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by jim bell 17 Sep '20

17 Sep '20

Answer to What clever ways have been used to catch people out? by Malky McEwan https://www.quora.com/What-clever-ways-have-been-used-to-catch-people-out/a…

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Tor Stinks: Traffic Analysis Methods Get More Public Light via HackerFactor
by grarpamp 17 Sep '20

17 Sep '20

https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/896-Tor-0day-Finding-… https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/890-Tor-0day-Replying… https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/categories/19-Tor Hackerfactor... " I read off the address: "152 dot" and they repeated back "152 dot". "19 dot" "19 dot" and then they told me the rest of the network address. (I was stunned.) Tor is supposed to be anonymous. You're not supposed to know the IP address of a hidden service. But they knew. They had been watching the Tor-based DDoS. They had a list of the hidden service addresses that were being targeted by the attack. They just didn't know that this specific address was mine. As it turns out, this is an open secret among the internet service community: You are not anonymous on Tor. As mentioned earlier, the Tor Project claims to protect against "an adversary who can observe some fraction of network traffic." I've shown that they do not protect against someone with a God's eye view, or even someone who controls 10% of Tor guards along with some of the exit nodes. So how small does "some fraction" need to be for Tor to actually provide protection? What if the adversary only controls one (1) guard and nothing else? Just because the vendor says an exploit is out of scope, doesn't mean it isn't a problem. (The Tor Project explicitly says that Tor provides protection against "traffic analysis" and "prevents websites and other services from learning your location" from an adversary "who can operate onion routers of his own". So using traffic analysis from one hostile guard to identify the location of a hidden service doesn't seem to be out of scope.) These exploits represent a fundamental flaw in the current Tor architecture. People often think that Tor provides network anonymity for users and hidden services. However, Tor really only provides superficial anonymity. Tor does not protect against end-to-end correlation, and owning one guard is enough to provide that correlation for popular hidden services. " Tor Project ignores, kicks out, and censors people for informing its users and world of embarrassing facts... like this falseness still on the frontpage... " DEFEND AGAINST SURVEILLANCE Tor Browser prevents someone watching your connection from knowing what websites you visit. All anyone monitoring your browsing habits can see is that you're using Tor. " While Tor Project was partying... https://blog.torproject.org/welcome-new-tor-board-members It did not report that all its mailing lists, blogs, etc are arbitrarily censored... https://blog.torproject.org/anti-censorship-august-2020 https://blog.torproject.org/anti-censorship-challenges-priorities-progress Or tell its funders what tor can and cannot do... https://blog.torproject.org/tor-project-membership-program Many softwares and projects do some things quite well, other things not so well. Be informed on range of all those things.

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BLM rioter who firebombed cop cars arrested after Apple gave up his iCloud pics
by jim bell 16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20

https://mazainside.com/blm-rioter-firebombed-cop-cars-arrested-after-apple-… Black Lives Matter rioter accused of firebombing cop vehicles was tracked down after tech giant Apple handed over his iCloud pics. Forbes reported that the FBI reached out to Apple for Kelly Jackson’s iCloud information after learning of his identity. Jackson, 20, allegedly set fire to at least two cop cars during a Black Lives Matter protest on May 30 after the death of George Floyd Jackson allegedly set fire to at least two police carsApple helped the FBI in the arrest of a BLM demonstrator Floyd’s death prompted hundreds of protests across the country for several months. Portland, Oregon alone has seen over 100 days of continuous protests. Jackson was arrested last week and charged with unlawful possession of a destructive device and arson. Video images the FBI obtained from Apple’s iCloud account showed a white man’s opening a black bag with a green glass bottle with a gold cap filled with liquid, Forbes reported. otest was shortly after the death of George Floyd According to the FBI, a similar glass bottle was shown being thrown into the open door of a police car, setting it on fire. While Jackson’s face is not visible in the video, the individual in the video was reportedly wearing the same sweatshirt as a person photographed later that day on the same phone, with the face visible. - Manhunt underway for gunman in brazen ambush shooting of two Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies Also on Jackson’s iCloud account were screenshots promoting the protest he attended as well as a list of ingredients for a Molotov cocktail. Before reaching out to Apple, the FBI obtained records from Verizon, revealing his location during the protests along with proof that he was using an iPhone 7, a search warrant reported. According to Apple’s transparency report, in the second half of 2019, the company complied with and returned 3,645 out of 4,095 requests on user accounts from the government for user information.

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Re: Donation of one ticket to bitcoin conference this weekend
by kryptotrayder＠airmail.cc 16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20

Wow I put in my expired key. My main key is on a HSM in different location and did not get to it yet. This is why I made temporary key for this. Here is correct one. -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- mQINBF9gIUYBEACp6f2GnSJYE9uTNJuD7ebz5TUPRlgvfWNPEFlmIJnOM5ERF+0C HGL4gbGPNdcaXOUauszEnL6xaMnDIPnkiopRDBnCk/cwWcvkTePwHpUTHQYA4KoE q3p8sWU1jKFdb8p+KVERtK4jyXrM05GDNPjy68ngOJoiL3Er1B1vvJW/QoJ7ej6f qOgC8JebVI61Rpw9tCWzSC1EsWXRkEe6aafEfCASPjdhekgILecfbiYVHcVFghvy BYeSqT65xZAc82oktPM4v0aRttnSqdeJiP7xSQD+o7hai6AqYeFOZLbh3XSLdWYf 3mLhaIDMKHOtJdQq86O0LSnlc3Xemm0PO+rJoZtAQweMEoweD7LdXuqrpS4J0KqX qww/UkNsM40yvTXR69MKMNx7pDX86y1hsEfuECBUT4L2NcKlLw0NQNsbPVWuzF7x HITFIEq1cBxzLwkCTBREkZiHn4mue7cJSK5WzaeZPL+GYVhPBHa3go/yhFk1MX8K IWzwy62tc6WzIPTRESCo59RaxvG4xUqmdZgNbC8EXf/ha1EwssC4jmaLg2hJyyIN WRyh1BZOKf6hKiuF65JyWC0KBCymFQkzd/loks3wF2g2OkKNSpQBHKfX0/sftc2E rpX+9UgxNpWgvZxnkZqdXHEEkGfbHVRZc4Jw2TBiyABNpis43z07cKg/bwARAQAB tHNLcnlwdG8gVHJheWRlciAoVGVtcG9yYXJ5IGtleSBmb3IgMjAyMCBCZWFyIEFy bXMgYW5kIEJpdGNvaW4gY29uZmVyZW5jZSB0aWNrZXQgZG9uYXRpb24pIDxrcnlw dG90cmFpZGVyQGFpcm1haWwuY2M+iQJUBBMBCAA+FiEENuDBy6lfur+whyPsxuXV F4FS1vkFAl9gIUYCGwMFCQCNEIAFCwkIBwIGFQgJCgsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQ xuXVF4FS1vketQ/+OD9Bi2WqHsUP41oD0P4ypiBh1VtJx+TCK087srDx8Jqex8GH 5fNQmPqoAkhIYy+Ri1GFA5miv8N/3ICiLzK5gnRxVRYje+uw3pbwLdmue4UNajez by7hm3L6J1Gb6VzOGo1pAXjl3o1IOGcAY/e22NR46Wl+/IghhVpdqVylm7xgboYV Y5lmukLZALMXNq+EZ5CYWSvFbSdVEmlcjVV9Otqiim+nT4mWa7DjDDDX7E+7cbxO 4buaQkurKeEFIKdy5ynbt4wwE/r0HW9SrzmXrWDnwDVs9tVoOK8N8cOta4f+Pzjp z6Mec7yEVRkng+VU/DJQqs1iBGL47vMcIbnUcPZFr+dsvxcQsenFAUZ4JKudNjn8 iVNvEKajPoAk5k2N5HkPbPD1P1v5tkzQIA78SLvonx4I0bxFjYU8IomlcMJBmz9f VNuWvxSkFoTIUu0+jQKqZETrs5Bq/duapzvZJYC7tHiuKOL9KaCkxxyLS8cS1qgj pusUdUDwew4rLDtX92HWqBR051DU6pikp+LoPQ1/vA/RURK3yQtTMS6vHkfoDF8Z X32V/rmKDL6xke9fLqKlJmBhOKQGZul+rb6mh40URy6AIOnerp3ROC/yFlyqDKaV oTpODGLObfXuhAGGEUqQQmUr0mEFYD5vwJaWjyNy/JQd+QggNyYEsd6en18= =1J3E -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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Cryptocurency: Coin Privacy (re: US Homeland Security Can Now Track Privacy Crypto Monero)
by grarpamp 16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20

On 9/9/20, Lee Clagett <forum(a)leeclagett.com> wrote: >> The problem with Monaro, is that though it avoids the direct linking >> of transactions that bitcoin suffers from, it leaks a whole lot of >> data about networks of people transacting with each other > The problem is no worse than Bitcoin - did you intend to promote Zcash > here? So why should the underlying ZKP / Homomorphic tech behind Zcash not be promoted? And or in comparison to that which underlies Monero. > There's some negatives to that project that can be found via Which technical negatives (beyond political, such as founder rewards)? Any in the underlying ZKP tech itself? No, properly executed "trusted setup" MPC is not really much appearing a weakness, but moreso a negative sounding misnomer seemingly bandied about by the competition without backing cause. > websearch, but the z-address transactions are (assuming no bugs or math > errors) not leaking the information you describe. As for "Bitcoin-like" coins, some privacy evolution beyond simple fuckme Bitcoin has occured in form of external and applicable CoinJoin/JoinMarket, CashShuffle, CashFusion. Taproot does not appear documented to lead to any real level of cryptographic, or even statistical, user privacy yet. But which coins, if any, are pursuing any of the above, or any other thought-to-be-at-least-reasonably-strong, privacy technologies... while at the same time eliminating the ridiculous legacy of first gen O(tx) based blockchain storing bloat forever mindset in favor of the much more storage and processing efficient O(utxo) model? >> I don't think anyone has broken it - I certainly could not - >> but I expect that the adversaries are making efficient use of >> what it does leak - that they can find interesting information in >> what is out of scope of its security model. Mind that always for any usage. >> I favor Wasabi wallet, which mingles your bitcoins with those of a >> large number of other people. Many wallets, for example in Bitcoin_Cash-BCH space are now integrating some of the above mix tech. Some of these mix tech can be apply to all sorts of coins, regardless of what other privacy tech the coin itself may or may not have. >> The Lightning network ... but you then have the ... problem[s of] Lightning is known to be quite problematic and a non-solution on many fronts.

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Subsea data center ??????
by jim bell 16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20

https://www.quora.com/q/techinsider/Microsoft-sank-a-data-center-the-size-o…

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[OT] Local Authorities Order Anti-Maskers To Dig Graves For COVID-19 Victims In Java, Indonesia
by Cecilia Tanaka 16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20

Local Authorities Order Anti-Maskers To Dig Graves For COVID-19 Victims In Java, Indonesia https://www.boredpanda.com/anti-maskers-dig-graves-coronavirus-victims-jaka… Wish you all an awesome day, full of love, music and cute discoveries, yay!!! ;D Kisses, kisses, kisses... <3 sea sea

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Cryptocurrency: Travel - Gold vs Crypto
by grarpamp 16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20

https://old.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/it8ewa/why_bitcoin_this_czech_fam… http://www.ofwealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Mr-T-620x349.jpg Pity the traveling fools who don't know about the physical exemptions. Or how to stuff, memorize, ship, stash, escrow, and crypt digital secrets.

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Interesting commentary machine translated from Russian language.
by jim bell 15 Sep '20

15 Sep '20

From: https://www.economics-prorok.com/2020/09/лерос-подал-на-зеленского-в-суд-за… AlexSeptember 3, 2020 at 7:49 am as a variant. Like Ukraine is not poor in programmers. The New Order: No Governments Jim was sitting in a cafe with a friend. She asked what he was thinking so intently. He replied: "I think about the moment when evolution becomes revolution." The shrewd girl asked: "So what kind of legal government are you going to overthrow?" In response, she heard: “I suppose not one can resist. Something like this begins an essay written in the early 1990s by an iconic character named Jim Bell. It was called The Politics of Assassinations. There, the mechanism of transformation of the planet Earth into a state without a government was described in detail. In response, the US government assigned Jim a number. He is now a federal prisoner, his number is 26906-086, and his estimated release date is August 3, 2009 ( any federal prisoner in the United States can be found at http://www.bop.gov ). What is so terrible that Jim came up with, for which he was imprisoned for 10 years in a country where the first amendment to the constitution declares freedom of speech? | | | | Google Translate | | | Death tote James Dalton Bell once thought: "There is so much freedom on the Internet, how can I use all this in real life?" And he came up with an organization that is most convenient to compare with a sweepstake. A typical sweepstake works something like this: it collects money from all participants and pays those who correctly guessed the result. "Tote" by Jim Bell is arranged a little differently: here the subject of guessing is the date of death of a person, and all participants are divided into three groups. There are "donors" - those who are dissatisfied with someone. There is an "object" - this is the one with whom the "donors" are dissatisfied. And there is a "predictor" - this is the one who predicts the date of death of the "object". The "sweepstake" collects money from the "donors" and pays them to the "predictor" who correctly guessed the date of death of the "object". Unclear? Then in order. First, let's discuss in more detail the roles of the participants. For example, a man in the street sits at home and watches the news, while a fat, arrogant and arrogant corrupt politician is broadcasting from the screen. And the man in the street understands that no democracy will help remove this bastard from the trough. What is our hero doing? He anonymously deposits a certain amount (no matter how much - even a dollar, even a thousand) to a special account, thereby becoming a "donor". All those who do not like this particular politician send money to the same account. "Tote" sums up the funds received and publishes information about the amount of money collected for accurately predicting the date of death of this or that "object". It turns out such a kind of unpopularity rating. For example, for an accurate prediction of the date of death of politician A, $ 100 thousand was collected, and for politician B - $ 800 thousand. This concerns the “donors”. We emphasize once again that all "donors" are anonymous.No one under any circumstances will be able to find out who contributed money and for whom. Now let's imagine a professional (or not so professional) hitman. He sits at home and studies the unpopularity rating. More money has been filed for someone, but his security is serious. And for someone less money, but it's easier to get to it. In the end, a compromise is found, and the killer becomes a "predictor". He plans to eliminate the “object”, then makes up a prediction, which he encrypts (this moment is very important: “Tote” cannot read the text of the prediction) and, together with a certain amount of money, sends it to the address of “Tote”. What does money have to do with it? The fact is that if the amount of the bonus for a correct prediction is significant, and the subject is elderly, there is a possibility that someone could try to guess blindly: they would simply bet on all days for several years. To do so would be economically ineffective,and a requirement arose to accompany the prediction with a certain amount. In practice, this amount could be, say, one thousandth of the premium. And the organization itself. It operates strictly within the legal framework. Indeed, there is nothing illegal in sweepstakes, and the organizers know even less about the participants in such a “sweepstake” than an ordinary enterprise of this kind. The fact is that almost all information that an organization receives is encrypted. As mentioned above, the organization does not know the content of the prediction. Therefore, he cannot inform the authorities about the impending disgrace. In addition, the conditions of the "Totalizator" do not require the violent death of the "object" at all. So, the organization accumulates funds of "donors", keeps records of them, constantly publishes (for example, on the Internet) a rating of unpopularity, advertises and pays remuneration to "predictors". Digital technologies Do you think that everything described above is the delirium of a sick science fiction writer? Not at all. All this has been technologically feasible for a dozen years. At the heart of such an enterprise is digital technologies - in particular, public key encryption systems, digital signatures, digital money, Usenet and anonymous remailers. Too hard? Again, they didn't guess. However, if you're really wondering how all of this could work, check out the sidebar. Read about digital money in the next issue. Society without fools And what do we get? If such a system works and the old system of states cannot oppose it with something equally revolutionary, then it is quite obvious that in the very first months of the operation of such a system, literally all public politicians will perish. And new ones will not appear: it will be clear to everyone that appearing on television means guaranteed death. There will be no politicians, there will be no government, there will be no taxes. There will be no army. But if there is no army, then someone will immediately seize such a country? Do not hurry. Historical experience shows that peoples do not bring their enmity to a state of general war. Wars are arranged by rulers. The clearest example of this is the situation with the German people after World War II and with the peoples of the Eastern Bloc after the fall of the Berlin Wall: as soon as the rulers disappeared, the conflict disappeared with them. So why not simply “order” the ruler of a warring country today? The answer to this question is obvious: only another ruler can make such a decision today. And the first thing he thinks about is: "And if they" order "me ?!" In the case when the “customer” is society, this is exactly how, with little blood, planetary catastrophes like the First and Second World Wars will be prevented. There will be no police. But if there is no police, then the bacchanalia of crime will come! Again, no. After all, instead of the police, another, much more reliable and incorruptible mechanism of public self-regulation will appear. The fact is that the lion's share of crimes are committed by two categories of criminals - drug addicts who need to get money for drugs at any cost, and professional criminals. It is known, for example, that almost all cars are stolen by the same people. With drug addicts it is quite simple: if there is no government, then there will be no ban on drugs and the problem will move from social to medical. Drug addicts will become what alcoholics are today. Only the average life expectancy of drug addicts, as we know, is many times less. As soon as the ban on drugs disappears, this business will cease to be super profitable. And pharmaceutical corporations with vast drug experience will quickly fill the market with very cheap and high quality products. Heroin will cost like aspirin. Drug addiction as a social phenomenon will be ended very quickly. It's just that all drug addicts will self-destruct. There will be no one to attract new ones. There will be no super-profits, no drug lords, no law enforcement mafia, which is vitally interested in the fact that drugs always exist. It's even funnier with professional criminals. Insurance companies will deal with them in no time. They will simply fund really effective services for identifying criminals, and the identified villains will immediately "order" in the manner described above. We are ours, we will build a new world ... This is the picture painted by the American visionary Jim Bell in his work "The Politics of Assassination" (the best way to look for it is using google.com, by the title - "Assassination politics" and the name of the author - Jim Bell). By the way, do you know why he was jailed for 10 years? For the fact that he identified the federal agents who were tracking him, and released private information about them on the Internet. The indictment also featured a "conspiracy to assassinate federal agents through The Politics of Assassinations." So, reader, you are holding a weapon in your hands. Be vigilant! May 2003 | Author: Evgeny Bogorad progoamerov

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Hmmmm.... "belligerant"
by jim bell 15 Sep '20

15 Sep '20

Belligerent synonyms | Best 63 synonyms for belligerent thesaurus.yourdictionary.com › belligerentJul 8, 2020 - Words near belligerent in the Thesaurus. bell, jim and assassination politics · bellied · bellies · belligerence · belligerency; belligerent; belling · bellow · bellowed ...

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