July 2018 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: [IP] more on U.S. passports to receive RFID implants
by Edward Hasbrouck 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

starting in October 2006 [priv] >From: "Lin, Herb" <HLin(a)nas.edu> > >*Front* cover? Does that mean that if I hold the passport the wrong >way, the skimmer will have a free ride? > FWIW: (1) The sample RFID passports that Frank Moss passed around at CFP, which looked like <http://travel.state.gov/passport/eppt/eppt_2501.html>, had the RFID chip (which was barely detectable by feel) in the *back* cover. The visible data page was/is, as with current passports, in the *front* cover. This is not compliant with the ICAO specifications, which recommend having the chip in the same page as the visible data, to make it more difficult to separate them. I can only guess that it was hard to laminate the visible data without damaging the chip, if it was in the same page. But it's interesting in light of the importance supposedly being placed on compliance with ICAO standards. (2) Moss had 2 sample RFID passports, 1 with and 1 without the shielding. He cliamed it was a layer in the entire outer cover (front and back), but it wasn't detectable by feel. I have more threat scenarios for the latest flavor of RFID passport at: http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/000869.html ---------------- Edward Hasbrouck <edward(a)hasbrouck.org> <http://hasbrouck.org> +1-415-824-0214 ------------------------------------- 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: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]

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[IP] more on U.S. passports to receive RFID implants starting in
by David Farber 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

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kit to prevent computers from losing power during seizure.
by Perry E. Metzger 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

It appears that disk encryption techniques are spawning technical responses. This gadget lets law enforcement take a computer without ever turning off the power. http://www.wiebetech.com/products/HotPlug.php Countermeasures are, of course, quite possible. [Hat tip: Bruce Schneier's blog.] -- Perry E. Metzger perry(a)piermont.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo(a)metzdowd.com ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE

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kit to prevent computers from losing power during seizure.
by Perry E. Metzger 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

It appears that disk encryption techniques are spawning technical responses. This gadget lets law enforcement take a computer without ever turning off the power. http://www.wiebetech.com/products/HotPlug.php Countermeasures are, of course, quite possible. [Hat tip: Bruce Schneier's blog.] -- Perry E. Metzger perry(a)piermont.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo(a)metzdowd.com ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE

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Re: [drone-list] NYT: How much UAV surveillance are you comfortable with?
by Nabiha Syed 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

I'm not sure that legal protections are quite there yet -- for the public space/privacy doctrine reasons Ryan Calo pointed out in the NYT article -- but I suppose here's one way to block unwanted drones<http://gizmodo.com/5886013/hunters-shoot-animal-rights-drone-out-of-the-sky>...! (Yikes.) Nabiha On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 6:55 PM, M Edward Borasky <znmeb(a)znmeb.net> wrote: > The question is not "How Much Am I Comfortable With?" It's "What > actions can I *legally* take to protect my privacy? I'm guessing I > can't block law enforcement drones or interfere with them in any way, > but private sector operation over my property is quite another matter. > > -- > Twitter: http://twitter.com/znmeb Data Journalism Developer Studio > 2012LX http://j.mp/DJDS2012LX > > "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." -- Paul > ErdEs > _______________________________________________ > drone-list mailing list > drone-list(a)lists.stanford.edu > > Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drone-list > > If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click > above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily > digest?" > > You will need the user name and password you receive from the list > moderator in monthly reminders. > > Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. > _______________________________________________ drone-list mailing list drone-list(a)lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drone-list If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE

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Re: [drone-list] NYT: How much UAV surveillance are you comfortable with?
by Nabiha Syed 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

I'm not sure that legal protections are quite there yet -- for the public space/privacy doctrine reasons Ryan Calo pointed out in the NYT article -- but I suppose here's one way to block unwanted drones<http://gizmodo.com/5886013/hunters-shoot-animal-rights-drone-out-of-the-sky>...! (Yikes.) Nabiha On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 6:55 PM, M Edward Borasky <znmeb(a)znmeb.net> wrote: > The question is not "How Much Am I Comfortable With?" It's "What > actions can I *legally* take to protect my privacy? I'm guessing I > can't block law enforcement drones or interfere with them in any way, > but private sector operation over my property is quite another matter. > > -- > Twitter: http://twitter.com/znmeb Data Journalism Developer Studio > 2012LX http://j.mp/DJDS2012LX > > "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." -- Paul > ErdEs > _______________________________________________ > drone-list mailing list > drone-list(a)lists.stanford.edu > > Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drone-list > > If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click > above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily > digest?" > > You will need the user name and password you receive from the list > moderator in monthly reminders. > > Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. > _______________________________________________ drone-list mailing list drone-list(a)lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/drone-list If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE

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<nettime> New report from WITNESS.org on technology, social media, video, and human rights
by Sameer Padania 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Hi everyone, the human rights organisation WITNESS has just released *Cameras Everywhere*, a new report about the relationships between video, technology, social media, privacy and human rights. The report, on which I am lead author and researcher, is is aimed at engineers, product managers, executives, VCs and other investors in the technology/social media sphere, as well as at NGOs, activists, policy-makers and donors/foundations, and is designed in part to bring those working in and funding these very distinct fields a little closer together. It makes specific and concrete recommendations of how to make technology and social media more protective of human rights - I hope you will find both the analysis and the recommendations thought-provoking and practically useful, and we welcome your feedback and responses. Of course, please feel free to share it with those you think should see it (though please be aware that at the moment it is only available in English.) The report can be downloaded at the WITNESS website, along with further information about the overall WITNESS Cameras Everywhere initiative at: http://www.witness.org/cameras-everywhere There is also an interview with me about the issues covered in the report on the BBC Outriders website at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/outriders/2011/09/protecting_the_vulnerable_onli… If you use, cite or blog about the report, or if you'd like to share your comments and responses with us directly, or if you'd just like further information, please get in touch with WITNESS at cameraseverywhere(a)witness.org, or via Twitter (http://twitter.com/witnessorg) and please also feel free to contact me too. Best wishes, Sameer -- work <http://www.macroscope.co.uk/> | twitter <http://www.twitter.com/sameerpadania> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime(a)kein.org ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE

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[bitcoin-list] Bitcoin-Qt and bitcoind version 0.5 released
by Gavin Andresen 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Bitcoin version 0.5.0 is now available for download at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.5.0/ The major change for this release is a completely new graphicalinterface that uses the Qt user interface toolkit. This release include German, Spanish, Spanish-Castilian, Norwegianand Dutch translations. More translations are welcome; join theproject at Transifex if you can help: https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/bitcoin/ Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues If you cannot or do not want to run Bitcoin-Qt, a bug-fix-only Bitcoin version 0.4.1 is also available at sourceforge. MAJOR BUG FIX (CVE-2011-4447)------------------------------ The wallet encryption feature introduced in Bitcoin version 0.4.0did not sufficiently secure the private keys. An attacker whomanaged to get a copy of your encrypted wallet.dat file might beable to recover some or all of the unencrypted keys and steal theassociated coins. If you have a previously encrypted wallet.dat, the first time yourun bitcoin-qt or bitcoind the wallet will be rewritten, Bitcoin willshut down, and you will be prompted to restart it to run with the new,properly encrypted file. If you had a previously encrypted wallet.dat that might have beencopied or stolen (for example, you backed it up to a publiclocation) you should send all of your bitcoins to yourselfusing a new bitcoin address and stop using any previouslygenerated addresses. Wallets encrypted with this version of Bitcoin are written properly. Technical note: the encrypted wallet's 'keypool' will be regenerated thefirst time you request a new bitcoin address; to be certain that thenew private keys are properly backed up you should: 1. Run Bitcoin and let it rewrite the wallet.dat file 2. Run it again, then ask it for a new bitcoin address. Bitcoin-Qt: Address Book, then New Address... bitcoind: run the 'walletpassphrase' RPC command to unlock the wallet, then run the 'getnewaddress' RPC command. 3. If your encrypted wallet.dat may have been copied or stolen, send all of your bitcoins to the new bitcoin address. 4. Shut down Bitcoin, then backup the wallet.dat file. IMPORTANT: be sure to request a new bitcoin address before backing up, so that the 'keypool' is regenerated and backed up. "Security in depth" is always a good idea, so choosing a securelocation for the backup and/or encrypting the backup beforeuploading it is recommended. And as in previous releases, if yourmachine is infected by malware there are several ways anattacker might steal your bitcoins. Thanks to Alan Reiner (aka etotheipi) for finding and reportingthis bug. MAJOR GUI CHANGES----------------- "Splash" graphics at startup that show address/wallet/blockchain loadingprogress. "Synchronizing with network" progress bar to show block-chain downloadprogress. Icons at the bottom of the window that show how well connected you areto the network, with tooltips to display details. Drag and drop support for bitcoin: URIs on web pages. Export transactions as a .csv file. Many other GUI improvements, large and small. RPC CHANGES----------- getmemorypool : new RPC command, provides everything needed to constructa block with a custom generation transaction and submit a solution listsinceblock : new RPC command, list transactions since given block signmessage/verifymessage : new RPC commands to sign a message withone of your private keys or verify that a message signed by the privatekey associated with a bitcoin address. GENERAL CHANGES--------------- Faster initial block download. =============================== Thanks to everybody who contributed code or helped test this release: Alan ReinerAlex BAlex WatersAng Iong ChunCelilChris HowieChris MooreDavid Joel SchwartzDavid PerryForrest VoightGavin AndresenJanne PulkkinenJeff GarzikJoelKatzKhalahanLuke DashjrMatt CoralloMisbakh-Soloviev Vadim ANils SchneiderPieter WuilleVictor LeschukWladimir J. van der Laancelil-kjcjdelisleflowerglobalcitizenkwaaakmarkp2k -- -- Gavin Andresen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ bitcoin-list mailing list bitcoin-list(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-list ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE

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Re: [liberationtech] Ethiopia criminalizes Skype?
by Alex Comninos 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Seeing as Addis is the seat of the African Union, there are two scenarios here: 1. Business as usual at The African Union will be severely impaired. 2. This will be unevenly implemented, with expatriates and AU officials informally exempt. On 15 Jun 2012 20:18, "David Johnson" <david(a)bostonreview.net> wrote: > http://www.techcentral.co.za/ethiopia-criminalises-skype/32723/ > > Ethiopiabs state-owned Internet service provider, the Ethiopian > Telecommunication Corporation (Ethio-Telcom), has begun performing > deep-packet inspection of all Internet traffic in the country. The > countrybs government recently ushered in new legislation that criminalises > the use of services such as Skype, Google Talk and other forms of Internet > phone calling. ... > > -- > > David V. Johnson > Web Editor > Boston Review > Website: http://www.bostonreview.net > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/BostonReview > Tumblr: http://bostonreview.tumblr.com > > Mailing Address: > San Francisco Writers' Grotto > 490 2nd Street, 2nd Fl. > San Francisco, CA 94107 > > Cell: (917)903-3706 > > > > _______________________________________________ > liberationtech mailing list > liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu > > Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click > above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily > digest?" > > You will need the user name and password you receive from the list > moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. > > Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech > _______________________________________________ liberationtech mailing list liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE

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<nettime> New report from WITNESS.org on technology, social media, video, and human rights
by Sameer Padania 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Hi everyone, the human rights organisation WITNESS has just released *Cameras Everywhere*, a new report about the relationships between video, technology, social media, privacy and human rights. The report, on which I am lead author and researcher, is is aimed at engineers, product managers, executives, VCs and other investors in the technology/social media sphere, as well as at NGOs, activists, policy-makers and donors/foundations, and is designed in part to bring those working in and funding these very distinct fields a little closer together. It makes specific and concrete recommendations of how to make technology and social media more protective of human rights - I hope you will find both the analysis and the recommendations thought-provoking and practically useful, and we welcome your feedback and responses. Of course, please feel free to share it with those you think should see it (though please be aware that at the moment it is only available in English.) The report can be downloaded at the WITNESS website, along with further information about the overall WITNESS Cameras Everywhere initiative at: http://www.witness.org/cameras-everywhere There is also an interview with me about the issues covered in the report on the BBC Outriders website at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/outriders/2011/09/protecting_the_vulnerable_onli… If you use, cite or blog about the report, or if you'd like to share your comments and responses with us directly, or if you'd just like further information, please get in touch with WITNESS at cameraseverywhere(a)witness.org, or via Twitter (http://twitter.com/witnessorg) and please also feel free to contact me too. Best wishes, Sameer -- work <http://www.macroscope.co.uk/> | twitter <http://www.twitter.com/sameerpadania> # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime(a)kein.org ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE

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