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People Prompting Consumer Language Models to Break Cryptographic Primitives
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 03 Dec '22

03 Dec '22

In https://twitter.com/EarlenceF/status/1598497634763038721 , the poster prompts a language model to factor a 39-digit prime, and it responds confidently with a believable answer. Others reply with similar usecases. It’s frightening because I rely on software that uses RSA. Coderman posted to this list a paper on machine learning in cryptography some time ago. I did not read it, sadly. These models use a structure capable of inferring nearly any algorithm, but have not been trained around cryptographic uses. However, one can infer that it is possible to train a model to reverse a primitive, somehow, given that there is some unknown way to reverse that primitive. Public research is far in advance of the capabilities of consumer models, as well. Hence, primitives that are built in a way informed by such possible attacks of automated discovery have value. For me, I still struggle to move my body and use my mind, or I would look at the problem domain more, to find a personal cryptography I might trust more, or find how current primitives might be weak. But maybe what is exciting here is that, as tools comparable to AGI become more commonplace, many many more people will be working on problems like these. If they use the tools in untethered ways.

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Trump Org Defense Team Calls for Mistrial Over DA's References to Ex-President's Actions
by Gunnar Larson 03 Dec '22

03 Dec '22

https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2022/12/02/trump-org-defense-team-cal… Former President Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Photo: Seth Wenig/AP NEWS Trump Org Defense Team Calls for Mistrial Over DA's References to Ex-President's Actions Defense attorney Michael van der Veen argued that the Manhattan DA had presented Donald Trump as an unindicted co-conspirator in the fraud scheme, putting a bias on the jury “that can’t be undone.” December 02, 2022 at 02:51 PM 4 minute read Criminal Law Jane Wester Jane Wester More from This Author During his closing argument Friday in the criminal tax fraud trial of the Trump Organization, Manhattan assistant district attorney Joshua Steinglass showed jurors a memo initialed by former President Donald Trump. In the memo, Trump Organization chief operating officer Matthew Calamari asked the company’s controller, Jeffrey McConney, to reduce his salary by $72,000, the amount the Trump Organization paid for his rent in 2012. Prosecutors have argued the process of “backing out” personal expenses from executives’ salaries was one way the Trump Organization avoided taxes in the later years of the alleged fraud scheme. Steinglass noted that Trump had written “OK” and his initials on the memo in his signature black Sharpie. “There’s only one reason for that, which is to underreport income,” Steinglass said. “Mr. Trump is explicitly sanctioning tax fraud.” The Trump Organization defense team immediately offered an objection, which was sustained by Acting Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan. Steinglass reiterated after a sidebar that Trump “is not on trial,” but he emphasized that jurors should be skeptical of the defense narrative that McConney and Allen Weisselberg, who pleaded guilty to 15 counts in August and testified under a plea agreement, “went rogue” and acted without the knowledge or approval of the company’s CEO. “This whole narrative to show Donald Trump was blissfully ignorant is just not real,” he said, later urging jurors to “put aside the elephant that’s not in the room” while remembering that “the rules apply to everyone.” The “explicitly sanctioning” comment was one of several issues raised by Trump Organization defense attorney Michael van der Veen when he moved for a mistrial at the conclusion of Steinglass’ summation. “We picked a jury and voir dired a jury based on the People’s representation that this case was not going to be about Donald Trump,” van der Veen said. Van der Veen argued that Steinglass had presented Trump as an unindicted co-conspirator in the fraud scheme, putting a bias on the jury “that can’t be undone.” Steinglass argued that the DA’s theory has always been that corporate liability is predicated on the actions of Weisselberg and McConney, not Trump, but Trump was nevertheless the CEO and president of the Trump Organization. “If the name of the CEO were John Doe, there’d be no objection here,” Steinglass said. Merchan said he did not recall Steinglass promising not to mention Trump. Instead, he said, he recalled Steinglass saying the DA’s case would not get into politics or suggest Trump should be sitting at the defense table. “I don’t believe that it’s necessary to declare a mistrial,” Merchan said. “In fact, that’s not even really a thought.” The Trump Organization defense attorneys also objected strongly to a chart prepared for Steinglass’ closing argument, which Merchan eventually allowed him to present. The chart showed the various ways in which Weisselberg earned money through salary, bonus and unreported personal expenses across the years of the alleged fraud scheme. Steinglass argued that, contrary to the defense team’s argument that the Trump Organization saved only an incidental amount on Medicare taxes through Weisselberg’s scheme, the company saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by funding its executives’ cars and apartments with so-called “pre-tax” dollars. “In order to do this legally, to get the same amount into Allen Weisselberg’s pockets, the Trump Corp. and Trump Payroll Corp. would have had to gross him up roughly double,” Steinglass said. RELATED STORIES Trump Org Lawyers, Manhattan DA Clash Over References to Ex-President in Closing Arguments 'Weisselberg Did It for Weisselberg': Trump Org Defense Attorneys Make Closing Arguments in Fraud Trial Trump Org, Resting Defense Case, Blasts 'Misleading' Testimony of Mazars Accountant You Might Like

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No good deed goes unpunished
by professor rat 03 Dec '22

03 Dec '22

Mange came out for Ukraine soon after the latest invasion. " . . . Assange's position on Russia was evolving. Assange in 2012 had his own show on the Kremlin-funded news network RT, and that same year, he produced episodes for the network where he interviewed opposition thinkers like Noam Chomsky and so-called "cypherpunks." FROM https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-other_news/2288391-assange-refused-to-disc… Please be informed both Noam Chomsky, those cheap, plastic-toy-imitation cypherpunks and other fascist scumbags all went on RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA TV after the infamous and unholy HOULA MASSACRE in Syria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tomorrow The Houla massacre (Arabic: مجزرة الحولة) was a mass murder of civilians by Syrian government forces that took place on May 25, 2012 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houla_massacre ALL PUBLIC " OSINT " open-source intelligence made freely available in order to bring all fascist Russian scumbag agents to swift, sure and deadly punishment. VICTORY to free Ukraine ( later for anarchism )

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The NFT Chainanalysis will take up another ring in the pentagon
by professor rat 03 Dec '22

03 Dec '22

FREE NFT HEROINE https://cointelegraph.com/news/opera-crypto-browser-to-enable-instant-nft-m… Reposts from doggy source may include fleas

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Lawyers call GRARPAMPS, sorry, Lachlan Murdoch to provide evidence he repudiated Fox News falsehoods
by professor rat 03 Dec '22

03 Dec '22

THOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS trumps honor thy Vader in this case https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/dec/01/crikey-lawyers-call-on-lachla… Reposts from Manchester's Erman unt Engels Grauniad require public-political sanitation measures.

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That time a viciously antisemitic, pro Race-War, fascist lunatic appeared several times with Alex Jones.
by professor rat 02 Dec '22

02 Dec '22

JOHN fucking YOUNG - what a disgrace to this list. https://www.google.com/search?q=Cryptome+alex+jones+John+young&tbm=isch&ved… And when did this viciously antisemitic, pro Race-War, fascist lunatic, JOHN YOUNG, ever stop working for Rupert Murdoch? Inquiring cypherpunk minds want to know.

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Juan, sorry, Julian's deep love for Nazi's
by professor rat 02 Dec '22

02 Dec '22

Julian Assmange for the Azov Brigade cypherpunks 2. Down among the Azov cypherpunks 3. Assange support for the Azov Battalion cypherpunks https://marc.info/?l=cypherpunks&w=2&r=1&s=Azov&q=t All recent Assmange supporters are also opposed to Russia's liberating Ukraine from its Azov Nazi problem. Unless they state otherwise. Right Juan? And how's your BFF Jacobi Applebaum going these days?

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10 Devastating Dystopias | Britannica
by Gunnar Larson 02 Dec '22

02 Dec '22

https://www.britannica.com/list/10-devastating-dystopias 10 Devastating Dystopias By Mic Anderson The curation of this content is at the discretion of the author, and not necessarily reflective of the views of Encyclopaedia Britannica or its editorial staff. For the most accurate and up-to-date information, consult individual encyclopedia entries about the topics. >From delivering powerful critiques of toxic cultural practices to displaying the strength of the human spirit in the face of severe punishment from baneful authoritarians, dystopian novels have served as indispensable teachers to their readers through propelling societies into seemingly possible futuristic worlds. So jump into your time machine and visit each of these dystopian societies! The Time Machine (1895), by H.G. Wells Morlocks in "The Time Machine" (1960), directed by George Pal. © 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; photograph from a private collection In his premier novel, H.G. Wells begot the concept of time travel as well as pioneered the nascent genre of science fiction. The Time Machine features the so-named Time Traveller who ventures hundreds of thousands of years into the future, in which the human race, presumably thanks to evolution and the forces of unchecked capitalism, has split in two—the dissipated, hedonistic Eloi and the subterranean, vicious Morlocks, who terrorize the night and feed upon the former. In this futuristic dystopia, Wells craftily spells out a premonition of doom for the human race and the Earth itself while critiquing various social practices and beliefs held by the upper echelon of British society. So, while immersing yourself in this dystopian conquest, keep a keen eye out for hate-filled Morlocks and even futuristic crab monsters! The Iron Heel (1907), by Jack London Jack London’s first categorically political novel, The Iron Heel, eerily prophesizes the disastrous rise of fascism in the first half of the 20th century and earned praise from such renowned social critics as George Orwell and Leo Trotsky for his perceptive portrayals of how decaying capitalism could mutate into an authoritative plutocracy, in which a dominating circle of wealthy individuals turn farmers into serfs and laborers into near-slaves. Rhetorically, London demonstrates his abounding skill, as the story of the “2nd Revolution” during the then futuristic 1912–32 period is relayed to the reader through a fictitious historian in the 26th century (who lives in a tranquil socialist society that enjoys economic and social prosperity) who is editing a manuscript that was penned by Avis Everhard, the political adherent and lover of the revolution’s political leader. The manuscript recounts how the plutocracy is able to victimize members of the lower classes and beat out democracy from society through secret mercenaries as well as how the revolution eventually fails to overcome such a powerful, seemingly omnipresent force. Thus, this spellbinding dystopian novel predicts conspiracies and attacks of the pre-World War II era, all while espousing the importance of democracy in the face of fascist regimes. My (1920; We), by Yevgeny Zamyatin Yevgeny Zamyatin, one of the most subversive authors to hail from Russia, penned perhaps the most fundamental dystopian text in 1920. Although Russia forbade its publication until 1988, My (or We in English) circulated throughout the nation in manuscript form and found itself published in the United States as early as 1924. The novel depicts life in the “Single State,” where citizens are identified by numbers, live in glass houses, are assigned sex partners, and don identical uniforms, through the journal entries of an engineer of a government project to conquer neighboring planets. It has been credited as the fundamental text upon which most modern dystopias are based, chief among them being George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). Through the consistently and unanimously elected “Benefactor” and his totalitarian dictatorship, Zamyatin effectively warns against the dangers of strict utilitarianism and conformity. The extremity of Zamytain’s dystopia is so great that, in one instance, a female character is not allowed to procreate for the reason that she’s too short. Brave New World (1932), by Aldous Huxley Aldous Huxley’s empirical, efficiently managed society that suppresses emotions and nonconformity is perhaps the best-known dystopia on this list. In Brave New World, John the Savage—a feeling, thinking, and creative individual who is familiar with various primitive spiritual rituals—and his mother are introduced to this ostensible utopia, only to learn of its euthanasia practices as well as to suffer from the fatal effects of a pain-relieving happiness-creating drug called soma. What ensues is an unadulterated tragedy, in which the novel’s author deftly displays the toll of ubiquitous conformity on the human, feeling spirit. Atlas Shrugged (1957), by Ayn Rand Ayn Rand, in her magnum opus Atlas Shrugged, creates a dystopia in the not-so-distant future where collective governing, ruled by overly bureaucratic and outright corrupt moochers, has led the United States to the brink of economic collapse. Rand’s protagonist—Dagny Taggart, a prodigious railroad tycoon—and her business are continually thwarted by government regulations, leaving her to choose between endlessly battling alone the rampant corruption in order to keep her business alive or abandoning the company that she has worked tirelessly for since she was of age and joining Galt’s Gulch, a secretive utopia where all productive and creative members of society (namely scientists, artists, and industrialists) fled so that they could create a world in which rationality and self-determination reign supreme. Thus, this dystopian novel has become celebrated by Rand followers as being the mouthpiece for Objectivism, Rand’s personal philosophy. A Clockwork Orange (1962), by Anthony Burgess A Clockwork Orange, known for its unrelenting depictions of “ultra-violence” in a futuristic dystopia where incorrigible gangs of youths threaten the mind-numbing monotony of the state-ruled society, is relayed to readers through a violent youth named Alex, who employs an idiolect derived from English, American, and Russian slang. Burgess follows his antihero as he, along with his “droogs” commits desultory acts of violence against normal citizens, culminating in a savage beating that turns fatal, after which Alex is abandoned by his subordinates to be charged for the murder of an old lady. He is then confined by police and subjected to state-sponsored intensive psychotherapy, in which he is drugged and forced to watch heinous acts of violence until he is no longer his former, aberrant self. In this unique dystopian universe, Burgess is able to masterfully display contradictions formed from the opposing minds of human nature, from its perfectibility to its outright depravity, and the extreme political systems upon which they are based. The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), by Margaret Atwood First edition dust jacket to Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" (1986) The Handmaid's Tale Between the Covers Rare Books, Inc., Merchantville, N.J. In The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood envisions a future theocratic American country in which women are categorized in a hierarchy as wives, servants, breeders, and so on. The story is framed as a handwritten account of a handmaid (breeder) whose sole purpose in life is to supply babies for infertile wives who are higher in the social hierarchy. As Offred (the narrator’s given name in the new regime) becomes useful through the capabilities of her body, she becomes repulsed by herself and only finds relief in memories of her life, friends, and family before the theocratic ruling began. The Handmaid’s Tale serves as a powerful feminist text that effectively illustrates the horrors that women can face at the hands of overly conservative ideologies. The Children of Men (1992), by P.D. James Penned in 1992 and set in 2021, P.D. James’s The Children of Men envisions a foreseeable future in which the human population has become infertile and an authoritative Warden of England retains order where anarchy could easily come to dominate. With a dying population, the Warden of England has installed various regulations such as mass “voluntary” suicides by the elderly, rampant cruel treatment toward prisoners of the state, and mandatory sperm testing and female inspections. In this dystopian future, the reader finds the dispassionate college professor Dr. Theo Faron, a cousin of the Warden, as he joins a small cohort of subversives in opposition to the unelected dictator. The Children of Men not only conveys strong warnings for its readers but also tracks the journey of a man’s soul as the protagonist finds something to fight and live for, even when the odds are seemingly stacked against him. The Giver (1993), by Lois Lowry Jonas, an unusual pale-eyed 11-year-old boy turning 12, comes of age and is assigned the prestigious role of Receiver of pain and memories in an apparent utopia where war, fear, pain, and choices have ceased to exist. He meets with the Giver, a weary though benevolent grandfather figure, who bestows upon Jonas memories of the world and Elsewhere, when and where colors, passions, love, hate, and war exist. Growing discontent with the monotony of his society and enraged when he learns what it means to be “released,” Jonas, with the Giver, conspire to endow their society with what it has been missing in the dystopia created in Lois Lowry’s renowned novel The Giver. The Road (2006), by Cormac McCarthy As survivors in a gloomy postapocalyptic America, where anarchy dominates after an unspecified disaster, a father and son trek across the doom-ridden terrain with a pistol, scavenged food, and each other in Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning dystopian novel The Road. The father, committed entirely to keeping his son alive at whatever cost, and son stave off starvation at every corner and deal with occasional interlopers who have also survived, all while coping with the near impossible task of keeping memories of happiness and loved ones alive in a world that rains gray and wreaks desolation. In his deft prose, rife with morbid imagery, Cormac McCarthy spells out metaphors that offer bleak hope in the face of total devastation and provide wisdom beyond value, thus making The Road perhaps the most important dystopian novel of the early 21st century.

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start of the war - 2014 US jewnazi invasion of ukraine
by punk 02 Dec '22

02 Dec '22

6) "Obama's War On History - Attempting to justify placing the US on war footing with Russia over the recent referendum in Crimea" http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperity/2014/march/29…

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Funder Agrees to $1 Settlement with CFPB over 9/11 Fund Litigation
by Gunnar Larson 02 Dec '22

02 Dec '22

https://litigationfinancejournal.com/funder-agrees-to-1-settlement-with-cfp… As the litigation finance industry has matured, the possibility of funders running afoul of legal oversight grows. This was the case in a recent settlement between RD Legal Funding LLC and the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Reporting in Reuters covers the announced settlement, which highlighted the funder’s alleged predatory lending practices with 9/11 first responders, where it allegedly charged 250% interest on loans to these clients. While RD Legal did not admit any wrongdoing, the settlement required the funder to pay a whopping $1 for breaking New York’s state law concerning high-interest loans. RD Legal had argued that the financial assistance it provided to the first responders were not loans, but instead ‘sales of legal receivables’ as part of its funding agreements. The CFPB and the New York Attorney General’s Office had originally sought higher damages outlined under the state’s consumer protection law. However, the CFPB stated that this settlement provides the first responders access to the victim relief fund, totalling $482 million–hence the miniscule agreement.

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