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Antigen found W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus
by ANTIGEN_BAMBI 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Antigen for Exchange found Ham and Swiss Stromboli.doc.pif infected with W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus. The file is currently Removed. The message, "CDR: Ham and Swiss Stromboli", was sent from JREIDINGER and was discovered in IMC Queues\Inbound located at Cognex/Natick/BAMBI.

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IP: The Postal Service Has Its Eye on You (fwd)
by Eugene Leitl 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204/">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBMTO : N48 10'07'' E011 33'53'' http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204 57F9CFD3: ED90 0433 EB74 E4A9 537F CFF5 86E7 629B 57F9 CFD3 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 10:14:02 -0400 From: David Farber <dave(a)farber.net> Reply-To: farber(a)cis.upenn.edu To: ip-sub-1(a)majordomo.pobox.com Subject: IP: The Postal Service Has Its Eye on You >Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 00:23:38 -0400 >To: Dave Farber <farber(a)cis.upenn.edu> >From: Monty Solomon <monty(a)roscom.com> >Subject: The Postal Service Has Its Eye on You > >THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS ITS EYE ON YOU > >By John Berlau > >July 14, 2001 > >Since 1997, the U.S. Postal Service has been conducting a >customer-surveillance program, 'Under the Eagle's Eye,' and reporting >innocent activity to federal law enforcement. Could you already be a >victim? > >http://www.moreprivacy.com/editorials/postaleye.htm <snip> One thing that should set off alarms, the postal service says, is a customer objecting to filling out an 8105-A form that requests their date of birth, occupation and drivers license or other government-issued ID for a purchase of money orders of $3,000 or more. If they cancel the purchase or request a smaller amount, the clerk automatically should fill out Form 8105-B, the suspicious-activity report. Whatever the reason, any customer who switches from a transaction that requires an 8105-A form to one that doesnt should earn himself or herself the honor of being described on a B form, the training manual says. But the suspicious customers might just be concerned about privacy, says Solveig Singleton, a senior analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. And a professional criminal likely would know that $3,000 was the reporting requirement before he walked into the post office. I think theres a lot of reasons that people might not want to fill out such forms; they may simply think its none of the post offices business, Singleton tells Insight. The presumption seems to be that from the standpoint of the post office and the Bank Secrecy regulators every citizen is a suspect. Both Singleton and Nojeim say Under the Eagles Eye unfairly targets the poor, minorities and immigrants people outside of the traditional banking system. A large proportion of the reports will be immigrants sending money back home, Nojeim says. Singleton adds, It lends itself to discrimination against people who are sort of marginally part of the ordinary banking system or who may not trust things like checks and credit cards. <snip> For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/

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RAND Privacy Conference: pdf links
by Faustine 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

RAND Privacy and Emerging Technologies Conference http://www.rand.org/hot/privconf/index.html "How do emerging technologies such as biotechnology, computer monitoring, and overhead imaging impact privacy and corresponding policy? As emerging technologies improve the private and public sectors' ability to gather individual information, policymakers must call into question: *The balance between security and privacy *The difference between perceived and legitimate privacy threats *The inter-linkages among emerging technologies and the impact on privacy *The roles of government and industry in regulating privacy Join RAND analysts, legal scholars, policymakers, executive and legislative branch officials and business leaders in examining these issues on July 23, 2001, at RAND's Washington Office. RAND's Privacy and Emerging Technologies Conference is sponsored by the Arroyo Center." Unfortunately, it was yesterday, but there are still lots of excellent online .pdf documents linked in the "related publications" page: http://www.rand.org/hot/privconf/relatedpubs.html

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Seeking parnership
by Alexander 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Dear Sir/Madam: We are Russian software development company. We are seeking for software development projects that we could implement. Our offshore location alllows us to charge only 10 dollars per hour. Nonetheless, we provide competitive quality and reasonably short development terms. Our fields of development include Web sites, e-commerce systems, Internet programming and many more. You can assess our vast knowledge and expertise by looking at the brief summary of skills in the enclosure in the end of this letter. We can provide you with our references and previous projects. If interested, please send your offers and inquiries to inquiries(a)rambler.ru Sincerely yours, Alexander. Enclosure. Brief summary of our skills and expertise. Hardware: PC Operating systems: MS Windows 3.x/95/98/2000/NT, MS DOS, Linux DBMS: SQL Server, FoxPro, Interbase, MS Access, Oracle Languages: C/C++, Pascal, Java, SQL, Basic, Prolog, Assembler Internet technologies: HTML/DHTML, XML, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, SSI, Windows Sockets, ColdFusion, CGI, Perl, PHP Other technologies: COM/OLE, ActiveX, ODBC, DAO, ADO, WinAPI Software: MS Visual C++, C++ Builder, Borland C++, Delphi, Borland Pascal, MS Visual J++, JBuilder, Visual Basic, VBA, PhotoShop, Turbo Assembler, IIS, MS Office

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ABC: "Exercise Exposes U.S. Vulnerability to Bio-terrorism"
by Faustine 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT ABC TV 7:00 PM JULY 23, 2001 EXERCISE EXPOSES U.S. VULNERABILITY TO BIO-TERRORISM: A recent exercise conducted at Andrews Air Force Base demonstrated clearly that neither U.S. political leaders, nor the American health care system, is prepared to respond adequately to any major bio-terrorist attack. Peter Jennings, John Yang, ABC. Exercise Exposes U.S. Vulnerability to Bio-terrorism PETER JENNINGS: In Washington today, there was a dramatic reminder the U.S. has a lot to do if it wants to be ready for a bio-terrorist attack on the country. A few weeks ago, at Andrews Air Force Base, former and current government officials participated in an exercise called "Dark Winter." It was designed to see how the U.S. might respond to a smallpox attack - not very well. Here's ABC's John Yang. JOHN YANG: This was the scenario - in Oklahoma City, twenty confirmed cases of smallpox. More suspected in Georgia and Pennsylvania. The White House is in crisis. Former senator Sam Nunn played the role of the president. SAM NUNN [Former Senator]: The enemy is invisible. The enemy is insidious and spreading everywhere, and you don't know how to contain it. YANG: Mr. Nunn had at his disposal a makeshift national security council of former federal officials. His first questions were about public health. The answers were grim there - is no cure and vaccine for only 12 million in the United States. Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating played himself. FRANK KEATING [Governor of Oklahoma]: It was one of those situations that got more horrific as more information rolled out. YANG: As they tried to limit the outbreak, tensions quickly arose between health officials and the military - who would get the vaccines? And between federal and local authorities - who was in charge? GOV. KEATING: I said, "I'm going to close the airports. I'm going to close all roads in and out of my state." One of the generals from the federal family said, "what authority do you have to do that?" And I said, "I just did it." YANG: It was too late. They were soon told the outbreak would spread to 25 states, and 300,000 people would be infected within two months. While the details of the smallpox outbreak were hypothetical, the participants say they came away with very real lessons. NUNN: I would like to tell you that the people sitting around the table were just amateurs, but these are the real players, and these are people who have the knowledge. And I can say without any question, this country is not prepared. YANG: The politicians are not prepared, and the public health system is certainly not prepared. John Yang, ABC News, Washington.

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Antigen found W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus
by ANTIGEN_BAMBI 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Antigen for Exchange found nicolesfairytale..doc.lnk infected with W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus. The file is currently Removed. The message, "CDR: nicolesfairytale", was sent from Robert Zuk and was discovered in IMC Queues\Inbound located at Cognex/Natick/BAMBI.

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RF toll transponders are debit cards (good for food fraud)
by Subcommander Bob 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Thieves using stolen windshield toll transponders have charged about $4,000 worth of food at McDonald's, where the devices have been accepted as debit cards since April 2000, according to a Transportation Corridor Agencies spokeswoman. The transponders, which operate with a radio signal that credits tolls--and now cheeseburgers--to motorists' accounts, allows users to skip toll plazas. The agency receives 20 cents each time a McDonald's purchase is made with a FasTrak. Spokeswoman Clare Climaco said people should treat a transponder like a credit or debit card. "They should take it out of their windshield and put it in a glove compartment or purse when they're not using it," she said. http://latimes.com/news/local/state/la-000060199jul23.story?coll=la%2Dnews%…

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Antigen found W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus
by ANTIGEN_BAMBI 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Antigen for Exchange found Gorby Reeves Agreement Letter.doc.pif infected with W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus. The file is currently Removed. The message, "CDR: Gorby Reeves Agreement Letter", was sent from Lesha Harris and was discovered in IMC Queues\Inbound located at Cognex/Natick/BAMBI.

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Thought-A-Day
by Fountain Of Inspiration 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

The ancestor of every action is a thought --Ralph Waldo Emerson ========================================================================= Your name has been recommended to receive thoughts of wisdom from Fountain of Inspiration. These thoughts will be delivered, free of cost, to your desktop,everyday, for an initial evaluation period. We believe that the meaningful insights of these carefully selected thoughts will help to make your life peaceful,successful & happy. However, if you desire to unsubscribe, reply to this email with 'remove' in the subject line. Director, Fountain of Inspiration (A non-religious Organisation)

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Travesty: Dmitry Skylarov's Arrest
by Jim Choate 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

http://slashdot.org/features/01/07/23/2315228.shtml James Choate Product Certification - Operating Systems Staff Engineer 512-436-1062 jchoate(a)tivoli.com

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