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Fw: [tor-talk] CSEC's (aka Canadian NSA) Work on Tor
by Zenaan Harkness 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

----- Forwarded message from William <william(a)wubim.com> ----- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:10:34 -0700 From: William <william(a)wubim.com> To: tor-talk(a)lists.torproject.org Subject: [tor-talk] CSEC's (aka Canadian NSA) Work on Tor Hello everyone, I don't think this is of interest to most people, but I filed an access to information request with CSEC (often referred to as the Canadian NSA) last month in the course of our advocacy work, regarding its involvement when it comes to Tor and the Tor Project. They sent me a lot of boring redacted slideshows and emails but you guys are welcome to take a peek if you're interested and make your own observations. I've put it up on my blog: https://ejanic.com/communications-security-establishment-canadas-csec-work-… Cheers, William

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moving on
by EitShat 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

> Ben 0wned: > Tor shit Clearly this fucker is from Tor; bad pretext. > Where i live people disappear offending the wrong person. > If you dont like your govt or laws where you live get the hell out So you like that people get whacked? And then you threaten us? That's pretty fucking punk, dude. Welcome XD

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Fw: moving on
by juan 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

die motherfucker Begin forwarded message: Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:20:05 -0400 From: Ben 0wned <gmojo02(a)protonmail.com> To: juan.g71(a)gmail.com, cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org Subject: Re: moving on accidental death, the better. Stop threatening me juan.g72(a)gmail.com -------- Original Message -------- On Aug 22, 2016, 3:43 PM, juan wrote: On Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:14:34 -0400 Ben 0wned <gmojo02(a)protonmail.com> wrote: > Most of us grew up during the cypherpunks movement > this anti-govt shit has got to go. Retarded troll of the year - still, the sooner he has an accidental death, the better.

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Revolt Against Tor Over Rape Claims, Process, Board, Etc
by spux＠sigaint.org 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

> Some Fucker > browser improvements. UX over substance Prove it. Point to one usability improvement.

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Re: [tor-relays] #torstrike
by Zenaan Harkness 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

----- Forwarded message from Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> ----- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:48:41 +1000 From: Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> To: tor-relays <tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org> Subject: Re: [tor-relays] #torstrike I concur with all you say below. Exceptionally well spoken. Evidently you have some solid experience in your corporate managerial role. Thanks for speaking up. On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 11:50:37PM -0700, Arisbe wrote: > Okay, so I've been concerned about the safety of at-risk Tor users since all this shit broke. New employees at the > organizational structure serving as the main accuser, an all new board with interrelationships and motivation > unknown, grenades rolled under office doors and all of the rest leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I cannot, at this > time, recommend to a third world citizen, that (s)he trust the Tor network. I hope that changes. > The issue is whether or not someone new in the Tor organization will, accidentally or intentionally, put third world > users at risk. I cannot trust an all-new board. Tor needs to be on their best behavior in order for me to > re-establish trust in the organization. > As a retired corporate manager I've seen these problems before. I have several suggestions that I feel are must-do > tasks for the Tor Project: > 1) Secure an independent investigator to look into the allegations against Jacob. Either demonstrate that he is not > an honorable employee or reinstate him. No one should trust anonymous claims that can ruin his career. If Jacob is > guilty, he should be prosecuted; > 2) Board member should be open, accessible and available to employees and node operators. Their background and > motivation for being a director of the Tor Project should be disseminated. There interrelationship with other board > members should be known; > 3) As one of the founders of Tor, Roger should openly discuss these and all issues in a public manner (on the web > page, webinar, magazine article, etc.); > 4) An organizational plan should be placed in the employment manual that puts significant distance between coding > employees and directors; > 5) Employees and directors should not operate nor have access to authority servers. > I've operated a number of exits and guards for several years now (including, as far as I know, the only Tor node in > Albania). [1] I will leave these operational for now but I expect changes in this unprofessionally operated 501c3. > [1] > > A827646DD0F8B92A9963789529CEE3141FF74761 > 4061C553CA88021B8302F0814365070AAE617270 > C80DF89B21FF932DEC0D7821F679B6C79E1449C3 > 9B31F1F1C1554F9FFB3455911F82E818EF7C7883 > D3E5EDDBE5159388704D6785BE51930AAFACEC6F ----- End forwarded message -----

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Rising carbon dioxide is greening the Earth - but it's not all good news
by YoungDryas 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

> Georgi Guninski: > Have high temperature crashes happened before? > If so, is there an estimate for the period? Peep the core samples, son. Randall Carlson quote re: 'Oxygen Isotopes in Greenland': "As [the Earth] began to cool off, the temerature oscillations began to increase in magnitude." "The climate change that took us from glacial to interglacial happened in less than five years." --- Refs: New ice core records show Greenland in sync with the rest of the globe: http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/09/new-ice-core-records-show-greenland-… A Brief Explanation of Oxygen Isotopes in Paleoclimate studies: http://pages.uoregon.edu/rdorsey/geo334/O-isotopes.html Greenland warming during the last interglacial: the relative importance of insolation and oceanic changes: http://www.clim-past-discuss.net/cp-2016-48/cp-2016-48.pdf Spatial and temporal oxygen isotope variability in northern Greenland implications for a new climate record over the past millennium: http://www.clim-past.net/12/171/2016/cp-12-171-2016.pdf Stable Isotopes and Climate History from Polar Ice Cores (full of pics): http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/UHNAI/NAIweb/presentations/26-Thorsteinsson-isoto…

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Revolt Against Tor Over Rape Claims, Process, Board, Etc
by grarpamp 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/765933853143859200 8:30 AM - 17 Aug 2016 Tor revolt over rape claims... https://twitter.com/shiromarieke/status/765634647485214720 12:41 PM - 16 Aug 2016 Today I am quitting @torproject I published my letter to tor-internal here: https://shiromarieke.github.io/tor I am not exactly sure how to start this email. To be honest, I never imagined I'd ever be writing this kind of letter to Tor, a project I used to respect a lot and was very excited to contribute to. Having been almost totally silent on Tor-related topics on all public channels for the last months doesn't make it easier for me to talk today.... https://www.oneeyedman.net/?p=2581 Posted on August 16, 2016 by dwrob My Letter To The Tor Project Dear Shari, As you know, police raided my Seattle home in April because I was operating a Tor exit. You and I have planned to discuss Tor’s response... Here are some of the issues that compel my decision... https://contraspin.co.nz/the-weaponising-of-social-part-3-the-resurrection-… August 16, 2016 The Weaponising Of Social Part 3: The Resurrection Of IOError The genesis of this groundbreaking series was a moral obligation to highlight obvious discrepancies in the coordinated smears against Jacob Appelbaum (IOError). That smear campaign’s self-pronounced and ostensibly achieved aim was to permanently shut down his (anti-surveillance, anti-three-letter-agency) public speaking by casting him out from the very communities he has dedicated his life to supporting. Implemented, that aim had very little to do with protecting actual rape victims but everything to do with manipulating (by asserting social control over) the speaking circuit which is the visible face of the privacy and infosec movements, as well as dominating the critical infrastructure and the corporate structure (at board level) of the Tor Project... http://rixstep.com/2/2/20160817,00.shtml http://rixstep.com/2/2/20160717,00.shtml 2016-08-17 Tor 6.0.4 Happenstance, coincidence, enemy action? Not that there's necessarily any connection to Jakegate (it can't be ruled out either) but the latest updates of Tor have been a frightening mess. Why does Tor suddenly dump over 30 megabloats of steaming faeces onto a file system on exit... "I know other people at Tor and in the broader community have similar feelings, and I hope this will encourage them to speak up." -- shiromarieke

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[zen@freedbms.net: Re: [tor-relays] #torstrike]
by Zenaan Harkness 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

CC ----- Forwarded message from Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> ----- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:49:05 +1000 From: Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org Subject: Re: [tor-relays] #torstrike On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 11:14:59PM -0400, krishna e bera wrote: > On 21/08/16 10:02 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > Fact: Jacob Applebaum's directory authority was a target of NSA's > > XKEYSCORE: > > https://contraspin.co.nz/the-weaponising-of-social-part-3-the-resurrection-… > > Of course, perhaps they all are. > > > Fact: Jacob Applebaum got kicked from Tor Inc, prior to a proper > > investigation. > > Any organization would do the same with similar allegations. If he was > exonerated, he could rejoin afterwards. Put it to relevant/ external/ unbiased authorities, not internally compromised "investigation group with chips on their shoulders". > > Fact: The investigation done by Tor Inc, was run by the primary accusers > > of Jacob Applebaum. > > Evidence? > > > > In the USA's war against Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, Wikileaks and > > Edward Snowden, Jacob Applebaum was a very high target, and caused the > > three letter agencies a lot of problems. > > > > So yes, operation of the network you use for -genuine- privacy needs, is > > very much dependent on those running the organisation. > > > > > > Fact: The ENTIRE board of Tor Inc got replaced after Jacob was given the > > boot! > > > > My conclusion: This was a coup, blunt and bloody, take no prisoners, > > respect no righteousness. > > Overdramatic. Where's the blood? Jacob Applebaum's scalp. > Who was behind the coup, and what hard evidence do you have? Are you > looking for #torstrike to prompt leaks of such info? I don't know that torstrike could be useful ultimately. Forking possibly. > Makes more sense for the Board to be distinct from the day to day > operations people anyway. The only thing that makes sense is that the core people are trustworthy - there are now major problems with core Tor Inc people. > > My conclusion: The operation of the Tor directory authorities can no > > longer be trusted. > > Perhaps it never could be. Are you ready to run one? Is that a genuine offer and a genuine possibility? > > My conclusion: The deployment of TBB by Tor Inc can no longer be > > trusted. > > Fork it. That is happening. ----- End forwarded message -----

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Re: [tor-relays] #torstrike
by Zenaan Harkness 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Forwarding to distinguish mailing lists. ----- Forwarded message from Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> ----- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:02:53 +1000 From: Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> To: tor-relays(a)lists.torproject.org Cc: m.krzystek(a)gmail.com Subject: Re: [tor-relays] #torstrike On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 07:53:26PM -0600, Marcel Krzystek wrote: > What are the thoughts of relay operators on this? > https://ghostbin.com/paste/kmnzz > > I can be persuaded otherwise, and perhaps i'm being naive, but i believe > that operation of the network should remain independent from the politics > within the organization. Hi Marcel, Fact: Jacob Applebaum's directory authority was a target of NSA's XKEYSCORE: https://contraspin.co.nz/the-weaponising-of-social-part-3-the-resurrection-… Fact: Jacob Applebaum got kicked from Tor Inc, prior to a proper investigation. Fact: The investigation done by Tor Inc, was run by the primary accusers of Jacob Applebaum. In the USA's war against Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, Wikileaks and Edward Snowden, Jacob Applebaum was a very high target, and caused the three letter agencies a lot of problems. So yes, operation of the network you use for -genuine- privacy needs, is very much dependent on those running the organisation. Fact: The ENTIRE board of Tor Inc got replaced after Jacob was given the boot! My conclusion: This was a coup, blunt and bloody, take no prisoners, respect no righteousness. My conclusion: The operation of the Tor directory authorities can no longer be trusted. My conclusion: The deployment of TBB by Tor Inc can no longer be trusted. Draw your own conclusions. ----- End forwarded message -----

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Fwd: [tor-talk] Algorithm that chooses exit nodes
by Cari Machet 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

curiousness ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <anonymous.coward(a)posteo.de> Date: Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 6:53 PM Subject: [tor-talk] Algorithm that chooses exit nodes To: tor-talk(a)lists.torproject.org Dear fellows, I´d like to know, what algorithm does TOR use to chose an exit node? What I find strange is, I always get an exit node from the same region on this planet. I never had an exit node, say from Russia or Hong Kong or Japan, but always from the same region. This algorithm does not seem to chose it really randomly. Thus I´m curious how TOR choses exit nodes! Thank you -- 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 -- Cari Machet NYC 646-436-7795 carimachet(a)gmail.com AIM carismachet Syria +963-099 277 3243 Amman +962 077 636 9407 Berlin +49 152 11779219 Reykjavik +354 894 8650 Twitter: @carimachet <https://twitter.com/carimachet> 7035 690E 5E47 41D4 B0E5 B3D1 AF90 49D6 BE09 2187 Ruh-roh, this is now necessary: This email is intended only for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use of this information, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this email without permission is strictly prohibited.

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