April 2023 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Wells Fargo harming customers fines in the last three years ($7.037b) money lost in crypto hacks? (6.45b)
by professor rat 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

Wells Fargo has paid more in fines related to harming their customers in the last three years ($7.037b) than all of the money ever lost in crypto hacks and exploits (6.45b) Plus crypto-hacks and exploits fell last quarter - we're in grave danger of becoming boring. https://twitter.com/el33th4xor?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwg… Reposts not high praise for Cornell professors

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Wannabe assassin sez “smash some windows, rob a few shops and punch a cop”
by professor rat 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

Everybody wants to get into the act. Earlier today, Senator Lindsey Graham posted a tweet urging Donald Trump to “smash some windows, rob a few shops and punch a cop” in order to avoid being criminally charged in New York. Seven hours later, the tweet is still there, and Graham appears to still have access to his account. " The govt is the great, the omnipotent teacher " - Louis Brandeis In related news Sen Graham called for the assassination of KGB chief Pooter - hey, there's an app for that! https://stiffs.com/celebrity/vladimirputin Any prediction market on any person is also an assassination market on that person - Bell's Theorem

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TRUE NAMES - a move from P2P towards open standards
by professor rat 01 Apr '23

01 Apr '23

Alone in the dark or blinded by the Brin is not a choice I care to make. There has to be a better way. Anarchist ' need-to-know ' and ' Don't-ask-don't-tell " security culture meets cypherpunk demands for absolute secrecy in this matter. Calls for alignment! I know some OG's that were leery of Big Dog's public-facing aspect. Still - such a nippy compromise with the translucent society has paid off and various patches and kludges applied to bootstrap up the trillion dollar, golden-goose, crypto-economy we all enjoy today. So now we can leverage our power to keep pressing on for the inalienable right of total anonymity. " TRUE NAMES " Those who would lay their hand on me to discover my identity I declare them my enemy. The cypherpunk way is not rocket-science - its privacy for the pleb and transparency for the powerful. Love it or leave it. Possibly related https://decrypt.co/125174/twitter-killing-legacy-blue-checks-wake-up-call-d… Reposts not 1K follower permabans from a Jackass called Dorsey.

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