,b lists Islamist content the men had b likedb, b sharedb, commented on or posted on their Facebook pages. The FBI details how Sohiel Omar Kabir, a U.S. citizen who appears to be the alleged ringleader of the group, posted b photographs of himself, non-extremist content, radical Islamist content, and items reflecting a mistrust of mainstream media, abuses by the government, conspiracy theories, abuses by law enforcement, and the war in Afghanistan.b It adds, in reference to two of the other suspects, b Kabir has bsharedb several postings with Santana and/or Deleon, both of whom have blikedb or commented on several other postings by Kabir.b This illustrates how important social media behavior is becoming for law enforcement agencies as they try to build cases against individuals. But it will also raise concerns about how social network monitoring could have a chilling effect on free speech, especially if b likingb or sharing any controversial content on Facebook becomes viewed by authorities as inherently suspicious or criminal. Other countries have already had to face up to controversy over how their law enforcement agencies monitor and penalize social network users. Earlier this month, for instance, two women were arrested in India: one for posting an b offensiveb comment on Facebook about a recently deceased political leader, the other for b likingb it. The women have since been released on bail and, the New York Times reports, a police investigation into why they were arrested in the first place has been ordered.

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Daniel Jones sent you a message
by Daniel Jones 01 Dec '12

01 Dec '12

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