February 2017 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Top 35 US Cities with Highest Malware Infection Rates Include Major Tech Hubs
by Razer 05 Feb '17

05 Feb '17

Corollary to "never buy a mechanic's car". SlashDot: > A new report from Enigma Software Group identifies the American cities > with abnormally high infection rates for malware. An anonymous reader > quotes TechRepublic: In 2016, Tampa, Orlando, and St. Louis each had > malware infection rates per capita more than five times the national > average -- the highest in the U.S., the report found. Those same three > cities were also at the top of the list of highest infection rates in > 2015... ESG compiled malware detection data from its SpyHunter > anti-spyware software in the 100 largest cities in the US in all of > 2016. Two Ohio cities also made it into the top ten for malware > infection rates -- Cleveland and Cincinnati -- as well as Washington > D.C. (with an infection rate 242% higher than the national average). > But the infection rates drop noticeably after the top 10, with Miami > (at #14) the last city with an infection rate more than double the > national average. Interestingly, the top 35 cities include major > high-tech centers like Seattle, Austin, Boston, and San Jose. Source: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/these-10-cities-have-the-worst-malware-… https://it.slashdot.org/story/17/02/05/0623200/which-us-cities-have-the-wor…

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New York's Luv Affair with Nazis (2 pics)
by Razer 05 Feb '17

05 Feb '17

New yorkers do talk to each other and act together if there's a good reason. Ridding the city of offensive graffiti for instance. Link: https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/828098079719096320

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97% of Scientists
by Core Samples 05 Feb '17

05 Feb '17

The case of 97% of climate scientists agreeing that human beings are the main cause of warming. One of the main papers behind the 97 percent claim is authored by John Cook: Quantifying the Consensus on Anthropogenic Global Warming in the Scientific Literature http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024024/pdf Here is Cooks summary of his paper: Cook et al. (2013) found that over 97 percent [of papers he surveyed] endorsed the view that the Earth is warming up and human emissions of greenhouse gases are the main cause. A quick scan of the paper reveals that this is not the case. Cook is able to demonstrate only that a relative handful endorse the view that the Earth is warming up and human emissions of greenhouse gases are the main cause. Cook calls this explicit endorsement with quantification (quantification meaning 50 percent or more). Only a small percentage of the papers fall into this category; Cook does not say what percentage but when the study was publicly challenged by economist David Friedman, one observer calculated that only 1.6 percent explicitly stated that man-made greenhouse gases caused at least 50 percent of global warming. Where did most of the 97 percent come from ? Cook had created a category called explicit endorsement without quantification that is, papers in which the author, by Cooks admission, did not say whether 1 percent or 50 percent or 100 percent of the warming was caused by man. He had also created a category called implicit endorsement, for papers that imply (but dont say) that there is some man-made global warming and dont quantify it. In other words, he created two categories that he labeled as endorsing a view that they most certainly didnt. Scientists whose papers were classified by Cook protested: Cook survey included 10 of my 122 eligible papers. 5/10 were rated incorrectly. 4/5 were rated as endorse rather than neutral. Dr. Richard Tol That is not an accurate representation of my paper . . . Dr. Craig Idso Nope . . . it is not an accurate representation. Dr. Nir Shaviv Cook et al. (2013) is based on a strawman argument . . . Dr. Nicola Scafetta Think about how many times you hear that 97 percent or some similar figure thrown around. Its based on crude manipulation propagated by people whose ideological agenda it serves. And peep the core samples, son !

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MAKE ARGENTINA GREAT AGAIN
by Anti Fag 05 Feb '17

05 Feb '17

>BUENOS AIRES — Argentina is so used to celebrating immigration as a cornerstone of society that a 19th-century saying — to govern is to populate — remains in use to this day. >But in an abrupt shift coinciding with the immigration restrictions put in place by the Trump administration, President Mauricio Macri has issued a decree curbing immigration to Argentina, with his government declaring that newcomers from poorer countries in Latin America bring crime. >The measures announced by Mr. Macri in recent days made it much easier to deport immigrants and restrict their entry, prompting irate comparisons to President Trump and igniting a fierce debate over immigration. >“A decree like this scares people,” said Arfang Diedhiou, 33, a Senegalese immigrant who runs his own clothing store here in the capital, Buenos Aires. “It came out just after what Trump did, a coincidence that seems very strange to me.” >Argentina’s president, the son of an immigrant, has echoed some of Mr. Trump’s “America First” theme, making it clear that his “first concern” should be “caring for Argentines, caring for ourselves.” >“We cannot continue to allow criminals to keep choosing Argentina as a place to commit offenses,” Mr. Macri said during a news conference. >His decree has also rekindled criticism of his ties to the American president, whom he calls a friend. In the 1980s, Mr. Macri worked with his father, an Italian immigrant and industrial magnate, on a real estate project in New York that the family ended up selling to Mr. Trump. >Mr. Macri’s immigration measures, while not as far-reaching as Mr. Trump’s decision to halt refugees from around the world and freeze visas from seven predominantly Muslim nations, are raising diplomatic tensions in the region. Some South American leaders are attacking what they view as an attempt to mimic Mr. Trump’s immigration policies and nurture xenophobic sentiment. >“Brothers, Latin American presidents, we can’t follow the immigration policies of the North,” President Evo Morales of Bolivia said. >But opinion polls in Argentina showed widespread support for limiting immigration, and some say the new decree does not go far enough. One right-wing congressman is even calling for a wall to be built on the border with Bolivia. >Claudio Suárez, 65, a worker at a bakery in Buenos Aires, called the immigration curbs “fantastic.”

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[WAR] Trump: "There are a lot of killers. We have a lot of killers, Well, you think our country is so innocent?" - GTFOOH !!!
by Zenaan Harkness 05 Feb '17

05 Feb '17

Damn! Off the firetrucking charts pepes! Who woulda thought an American president would ever be so honest?! And whilst sitting as president, not later in life "atoning" for some sense of guilt or whatnot! America, in the scheme of things, you could have done a lot worse than choosing Donald Trump as your president. Call it real politik, call it right wing, frankly it doesn't matter much, the fact is, there's a bit of honesty from Trump which has been so rare for so long. In the context of having a "democratic" government, this is a step up from the last few decades. Enough adjectives and waffling: President Trump Shuts Down Anti-Putin Hysteria With One Simple Question http://russia-insider.com/en/president-trump-shuts-down-anti-putin-hysteria…

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Why can blacks be proud but not whites?
by Zenaan Harkness 05 Feb '17

05 Feb '17

This is a question with no easy answer, but to grok it explains why Gen-Z is turning out more socially conservative ("fascist Hitlers OMFG!") than any others since WW2: White Students Respond to Black Racist Taunts with Roman Salute - Guess Who Got in Trouble http://www.dailystormer.com/white-students-respond-to-black-racist-taunts-w…

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Alt-right hipster Gavin McInnes and his Nazi fanboys the "Proud Boys" Shut Down @ NYU
by Razer 05 Feb '17

05 Feb '17

The "Alt-Right". AKA Fascist AKA NeoNazis... Attempting to convince young people that racism, antisemitism, and bigotry, are 'hip'. > Most of the students who were there came to protest. > > Gavin McInnes arrived on stage to a chorus of boos. He semi-ironically > began his speech by saying he came to discuss the Jew, the black and > the Mexican. Beneath his ironic exterior, we knew that his rhetoric > about political correctness is only a cover for white supremacy. NYC > Antifa reported on Twitter that outside, Proud Boys “sieg heiled the > crowd while protected by police.” Protesters continually heckled > McInnes as he rambled incoherently about Margaret Thatcher and Argentina. > > He then told the crowd that he was pepper sprayed with a water gun. > “When I was sprayed I thought, ‘maybe it was acid,’ but then I > remembered this isn’t Islam.” That was the breaking point. Many of our > classmates and friends who are Muslim have been directly affected by > Trump’s Islamophobic travel ban. Chants of “Fuck you” and “Whose > campus? Our campus!” drowned out McInnes’s speech. > > The dean repeatedly took the mic from McInnes, telling protesters to > quiet down because we need to “respect free speech.” We yelled at the > dean too, telling him there is no free speech for Nazis. The last time > this happened, McInnes said to the dean, “You are ridiculous sir. You > are a dumb liberal asshole. You’re a beta male cuck.” That was it. The > dean tolerated and even supported McInnes’s racist hate speech, but > would not stand for his personal insult and humiliation. > > Security escorted McInnes out of the room. > More:https://itsgoingdown.org/report-back-nyu-protesters-shut-down-gavin-mc…

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Torproject disease infects WhatsApp - User experience trumps(sic) security
by Anti Fag 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

> Marina Brown catskillmarina at gmail.com > Sat Feb 4 12:43:54 PST 2017 > > It's not hard. People are just lazy and spoiled with their facebook messenger. Fb messeger uses e2e encryption. > > Most users today value convenience over security. Security increases convenience. The problem is in your mind; the way you see the world; everything in opposition. Fix that first.

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UC Berkeley Loses Major Donor After Allowing Riots
by Anti Fag 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

Scott Adams, the creator of the popular comic strip Dilbert got his MBA at UC Berkeley and has remained a top donor, both in money and time. After the recent riots, where Democrat terrorists “Antifa” set fires, vandalized property and beat Trump supporters unconscious, Adams had pulled his funding from the troubled liberal university. >I'm ending my financial and other support for #UCBerkeley (for my safety): https://t.co/jnH79LGNEr #MiloYiannopoulos #Hitler — Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) February 4, 2017 From blog.dilbert.com: Here’s the best article you are likely to read about the absurdity of calling ANY American president Hitler. This is the sort of persuasion (sprinkled with facts) that can dissolve some of the post-election cognitive dissonance that hangs like a dark cloud over the country. Share it liberally, so to speak. You might save lives. Speaking of Hitler, I’m ending my support of UC Berkeley, where I got my MBA years ago. I have been a big supporter lately, with both my time and money, but that ends today. I wish them well, but I wouldn’t feel safe or welcome on the campus. A Berkeley professor made that clear to me recently. He seems smart, so I’ll take his word for it. I’ve decided to side with the Jewish gay immigrant who has an African-American boyfriend, not the hypnotized zombie-boys in black masks who were clubbing people who hold different points of view. I feel that’s reasonable, but I know many will disagree, and possibly try to club me to death if I walk on campus. Yesterday I asked my most liberal, Trump-hating friend if he ever figured out why Republicans have most of the Governorships, a majority in Congress, the White House, and soon the Supreme Court. He said, “There are no easy answers.” I submit that there are easy answers. But for many Americans, cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias hide those easy answers behind Hitler hallucinations. I’ll keep working on clearing the fog. Estimated completion date, December 2017. It’s a big job. http://archive.is/QbQbD http://truthfeed.com/breaking-uc-berkeley-loses-major-donor/50326/

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Statement from a Berkely Antifa FashBash participant
by Anti Fag 04 Feb '17

04 Feb '17

> Marina Brown catskillmarina at gmail.com > Sat Feb 4 13:00:16 PST 2017 > > LIAR - it exposes them to violent CBP and ICE agents. The talk was about cultural appropriation and how silly accusations of that are. If you disagree with the talking point then you must agree with the agrument it stands against. For example, you should not speak the language of a culture unless you are of that culture. > > As they say - "chinga la migra". We can presume that "they" means other than you. Please stop cultural appropriating on this list.

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