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Finally, technology and justice come together
by Zenaan Harkness 03 Apr '16

03 Apr '16

Seems we need our government to issue breeding licenses and car cams to keep a close, and I mean close, eye on everyone. At least someone is finally putting technology to a good use, upholding justice, pricking the conscience and delivering some <ahem>firm, justice. America, that freedom lovin nation we all love to love. God bless America. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/04/02/1938216/oklahoma-video-vigilante-us… "Oklahoma Video Vigilante Uses Drone To Wage War Against Prostitutes and Johns HughPickens.com writes: Chris Baraniuk writes at BBC that Brian Bates, known in Oklahoma as the "Video Vigilante," is taking credit for Amanda Zolicoffer's conviction on a lewdness charge after being caught on Bates' drone mounted camera in a sex act in a parked vehicle last year. Zolicoffer was sentenced to a year in state prison for the misdemeanor while the case against her alleged client, who was released following arrest in December, is still pending. "I'm sort of known in the Oklahoma City area," says Bates . "For the last 20 years I've used a video camera to document street-level and forced prostitution, and human trafficking." Bates runs a website where he publishes videos of alleged sex workers and their clients. "I am openly referred to as a video vigilante, I don't really shy away from that," says Bates adding that the two individuals were inside a vehicle and the incident occurred away from other members of the public. The drone dropped to within a few feet of the vehicle where it filmed a 75 year old in the front seat of the white pickup truck. The duo separated after Zolicoffer, who was identified by her tattoo saying "Baby Gangster," saw the drone hovering overhead. "

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nsa taxis
by juan 03 Apr '16

03 Apr '16

so I took a look at 'uber argentina' - as usual the amount of self parody is almost unreal... 1) nsa-uber steals 25% of the driver's earnings. 2) They have all sorts of draconian requirements, including new cars, age requirements, and all kinds of ID shit from the government nazis. Razer would love it. 3) only credit cards accepted - meaning everything is fully tracked and TAXED And all that for the benefit of having your taxi fares monitored by the pentagon and stored in a datacenter forever. Ah yes, when it comes to freedom enhancing 'innovation', the americunts are the masters of the universe.

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nextdoor.com: Privacy and Datamining Nightmare
by grarpamp 03 Apr '16

03 Apr '16

Like Facebook, but worse.

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Re: [tor-relays] I would like to help.
by grarpamp 03 Apr '16

03 Apr '16

Many residential and business ISP's are the same dsl/coax/fiber company. Many of them will provide extra IP's for some tiny fee, so primary clearnet use can remain unaffected. Or you can route tor over vpn. Some do run exits at home. In that case consider contact local LEAs enquiring if they exonorator / informing them your project. Find your cyber / crime defense attorney to inform. And at least consider posting tor-exit-notice on your doors and clearly segregating your project / personal spaces and activities, encrypt / index what datasets you have, offsite backups. Exit issues have become very rare as LEAs have become educated over the years. Preparation is still better. After that, being a punk is half the fun and point.

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NSA, USG and sheeple good. You bad. :P
by Georgi Guninski 02 Apr '16

02 Apr '16

NSA, USG and sheeple good. You bad. Got it? Period . :P

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Stingray legal case
by jim bell 01 Apr '16

01 Apr '16

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/appeals-court-no-stingrays-witho… [quote begins] On Wednesday, the Maryland Court of Special Appealspublished a legal opinion finding that state police must not only obtain a warrant before deploying a cell-site simulator, but are required to also fully explain to the court what exactly the device does and how it is used. As Ars has long reported, cell-site simulators—known colloquially as stingrays, can be used to determine a mobile phone’s location by spoofing a cell tower. In some cases, stingrays can intercept calls and text messages. Once deployed, the devices intercept data from a target phonealong with information from other phones within the vicinity. At times, police have falsely claimed the use of a confidential informant when they have actually deployed these particularly sweeping and intrusive surveillance tools. In recent years, stingray use has come under increasing scrutiny, with several states includingCalifornia, Washington, Virginia, Minnesota, and Utah now mandating a warrant be issued for their use. Last year, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice also imposed new policies that require a warrant for stingray use in most cases. In an e-mail to Ars, American Civil Liberties Union attorney Nathan Wessler called Wednesday's opinion the "first appellate opinion in the country to fully address the question of whether police must disclose their intent to use a cell site simulator to a judge and obtain a probable cause warrant." "The court’s opinion is a resounding defense of Fourth Amendment rights in the digital age," he continued. "The court’s withering rebuke of secret and warrantless use of invasive cell phone tracking technology shows why it is so important for these kinds of privacy invasions to be subjected to judicial review. Other courts will be able to look to this opinion as they address rampant use of cell site simulators by police departments across the country. [end of portion quoted] My opinion: The purpose of a "warrant" is to make legal what would otherwise be illegal. If an ordinary citizen used a stingray for this sort of surveillance, that would clearly be called illegal. Therefore, police should be required to obtain a warrant in order to use a stingray. (or, more properly, they shouldn't be allowed to do that at all.) Jim Bell

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SPICE: Special Purpose Integrated Communications Equipment
by Michael Best 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Does anyone know ANYTHING about Special Purpose Integrated Communications Equipment (SPICE) or a Special Purpose Integrated Communications (SPICECOM) center in Nevada? -- Veritas aequitas liberabit vos Veri universum vici That 1 Archive <http://that1archive.neocities.org/> @NatSecGeek <https://twitter.com/NatSecGeek> -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: SKS 1.1.5 Comment: Hostname: pgp.mit.edu mQINBChG9zoBEADKzALG4UHCjY6L9OFUxWRVGGCW7LY71K2EAK/0jkRh1wPkJ4chPaVJ3vVD nJ0d8HxsyR5R3+y7GH6GCc/tK0IDPJah+xpQnraS1nWUvAlSaaxsBK4hJfuVGyfBg/joQVKU OhpqJLQhRIkUWk30QC94IbOKiCTb6V4pStLYyrLieewjT481vvRIYp/48IS5eiveZW0/IpcA HBON7xJw6P1murC8PNOJSWRCp9FJhcs3wIPG3cFTfsxSZnGcoivMgFLtGAfLbztpZkcHEMOR 4qamVvirzYGHma0UlOzyNr7xpxyLXFsU5kKzQ8Az2nP1GG7vuqXSjPNLIvvHFL+g+gKuCe9W xTa9Ac038RRSiBGdDrvTFpQ/h9h5GWIHP7nsA4TCeZSpL81aqp7Cb0MK3KPQmteTPIujVCnx jXXHrOe9Tj6iYUU8edApISyBEVFZMd+EtfDEDf/ZwDjzSGE85vv1dZ/ck7iJvS8FwM8hsRBG U9huCKiItGs26teUJ2Sum49YaEiDL4QLQhJ+FbsAusxJg+V3GE/4w75K/6/czT0p10Mf66Uo fRFTvYRE7S6CNDxzTI4q7+pnRlxMBduGC33KY4eq4Py/O3LWHBDxZ+LffIa/tWcB/7oZ6yDo bdWleNk5wnJdPGr6lUTHTM4tpDIEcXYpvjzyLcMtg4tFm/Dc0QARAQABtGVNaWNoYWVsIEJl c3QgKFByaXZhdGUsIG5vdCBzZWN1cmUuIEZvciBzZWN1cmUgZW1haWwsIHJlcXVlc3QgYSBv bmUtdGltZSBrZXkuKSA8dGhlbWlrZWJlc3RAZ21haWwuY29tPokCPQQTAQoAJwUCKEb3OgIb AwUJNXc1AAULCQgHAwUVCgkICwUWAgMBAAIeAQIXgAAKCRCiYH9hY4dAS3e+D/sFwyJER4/4 ZnHYC/1EzCpHeDikSmULEgsvNgzo73thOV9/Q2I8mCJTlQjsK4rZ2YiDzi4b0CN8kzjpxtVz BsBsxfyPLrdH4VoqeqeBVzbwHxSk7bYUI3vFt+e3gBgpAxbVfPXCnYUnWPRlr9dc/JZoPJH4 p8yRIqktehbAE3Fa3gkfrXJ5e6+/nKlQhikyvo9VuErrLpPMXBzOq4/2LVfurkcOzlp1RBjs hWr6B98EiOXs44ZGLEkINxJiW8koFhw/WDuON8LKi/DtLiqqtBVTjrkqKCuKzSAVncGGcEVO 3Om3aOIOvG0do/wQKYXnpbeGsHwx2PGrJ7H+lb2bIb5KhbZkbG4rMTjsVnuGN+IF4BxBhmGz MYoooWy4VCLL0o8keomU8JPXt+fZDqJ9sNjY/asTsjOa6aE3bIa6w3mWUeefGwA25oXur3Rr L3wmu1pPzCejumfA1X93dS9UZS3xni+7W34g6YbsREuaZ+YBxFLN227JXAx2pEdjLsuVOaqM 9CO7ARHsxDZoE9U7n0s3txnSw/2YYwjEK1wDhdLnHBL3ZzaAcaHnpzsTYQAVW7uXKKHhzeSK GP3O4ByCisM/7WLFvIIpaNNs85jI1PvKH0GutSTl9xXDfWuYMl9rwwbteBB/oGSxlIFe0pqq IDNfAJdR/HjTLqrTES2wdXJS1bkCDQQoRvc6ARAAmltXrhVfpePdIFrfEHCet4nkQvmRI+AX rUgiNlxQDW8M5FzlUfT2xpMXHMWuKehTYpFq7bNbFi+fwBhMajgvgDsTuLInftKSFp+sisbR n8psv7CpGB4jp0Xd4y1Wm/HejV/kga0kcUVVetaqyzgZedn1UnccQRzDBVWW2j2ed+hi/8g0 /d7mbVG81yzJo8tLidM90xFF7JGlijm0dBAqmhD4UgkxSnJQ3PK5onqdjdbx7HkP68RrkeTQ vhWK1978qzdSl9ljJ0jLnoAaDNPs5Dj/TyYCtqoKHUqMbTwU5nIQnJG7geMeSw/7OVnKlypF Rs/JesZzMBooZTRxZJuIB/q0wOfE/MYTwGSwLs2brUwJFJ6bSYmerZ+81S8W/Y4mehJ3o6Vl SabrrVN+LlBfUuRqd5U909WECzk6HVnwnRfL07zD+1y5cLU+e4MQs2227kLriTIxtDZ/umeG hKQgNgFGTAPHJxA96xGvQ8Ovv+XEivlO0jxBNMIiopNSlMDE+k3nigWHuavt9LUUCOd45aw7 0pgKstQQgpFfVAwV98LPpUKxa61q6wQiQHAcP7YxuQG0dsr4nUq2xids5l1IpOLzZJ3nRThM k7alkljBbqphbocV3FsSXOkpcSWns94k1QGmrPzEPLF0FHFBG6whWoaoEySMkdsN1zVu4GMU o2EAEQEAAYkCJQQYAQoADwUCKEb3OgIbDAUJNXc1AAAKCRCiYH9hY4dASzTaEACKXVgc8KmZ xWyYTUQgIwrj3J/re68uIilq0iBBDocgEZZpxyf6lD1V3IKBjAPpWyYHMrrrLY64rFDR+8DE Xyhm1Wv2S6YJuWJtyAlS4bciXjJE6evirIH5GoFq++vzsufRaudAoQ56hJ0+Z3dNMMWZ6YuP zWNNL2tvpdo3Nvd8bqiADWSffFdIPv5Yj/mZsXmaDN+7iWYlAdCrubGyGzFHlCh26Ghu6SS0 /u8x1/Oi7ma7fUMFnEsFiYjwBkD3pQKK1dm7j2f1OMxi8uky8vgBgx40aeJkoUgEvIHWsCIi CWVTyfiGeWIcKbK7tYP5jsjV5fUv+TaQ1pApt++Pyop1aogfQ8icNBQQkdX6E4gNhnPOPTM8 FTl69Tq5Ori5+TM8VM0iPGiydlcAXIAD3OyR4tZM12Ga1AtppKjx31EyDB4SPzUmDWRy5WgG NRH3+RgiK/iXVcvLdFIKj3/AvctSLdbayyaFD8zrE/wcMzLfie+iE231+rG/7gmcR3H1rcYE vxvmWAPikLQKiMUpPBNSvfLPUTrwNSGiZ5ieAAPgOooc3u5nohwZmEW1pg6HirZgIAgAYuyL aLgnikwH70guiQ4Ufsih3gy0ddsUwliUTtbYQyX0OBQoTUyaiXPy0Wu2FJfsxiW8X9Lu9pIH KOwU9K76VKot+UikGqeFQsS/Ig== =M+du -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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USG-Apple Orders to Assist Search and Decrypt Vacated
by John Young 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

USG-Apple Orders to Assist Search and Decrypt Vacated https://cryptome.org/2016/03/usg-apple-210.pdf

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Re: [Cryptography] USG v. Lavabit-Snowden Files Unsealed
by Cari Machet 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

And the guy that started telegram wasnt even treated this way in russia ... they asked to access accounts for a platform he developed he said no and left the country never to return thats why we have telegram ... he just moves around the planet prolly has a swiss like untouchable bank account or 2 If people are surprised by this kind of USG action then that for me is scary .. USG been seriously dead long time now - never was really alive as it likes to propagandize On Mar 17, 2016 3:55 PM, "Bill Cox" <waywardgeek(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Wow, this is scary. It sounds like Lavabit was fined $5,000 per day until > it handed over the encryption keys for its email service, and that Lavabit > further had a gag order and could say nothing about it. Here's the text of > this order: > > ORDER > > This matter comes before the Court on the motion of the government for > sanctions for failure to comply with this Court's order entered August 2, > 2013. For the reasons stated in the government's motion, and pursuantto > Title 18, United States Code. Section 401, it is hereby ORDERED that the > motion for sanctions is granted; It isfurther ORDERED that, if the > encryption keys necessary to implement the pen register and trap and trace > device are not provided to the FBI in PEM or equivalent electronic formal > by noon (CDT) on August 5, 2013, a fine of five thousand dollars > ($5,000.00) shall be imposed on Lavabit LLC and Mr. Levison; It is further > ORDERED that, if the encryption keys necessary to implement the pen > register and trap and trace device are not provided to the FBI in PEM or > equivalent electronic format by noon (CDT) each day thereafter beginning > August 6, 2013, a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) shall be > imposed on Lavabit LLC and Mr. Levison for each day of noncompliance; and > It is further ORDERED that the government's motion for sanctions and this > Order shall remain under seal until further order of this Court > > As an ethical matter, I believe our government should tell its citizens > what form of spying on our private communications it is doing, and under > what conditions. Seeing our government do this sort of thing in secret > scares the heck out of me. It is certainly not what I thought would happen > in the USA. > > Bill > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 5:39 PM, John Young <jya(a)pipeline.com> wrote: > >> USG v. Lavabit-Snowden Files Unsealed: >> >> https://cryptome.org/2016/03/usg-lavabit-unsealed.pdf (560 pp, 140MB) >> >> Precursor to USG v. Apple. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The cryptography mailing list >> cryptography(a)metzdowd.com >> http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography > > > > _______________________________________________ > The cryptography mailing list > cryptography(a)metzdowd.com > http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography >

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Apple engineers... Will they (snigger) crack under pressure
by Rayzer 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

I can't imagine Apple would fire an employee for refusing. AAMOF the best publicity in the WORLD for them would be if they publicly declined to discipline or fire an employee for refusing. "Apple’s engineers may refuse to write software to break into the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters if the FBI wins its court battle with the tech giant, according to more than half a dozen current and former employees." Apple employees are already discussing what they will do if ordered to help law enforcement authorities. Some say they may balk at the work, while others may even quit their high-paying jobs rather than undermine the security of the software they have already created, according to more than a half-dozen current and former Apple employees. Among those interviewed were Apple engineers who are involved in the development of mobile products and security, as well as former security engineers and executives. The potential resistance adds a wrinkle to a very public fight between Apple, the world’s most valuable company, and the authorities over access to an iPhone used by one of the attackers in the December mass killing in San Bernardino, Calif. It also speaks directly to arguments Apple has made in legal documents that the government’s demand curbs free speech by asking the company to order people to do things that they consider offensive. “Such conscription is fundamentally offensive to Apple’s core principles and would pose a severe threat to the autonomy of Apple and its engineers,” Apple’s lawyers wrote in the company’s final brief to the Federal District Court for the Central District of California. In full: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/technology/apple-encryption-engineers-if-… -- RR "Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to pinpoint potential trouble-makers ... And neutralize them, neutralize them, neutralize them"

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