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Decent Orwell Article.
by Michael Motyka 07 Jan '02

07 Jan '02

An interesting read in which the author delves into some details of Orwell's life and possible origins and targets of his satire. Includes some neat stuff regarding the dates 1984 and 2000. Time to go read Iron Heel by Jack London. http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm/include/detail/storyid/158445.html Mike

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Re: Snitches out themselves.Canarypunk stool pigeons,peter Trei a nd declan Mc Crapface.
by Declan McCullagh 07 Jan '02

07 Jan '02

On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 10:19:52AM -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: > > mattd[SMTP:mattd@useoz.com] wrote: > > Peter Trei's addy is ptrei(a)rsasecurity.com > > Ill be researching this 'security company' Probably just an Idiot,like > > declan, but could be dangerous. > > > Oh, this is rich! > > Someone claiming to be an informed poster to the > cypherpunks list who doesn't know RSA Security > Inc's status in the field. Actually, has mattd/proffr ever claimed to be an "informed poster?" :) At least, as I think you said yesterday, CJ had much more flair, and a better understanding of things cypherpunkly. Ah well. Procmail makes things much better. -Declan

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contextual anonymity
by Faustine 07 Jan '02

07 Jan '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jim wrote: >Depends on what one is meaning by 'anonymous'. Context is quite important. >Can somebody go through their entire life completely anonymously? Not >likely. Email on the internet? Likely, if they are very careful and nobody >has any reason to suspect them of anything for some other reason. >It's a set theory sort of issue. Thinks like 'signature analysis' come in >handy. When people engage in ANY activity there is 'evidence' left behind. >The trick is to understand the (hopefully) distinctive differences in >different activities. Then one can 'measure' the sample at the site and >(supposedly within some delta of error) determine what did happen. The >only way to be truly anonymous would be to never leave any sort of >evidence. That's (at least for any practical intent or purpose) >impossible. I couldn't agree more. Here's another couple of personal examples to illustrate my point that all anonymity is contextual. A few months ago, I posted about how crazy I am about my job and office-- "I usually stay late every night and come in on the weekends--researching, writing, coding, studying, absolutely anything I feel like doing"; it's "private, comfortable"; and in sum, I have "complete freedom to work on whatever projects I want while surrounded by excellent resources". I still feel that way, wouldn't change it for the world. Nevertheless, even though it's a private company, the level of security and surveillance around here is absolutely mindblowing. A formidably locked-down facility: Armed guards at the entry, armed guards in the parking lot, armed guards patrolling the roof, security cameras in every hall, every bathroom; high-tech ID badges to be worn at all times, etc. The perfect picture of a dystopian nightmare. But my hours are my own; my opinions are my own, and I feel more free to express them here than I ever have before. No dress code, no internet filters: if anyone ever took exception to my browsing and posting habits they never told me about it. Once you embrace the fact that yes, They probably are looking over my shoulder, and no, They don't really find me significant enough to give a damn...well, it's quite an unusual feeling. But in keeping with being the resident Savage in the land of Alpha Double Plusses, you might find it interesting to know I chose to live in a cash-only hotel suite. It's not about the money: actually, I pay over $2000 per month for rent and storage this way. It would be nice to have more workspace for my computer tinkering projects, but it's a small price to pay. The truly beautiful thing is, every single piece of my ID, tax information, health insurance, and any other form I fill out maps back to a mail drop. No phone line to tap, no physical-location information to surface in a database, the neighbors change every day. Even my work doesn't have my physical address, and my landlady doesn't even know my last name. Anonymity! Freedom! Or is it? A couple of weeks ago, my boyfriend decided to change his hair color. Nothing drastic: light blondish brown to a darker brown. He also had a new coat on, and left his hair down instead of pulling it back like usual since it was still damp. Who cares, right? Less than a minute after he left, my landlady frantically knocked on my door, concerned almost to the point of panic: "Oh! I saw a strange man coming out of your apartment! Are you okay? Anything wrong???" After I explained that yes, it really was just the same nice young man she knew with darker hair and a new coat, she relaxed, smiled and wished me a good night. After I thought about it, I got that sickening little feeling in the pit of my stomach again. Jesus christ, I can't even have a visitor without setting off some kind of alarm worth investigating. How much time had she spent watching the front door to pick up on the fact that we never have guests? It was then that I had the epiphany that if I were doing anything I actually needed anonymity for--rather than merely living quietly and making a symbolic gesture--there's not a doubt in my mind she'd have the cops, SWAT teams, and the five o' clock news all over us like a cheap suit. Or: freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. ~Faustine. *** He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. - --Thomas Paine -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 (C) 1997-1999 Network Associates, Inc. and its affiliated companies. (Diffie-Helman/DSS-only version) iQA/AwUBPDI7qfg5Tuca7bfvEQLo4gCeO2lt1nriU89L3WnaEl8qaqWJTAEAn21T mkv/cR0TaK1ZMnDTnd0UksYV =lImg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: "Swiss bank in a box"
by Eric Cordian 07 Jan '02

07 Jan '02

Tim wrote: > ...gold can be melted and all traces of origin lost, save for some > expensive tinkering with isotopic ratios, maybe. Gold, last I looked, had a single stable isotope which accounted for 100% of its natural abundance. 79-Au-197. One piece of pure stable gold is indistinguishable from another. So if your gold is pure and isn't radioactive, it hasn't been tagged by isotopic ratio tweeks. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"

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IP: Judge OKs FBI Keyboard Sniffing (fwd)
by Eugene Leitl 07 Jan '02

07 Jan '02

-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBMTO: N48 04'14.8'' E11 36'41.2'' http://www.leitl.org 57F9CFD3: ED90 0433 EB74 E4A9 537F CFF5 86E7 629B 57F9 CFD3 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 13:46:30 -0500 From: David Farber <dave(a)farber.net> Reply-To: farber(a)cis.upenn.edu To: ip-sub-1(a)majordomo.pobox.com Subject: IP: Judge OKs FBI Keyboard Sniffing [ In keeping with protocol, I was an expert witness (pro-bono) for the defense and submitted several affidavits on the technical issues djf] > http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,49455,00.html > >Judge OKs FBI Keyboard Sniffing >By Declan McCullagh >2:00 a.m. Jan. 4, 2002 PST WASHINGTON -- The Justice >Department can legally use a controversial electronic surveillance >technique in its prosecution of an alleged mobster. > >In the first case of its kind, a federal judge in Newark, New Jersey has >ruled that evidence surreptitiously gathered by the FBI about Nicodemo S. >Scarfo's reputed loan shark operation can be presented in a trial later >this year. > >U.S. District Judge Nicholas Politan said last week that it was perfectly >acceptable for FBI agents armed with a court order to sneak into Scarfo's >office, plant a keystroke sniffer in his PC and monitor its output. > >Scarfo had been using Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) encryption software to >encode confidential business data -- and frustrate the government's >attempts to monitor him. > > [snip] > >The court order from the federal magistrate judge stated that the FBI >could "install and leave behind software, firmware, and/or hardware >equipment, which will monitor the inputted data entered on Nicodemo S. >Scarfo's computer in the target location so that the FBI can capture the >password necessary to decrypt computer files by recording the key related >information as they are entered." > >Defense attorneys had said that the PGP pass-phrase snatching was akin to >a telephone wiretap and pointed out that the FBI never obtained a wiretap >order. Scarfo's lawyers also claimed the FBI was conducting a general >search of the sort loathed by the colonists at the time of the American >Revolution and thereafter outlawed by the Fourth Amendment's prohibition >of "unreasonable" searches. For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/

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Re: Orange crush
by Anonymous 07 Jan '02

07 Jan '02

Total bullshit there crock dog. TCDD is also a breakdown product of both poly-chlorinated phenols like 2,4,D and 2,4,5-T and poly-chlorinated bi-phenols (PCBs). It really doesn't matter what level tcdd (dioxin) is at time of manufacture, even boiling coffee watere with 245T in it can give you a load of dioxin. The agit/prop that we *need* herbicides to produce enough food is patently absurd. They didn't even exiest 50 years ago, and most farmers in the world still don't use them. Only the chemically dependant brainwashed, braindead amerikan farmer does, which is why he's quickly becoming extinct.

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CP Movies,"Behold the pale horse."
by mattd 07 Jan '02

07 Jan '02

Francisco Sabate Llopart (known as El Quico) -- Guerilla Extraordinaire -- (1915-1960).Born 30 March 1915 in Barcelona; died 5 January 1960. Francisco Sabate joined the CNT in 1931. In 1932, following the events of Fijols, he started the action group "Los Novatos" which aligned with the FAI. In 1935, they carried out their first expropriation to provide funds for a prison relief group. On July 18 & 19, 1936, the fascist uprising in Barcelona was defeated, signalling the beginning of a libertarian revolution. On August 27, 1936, Sabati & his brother Josi joined a CNT-FAI column which fought on the Aragon front. With the defeat of the Republican forces, Sabate was interned in France at the camps in Vernet. Once free, Sabate continued fighting in Spain clandestinely, & on August 20, 1945, succeeded in freeing two comrades. His group then began striking against the Franco regime & its supporters, as well as robbing companies & banks to finance the underground movement. On March 2, 1949, they killed two heads of the phalange. While many of his comrades were arrested or killed over the years Sabati succeeded in slipping through the various police dragnets. But on January 5, 1960, after having slipped across the border with four companions, they were encircled by army & the civil garde, & were shot down. Still, Sabati managed to escape, before succumbing a few hours later to bullet wounds. Sabate figures in at least two movies: Behold The Pale Horse, with Gregory Peck as a character very closely based on Sabate, the Spanish anarchist guerilla. More on the guerilla's guerilla at http://www.eskimo.com/~recall/bleed/sinners/FranciscoSabate.htm

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First we take Manhatten.
by mattd 07 Jan '02

07 Jan '02

The protests against the World Economic Forum will occur from January 30th through February 5th, 2002 in New York City. Also, join others in resisting the winter Olympics in Utah February 8th-24th (http://www.burntheolympics.org/) Picking Up Where We Left Off The North American Anti-Capitalist Struggle Must Advance It is now 2002 and it has been many months since the last large anti-capitalist protest in North America. Our situation was looking incredible for the late September protests against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. We had the many televised press conferences on C-SPAN, and we were coming back to D.C. learning from our past mistakes and successes. The mainstream media was already beginning to pre-hype the protests (or the potential for "violence" more specifically). As it got closer they had already decided to shorten the meeting time. I was helping organize people in the area interested in going (as were others all across the United States), and it looked like we were going to have the greatest number of people from this area to attend a major protest yet. I was gathering my gear, marking my maps, making my phonecalls and sending emails. It was going to be unbelievable. (It was in au as well,pre chogm,pr) Then one day we woke up or were at work or whatever, and our TV screens were filled with images of collapsing buildings, thousands died, thousands of others were running in terror, no one had a clue as to what the hell just happened. For the time it changed everything. As much as we wanted it not to, it severely affected the protests. It changed the focus of the protest (anti-war, anti-racist), the turnout, the tactical choices, the energy, and the attention we received. On the upside (or not), it also caused the IMF and World Bank to cancel that meeting. It has been nearly 4 months now since that day and the "war" has become increasingly futile. That "war," of course, is what has almost killed (no pun intended) the momentum of the anti-capitalist protests and overall resistance in the United States, not to mention thousands of innocent people. That movement or collection of movements has almost been hijacked by the liberal and (state) socialist left due to their stronghold over the anti-war movements. Anti-war protesters are more likely following the calls to action made by socialist parties or affiliated groups, or liberal groups, than calls (or lack thereof) made by anti-authoritarian collectives/groups. The authoritarian left has long sought to gain control over the anti-(corporate)-globalization movement and are in a position of greater power to do so when they use their power from the anti-war movement. This is why it is crucial that we make a presence in New York City (and subsequent gatherings) and show the so-called leaders (politicians and activists) that we have not been swept under the rug or converted to single-issue reformist struggles. We must show the state that we are not going to run and hide when it starts to hint at openly engaging in "war" against us. We must not forget why we are fighting. We must not forget the death of Carlo Guiliano (remember him? Genoa?) or hundreds and thousands of others who have needlessly lost their lives resisting conditions decided upon by the IMF, World Bank, WTO, NAFTA, and the leaders of the Northern industrial nations. We cannot let the state nor the authoritarian left (liberal and socialist) decide the fate of our struggle or how we choose to resist. And do not mistake this as another call for a "black bloc," but rather it is a call for anti-authoritarian resistance in all possible manifestations. _______________________________________________ infoshop-news mailing list infoshop-news(a)infoshop.org http://www.infoshop.org/mailman/listinfo/infosho

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