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Re: [tor-talk] Tor Project Corporate Document FOI Request
by grarpamp 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

On 8/9/16, ITechGeek <ITG(a)itechgeek.com> wrote: > I think you meant this one: > http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=208096… > The exact name of the Nonprofit Corporation: THE TOR PROJECT, INC. It's clear from the context exactly which one was meant. On 8/9/16, Allen <allenpmd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > [drivel] Nice try. Cheerio chap :)

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[OT] The ICFP Programming Contest
by Georgi Guninski 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

For those who like coding challenges: http://www.icfpconference.org/contest.html The ICFP Programming Contest -- s="import md5;print'MD5 sum of my source is: '+md5.new('s=%r;exec s'%s).hexdigest()";exec s

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BBC to deploy detection vans to snoop on internet users
by grarpamp 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2016-August/029866.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/05/bbc-to-deploy-detection-vans-to-… BBC to deploy detection vans to snoop on internet users Patrick Foster 6 August 2016 8:24am The BBC is to spy on internet users in their homes by deploying a new generation of Wi-Fi detection vans to identify those illicitly watching its programmes online. The Telegraph can disclose that from next month, the BBC vans will fan out across the country capturing information from private Wi-Fi networks in homes to "sniff out" those who have not paid the licence fee. The corporation has been given legal dispensation to use the new technology, which is typically only available to crime-fighting agencies, to enforce the new requirement that people watching BBC programmes via the iPlayer must have a TV licence. The disclosure will lead to fears about invasion of privacy and follows years of concern over the heavy-handed approach of the BBC towards those suspected of not paying the licence fee. However, the BBC insists that its inspectors will not be able to spy on other internet browsing habits of viewers. .....

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Re: [tor-talk] Tor Project Corporate Document FOI Request
by grarpamp 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

On 8/8/16, Ken Cline <cline(a)frii.com> wrote: > Others are a matter of public record: Consult the Massachusetts Secretary > of State's web site > [http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx] If you start searching by entity and individual names, here's one example of what shows up that is certainly community relavant and that I don't recall being publicly announced... # TOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, For Profit, 250000 shares http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=001055… ...at least not until this FOI request from the community came along... https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/030164.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/030169.html https://www.google.com/search?q="tor+solutions+group" https://www.google.com/search?q="tor+solutions+corporation" Might as well include their bylaws, minutes, etc for transparency too.

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I swear I'm not making this up
by juan 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

"Russia has attacked the US in cyberspace in an attempt to influence our national election, many experts have concluded. We need to take this national security threat seriously and both respond and defend, despite the partisan nature of this particular attack" signed - schneier, tor supreme.

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Re: [tor-talk] Tor Project Corporate Document FOI Request
by grarpamp 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

On 7/31/16, Paul Syverson <paul.syverson(a)nrl.navy.mil> wrote: > I don't know the extent to which this covers what you were looking for, People are certainly familiar serving on, in, and with boards of directors, founding positions, and executive positions, as such are surely familiar with the name and meaning of the docs listed / requested by name on behalf of the community, familiar enough to which you and everyone else that has responded similarly above, up to and including proffering the not requested and new docs below, or talking FOIA law... that such respondants are, respectfully... full of crap, or at least grossly to negligent misreading, regarding docs thought looking for. It's been almost three weeks now and the silence by those in position to execute this request, to even officially publicly acknowledge and put it in queue... is becoming suspect in some circles. At least there seems now some movement by unofficials around it. Let that not be taken to excuse officials. > but you might want to look at/participate in the thread > https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2016-July/000559.html > that discusses various Tor documents. Maybe later as time permit :) > The second message (from Alison) specifically includes several > documents that seem to cover at least some of what you were asking about. Nice for future, but see new docs above and below. > The thread I reference in general discusses the need for having a good > place to put all such documents and the pros and cons of various > choices. Could be seen as excuse / delay. Nor is a committee on that needed. But hey, fixed that for ya... https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/TorProjectCorporateDocume… > So, while I think it's true that the particular thread we're > currently in remains unanswered by anyone from TPI, I'll accept that. > there is clearly > ongoing expenditure of nontrivial time and effort on the general > topic. No doubt plenty of room for improvement. HTH. And that too... while noting that the request calls for existing past docs, not future improved ones. The time and effort required to produce the narrow list therein is trivial matter of pulling them from file drawer.

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[WAR] Why Truman’s regime targeted Hiroshima and Nagasaki with their atomic bombs?
by Zenaan Harkness 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

Why Truman’s regime targeted Hiroshima and Nagasaki with their atomic bombs? http://matveychev-oleg.livejournal.com/3810955.html Informative article on the history of Orthodox Christianity in Japan.

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[WAR] The British Empire – A Lesson In State Terrorism
by Zenaan Harkness 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

The British Empire – A Lesson In State Terrorism https://www.sott.net/article/245044-The-British-Empire-A-Lesson-In-State-Te… " The historical record shows quite clearly that states, or those acting on behalf of the state, have been responsible for the vast majority of large-scale terrorist acts against civilians. "

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What happened with coderman@gmail.com ?
by Georgi Guninski 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

What happened with coderman(a)gmail.com? Web search suggest he is not posting since March this year.

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Remember, remember Hiroshima?
by Georgi Guninski 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

Remember, remember Hiroshima? https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and… | The United States, with the consent of the United Kingdom as laid down in the Quebec Agreement, dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of World War II. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. | Date August 6 and August 9, 1945

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