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Re: FTC Privacy Initiative (fwd)
by blancw＠accessone.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: Jyri Kaljundi From: Internet Marketing Discussion List The US Federal Trade Commission has launched a "Privacy Initiative" to investigate whether the information collected at websites (either that affirmatively submitted by a visitor via a form or information collected based upon a visitor's selection of pages at a site to reflect personal interests) should be the subject of regulation by the FTC. ............................................... "Hey, we can't just stand around here with nothing to do. Give us something to regulate - anything, pro or con; we must regulate something." Dang! .. Blanc

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Re: Microsoft Flame[tm] [NOISE]
by jim bell 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forget about the monopoly aspects for a second and look >at MS as an American success story. It has all the classic elements: started >small, with a crew of social misfits and eventually grew up. >RobL >------------------|----------------------------------------------------------- >Rob Lowry | >PO Box 288 | >Rockford Wa 99030 | ral(a)otc.mhs.compuserve.com robl(a)on-ramp.ior.com Well, I disagree. Microsoft succeeded primarily because it was "chosen" by IBM in about 1981 or so, needing an OS for their PC. MS didn't even write it; Seattle Computer did, and that was a port of CP/M. Not much creativity. MSDOS revisions 1.0 and 1.1 were pure crap.

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No Subject
by floyddb＠alpha.c2.org 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

andr0id(a)midwest.net (Jason Rentz) wrote: >> >>Whats the current thinking on the security level of 900Mhz digital spread >>sectrum cordless phones? Clearly it's not a basic scanner job but how much >>more equipment is needed to monitor one ? > >Well when you listen into a spread spectrum conversation what you will hear >is open squelch white noise. The spread spectrum radios that I know about >send information on several deffrent frequencies throughout the >conversation. [snip] > Dr0id > > >( Computer Consulting & Management ) >(P.O. Box 421 Cambria, IL 62915-0421) > [snip] There is a company called Optoelectronics that markets a radio reciever called the Interceptor. This is a broad band (several hundred MHz) device designed to lock on to the most powerful signal around, regardless of frequency. As supplied, it only has a rubber duck antenna, but a broadband, directional antenna (Log Periodic?) could be attached. There are AM and FM versions that output audio and a version called the Scout that controls a scanner. These could have outboard devices hung on to them to decode digital signals, record the conversation ... all for less than $1000. Floyd D. Barber floyddb(a)alpha.c2.org Key fingerprint: 8A 98 1F 6B 70 7A FE 24 35 D4 48 CF 9D F6 B0 91 PS Sameer, thanks for the nym.

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re: Encryption Rules Coming
by amp 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

-- [ From: amp * EMC.Ver #2.3 ] -- > Encryption rules to be prepared > By Andrew Jack in Paris =snip= > Highly sophisticated encryption technology already exists > in a number of countries including the US and Sweden. In > the US, companies already have access to these programs. A > growing number of businesses -- led by the banking sector > -- are demanding access to these programs. ya know, if we could beat the following (true) statement into the heads of the people who write this stuff, it would go far towards making people understand how futile it is to try to stop the spread of encryption technology. "Highly sophisticated encryption technology already exists in every country on the planet. Anyone with a modem and access to the internet has access to these programs. The fact is that a very powerful encryption program can actually be written by hand on a postcard and mailed anywhere in the world." i want to rant more on this but will spare the choir of this. is anyone out there marketing "rsa in 3 lines of pearl" as a postcard? i'm going to have it printed on a business card so i can hand them out to demonstrate the foolishness of itar in my own way. amp <0003701548(a)mcimail.com> (since 10/31/88) <alan.pugh(a)internetmci.com> PGP Key = 57957C9D PGP FP = FA 02 84 7D 82 57 78 E4 E2 1C 7B 88 62 A6 F9 F7 December 22, 1995 0:45

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URL for cypherpunks
by norm＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I am putting up some solutions to the Garage Door problem that was discussed here perhaps a year ago. I would like to refer to the cypherpunks by URL. Are there currently any appropriate URLs ?

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Re: Sphere packings
by winsock＠rigel.cyberpass.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Dickhead Vermin K[ondom]OTM has been a source of endless embarassments to his sympathizers on and off the net. _ O O _ \-|-\_/-|-/ Dickhead Vermin K[ondom]OTM /^\ /^\ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

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Re: Magic passwodr in BIOS?
by Eric Wilson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 12:39 PM 11/21/96 +0100, you wrote: >Hi, > yesterday I've read about so called "magic password" in AWARD BIOS. It >was a surprise for me and I wasn't very happy that the way how to bypass >this is so easy. But nevermind, I heve two questions about it. First, >is there any way how to disabled "magic password" 589589 in AWARD BIOS? > Second, does anobody know another "magic passwords" to various BIOSes? > > Thanks for your answers! > ZERO > > I wouldn't be too disappointed with a hole in BIOS password security. Most of them can be easily defeated by a jumper switch, or shorting a pin on the system board.

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IEEE Communications
by Steve Schear 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

A friend called this evening to let me know the February issue is dedicated to electronic cash and its implications. I'm no longer an IEEE member. If any of the various list members care to excerpt and comment on some of the more interesting portions, I'm sure it would be appreciated. --Steve

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[PICS] forgery detection
by Huge Cajones Remailer 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

When Deadwood Vulgar K[arcass]OTM's mother gave birth to him after fucking with a bunch of sailors, she didn't know who the father was but decided to tell him that he was a Russian as the Russian sailor was the one who satisfied her the most. /\ \ / /\ //\\ .. //\\ Deadwood Vulgar K[arcass]OTM //\(( ))/\\ / < `' > \

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RE: Mass-market crypto phones
by Mullen Patrick 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

_______________________________________________________________________________ From: Adam Shostack on Fri, Nov 22, 1996 1:21 > > I'd just like to second what Lucky wrote at the end of his >very nice summation of the crypto phone hardware issues. Eric's phones >have damn good voice quality in secure mode. I should probably make it more clear that my comment referred to price, NOT quality. I'm sure it is a wonderful product (I haven't tried it myself), but I believe the price tag was at or around $1000. My comments on the hardware used was for demostration purposes, not for saying anything was wrong with the design strategy. In fact, I thought it was a perfectly fine strategy, and easy(ish) to implement. Basically, it took the dedicated computer you would need for phone encryption and put it in a cheaper box. To be honest, I thought he had a good idea. I just wouldn't want to pay $1000 for phone encryption. But, it's rare I have conversations where I need that much security. I'm sure the product is worth it; it's just out of my price range. And probably out of the price range of the average user. PM USER ERROR: REPLACE AND STRIKE ANY KEY WHEN READY

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