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Why are so few people signing their email?
by Karl 19 Jun '21

19 Jun '21

Does anybody know why this is? I receive a number of emails that have pgp keys associated but no signatures. I've been curious about this and realised I'd never asked.

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The Washington Post: The Cybersecurity 202: The Justice Department is racking up wins despite encryption concerns
by jim bell 18 Jun '21

18 Jun '21

The Washington Post: The Cybersecurity 202: The Justice Department is racking up wins despite encryption concerns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/16/cybersecurity-202-justic…

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WORLD ECONOMY IN WEB 3.0
by JohnWilliamJohnson＠secmail.pro 18 Jun '21

18 Jun '21

I propose to discuss the following article. Published on https://john-w-johnson.medium.com/world-economy-in-web-3-0-format-3e5080abc… WORLD ECONOMY IN WEB 3.0 At the moment, the entire crypto community is busy forming web 3.0. Our future depends on the development of machine learning, AI and peer-to-peer networks. Cryptocurrencies, as a means of investing and storing money, have proven their reliability and necessity over the 20 years of their existence. The economic component is one of the most important engines of human development. Tokenization of all business areas will enable the development and security of its conduct. Many people used to believe that all new and successful blockchain projects are primarily innovations in technology, but this is far from the case. One of the most striking examples of innovation in the business sphere can be considered Defi Yearn. Finance. This project proved the possibility and necessity of reorganizing the business sphere and the social relationship of people. At the moment, there is a framework in the distributed registry technology that needs to be removed for further promotion of the technology, and the emergence of new business projects. The new economic model I propose is aimed at the development of decentralized autonomous organizations and business in general. Today, there are many blockchains. They differ in algorithm, speed, scalability, and purpose. But unfortunately, not one blockchain does not provide for the possibility of mining alternative tokens created on them (for example, ERC-20 Ethereum). The hindrance to the implementation of mining is the commission paid in the native tokens of the networks. To implement mining, I propose to introduce a new standard of created tokens. The essence is to remove any commission when transferring tokens from the first (basic wallet). In this case, it becomes possible and economically recoupable to mine alternative network tokens, regardless of the rate of the native token. Mining can be implemented using both smart contracts and sidechains. This will give an additional incentive to the development of decentralized technologies, their popularization and accelerate the process of mass implementation in all spheres of human life. With the new features, the number of projects will increase, and with them the load on the network will increase. In order for miners and validators not to work in "idle" mode, it is necessary to think through an economic model for each blockchain project. I see several ways to solve this problem. First, it can be an increased fee for creating a token, second, it can be an increased commission for subsequent transfers, and third, it can be a free transfer from the basic wallet, without changing the gas fee, based on a further, standard network commission. The latter option is designed to increase the number of projects created on the blockchain, and in this regard, increase the total reward for miners and validators when transferring new tokens. Essentially, this is an improvement on a simple alternative token (such as ERC-20). The choice of implementation of my proposal should be considered for each blockchain individually, depending on its scalability and network commission. To sum up. Most alternative tokens that are not native are used only as a speculative tool. They are designed to pump and quickly get easy profits at the time of listing on crypto exchanges. To overcome this threshold, it is necessary to introduce new opportunities for using the blockchain. In my opinion, the mining of alternative network tokens can become a breakthrough aspect in the development of the cryptocurrency industry.

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by JohnWilliamJohnson＠secmail.pro 18 Jun '21

18 Jun '21

Hello world! Who used the Messenger Adamant? What can you say about him? Open source project https://adamant.im

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Tech Xplore: Researchers reveal a new computing platform that is provably secure even alongside software compromised I/O devices
by jim bell 18 Jun '21

18 Jun '21

Tech Xplore: Researchers reveal a new computing platform that is provably secure even alongside software compromised I/O devices. https://techxplore.com/news/2021-06-reveal-platform-provably-software-compr…

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How did it start for you?
by Karl 17 Jun '21

17 Jun '21

As I give some pressure, the emails I'm getting from grarpamp are getting less discerning and consistent in what they criticise. Me, I got psy'd while surveilled after revealing myself basically as a lone hacktivist. My symptoms ended up following a pattern similar to some of those shown by a girl sent to me whom I tried to protect, and then things went farther for me as I tried to use cryptography to act on what happened. It took many many months of covert manipulation. I think it might "up the ante" when we try to be more effective, dunno. What's your experience? How do we protect people who are only partway in?

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Google enables end-to-end encryption for Android’s default SMS/RCS app – Ars Technica
by jim bell 17 Jun '21

17 Jun '21

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/google-enables-end-to-end-encryptio…

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The Hill: Researchers discover flaw in 2G mobile encryption algorithm | TheHill
by jim bell 17 Jun '21

17 Jun '21

The Hill: Researchers discover flaw in 2G mobile encryption algorithm | TheHill. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/558815-researchers-discover-flaw-in-2…

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Business Insider: How FBI's 'encrypted' chat app got its start, according to lead prosecutor
by jim bell 17 Jun '21

17 Jun '21

Business Insider: How FBI's 'encrypted' chat app got its start, according to lead prosecutor. https://www.businessinsider.com/how-fbi-fake-encrypted-chat-app-got-off-the…

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CCTVs in cities.
by jim bell 17 Jun '21

17 Jun '21

https://techxplore.com/news/2021-06-prevalence-cctv-cameras-large-cities.ht…

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