July 2018 - cypherpunks-legacy

Students Tracked By RFID
by brian-slashdotnews＠hyperreal.org 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/17/0436214 Posted by: timothy, on 2004-11-17 12:23:00 from the government-schooling dept. [1]TheMeuge writes "The New York Times is reporting a new development in the unrelenting progress of the [2]RFID juggernaut. The school district of [3]Spring, Texas has adopted [4]RFID as a way to track students' arrival and departure. Upon being scanned, the data are transmitted to both the school administrators, as well as city police. I guess cutting class is no longer an option." [5]Click Here References 1. http://www.themeuge.com/ 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID 3. http://www.google.com/url?oi=map&sa=X&q=http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.ad… country=US&address=&city=Spring&state=TX 4. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/17/technology/17tag.html 5. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5659&alloc_id=12309&site_id=1&request_id=612248&… =click&page=%2farticle%2epl ----- 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]

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[ZS] Re: Is there a consumer market at all?
by Michael Hrenka 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

I see there's some confusion here in this thread. First of all, my suggestions of a consumer market process is completely compatible with our current system. I'm not suggesting replacing all current forms of advertisement and Monte Carlo market placement with the more interactive model. Instead, the interactive market model is to be understood as complement to the current reactive market model. It looks like some here think the reactive market doesn't work badly enough and that the interactive market is too costly (in time and money) to justify its expansion. Is that a really justified judgment? Partially it seems to be, because the majority is probably too comfortable to participate in an interactive market, just as the majority is too comfortable to participate actively in politics (I see votes as reactive participation). However, in politics there are still a few people who are actively engaged. Why don't we see the same in a similar fashion in the economic realm? Currently it looks like there's only the binary choice between reactive market participation or owning/ working for a company which produces goods. There's not much in between. This is a vacuum which demands a serious explanation - and not just naive dismissals. There are a few possible explanations - the argument about an interactive participation costing too much time is only half of an explanation, because time is a given fixed factor - the only variable are the preferences and priorities of different persons. Here are a few options how to explain the vacuum: 1. People care more about what they DON'T want than what they actually want. 2. People don't know what they actually want, so they can't ask actively for it. 3. People really don't want anything really strongly and thus remain solely passive or reactive. 4. There are other psychological factors which are adverse to interactive markets (status quo bias for example). 5. People are simply too stupid to participate in interactive markets. 6. People are too stupid to devise practicable procedures for interactive markets. If 6. turns out to be a major factor in the true explanation of the phenomenon there's a real chance for Zero State to exploit the current situation by designing effective interactive market procedures. There are just no good places for producers and consumers to meet each other. In other words there are no good forums - and "forum" is simply the Latin word for "market". With our modern online technology the time and resource requirements for an interactive participation of consumers in the production process might be minimized drastically. Some companies start to reach out for customers on platforms like Twitter and Facebook and try to get into a real conversation with them. However, Twitter and Facebook look like very suboptimal forums for interactive markets. I'm rather looking for something that changes our production processes like Khan Academy changed our education processes. There might be a serious amount of cash behind an idea like this. What if the new interactive market process could lead to products which have 10 times higher quality while only being half as expensive? Impossible you say? Well, then prove that! -- Michael Hrenka P.S.: Furthermore I propose that we refrain from using terms like "capitalist", "socialist", "free markets", "centralised", "decentralised", "planning", and so on, because those terms come with too much ideological baggage! Please try to use other words that actually describe what you mean. Otherwise we really land in a situation where capitalism = socialism = planning = centralised = markets = free markets = capitalism. -- Zero State mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/DoctrineZero ----- 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] Bellovin, Blaze, Clark, Landau
by Tom Ritter 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

When law enforcement relies on vulnerabilities in the system (be it protocols, operating systems, applications, or web sites), they are incentivized to keep it insecure. If it were secure, how would they get in? Would the FBI patch their own systems against the bugs they know about? How would they control that information across all their systems? (This is an old hackers' puzzle: if you had an OpenSSH 0day, would you patch yourself against it?) If I were a communications provider (e.g. Silent Circle), and I found that the FBI was hacking me to learn customer data... what is my recourse? To borrow from the CFAA, the FBI is certainly performing unauthorized access or exceeding authorized access to a computer system. Am I allowed to kick them out? Sue them? What if they accidently crash a system because they're crappy exploit writers? Just like when Matt Blaze wrote it in Wired, this feels like a mistimed April Fools joke. -tom -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/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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[p2p-research] Slashdot | Lawmakers Caught Again By File-Sharing Software
by Paul D. Fernhout 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

http://politics.slashdot.org/story/09/10/31/1547221/Lawmakers-Caught-Again-… """ An anonymous reader writes "A document, apparently a 'confidential House ethics committee report,' was recently leaked through file-sharing software to the Washington Post. According to the article, 'The committee's review of investigations became available on file-sharing networks because of a junior staff member's use of the software while working from home.' Of course, P2P software is entirely at fault for this incident. If you begin seeing more interest in DRM from Congress, you now know why." Reader GranTuring points out that the RIAA took the opportunity to make a ridiculous statement of their own. They said, "the disclosure was evidence of a need for controls on peer-to-peer software to block the improper or illegal exchange of music." """ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR200910290… """ Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry AN ACCIDENTAL DISCLOSURE Document was found on file-sharing network House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July. The report appears to have been inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network, and it was provided to The Washington Post by a source not connected to the congressional investigations. The committee said Thursday night that the document was released by a low-level staffer. The ethics committee is one of the most secretive panels in Congress, and its members and staff members sign oaths not to disclose any activities related to its past or present investigations. Watchdog groups have accused the committee of not actively pursuing inquiries; the newly disclosed document indicates the panel is conducting far more investigations than it had revealed. Shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, the committee chairman, Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), interrupted a series of House votes to alert lawmakers about the breach. She cautioned that some of the panel's activities are preliminary and not a conclusive sign of inappropriate behavior. "No inference should be made as to any member," she said. """" http://copyrightsandcampaigns.blogspot.com/2009/10/house-ethics-committee-s… """ The Washington Post just published a great scoop, getting its hands on a confidential internal memo compiled by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (aka the Ethics Committee) that summarizes ongoing investigations into possible wrongdoing by 30 members and several staffers. And how did such a highly sensitive document become public? According to a statement released by the committee's chairwoman and ranking member: "Neither the Standards Committee's nor the House's information systems have been breached in any way. Our initial review suggests that this unlawful access to confidential information involved the use of peer-to-peer file sharing software on the personal computer of a junior staffer, who is no longer employed by the Committee, while working from home." You heard that right: a staffer on the Ethics Committee was using "peer-to-peer file sharing software" at home. Of course, I'm sure this highly ethical staffer was simply "sharing" the King James Bible, the works of Shakespeare, and The Odyssey... """ Note the disparagement of p2p there on all sides. :-( Email is peer-to-peer. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BLKSFO0&show_article=1 """ The Recording Industry Association of America said the disclosure was evidence of a need for controls on peer-to-peer software to block the improper or illegal exchange of music. Some lawmakers have tried for years to bring this about. Mitch Bainwol, the group's chairman and chief executive officer, said, "It's now happening (in) Congress' backyard, and that should be a powerful catalyst to enact real reforms to protect consumers." """ Note how RIAA, whose current business model has been to sue consumers, is saying they are all about "protecting" consumers. To see who else they are "protecting", see: :-) "Courtney Love does the math" http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/2000/06/14/love/print.html "The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs." ... Today I want to talk about piracy and music. What is piracy? Piracy is the act of stealing an artist's work without any intention of paying for it. I'm not talking about Napster-type software. I'm talking about major label recording contracts. ..." (I think someone else wrote something like that first about the music industry, the Love borrowed much of it from.) --Paul Fernhout http://www.pdfernhout.net/ _______________________________________________ p2presearch mailing list p2presearch(a)listcultures.org http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.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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Torbutton 1.1.7 Released
by Mike Perry 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

The 1.1.7 alpha release of the security-enhanced Tor Firefox extension is out. http://torbutton.torproject.org/dev Changes in this version: * bugfix: bug 495: couple of memory leaks found and fixed by arno * bugfix: bug 497: uninstall exception found and fixed by arno * bugfix: bug 460: No more alerts should happen. But does that mean its fixed? Outlook not so good... * bugfix: bugs 461+489: verbosity+macos logging issues resolved * bugfix: if javascript is disabled, the hooking code no longer complains * misc: Update spoofed Firefox version to 2.0.0.6 * new: "Restore Defaults" button added to the preferences window Please report bugs at http://bugs.noreply.org/flyspray/index.php?tasks=all&project=5 Enjoy! -- Mike Perry Mad Computer Scientist fscked.org evil labs ----- 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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[p2p-research] Slashdot | Lawmakers Caught Again By File-Sharing Software
by Paul D. Fernhout 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

http://politics.slashdot.org/story/09/10/31/1547221/Lawmakers-Caught-Again-… """ An anonymous reader writes "A document, apparently a 'confidential House ethics committee report,' was recently leaked through file-sharing software to the Washington Post. According to the article, 'The committee's review of investigations became available on file-sharing networks because of a junior staff member's use of the software while working from home.' Of course, P2P software is entirely at fault for this incident. If you begin seeing more interest in DRM from Congress, you now know why." Reader GranTuring points out that the RIAA took the opportunity to make a ridiculous statement of their own. They said, "the disclosure was evidence of a need for controls on peer-to-peer software to block the improper or illegal exchange of music." """ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR200910290… """ Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry AN ACCIDENTAL DISCLOSURE Document was found on file-sharing network House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July. The report appears to have been inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network, and it was provided to The Washington Post by a source not connected to the congressional investigations. The committee said Thursday night that the document was released by a low-level staffer. The ethics committee is one of the most secretive panels in Congress, and its members and staff members sign oaths not to disclose any activities related to its past or present investigations. Watchdog groups have accused the committee of not actively pursuing inquiries; the newly disclosed document indicates the panel is conducting far more investigations than it had revealed. Shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, the committee chairman, Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), interrupted a series of House votes to alert lawmakers about the breach. She cautioned that some of the panel's activities are preliminary and not a conclusive sign of inappropriate behavior. "No inference should be made as to any member," she said. """" http://copyrightsandcampaigns.blogspot.com/2009/10/house-ethics-committee-s… """ The Washington Post just published a great scoop, getting its hands on a confidential internal memo compiled by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (aka the Ethics Committee) that summarizes ongoing investigations into possible wrongdoing by 30 members and several staffers. And how did such a highly sensitive document become public? According to a statement released by the committee's chairwoman and ranking member: "Neither the Standards Committee's nor the House's information systems have been breached in any way. Our initial review suggests that this unlawful access to confidential information involved the use of peer-to-peer file sharing software on the personal computer of a junior staffer, who is no longer employed by the Committee, while working from home." You heard that right: a staffer on the Ethics Committee was using "peer-to-peer file sharing software" at home. Of course, I'm sure this highly ethical staffer was simply "sharing" the King James Bible, the works of Shakespeare, and The Odyssey... """ Note the disparagement of p2p there on all sides. :-( Email is peer-to-peer. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BLKSFO0&show_article=1 """ The Recording Industry Association of America said the disclosure was evidence of a need for controls on peer-to-peer software to block the improper or illegal exchange of music. Some lawmakers have tried for years to bring this about. Mitch Bainwol, the group's chairman and chief executive officer, said, "It's now happening (in) Congress' backyard, and that should be a powerful catalyst to enact real reforms to protect consumers." """ Note how RIAA, whose current business model has been to sue consumers, is saying they are all about "protecting" consumers. To see who else they are "protecting", see: :-) "Courtney Love does the math" http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/2000/06/14/love/print.html "The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs." ... Today I want to talk about piracy and music. What is piracy? Piracy is the act of stealing an artist's work without any intention of paying for it. I'm not talking about Napster-type software. I'm talking about major label recording contracts. ..." (I think someone else wrote something like that first about the music industry, the Love borrowed much of it from.) --Paul Fernhout http://www.pdfernhout.net/ _______________________________________________ p2presearch mailing list p2presearch(a)listcultures.org http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/p2presearch_listcultures.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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Torbutton 1.1.7 Released
by Mike Perry 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

The 1.1.7 alpha release of the security-enhanced Tor Firefox extension is out. http://torbutton.torproject.org/dev Changes in this version: * bugfix: bug 495: couple of memory leaks found and fixed by arno * bugfix: bug 497: uninstall exception found and fixed by arno * bugfix: bug 460: No more alerts should happen. But does that mean its fixed? Outlook not so good... * bugfix: bugs 461+489: verbosity+macos logging issues resolved * bugfix: if javascript is disabled, the hooking code no longer complains * misc: Update spoofed Firefox version to 2.0.0.6 * new: "Restore Defaults" button added to the preferences window Please report bugs at http://bugs.noreply.org/flyspray/index.php?tasks=all&project=5 Enjoy! -- Mike Perry Mad Computer Scientist fscked.org evil labs ----- 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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FC: Privacy: Where's the Profit? event Thurs 7/12 in Mountain View
by Declan McCullagh 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

[I was scheduled to participate in this event organized by the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs but, alas, won't be able to make it. It promises to be an excellent discussion, and I urge Politech members in the area to stop by. --Declan] ********* http://www.svase.org/nextmeeting.htm THE MAIN EVENT: SVASE Monthly Meeting Privacy: Where's the Profit? Microsoft Campus, Mountain View Thursday, July 12, 2001, 6 pm Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of startup business plans are based on exploiting privacy technologies. Technologies that protect privacy --- as well as business plans based on those that undermine it --- seem to come out nearly every week. Existing or proposed federal privacy laws will have a huge impact on whether those plans ever succeed. This extraordinarily high-powered panel of experts will sort through the issues and tell you what they view as the key issues for entrepreneurs facing - or hoping to make money from - the rules and regulations of electronic privacy. Our keynote speaker and moderator JIM HARPER, based in Washington, DC, is one of the world's preeminent experts in privacy policy. He is the founder and principal of PolicyCounsel.Com, a lobbying and consulting firm focused on e-commerce, technology, and telecommunications. He is the founder of Privacilla.org, the only online think-tank devoted to privacy as a public policy issue. Mr. Harper served as counsel to committees in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He now works to help Congress and regulators understand the New Economy. In his presentation to SVASE, Jim will unpack the complex concept of privacy and discuss the thinking and plans of legislators, regulators, and advocates. Progress & Freedom Foundation (<http://www.pff.org/>http://www.pff.org/) recently named Jim as an Adjunct Fellow. MARK UNCAPHER is Vice President and Counsel of the Information Technology Association of America, responsible for ITAA s Internet Commerce & Communications Division. The more than 100 members of the division include: Amazon.com, AOLTime Warner, AT&T, Boeing, Cable & Wireless, Covad Communications, EDS, Exodus, Focal Communications, Fujitsu Limited, Global Crossings, IBM, MCI WorldCom, Metromedia Fiber Network, Microsoft, Nortel Networks, SunGard Data, Teligent, and Yahoo. Uncapher argues that the issue is not about whether to protect consumer privacy on the Internet -- that is what the public expects and what Internet companies are determined to provide -- the challenge is to identify the best and most profitable ways to do so. DAVE KRAMER is a litigation partner with the reknowned law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. On the privacy front, Kramer has worked extensively with technology pioneers such as Google and Netscape, developing startups such as Napster and Yodlee, and new online entrants like Orbitz, Cogit and Enviz. Mr. Kramer will discuss the biggest threats companies currently face in the privacy arena, including privacy regulation. DECLAN McCULLAGH is Washington Bureau Chief for Wired News. He has been writing about the Internet since 1990. McCullagh moderates politech, a mailing list looking broadly at politics and technology that was founded in 1994. He has appeared on CNN, CNN-fn, Court TV, NPR, ABC News, CNBC, CBC, CSPAN, Reuters TV, and Fox News. He is a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and has been a judge in the Webby awards, the Ars Electronica awards, the Internet Freedom journalism awards, and the Pacific Research Institute technology privatization awards. RAY EVERETT-CHURCH, is a Principal at PrivacyClue LLC. Called the "dean of corporate privacy officers" by Inter@ctive Week Magazine, Ray Everett-Church is an internationally recognized expert on privacy law and policy. In 1999, he became the world's first corporate Chief Privacy Officer, a ground-breaking position soon adopted by dozens of Fortune 500 firms. Founder of PrivacyClue LLC, a privacy-oriented consultancy, he advises firms on developing privacy measures consistent with existing laws, prevailing consumer attitudes, and acceptable industry practices. He was previously an attorney with the Washington, DC-area telecommunications law firm of Haley Bader & Potts, and has counseled America Online, Microsoft, and numerous start-up ventures. __________________ Meetings costs are as follows: PRE-REGISTERED RATES Member Meeting Only - FREE Member Meeting & Dinner - $25 Non-Member Meeting & Dinner - $45 New Membership & Meeting - $125 New Membership, Meeting & Dinner - $150 Sponsor or Sponsor's Guest - FREE Sponsor or Sponsor's Guest Meeting & Dinner - $25 Student Meeting Only - $10 WALK IN RATES Member Meeting & Dinner - $35 Non-Member Meeting & Dinner - $55 New Membership & Meeting - $125 New Membership, Meeting & Dinner - $160 Meeting Agenda: 6:00 - Buffet Opens (Time for Networking) 7:00 - Announcements and Reports 7:15 - Panel Begins 9:00 - Final Announcements and More Networking The July meeting is being held at: Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus - Building 1 1065 La Avenida (formerly L'avenida) Mountain View, CA 94043 Phone: 650-693-4000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message -----

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Suggested IT Text... Edit or destroy as fitting.
by Michael 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Not to jump in with both feet, but here's some possible starting text ideas for the "IT People Use Tor" section... Ahem... "IT Professionals use Tor: * To verify IP based firewall rules: A firewall may have some policies that only allow certain IP addresses or ranges. Tor can be used to verify those configurations by using an IP number outside of the company's alloted IP block. * To bypass their own security systems for sensitive professional activities: For instance, a company may have a strict policy regarding the material employees can view on the internet. A log review reveals a possible violation. Tor can be used to verify the information without an exception being put into corporate security systems. * To connect back to deployed services: A network engineer can use Tor to remotely connect back to services, without the need for an external machine and user account, as part of operational testing. * To access internet resources: Acceptable use policy for IT Staff and normal employees is usually different. Tor can allow unfettered access to the internet while leaving standard security policies in place. * To work around ISP network outages: Sometimes when an ISP is having routing or DNS problems, Tor can make internet resources available, when the actual ISP is malfunctioning. This can be invaluable is crisis situations. * The CTO is an asshat: Your CTO is a golf loving moron who hasn't spent any time in front of a computer since 1988. He bought some crappy appliance, which sits at the edge of your network, tracking your activity, while you track everyone else's activity- including his. This Mongolian Cluster Fuck never seems to end. Root Cause Analysis sessions go on for days on end. Plans are made to DDOS his Comcast cable connection, one of your assistants claims he can bed the CTOs wife, and the accounting system is missing data (really- it's the CTOs missing porn collection). Cooler heads prevail... you just install Tor and read Slashdot. Ok, maybe the last one isn't salvageable. I gave it my best shot. Michael ----- 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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[Open Manufacturing] Slashdot | Professor Gets 4 Years in Prison for Sharing Drone Plans With Students
by Paul D. Fernhout 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

From: http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/07/03/1721230/Professor-Gets-4-Years-in-Pr… "Retired University of Tennessee Professor Dr. John Reece Roth has been sentenced to four years in prison after he allowed a Chinese graduate student to see sensitive information on Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones. In 2004, the company Roth helped found, Atmospheric Glow Technologies, won a US Air Force contract to develop a plasma actuator that could help reduce drag on the wings of drones, such as the ones the military uses. Under the contract, for which Roth was reportedly paid $6,000, he was prohibited from sharing sensitive data with foreign nationals. Despite warnings from his university's Export Control Officer, in 2006, Roth took a laptop containing sensitive plans with him on a lecture tour in China and also allowed graduate students Xin Dai of China and Sirous Nourgostar of Iran to work on the project. 'The illegal export of restricted military data represents a serious threat to national security,' says David Kris of the US Department of Justice. 'We know that foreign governments are actively seeking this information for their own military development. Today's sentence should serve as a warning to anyone who knowingly discloses restricted military data in violation of our laws.' During his trial, Roth testified that he was unaware that hiring the graduate students was a violation of his contract. 'This whole thing has not helped me, it has not helped the university,' said Roth. 'And it has probably not helped this country, either.'" http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=tennes… http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/jun/24/atmospheric-glow-to-sell/ http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/s… Some space related technology has similar restrictions. So, scarcity-oriented organizations are preventing information flow to other scarcity-oriented organizations using post-scarcity means (bureaucracy, computers coordinating data collection, government tax dollars raised through cooperation). But in the process they are producing artificial scarcity for everyone, because it is not clear what you can legally share is some fields. In general, stories like this have a chilling effect on cross-border cooperation. People had related stories at the SSI conferences about legal issues sharing information related to rocketry and satellites. Similar paranoia crippled and delayed strong encryption in the USA, one of the reason the internet is a less safe place today as far as phishing and other problems. --Paul Fernhout http://www.pdfernhout.net/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Open Manufacturing" group. To post to this group, send email to openmanufacturing(a)googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to openmanufacturing+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/openmanufacturing?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- ----- 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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