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Supreme Court asked to consider limits on phone searches at border
by jim bell 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/22/supreme-court-asked…

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Ditching OpenPGP, a new approach to signing APT repositories
by Stefan Claas 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

Hi all, https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Apt/Spec/AptSign Regards Stefan

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Private, free-space communications by laser.
by jim bell 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

https://phys.org/news/2021-06-quantum-cascade-lasers-private-free-space.html "Free-space optical communication, the communication between two devices at a distance using light to carry information, is a highly promising system for achieving high-speed communication. This system of communication is known to be immune to electromagnetic interference (EMI), a disturbance generated by external sources that affects electrical circuits and can disrupt radio signals.le some studies have highlighted the possible advantages of free-space optical communication, this system of communication has so far come with certain limitations. Most notably, it is known to offer limited security against eavesdroppers. Researchers at Télécom Paris (member of Institut Polytechnique de Paris), mirSense, Technische Universität Darmstadt and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have recently introduced a unique system for more secure free-space optical communication based on a technology known as quantum cascade laser, a specific type of semiconductor laser that typically emits mid-infrared light."

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Cryptocurrency: Iron Titans Rekd and Sink Like Stones
by grarpamp 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

>From TITAN To Titanic: Did DeFi Just Suffer Its First 'Bank Run'? https://www.rekt.news/iron-finance-rekt/ https://decrypt.co/73810/mark-cuban-hit-apparent-defi-rug-pull Less than a week ago, billionaire investor Mark Cuban proclaimed: "Crypto Businesses make more sense than you think and valuing tokens is easier and makes more sense than you think." He may well be correct, but just a few days later, his investment in TITAN - part of a "multi-chain partial-collateralized algorithmic stablecoin ecosystem" from IRON Finance - has hit an iceberg and sunk like the Titanic. I got hit like everyone else. Crazy part is I got out, thought they were increasing their TVL enough. Than Bam. — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) June 16, 2021 As the price of TITAN plunged to zero, Decrypt reports that IRON Finance called for all holders to withdraw liquidity from the pools after being hit by what it called a "bank run." >From over $60 to $0 in hours... Source While this collapse is getting a lot of attention due to Mark Cuban's involvement, it is not the first of this breed of so-called algorithmic stablecoins to hit the wall. I couldn't even begin to predict what will happen to the next algo stablecoin, I just appreciate them as they come pic.twitter.com/OXUHQOVoEo — Elmo's Pool 2 Fund (@0xElm0) June 17, 2021 So what triggered the collapse? Rekt.com reports that the incident started when TITAN became overpriced, perhaps due to users purchasing the token in order to farm TITAN pairs at ~50,000% APY. Some large TITAN sales were made and the price became volatile, making investors nervous, and leading them to also sell their tokens. The IRON stablecoin then lost it's peg due to TITAN dropping so rapidly. This created a situation in which users could now redeem a token worth 90 cents, for 75 cents of stablecoin and 25 cents of TITAN. An incredible arbitrage opportunity which required minting new TITAN tokens each time. The market was flooded with freshly minted TITAN, and a panic sale began, pushing down the TITAN price and therefore making the IRON stablecoin lose its peg even further. This vicious cycle could not be stopped until the $1 peg was regained. Despite briefly regaining the peg, the huge amounts of freshly minted TITAN flooding onto the market caused the price of TITAN to drop again, the peg to be lost, and the arbitrage opportunity to open back up. As long as IRON is not at peg, TITAN will continue to drop, and as long as TITAN continues to drop, IRON will not be at peg... and everyone ran for the door. Cuban told Decrypt via email: "Live and learn."

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[ot][spam][wrong] keyword practice
by Karl 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

Sent my last email with just an [ot] tag when it was really less of note than that. I'm having a lot of decision-making errors and most people would simply ignore a weird email like that. Practicing adding more tags [spam][weird][wrong].

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Cryptocurrency: Critics Wrong
by grarpamp 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

https://mises.org/power-market/3-common-criticisms-crypto-and-why-theyre-wr… https://mises.org/library/origin-money-and-its-value https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_imputation https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-price-venezuela-doubling-18-days/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect Peter Schiff is a well-known critic of Bitcoin, and while he is an excellent resource on many economic and political topics, he misses the mark on cryptocurrency. To be fair, he is right that Bitcoin and other crypto assets are high risk and volatile, and he correctly points out that using leverage or going into debt to buy Bitcoin could end in financial disaster. However, he makes several errors in his analysis of Bitcoin. He is wrong about its scarcity and its ability to hedge inflation, but his largest mistake is his guiding principle: that Bitcoin (unlike gold) has no fundamental value. For example, Schiff is quick to point out that gold has uses outside of being money. It is used in electronics, dentistry, and jewelry to name a few. Given this, it's easy to see how - as Carl Menger noted - money could emerge in a free market from a state of barter. In short, gold had use cases independent of being money, but over time, it was recognized as a useful medium of exchange to facilitate more complex and indirect transactions. This led people to value it over and above its original use cases. Unlike gold, Bitcoin cannot be used in dentistry; it cannot be fashioned into jewelry; and it cannot be used in electronics. This leads to Schiff to claim that Bitcoin is unlike gold in that it has no fundamental (or objective) value. His mistake is obvious: there is no such thing as objective value, whether we're talking about gold or Bitcoin. Value is subjective and determined internally by individuals. Bitcoin has no objective value, but neither does gold. Yes, gold can be used to build electronics, but that only has value because consumers subjectively value electronics (See Menger’s Theory of Imputation). Schiff is also mistaken when he claims that Bitcoin provides no shelter from inflation. Yet, millions of people across the world have already used it to partly escape their failing currencies. In 2018, for example, the price of Bitcoin in Venezeulan bolívars was doubling every 18 days. It's important to keep in mind that any product can serve as a hedge against a devaluing currency—not just precious metals or cryptocurrencies. In the past, whiskey and cigarettes have been used for this purpose, as have many other consumer products. When a currency is failing, the demand for the currency declines and consumers rush to put their currency into physical products or other currencies. On the other hand, Schiff may be correct that a dollar crash could lead to a decline in Bitcoin prices (at least in the short term), but such an event would be so disruptive to many assets. The most recent example of these effects occurred on March 6, 2020. As the U.S. stock market crash deepened, both gold and Bitcoin sold off sharply. When the margin calls hit, everything got sold. The simple truth is that anything that's not a dollar or a promise to pay dollars (i.e., bonds) represents a hedge against dollar inflation. This does not make them immune (in the short term) from a collapse of the global reserve currency. Schiff’s last major mistake concerns Bitcoin’s scarcity. The ultimate supply of Bitcoin is fixed at 21 million units. Schiff discounts this limited supply by pointing out that thousands of crypto coins and tokens have been created since Bitcoin. These copies, he claims, prove that Bitcoin is not scarce. Would Schiff extend this logic to reproductions of the Mona Lisa? There is only one original, and it will remain scarce no matter how many copies are made. His stance also ignores the significant network effects that Bitcoin enjoys. Like other networks, the value increases as the number of participants grows. Numerous forks of Bitcoin have learned this lesson the hard way as their tokens have steadily lost value against the original. Finally, the existence of multiple cryptocurrencies is no more problematic than the existence of multiple precious metals. The total demand is simply divided between silver, gold, palladium, and others. It is likely that we are in a boom stage of crypto like the dotcom bubble. New coins are being created almost daily and most will not survive. It is up to the marketplace to determine if the price of Bitcoin will go up or down. The same is true for gold.

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[spam][spam][spam][spam][spam] reporting to lists
by Karl 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

When I say half-stuff my slave pattern is just trying to report out. I think whoever set me up is expecting whoever is taking over the country to demonstrate legitimacy by outfighting everyone else trying to reveal rebel patterns to be squashed

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[ot| [spam] [non-cpunks] random email Fwd: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)
by Karl 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

Hello universe if you are influencing me please provide a way to discuss our decisions that I can understand and respond to. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <mailer-daemon(a)googlemail.com> Date: Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 1:11 PM Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) To: <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> [image: Error Icon] Address not found Your message wasn't delivered to *JohnWilliamJohnson(a)secmail.pro* because the domain secmail.pro couldn't be found. Check for typos or unnecessary spaces and try again. The response was: DNS Error: 183448 DNS type 'mx' lookup of secmail.pro responded with code NXDOMAIN Domain name not found: secmail.pro ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Karl <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> To: JohnWilliamJohnson(a)secmail.pro Cc: Bcc: Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2021 13:11:16 -0400 Subject: Re: For Karl On Sun, Jun 20, 2021, 11:54 AM <JohnWilliamJohnson(a)secmail.pro> wrote: > Hi Karl, why did I stop receiving the newsletter? Female ISSUE 70 Date > Friday > Hi John, I'm not sure what you're talking about. Do you have the right email address? What newsletter are you referring to? If you've been receiving a newsletter from me, something strange could be going on. I don't know who you are. Karl >

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[ot] JohnWilliamJohnson@secmail.pro asking about newsletter Fwd: For Karl
by Karl 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

This email is as weird as this mailing list. I'm imagining people involved in spam from past decades rising up and spreading. Things can seem so weird when they're from something far away. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Karl <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 6:01 AM Subject: Re: For Karl To: <JohnWilliamJohnson(a)secmail.pro> Hi John, My last email to you bounced; I'm curious if this one does. Is the issue on my end, or expected? What newsletter are your referring to? I have some very crippling cognitive issues. Are you able to say more clearly what you are talking about? What kind of limitations are you dealing with? I'm not sure how to extract your key from your signature, I'm afraid. I used to love puzzles, but nowadays I have too many already to complete any. On Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 2:40 AM <JohnWilliamJohnson(a)secmail.pro> wrote: > Hi,Karl!I was told that you wrote to me. I have subscribed to the > newsletter, but unfortunately I have not received an email since Friday. > My key is in the signature. > > mQINBGDQMOEBEACoqozuhAgDHdnU0Em2iQnhY/krqyLscZ04bLikjWLWGLwVZsk1 > OlZqnJ/f+COlKjmMadlJA2/k6XLPCPi+yRBsD4rx/0hNr60H7Vq3EKW4HJzh3NxV > zg5eHUidDFqn+v2wf9LCUszqkWth/7evDbayA8UdFB8PVi1g/cZujkAwkx1GKxns > 8klZcVrQA1SwyLI1jVoE5SfqW67O/JHCccuR3QDbGEgf8hZDH6f1n6dn5+FN3OAC > ++i6RYUH9f4+dbrYEZKXtaQFi8OHuUNe/l7spkc9ScLpmpLnb5ALQyS6dJqLXcvd > e3Galr/lKz+b2nd21NF1ctBwqqtwR16himb58eMTphqao0jZ4rptdiZyTc2+8XvP > gooPGZXmqOBWpR/BaMjPznyaTnlh7H+uyZxh8gNBAPvhj3m+VbqrnOup9XG8Jlo5 > 9CjzJvQhKqjMLteU2ryL/txwMaYShrwwY39bDsJqviWh+CWCn1cAIShT6ymw+L7U > A0eqgFYslDvhJbUPmlcJbsahHSGAujPEGbLmIlfUamB3gdsLzbxKhjcevrgzZEkU > FDp1B74SlD9WvS4ui2NNyozeueylRtA1PXsaxmFITCRiQ4ovJVXRm7VDQjTKB1vi > wuEmAgEuY5t2IlzvghOgQbJAm0l79ozhNwgWNVPl7gBfgI1XuPlF2mNUQwARAQAB > tBJKb2huV2lsbGlhbUpvaG5zb26JAlQEEwEIAD4WIQRMLyiqxYCbPETzCW3kuj63 > ynzimAUCYNAw4QIbAwUJA8JvDwULCQgHAgYVCgkICwIEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRDk > uj63ynzimDUCEACT96uSgGxRMW5x4oDiuwi7jjmMPTIjr6TRWsV0tHC/8kIIaOfM > 44R40TgmA3p6vID1oc0iFPzeCwkOm2fs/z7KbhHkThDh+HshOdP3oRKCNjjcbuQa > 6luQyh97Qkrfla1/iLcf+Lrv/qtkc1Zbtd14JApodQSlBjxOFJaH801vxDdUsTlO > uuHfxmBlXvmKzvwazBNYcXQT73C2D02Q4cV9JqYA4VmxQQSs0/Uhx+WGh59E7JYt > a3PM2CXkuLd9lPeHd5aAu1AxdWld/0j2r08crLFYPBHKWfGCDKcHCmqgTrFqJ6Fo > R8GNdUrwKtzVc37oG6uuW0Xia/yZqwzBMedTYoMlr8XeTRoiW79zi+Ys7LIhxrmL > tSNAWVnYPX+Isk00gnGgSKs13wL586H8Ud7PY9V+QUMFkG0BG6HkqmTcLkTOAXzZ > v44s0+fylhndJao82NUV03UDE53IwUJaRJSjtHDRKV8f+LX5NuryGle5QJVwDsdQ > Nb3dZo3loFOqCjPo6V0ooqlHKL7V4CeQcfCPcH8MgFldSRCW932q7uVsfe4EENBS > gplev07TsOuzO4FqLwO0nAAh77/87Q5LL2oPX8BrjDuiuBU3SBvgEso3TEYgK3d+ > vZw+KYQOULYjvnh+rC15Wl8ddgzMeDiDOKDdoEOySBbBfyvSto3ReQhsiLkCDQRg > 0DDhARAAri3+kfYvE4iTXrzszC4qlq09cVTQRcua4AYAi3MpaBsw7WnIWAuBaof+ > XhjcmNX+avZMN8wf6dwDJI6OmkUy5GzU/7vGWHz9DOc/Kn66rhpmNZomMGrzTSnv > OSFTGROGKs63CKc7vVIKa2q/6RxHI7jom+ttE0Koz6cHAE6IVvMnIQwjZnhM8IyJ > QW7UCDZRrsmNxjDGJOdwdB0ewnVa2SAdaJKGV6v0rpAMbAx6FqBwhPW75YhqYwfQ > IkRwFL8yLO+PUTachJokW5xq+u53vGunBpCzqSP/JqvVW2PQkz3y5pS7iqClbpLd > RGzWMlmdbyfKfXC6PWZbFyI8AsgXzn8pcK3SSXkYluGbkndnVhe8wu28TVuMZsHG > +3ArOTa/xNcMRtmclroCGwvR5YTzY6VBqFWvQYzUIfVc7VDRP6KyBI38lSIw0X9I > Yc6TEv0yRGYzzI3ixEuIHjM9YJzJV2EWwh20hsBZmwRhJ3swNWkMVA1dbH1Yk3Cg > aQ/tbBZrssFcfxG04aEoLgX4je7OiqWRyIl20FhRGLw2m1vuE8izNVKnhpu5o9jB > POEaTYKfY2Q0TmBGRdtzpCBxJlshEej533ilk64+7kxQdyBgm8hF+l0zQpSEKNKg > AWgW9vMY2K4a0rdjhVLpxvnbxqNLBsrQjHWkYsnfTKjdw7Ftem0AEQEAAYkCPAQY > AQgAJhYhBEwvKKrFgJs8RPMJbeS6PrfKfOKYBQJg0DDhAhsMBQkDwm8PAAoJEOS6 > PrfKfOKYLogQAIkGAWKTFjGaAbUqZE00e+8Iy7/D6xrlelTpXV0rAqQIoQSHPV+4 > F3S40HMGK/4LDguDURsP5aPFzLVR+zldicDe0tVVw3XryXOV1OkPkMRWbTGTO0PD > zFufYvPtkYLDOgxfiPxSd+NNsDUGuv6B0lxGwljCBeL0u9eN3Hos0/Jm1ykoeN1M > Nmn5gb6x9VknRkpBeme3NCbMht18BDQdd5eFQmrFoeMVD2ZyhAbfMPPbD4Ymy2JC > Ql32Mqtg4ZKXWLW7WunVO0XoAjf0UXFK1J4Oj3dXedfrADd3V1Prj4ZtNhSdAHf4 > 1yTR799Kq1mfi/NxSY5ZW33GvnIN2hVG62p5m/xGUK7LZ61KfXwxc1DpyBynIL1d > LqxRmnaLvz9BvHWCRK+kCVxlYl8o7WGJi+Zu83OeGuNuwrhh3kZe1/cH8gtKzEw+ > 8X2kTGyKX8a6g8/zppoxVvLkdZ/LDsG3Nbmezsfffmtx6bsPwlOa7QLQ6nGOW3D1 > GPJcrTGMn261eDOkfj0pPR8EEIVOa5VlXX8uKnhXeeYp+PqnHElkgYwhfARxCkpr > Vyf3EdWM93UrycvH9Xjh0LqyUz9lNfvOPy4k1knUYNU9zfOXXWOaEpdjLwwi5KFj > GoWbgDDAM6YqqC0bL2R/4y3SIWMZSIv0sqvE/XtEYLTJmNhypb4Bbdci > =SBew > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > >

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SpyVeillance: Corrupt Cops Take Bribes from Sleezy Corps to Pimp SpyVeillance on You
by grarpamp 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2021-06-17/ring-influence… "In a bid to bolster its claims as a crime-fighting tool, Ring deployed a tactic popular in the business world: influencer marketing," reports the Los Angeles Times. "It selected a cadre of brand ambassadors, rewarded them with free gadgets and discount codes, and urged them to use their connections to promote the Santa Monica security camera startup via word of mouth. "In this case, the brand ambassadors were Los Angeles Police Department officers." "You are killing it, by the way. Your code has 14 uses, eleven more and I will be sending you every device that we sell," a Ring employee wrote to one officer in a 2016 email. "Do you have any community meetings or crime prevention fairs coming up?" Ring provided at least 100 LAPD officers with one or more free devices or discount codes and encouraged them to recommend the company's web-connected doorbells and security cameras, emails reviewed by The Times reveal. In more than 15 cases, emails show that officers who received free gadgets or discounts promoted Ring products to fellow police officers or members of the public... [P]articipating officers got tens of thousands of dollars' worth of free and discounted electronics and helped establish a network of personal surveillance cameras that the LAPD could tap into with much less red tape than the typical means of obtaining video. The practice, privacy and criminal justice experts warn, raises the question of whether LAPD officers were serving the public in their interactions with Ring, or if they were serving a private business and themselves... It's unclear whether LAPD officers disclosed their arrangements with Ring to the public or fellow officers.

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