March 2019 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

EFF Prefers Critique China Surveillance State vs Its Own In USA
by grarpamp 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/03/massive-database-leak-gives-us-window… Although relatively little news gets out of Xinjiang to the rest of the world, we've known for over a year that China has been testing facial-recognition tracking and alert systems across Xinjiang and mandating the collection of biometric data -- including DNA samples, voice samples, fingerprints, and iris scans -- from all residents between the ages of 12 and 65... Earlier this month, security researcher Victor Gevers found and disclosed an exposed database live-tracking the locations of about 2.6 million residents of Xinjiang, China, offering a window into what a digital surveillance state looks like in the 21st century... Over a period of 24 hours, 6.7 million individual GPS coordinates were streamed to and collected by the database, linking individuals to various public camera streams and identification checkpoints associated with location tags such as "hotel," "mosque," and "police station." The GPS coordinates were all located within Xinjiang. This database is owned by the company SenseNets, a private AI company advertising facial recognition and crowd analysis technologies. A couple of days later, Gevers reported a second open database tracking the movement of millions of cars and pedestrians. Violations like jaywalking, speeding, and going through a red-light are detected, trigger the camera to take a photo, and ping a WeChat API, presumably to try and tie the event to an identity. China may have a working surveillance program in Xinjiang, but it's a shockingly insecure security state. Anyone with an Internet connection had access to this massive honeypot of information... Even poorly-executed surveillance is massively expensive, and Beijing is no doubt telling the people of Xinjiang that these investments are being made in the name of their own security. But the truth, revealed only through security failures and careful security research, tells a different story: China's leaders seem to care little for the privacy, or the freedom, of millions of its citizens. EFF also reports that a Chinese cybersecurity firm also recently discovered 468 exposed MongoDB servers on the internet, including databases containing detailed information about remote access consoles owned by China General Nuclear Power Group. Meanwhile, ZDNet suggests that SenseNets may actually be "a government contractor, helping authorities track the Muslim minority, rather than a private company selling its product to another private entity. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain how SenseNets has access to ID card information and camera feeds from police stations and other government buildings."

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As the web turns 30, is it an 'out-of-control monster'?
by jim bell 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

As the web turns 30, is it an 'out-of-control monster'?. https://tiny.iavian.net/rln4

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Optical clocks.
by jim bell 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190304105442.htm

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WIRED: Quantum Physics Could Protect the Grid From Hackers—Maybe
by jim bell 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

WIRED: Quantum Physics Could Protect the Grid From Hackers—Maybe. https://www.wired.com/story/quantum-physics-protect-grid

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Re: Tommy Robinson's documentary, still on 'tube but banned elsewhere - [MINISTRY] [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Take 3 due to the filters ... Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 22:30:18 +1100 Subject: [zen(a)freedbms.net: Tommy Robinson's documentary, still on 'tube but banned elsewhere - [MINISTRY] [PEACE]] Just for the Attention starved Attention Deficit crowd (hint hint, nudge nudge), there is absolutely NO take down of the BBC's Panorama in Tommy's docco. Nope, nothing to see here folks, move along already. You have been warned :( ----- Forwarded message from Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> ----- From: Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> To: CypherPunks <cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 21:20:49 +1100 Subject: Tommy Robinson's documentary, still on 'tube but banned elsewhere - [MINISTRY] [PEACE] Without freedom of speech, we lose it all folks. If nothing else, Tommy is taking a grand stand, and has some awesome support - ~30,000 turned out in support of his unlawful detention, over 600,000 signed the petition to release him from his unlawful detention, and still the ENTIRE "main" stream media reported the blunt lie that Tommy Robinson (Stephen Yaxley-Lennon), had plead 'guilty', which he never did, and not one "lame stream media" organisation checked the transcript (during or after the Judge's reporting restriction was in place/ lifted) before loudly screaming this lie from their front pages and top o' the news talking points! "Power" is in melt down folks - we all know that things ain't stable and power don't know what to do about it other than suppress and oppress, "shut it down" as the men in hats who bite baby dicks would say. Say what you will about Robinson (he's ironically smeared as "far-right" despite his mixed up beliefs), he is standing for our right to free speech, our right to peaceful political protest. And he is suffering the consequences of so standing. For his stand he deserves our support. Perhaps it's time for the Gilets Jaunes, UK chapter? Good luck, God speed and as always, create your world, Labour Party Demands Tommy Robinson’s YouTube Channel be Gassed https://dailystormer.name/labour-party-demands-tommy-robinsons-youtube-chan… … #Panodrama - An Exposé of the Fake News BBC! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNd2b [ Tommy's docco, ~300MiB with -fwebm ] [ Grab it before he is removed from 'tube, as he's currently been banned from Facebook, Twitter etc ] ----- End forwarded message ----- ----- End forwarded message -----

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Polly fans rejoice - our favourite Russian does it again as she flips ... - [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

... a coin. That's right, we've blamed this Russian amongst many others for interfering with our ... democracy, so she better bloody well stop doing it! Try explaining -that- to India and Pakistan :D Decision time folks, in our dichomatic world of CIA sponsored (dominated ackshually, but who's really counting) "main" stream media, there simply MUST be a good guy, and a bad guy and absolutely no gray areas in between the legs of the issue… <ahem> And polly is here to tell us which is which, since simply -everyone- needs a good opinion to adopt these days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HtfEkqlC8w #ICYMI - Crisis in Kashmir - Can someone just explain who the bad guys are India or Pakistan I for one welcome our new Russian "queen of disinformation" :)

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Gilet Jaunes: eyeballs, hands, deaths, comas - Macron ratchets up, will "NEVER back down" - [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Shirt is real folks! 'Tis simple y'all - claim le round-a-bouts, lose a life, limb or eye ball here and there, bring your goverment to its knees: Death toll in French 'yellow vest' protests rises to nine https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-protests-idUSKCN1OJ1IV …demonstrators kept up major disruptions of road traffic… Face your fear already - join with others - create your world! Macron remains not only staunchly defiant in the face of 17% popularity and 70% support for the Yellow Vests, but continues to ratchet up the force against the people, this time a father of three fireman is put in a coma, bringing the likely death toll to half a dozen - because what's an eye-ball or the life of a white man worth anyway you racist pig? Democracy in action folks. For everything else, there's International Bankers. Macron seeks "public debate" to gain breathing space for his rat government termiting France, yet promises "literally nothing" and continues to vehemently promise to never shift ground from his election stance of global warming taxes and infinigger immigration of Somalis fleeing a devastating war in Syria. How is that supposed to inspire anyone to a "citizen" "debate"? France: Yellow Vest Fireman in a Coma After Getting Shot in the Back of the Head by Cop https://dailystormer.name/france-yellow-vest-fireman-in-a-coma-after-gettin… https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6593807/Shocking-video-shows-firem… https://www.thelocal.fr/20190110/qa-on-the-yellow-vests-what-is-their-ultim… WAR ZONE French ‘Yellow Vest’ protester has hand BLOWN OFF by grenade as country descends into violence and bloodshed https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7936392/french-yellow-vest-protester-has-hand… 'Police shot at us deliberately': Friend of French woman who lost eye in Yellow Vest clashes to RT https://www.rt.com/news/446389-france-police-target-civilians/

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US: Torture Spying War Walls Prisons IDs Surveillance Censorship Tariffs Money Politics Murder and... Collapse
by grarpamp 02 Mar '19

02 Mar '19

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/foia-intelligence-torture-archive/2… https://www.rt.com/business/435839-kim-dotcom-shift-gold-dollar/ https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1027408426446422017 https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt_clock 20 years of bullshit. History tells what happens when countries descend into such general all areas depravity, there's no way out. When this one pops it's gonna be big and fast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmy0N6kP3Qk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWCEtOlouUU

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The Everything Score: China Bans You Next
by grarpamp 02 Mar '19

02 Mar '19

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/01/china-bans-23m-discredited-ci… China blocked 23 million "discredited" travelers from buying plane or train tickets last year as part of the country's controversial "social credit" system aimed at improving the behavior of citizens. From a report: According to the National Public Credit Information Centre's 2018 report, 17.5 million people were banned from buying flights and 5.5 million barred from purchasing high-speed train tickets because of social credit offences. The report released last week said: "Once discredited, limited everywhere." The social credit system aims to incentivize "trustworthy" behavior through penalties as well as rewards. According to a government document about the system dating from 2014, the aim is to "allow the trustworthy to roam everywhere under heaven while making it hard for the discredited to take a single step." Social credit offenses range from not paying individual taxes or fines to spreading false information and taking drugs. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/04/24/china-assigns-every-citizen-a-social… China is rolling out a high-tech plan to give all of its 1.4 billion citizens a personal score, based on how they behave. But there are consequences if a score gets too low, and for some that's cause for concern. When Liu Hu recently tried to book a flight, he was told he was banned from flying because he was on the list of untrustworthy people. Liu is a journalist who was ordered by a court to apologize for a series of tweets he wrote and was then told his apology was insincere. "I can't buy property. My child can't go to a private school," he said. "You feel you're being controlled by the list all the time." And the list is now getting longer as every Chinese citizen is being assigned a social credit score -- a fluctuating rating based on a range of behaviors. It's believed that community service and buying Chinese-made products can raise your score. Fraud, tax evasion and smoking in non-smoking areas can drop it. Your shit country and parts will ban *YOU* next. Hope you like the off-switch you built and promoted.

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Decentralized exchanges for crypto currencies
by Ivan Ivanov 02 Mar '19

02 Mar '19

Hello cypherpunks, I am interested in your opinion of decentralized exchanges - DEXes. Do you think that it is good alternative of the centralized ones? I checked some of them and I think that one of the biggest problems is the liquidity and user experience, but they also have a lot of advantages: Extremely secure Users have full control over their funds Everything you need is public/privatekey, metamask or hardware wallet It is not required any personal data No one can stop the smart contract - it is unstoppable, because is running on the blockchain The code is open source I have some friends which are building a DEX and they are focused on the security, transparency and UI. You could check their platform here: https://weidex.market/exchange I would be always happy to discuss anything regarding blockchain and DEXes. Keep you privacy and digital identity save!

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