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Interesting series of tweets about ioerror
by Rayzer 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

This woman claims she's being pressured to say she was victimized by ioerror: https://twitter.com/dhammicmarxist/status/758367439725862912

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The Power Of Irradiating Ourselves
by grarpamp 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

Free power of course... https://science.slashdot.org/story/16/07/14/2049246/cleanspace-co-sensor-ru… A few years ago, a Kickstarter was set up to develop a locator tag powered by free radio frequency (RF) energy harvested from the environment. This was called a scam here on Slashdot and was shut down before it was funded on Kickstarter. However, it now appears that the concept is not as far-fetched as some predicted. A UK company CleanSpace has developed a carbon monoxide (CO) sensor which is powered by free RF. A review of the product has been posted on YouTube. It uses Freevolt technology to keep a battery charged and the CO sensor running. Since they have several thousand of these devices collecting data, they do appear to work and it seems to be in the 'not a scam' department.

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System time as cookie/deanonymization?
by Georgi Guninski 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

One of these days, I saw a box whose system time was off by about a minute. No big deal in this case, but significantly smaller difference is a fingerprint of the machine: Alice is off by -0.58390128310s, etc. Getting very good approximation of system time from a browser is not very trivial, but likely writing something like NTP in javascript is doable. Read that tor browser bundle downgrades the clock resolution possibly for other reasons, but IIRC the resolution was enough for this purpose. Can this be used for cookie/deanonymization? Anyone already implemented it/wrote a paper? Quick web search didn't answer exactly this.

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Re: [from 'karl', offlist] libsaxolotl
by Rayzer 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

My posts are HTML compatible. NOT HTML only. Any modern mail reader set to view in plain text should have no problem whatsoever nor would it be rejected by a list that only accepts plain text. I do not attached images, web beacons or any other crap. All my missives are typed by hand and represent ME, on a list THAT IS NOT a 'coders' list, but a general interest list for people interested in cybersec, with coders subscribed. That is what this list has been afaict since it's inception, and that's the reason I'm here. As far as 'conflict' goes. I respond to trolls in kind, once or twice, and then ignore them. You might send your complaint to: Juan Cari Machete 'Stef' who thinks like you that this is a 'coder list' and referred to my posts as 'pollution'. That last one is Kill-listed for eternity... Because a list Fascist is just like any other fascist. You KILL THEM by any means necessary with any weapon at hand. And if YOU send me another email offlist with your whines, I'll add you to the list of known trolls. Kapiche? Rr On 07/27/2016 07:42 AM, Karl wrote: > Hi Rr, > > I'm new to this list, but I'm used to it being quite polite to send > text-only emails, and very helpful to contribute with real work (code). > > These flames and insults do not belong on public lists. They are very > hurtful. You seem very strong; have the strength to lessen these conflicts. > > Sent from my phone > On Jul 27, 2016 10:04 AM, "Rayzer" <rayzer(a)riseup.net> wrote: > > > > On 07/27/2016 12:48 AM, Georgi Guninski wrote: >> Please try to configure your mail to send text/plain. >> >> See bellow how your mail looks in sound console clients. >> >> Likely some lists will ban html only email. >> >> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 07:23:54AM +0200, Bastiani Fortress wrote: >>> Wowow, easy... Perhaps we can start using the prefix [RUS] for russian > nationalism related posts of zenaan, that would make topic distinction a > little easier :D 7:47 AM, July 26, 2016, "Александр" & > lt;afalex169(a)gmail.com>: <blockquote><blockquote>On 07/25/2016 > 04:42 PM, stef wrote: > for those not sabotaging this list with > noise, </blockquote> 2016-07-26 5:05 GMT+03:00 Rayzer & > lt;rayzer(a)riseup.net>: <blockquote>If you mean my posts I have two > words for you. Fuck off. If you don't mean my > posts backtrack to those two words. They still apply. </blockquote> /> At last!!! At last it's not me or Zen who reply to these kind of > shitty claims. Thank you, Razer! I wonder where is our > beloved grarpamp AND Ted-the fucken teddy-bear, who repeat themselves like > fascist parrots about censoring the list to the "crypto-shit only"-> > sttttop the offtopic "shit". Silence, a?... ! >> and even if not - we tell you BEFOREHAND - Fuck off! Fuck > off! without any explanations WHY we post what we post and HOW this is > cypherpunk related, more than your strict-crypto-ONLY topics.(explanations, > which were already given dozens of times, by the way) Rayzer, > 1. Welcome to the club. 2. Wait a few more days and post a few > more great posts to get the accusation of being a troll/fsb agent/... :D />3. Be ready to paste the FUCK OFF a few times more. or... MANY > times. A. </blockquote> /> -- You’re not from the Castle, you’re not from the village, > you are nothing. Unfortunately, though, you are something, a stranger. >> > > What the hell kind of mail program do you use that shows " " and all > the html in plain text mode viewing html emails Georgi? Does it also > shows <m> <cr> and <lf> too (HTML v0.0)? > > It has to date back farther than elm and pine... > > Rr >

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Fwd: [ PFIR ] Clinton campaign -- and some cyber experts -- say Russia is behind email release
by Cecilia Tanaka 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

My dear Lauren (bcc), Did I mention how much I love you today? It's a strange coincidence, but I love you even more when I can use your messages to annoy Putin fans in public lists! :D Lots of tender kisses, hihi! :* Ceci (yep, always a troll, but I am a very cute troll, less boring than Putin fans, hihi! *-*) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List" < pfir(a)pfir.org> Date: Jul 24, 2016 6:34 PM Subject: [ PFIR ] Clinton campaign -- and some cyber experts -- say Russia is behind email release To: <pfir-list(a)pfir.org> > Clinton campaign -- and some cyber experts -- say Russia is behind email > release > > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-campaign--and-some-cyber-ex… > > A top official with Hillary Clinton's campaign on Sunday > accused the Russian government of orchestrating the release of > damaging Democratic Party records in order to help the campaign of > Republican Donald Trump -- and some cyber security experts in the > U.S. > and overseas agree. The extraordinary charge came as some national > security officials have been growing increasingly concerned about > possible efforts by Russia to meddle in the election, according to > several individuals familiar with the situation. > > - - - > > Murderous dictator Putin wants a fellow dictator in the White House, > whom he can manipulate like a puppet and rebuild the Soviet Union. He > knows that Trump admires vicious dictators and their methods, and > loves Putin in particular. Putin knows that Trump would make the > perfect patsy. Trump's business dealings in Russia are deep -- and his > campaign manager has long worked with dictators in Russia and > elsewhere. Meanwhile at the GOP convention last week, the platform was > changed into a pro-Russia love-fest, leaving the countries that Putin > has crushed or wants to crush at his mercy. And Trump says if NATO > countries won't pay whatever extortion Trump demands, he'll just let > them be taken by Putin. Get the picture? > > --Lauren-- > Lauren Weinstein (lauren(a)vortex.com) http://www.vortex.com/lauren > Founder: > - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org > - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: > http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info > Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy > Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com > Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein > Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein > Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com > I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently > doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. > _______________________________________________ > pfir mailing list > http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir >

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on building a political platform matrix
by Zenaan Harkness 27 Jul '16

27 Jul '16

A human wants to know what to believe in, what to barrack for. It is suggested that they find answers from within their fabulous selves. How might we best facilitate the individual's quiotic political discovery journey in some easy to access way? Pointing at books is simply too much for the average modern Western human, schooled as s/he is. Perhaps a 'decision' tree? A list or flow chart or the like for the possible planks of any political platform? Should it be anything other than a wiki? Probably should be git backed and text based in the back end, markdown or etc.

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Court Forces Fingerprint Phone Unlock
by grarpamp 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

http://9to5mac.com/2016/07/25/touch-id-fingerprint-fbi-law/ http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/02/federal-court-touch-id-fingerprint/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/05/feds-say-suspect-should-rot-in-p… https://apple.slashdot.org/story/16/07/25/1559208/suspect-required-to-unloc… A second federal judge has ruled that a suspect can be compelled to unlock their iPhone using their fingerprint in order to give investigators access to data which can be used as evidence against them. The first time this ever happened in a federal case was back in May, following a District Court ruling in 2014. The legal position of forcing suspects to use their fingerprints to unlock devices won't be known with certainty until a case reaches the U.S. Supreme Court, but lower court rulings so far appear to establish a precedent which is at odds with that concerning passcodes. Most constitutional experts appear to believe that the Fifth Amendment prevents a suspect from being compelled to reveal a password or passcode, as this would amount to forced self-incrimination -- though even this isn't certain. Fingerprints, in contrast, have traditionally been viewed as 'real or physical evidence,' meaning that police are entitled to take them without permission.

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[RU-NEWS] new money - NEO – Switzerland is Paving the Way to Europe for China
by Zenaan Harkness 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

On all things yuan, AIIB and a new, non unipolar, world currency order. NEO – Switzerland is Paving the Way to Europe for China http://www.veteranstoday.com/2016/07/25/neo-switzerland-is-paving-the-way-t…

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[RU-NEWS] Russia considers status quo on Palestine unacceptable — Putin
by Zenaan Harkness 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

With the new boss in town, potentially good news for the Palestinians. Russia considers status quo on Palestine unacceptable — Putin http://tass.ru/en/politics/890417 Good cause for hope I'd say, with the USA in its financial death throws, all players in the middle east will be looking to the Kremlin for political alliance, "legitimacy" as well as protection - Israel will presumably continue to want Russia's protection for the Leviathan oil basin in the mediterranean sea, Turkey has well and truly begun its rapprochement with Russia and will undoubtedly benefit from 'Turk stream' pipelin into Europe, and the Saudi's now have a major roadblock to any "aunti imperial" regime change operations they have lusted over until now (stalemate in the desperately poor Yemen has turned to the Yemenis now fighting back -into- Saudi Arabia (from what I hear, old Yemeni lands that were "given" to Saudi Arabia when Yemen was at its absolute weakest and was otherwise being land raped by the Saudi's and their Western supporters)). All in all, extremely positive (/ militarily stable) situations developing all over the place. Courtesy Russia. Putin has the remainder of his current term in office and undoubtedly one more term after this - here's truly hoping that Russia's subsequent leader is at least half as functional re world affairs. The only major caveat of course, is an overly hawkish USA president at the upcoming North American federal elections. And, unfortunately, this is a bloody big caveat! I hope that the Eurasion alliances now forming, some mentioned above, become strong enough in the next 2 months in the case that Hitlery Clinton gets elected. Another reminder of the nature of "the West"/ very recent European history (mostly polemic, not much history): The West has raped, killed and destroyed the whole world http://www.pravdareport.com/world/americas/25-07-2016/135116-war_with_russi… Good luck, little old world..

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For ZH.... The religion of hate in one image and a few words
by Rayzer 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

Hi Zeenan... You never DID get back to me about where you got that perverse interpolation of some salafist screed about the rules of Goat-Fucking, sweetheart. Here are some references. The basic tenets of the religion of hate analyzed... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CoEZh2JWcAAgj7E.jpg:large Also see: Open Letter to al-Bagdadi and ISIS by Muslim scholars from around the world. http://auntieimperial.tumblr.com/search/islam/page/2 1. It is forbidden in Islam to issue fatwas without all the necessary learning requirements. Even then fatwas must follow Islamic legal theory as defined in the Classical texts. It is also forbidden to cite a portion of a verse from the Qur’an—or part of a verse—to derive a ruling without looking at everything that the Qur’an and Hadith teach related to that matter. In other words, there are strict subjective and objective prerequisites for fatwas , and one cannot ‘cherry-pick’ Qur’anic verses for legal arguments without considering the entire Qur’an and Hadith . 2. It is forbidden in Islam to issue legal rulings about anything without mastery of the Arabic language. 3. It is forbidden in Islam to oversimplify Shari’ah matters and ignore established Islamic sciences. 4. It is permissible in Islam [for scholars] to differ on any matter, except those fundamentals of religion that all Muslims must know. 5. It is forbidden in Islam to ignore the reality of contemporary times when deriving legal rulings. 6. It is forbidden in Islam to kill the innocent. 7. It is forbidden in Islam to kill emissaries, ambassadors, and diplomats; hence it is forbidden to kill journalists and aid workers. 8. Jihad in Islam is defensive war. It is not permissible without the right cause, the right purpose and without the right rules of conduct. 9. It is forbidden in Islam to declare people non-Muslim unless he (or she) openly declares disbelief. 10. It is forbidden in Islam to harm or mistreat—in any way—Christians or any ‘People of the Scripture’. 11. It is obligatory to consider Yazidis as People of the Scripture. 12. The re-introduction of slavery is forbidden in Islam. It was abolished by universal consensus. 13. It is forbidden in Islam to force people to convert. 14. It is forbidden in Islam to deny women their rights. 15. It is forbidden in Islam to deny children their rights. 16. It is forbidden in Islam to enact legal punishments (hudud ) without following the correct procedures that ensure justice and mercy. 17. It is forbidden in Islam to torture people. 18 It is forbidden in Islam to disfigure the dead. 19. It is forbidden in Islam to attribute evil acts to God. 20. It is forbidden in Islam to destroy the graves and shrines of Prophets and Companions. 21.Armed insurrection is forbidden in Islam for any reason other than clear disbelief by the ruler and not allowing people to pray. 22. It is forbidden in Islam to declare a caliphate without consensus from all Muslims. 23. Loyalty to one’s nation is permissible in Islam. 24. After the death of the Prophet, Islam does not require anyone to emigrate anywhere. —

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