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networks of rootkits
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 06 Feb '23

06 Feb '23

some time ago there was a conversation on this list where an idea similar to compromising networks of systems was quickly dismissed from a discussion by stating that nobody did that. after some years of confused thought, i have realized this means the speaker is protecting people who wish they were the only ones who did it. the cultures that result from such speech start fulfilling the prophecy. but it is unfortunately a change that is quite shocking, where people can be severely taken advantage of by other people on potential wide scales, as things develop. the appropriate way to instil such change is to share morals severely discouraging malicious cracking. this leaves space for benevolent security work that protects people. what we have now, on this list, is a complete absence of discussion of actual security work. this supports harmful oppression. we need discussion and exploration and understanding to prevent this harm. in the meantime, the landscape has changed, but not necessarily as significantly as one might expect. what’s relevant is that we are likely all running systems built out of these rootkits now, if we have been in communities where discussions of such things is suppressed.

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Cryptoanarchy; Julian Assmange is a rapist, thief and unconscionable fraud
by professor rat 06 Feb '23

06 Feb '23

He may be a multi-millionaire from crypto donations and GOP-type connections with one of the most high-powered legal teams in the world but I have absolutely no fear of ever being sued by this puke for calling him a rapist, a thief and a psychopathic con-artist. A fraud of the public. Craig Wright looks like a complete amateur next to this criminal garbage, Julian Rand Paul Assmange. I will proffer a deal to the megalomaniac though. If he ever stops telling lies about cypherpunk revolution then I'll stop telling the awful truth about him. Fuck KGB Wikileaks and all who sail in her. Especially that stupid cunt Pamela Anderson.

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An Anarcho-Pacifist Reading of International Relations
by professor rat 05 Feb '23

05 Feb '23

An Anarcho-Pacifist Reading of International Relations: A Normative Critique of International Politics from the Confluence of Pacifism and Anarchism https://academic.oup.com/isq/article/66/4/sqac070/6748234?fbclid=IwAR1BC3zO… How anarchist norms and sausages are made - consume at own risque

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Cryptocurrency: Controversial Ordinal Inscription NFTs In BTC
by grarpamp 05 Feb '23

05 Feb '23

Latest technopolitik controversy... https://twitter.com/pourteaux/status/1618365970934005760 https://twitter.com/rodarmor https://twitter.com/ordrocks https://ordinals.com/inscriptions https://gist.github.com/luke-jr/4c022839584020444915c84bdd825831 https://twitter.com/LukeDashjr

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Chicago Rules required for all wealthy blue-collar-trade-unionists
by professor rat 05 Feb '23

05 Feb '23

They put one of ours in hospital - we put one of them in the morgue https://blackrosefed.org/statement-not-one-more-tyre-nichols/?utm_source=rs… Reposts not tame and tired rhetoric about organizational fetishism

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Agency promotes contemporary anarchist perspectives through commentary, media relations, and educational campaigns.
by professor rat 05 Feb '23

05 Feb '23

Grants for Radical Writers, Artists, and Creators https://anarchiststudies.org/anarchist-agency-ias-ideas-in-revolt-grants-fo… Reposts not media pablum incapable of inspiring as it ever was

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Nose-cone plans for the F-22 fighter jet
by professor rat 05 Feb '23

05 Feb '23

Wanted by a friend of my sister's daughter whose doing a school project on Airforce blueprints in the public-domain. Can pay a small stipend for encrypted mail if required. Blacknet was the basis for the hardest rocking blues-punk application in the world at the time. With your help we can make that coding live, breath and JUMP again! No more small-change shit about Mother Hen, diplomatic cables gossip. We're on a mission from Mong.

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SpyVeillance: US Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon Over US Airspace
by grarpamp 04 Feb '23

04 Feb '23

Watch: US Fighter Jets Shoot Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off Carolinas Watch Live: US Restricts Airspace Near Myrtle Beach For "National Defense Airspace" Operation * * * US fighter jets have shot down the Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast. The best view so far of the spy balloon being shot down. Best video so far of the Chinese spy balloon being shot down pic.twitter.com/MrWB403OqJ — BNO News Live (@BNODesk) February 4, 2023 The balloon is falling back to Earth. Here comes the recovery vessel. The USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) (along with numerous skipper sized surface craft, I assume) is arriving in the splashdown zone for balloon recovery. pic.twitter.com/dq7lWrHzKm — The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab) February 4, 2023 * * * Shortly after President Biden reportedly said, "we are going to take care of it," referring to the Chinese spy balloon that is calmly drifting across US airspace, the FAA has shut down three airports and closed airspace in parts of North and South Carolina: Fighter jets are circling the spy balloon. F-22s returning after a brief holding orbit. pic.twitter.com/bRZ6uq7Knl — The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab) February 4, 2023 CCP balloon over North Myrtle Beach ‼️ Jets are circling ‼️ pic.twitter.com/BaG5VasQUp — SouthernFried (@southenFried) February 4, 2023 Video of what appears to be fighter, jets circling the China balloon above Conway, South Carolina pic.twitter.com/lvjW6WX2Gp — Andy Shain (@AndyShain) February 4, 2023 A US military surveillance plane is circling offshore of North Carolina. A vessel with a large crane might be headed to an area where the military might shoot down the balloon. The USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) is headed south from Beaufort, NC. May be used for balloon recovery efforts. Ship has a 30 ton crane on board. pic.twitter.com/nsCYQ1Tpqb — The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab) February 4, 2023 * * * A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon appears to be heading toward North Carolina, according to ABC News, citing a senior US official familiar with the situation. That official said the US would probably shoot the balloon down over the Atlantic Ocean and retrieve it. Within the last hour, numerous Twitter users have uploaded footage of what appears to be the Chinese balloon floating above North Carolina. Chinese balloon over Shelby North Carolina at 9:35 AM. Moving west south west. pic.twitter.com/EEj8vGk6La — Anne Eskridge (@AnneEskridge1) February 4, 2023 Here’s the #ChineseSpyBallon over Easley, SC around 8:45am this AM. The trajectory forecast I posted last night seems right on. The balloon should be visible anywhere in southern North Carolina and northern South Carolina at some point over the next 6-8 hours. 📸 Jason McDowell. pic.twitter.com/6hspFrIXqG — Ed Piotrowski (@EdPiotrowski) February 4, 2023 Chinese Spy Balloon currently SW of Polkville NC approximately over Kingston NC 9:44 AM #ChinaSpyBalloon @wxbrad pic.twitter.com/8OjdDwsgmN — Brian Branch (@BrianBranch13) February 4, 2023 Local police tell residents don't shoot their guns at the giant balloon. The Gastonia Police Department is asking residents to not shoot at the Chinese spy balloon if it flies over North Carolina pic.twitter.com/lD9VkI299M — Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) February 4, 2023 On Friday, we cited Capital Weather Gang, who accurately predicted the balloon's trajectory while it was floating above the Midwest. Now updated predictions for Saturday morning show the balloon might be headed toward the Atlantic. The balloon's payload is approximately 90 feet long, or the length of two motorhomes, and the balloon itself is much larger. Here's one of the clearest views of the balloon. And there might be more balloons. We noted last night: "We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America," Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, a Pentagon spokesperson, told Fox News Friday night. "We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon." US officials have not ruled out shooting the balloon down. That might happen as soon as the balloon moves offshore into the Atlantic. Time for Space Force to shine.

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[old] Acoustics-based Physical Key Inference
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 04 Feb '23

04 Feb '23

popped up in reddit and twitter today, from 3 years ago https://gwern.net/doc/technology/2020-ramesh.pdf Physical locks are one of the most prevalent mechanisms for secur- ing objects such as doors. While many of these locks are vulnerable to lock-picking, they are still widely used as lock-picking requires specific training with tailored instruments, and easily raises suspi- cion. In this paper, we propose SpiKey, a novel attack that signifi- cantly lowers the bar for an attacker as opposed to the lock-picking attack, by requiring only the use of a smartphone microphone to in- fer the shape of victim’s key, namely bittings (or cut depths) which form the secret of a key. When a victim inserts his/her key into the lock, the emitted sound is captured by the attacker’s microphone. SpiKey leverages the time difference between audible clicks to ulti- mately infer the bitting information, i.e., shape of the physical key. As a proof-of-concept, we provide a simulation, based on real-world recordings, and demonstrate a significant reduction in search space from a pool of more than 330 thousand keys to three candidate keys for the most frequent case. · Security and privacy → Side-channel analysis and counter- measures; · Hardware → Sound-based input / output. Side-channel Attacks; Acoustic Inference; Physical Key Security

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One wopersyn's cryptoanarchist terrorist is another ones freedom-fighter
by professor rat 04 Feb '23

04 Feb '23

Unconstrained anarchy with good intent? What kind of terrorists are you!? https://decrypt.co/120489/nouns-comic-books-turn-ethereum-nfts-unconstraine… Reposts not NFT's out the wazoo

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