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The Need For Crypto: Obama Nails It ;)
by grarpamp 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/66bzb3/obamaeveryone_is_walking_a… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsDijAoxG9g Don't harm or steal, be voluntary, build your own banks, not Bilderberg's.

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USA and FISC/FISA NSA FBI: Still Fucking You Hard in their Secret Legal Fuck You Rooms
by grarpamp 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

https://theintercept.com/2017/04/21/in-secret-court-hearing-lawyer-objected… Section 702 backdoor searches of Americans private communications are plainly unconstitutional, and the FBIs warrantless searches are especially troubling. https://www.dni.gov/files/icotr/FISA%20Amendments%20Act%20QA%20for%20Public… Judge Hogan ultimately ruled in favor of the government, allowing the FBI to continue giving its agents virtually unlimited access to conduct backdoor searches.

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[WAR] Israeli UN Envoy Nikki Haley Tells Security Council: Protect Israel, Target Iran
by Zenaan Harkness 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

Gotta stand up for your own country of course, you can't deny that to people .. gives them a sense of security and safety. Three cheers for Nikki "Hissing Waffle Waitress" Haley: ** Israeli UN Envoy Nikki Haley Tells Security Council: Protect Israel, Target Iran http://russia-insider.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa2faf7034c3c3c413c… ------------------------------------------------------------ by RI Staff on Fri, Apr 21, 2017 Israel's Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley shamed the Security Council on Thursday for criticizing her beautiful state of Israel and not doing enough to promote war with Iran. Haley, a former Waffle House waitress, is the latest addition — and rising star — of Israel's UN delegation. According to Haley, “Iran is using Hezbollah to expand its regional aspirations. That is a threat that should be dominating our discussions at the Security Council.” Israel's envoy recited some very purple prose during her remarks at the Security Council meeting:

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Bitcoin and the formation of self-funded non-state entities.
by Joshua 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

Generation 2.0 cryptocurrencies will provide essential human services and deprecate existing government models. https://medium.com/@HakuinEkaku/bitcoin-and-the-formation-of-self-funded-no… Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.ch), encrypted email based in Switzerland.

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Assange: Presumption against exterritoriality
by jim bell 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/dec/10/julian-ass… (apparently from 2010)[quote begins]× There's been lots of talk about US authorities prosecuting Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, but it has posed a big question: Assange did all his leaking while remaining outside of the United States, so is it constitutional to extend America's criminal laws to activities beyond its shores?It's well established that the due process clause places limits on such sweeping assertions of power. For example, when foreign monopolies manipulate prices overseas, it's not enough to show that they have hurt American consumers. Courts insist on evidence that they had fair notice that American anti-trust laws would govern their activity. This basic point has been missed because cases like WikiLeaks are relative novelties. During the first two centuries of the American republic, the justice department only prosecuted extraterritorially for crimes involving recognition that American law was in play – offences that involved direct dealing with the American government or crimes like piracy that were universally condemned by all nations. It was only in the 1980s, and especially since 11 September 2001, that the United States has increasingly used the criminal law as a weapon abroad.Up to now, these constitutional requirements have been developed most elaborately in anti-trust and other areas, which involve civil damages, not criminal punishment. But due process is even more important in criminal procedure, where the Constitution has always held America to more demanding standards.As a consequence, courts are only beginning to grapple with the fair notice problem. In 2003, for instance, the second circuit considered whether due process allowed the United States to prosecute Ramzi Yousef, a non-citizen, for hijacking a Phillippines airliner en route to Japan. The court allowed the proceeding to go forward: given that Yousef's hijacking was a test run for a similar attack he planned for the United States, he should have "reasonably anticipate[d] being haled into court in this country".But, on the surface at least, Assange could not be charged under a similar rationale. He does not seem to be planning to enter the United States anytime soon. His actions undoubtedly damaged the interests of the United States, but this is true of countless foreigners who release information about America in foreign countries. Surely, it would be unconstitutional for American criminal law to threaten prosecution against every foreigner in the world who denounces the United States?The Espionage Act of 1917 is the most frequently cited authority for a criminal prosecution. In its 90-year history, it has only once been used against a foreign citizen for an extraterritorial violation. That was in 1985. The case involved Alfred Zehe, who had transmitted classified information about US anti-submarine warfare to the East German government. In defending himself in court, Zehe did not raise any constitutional objections, and so the district judge did not consider them in convicting him. Since Zehe didn't appeal, no higher court has ever ruled on the crucial due process questions.But that doesn't mean that the justice department should proceed as if the due process clause didn't exist. Unless it can uncover clear and convincing evidence that Assange could reasonably foresee liability under American law, it should not give way to the passions of the moment and launch a criminal prosecution. [end of quote] More:http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wikileaks-legal-idUSTRE6B00F020101201 andWikileaks Has Committed No Crime - Legal As She Is Spoke Jim Bell

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FBI Arrests Former Trader For Stealing High Frequency Trading Code
by Razer 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

Note: It's in the wild folks (or part of it), and being used for 'good'! See: http://publicdissentiment.org/ > Public Dissentiment is an online tool that helps protesters negatively > impact the price of a publicly traded company’s stock by communicating > with algorithmic market makers. By using the same algorithmic > sentiment analysis techniques as financial trading bots, the app > generates posts for social media that link to news stories that will > be viewed negatively by algorithmic market makers. > > If enough of these posts are generated in the same time frame, > uncertainty about the targeted company’s stock will be created, > temporarily affecting the price of the stock, consequently making the > company’s shareholders aware of the public’s negative sentiment > towards them. > ======================= =================== > Almost eight years after Sergey Aleynikov made HFT a watercooler topic > after the former Goldman engineer was arrested (and incarcerated, then > released, then charged again, then found innocent, and finally found > guilty yet again) for allegedly stealing Goldman's proprietary HFT > code, a trading software developer was charged last Thursday by the > acting U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, Joon Kim, for attempting to steal > quantitative trading code from Susquehanna International Group, a > relatively secretive financial firm based in the Philadelphia area > that specializes in making markets for options. > > A 44-year-old native Russian, Dmitry Sazonov worked for Susquehanna > since 2004 as a software engineer and, by implication, trader. He was > arrested in the lobby of Susquehanna’s New York offices last Wednesday > by FBI agents, Forbes first reported. > > According to the complaint, Sazonov "attempted to steal valuable > proprietary computer code that took his employer years to develop." > Sazonov was accused ot taking elaborate steps to conceal his attempted > theft, including camouflaging pieces of source code within > harmless-looking draft emails on his work computer. > > Specifically, the code which Sazonov was accused of stealing was > linked to an updated trading platform Susquehanna has been developing > for years to generate exchange and market orders. Sazonov started his > effort to steal the proprietary trading code in February, the > complaint says, after learning his supervisor had resigned. > > Prosecutors claim that Sazonov, fearing he would be fired, downloaded > the source code to his company computer and deployed a computer > program that may have used steganography to break up data and hide > data within other files, including personal tax and immigration > documents. Sazonov attached zip files containing the quant trading > code to two saved emails addressed to a personal account, but he was > fired and immediately escorted out of Susquehanna’s New York offices > in February before he had a chance to send the emails. > > Then, according to the complaint, on multiple occasions following his > termination Sazonov contacted individuals employed by Susqyehanna > seeking the return of computer files on his desktop computer, which he > claimed were personal documents. Then, last Wednesday, April 12, > 2017, the feds say Sazonov showed up in the lobby of Susquehanna’s New > York offices thinking he was going to have them returned. There, an > FBI agent pretending to be a Susquehanna employee handed Sazonov a > disk and he was arrested. > > As an interesting aside in the complaint we read the following: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-18/fbi-arrests-former-susquehanna-tra…

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Ohhh Ahhh! REAL Keys! Steampunk Raspberry Pi Laptop...
by Razer 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

You can build one or just ogle... http://www.instructables.com/id/Steampunk-Raspberry-Pi-Laptop/

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Tracking pixels can conduct surveillance for targeted attacks
by Razer 18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

> Malicious hackers can use tracking pixels to help them gather > intelligence for attack campaigns, both mass and targeted in scope. > > Digital marketing firms have long used tracking pixels (longer than > they've been using the Battery Status API, at least) to analyze email > and web marketing campaigns. These pixels are image files that are > usually just one pixel in size, a design which prevents users from > noticing them in most cases. > > With code as simple as <img > src=”http://example.com/cgi-bin/program?e=email-address”>, the > marketing tools ping a website whenever someone downloads an image. > > Tracking pixels can do more than just provide notice of someone > engaging with a media file. They can also gather information about a > user including their IP address, operating system, web browser and > send it to a designated email address. The operator of that address > can then use that information to fine-tune an advertising campaign. > > Unfortunately, tracking pixels don't just help advertisers. Attackers > can also abuse them to carry out malicious campaigns. > > Donald Meyer of Check Point elaborates on this misuse of tracking > pixels in a blog post: > More: https://www.grahamcluley.com/tracking-pixels-can-conduct-surveillance-targe…

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Spammers n' Scammers: Riseup Changes Account Creation protocol
by Razer 18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

Sad but probably necessary: > Because Riseup does not tie user account creation to a phone number or > credit card information, many people attempt to obtain Riseup accounts > for the purpose of sending spam or phishing email. > > In the past, we asked people to write a short description of their > activism in order to try to eliminate these scammers. Unfortunately, > over the years, this has been excellent training for teaching scammers > how to sound *exactly* like activists. It got to the point where if an > account request sounded too inspiring and awesome, it was probably > fake. This has been a huge problem for us. > > Another problem is that whenever a Riseup bird leaves their cozy nest, > someone always mentions that they tried to get a Riseup account and > were rejected. Many apologies! We were not judging you. It is likely > that you sounded too wonderful and therefore seemed like a scammer. > > In light of this, we have made two changes: > > (1) We have removed the ability to request a new account. > > (2) We have simplified the process of creating a new account with an > invite. > > It now only requires a single invite in order to create an account, > and every user is able to create more invites. In order to create an > invite for someone, log in to account.riseup.net. > > To prevent abuse, new users are not immediately able to create > invites. We are hopeful this will make life better for everyone. Rr

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[jillb483@gmail.com: Golightly Marshall]
by Zenaan Harkness 18 Apr '17

18 Apr '17

Watcha doin' Rabbi? Shhh ... and don't tell the goy .. ----- Forwarded message from Jill <jillb483(a)gmail.com> ----- From: Jill <jillb483(a)gmail.com> To: Coordinator <info(a)mycg.org> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:59:50 +1000 Subject: Golightly Marshall Yah and Ash - need an army https://zionistreport.com/2017/04/rabbis-urge-president-trump-to-attack-syr… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApLRkFkpVhM ----- End forwarded message -----

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