July 2018 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: EFF no longer funding Tor (was Re: ATTN: for-profit Tor
by Roger Dingledine 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

operators) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Reply-To: or-talk(a)freehaven.net On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 08:35:41PM -0500, Roger Dingledine wrote: > We don't need complex theories to explain it. They simply ran out of > money. They had to let go some of their actual employees too. This time > of year is never good for non-profits. I've put up a donations page for Tor here: http://tor.eff.org/donate.html.en Nick and I are continuing to work on Tor in our spare time, but as you can see, the user base is growing faster than our development can keep up. Please help us to put our attention back on Tor development rather than getting day jobs. Thanks, --Roger ----- 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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[tor-talk] Tor-ramdisk 20120622 released
by Anthony G. Basile 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Hi everyone I want to announce to the list that a new release of tor-ramdisk is out. Tor-ramdisk is an i686, x86_64 or MIPS uClibc-based micro Linux distribution whose only purpose is to host a Tor server in an environment that maximizes security and privacy. Security is enhanced by hardening the kernel and binaries, and privacy is enhanced by forcing logging to be off at all levels so that even the Tor operator only has access to minimal information. Finally, since everything runs in ephemeral memory, no information survives a reboot, except for the Tor configuration file and the private RSA key, which may be exported/imported by FTP or SCP. Changelog: Tor was updated to 0.2.2.37, BusyBox to 1.20.1 and the kernel to 3.4.2 plus Gentoo's hardened-patches-3.4.2-2.extras. The MIPS port also incorporated these changes, but for this architecture the kernel was kept at vanilla 3.2.5. i686: Homepage: http://opensource.dyc.edu/tor-ramdisk Download: http://opensource.dyc.edu/tor-ramdisk-downloads x86_64: Homepage: http://opensource.dyc.edu/tor-x86_64-ramdisk Download: http://opensource.dyc.edu/tor-x86_64-ramdisk-downloads MIPS: Homepage: http://opensource.dyc.edu/tor-mips-ramdisk Download: http://opensource.dyc.edu/tor-mips-ramdisk-downloads -- Anthony G. Basile, Ph. D. Chair of Information Technology D'Youville College Buffalo, NY 14201 (716) 829-8197 _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk(a)lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk ----- 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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[tahoe-dev] San Francisco Bay Area, Recurring Weekly Physical Meetup
by Josh Wilcox 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Hello all! This Thursday, 2012-09-20 at 19:00 (UTC-7) there will be a physical meetup at the Noisebridge Hacker Space AT THE FRONT TABLE, in the Mission District of San Francisco. https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge In addition to inviting all readers of this list, I'd also like to stimulate an agenda-setting conversation. My personal preference is for a setup that results in me staring at code. Ideally I'd know ahead of time that there're a few (or ONE!) chunk(s)/module(s) of code that are/is going to be examined/discussed during the meetup, so I can "study up". I'd like to attract new mindshare so it'd be nice if the focus were on something that (perhaps with a short preamble) is difficult for a "typical" (as if there were such a thing!) Noisebridger to resist. This also means that our meeting space, AT THE FRONT TABLE, is a feature, not a bug. I'd like to pre-empt a call for realtime video, because I believe that the physical space is likely to be difficult to control (particularly with regard to sound) for that purpose. I think realtime code-sharing (i.e. where those physically present can stare at a projected web-page that remote parties can view more "traditionally") will be feasible. I'll be visiting the space tomorrow (Tuesday night) to, announce this meetup at the weekly Noisebridge political meeting, and troubleshoot the setup. I'd like to have a head-count, so I can know how many chairs to commandeer, so emails to my "wilcoxjg(a)gmail.com" account with subject: [ATTENDING 2012-09-20 TAHOE MEETUP] are greatly appreciated ( provided they're from an appropriate party! :) And there's a 1-1 correlation between party and email... and etc... ) . OK... I've probably missed something, hopefully someone will remind me. About Last Week: During the inaugural (very informal) meetup last Thursday 2012-09-13, the following topics were discussed: * Add Only Capabilities as an abstraction built on top of mutable files * Resource Allocation Accounting * Migration to vanilla HTTPS for inter-node communication I may (upon demand) publish slightly more detailed notes. -- Za <--> X8 "I want people to see the truth... regardless of who they are... because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public" *-- Bradley Manning* 'Lame' is stale, 'cruft' is cruft. "Who ordered it? Who ordered the saxogram?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaoLU6zKaws <http://allmydata.org> _______________________________________________ tahoe-dev mailing list tahoe-dev(a)tahoe-lafs.org https://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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[liberationtech] Human Rights Watch - Killer Robots report
by Enrique Piraces 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Dear libtech colleagues, This may be of interest. Full report: http://hrw.org/reports/2012/11/19/losing-humanity-0 Press release goes below Best, Enrique Piraces Human Rights Watch https://twitter.com/epiraces Ban 'Killer Robots' Before It's Too Late Fully Autonomous Weapons Would Increase Danger to Civilians (Washington, DC, November 19, 2012) - Governments should pre-emptively ban fully autonomous weapons because of the danger they pose to civilians in armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. These future weapons, sometimes called "killer robots," would be able to choose and fire on targets without human intervention. The 50-page report, "Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer Robots," outlines concerns about these fully autonomous weapons, which would inherently lack human qualities that provide legal and non-legal checks on the killing of civilians. In addition, the obstacles to holding anyone accountable for harm caused by the weapons would weaken the law's power to deter future violations. "Giving machines the power to decide who lives and dies on the battlefield would take technology too far," said Steve Goose<http://www.hrw.org/bios/stephen-goose>, Arms Division director at Human Rights Watch. "Human control of robotic warfare is essential to minimizing civilian deaths and injuries." "Losing Humanity" is the first major publication about fully autonomous weapons by a nongovernmental organization and is based on extensive research into the law, technology, and ethics of these proposed weapons. It is jointly published by Human Rights Watch and the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic. Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic called for an international treaty that would absolutely prohibit the development, production, and use of fully autonomous weapons. They also called on individual nations to pass laws and adopt policies as important measures to prevent development, production, and use of such weapons at the domestic level. Fully autonomous weapons do not yet exist, and major powers, including the United States, have not made a decision to deploy them. But high-tech militaries are developing or have already deployed precursors that illustrate the push toward greater autonomy for machines on the battlefield. The United States is a leader in this technological development. Several other countries - including China, Germany, Israel, South Korea, Russia, and the United Kingdom - have also been involved. Many experts predict that full autonomy for weapons could be achieved in 20 to 30 years, and some think even sooner. "It is essential to stop the development of killer robots before they show up in national arsenals," Goose said. "As countries become more invested in this technology, it will become harder to persuade them to give it up." Fully autonomous weapons could not meet the requirements of international humanitarian law, Human Rights Watch and the Harvard clinic said. They would be unable to distinguish adequately between soldiers and civilians on the battlefield or apply the human judgment necessary to evaluate the proportionality of an attack - whether civilian harm outweighs military advantage. These robots would also undermine non-legal checks on the killing of civilians. Fully autonomous weapons could not show human compassion for their victims, and autocrats could abuse them by directing them against their own people. While replacing human troops with machines could save military lives, it could also make going to war easier, which would shift the burden of armed conflict onto civilians. Finally, the use of fully autonomous weapons would create an accountability gap. Trying to hold the commander, programmer, or manufacturer legally responsible for a robot's actions presents significant challenges. The lack of accountability would undercut the ability to deter violations of international law and to provide victims meaningful retributive justice. While most militaries maintain that for the immediate future humans will retain some oversight over the actions of weaponized robots, the effectiveness of that oversight is questionable, Human Rights Watch and the Harvard clinic said. Moreover, military statements have left the door open to full autonomy in the future. "Action is needed now, before killer robots cross the line from science fiction to feasibility," Goose said. Full report: http://hrw.org/reports/2012/11/19/losing-humanity-0 ***To view video feature: http://youtu.be/3Ykfk3jfI0c -- 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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[Politech] Lawsuit challenges law targeting Internet "annoyances" [fs]
by Declan McCullagh 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

The complaint: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/annoy.complaint.020906.pdf News coverage: http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6037439.html Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/2006/01/12/new-law-targets/ The prohibition in the new law: "Whoever...utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet... without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person...who receives the communications...shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both." -Declan _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.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 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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for your list on airport ID
by Sarah Lai Stirland 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

Supreme Court Won't KO Airport ID Policy Article Tools Sponsored By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 8, 2007 Filed at 10:42 a.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to federal airport regulations requiring passengers to show identification before they board planes. The justices, without comment, let stand an appeals court ruling against Libertarian activist and millionaire John Gilmore. Gilmore wanted the court to force the federal government to disclose the policy that requires passengers to produce identification. Unless the regulations are made public, air travelers have no way to determine if the regulations call for impermissible searches, Gilmore said in court papers. The Justice Department has said that demanding ID protects passengers' safety. The case is Gilmore v. Gonzales, 06-211. ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed as rah(a)shipwright.com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: Archives: http://archives.listbox.com/247/ Modify Your Subscription: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=3305309&user_secret=4f0ee8e8 Unsubscribe: http://v2.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?id=3305309-4f0ee8e8-dj6aeopy Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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[IP] for your list on airport ID
by David Farber 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

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Bush administration proposes retroactive immunity for phone
by eekid＠aol.com 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

companies http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070504-bush-administration- proposes-retroactive-immunity-for-phone-companies.html "Retroactive immunity from prosecution is a beautiful thing if you're a major telecommunications provider in the US, and phone companies are about to receive it if the Bush administration gets its way. The administration's new appropriations request for intelligence agencies was recently disclosed at a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and it includes a massive gift to the phone companies who have been (can we drop the "allegedly" at this point?) helping the NSA and other agencies." AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.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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[IP] Bush administration proposes retroactive immunity for phone companies
by David Farber 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

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[Politech] Lawsuit challenges law targeting Internet "annoyances" [fs]
by Declan McCullagh 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

The complaint: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/annoy.complaint.020906.pdf News coverage: http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6037439.html Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/2006/01/12/new-law-targets/ The prohibition in the new law: "Whoever...utilizes any device or software that can be used to originate telecommunications or other types of communications that are transmitted, in whole or in part, by the Internet... without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person...who receives the communications...shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both." -Declan _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.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 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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