February 2022 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Ratshack syndication
by professor rat 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

RSS is a feed file containing a summary of a website’s updates, usually in a list of articles with hyperlinks. These feed files were meant to be decentralized and have played a key role in exchanging information across the internet. https://cointelegraph.com/news/rss3-aims-to-be-the-decentralized-informatio…

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Self-determination for Ukraine
by professor rat 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

Self-determination for Ukraine! * Ukrainian socialists appeal for international anti-war solidarity. https://groups.io/g/marxmail/topic/self_determination_for/88981519?p=,,,20,… The present Russian government is not reconciled to the dissolution of the USSR, which it sees as the dissolution of the “Russian world”.

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Govcorp bites the dust ( again )
by professor rat 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

IRS to End Use of Facial Recognition for Identity Verification The New York Times 2 hours ago IRS abandons ID.me facial recognition plans The Washington Post 12 minutes ago

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TURKEY's proffer to negotiate Ukraine-Rus-peace
by professor rat 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

This will presumably be based on its vast experience negotiating with Greeks, Armenians and Kurds since 1914. Marx, "British Politics" (April 7, 1853), Collected Works, Vol. 112, p.7: "The real point at issue always is, Turkey in Europe--the great peninsula to the south of the Save and Danube. This splendid territory has the misfortune to be inhabited by a conglomerate of different races and nationalities, of which it is hard to say which is the least fit for progress and civilization."

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MIT Physicists Have Discovered New Qubits for Quantum Computers Using Vibrating Atoms
by jim bell 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-physicists-have-discovered-new-qubits-for-quan… "The new qubits stay in “superposition” for up to 10 seconds, and could make a promising foundation for quantum computers. MIT physicists have discovered a new quantum bit, or “qubit,” in the form of vibrating pairs of atoms known as fermions. They found that when pairs of fermions are chilled and trapped in an optical lattice, the particles can exist simultaneously in two states — a weird quantum phenomenon known as superposition. In this case, the atoms held a superposition of two vibrational states, in which the pair wobbled against each other while also swinging in sync, at the same time. The team was able to maintain this state of superposition among hundreds of vibrating pairs of fermions. In so doing, they achieved a new “quantum register,” or system of qubits, that appears to be robust over relatively long periods of time. The discovery, published on January 26, 2022, in the journal Nature, demonstrates that such wobbly qubits could be a promising foundation for future quantum computers. A qubit represents a basic unit of quantum computing. Where a classical bit in today’s computers carries out a series of logical operations starting from one of either two states, 0 or 1, a qubit can exist in a superposition of both states. While in this delicate in-between state, a qubit should be able to simultaneously communicate with many other qubits and process multiple streams of information at a time, to quickly solve problems that would take classical computers years to process.

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Researchers use tiny magnetic swirls to generate true random numbers
by jim bell 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

Researchers use tiny magnetic swirls to generate true random numbers https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220207124827.htm

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North Korea attacks a US hacker. So he shuts down the whole country’s internet
by jim bell 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

https://interestingengineering.com/north-korea-attacks-a-us-hacker-so-he-sh…

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HACK!
by Gunnar Larson 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

If your computer is hacked, let's say that someone plays with your Bluetooth ... It is still a computer crime. The proper officials, if they knew, should advise of the intrusion, not let it play at the disadvantage of the subject computer. Now, I am not embarrassed. Sure, yes, I knew that this PC had been compromised, but overall, my approach has been that any machine I had during this experience would be a target. What I am getting at is, it is not cute to be a computer criminal. We are probably one of the handful of experts in computer crimes on Manhattan Island related to virtual currencies and the BitLicense. Furthermore, have you heard of Ripple? :) XOXO GDAPL PS: Stop fucking with the wifi connection. Obstruction of justice is illegal, let alone your tacky computer crimes on this machine. Not my problem. Oh! Have you heard of Ripple: https://thecapital.io/article/computer-crimes-and-the-bitlicense-nydfs-MUoH… PSS: Hey FBI, cyberstalking is a crime, right? Please reference the Computer Crimes Manual W/183 Highlights: https://thecapital.io/article/crypto-computer-crimes-manual-w183-highlights… PSSS: Literally, the machine being compromised is something Ben Edelman taught me back in the day when we worked together. Point being, that if a machine is compromised (like this one here) all other details of the compromise can be tracked. So, The fact that I am 100% transparent is a good thing for me, over the last while. But, it is always bad to be a computer criminal or worse a computer criminal in prison. Overall, this machine will go down in history and people will never forget that 10001 is one of the most special places on the great, beautiful planet Earth! Long live Brody. -- *Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xNY.io> | Bank.org <http://Bank.org>* MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107 New York, New York 10001

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North Korea attacks a US hacker. So he shuts down the whole country’s internet
by professor rat 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

This raises a query about how far Dumb Bell's " Enemy of my enemy " philosophy goes. Anyone who willingly backs the KGB shouldn't turn up their nose at the DPRK. " Defend the deformed-workers state of Wikileaks! " Fucking moron.

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KGB dupes trying to stink up the good name of ' cypherpunks "
by professor rat 07 Feb '22

07 Feb '22

The Batshit-Crazies are breeding like Siberian sandflies. https://news.bitcoin.com/a-dao-created-to-free-julian-assange-has-raised-7-… JULIAN " the most dangerous facilitator of totalitarianism we have ever seen. The internet is a threat to human civilization " ASSANGE 2012 JULIAN "of course Russia understands this game and Putin understands this game for a long time now" ASSANGE 2013 "[Bitcoins] are backed by nothing. This money [is backed by nothing], that's the point, this is the major problem. They are not really linked to anything and backed by nothing", Putin has said “#PanamaPapers Putin attack was produced by OCCRP which targets Russia & former USSR and was funded by USAID and [George] Soros,” WikiLeaks tweeted. Putin said: “WikiLeaks has showed us that official people and official organs of the US are behind this.” The “customers” who ordered the Panama Papers’ leak were clear, he said. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/07/putin-dismisses-panama-papers-…

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