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Re: [tor-talk] Request for "Tor, king of anonymity" graphic
by grarpamp 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

>>> https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-November/031001.html >> https://bayimg.com/BAfJGAafB > Sorry, but no. > Tor mailing lists are not places where spreading rape culture is ok, > whatever the point you are trying to make. Perhaps it is a leaked artistic caricature of a fun/educational play session between consenting parties in something like edukink, sfcitadel, soj, tes, fetlife and the like. Perhaps it is something else. As with all art... interpretation, learning, and appreciation or lack thereof is upon the viewer. No need to click links or start wars over them if you don't like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech_versus_blasphemy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humor > Roger's original request was for a mashup he could use in his > presentations to LEAs and to the NSA itself. > Somehow I don't see him using this. :-) Surely some NSA listening post is getting a really good laugh after ingesting that link. Here's more that would make equally good follow ons to their previously leaked slides when mashed together in a future presentation... https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=nsa+parody https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=nsa+humor / Agreed. It's offensive and frankly lazy. / http://i.imgur.com/PV2q1ZO.gif Oh really? Here we thought 'fuck'ing was offensive. _ I like the double entendre: FreeBSD > Linux :) _ Accurate and funny. Nice work. Someone should add a Fawkes mask in the shoetip for added effect. Now that everyone's well represented, no further comment.

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P2P VPN
by Matej Kovacic 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

Hi, this might be of interest to you: https://code.google.com/p/badvpn/ Peer-to-peer VPN The VPN part of this project implements a Layer 2 (Ethernet) network between the peers (VPN nodes). The peers connect to a central server which acts as a chat server for them to establish direct connections between each other (data connections). These connections are used for transferring network data (Ethernet frames), and can be secured with a multitude of mechanisms. Notable features are: * UDP and TCP transport * Converges very quickly after a new peer joins * IGMP snooping to deliver multicasts efficiently (e.g. for IPTV) * Double SSL: if SSL is enabled, not only do peers connect to the server with SSL, but they use an additional layer of SSL when exchanging messages through the server * Features related to the NAT problem: 1. Can work with multiple layers of NAT (needs configuration) 2. Local peers inside a NAT can communicate directly 3. Relaying as a fallback (needs configuration) More info here: https://code.google.com/p/badvpn/wiki/badvpn P. S. It would be nice to see this with easy to use GUI and prepacked binaries for all "main" systems... Regards, M.

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Fwd: Fw: Hi, I'm from the government and I'm here to screw you
by brian carroll 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: CJ Knight <nulldev(a)hush.com> Date: Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:08 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Hi, I'm from the government and I'm here to screw you To: brian carroll <electromagnetize(a)gmail.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Brian, and happy new year. Thanks for another thought provoking post. A few things you might not be aware of happening over here in Europe, specifically the UK: We have ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) cameras in place on every motorway junction, plus all major roads. They aren't advertised, they look like plain grey boxes, but people are slowly catching on to what they do, and how much they see. A journey from one end of the country to the other can be tracked in real time. An EU Directive has stated that all new cars must have inbuilt 3G capability "in case of accidents". I personally do not believe this reason, and suspect it's just another form of tracking surveillance. Lastly, our government a few years back came up with an idea to fit "black box" recorders in *all* cars but the public backlash was so huge they shelved the idea. Instead, the insurance industry has adopted the technology, so new drivers and those with a poor accident record can opt to have one of these boxes fitted in return for a discount on their insurance. It is now becoming a norm for young people to take this option; when I ask them why they are prepared to violate their own privacy they just shrug, but I guess privacy means something different to the Facebook generation. Conversely, it is now becoming *more* expensive to insure a car if you do not have a black box; they have tried norming this by penalising the law abiding (but privacy conscious). Anyway, just thought you might like to know. Best, CJ On 02/01/14 18:04, brian carroll wrote: >> Any questions? > > observation: ...<snip>... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSxeNUAAoJEIRAsFEItJzjLyMH/iXOzH5R8mJi1LYqwU5RgdPj yBxI6T9hhlQOnA1mZOTrTxDfLMDBi4IEWkyJK+C3C3wCoq7/+5sJphEqZ6tikQdP 8cPeR0E6/tlXRW9H78FcDlWwWJgi/xwT+Z2aOwIDdr9xjWl7WJF2rrgbRENC05aX OLtnvbHmm+nPKKjFYx7resXD37e7O8kYd7k1ArkJ5o+h3BuIm5oQMCZU4xUqlfoO IJ2xclzLRKLu70O3xUeYsmTjsF61xaRpMXy1404lWpJkKsW+1wqugOBVDMf9dRxH qnZhM09ToF5hICvUkvch3juV2z0Pg69N8CZS27xrCjYTSVxsr8JUjuQLS5E6kvw= =diAd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: Replacing corporate search engines with anonymous/decentralized search
by Juha Nurmi 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi! I read this post about decentralized search and I immediately subscribed this mailing list. So hello all! My name is Juha Nurmi and I am the founder of ahmia.fi (search engine for Tor) and a university researcher. Right now I am trying to get funding to design a decentralized search engine. We are proposing (me and my Adj.Prof.) a small (2-3 years) Finnish Academy project. This proposal would take place in the Finnish Academy ICT 2023 programme, first thematic call: Information security, letters of intent, which means very short project plans. Academy mostly funds (public) "pure research"; first planned applications are related to virtual Internet networks and public admin applications. The basic idea is to investigate search algorithms and engines that do not require a centralized crawler database and a central authority. This raises algorithmic, security, credibility, resourcification, etc. challenges that are interesting strategic research point of view, etc. In particular, we would like to use Tor network as a testbed for these ideas in the related case studies: we will be testing this search design by building a tor hidden service search engine :) The Finnish Academy will select most promising project candidates and the final proposal is to be submitted around April 2014. If successful, we enter detailed planning phase in early 2014, and submit more complete project plan by April 2014. Actual project (2 calendar years) would take place in 2014-2016. I really really hope I will get this funding. This is something I would love to do and have planned to do a long time. Funding = time. Greetings, Juha Nurmi -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSxHzCAAoJELGTs54GL8vASmUH/i9QP+b508y4sLAnlxRogpnX NZlOJ+s2x+i5lK7TiVxCOWm556pQBwCl8aVwAjIlmY0RtqllbpqBsOePSY7nrK+6 1L+znToW6l5LleSBxa7mK0Yd6ww08VJmkr7y5CoW5D1JWhTRiHm2iMVBOLdIU27A G1CwXTwVUzeiehrUd1frHgmHVeXeqwovInnnKKc6ndrX53Z7zau/m5ybaQnyCTlG HNVKbXLSYRK0rWjLbg2+bd7ZTXWIGCISxhmQ68/bvPIGfleW/hSqz9Cw+oou+Ufa FKxUoEmMIcBCdonIi4A7iZLlDrWX1RkPeUmSGKJU3I3ZcxtwrKbU1y9Ijg7D7kQ= =qjYG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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by brian carroll 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

--- potential --- issue: wi-fi as distributed radar, signals monitoring as if snare traps in forest or jungle for certain parameters .... KOLLIDER FUNCTION .... A. Scientists Turn Their Gaze Toward Tiny Threats to Great Lakes http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/us/scientists-turn-their-gaze-toward-tiny… "Tiny plastic beads used in hundreds of toiletries like facial scrubs and toothpastes are slipping through water treatment plants and turning up by the tens of millions in the Great Lakes. There, fish and other aquatic life eat them along with the pollutants they carry — which scientists fear could be working their way back up the food chain to humans." B. Beadist Transforms Ordinary Objects Into Ornate Treasures http://www.visualnews.com/2013/12/31/beadist-transforms-ordinary-objects-or… \/.:.: OOC book ::.../\ Autonomous Technology Technics-out-of-Control as a Theme in Political Thought By Langdon Winner http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/autonomous-technology [q] The truth of the matter is that our deficiency does not lie in the want of well-verified "facts." What we lack is our bearings. The contemporary experience of things technological has repeatedly confounded our vision, our expectations, and our capacity to make intelligent judgments. Categories, arguments, conclusions, and choices that would have been entirely obvious in earlier times are obvious no longer. Patterns of perceptive thinking that were entirely reliable in the past now lead us systematically astray. Many of our standard conceptions of technology reveal a disorientation that borders on dissociation from reality. And as long as we lack the ability to make our situation intelligible, all of the "data" in the world will make no difference. —From the Introduction [/q] ^1 Amazon Customer Review http://www.amazon.com/Autonomous-Technology-Technics-out-Control-Political/… Look Inside this book... http://www.amazon.com/Autonomous-Technology-Technics-out-Control-Political/… searchable PDF with index / ex. 'megamachine' http://monoskop.org/images/0/00/Winner_Langdon_Autonomous_Technology_Techni… [q] Lewis Mumford holds much the same view. There is, he believes, a humane tradition of science and technology based on "an earth-centered, organic, and human model" to which Western civilization must return if it is to avoid the disastrous course of the "megamachine." 6 "For its effective salvation," Mumford warns, "mankind will need to undergo something like a spontaneous religious conversion: one that will replace the mechanical world picture, and give to the human personality, as the highest manifestation of life, the precedence it now gives to machines and computers." 7 [/q] -- Introduction, p.4 -- ^1. note on 'bearings' - have repeatedly been thinking about limit of compass view and of TPH's book on Elmer Sperry, never read it though on inventor of gyrocompass, related to gyroscope used in satellites, ubiquitous directional sensor (cellphones, segway, drones, vessels, other). perhaps its framework parallels certain ever-shifting conditions and parameters, staying on course. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Ambrose_Sperry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperry_Corporation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrocompass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroscope book: Elmer Sperry: Inventor and Engineer (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) http://www.amazon.com/Elmer-Sperry-Inventor-Engineer-Technology/dp/08018475… "Characteristic of his various inventions were feedback controls which have made automation a fact of life." ------u--r--l--s------- // strange-read function: thought it referenced MITM... Apple, Qualcomm suffering weak yields for wearable devices http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20140102PD202.html [diagram] electric & magnetic properties of light http://phys.org/news/2013-12-peek-forgotten-component.html Research duo develop a means for people to conceptualize polarized light http://phys.org/news/2013-12-duo-people-polarized.html [q] It's a well-known fact that animals other than humans can see polarized light and that many use it as a means of navigation, terrain discrimination or even as a form of communication. Recent studies have even found that some organisms, such as shrimp, are able to communicate with one another using polarized light that is reflected off a part of their bodies, in this case, their tails. Many scientists believe that there likely exists a hidden world of communication going on in natural world, where only those who can see polarized light are able to join in. How and Marshall describe it as a secret language—one where prey are able to communicate silently, for example, unseen by a predator, without fear of being overheard. [/q] // and... why not-- Researchers find dogs sensitive to small variations in Earth's magnetic field http://phys.org/news/2014-01-dogs-sensitive-small-variations-earth.html [q] A team of researchers in the Czech Republic has found that dogs can now be added to the list of animals that are able to sense and respond to the Earth's magnetic field. In their paper published in Frontiers in Zoology, the researchers describe field experiments they conducted that indicated that dogs prefer to defecate while in a North-South stance relative to the Earth's axis, during times when the magnetic field is calm. [/q] (this research perhaps a contender for ig-noble awards) (note: relation of geophysics and patterning. of animals, though also humans. will not mention in this given context, though it is wondered if position of buildings and direction of beds likewise is this way, with humans and fields. are N-S or E-W directions preferred, what if rooms are not on cardinal access. does direction effect sleep patterns, etc. is it specific to layout of a room or larger building itself; such that position of furniture only has a few options in a given space, thus must be oriented a certain way, and how is this preferenced, may larger fields or forces be involved in determining optimal or is it irrespective of this.) ---:::: quantum! ::::--- re: NSA Quantum Computer Research at LPS 2005 http://cryptome.org/2014/01/nsa-quantum-computer-2005.pdf note: wondering if in someway e-ink display, phase changes via direction of ink color (white to black, perhaps grayscale) could in some way be analogous to spin states of atoms and rovide a conceptual framework to question dynamics within (wondering also about nesting of dynamics, spin states that have hierarchy and build up or support/buttress other states, such that a scaffolding or computational structure is created; thus perhaps 3-qbits effect 1-qbit on another level as it relates to others at its same scale. maybe these are logic gates though. it just seems an ecological or nonlinear/multinear flow dynamic would be dynamic (state machine) v. serial progression of charge) note: what if ion-trip entanglement became storage mode to establish two linked memory matrices, at a distance from one another. such that they are remotely linked, though are combined of the opposites qbits... [matrix1] <---> [matrix2] in this way, it is not necessary 'spin' for set 1 to set 2 that may be the computational process/framework, and instead spins within the matrix, that then mirror in the matched pair... [xxxxxx] <---> [xxxxxx] [xxxoxx] ----- [xxxxxx] [xxxoxx] ----> [xxxoxx] in that, due to entanglement within the set (matrix1) that the relation (x-x => x-o) via manipulation, say encoding, then mirrors in the second set, and the stringing together of these then reappears likewise in the second set (matrix2) if this is how the spin-states are matched and entanglement operates what if the matrix were considered a bitset display that is inherently linked via stored entangled pairs, perhaps even mismatched, calico, some sets are shared or not, some sets may not be entangled and thus like wires to anode/cathode or ground, create computation circuits, hierarchy or structure for data flow. what if a sequence of patterns or a problem was then set against this matrix (e.g. 1), say it is a qbit storage or memory array of 1,000 qbits, a quantum-data ecosystem, that then processes a pattern via its structuring, as linked into and out of various known structures (logic gates, functions, other) ridiculous to speculate probably, though what if some limit like 1-dimensionality or 2-dimensionality exists, and that perhaps a 3- or 4-D or N-dimensional framework is required to activate or unlock or open-up the natural, organic dynamics beyond preexisting ideological thresholds, boundaries, views, such that quantum is stuck in a paradigm of electron-tronics: (electronics (quantum bits) ) in that perhaps linear or serial time-based sequences and approaches are fundamentally different, and constrained by 'electronics circuits' as paradigm or model or approach quantum-computation (electronic computation) what if the situation is opposite, that the quantum realm is larger or defines the electronics realm (larger(smaller)) in terms of hierarchy, different principles or organization required - perhaps the model of information key to how it is conceived, where 'the bit' may not be defined just as encoded electron, and instead exists as abstracted pattern or structure (language, subsign structures perhaps) and thus the 'way of seeing' is not possible if the model or approach does not capture these dimensions need for computation and communication. perhaps quantum computation is closer to a screen-display rolling through various patterns as if a thinking-machines blinking lights, though that these patterns are the calculation going on visually, not just the representation of activity, the actual computation itself (in this way, processing would be more pattern-matched thinking, evaluation based on weighting of entangled bits that ground to truth or neutral or somewhere grayscale; the latter requires more analog than 1/3rd spin states, so resolution of q-bit perhaps is also a question, is there a potential gradient between +/- that can be achieved, in this way 'data switches' as with Hall Effect sensors, 'digital', whether on/off in 1/2s or 5ths, versus analog going from 0-1 across the entire range, say 5/200ths in one instance and 5/6.124 next, given resolution, etc. qbit as on/off switch versus strain gage in other words. It would seem the inherent 'computability' of entangled bits in terms of 'grounding to truth' via connected knowns is in the undefined state, not a false limit to weighting or resolution, thus qbit as sensor, not as finite bit measure unless as a gate or transistor function. guessing, though the nature of thinking is not about forcing things into a framework that is overly limiting or rationalized, it may remain looping or neutral, undecided, it may be contingently known (digital switch state, true or false (1,0) or tending towards t/f (+1/3, -2/3)) or else it may be weighted, as with intuition, in given looped state it is at this location or proximity on the scale from T/F, though given more processing may shift back&forth, thus undecided (1/0) though in n-degrees resolution until perhaps figured out. this is n-dimensional not linear algorithms, this is multilinear many-timings that may or may not be in phase in given situations, timing may have a million clocks that together may sync into a single clock or operate as several that may or may not align or agree. that is what such a computer would likely be involved with in terms of data, not an electronics-circuit topdown approach. this based on the way of thinking, it as entanglement based with information structures, data models, and perspectives, perhaps turing framework also a limit) also- consider transistor design of recent CPU chips, the alternative approach that accommodates errors & can use an FPGA or other device to reprogram or tune functioning, taking into account what is operational; consider in qbit context, especially if not approached In purely quantum computer context and instead hybrid, that a qbit entangled pair could be linked into a classical electronic circuit, used for remote or distance messaging for instance. some basic functionality of matched pairs, perhaps for encryption at a morse-code level as if early days of telegraphy. what seems possible if developing some integrated functionality is to build upon this, bit by bit so to speak, with continual advances, yet it would not be an independent quantum computer per se, instead it would be a hybrid electronic computer with extended quantum functionality, a new substructure or connector into future quantum systems. so perhaps an entire q-pc is not going to appear at once, and instead a bridge from existing tech, with some q-functionality, then will meet with more independent q-systems of the future, allow a range of q-systems development via diff. approaches in terms of a quantum system beyond existing electronic circuitry, another paradigm, the same approach could be relevant with transistors, such that perhaps some qbits are higher fidelity and others not, within a linked matrix, or some are 1/3rds, some are linear, some digitral 1/0, and some are unlinked or classical, within a given matrix or bitset display that is q-computational. and then from this messiness, order emerges via patterned dynamics and interactions, and develops over looped iterations. In other words, the issue of natural v. forced calculation; where a model or belief of 'perfection' exists with the 'electron as bit' approach, that presumes it is coherent, starts and operates here (TTTFTFT), ideological and also deterministic, a rationalization of the problems, sets; as If that can all be figured out or 'knowable' in advance; vs. a model of imperfection of the 'qbit as bitset' approach, which starts or remains in incoherence or decoherence, except as it may attain or align in coherent states (A=A) or others (T=2/3) that shape into patterns of calculation, emerging as structure, order, from chaos even perhaps beliefs in how people think could be part of the issue, as if 'scientific dogma' drives view of objective thinkers (A=A all the time with every observation), when this is a fragment or infinitesimal decimal condition, existing closer to near total falsity excepting whatever truth is or can be momentarily accessed, unless sustained as entangled state with truth as awareness, operating or functioning inside its dimensions vs. warped versions where bias (such as digital) throw-out anomalous, even contradictory or falsifying data. psychological loopholes that could prevent accurate modeling of q-conditions as it relates to ideas as ideas, not in terms of ideology note: why share such naive thinking outside realm of any expertise? i think 'thinking' directly correlates with quantum processes of entanglement and 'reasoning' is essentially comparable in terms of parsing patterns in a looped or ecosystem/ecological condition. so there is an issue of ideology or paradigm that could limit this to POVs, ideas, or beliefs that are inaccurate yet institutionalized yet form the framework for investigation/development, though likewise limit it. thus another view to question if this could be relevant by sharing outsider perspective. in that 'intuitive computing' or 'computers that reason' are going to be more like thinkers than calculators, which is the split between electronic computation and quantum approach, seemingly. the bit itself should be in question, how it is constructed and conceived, not the same thing or scale potentially with quantum, perhaps much more linguistic or sign-calculus (mathesis) in its framework, perhaps because it maps to information already or it is or already carries an informational dimension seemingly also, the issue of classified research so there is no room for those involved to discuss these things that would allow open research to develop them further. discussion or ideas then opens up the framework of considerations that could perhaps lead to new approaches in unclassified realm or bridge between these. of those with NDA or clearances that forbid divulging secret or classified information, it could be a way for a parallel effort to exist beyond these limits legally, especially in terms of online communities; though the limit appears to be, once inside the system no communication about anything potentially secret occurs, thus 'free speech or expression' is self-censored even tho a person or research may not be involved in quantum, or have direct relation, that they may not even consider the the thoughts due to security issues- effectively silencing the commonsense conversation about issues in the open, where security clearances take away right to participate in other domains also classified yet not related or known, for fear of reprisal, even though it would help bridge the gap and allow advancement beyond insider/outsider limits in this way, naive views like mine are situated, a person speaking into the air about these commonsense issues in extremely limited, near no knowledge condition, except whatever may exist in some minor accuracy about them. perhaps that is the threat, security bounds thinking to an existing political administration and framework that could result in violence for sharing ideas that are unwanted, etc. thus incorporation into the state is this enforced silencing, functioning within parameters assumed for the good, yet if corrupted, then trapped in an incommunicable condition where anything said could be interpreted as betrayal, etc) ~~^~~entropy^~^^^^ Maxwell's demon can use quantum information to generate work http://phys.org/news/2013-12-maxwell-demon-quantum.html [q] "It is known that classical information can be used to extract work, which is important because this saves the second law of thermodynamics!" Sang Wook Kim told Phys.org. "The mathematical expression of such work is given as the mutual information between the system and the measurement device multiplied by kT. Now for the first time we show that quantum information can also be used to extract work, and its mathematical expression is discord." [/q] How losing information can benefit quantum computing http://phys.org/news/2013-11-benefit-quantum.html#nRlv (note: noise environment, bugs as features) // perhaps difficult to lock-on to pattern recog./movement tracking? // could probably test with robot, focusing on singular shape/outline} // vs. not, then movement, trying to determine direction/speed, etc. // where parameters default to outline, thus harder to evaluate/match Computer simulation explains why zebras have stripes http://phys.org/news/2013-12-simulation-zebras-stripes.html ----(other)---- note: reference image related to recent posting on belief in money as absolute truth... https://www.dropbox.com/s/0mdzwdyd6kl2xj7/communion.jpg {educational fair-use of copyright, 2013} 960-65-45 55-63-91 43-345-939

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Fwd: [cryptography] ECC patent FUD revisited
by coderman 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: D. J. Bernstein <djb(a)cr.yp.to> Date: Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 1:36 AM Subject: [cryptography] ECC patent FUD revisited NSA's Kevin Igoe writes, on the semi-moderated cfrg(a)irtf.org list: > Certicom has granted permission to the IETF to use the NIST curves, > and at least two of these, P256 and P384, have p = 3 mod 4. Not > being a patent lawyer, I have no idea what impact the Certicom patents > have on the use of newer families of curves, such as Edwards curves. There are several interesting aspects to this patent FUD. Notice that the FUD is being used to argue against switching to curves that improve ECC security. Notice also the complete failure to specify any patent numbers---so the FUD doesn't have any built-in expiration date, and there's no easy way for the reader to investigate further. http://www.certicom.com/index.php/licensing/certicom-ip says that Certicom "discovered and patented many fundamental innovations" and has "more than 350 patents and patents pending worldwide". This sounds impressive until you look at what the portfolio actually contains. The reality is that Certicom has contributed essentially nothing to state-of-the-art ECC. Its patent portfolio consists of a few fringe ideas and a few obsolete ideas---nothing essential for mainstream ECC usage. Nobody needs MQV, for example: traditional DH achieves the same security goals in a much more straightforward way, and very few people notice the marginal performance benefit provided by MQV. The reason that Certicom has so many "patents and patents pending worldwide", despite having contributed so few ideas, is that it keeps splitting its patent applications. For example, the original MQV patent filings in early 1995 ended up being split into an incredibly redundant collection of US patents 5761305, 5889865, 5896455, 5933504, 6122736, 6487661, 7243232, 7334127, 7779259, 8090947, and 8209533, not to mention the corresponding non-US patents CA2237688, DE69636815, EP0873617, etc. ---Dan

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Re: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany
by Juan Garofalo 05 Jan '14

05 Jan '14

--On Saturday, January 04, 2014 10:55 AM +1000 "James A. Donald" <jamesd(a)echeque.com> wrote: > On 2014-01-04 07:04, Juan Garofalo wrote: >> If you believed in the typical conservative "my house, my rules" >> garbage, why would you post in this mailing where people are supposed >> to subscribe to anarchistic and anti-intelectual 'property' views? > > Schwarz was not charged with violating other people's intellectual > property, but other people's physical property. > > He needed killing, just as much as Martin Trayvon did, for much the same > reasons as Martin Trayvon needed killing. > > If an anti state protester, protest state power, not property. If you > are protesting property, you are a pro state protestor > > Which is why Schwarz thought he was part of the powerful, and thought > those he harmed were part of the powerless. Because he was striking at > physical property, not intellectual property. > 1) that he wasn't striking at intellectual property is your (false) side of the story. 2) the physical property of the state and its accomplices isn't legitimate property, or rather, it isn't *their* property. "He needed killing, just as much as Martin Trayvon did" may the one who needs killing is you. >

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NSA and quantum computers
by Jim Bell 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

http://news.yahoo.com/nsa-eyes-encryption-breaking-39-quantum-39-machine-22… Washington (AFP) - The US National Security Agency is making strides toward building a "quantum computer" that could break nearly any kind of encryption, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Related Stories * The NSA Is Trying to Build a Quantum Computer The Atlantic Wire * NSA leaker: 'Mission's already accomplished' Associated Press * NSA, UK agency 'targeted Israel PM, EU officials' Associated Press * Amnesty for Edward Snowden? Might depend on what secrets he's got left Christian Science Monitor * Israel plays down importance of alleged spying by U.S. and UK Reuters The Post said leaked documents from fugitive ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden indicate the computer would allow the secret intelligence agency to break encryption used to protect banking, medical, business and government records around the world. Quantum computing has been a goal among commercial firms such as IBM because it could harness the power of atoms and molecules, vastly increasing speed and security of computers and other devices. But experts cited by the newspaper said it was unlikely that the NSA would be close to creating such a machine without the scientific community being aware of it. "It seems improbable that the NSA could be that far ahead of the open world without anybody knowing it," Scott Aaronson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology told the daily. The NSA declined to comment on the report. The Post said the leaked documents indicate that the agency carries out research in large, shielded rooms known as Faraday cages designed to prevent electromagnetic energy from entering or exiting. Because of its vast computing power, a working quantum computer would break the strongest encryption tools in use today for online activities, including banking and emails. Some technology firms such as Google and Yahoo have said in recent weeks that they were stepping up efforts to encrypt their communications following reports that the NSA had been able to break or circumvent many of the current encryption standards. A September report by The New York Times, ProPublica and The Guardian, also based on leaked documents, said US and British spy agencies are able to decipher data even with the supposedly secure encryption to make it private. The documents indicated that the NSA, working with its British counterpart GCHQ, accomplished the feat by using supercomputers, court orders and some cooperation from technology companies. If the reports are accurate, the highly secretive program would defeat much of what is used to keep data secure and private on the Internet, from emails to chats to communications using smartphones. IBM researchers said last year they had made advances in quantum computing that has the potential to outperform any existing supercomputer. The new type of computing uses information encoded into quantum bits or qubits, putting into use a theory that scientists have been discussing for decades. Quantum computing expands on the most basic piece of information that a typical computer understands -- a bit, and thereby can perform millions of calculations at once.

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Re: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany
by coderman 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 1:23 AM, cypherpunks <cypherpunks(a)riseup.net> wrote: >... > Some of your stuff is at cpunks.wordpress.com and at JYA cryptome.org as > well. also, https://peertech.org/dist/cypherpunks-199209-199812.tar.bz2 sha256 579c3059e24b2d65f324053b0fed550a9d1d4fb2504a1a272940a26697ed8a33 (where else is the above mirrored? i had links, they're no longer good...) best regards,

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Re: [cryptome] question
by John Young 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

At 11:01 AM 1/3/2014, you wrote: Friends, Given the fact that Levison states: > > This experience has taught me one very important lesson: without > congressional action or a strong judicial precedent, I would > _strongly_ recommend against anyone trusting their private data to a > company with physical ties to the United States. > > Sincerely, > Ladar Levison > Owner and Operator, Lavabit LLC >which normal website hoster friends here could recommend in which countries? Iceland may be the only one, and that may be short-lived before it is expropriated by open and/or secret undermining. Or it is likely a honey pot like so many other dropboxes, pastes, leak sites, privacy and FOI initiatives. Big business now offering ways to avoid boogie-spies, aka "cybersecurity," by govs, coms, edus, orgs, sec experts. All other countries are more intrusive than the US, and all are becoming even more intrusive thanks to the booming industry of intrusive hardware, software, programs, staffing, contracting, higher education, co-optation of comsec experts, freedom of information organizations, religious institutions and many others who are benefiting from data mining of their supporters by selling information either directly or through second and third parties, in many cases, those sales are occurring by system administrators, temporary employees and volunteers, informants, ex-employees and volunteers, Web sites, and mail lists, like this one, news outlets, leak sites, conference organizers, educational institutions and innumerable others are gathering and selling data as fast as possible before legal restrictions are enacted. These private spying entrepreneurs are fearful that the crackdown on official spies will spill over into their opportunism, their windfall, their golden goose of data exploitation. Ubiquitous log files, ostensibly required for system administration, are the gold mines which implicate every sneak-thief operator of public, private, governmental, NGO, commercial venues. >The USA, UK and Sweden are out and so are all EU countries. > >Please let me have some good recommendations with hoster and country you >would choose if you had to transfer a website and its database and >mailing list capabilities. > >Thanks >IHW

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