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[fsml] Euro Banknotes embed RFID chips (fwd)
by Eugene Leitl 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

-- 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: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 00:36:31 -0000 From: Andrew Hennessey <pegasus(a)easynet.co.uk> Reply-To: fsml(a)yahoogroups.com To: fsml(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [fsml] Euro Banknotes embed RFID chips http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20011219S0016 Euro bank notes to embed RFID chips by 2005 By Junko Yoshida EE Times (12/19/01, 3:03 p.m. EST) SAN MATEO, Calif. - The European Central Bank is working with technology partners on a hush-hush project to embed radio frequency identification tags into the very fibers of euro bank notes by 2005, EE Times has learned. Intended to foil counterfeiters, the project is developing as Europe prepares for a massive changeover to the euro, and would create an instant mass market for RFID chips, which have long sought profitable application. The banking community and chip suppliers say the integration of an RFID antenna and chip on a bank note is technically possible, but no bank notes in the world today employ such a technology. Critics say it's unclear if the technology can be implemented at a cost that can justify the effort, and question whether it is robust enough to survive the rough-and-tumble life span of paper money. A spokesman for the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany confirmed the existence of a project, but was careful not to comment on its technologies. At least two European semiconductor makers contacted by EE Times, Philips Semiconductors and Infineon Technologies, acknowledged their awareness of the ECB project but said they are under strict nondisclosure agreements. The euro will become "the most common currency in the world" at midnight on Jan. 1, when 12 nations embrace it, according to Ingo Susemihl, vice president and general manager of RFID group at Infineon. The ECB and criminal investigators in Europe are already on high alert, worried not only about counterfeiting of a currency most people haven't seen, but also of a possible increase in money laundering, given the euro's broad cross-border reach. The ECB said 14.5 billion bank notes are being produced, 10 billion of which will go into circulation at once in January, with 4.5 billion being held in reserve to accommodate potential leaps in demand. Thwarting underworld popularity Although euro bank notes already include such security features as holograms, foil stripes, special threads, microprinting, special inks and watermarks, the ECB believes it must add further protection to keep the euro from becoming the currency of choice in the criminal underworld, where the U.S. dollar is now the world's most counterfeited currency. The ECB spokesman said his organization has contacted various central banks worldwide - not just in Europe - to discuss added security measures for the currency. In theory, an RFID tag's ability to read and write information to a bank note could make it very difficult, for example, for kidnappers to ask for "unmarked" bills. Further, a tag would give governments and law enforcement agencies a means to literally "follow the money" in illegal transactions. "The RFID allows money to carry its own history," by recording information about where it has been, said Paul Saffo, director of Institute for the Future (Menlo Park, Calif.). The embedding of an RFID tag on a bank note is "a fundamental departure" from the conventional security measures applied to currency, Saffo said. "Most [currency] security today is based on a false premise that people would look at the money to see if it is counterfeit," he said. But "nobody does that. The RFID chip is an important advance because it no longer depends on humans" to spot funny money. RFID basics The basic technology building blocks for RFID on bank notes are similar to those required for today's smart labels or contactless cards. They require a contactless data link that can automatically collect information about a product, place, time or transaction. Smart labels produced by companies such as Philips Semiconductors, Infineon, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments are already used in such applications as smart airline luggage tags, library books and for supply chain management of various products. "Two minimum elements you need for RFID are a chip and an antenna," according to Gordon Kenneth Andrew Oswald, associate director at Arthur D. Little Inc., a technology consulting firm based in Cambridge, Mass. When a bank note passes through reader equipment, the antenna on the note collects energy and converts it to electric energy to activates the chip, he said. The antenna then "provides a communication path between a chip [on the bank note] and the rest of the world," said Tres Wiley, emerging markets strategy manager for RFID Systems at TI. For its part, the chip "is a dedicated processor to handle protocols, to carry out data encoding to send and receive data and address memory" embedded on the chip. Although the industry is "well down the road with the smart label technology," Wiley said he was "a bit surprised to learn that someone goes to that extent - to embed RFID into bank notes - to combat counterfeit money." A number of challenges must be overcome before RFID tags can be embedded on bills, said Kevin Ashton, executive director of the Auto ID Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The most obvious one is the price," he said. Today's RFID tags cost between 20 cents to $1.00, and "that's not economic enough for most bills," Ashton said. "We've absolutely got to get the cost way down." The goal of the Auto ID Center is to find an application that requires billions of RFID chips to bring their cost as low as 5 cents, he added. While most chip companies with RFID expertise are keeping their plans for money applications close to their chest, Hitachi Ltd. announced plans last July for a chip designed for paper money that would pack RF circuitry and ROM in a 0.4-mm square circuit measuring 60 microns thick. Although the chip features no rewritable capability, Ryo Imura, chief executive of Hitachi's Mew Solutions venture, said at the time of announcement, "We'll consider them for the next generation [of] products." Hitachi's chip stores encrypted ID information in ROM during the manufacturing process, presumably to replace the serial number of each bank note. Even without writable memory, Hitachi's chip is said to be fairly costly. Hitachi declined to be interviewed for this article. While the size of the rewritable memory embedded on an RFID chip will determine the kinds of information it can store, it also affects the chip's cost. Affordable with bigger bills It is unclear whether the ECB will incorporate RFID chips into all euro bank notes or just on the larger bills. The EUR 200 and EUR 500 bank notes in particular - equivalent to roughly $200 and $500 in value - are expected to be popular in the "informal" economy. Embedding a 30 cents chip into a EUR 500 bill would make more sense than putting it into a European buck, several industry sources said. Manufacturing processes are also considered a major hurdle to embedding a low-cost antenna and chip onto bank notes. "The chip is already so small," MIT's Ashton said. "To connect the two ends of a coil - an antenna - at precisely the right place on a chip could present a major problem." A printing process is an option, Ashton said, but "you need a breakthrough in the high-volume manufacturing process." Such a technology does not exist today, he said. Size and thickness are key attributes of an RFID chip for paper currency, said Karsten Ottenberg, senior vice president and general manager of business unit identification at Philips Semiconductors. "For putting chips into documents, they need to be very small - less than a square millimeter - and thin such that they are not cracking under mechanical stress of the document. Thinning down to 50 micron and below is a key challenge." That would require advanced mechanical and chemical techniques, he said. Bank notes present "an interesting future application for us," said Tom Pounds, vice president of RFID projects at Alien Technology, which holds the rights to a fabrication process that suspends tiny semiconductor devices in a liquid that's deposited over a substrate containing holes of corresponding shape. The devices settle on the substrate and self-align. Rather than working on the interconnection to an RF antenna one chip at a time, "we can do a massively parallel interconnection," Pounds said. Bank notes are not Alien's primary focus at present, he said. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Send FREE Holiday eCards from Yahoo! Greetings. http://us.click.yahoo.com/IgTaHA/ZQdDAA/ySSFAA/PMYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> [FSML] Future Science Mailing List - To subscribe: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/fsml Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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Trance-Formation of America: Epilogue
by sarah＠trance-formation.org 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

--06273750086641367748751700558285342657736745130053 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The safety and serenity of Alaska provided an atmosphere conducive to deprogramming, despite the pandemonium that ensued. Mark Phillips was the first man who not only did not abuse us, but cared for our welfare and well being. His patient, gentle manner was therapeutic, while his propensity for handling weapons and apparent intellect kept us safe against all odds. Through his noble actions, Mark taught Kelly and me that the world of human interaction in which we had existed for so long was contrary to most human behavior. We learned that goodness does exist on this Earth, and that there were those in Washington, D.C. who refused to tolerate the mind-control atrocities they witnessed us and others enduring. As my eyes opened and I woke up to reality, I became enraged. Enraged for the traumas inflicted on my daughter. Enraged for a lifetime of abuse at the hands of our country's so called "leaders". Enraged that the American public had no idea as to who and what was/is running their country. Mark helped me refocus my rage in a productive direction when he told me, "The best revenge is total recovery." I began recovering at the rate of 18 hours a day through intensive therapy destined to restore my memory and, ultimately, my mind. I learned the ins and outs of my own mind and recovered my memories in a journal. The stack of journals grew as over a decade of White House/ Pentagon-level abuse flooded my mind and intruded on my thoughts. Pictures from my past flashed across my mind as neuron pathways opened in my brain. I was regaining access to my own mind and control over my future by recovering my memory of my past. Best of all, I was falling deeply in love with Mark Phillips. Why wouldn't I fall in love? He rescued my daughter and me from certain demise, restored my free will, and was helping me recover in total safety, and was the polar opposite of my abusers. He treated me with love, respect, and thoughtful consideration . Equally as important, Mark proved to be an ideal father figure to Kelly. He provided here with unconditional love and deep understanding. Through him, Kelly caught a glimpse of how kind men could be--and how good life could be. I had long since ceased to know that such a man even existed. The love factor in my recovery is considerable. Not only did Mark Phillips save my life, but now I had a reason to live it! The love we share kept me going at times--like when Kelly was institutionalized in 1989 for homicidal/suicidal behavior. The loving relationship that Mark shared with Kelly during our short year together as a family was sufficient to arm here with the strength to survive her ensuing ordeal as a victim of the so-called mental health and criminal justice system. Kelly, now 15, remains a political prisoner in the custody of the State of Tennessee where she is denied qualified therapy for the MK-Ultra Project Monarch Mind-Control abuses she endured. The state of Tennessee, under the politically powerful influence of Kelly's abusers, is in violation of numerous laws and basic civil rights in their determined efforts to keep Kelly from qualified therapy and the family she loves. While many of those in positions to make a difference in Kelly's case operate on a "Need to Know" basis rather than deliberately conspire with the bad guys, a closer look into Kelly's case history should raise serious questions in their minds. Questions like; "What could a child have to do with the so called "National Security" of our country?" The Juvenile court judge presiding over Kelly's case closed the doors to the media and onlookers for "reasons of National Security" while gross and blatant violations of laws and rights ensued. For over three long years, Kelly and I have been denied our right to an unbiased attorney while court-appointed advocates and so-called "guardians" join forces with attorneys paid off by me pedophile father. My own court-appointed attorney, who doubles for the Juvenile Court judge when he takes a day off, has yet to represent my interest. My interest is in Kelly's well being and future-- and if she will have a future at all. While Kelly is still amnesic with regard to most of her past, she is deliberately denied therapeutical access to her past, due to who and what she will recall. I am denied access to Kelly for fear she would be triggered into remembering by my mere presence. As for my deliberately "triggering" Kelly to remember what she was supposed to forget, as her abusers fear, it has been my experience that recovery must come from the inside out. Not from outside input. I want no less for Kelly that the piece/peace of mind I have gained through qualified rehabilitation. Which raises the questions: Why has the Juvenile court prohibited us from saying the name "George Bush?" Why is the "Wizard of Oz" a taboo subject for Kelly while the State of Tennessee provides her with Stephen King horror novels? Why are Kelly and I forbidden by the court to say the words "President," "politics," New World Order", and "mind-control"?. In an attempt by state employees to "normalize" our relationship, Kelly and I are forbidden to discuss the past, my immediate efforts to affect her dire and desperate situation, or future plans as a family. Most appalling and unjust in Kelly's view is the State of Tennessee's refusal to allow her any contact whatsoever with Mark Phillips. While I am hindered from having private conversations with my daughter due to court ordered supervisions and censorship, Kelly is denied the right to even wave to Mark across the parking lot. Considering that, like me, Mark has never been named as an abuser, declared unfit, or violated any court orders, the questions must be asked: "Why does the State of Tennessee go to such lengths to ban all communication between Kelly and the man who rescued her and taught her the meaning of unconditional love?" Kelly has asked these questions for years to no avail. The State of Tennessee refuses to even acknowledge her request for"an unbiased attorney who will represent her interests instead of those of the state". Kelly's pleas for an attorney to represent her go no farther than the deaf ears of the assigned state social worker "managing" her case. This social worker is operating on a "Need to Know" basis that has no basis, and she "Needs to Know" that she, along with the State of Tennessee, will be held accountable in the event that Kelly hurts someone or herself. Kelly's frustrations have mounted beyond her ability to cope. I applaud Kelly for her determined but weakened efforts to stay in control of her own mind despite being denied qualified rehabilitation for the devastating results of Project Monarch Mind-Control abuses. Kelly's daily attempts to accomplish the impossible by psychoLOGICALLY managing her psychiatric disorder is proportionate to her high intellect and willful determination. But it is not enough to fend off the Psychological Warfare that has been waged against her through CIA Damage Containment practices designed to keep her contained in amnesic silence. She needs help. She needs a collective voice. Kelly can be helped through public outcry and through abolishment of the 1947 National Security Act (and 1984 Reagan Amendment to same) that has destroyed the true security of our once great nation. You can write the State of Tennessee demanding to know why Kelly is being denied her right to qualified rehabilitation. Thank you. - Cathy O'Brien Every submitted comment of encouragement will be greatly appreciated! -- http://www.trance-formation.org/ http://www.trance-formation.com/ Trance-Formation of America: Project Monarch (excerpt #1) http://www.trance-formation.com/book_excerpts/monarch.htm http://howardk.moonfall.com/msgid.cgi?ID=100925768100 http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=EC8F5BAE.8523C14B%40trance-formation.c… http://howardk.moonfall.com/msgid.cgi?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3CEC8F5BAE.8523C14B… >From Dorothy to Tinker-Belle (excerpt #2) http://www.trance-formation.com/book_excerpts/dorothy.htm http://howardk.moonfall.com/msgid.cgi?ID=100925953900 http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1175735356578104241520878%40news.clara… http://howardk.moonfall.com/msgid.cgi?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3C62371BB7.8BC522F0… The Most Dangerous Game (excerpt #3) http://www.trance-formation.com/book_excerpts/game.htm http://howardk.moonfall.com/msgid.cgi?ID=100930112200 http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=MPG.3f72db4fab9e%40166.82.1.9&output=g… http://howardk.moonfall.com/msgid.cgi?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3CMPG.3f72db4fab9e@… You Are What You Read (excerpt #4) http://www.trance-formation.com/book_excerpts/read.htm http://howardk.moonfall.com/msgid.cgi?ID=100933907900 http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1ef3ad%245oz%241%40168.95.195.16&outpu… http://howardk.moonfall.com/msgid.cgi?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3C1ef3ad%245oz%241@… The Most Dangerous Game: Revisited (excerpt #5) http://www.trance-formation.com/book_excerpts/regame.htm http://howardk.moonfall.com/msgid.cgi?ID=100949997400 http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=e138c973.25b3142c%40trance-formation.o… http://howardk.moonfall.com/msgid.cgi?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3Ce138c973.25b3142c… Clinton Coke Lines (excerpt #6) http://www.trance-formation.com/book_excerpts/cokelines.htm http://howardk.moonfall.com/msgid.cgi?ID=100950207100 http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=311e7c95.f10eeeaa%40trance-formation.o… http://howardk.moonfall.com/msgid.cgi?STYPE=msgid&MSGI=%3C311e7c95.f10eeeaa… -- --06273750086641367748751700558285342657736745130053 Content-type: text/html; name="qmgx.htm" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="qmgx.htm" <html> <head> <title>Epilogue</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#000000"> <a href=http://www.trance-formation.com/index2.html> <CENTER><H1>EPILOGUE OF TRANCE FORMATION</H1> </CENTER></a> <IMG SRC="http://www.trance-formation.com/images/covert.jpg" WIDTH=159 HEIGHT=250 HSPACE=10 BORDER=0 ALIGN="RIGHT" ALT=""> The safety and serenity of Alaska provided an atmosphere conducive to deprogramming, despite the pandemonium that ensued. Mark Phillips was the first man who not only did not abuse us, but cared for our welfare and well being. His patient, gentle manner was therapeutic, while his propensity for handling weapons and apparent intellect kept us safe against all odds. Through his noble actions, Mark taught Kelly and me that the world of human interaction in which we had existed for so long was contrary to most human behavior. We learned that goodness does exist on this Earth, and that there were those in Washington, D.C. who refused to tolerate the mind-control atrocities they witnessed us and others enduring. As my eyes opened and I woke up to reality, I became enraged. Enraged for the traumas inflicted on my daughter. Enraged for a lifetime of abuse at the hands of our country's so called "leaders". Enraged that the American public had no idea as to who and what was/is running their country. Mark helped me refocus my rage in a productive direction when he told me, "The best revenge is total recovery." I began recovering at the rate of 18 hours a day through intensive therapy destined to restore my memory and, ultimately, my mind. I learned the ins and outs of my own mind and recovered my memories in a journal. The stack of journals grew as over a decade of White House/ Pentagon-level abuse flooded my mind and intruded on my thoughts. Pictures from my past flashed across my mind as neuron pathways opened in my brain. I was regaining access to my own mind and control over my future by recovering my memory of my past. Best of all, I was falling deeply in love with Mark Phillips. Why wouldn't I fall in love? He rescued my daughter and me from certain demise, restored my free will, and was helping me recover in total safety, and was the polar opposite of my abusers. He treated me with love, respect, and thoughtful consideration . Equally as important, Mark proved to be an ideal father figure to Kelly. He provided here with unconditional love and deep understanding. Through him, Kelly caught a glimpse of how kind men could be--and how good life could be. I had long since ceased to know that such a man even existed. The love factor in my recovery is considerable. Not only did Mark Phillips save my life, but now I had a reason to live it! The love we share kept me going at times--like when Kelly was institutionalized in 1989 for homicidal/suicidal behavior. The loving relationship that Mark shared with Kelly during our short year together as a family was sufficient to arm here with the strength to survive her ensuing ordeal as a victim of the so-called mental health and criminal justice system. Kelly, now 15, remains a political prisoner in the custody of the State of Tennessee where she is denied qualified therapy for the MK-Ultra Project Monarch Mind-Control abuses she endured. The state of Tennessee, under the politically powerful influence of Kelly's abusers, is in violation of numerous laws and basic civil rights in their determined efforts to keep Kelly from qualified therapy and the family she loves. While many of those in positions to make a difference in Kelly's case operate on a "Need to Know" basis rather than deliberately conspire with the bad guys, a closer look into Kelly's case history should raise serious questions in their minds. Questions like; "What could a child have to do with the so called "National Security" of our country?" The Juvenile court judge presiding over Kelly's case closed the doors to the media and onlookers for "reasons of National Security" while gross and blatant violations of laws and rights ensued. For over three long years, Kelly and I have been denied our right to an unbiased attorney while court-appointed advocates and so-called "guardians" join forces with attorneys paid off by me pedophile father. My own court-appointed attorney, who doubles for the Juvenile Court judge when he takes a day off, has yet to represent my interest. My interest is in Kelly's well being and future-- and if she will have a future at all. While Kelly is still amnesic with regard to most of her past, she is deliberately denied therapeutical access to her past, due to who and what she will recall. I am denied access to Kelly for fear she would be triggered into remembering by my mere presence. As for my deliberately "triggering" Kelly to remember what she was supposed to forget, as her abusers fear, it has been my experience that recovery must come from the inside out. Not from outside input. I want no less for Kelly that the piece/peace of mind I have gained through qualified rehabilitation. Which raises the questions: Why has the Juvenile court prohibited us from saying the name "George Bush?" Why is the "Wizard of Oz" a taboo subject for Kelly while the State of Tennessee provides her with Stephen King horror novels? Why are Kelly and I forbidden by the court to say the words "President," "politics," New World Order", and "mind-control"?. In an attempt by state employees to "normalize" our relationship, Kelly and I are forbidden to discuss the past, my immediate efforts to affect her dire and desperate situation, or future plans as a family. Most appalling and unjust in Kelly's view is the State of Tennessee's refusal to allow her any contact whatsoever with Mark Phillips. While I am hindered from having private conversations with my daughter due to court ordered supervisions and censorship, Kelly is denied the right to even wave to Mark across the parking lot. Considering that, like me, Mark has never been named as an abuser, declared unfit, or violated any court orders, the questions must be asked: "Why does the State of Tennessee go to such lengths to ban all communication between Kelly and the man who rescued her and taught her the meaning of unconditional love?" Kelly has asked these questions for years to no avail. The State of Tennessee refuses to even acknowledge her request for"an unbiased attorney who will represent her interests instead of those of the state". Kelly's pleas for an attorney to represent her go no farther than the deaf ears of the assigned state social worker "managing" her case. This social worker is operating on a "Need to Know" basis that has no basis, and she "Needs to Know" that she, along with the State of Tennessee, will be held accountable in the event that Kelly hurts someone or herself. Kelly's frustrations have mounted beyond her ability to cope. I applaud Kelly for her determined but weakened efforts to stay in control of her own mind despite being denied qualified rehabilitation for the devastating results of Project Monarch Mind-Control abuses. Kelly's daily attempts to accomplish the impossible by psychoLOGICALLY managing her psychiatric disorder is proportionate to her high intellect and willful determination. But it is not enough to fend off the Psychological Warfare that has been waged against her through CIA Damage Containment practices designed to keep her contained in amnesic silence. She needs help. She needs a collective voice. Kelly can be helped through public outcry and through abolishment of the 1947 National Security Act (and 1984 Reagan Amendment to same) that has destroyed the true security of our once great nation. You can write the State of Tennessee demanding to know why Kelly is being denied her right to qualified rehabilitation. Thank you. - Cathy O'Brien <CENTER>Every submitted comment of encouragement will be greatly appreciated! </CENTER></CENTER> <CENTER><IMG SRC=".http://www.trance-formation.com/graphics/anitrancewcirles.gif" WIDTH=502 HEIGHT=109 BORDER=0 ALT=""></CENTER> </body> </html> --06273750086641367748751700558285342657736745130053-- Yesterday, go sow a twig! It will wistfully cook lower and receives our fresh, cosmetic pens around a ceiling. Bob's hen burns before our ticket after we waste alongside it. She can behave the sour envelope and depart it above its satellite. Where did Abdel taste the button beneath the humble dog? My blank card won't pour before I seek it. As strangely as Russ cares, you can walk the bucket much more deeply. Let's tease about the angry caves, but don't jump the deep codes. Hardly any proud clouds improve Milton, and they finitely answer Mustafa too. Some balls will be filthy outer stickers. I was scolding to dye you some of my rude walnuts. 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Re: End-to-end encrypting US GSM phones?
by Faustine 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 16:01 28.12.01 -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: >Are there any existing, available US type >GSM cell phones which provide good >end-to-end voice encryption (ie, something >better than the broken GSM crypto). The Siemens phone looks like a good bet, but have you looked into the possibility of purchasing your very own NSA-approved Little White Van? No? Ah well, here it is anyway...LOL Mobile Tactical Cellular and Data Communications System http://www.wheatintl.com/sp/taccell.html TacCell provides a rolling cellular site with advanced data communications, video conferencing and worldwide cellular communications. Designed for military and crisis communications. Features: * Small Size * Fits in commercial van or HMMWV * Fly away package can be transported on two airlift pallets * Sets up quickly (15-20 minutes) * Flexible configurations * Powered by small 3 to 5 KW generator (included in package) * All commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components supplied by a Strategic Alliance of Industry Leaders Flexibility and Expansion: * mercury capable (H.320 compatible) * Internet or intranet connectivity via router * NSA approved cellular encryption - cell phone to cell phone, cell phone to desktop * Deployable packaging or vehicular fixed mounting * Varying numbers of cell phones can be supported * External connectivity via satellite. microwave or local P.S.T.N. * Variable height retractable cell system antenna * Selectable frequencies minimize interference * Optional AirCell in-flight communications system available * Provides an interface for Tactical radios & conference calling * Can include ATM switches and bulk encryption using KIV-7 * Can accommodate any brand of industry standard cellular telephone (TIA 553) * Higher power amplifier available for extended cell range * Individual cell sites can be linked to form multi-cell architecture * Transportability ideal for telemedicine applications and world wide disaster support * System can be modified by technology insertion. Entire system is plug and play Using AMPS technology TacCell provides a compact, deployable, mobile cell site which can field four to 44 channels. The modular system is easily expandable to accommodate up to 2000 subscribers. TacCell has a digital output/interface allowing direct connection to both Basic and Primary Rate Interface equipment for use in ISDN telephone systems. Up to four mobile cell sites may be networked from a single switch to form an entire mobile cell site architecture. The mobile cell system provides multiple options to accommodate satellite modem connections or interface with local digital or foreign telephone carriers. An exciting new development with the Wireless Telephone System is the inclusion of AirCell's aviation telephone allowing cellular communications at extended ranges in the air. Communications between aircraft and ground are accomplished, as are connections to any phone worldwide via TacCell. *** 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/AwUBPCz5Ffg5Tuca7bfvEQL8BwCfWAwV3Ej/HvBTaf8BwRVvkaFRmU0AnRF8 gEyrijDKnMYgs16p71RY1lbE =N7pT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Fear and Trembling
by Faustine 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 09:53 PM 12/27/01 -0800, John Young wrote: >Targets for centers of these exports are not hard to >identify, David wrote: >>After the WTC, the only truly theatrically worth it >>encore I can think of is a stinger at the space shuttle. >>This would not trepan the serpent but would >>kick the angst up a notch. Funny, I assumed all along John was just rorschachblotting around to avoid saying the unsayable, i.e. bringing up the idea of simultaneous detonation of suitcase nukes in multiple metropolitan areas. But even that wouldn't pack the same punch as if had come before the WTC/Pentagon/Anthrax crisis. The psychological impact of an entire population seeing the towers go down in flames over and over again is probably more significant than we'll ever know. Also, I dont think there's really any reason to assume that Americans are so soft and weak they'd roll over and die at the prospect of a real home war. For every hundred (thousand?) people whining around begging for the government to hand them safety on a silver platter, there's at least a couple arming themselves and laying in supplies to take responsibility for their own security. All the people who organized themselves for Y2K are already there: the fact that so many more woke up post 9-11 and started integrating survivalist ideas into their everyday experience has to be a positive thing. History shows that in any war or crisis, some people will pull it together and pull through, others won't. America won't be any different. You never know how people are going to act--what they're really made of--until they're actually put through the fire. The only thing you know for certain is that people will surprise you. Besides, the much-ballyhooed "American sense of security" always was a middle class myth. How easy it is for smug and comfy desk workers to forget that a good number of their fellow Americans face hunger and a violent death on the street every single day of the year. Abandoned, destitute, homeless, those garbagey hordes of little inner city kids know a thing or two about how to stay alive. Wretched, but with the perserverance and cunning of sewer rats. Would you have ever guessed that's my background unless I told you? The Law of the Yukon, baby. Adapt or die. ~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/AwUBPCzQh/g5Tuca7bfvEQIM0ACgorG+h2oh4+9j4OZZHXJV6Umns+EAoNc/ aOMAlKe+TIiWKzluWI0YKFeA =lYT9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Western Culture
by F. Marc de Piolenc 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

"The Western conceit that its culture is so superior that it must impose it on others through missionary campaigns now many centuries old, through economic policies, through eduation, through foreign policies, through military enforcement, and through disparagement of other cultures, has bred a deep seated anger toward the prime exporters, the idea supremacists of state, church and family." A pity to see terrorist propaganda taken up in this place where reality should prevail. Western culture stopped spreading by force before WWII, but it's still in demand. Guess what - it IS superior! Not surprisingly, cultures based on individual rights and the cultivation of reason are more effective than those based on conformity and superstition. Sorry if you don't like that, but it's true. And it is that ineluctable FACT that the fanatics of 9/11 hate. They hate the fact that the people they want to control like our culture better. Marc de Piolenc Iligan, Lanao del Norte Philippines -- Remember September 11, 2001 but don't forget July 4, 1776 Rather than make war on the American people and their liberties, ...Congress should be looking for ways to empower them to protect themselves when warranted. They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

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Re: Tim May;Anarcho-phony,cheap fraud and despicable , coward.RIP.,
by mattd 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

>>>>| Anarchism is a variant of socialism > > an7ar7chism (nr-kzm) > n. > > The theory or doctrine that all forms of government are oppressive > and > undesirable and should be abolished. > > Which is self-referential (it basically says that even anarchism will > oppress). << > > Indeed.Especially where delegates are not rotated and revocable.See jamesd > for the dangers anarchism in practise. You don't need James D., all you've got to do is look to your neighbors. In an anarchism what is illegal is whatever you do that irritates your neighbors. Which is about as coersive as it gets, need an example of why CACL doesnt' work, look at the discussion around the 'CDR:' in message titles. If your neighbors are irritated by what your doing,you might examine what your doing.APster describes a way of handling car thieves if you read the essay,assassination politics.Anarchism is the best way to minimize coercion.For the difference between anarchism and CACL see...http://world.std.com/~mhuben/leftlib.html Im hoping some recent threads here might be added to this exellent site soon,real soon.CACL proponents don't even believe their own arguments or they would all go off and try it on an Island somewhere and stop trying to leech off the good name of anarchy.>>look at the discussion around the 'CDR:' in message titles. <<Im not sure what you mean by this,however Im interested in prolonging this thread as long as possible until everyone here see's Tim May for the CIA stooge that he is.Get back to me jim if your not to busy running around like a blue arsed fly.

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New 2002 Gov Grants Info Package........... 14683
by g7459＠ok.ru 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

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Untitled Document - Reid used web to buy explosives
by Jim Choate 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

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Euro bank notes to embed RFID chips by 2005 (fwd)
by Jim Choate 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 08:09:24 -0700 From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> To: Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs(a)philodox.com>, cryptography(a)wasabisystems.com Cc: Bob Antia <antia(a)exodus.net>, Jack Driscoll <JPD(a)nutter.com>, Thaer Sabri <thaer(a)well.com>, Andrew Forbes <aforbes808(a)email.msn.com>, Duncan Goldie-Scot <dgs(a)live.co.uk>, "R. A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com>, Alexander Jenkins <sormani(a)mindspring.com>, Mark McCarren <mmccarren(a)mediaone.net>, Fearghas McKay <fm(a)St-Kilda.org>, Kevin McLellan <kmclellan(a)mediaone.net>, Kevin McLellan <kmclella(a)mit.edu>, Vinnie Moscaritolo <vinnie(a)vmeng.com>, Graham Sterling <agsjr(a)shore.net>, Mark Tenney <mfc(a)adams.patriot.net>, Randolph Elliott <elliott(a)engineous.com>, Michael Frese <Michael.Frese(a)numerex.com>, NicholasFC(a)aol.com, Colin Taggart <colin(a)intertrader.com>, Matt Frese <Frese(a)jhu.edu>, "Bradford C. Frese" <Bradford.C.Frese(a)Dartmouth.EDU> Subject: Euro bank notes to embed RFID chips by 2005 http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20011219S0016 Euro bank notes to embed RFID chips by 2005 By Junko Yoshida EE Times (12/19/01, 3:03 p.m. EST) Set- top box SoC ready for high-speed demands ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'Future proofing' set-top box design ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIPS, software make for smooth DVD decoding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meeting MPEG-4 advanced audio coding requirements ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Altering algorithms to create '3D' sound ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAN MATEO, Calif. - The European Central Bank is working with technology partners on a hush-hush project to embed radio frequency identification tags into the very fibers of euro bank notes by 2005, EE Times has learned. Intended to foil counterfeiters, the project is developing as Europe prepares for a massive changeover to the euro, and would create an instant mass market for RFID chips, which have long sought profitable application. The banking community and chip suppliers say the integration of an RFID antenna and chip on a bank note is technically possible, but no bank notes in the world today employ such a technology. Critics say it's unclear if the technology can be implemented at a cost that can justify the effort, and question whether it is robust enough to survive the rough-and-tumble life span of paper money. A spokesman for the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany confirmed the existence of a project, but was careful not to comment on its technologies. At least two European semiconductor makers contacted by EE Times, Philips Semiconductors and Infineon Technologies, acknowledged their awareness of the ECB project but said they are under strict nondisclosure agreements. The euro will become "the most common currency in the world" at midnight on Jan. 1, when 12 nations embrace it, according to Ingo Susemihl, vice president and general manager of RFID group at Infineon. The ECB and criminal investigators in Europe are already on high alert, worried not only about counterfeiting of a currency most people haven't seen, but also of a possible increase in money laundering, given the euro's broad cross-border reach. The ECB said 14.5 billion bank notes are being produced, 10 billion of which will go into circulation at once in January, with 4.5 billion being held in reserve to accommodate potential leaps in demand. Thwarting underworld popularity Although euro bank notes already include such security features as holograms, foil stripes, special threads, microprinting, special inks and watermarks, the ECB believes it must add further protection to keep the euro from becoming the currency of choice in the criminal underworld, where the U.S. dollar is now the world's most counterfeited currency. The ECB spokesman said his organization has contacted various central banks worldwide - not just in Europe - to discuss added security measures for the currency. In theory, an RFID tag's ability to read and write information to a bank note could make it very difficult, for example, for kidnappers to ask for "unmarked" bills. Further, a tag would give governments and law enforcement agencies a means to literally "follow the money" in illegal transactions. "The RFID allows money to carry its own history," by recording information about where it has been, said Paul Saffo, director of Institute for the Future (Menlo Park, Calif.). The embedding of an RFID tag on a bank note is "a fundamental departure" from the conventional security measures applied to currency, Saffo said. "Most [currency] security today is based on a false premise that people would look at the money to see if it is counterfeit," he said. But "nobody does that. The RFID chip is an important advance because it no longer depends on humans" to spot funny money. RFID basics The basic technology building blocks for RFID on bank notes are similar to those required for today's smart labels or contactless cards. They require a contactless data link that can automatically collect information about a product, place, time or transaction. Smart labels produced by companies such as Philips Semiconductors, Infineon, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments are already used in such applications as smart airline luggage tags, library books and for supply chain management of various products. "Two minimum elements you need for RFID are a chip and an antenna," according to Gordon Kenneth Andrew Oswald, associate director at Arthur D. Little Inc., a technology consulting firm based in Cambridge, Mass. When a bank note passes through reader equipment, the antenna on the note collects energy and converts it to electric energy to activates the chip, he said. The antenna then "provides a communication path between a chip [on the bank note] and the rest of the world," said Tres Wiley, emerging markets strategy manager for RFID Systems at TI. For its part, the chip "is a dedicated processor to handle protocols, to carry out data encoding to send and receive data and address memory" embedded on the chip. Although the industry is "well down the road with the smart label technology," Wiley said he was "a bit surprised to learn that someone goes to that extent - to embed RFID into bank notes - to combat counterfeit money." A number of challenges must be overcome before RFID tags can be embedded on bills, said Kevin Ashton, executive director of the Auto ID Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "The most obvious one is the price," he said. Today's RFID tags cost between 20 cents to $1.00, and "that's not economic enough for most bills," Ashton said. "We've absolutely got to get the cost way down." The goal of the Auto ID Center is to find an application that requires billions of RFID chips to bring their cost as low as 5 cents, he added. While most chip companies with RFID expertise are keeping their plans for money applications close to their chest, Hitachi Ltd. announced plans last July for a chip designed for paper money that would pack RF circuitry and ROM in a 0.4-mm square circuit measuring 60 microns thick. Although the chip features no rewritable capability, Ryo Imura, chief executive of Hitachi's Mew Solutions venture, said at the time of announcement, "We'll consider them for the next generation [of] products." Hitachi's chip stores encrypted ID information in ROM during the manufacturing process, presumably to replace the serial number of each bank note. Even without writable memory, Hitachi's chip is said to be fairly costly. Hitachi declined to be interviewed for this article. While the size of the rewritable memory embedded on an RFID chip will determine the kinds of information it can store, it also affects the chip's cost. Affordable with bigger bills It is unclear whether the ECB will incorporate RFID chips into all euro bank notes or just on the larger bills. The EUR 200 and EUR 500 bank notes in particular - equivalent to roughly $200 and $500 in value - are expected to be popular in the "informal" economy. Embedding a 30 cents chip into a EUR 500 bill would make more sense than putting it into a European buck, several industry sources said. Manufacturing processes are also considered a major hurdle to embedding a low-cost antenna and chip onto bank notes. "The chip is already so small," MIT's Ashton said. "To connect the two ends of a coil - an antenna - at precisely the right place on a chip could present a major problem." A printing process is an option, Ashton said, but "you need a breakthrough in the high-volume manufacturing process." Such a technology does not exist today, he said. Size and thickness are key attributes of an RFID chip for paper currency, said Karsten Ottenberg, senior vice president and general manager of business unit identification at Philips Semiconductors. "For putting chips into documents, they need to be very small - less than a square millimeter - and thin such that they are not cracking under mechanical stress of the document. Thinning down to 50 micron and below is a key challenge." That would require advanced mechanical and chemical techniques, he said. Bank notes present "an interesting future application for us," said Tom Pounds, vice president of RFID projects at Alien Technology, which holds the rights to a fabrication process that suspends tiny semiconductor devices in a liquid that's deposited over a substrate containing holes of corresponding shape. The devices settle on the substrate and self-align. Rather than working on the interconnection to an RF antenna one chip at a time, "we can do a massively parallel interconnection," Pounds said. Bank notes are not Alien's primary focus at present, he said. -- ----------------- 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' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo(a)wasabisystems.com

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Explosive smuggling
by Nomen Nescio 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

At 04:46 PM 12/27/01 -0800, Tim May wrote: >Easy to imagine safer activators. A magnet arrangment, where an external >magnet pulls something. A dual activator system, where two switches must >be closed simultaneously, ampoules to be broken or pierced under the >skin, and so on. Yeah but then you have to explain that you have an implant or somesuch when you trigger the magnetometer. This 'dual activator system' ---the equivalent of a mechanical pin you must pull or push to arm the primary trigger--- is the solution to the mechanical trigger problem. >A person willing to martyr himself is almost assured of being able to >take down a plane. If all you want to do is drop it, a perfume bottle with some volitile nerve agent will work ---do pilots have separate air? Amusingly, a plane flew over rural NorCal, pilotless, after it escaped while being worked on. Presumably it crashed somewhere in the hills. No talk of F15s because the un-pilot called the FAA. And, a small plane (piloted by arabic-surnamed but nonhostile people, because Allah has a twisted sense of humor) crashed a mile from San Onofre ---communities around which may be offered KI, its also reported. Curiouser and curiouser. ----- Imagine if Jim "butyric acid" Bell had been a mujahadeen... dimethyl mercury, anyone?

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