July 2018 - cypherpunks-legacy

[Dewayne-Net] Hello War, Goodby Amateur Radio
by Dewayne Hendricks 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

[Note: This item comes from reader Jack Unger. DLH]

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[rael-science] Amnesty International on terror laws: Dangerous. Ill-conceived. An assault on human rights
by selected by Rael 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Source: The Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article324062.ece Amnesty International on terror laws: Dangerous. Ill-conceived. An assault on human rights Tony Blair's plans for tough new anti-terror legislation have been subjected to a damning critique by Amnesty International, as MPs prepare to debate the measures today. In a submission to MPs, Amnesty International denounced the proposals to increase police powers of detention and make a new offence of the glorification of terrorism. It called them "ill-conceived and dangerous" , amounting to an attack on "the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law". The organisation's onslaught - in the strongest language it has deployed against the Blair Government - came as ministers braced themselves for sustained opposition to the Terrorism Bill when it is debated in the Commons from today. The Bill has already been condemned by senior judges, lawyers and civil liberties groups. A potentially powerful combination of opposition and rebel Labour MPs are preparing to vote against plans to give police powers to hold suspects for up to 90 days without trial - denounced as effective internment. They also plan to oppose the creation of an offence of "glorifying"' terrorism. Amnesty's attack comes after a recent warning from Lord Carlile of Berriew, the Government's terror watchdog, that 90-day detention could breach human rights law. The submission to MPs states: "Since the war on terror was declared by the US government in 2001, the UK authorities have mounted a sustained attack on human rights, the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law." It warned that the Bill contained "sweeping and vague provisions that undermine the rights to freedom and expression and association, the right to liberty, the prohibition of arbitrary detention, the rights to the presumption of innocence and fair trial". Amnesty International added: "One proposal is to introduce a crime that involves the 'glorification of terrorism'. Such terms are broad, vague and subjective. They have no legal clarity and can, therefore, be used arbitrarily to restrict human rights, including freedom of expression." It said the measures proposed after the bombings in London on 7 July were " inconsistent with the UK's obligations under domestic and international human rights law and that, if enacted, they would lead to severe human rights violations". The organisation made clear its alarm at the potential for new powers to be abused. It said: "Once any government begins to 'sacrifice' human rights in the name of security, it is not long before individuals pay the price." It said the anti-terror measures across the world had led to dissent being stifled and allowed the state to commit human rights abuses. Its report said evidence of that trend was already apparent in Britain "with peaceful protesters who have been subjected to police action under legislative provisions originally introduced to purportedly counter terrorism". Amnesty condemned Mr Blair's 12-point anti-terror plan, saying: "Every element of which signalled further assaults on human rights, particularly for those identified as Muslims, foreign nationals and asylum-seekers." It said government statements linking the terrorist threat with foreigners were "encouraging xenophobia, racism and faith-hate crimes". "There is a real danger that a range of the proposed additional measures will further alienate the very communities the Government needs on its side." The Bill's critics will denounce the detention plans today as draconian and protest that the proposed ban on the "glorification" of terrorism is too widely drawn. The Government's case for 90-day detention was supported yesterday by Andy Hayman, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. Mr Hayman, who is leading the hunt for al-Qa'ida sympathisers in Britain, said: "We should not allow a premature guillotine to frustrate or prevent the gathering of best evidence." He urged the Home Office not to barter down the length of the detention period "as you would buy a second-hand car" and there was little sign ministers were preparing to offer a compromise on that at this stage. They are expected to delay any concessions until next week - and before the Bill reaches the Lords - after the Government has assessed the strength of opposition to the proposals. Ministers have already conceded that judges more senior than originally proposed would approve the renewal of detention orders every seven days. Left-wing Labour MPs, the Tories and Liberal Democrats have all attacked the detention proposal, saying it breaches human rights. They also argue that it risks radicalising Muslims who are arrested. David Winnick, a Labour MP, has tabled a proposal suggesting the period be set at 28 days. He said such a move would win support across the Commons and the Lords would find it hard to overturn. Opposition parties and civil liberties groups have also claimed that the " glorification" proposal is so vaguely worded that it could, for instance, make criminals of people who criticise brutal regimes in Burma or Zimbabwe. Mark Oaten, the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, said: "As this Bill stands, it will do more harm than good in the fight against terrorism in this country. "Detention without charge for three months goes against the fundamental principles of justice and I hope Labour backbenchers will recognise it as such." Shami Chakrabarti, director of the human rights group Liberty, said: " Criminalising free speech and introducing internment are dangerously counter-productive to fighting terrorism." A Home Office spokeswoman said last night: "We believe this Bill is compliant with human rights requirement under the European Convention. All the proposals that have been made in the Bill allow prosecutions through the normal court process." 'The rules of the game have changed' TERRORISM ACT 2000 Introduced new powers for police to hold terror suspects for up to seven days without charge - increased to 14 days in 2003 - and widened powers to ban international terror organisations. It created new offences of inciting terrorist acts, providing training for terrorist purposes and providing instruction or training in the use of firearms, explosives or chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. Government says: Replaced anti-terror legislation that dealt mainly with Northern Ireland to reflect the new international nature of the terrorist threat. Amnesty argues: The Act introduced a "dangerously vague and broad definition of terrorism" and made temporary anti-terrorism legislation from the 1970s a permanent feature of British law. ANTI-TERRORISM CRIME AND SECURITY ACT 2001 Gave the Home Secretary powers to hold foreign terrorist suspects indefinitely without trial if they could not be deported for human rights reasons. Suspects were not given full evidence against them. Seventeen were eventually held at Belmarsh and other prisons. Government says: Tough new measures required in the wake of the 11 September attacks; reflected concerns that Britain was a haven for terrorism. Amnesty argues: The Act "violated a wide range of human rights" , and introduced powers tantamount to a minister charging, trying and sentencing people without fair trial. Detainees were thrown into a " Kafkaesque world", and interned under "harsh conditions" using secret evidence. PREVENTION OF TERRORISM ACT 2005 Repealed powers to detain foreign terror suspects without charge, after they were ruled illegal by the law lords. Introduced powers to impose " control orders" limiting the movements and communications of suspects. Powers were extended to all British and foreign nationals. Government says: Fresh laws urgently needed to keep track of potentially dangerous foreign terrorists. Amnesty argues: The legislation was "hastily passed" to implement control orders restricting the human rights of suspects and their families. Most suspects were later imprisoned pending deportation on national security grounds. Amnesty says the cumulative effect of the detainees' treatment "amounts to persecution". TERRORISM BILL 2005 Creates a new offence of glorifying or inciting terrorism, attending a terrorist training camp and preparing terrorist acts. It also gives police powers to hold suspects for up to 90 days. Government says: The rules have changed after the July bombings in London. Existing legislation contains a number of loopholes that need to be closed. Amnesty argues: The Bill "contains further sweeping and vague provisions that undermine the rights to freedom of expression and association, the right to liberty, the prohibition of arbitrary detention, the rights to the presumption of innocence and fair trial." ----- 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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Hello War, Goodby Amateur Radio
by Jack Unger 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Israel imposes tough rules on amateurs <http://www.arrl.org/?artid=6658> The Israeli authorities have imposed draconian new rules on radio amateurs. From January 2007, many of the countrybs radio amateurs will not be able operate their radio equipment unless it has been checked and authorised by government inspectors. This follows the ratification of a new law that aims to prevent harmful radiation from radio equipment. The only amateurs who are exempt from the new law are those who use only VHF and UHF equipment with an output of below 20W. Amateurs will also have to obtain a permit for the erection of antenna towers. Permits will only be granted if the installation can be proven not to cause harmful radiation. Operation of amateur radio equipment without the proper permits will be considered a criminal offence. According to a spokesman for Israeli amateurs, the harsh new rules were pushed through by government following public concern over the safety of mobile phone masts. He said: b It seems that all this has come about from the public near-hysteria over the presence of cellular telephone installations in residential areas.b There have been similar fears in the UK about mobile phone masts. However, no study has shown any evidence of harmful ionising radiation from these or amateur installations. Weblog at: <http://weblog.warpspeed.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 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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[Dewayne-Net] Hello War, Goodby Amateur Radio
by Dewayne Hendricks 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

[Note: This item comes from reader Jack Unger. DLH]

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Re: [tahoe-dev] Logging howto / sftp with hashed passwords
by Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

> https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/docs > > https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/trunk/docs/logging.rst > > https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Dev > > https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Doc > > https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/FAQ Oh yeah, and then there is this: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/NewbieDeveloperSetup and: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Extensions I'm really glad that we have so many people contributing docs nowadays, but we really do need some kind of improvement to helping people find the docs they seek. I'm really not sure how to do that. This was my attempt to do so: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Doc , and I'm not sure if it is sufficient. Regards, Zooko _______________________________________________ tahoe-dev mailing list tahoe-dev(a)tahoe-lafs.org http://tahoe-lafs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev ----- 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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[ZS] Bitcoin Price Manipulation
by R|diger Koch 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

A while ago, Bitcoin was almost a synonym for volatility. The price could easily change 30% and more in a single day. That ended a few months ago. Since then, the price to the $ is as stable or even more stable than the Euro. What happened? http://mtgoxlive.com/orders is a graphical representation of MtGox's order book and the price. You can see that there is a bid wall at $5.20 and an ask wall at $5.30. I believe that is the same trader. He is limiting the range within which the price can fluctuate - *in other words, the price is manipulated*. The past weeks of history seem to indicate that the guy is slowly increasing his stash of Bitcoins - if the bid wall is weakened, it is enforced. You cannot break through. If the ask wall is attacked, the guy seems less dedicated to holding it. To cut the story short: I believe there may be someone slowly buying up large amounts of Bitcoins. And I believe that he is not interested in volatility. If true, this is good news and bad news. Good news because we can expect the price going up considerably at some point, probably triggered by large announcements or a hype campaign (Everybody did get a good position already, no?). Bad news, because it's possible that a single person is trying to own a large amount of future cash reserves - cash reserves that cannot be increased by definition. You have to consider that $10 Million is sufficient to buy up 10% of all Bitcoins that will ever exist - if you are able to keep the market oblivious of it. I believe that is a strong incentive for any Billionaire who understands the dynamics of Bitcoin. Cheers R|diger -- 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: [tahoe-dev] Logging howto / sftp with hashed passwords
by Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

> https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/docs > > https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/browser/trunk/docs/logging.rst > > https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Dev > > https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Doc > > https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/FAQ Oh yeah, and then there is this: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/NewbieDeveloperSetup and: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Extensions I'm really glad that we have so many people contributing docs nowadays, but we really do need some kind of improvement to helping people find the docs they seek. I'm really not sure how to do that. This was my attempt to do so: https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/wiki/Doc , and I'm not sure if it is sufficient. Regards, Zooko _______________________________________________ tahoe-dev mailing list tahoe-dev(a)tahoe-lafs.org http://tahoe-lafs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tahoe-dev ----- 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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[ZS] Bitcoin Price Manipulation
by R|diger Koch 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

A while ago, Bitcoin was almost a synonym for volatility. The price could easily change 30% and more in a single day. That ended a few months ago. Since then, the price to the $ is as stable or even more stable than the Euro. What happened? http://mtgoxlive.com/orders is a graphical representation of MtGox's order book and the price. You can see that there is a bid wall at $5.20 and an ask wall at $5.30. I believe that is the same trader. He is limiting the range within which the price can fluctuate - *in other words, the price is manipulated*. The past weeks of history seem to indicate that the guy is slowly increasing his stash of Bitcoins - if the bid wall is weakened, it is enforced. You cannot break through. If the ask wall is attacked, the guy seems less dedicated to holding it. To cut the story short: I believe there may be someone slowly buying up large amounts of Bitcoins. And I believe that he is not interested in volatility. If true, this is good news and bad news. Good news because we can expect the price going up considerably at some point, probably triggered by large announcements or a hype campaign (Everybody did get a good position already, no?). Bad news, because it's possible that a single person is trying to own a large amount of future cash reserves - cash reserves that cannot be increased by definition. You have to consider that $10 Million is sufficient to buy up 10% of all Bitcoins that will ever exist - if you are able to keep the market oblivious of it. I believe that is a strong incentive for any Billionaire who understands the dynamics of Bitcoin. Cheers R|diger -- 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: [tor-relays] Call for discussion: turning funding into more exit relays
by Moritz Bartl 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

> True but then you are simply using empty capacity of the others which is not > guaranteed to you. So if the other customers start pumping your > connection speed drops. Not necessarily if we are on a dedicated Gbit port (which we are at least at Axigy) and the ISP has enough upstream capacity. Limehost now only offers "best effort" shared Gbit. Back when we ordered our server, it clearly said dedicated Gbit. Also, we don't really care as the deals have already paid out. We only make monthly contracts so we can easily move in case something happens. There's no reason to pay extra just because. My strategy was to go through web hosting forums and pick out very cheap ISPs. FDCservers for example claims to give away "enterprise 10Gbit, dedicated port" for $599 at the moment. Who cares if it's "just" 2Gbps in the end. It's still a great deal. We have been kicked from FDC in the past and they don't have RIPE IPs so we're not going after that deal - it might still be good for running some fast non-exit relays. -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/ _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays ----- 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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[liberationtech] Amsterdam Privacy Conference 2012
by Yosem Companys 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

The Amsterdam Privacy Conference 2012 (www.apc2012.org) will be held from 7-10 October: a four-day privacy conference with interdisciplinarity and social relevance as spearheads. Topical issues to take centre stage include cloud computing, privacy by design, cookies, the economic value of personal data, social networks, security and anti-terrorism measures, privacy and medical data, consumersb perceptions and appraisal of privacy, privacy regulation and the redefinition of privacy in a rapidly changing information society. Many international experts from diverse disciplines will be speaking at the conference: Alessandro Acquisti, renowned for his research into the psychology behind and consumersb attitudes regarding their privacy; Ross Anderson, IT specialist in security systems, including those of medical record systems and smart meters; Jacob Applebaum, an internationally acclaimed hacker who was involved in Wikileaks; Peter Hustinx, chairman of the European Data Protection Supervisor; Sandra Petronio, the originator of Communication Privacy Management theory; and Priscilla Regan, author of the book, bLegislating Privacy: Technology, Social Values and Public Policyb. In addition, the conference is hosting over 30 specialist panels and sessions that are sub- divided into six themes: Economics of Privacy, Privacy and Security, Privacy in the Information Society, Privacy and Technology, the Value and Principles of Privacy and Privacy and Healthcare. There will also be sessions on the position of civil rights organisations in the privacy discourse, presentations of empirical research on consumersb behaviour with regard to their personal data and a practical session: bring your own device and learn how to hack. More than 150 academics with a large variety of backgrounds will actively contribute to the conference by means of presentations, panels and debates. The opening day of the conference on Sunday 7 October features a public lecture that also falls within the theme of the UvAbs 380th anniversary year. The day will be opened by Dymph van den Boom, Rector Magnificus of the UvA, and Lodewijk Asscher, Deputy Mayor of Amsterdam. Helen Nissenbaum, who recently published the bestseller, bPrivacy in Contextb, will give the public lecture, which examines the role of privacy in modern society. Following this, a panel composed of Jacob Kohnstamm, chairman of the Dutch Data Protection Authority and the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, Simon Davies, founder of the civil rights organisation Privacy International, and Alma Whitten, Google's Director of Privacy, will respond to the lecture and will debate with each other and the audience. The lecture will be given in the University Auditorium. The programme of the remaining days will be held in the monumental Felix Meritis building and the university library, both situated in the centre of Amsterdam. Conference registration at: www.apc2012.org (students & PhD students: b, 125; academics, civil servants & NGOs: b, 225; lawyers, notaries & private sector: b, 550). -- 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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