July 2018 - cypherpunks-legacy

[gsc] 50 Ways to Beat Deflation (was:Various Queens, Barking
by unlinQ Marketing 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

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AAMVA National ID Forum, Feb 26-29
by John Gilmore 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

They call it the "2004 Driver Licensing and Identification Security Forum". But what it really is about is making "one individual, one document, one database record" -- in other words, one national ID per person in the US, that happens to be issued by the US states (and Canadian provinces and Mexican states). Join the bureaucrats who are plotting to make this happen, in scenic Houston, Feb 26-29. (Don't forget to show your ID to travel there, and also to check in to the Westin Galleria, "of course". That requirement is why I won't be there; I'm under regional arrest because I refuse to get, or show, such an ID.) Feb 29th is specially set aside as "Canada Day" for dealing with how Canadian provinces are going to issue these coordinated "US National IDs". http://www.aamva.org/events/mnu_evt2004IDSecuritySummit.asp (Meeting Contact: Lucia Osterbind, +1 703 522 4200) This AAMVA project is a multi-year effort that started before 9/11 but accelerated afterward, in a misguided attempt to categorize and file every person on the continent so we'll then know all the "good guys" from the "bad guys" and can merely lock up all the bad guys and then we'll feel safe. The bills that authorize and enable this cross-state collaboration are due to be introduced in state legislatures STARTING NOW, and need active opposition from local privacy groups. But first, you need information about what they're up to -- so attend. Privacy activists and journalists should converge on this conference, to find out what's really happening, and to ask them if they've lost their minds. Curiously, the scheme is being perpetrated by middle level bureaucrats in state motor vehicle agencies, who actually think they are doing good for the world by tracking every citizen from the cradle to the grave. Privacy activists have been absent from their deliberations for years. Neither their bosses the Governors, nor their own legislatures, know what they are up to. (The Feds are in it up to their armpits, of course, but only as "advisors".) John Gilmore _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/) ------------------------------------- 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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by Declan McCullagh 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

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[IP] AAMVA National ID Forum scheduled for Feb 26-29 in Houston [priv]
by Dave Farber 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

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[IP] more on Privacy tip: be wary of Google's "personal history"
by Dave Farber 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

feature [priv] X-Mailer: Lonely Cat Games ProfiMail Reply-To: dave(a)farber.net ------- Original message ------- From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb(a)cs.columbia.edu> Sent: 28/4/'05, 7:58 In message <BE963F70.31465%dave(a)farber.net>, David Farber writes: > >And just for an oldie but a goodie, let's remember that for those of us >living in the USA, the Federal government can request and search your >travel, phone, financial, and medical records, in addition to any >records maintained by libraries, religious institutions, retailers >(think Amazon, bookstores, video rental stores) without having to >disclose anything to you. > It strikes me as likely that the government can obtain your search records from Amazon without even a minimal court order. Note the following item in Google's privacy policy: ? We conclude that we are required by law or have a good ? faith belief that access, preservation or disclosure of ? such information is reasonably necessary to protect the ? rights, property or safety of Google, its users or the ? public. It's pretty hard to avoid the conclusion that they're allowed to comply with a simple FBI request: "we think that your user so-and-so is an evil terrorist; can we have his search and email records?" Sure sounds like a public safety issue, right? Or how about "we think that so-and-so is an evil file-sharer; can we have records of all of her searches for 'mp3' or 'kazaa'?" from the RIAA? That sounds like a property issue. But we can go a step further. Google is really good at finding information matches; what if they themselves develop a search profile that "identifies" a terrorist, a file sharer, or what have you? ------------------------------------- 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 [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]

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US-VISIT RFID passes @ 3 US-CDN border xings beginning 8/4/05
by Ari Ollikainen 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

For IP... High-tech border pass raises alarm Friday, July 29, 2005 - 07:00 Local News - By Jennifer Pritchett Whig-Standard Staff Writer Kingston's closest U.S. border crossing will employ high-tech radio frequency technology to monitor visitors from other countries who want to enter the States from Canada - a move that alarms both a Kingston privacy expert and an immigration specialist. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said this week that the crossing between Lansdowne and Alexandria Bay, N.Y., will be one of three Canada-U.S. land borders to require non-Canadians to carry wireless devices as part of a pilot project. Travellers will be required to carry the devices as of Aug. 4. The technology is part of US-VISIT, a billion-dollar anti-terrorism initiative launched last December that has kept about 700 criminals, including one posing as a Canadian, out of the States. US-VISIT uses biometric information from photos and fingerprints taken from non-Canadians at border crossings to track residents from other countries who enter the U.S. Canadian citizens are the only people in the world exempt from US-VISIT. Travellers required to use the technology include landed immigrants living in Canada, Canadian citizens who are either engaged to a U.S. citizen or who have applied for a special business visa. They'll have to carry the wireless devices as a way for border guards to access the electronic information stored inside a document about the size of a large index card. Visitors to the U.S. will get the card the first time they cross the border and will be required the carry the document on subsequent crossings to and from the States. Border guards will be able to access the information electronically from 12 metres away to enable those carrying the devices to be processed more quickly. Two other border crossings between Surrey, B.C., and Blaine, Wash., will also be implementing the technology as part of the pilot project. Kimberly Weissman, spokeswoman for the US-VISIT program at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security told The Whig-Standard yesterday that the new devices can't be tracked outside the border crossing area. "It has a range of 10 to 15 metres," she said. "The UHF frequency that we've chosen makes it impossible to locate a specific person." But the use of the wireless technology raises alarm bells for Queen's University law professor and privacy expert Art Cockfield. "It's intrusive and these are worrisome developments," he said. "Often these technologies are introduced in a fairly minor form and then the technology is extended.What would be very troubling to me would be the tracking of visitors after they've crossed the border." Cockfield, who's part of a Queen's research group called the Globalization of Personal Data Team, said he's so alarmed by these new devices that his team will likely investigate them further after learning about them yesterday. Though the new devices don't violate Canadian law, because visitors are under the jurisdiction of American law once inside the U.S., Cockfield said their use raises disturbing questions about how the technology may be used in the future. "If I'm close to the border and still on Canadian ground and a U.S. customs guard is scanning me and finding out personal information about me, that actually might be a violation of Canadian law because they're collecting information on a Canadian resident who is still in Canada," Cockfield said. He said the devices smack of a "Martha Stewart-like prison tracking device." "It's one thing to have a police officer approach you and ask for your identification, but it's another thing for somebody sitting in an office somewhere in Washington to track all your movements through a satellite signal," he said. "It's in the realm of possibilities." He said the devices move the world closer to a total surveillance society. "It certainly tracks you as you approach the border and as you cross the border," he said. "If we think we're subject to government surveillance, that immediately changes our behaviour," he said. "If you want to swear about Bush, you might hold yourself back. It inhibits political dissent because if we think the government is watching us, we'll be less likely to call a town hall meeting to protest something we're upset about." Cockfield, who just moved back to Canada from a seven-year stint teaching in Texas, also believes the devices will result in less cross-border traffic. "I try not to go as frequently as usual because of these border hassles, and I'm white and I'm a Canadian citizen," he said. "If I was non-white and a landed immigrant, I would hesitate to a greater extent." He said the initiative will have a long-term, negative impact on Canada-U.S. relations. "The flows of people [across the border] bring about ties and understanding between the two countries," he said. "If we inhibit those flows, then maybe it will actually harm the security of the U.S. We will be less trusting of the Americans." Sam Laldin of Kingston and District Immigrant Services also agrees that requiring non-Canadians to carry such electronic devices may deter some people from travelling to the U.S. "If I don't have to, I will avoid going there," he said. Laldin, who came to Canada from Pakistan in 1967, said a lot has changed since he became a Canadian citizen in 1970. Laldin said this latest security step will affect hundreds of people living in Kingston, many of whom use the Lansdowne border crossing when they travel to the U.S. Last year alone, Kingston District Immigrant Services provided assistance to roughly 1,200 people from 35 countries. Laldin said the devices open the door to the possibility of the American government tracking people and gathering intelligence about them. "I kind of feel uncomfortable because I don't know what that device is doing and I don't know where that device is reporting," he said. "Although they say it will expedite your entry through the border, it may be doing something else, too." While he understands that extra measures may need to be taken to ensure that non-Canadians entering the U.S. have the proper documentation, he doesn't agree with the use of the electronic devices. "The flip side of all this is the security and safety of the country and the people living in the country and where to draw the line - it's a difficult thing," he said. "I think they could do everything they need to do at the border crossing instead of giving people something to carry with them," he said. "My nephew is a Canadian medical doctor and each time he crosses back and forth, they fingerprint him, which is fine if that's the law they want. People come prepared and they know they'll be fingerprinted. "But to carry a device is something I personally don't think I would want to do." - With a file from Whig-Standard News Services -- - - - Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. --Mark Twain ------------------------------------- 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] US-VISIT RFID passes @ 3 US-CDN border xings beginning 8/4/05
by David Farber 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

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[E-B] EFF: Court Issues Surveillance Smack-Down to Justice
by EFF Press 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

Department Reply-To: press(a)eff.org Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 Contact: Kevin Bankston Staff Attorney Electronic Frontier Foundation bankston(a)eff.org +1 415 436-9333 x126 Kurt Opsahl Staff Attorney Electronic Frontier Foundation kurt(a)eff.org +1 415 436 9333 x106 Court Issues Surveillance Smack-Down to Justice Department No Cell Phone Location Tracking Without Probable Cause New York - Agreeing with a brief submitted by EFF, a federal judge forcefully rejected the government's request to track the location of a mobile phone user without a warrant. Strongly reaffirming an earlier decision, Federal Magistrate James Orenstein in New York comprehensively smacked down every argument made by the government in an extensive, fifty-seven page opinion issued this week. Judge Orenstein decided, as EFF has urged, that tracking cell phone users in real time required a showing of probable cause that a crime was being committed. Judge Orenstein's opinion was decisive, and referred to government arguments variously as "unsupported," "misleading," "contrived," and a "Hail Mary." "This is a true victory for privacy in the digital age, where nearly any mobile communications device you use might be converted into a tracking device," said EFF Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. "Combined with a similar decision this month from a federal court in Texas, I think we're seeing a trend--judges are starting to realize that when it comes to surveillance issues, the DOJ has been pulling the wool over their eyes for far too long." Earlier this month, a magistrate judge in Texas, following the lead of Orenstein's original decision, published his own decision denying a government application for a cell phone tracking order. That ruling, along with Judge Orenstein's two decisions, revealed that the DOJ has routinely been securing court orders for real-time cell phone tracking without probable cause and without any law authorizing the surveillance. "The Justice Department's abuse of the law here is probably just the tip of the iceberg," said EFF Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl. "The routine transformation of your mobile phone into a tracking device, without any legal authority, raises an obvious and very troubling question: what other new surveillance powers has the government been creating out of whole cloth and how long have they been getting away with it?" The government is expected to appeal both decisions and EFF intends to participate as a friend of the court in each case. You can read the full text of Judge Orenstein's new opinion, and the similar Texas opinion, at www.eff.org/legal/cases/USA_v_PenRegister. For this release: http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2005_10.php#004090 About EFF The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to support free expression and privacy online. EFF is a member-supported organization and maintains one of the most linked-to websites in the world at http://www.eff.org/ -end- _______________________________________________ presslist mailing list https://falcon.eff.org/mailman/listinfo/presslist ------------------------------------- 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] EFF: Court Issues Surveillance Smack-Down to Justice Department
by David Farber 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

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[>Htech] Independent: Britain will be first country to monitor every
by Premise Checker 05 Jul '18

05 Jul '18

car journey Reply-To: transhumantech(a)yahoogroups.com Britain will be first country to monitor every car journey http://news.independent.co.uk/www.independent.co.uk/template/ver/wireFrame/ By Steve Connor, Science Editor Published: 22 December 2005 Britain is to become the first country in the world where the movements of all vehicles on the roads are recorded. A new national surveillance system will hold the records for at least two years. Using a network of cameras that can automatically read every passing number plate, the plan is to build a huge database of vehicle movements so that the police and security services can analyse any journey a driver has made over several years. The network will incorporate thousands of existing CCTV cameras which are being converted to read number plates automatically night and day to provide 24/7 coverage of all motorways and main roads, as well as towns, cities, ports and petrol-station forecourts. By next March a central database installed alongside the Police National Computer in Hendon, north London, will store the details of 35 million number-plate "reads" per day. These will include time, date and precise location, with camera sites monitored by global positioning satellites. Already there are plans to extend the database by increasing the storage period to five years and by linking thousands of additional cameras so that details of up to 100 million number plates can be fed each day into the central databank. Senior police officers have described the surveillance network as possibly the biggest advance in the technology of crime detection and prevention since the introduction of DNA fingerprinting. But others concerned about civil liberties will be worried that the movements of millions of law-abiding people will soon be routinely recorded and kept on a central computer database for years. The new national data centre of vehicle movements will form the basis of a sophisticated surveillance tool that lies at the heart of an operation designed to drive criminals off the road. In the process, the data centre will provide unrivalled opportunities to gather intelligence data on the movements and associations of organised gangs and terrorist suspects whenever they use cars, vans or motorcycles. The scheme is being orchestrated by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) and has the full backing of ministers who have sanctioned the spending of ?24m this year on equipment. More than 50 local authorities have signed agreements to allow the police to convert thousands of existing traffic cameras so they can read number plates automatically. The data will then be transmitted to Hendon via a secure police communications network. Chief constables are also on the verge of brokering agreements with the Highways Agency, supermarkets and petrol station owners to incorporate their own CCTV cameras into the network. In addition to cross-checking each number plate against stolen and suspect vehicles held on the Police National Computer, the national data centre will also check whether each vehicle is lawfully licensed, insured and has a valid MoT test certificate. "Every time you make a car journey already, you'll be on CCTV somewhere. The difference is that, in future, the car's index plates will be read as well," said Frank Whiteley, Chief Constable of Hertfordshire and chairman of the Acpo steering committee on automatic number plate recognition (ANPR). "What the data centre should be able to tell you is where a vehicle was in the past and where it is now, whether it was or wasn't at a particular location, and the routes taken to and from those crime scenes. Particularly important are associated vehicles," Mr Whiteley said. The term "associated vehicles" means analysing convoys of cars, vans or trucks to see who is driving alongside a vehicle that is already known to be of interest to the police. Criminals, for instance, will drive somewhere in a lawful vehicle, steal a car and then drive back in convoy to commit further crimes "You're not necessarily interested in the stolen vehicle. You're interested in what's moving with the stolen vehicle," Mr Whiteley explained. According to a strategy document drawn up by Acpo, the national data centre in Hendon will be at the heart of a surveillance operation that should deny criminals the use of the roads. "The intention is to create a comprehensive ANPR camera and reader infrastructure across the country to stop displacement of crime from area to area and to allow a comprehensive picture of vehicle movements to be captured," the Acpo strategy says. "This development forms the basis of a 24/7 vehicle movement database that will revolutionise arrest, intelligence and crime investigation opportunities on a national basis," it says. Mr Whiteley said MI5 will also use the database. "Clearly there are values for this in counter-terrorism," he said. "The security services will use it for purposes that I frankly don't have access to. It's part of public protection. If the security services did not have access to this, we'd be negligent." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. 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