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RE: MS adds their two bits to the credentialing of America
by Paul E. Robichaux 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

Login to what? I mean, sure, I have a login since I run my own W2K test lab at home, but J. Random won't be doing that. Since he can create as many personalities on his Windows XP Home or Pro boxes as he wants, he can create one for realworld use and one for his kewl 3l33t @ssMaSTr handle -----Original Message----- From: Roy M. Silvernail [mailto:roy@scytale.com] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 10:28 AM To: cypherpunks(a)lne.com Subject: RE: MS adds their two bits to the credentialing of America On 7 Jun 2001, at 9:55, Paul E. Robichaux wrote: > I don't think that anti-nymity is a bias, it's just an unfortunate > side effect. Most consumers want single sign-on. Microsoft wants to > give it to them. If you don't like it, you can always get the same > effect by using a nym and those nifty prepaid Amex cards you can buy > at 7-11. OK, I can buy that. But would it be wild speculation to predict that the online identity eventually gets tied to the Windows user login? This still doesn't prevent nymity (barring biometric logon and prevention of multiple accounts using the same biotoken, but I don't want to go too far afield), but it makes it less convenient. By the time J. Random Luser realizes he wants (needs?) to nymify, the barriers to entry are in place. The third 'E'. -- Roy M. Silvernail Proprietor, scytale.com roy(a)scytale.com

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RE: The Credentialling of America
by Sandy Sandfort 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

So how come attachments get stripped from postings? The picture was cool. S a n d y > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-cypherpunks(a)lne.com [mailto:owner-cypherpunks@lne.com]On > Behalf Of Sandy Sandfort > Sent: 07 June, 2001 07:55 > To: cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net > Subject: RE: The Credentialling of America > > > "George" wrote: > > > My female bunnies have expressed an intense > > sexual interest in meeting this person. > > How about the attached person? > > > S a n d y > > [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had > a name of GunnyBunny.jpg]

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RE: The Credentialling of America
by George＠Orwellian.Org 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

SS wrote: # So how come attachments get stripped from postings? Don't know, nor would I have seen it since my own mail setup doesn't bother downloading attachments.

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Shot repeatedly in the back
by George＠Orwellian.Org 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

[snipped] http://www.kcal.com/Global/story.asp?S=357692&nav=0Rz3 # # June 7, 2001 # # LOS ANGELES - Attorneys Johnnie Cochran and Cameron Steward Monday # announced the filing of a wrongful death complaint against the # city of Los Angeles and the LAPD arising out of the shooting # death of an actor at a Halloween party last year. # # The 39-year-old actor from Van Nuys was shot several times while # attending a Halloween party at a mansion in Benedict Canyon. # The police had been summoned by someone who complained of # excessive noise. # # "As the officers were walking along an exterior walkway, Officer # Hopper looked through a glass door and observed three individuals # inside a small room," according to a Los Angeles Police Department # statement. # # "When one of the individuals observed the officers, he suddenly # produced what appeared to be a handgun and pointed it directly # at Officer Hopper," the statement continued. "Officer Hopper, # in fear for his life, fired several rounds from his service # pistol, wounding the suspect." # # The coroner's report, obtained by the Los Angeles Times, found # Anthony Dwain Lee had been shot once in the back of the head # and three times in the back. # # The findings appeared to contradict the police department's quick # and confident defense of officer Tarriel Hopper, who was # dispatched to the late- night mansion party in Benedict Canyon # based on neighbors' noise complaints. # # LAPD Lt. Horace Frank told The Times the four shots to the back # "can be explained." But he said the explaining would be done # after the department has time to read the coroner's report.

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RE: MS adds their two bits to the credentialing of America
by Paul E. Robichaux 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

I don't think that anti-nymity is a bias, it's just an unfortunate side effect. Most consumers want single sign-on. Microsoft wants to give it to them. If you don't like it, you can always get the same effect by using a nym and those nifty prepaid Amex cards you can buy at 7-11. -----Original Message----- From: Roy M. Silvernail [mailto:roy@scytale.com] Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 9:48 AM To: Cypherpunks Subject: MS adds their two bits to the credentialing of America Interesting piece on CNET: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-6208902-0.html?tag=tp_pr A telling highlight: > Analysts said Microsoft views instant messaging--a key element of > Windows Messenger--as glue for its new Internet services such as > Passport and HailStorm. Such services promise to simplify Web surfing > by giving people a single online identity and providing secure access > to personal information such as credit card numbers with one click. It's that "single online identity" part that chafes me. A pretty clear anti-nymity bias, as MS forges ahead in tying ones online presence irrevocably to their meatspace identity. -- Roy M. Silvernail Proprietor, scytale.com roy(a)scytale.com

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MS adds their two bits to the credentialing of America
by Roy M. Silvernail 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

Interesting piece on CNET: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-6208902-0.html?tag=tp_pr A telling highlight: > Analysts said Microsoft views instant messaging--a key element of > Windows Messenger--as glue for its new Internet services such as > Passport and HailStorm. Such services promise to simplify Web surfing > by giving people a single online identity and providing secure access > to personal information such as credit card numbers with one click. It's that "single online identity" part that chafes me. A pretty clear anti-nymity bias, as MS forges ahead in tying ones online presence irrevocably to their meatspace identity. -- Roy M. Silvernail Proprietor, scytale.com roy(a)scytale.com

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I Finally Found It!!!!!!!!!
by tigger5979＠friskycheese.com 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

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"The People's Genome Celebration"
by Declan McCullagh 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

News conference on the eve of the People's Genome Celebration to announce a new effort to pass legislation banning genetic discrimination in the work place and in health insurance. Participants: Sen. Thomas Daschle, D-S.D.; Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter, D-N.Y.; Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.; Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman, Agriculture Committee=; Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.;Rep. Constance Morella, R-Md.; Dr. Francis Collins, director,National Human Genome Research Institute and David Escher, alleged target of genetic discrimination at the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Location: S-211, U.S. Capitol. 10 a.m. Contact: Molly Rowley, 202-224-2939 or Becky Bailey, 202-225-3615

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RE: FC: NY cops arrest high schoolers over web site with sex details
by David Honig 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

At 06:32 PM 6/5/01 -0700, Sandy Sandfort wrote: >David Honig wrote: > >> I agree with you, but how could >> the amateur journalists give >> authoritative proof if the courts >> don't allow it? How is this >> handled in other cases? > >I'm not sure what you are saying here. If your "amateur journalist" has, >for instance, a videotape of some guy having sex with Tom Cruise (to take a >case ripped from today's headlines), then why would he need court-ordered >discovery? Res ipsa loquitur (the thing speaks for itself). I think my answer is: you have to do your research before the cops show up, or do some serious dumpster-diving afterwards, because the courts won't help you find corroboration. >Your question assumes you are already in court. This means you are being >sued and the clock is running on your lawyers. Witness can also disappear, >be disqualified, lie or not be believed. Lots of luck. $ure, but this is irrelevent to what the courts will/won't do, or accept, as defense for purported harassment/slander/true slander. How *would* you (not meaning just you SS) defend such a case? Or have the journalists really sinned, in a libertarian ethic? Is this an 'expectation of privacy' thing, where you can publish the nasal length or inter-ocular distances of folks but not the length of their dick, even if true? And, what are the sexual behaviors of Kirkland police? :-)

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Women Code Warriors
by John Young 07 Jun '01

07 Jun '01

In Code: a Mathematical Journey, Sarah Flannery with David Flannery, Workman Publishing, New York, 2001 http://www.workman.com/ "Sarah Flannery is a fun, sports-loving teenager from County Cork, Ireland. She also happens to be an award-winning mathematician whose discoveries in Internet cryptography have garnered international acclaim. Both the story of Sarah's mathematical development and her own self-discovery, In Code is a warm, inspiring look at how she, equipped with a burning curiosity and the active support of her family, became a leading mathematician at the age of 16." Read Chapter 2 online: http://www.workman.com/recommend/incode.html See also story in June 7 New York Times on "women code warriors:" Sarah, Flannery, Carole Fennelly, Jude Milhon and Blueberry: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/07/technology/07WOME.html

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