December 2018 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

ZME Science: Yes, a quantum internet is possible, new study shows
by jim bell 01 Jan '19

01 Jan '19

ZME Science: Yes, a quantum internet is possible, new study shows. https://www.zmescience.com/research/technology/quantum-internet-possible-26…

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Coderman's taobios-v2.tar.bz2
by Where is Coderman? 31 Dec '18

31 Dec '18

Saludad Cypherpunks! A while back Coderman posted: “Fwd: [tor-talk] How does one remove the NSA Virus off the BIOS Chip as described by Snowden in the ANT Program it should be noted that BIOS exports contain device identifiers, like HDD serials and so forth... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- On 11/21/15, Flipchan < flipchan(a)riseup.net > wrote: > I would like to help in anyway i can , i'm currently developing an anti > virus and auditing multi platform program , So if u can find out/copy all > the viruses the nsa have given You and send it i would love to help on > detecting and protecting ppl from it :) you say "find out, copy all" like it's so easy, *grin* here's some fun for you: https://peertech.org/files/taobios-v2.tar.bz2 $ sha256sum taobios-v2.tar.bz2 0ba12b0ecf89d109301b619cbc8275e5cd78b6fefd3724fba0b6952186e37779 interesting details in both samples! ( L2 is config only PDoS via UEFI BIOS :) ” https://lists.cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2015-December/011197.html This appears to reference BIOS recovery exploit to launch malware in SMM. I am trying to find a copy of this malware directly, not just the virustotal reports. The peertech.org domain appears to be taken over. Checking for old versions in archive.org does not yeild result - https://web.archive.org/web/20160630/peertech.org/files/taobios-v2.tar.bz2. After seeing CCC Camp presentation on Sednit UEFI malware - https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9561-first_sednit_uefi_rootkit_unveiled - I am reminded of this. Does anyone has it?

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Exposing Anarcho
by grarpamp 31 Dec '18

31 Dec '18

ak vs crypto hating inflators https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9W0mMwRDwo ak vs jb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSS6N2Pu0As lr vs ak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op0kcVQpwT8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2paSQ7suEY lr vs jb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVhx3kNzywo Just because you're not down with the State doesn't mean there are still not things to examine together before a consensus can be reached. anarcho vs statism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOL6hwt8JV4 jb on Love your way out of the matrix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZQhXS5lHsQ Peace, Love, Anarchy. If you know other Anarcho Libertarian casts and loggers, post them for others.

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NSA Created Bitcoin - How To Make A Mint 1996
by grarpamp 30 Dec '18

30 Dec '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MEI0muGA4Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw9lsLVJO5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mObJlu-YeKA https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=nsa+created+bitcoin

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Cryptocurrency: Music - Mid Holiday Edition
by grarpamp 30 Dec '18

30 Dec '18

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American Black Chamber
by Punk 30 Dec '18

30 Dec '18

1931 classic war propaganda https://archive.org/details/AmericanBlackChamber (with notes from some jew-fascist called friedman)

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Moore's Law and chips.
by jim bell 28 Dec '18

28 Dec '18

https://gizmodo.com/how-chip-makers-are-circumventing-moores-law-to-build-s… × "The elephant in the room has been, for a very long time, Moore’s Law—or really, its eventual end game. Intel co-founder Gordon Moore predicted in a 1965 paper that the number of transistors on a chip would double each year. More transistors mean more speed, and that steady increase has fueled decades of computer progress. It is the traditional way CPU makers make their CPUs faster. But those advances in transistors are showing signs of slowing down. “That’s running out of steam,” said Natalie Jerger, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Toronto." [end of partial quote] Actually, the transistor-count "doubling time" in the 1960's was 1 year. By the 1970's, and through the 80's, the doubling-time had changed to about 18 months. During the 1990's, the doubling time became 2 years. The largest portion of those doublings were contributed by a gradual reduction in the size of MOSFET transistors, although a small component of this increase was an even more gradual increase in the sizes of the chips. But as no doubt everyone predicted, we are approaching the 'end' of this: The diameter of a silicon atom is about 0.22 nanometer, while the current generation of semiconductor chips is said to be at "10 nanometer". So, that's a width of about 45 silicon atoms, laid end to end. Nobody will figure out a way to decrease the size of a silicon atom. Jim Bell

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Re: Bitcoin Private Denies Fraud Allegations and Calls for Halt to BTCP Trading
by Punk 28 Dec '18

28 Dec '18

Zen wrote: > > j: > > I didn't twist anything. I used BTC as an example to show > > what 'only' 10% of THEFT can look like. What about "only 10%" > > inflation of the dollar supply? How much THEFT would that be? > > The issue is as the users decide. That would be true in an ideal scenario where all users unanimously agree. Keyword : ideal. In the real world there's no such agreement. > Some alt coins are designed with inflation built in, some with > deflation, some with intention for stability. there's no such 'statbility' and inflation always implies transfer of value. > When one particular construct is hacked outside of its foundation > intention that can of course be argued to be theft, Exactly what happened in this case. > at the very least > "change of contract",

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Facebook censorship
by jim bell 28 Dec '18

28 Dec '18

Facebook's secret rulebook to police users' politics revealed https://mol.im/a/6535529 via http://dailym.ai/android

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Advocating the HHPC calendar - Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar
by Zenaan Harkness 28 Dec '18

28 Dec '18

Zerowedgie puts in perhaps the most likely possibility for replacing Pope Gregory's taxation calendar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_Calendar https://www.history.com/news/6-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-gregorian-… 12 months of 30 + 30 + 31 day months (JFM, AMJ, JAS, OND), for a 364 day year, and an extra 7 day week ~ every 6 years, at the end of the 'year'. Benefits include no leap days/months, each month is the same number of days every year, New Year's day is always the same day of the week, as is every other holiday - and so the time spent planning which days of the year are holidays, and which days of the week they should fall on, can be reduced to "decide once and be happy thereafter" and with the concomitant benefit of only every having to print one calendar once, reusing it every year. It's Time to Change the Calendar, Once And For All https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-27/its-time-change-calendar-once-and…

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