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Many happy Returns!
by Razer 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

January 28 2020 0953 pst, bash ping cpunks.org returns "64 bytes from antiproton.jfet.org (209.141.47.85)" https://web.jfet.org/ "Questions? Comments?" rsw(a)jfet.org Riad S. Wahby "I am a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at Stanford, working with Dan Boneh and Keith Winstein. Broadly speaking, I work on designing and building secure hardware and software systems, tackling questions like "how can we build trustworthy chips?" and "how can we build operating systems that resist subversion by malicious hardware?" https://wahby.org/

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Assassination or Decapitation? U.S. Gets Kim Jong-un’s Attention – InsideSources
by jim bell 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

https://www.insidesources.com/assassination-or-decapitation-u-s-gets-kim-jo…

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Who's Spying Your Phone 2020, Pine Librem, via Braxman
by grarpamp 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6-axLHh5V8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLWBaW4f38I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNItvMBIXyQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Collection_System_Network Pinephone switches not externally accessible.

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Roman Yushkov (Russia) awarded damages in persecution suit - dozens jailed in Germany
by Zenaan Harkness 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

Speak, or lose the right to speak. Defend the right of others to speak, or lose your own right to speak. Peace. Russian Holocaust Denier Wins Damages in Persecution Suit While German Truth-Tellers Rot in Jail https://russia-insider.com/en/russian-holocaust-denier-wins-damages-persecu… https://russia-insider.com/en/tales-holohoax There is consternation that the outcome of high court litigation in Russia has supported the right of holocaust critics and investigators (holocaust deniers) the right to publish their findings and beliefs. Investigation of the holocaust narrative is illegal in much of Europe. On January 21, the Leninsky District Court of Perm decided to award Perm civil activist Roman Yushkov 50 thousand rubles in compensation for non-pecuniary damage for his being persecuted in connection with his right to publicly claim that the holocaust is a scam sponsored by politicians dependent upon Jewish patronage. ... >From the "great news from Russia" department of the right to speak.

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Roman Yushkov (Russia) awarded damages in persecution suit - dozens jailed in Germany
by Zenaan Harkness 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

Speak, or lose the right to speak. Defend the right of others to speak, or lose your own right to speak. Peace. Russian Holocaust Denier Wins Damages in Persecution Suit While German Truth-Tellers Rot in Jail https://russia-insider.com/en/russian-holocaust-denier-wins-damages-persecu… https://russia-insider.com/en/tales-holohoax There is consternation that the outcome of high court litigation in Russia has supported the right of holocaust critics and investigators (holocaust deniers) the right to publish their findings and beliefs. Investigation of the holocaust narrative is illegal in much of Europe. On January 21, the Leninsky District Court of Perm decided to award Perm civil activist Roman Yushkov 50 thousand rubles in compensation for non-pecuniary damage for his being persecuted in connection with his right to publicly claim that the holocaust is a scam sponsored by politicians dependent upon Jewish patronage. ... >From the "great news from Russia" department of the right to speak.

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Radio: SDR... Amp Your Rig to 500kW and Beyond
by grarpamp 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbHjcwIoTiY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9UO9tn4MpI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo9nGzIzSPw https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22158976 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Creek_Naval_Radio_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roumoules_radio_transmitter USB for plugging RTL-SDR and gadgets... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22152736 https://www.usb-hubs.org/

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Facialized: London Pigs to Pimp-Your-Steps like DMVs and AU Traffic Your Sexy Self
by grarpamp 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

More news about the slavery you signed up for... https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51237665 The Metropolitan Police has announced it will use live facial recognition cameras operationally for the first time on London streets. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjdkq7/avast-antivirus-sells-user-browsi… Program used by hundreds of millions of people around the world is selling highly sensitive web browsing data to many of the world's biggest companies. Clients include Google, Yelp, Microsoft, McKinsey, Pepsi, Sephora, Home Depot, Conde Nast, Intuit, and many others. Some clients paid millions of dollars for products that include a so-called "All Clicks Feed," which can track user behavior, clicks, and movement across websites in highly precise detail. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evjekz/the-california-dmv-is-making-doll… https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43kxzq/dmvs-selling-data-private-investi… The California Department of Motor Vehicles is generating revenue of $50,000,000 a year through selling drivers' personal information, according to a DMV document obtained by Motherboard. DMVs across the country are selling data that drivers are required to provide to the organization in order to obtain a license. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/australia-wants-to-use-face-rec… https://www.cnet.com/news/australian-government-biometric-face-verification… "Home Affairs is developing a Face Verification Service which matches a person's photo against images used on one of their evidence of identity documents to help verify their identity," "the first phase of its new biometric Face Verification Service (FVS) is up and running, giving a number of government departments and the Australian Federal Police the ability to share and match digital photos of faces." Initially, the system was fairly limited. It only included photos of people who had applied to become Australian citizens. And use of the database was supposed to be limited to a handful of government agencies with a compelling need for it. But since then, the government has steadily expanded the system. Photos from other sources were added to the database. And Australia has been trying to develop a more sophisticated Face Identification Service that can identify unknown persons. "The Face Verification Service is not yet fully operational," the government acknowledges. "Whilst it is intended to be made available to private sector organizations in future, this will be subject to the passage of the Identity-matching Services Bill 2019 which is currently before Parliament."

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The Next Political System
by Ryan Carboni 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

To understand the next political system requires understanding why the previous one has failed. https://nitter.net/AndrewHClark/status/1221824515740708866 NEW POLL: On virtually every big indicator Americans say things are better today than they were at the end of the Obama-Biden presidency. Economy is better (+22 points), country is more secure (+18 points), the military is stronger (+15 points), streets are safer (+9 points)... . I leave you with this quote: “Only three people have ever really understood the Schleswig-Holstein business—the Prince Consort, who is dead—a German professor, who has gone mad—and I, who have forgotten all about it."

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Re: Server infrastructure talk for Extinction Rebellion
by Ryan Carboni 27 Jan '20

27 Jan '20

Extinction Rebellion is clearly a CIA-Russian operation. Beyond that, all organizations that offer membership to the public has a leadership comprised of informants. https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/03/delingpole-exposed-soros-on-lis… Major donors are said to include — inevitably — George Soros; Vivienne Westwood’s son Joe Corre (the saucy underwear and dildo tycoon, worth $48 million); the European Climate Foundation (which funnels money from far-left American philanthropic foundations to European climate projects); Greenpeace; the far-left Tides Foundation; and a little known Swiss asset management company, called Furka Holdings, founded by a banker with Russian links, which gave £50,000.

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Server infrastructure talk for Extinction Rebellion
by Greg Newby 27 Jan '20

27 Jan '20

I just watched an informative talk from 36C3 by Julian Oliver: https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-11008-server_infrastructure_for_global_rebellion At around minute 28 he begins talking about the specific server software, datacenter hosting, and other aspects of their operational security implementation. This description goes to around minute 44, and then there is some Q&A that is also quite informative. Nobody asked him why they didn't use TOR -- presumably it wasn't even a contender. For sysadmin activity they use VPNs to countries with strict data protection laws (Switzerland and Iceland are mentioned). Data partitions are encrypted, and they have various contingency plans in the event a server is seized. At around minute 34, there is a list of the different software choices they made to support Extinction Rebellion. They chose alternatives to Slack, Google, Mailchimp, Zoom, etc. Some were found to be better than the better-known alternatives, and some were worse, for performance, scalability and usability. He mentioned that modern users are looking for something like a Google-based single sign-on, which is anathema to the anti-surveillance infrastructure they are focusing on. The software and configuration choices are today's best-of-breed for making surveillance and seizure more difficult. This naturally includes not utilizing commercial solutions, and also naturally includes self-hosting the infrastructure. ER is a global movement that is highly decentralized and, according to the first 28 minutes of the talk, is having an impact. This is primarily through non-violent actions. They mainly seek progress on combating climate change. https://rebellion.global or https://organize.earth for more info.

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