February 2018 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

PragerU v. Google - YouTube should be held to free speech laws, not discretion
by Zenaan Harkness 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

Most folks here are passionate about free speech. The running debate on whether massive "social media" corporations ought be allowed to exercise "private club" discretion over their networks is hitting a US court, thanks to "PragerU", a conservative digital media organization. Apparently non-ironically, and thus all the more ironic, some "punks" declare that corporate "discretionary censorship" policies are just “A-OK, peachy wid me!”, reaching levels of self-parody rarely seen in the online world except on this very online, and very "punks" email list. Setting aside the ridiculous assertion which some folks try to uphold - that censorship is different from moderation, and moderation is ok - the fact that, to pick a totally random example, YouTube, is 20 times larger in market share as compared to its closest rival: http://www.businessinsider.com/globally-youtubes-market-share-is-20-times-i… and can therefore quite reasonably be considered a monopoly, is STILL not enough for some folks in their [MINISTRY] speak, to back down from their "companies can do no wrong" propaganda. Thankfully one onliner, Dennis Prager, is suing YouTube and its parent Google over alleged censorship of their videos: PragerU Sues YouTube and Google over Alleged Censorship of Conservatives http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/10/24/prageru-sues-youtube-and-google-ov… According to the Wall Street Journal, the lawsuit, which was filed on Monday, “says YouTube’s more than 30 million visitors a day make the site so elemental to free speech in the digital age that it should be treated as a public forum.” “The suit argues the site must use the ‘laws governing free speech,’ not its own discretion, to make decisions about what to censor,” they reported, adding that PragerU “alleges that by limiting access to some of its videos without clear criteria YouTube is infringing on PragerU’s First Amendment rights.” … Here's hoping that Prager's lawyer/ legal team is not (((completely compromised))), and to this end I shall repeat what to my amateur not-a-lawyer mind is self evident, basic logic: An Open Letter to Dennis Prager: Dear Dennis, in the interests of you NOT being firetrucked over by your legal team (not that your particular legal team would ever do so mind you - this is simply insurance of a sort), consider the following: - insist that every legal document to be put before a court, is provided first to you for review, and only after your consent, is that document filed or otherwise put, to a court in your court case - insist that every legal document filed, or otherwise provided to your legal team, in relation to your matter, is provided to you, for your personal review - on any and every appeal process, ALWAYS put the question(s) of law proposed by your legal team, to the close analysis of your own mind, and where, in your mind appropriate (which for cases such as this - matters of basic human rights such as free speech), REALLY OUGHT be put to the public - the question of law on appeal is one of the most basic ways that mistakes or “mistakes” happen, especially in high-profile cases which might affect the profits of a large corporation As a good friend has said many times “the most complicated thing in law is a double negative”. Good luck,

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[MONEY] tick tock, time's nearly up ... “this is a no-brainer”
by Zenaan Harkness 22 Mar '18

22 Mar '18

Not content to wait for China's oil←→yuan futures contracts and bullion exchange services to start, various countries including Russia and Iran have jumped the U$D gun to sell their oil for yuan regardless …… TL;DR quotes below; ;; ; ;;;; ;; ;;; ; ; ;;; ;; Gold Will Soar… As China Kneecaps the Dollar And if it does Russia stands to benefit immensely http://russia-insider.com/en/gold-will-soar-china-kneecaps-dollar/ri21977 … Dr Ron Paul paraphrased: ‘we’ll know the dollar-centric monetary system is on its way out when countries start trading oil for gold instead of dollars.’ … “I spoke with officials at the Shanghai International Energy Exchange. They told me they plan to go live with it before the end of the year, or shortly thereafter.” … “In October 2000, Saddam started to sell Iraqi oil in euro only. He said Iraq would no longer accept dollars for oil because it did not want to deal in the “currency of the enemy.” A little over two years later, the US invaded Iraq. After Baghdad fell to US forces, all Iraqi oil sales were switched back to dollars.” … “The dollar is not just a currency. It’s a political weapon… and Washington is not shy about using it.” … “The Saudis are clearly setting up the option to dump the petrodollar. If the Saudis start to sell oil to China in yuan, it would kill the petrodollar overnight. Short of that, things still look very dire for the petrodollar.” … “The increased demand for gold from China’s “golden alternative” to the petrodollar is going to shock the gold market. And this demand shock clearly hasn’t been priced into the gold market yet.” …

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Introduction to elliptic curves crypto
by Cecilia Tanaka 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

Hi, dear all... Woohoo, it's Friday!!! The whole week was a stinking sh*t, I have no money, no cats, no dogs, no hamsters, no children, but I am still alive and have glitter, a chance of moving to Russia, and an active Internet connection, yay!!! <3 Well, guys and girls, I would like to share the post of one of my friends, Dominik Joe Pantůček, an adorable guy who loves crypto and music. <https://trustica.cz/2018/02/22/introduction-to-elliptic-curves <https://trustica.cz/2018/02/22/introduction-to-elliptic-curves/>> He wants to teach some basic concepts about some subjects and would appreciate sincere - and non-aggressive! - feedback, please. The problem is I am too noob and limited to give him a decent feedback for now, ouch! ;P Well, in this moment, I am listening to this soundtrack, just in case someone wants to listen to the same music... :) <https://youtu.be/9kAq_mjwN8w> It's very relaxing. I will change the soundtrack soon. I am too lazy and sleepy today. I need something more dancing... Suggestions in private, please? :) Kisses, kisses, and more kisses!!! Wish you all a lovely weekend!!! <3 Ceci <3 ---------- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison

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Swedish "police no-go zones" are a literal lawless free for all!
by Zenaan Harkness 11 Mar '18

11 Mar '18

A warning to all Swedes and visitors to Sweden - by entering the Swedish "police no-go zones", you would be literally taking your life into your own hands and exposing yourself to street bralls, stalking, potential rape, knives and guns (and hand grenages are apparently very popular in Sweden these days), and so it would be utterly foolish, and not advisable, to enter such areas with a few mates, because THE SWEDISH POLICE WILL NOT come into these areas to save your stupid arse! You will be on your own! And a further WARNING: about 80% of Swedish police are seriously considering resigning things are so bad that civil war may break out sooner rather than later: https://bbs.dailystormer.com/t/sweden-police-no-go-zones-lawless-free-for-a… Do NOT be foolhardy! The Swedish police will NOT enter these areas, and so you are risking your life, or worse, by entering such areas of Sweden! You have been warned.

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AI threats
by 10r 03 Mar '18

03 Mar '18

Hi. I wonder if there has ever been a topic about AI threats against humanity. If not, I would like to propose this discussion. Should we think of models / agents that only work on encrypted information such as numer.ai or should we just think about how to develop such agents / models safely (if that is possible)?

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My sex life is personal, private, and confidential
by Ryan Carboni 03 Mar '18

03 Mar '18

But to deal with rampant insinuation, I must rebut one thing: it ever existed. Fortunately I am being investigated by effeminate weak men who can go without sex for decades, by their own notions and understanding.

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A new form of mailing list ?
by Je m'français 28 Feb '18

28 Feb '18

> Steve Shriner > Wed Feb 21 20:21:05 PST 2018 > java viruses What is 'pdftotext' ?

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Snowden's interview - september 2017
by juan 28 Feb '18

28 Feb '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h9RdITk6Fw

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Cellebrite claims it can unlock any iPhone, Warrants Issued
by grarpamp 28 Feb '18

28 Feb '18

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/02/cellebrite_unlo.html https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2018/02/26/government-can-acces… https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4386077-iPhone-X-Cellebrite-Extract… https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/80icjj/another_major_victory_f… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16479290 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13416970

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Re: [tor-relays] FreeBSD 11.1 ZFS Tor Image
by grarpamp 28 Feb '18

28 Feb '18

On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 10:43 AM, mick <mbm(a)rlogin.net> wrote: > On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:47:06 -0500 > grarpamp <grarpamp(a)gmail.com> allegedly wrote: > >> If ovh vps gives root, bypass the fee with: md(4) vnode > geli > >> mount. >> >> Then again, if the iron isn't dipped in epoxy (not done), in your own >> secure datacenter (not extant), on trusted #OpenHW (not AMD / Intel / >> or any other to date), built in trusted #OpenFabs (non extant), >> running validated #OpenSW (non extant), in a voluntarist libertarian >> environment free from force, one's use case might be moot. >> > > Gotta love you Grarpamp. :-) > > But in the real world we /have/ to trust someone, somewhere, somehow, > sometime. What everyone has to decide for themselves is /how much/ trust > to give, to whom, when, where and why. And that depends entirely on your > threat model and your appetite for risk. Sorry, but with decades of both plausible and exploited risk extant, with however many million millionaires and significant billionaires, and crowdfunding (further enhanced by the dawn of cryptocurrency and all its new models that can be brought to bear)... there is no rational reason to continue this global head in sand downplay and refusal to get moving and start building #OpenHW in #OpenFabs. The old goalpost of who, where, how, when, and how much open and even explicitly proven trust exists in HW / Fabs simply must start shifting for the better until it becomes the new "real world". Further, such trust is profitable business model. If kids can build home semiconductor labs making open IC's, you can bet the above sponsors with those visionaries can easily scale beyond a billion gates. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=home+semiconductor+fab (Obligatory credit given to #OpenSW for at least being opensource, but they're hardly under open validation programs yet either.)

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