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How long before compulsory microchipping of cattle, I mean, 'citizens'?
by juan 05 Jun '16

05 Jun '16

I'll hazard : 20 years. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35972480

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Then there were two... IoError retires from torproject
by Rayzer 05 Jun '16

05 Jun '16

...and from what I'm seeing it looks like there's a crude disinformation/smear campaign to make it look like he bowed out because of pederasty accusations. while his most recent tweet (5/30) simply says "Change of the guard" See this twitter thread: https://twitter.com/Asher_Wolf/status/738924124920119296 The disinfo/slander op: https://twitter.com/TimeToDieJake LOOKS LIKE an Institutional Slander operation to get @ioerror to do an "Aaron Swartz" or "Ian Murdock". The other of the two who've departed torproject recently, @isislovecruft, fled to Germany because of harassment by FBI. CNN > http://money.cnn.com/2016/05/17/technology/tor-developer-fbi/

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Re: [tor-talk] http://jacobappelbaum.net/
by Александр 05 Jun '16

05 Jun '16

*Slander, slander, slander* (collective & well planned one) - that is always the name of the game, when "they" want to destroy someone. People, at least if you don't want to make war and defend your friend/fellow worker/comrade in arms...(it is more difficult than "just ignore it" and put likes on facebook, right?) - at least don't you believe in everything you read. Qui habet aures audiendi, audiat. 2016-06-04 22:22 GMT+03:00 jacob appelbaum (ioerror) questions < jacobappelbaum.net(a)yandex.com>: > They say Jacob Appelbaum finally raped enough people that Tor as an > organization couldn't ignore it anymore. According to the Tor Project, the > circumstances surrounding Jake's departure are a personal matter. > > http://jacobappelbaum.net/ > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk(a)lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk >

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Re: How long before compulsory microchipping of cattle, I mean, 'citizens'?
by Shelley 04 Jun '16

04 Jun '16

On June 4, 2016 8:21:50 AM "mrnobody(a)mail-on.us" <mrnobody(a)mail-on.us> wrote: > The funny thing, is not going to be compulsory, it's happening already > voluntarily. > Check chapter to of this documentary: Dark Net > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Net_%28TV_series%29 What a dreadfully awful series. I side-eyed my way through parts of the first two episodes, the second only because I wondered how they'd cover grinding/biohacking, and it was so poorly done I could hardly get through it. There is much ado made about "evil" RFID chips, usually by insane religious whack jobs (e.g. Katherine Albrecht) or scientifically illiterate tinfoil hat-types, but it's much more benign to have some self-selected info contained on a passive chip in a finger than to carry a GPS-enabled tracking device on one's person at all times. My voluntary chip-implanted info is much more private and secure than the personal info all of you voluntarily divulge on Failbook daily. Hey, post another "selfie" and be sure to tag all your friends! Check-in at your favorite restaurant (and don't forget to post pictures of your food, everyone cares about what you're stuffing into your face.) Post your vacation pictures with the GPS coordinates in the EXIF data. Let Facebook harvest your contact info! Make it easy for the feds and every advertiser on Earth to profile you and track your every move. And then have the nerve to talk about Orwellian surveillance and the "evils" of RFID chips. > > grarpamp: > > On 5/17/16, juan <juan.g71(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'll hazard : 20 years. > > Nope, sorry, you're already effectively chipped. > > And considered cattle. > > Best you can do now is try to cast off your chains. > > >

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A Russian Warning
by Александр 04 Jun '16

04 Jun '16

Source: *http://cluborlov.blogspot.co.il/2016/05/a-russian-warning.html <http://cluborlov.blogspot.co.il/2016/05/a-russian-warning.html>http://thesaker.is/a-russian-warning/ <http://thesaker.is/a-russian-warning/>*A Russian Warning We, the undersigned, are Russians living and working in the USA. We have been watching with increasing anxiety as the current US and NATO policies have set us on an extremely dangerous collision course with the Russian Federation, as well as with China. Many respected, patriotic Americans, such as Paul Craig Roberts, Stephen Cohen, Philip Giraldi, Ray McGovern and many others have been issuing warnings of a looming a Third World War. But their voices have been all but lost among the din of a mass media that is full of deceptive and inaccurate stories that characterize the Russian economy as being in shambles and the Russian military as weak—all based on no evidence. But we—knowing both Russian history and the current state of Russian society and the Russian military, cannot swallow these lies. We now feel that it is our duty, as Russians living in the US, to warn the American people that they are being lied to, and to tell them the truth. And the truth is simply this: *If there is going to be a war with Russia, then the United Stateswill most certainly be destroyed, and most of us will end up dead.* Let us take a step back and put what is happening in a historical context. Russia has suffered a great deal at the hands of foreign invaders, losing 22 million people in World War II. Most of the dead were civilians, because the country was invaded, and the Russians have vowed to never let such a disaster happen again. Each time Russia had been invaded, she emerged victorious. In 1812 Nepoleon invaded Russia; in 1814 Russian cavalry rode into Paris. On June 22, 1941, Hitler’s Luftwaffe bombed Kiev; On May 8, 1945, Soviet troops rolled into Berlin. But times have changed since then. If Hitler were to attack Russia today, he would be dead 20 to 30 minutes later, his bunker reduced to glowing rubble by a strike from a Kalibr supersonic cruise missile launched from a small Russian navy ship somewhere in the Baltic Sea. The operational abilities of the new Russian military have been most persuasively demonstrated during the recent action against ISIS, Al Nusra and other foreign-funded terrorist groups operating in Syria. A long time ago Russia had to respond to provocations by fighting land battles on her own territory, then launching a counter-invasion; but this is no longer necessary. Russia’s new weapons make retaliation instant, undetectable, unstoppable and perfectly lethal. Thus, if tomorrow a war were to break out between the US and Russia, it is guaranteed that the US would be obliterated. At a minimum, there would no longer be an electric grid, no internet, no oil and gas pipelines, no interstate highway system, no air transportation or GPS-based navigation. Financial centers would lie in ruins. Government at every level would cease to function. US armed forces, stationed all around the globe, would no longer be resupplied. At a maximum, the entire landmass of the US would be covered by a layer of radioactive ash. We tell you this not to be alarmist, but because, based on everything we know, we are ourselves alarmed. If attacked, Russia will not back down; she will retaliate, and she will utterly annihilate the United States. The US leadership has done everything it could to push the situation to the brink of disaster. First, its anti-Russian policies have convinced the Russian leadership that making concessions or negotiating with the West is futile. It has become apparent that the West will always support any individual, movement or government that is anti-Russian, be it tax-cheating Russian oligarchs, convicted Ukrainian war criminals, Saudi-supported Wahhabi terrorists in Chechnya or cathedral-desecrating punks in Moscow. Now that NATO, in violation of its previous promises, has expanded right up to the Russian border, with US forces deployed in the Baltic states, within artillery range of St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, the Russians have nowhere left to retreat. They will not attack; nor will they back down or surrender. The Russian leadership enjoys over 80% of popular support; the remaining 20% seems to feel that it is being too soft in opposing Western encroachment. But Russia will retaliate, and a provocation or a simple mistake could trigger a sequence of events that will end with millions of Americans dead and the US in ruins. Unlike many Americans, who see war as an exciting, victorious foreign adventure, the Russians hate and fear war. But they are also ready for it, and they have been preparing for war for several years now. Their preparations have been most effective. Unlike the US, which squanders untold billions on dubious overpriced arms programs such as the F-35 joint task fighter, the Russians are extremely stingy with their defense rubles, getting as much as 10 times the bang for the buck compared to the bloated US defense industry. While it is true that the Russian economy has suffered from low energy prices, it is far from being in shambles, and a return to growth is expected as early as next year. Senator John McCain once called Russia “A gas station masquerading as a country.” Well, he lied. Yes, Russia is the world’s largest oil producer and second-largest oil exporter, but it is also world’s largest exporter of grain and nuclear power technology. It is as advanced and sophisticated a society as the United States. Russia’s armed forces, both conventional and nuclear, are now ready to fight, and they are more than a match for the US and NATO, especially if a war erupts anywhere near the Russian border. But such a fight would be suicidal for all sides. We strongly believe that a conventional war in Europe runs a strong chance of turning nuclear very rapidly, and that any US/NATO nuclear strike on Russian forces or territory will automatically trigger a retaliatory Russian nuclear strike on the continental US. Contrary to irresponsible statements made by some American propagandists, American antiballistic missile systems are incapable of shielding the American people from a Russian nuclear strike. Russia has the means to strike at targets in the USA with long-range nuclear as well as conventional weapons. The sole reason why the USA and Russia have found themselves on a collision course, instead of defusing tensions and cooperating on a wide range of international problems, is the stubborn refusal by the US leadership to accept Russia as an equal partner: Washington is dead set on being the “world leader” and the “indispensable nation,” even as its influence steadily dwindles in the wake of a string of foreign policy and military disasters such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen and the Ukraine. Continued American global leadership is something that neither Russia, nor China, nor most of the other countries are willing to accept. This gradual but apparent loss of power and influence has caused the US leadership to become hysterical; and it is but a small step from hysterical to suicidal. America’s political leaders need to be placed under suicide watch. First and foremost, we are appealing to the commanders of the US Armed Forces to follow the example of Admiral William Fallon, who, when asked about a war with Iran, reportedly replied “not on my watch.” We know that you are not suicidal, and that you do not wish to die for the sake of out-of-touch imperial hubris. If possible, please tell your staff, colleagues and, especially, your civilian superiors that a war with Russia will not happen on your watch. At the very least, take that pledge yourselves, and, should the day ever come when the suicidal order is issued, refuse to execute it on the grounds that it is criminal. Remember that according to the Nuremberg Tribunal “To initiate a war of aggression… is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole.” Since Nuremberg, “I was just following orders” is no longer a valid defense; please don’t be war criminals. We also appeal to the American people to take peaceful but forceful action to oppose any politician or party that engages in irresponsible, provocative Russia-baiting, and that condones and supports a policy of needless confrontation with a nuclear superpower that is capable of destroying America in about an hour. Speak up, break through the barrier of mass media propaganda, and make your fellow Americans aware of the immense danger of a confrontation between Russia and the US. There is no objective reason why US and Russia should consider each other adversaries. The current confrontation is entirely the result of the extremist views of the neoconservative cult, whose members were allowed to infiltrate the US Federal government under President Bill Clinton, and who consider any country that refuses to obey their dictates as an enemy to be crushed. Thanks to their tireless efforts, over a million innocent people have already died in the former Yugoslavia, in Afghanistan, in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Pakistan, the Ukraine, Yemen, Somalia and in many other countries—all because of their maniacal insistence that the USA must be a world empire, not a just a regular, normal country, and that every national leader must either bow down before them, or be overthrown. In Russia, this irresistible force has finally encountered an immovable object. They must be forced to back down before they destroy us all. We are absolutely and categorically certain that Russia will never attack the US, nor any EU member state, that Russia is not at all interested in recreating the USSR, and that there is no “Russian threat” or “Russian aggression.” Much of Russia’s recent economic success has a lot to do with the shedding of former Soviet dependencies, allowing her to pursue a “Russia first” policy. But we are just as certain that if Russia is attacked, or even threatened with attack, she will not back down, and that the Russian leadership will not “blink.” With great sadness and a heavy heart they will do their sworn duty and unleash a nuclear barrage from which the United States will never recover. Even if the entire Russian leadership is killed in a first strike, the so-called “Dead Hand” (the “Perimetr” system) will automatically launch enough nukes to wipe the USA off the political map. *We feel that it is our duty to do all we can to prevent such a catastrophe.* Evgenia Gurevich, Ph.D. http://thesaker.ru Victor Katsap, PhD, Sr. Scientist NuFlare Technology America, Inc. Andrei Kozhev Serge Lubomudrov Dmitry Orlov http://cluborlov.blogspot.com The Saker (A. Raevsky) http://thesaker.is __________________________ Source: *http://cluborlov.blogspot.co.il/2016/05/a-russian-warning.html <http://cluborlov.blogspot.co.il/2016/05/a-russian-warning.html>http://thesaker.is/a-russian-warning/ <http://thesaker.is/a-russian-warning/>*

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[Fwd: Breaking: victory in Muckrock FOIA case]
by Shawn K. Quinn 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

Score one for the good guys. -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: James S. Tyre <jstyre(a)JSTYRE.COM> Reply-to: "James S. Tyre" <jstyre(a)JSTYRE.COM> To: FOI-L(a)LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: Breaking: victory in Muckrock FOIA case Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 13:05:26 -0700 (EFF will have more to say later) https://twitter.com/EFF/status/738819423155281921 -- James S. Tyre Law Offices of James S. Tyre 10736 Jefferson Blvd., #512 Culver City, CA 90230-4969 310-839-4114/310-839-4602(fax) jstyre(a)jstyre.com Special Counsel, Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org -- Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn(a)rushpost.com>

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Tor (and other nets) probably screwed by Traffic Analysis by now
by grarpamp 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

https://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-uk-is-using-bulk-interception-to-catc… https://conspicuouschatter.wordpress.com/2016/02/03/a-technical-reading-of-… https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2702948-Problem-Book-Redacted.html Researchers have speculated that GCHQ may have the capability to deanonymise Tor users by examining the timing of connections going in and out of the Tor network. ... there is clear evidence that timing information is both recognized as being key to correlating events and streams; and it is being recorded and stored at an increasing granularity. There is no smoking gun as of 2011 to say they casually de-anonymize Tor circuits, but the writing is on the wall for the onion routing system. GCHQ at 2011 had all ingredients needed to trace Tor circuits. It would take extra-ordinary incompetence to not have refined their traffic analysis techniques in the past 5 years. The Tor project should do well to not underestimate GCHQ’s capabilities to this point. ... one should wonder why we have been waiting for 3 years until such clear documents are finally being published from the Snowden revelations. If those had been the first published, instead of the obscure, misleading and very non-informative slides, it would have saved a lot of time — and may even have engaged the public a bit more than bad powerpoint. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-uk-will-police-the-dark-web-with-a-new… https://blog.torproject.org/blog/traffic-correlation-using-netflows Prediction market (place your bids): "First networks utilizing fill traffic as TA countermeasure to emerge and reach early deployment by year end 2017..."

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Re: [tor-talk] Tor (and other nets) probably screwed by Traffic Analysis by now
by grarpamp 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

On 6/2/16, Allen <allenpmd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Another alternative would be to re-architect the services of interest to > use a message or packet store-and-forward protocol with a random delay to > thwart traffic analysis. Perhaps different terms for same derivative thing? >From other searchable and recent threads... Fill traffic needs store and forward with random delay, for low latency requirements it could be called reclocking with jitter, rearchitecting for higher latency adds additional bounds on time to the interval and jitter clocks. Packet / message oriented / UDP seems useful to remove constraints of TCP-in-TCP allowing for management of fill traffic, multipath traffic spreading, pluggables, and so on. Ineffective is say rearchitecting web "services" to deliver a tarball of a website for offline reading, if said delivery is over a traditional non fill network, it will be TA'd. Fill / chaff seem needed, otherwise in an all wheat network, input traffic on one side seems to match output traffic on the other side at some point, regardless of storage / delay. Fixed packet sizes seem to help. Fill ratios up to 100% utilization can mask the wheat. Minimum fill is amount needed for plausible deniability that single input can't be mapped to a single output. ie: 10MiB in, must have at least two outputs that received 10MiB. Is there any group / list that is actively researching or developing such networks? Or that wants to?

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Re: [tor-talk] Tor (and other nets) probably screwed by Traffic Analysis by now
by grarpamp 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

On 6/2/16, Aymeric Vitte <vitteaymeric(a)gmail.com> top posted without trimming: > Yes: https://github.com/Ayms/node-Tor#convergence > > Let's imagine that one Tor circuit reaches a P2P network (here browsers) > and is splitted between different peers (UDP) circuits before > reasynching to a relay or end point, then the reconciliation from the > source to the end point is quite unlikely >> Is there any group / list that is actively researching >> or developing such networks? Or that wants to? If I remember right you're doing file caching / serving in the browsers-as-torrent-nodes layer. Yes that asynchronous would seem to break end to end timing. But the 654321012 byte file "into one tor circuit" from user at one end would still count same bytes out to a "reasynching end point" user at the other end. (Or users plural if requested by more than one user). Between otherwise relatively quiet endpoints / users. If they are all shuffling around encrypted bits fulltime, without being driven to do so by end user demand, such that the start and stop of the bytes of the poster and requestor[s] can't be delineated, that looks more generally like the fill traffic.

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Re: [tor-talk] Tor (and other nets) probably screwed by Traffic Analysis by now
by grarpamp 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

On 6/2/16, Allen <allenpmd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > another alternative would be random packet sizes, ie, the packet size > transmitted to the next hop would not be the same as the size received What does this help / enable? Nodes are known to GPA's, there is no way to hide them. If GPA counting physical packets, over time period, bytes into a relay must equal bytes out, otherwise they're being dropped somewhere, which is inefficient... as opposed to temporarily reducing fill to cover wheat demand. There is up to %50 capacity loss with random sizes, requiring up to 2x higher packet / interrupt rates to compensate within the same pipe / cpu. And the code to do all the carving, queuing and reassembly of every single packet, more complex and costly than padding the last carrier packet of some layer. There is also to consider... - physical / logical paths and pathing - circuit, packet, label, or flow switching - what layers the fill is in (above, at, or below wheat), the layers managed at, and by who. Big challenge is figuring how the network self manages the fill system to dynamically make room for wheat demand wherever it is needed in the network. (That dynamic is also what makes the user apparent application performance roughly the same as non fill networks. Of course their NIC (or their configured anonymous network rate limit within that), is always saturated, but that's transparent to the application layer.) If that's all solved fill traffic might be a good defense to Global *Passive* Adversary, and even a fair one to a Global *Traffic Flow Perturbing Active* Adversary. (What evidence is there that Global Adversaries that are not partnered with Global Telecoms are able to, as opposed to simply listening, arbitrarily drop / inject / delay packets on the global backbones?) Designing something new, including fill, crypto, and anonymity... probably far harder than putting tor's basic design together was. On the other hand, there's now 15 more years of research, experience and components on hand to throw at it.

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