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IQNets, making ISPs happy as bro, happy as ;)
by Zenaan Harkness 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

"Incentivize, in every case possible." The primary vector of node 'locality' (in a technical sense) is friend node, friend of friend node, etc, with each "friend" node carrying a meat space user asserted 'trust' level. The next vector of node locality, is network locality - nodes connected to my ISP ought be known, and for many types of content, preferred for downloading from. "My ISP" may be "none" when I am in pure ad hoc wireless mesh mode. There may well be some trust vs locality vs cautiousness polynomial calculations to determine "reasonable randomized routes for each content distribution use case at issue", given current IQNets connectivity. At least, by preferring ISP network locality where it is reasonable and sensible to do so (modulo inter jurisdictional network hopping chaff fill, node configuration, 'security' needs for the app making the route(s) etc), IQNets is able to "prefer local ISP" and thereby maximize ISP network locality; this is necessary to be practical (as a mode of operation, per config) in order to maximize the "improving network efficiency as more users join" effects, and to make ISPs as happy as we are able - the more efficiently we use of underlying physical networks, backhauls, dark fibre links etc, the less barriers to use and support from those we want support from, and the more resources are ultimately available to end users. Another "polynomial" or config will perhaps necessarily be "minimum node count presently within a given network locality, for 'local/ISP preferred' routing to be enabled - if there are only 2 other IQNets nodes presently within my ISP's network, route node mixing is simply insufficient for various anonymizing needs. [TODO: workshop terms "security" (may be too overloaded), and anonymity] Similar "polynomial calculation principle" may apply for legal jurisdiction hopping (at the network layer)...

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IQNets, foundation moral principle
by Zenaan Harkness 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

IQNets is born of our fundamental human right to communicate freely, and anonymously, amongst consenting humans, free from stalking by governments and by corporations. Just as we have the human right to go for a stroll in a park and have a private chat between ourselves without stalkers and snoops listening in, so too do we have the human right to communicate privately and anonymously using any technical means at our disposal such as a telephone, a computer, a stroll through a park. This human right to communicate freely and anonymously, is a fundamental human right. It is a fundamental human right, since without this right to communicate amongst ourselves privately and anonymously, we are bound to the dictates and abuses of those presently in power who do on occasion abuse their power and whom we are not otherwise able to hold accountable for their abuse. We have the right to (attempt to) hold those in power accountable for their abuses of other humans, and for their abuses of power. The capacity to communicate freely and anonymously, is fundamental to the right of those without power, to hold accountable those presently in power. Certain fundamental human rights such as the right to communciate amongst ourselves freely and anonymously, may be abused by one or another human; this is part of the price we pay for living with freedom (in this case, the freedom to communicate privately and anonymously). This is just the same as our right to own and buy and sell knives so that we may efficiently chop vegetables to make a meal - whilst some humans abuse this right to own knives to nefarious ends. Such is in the nature of humans, but if we give up the right to own, to buy and to sell knives, then we give up a basic right to possess the tools required to prepare and consume food. Without the right to possess those tools required to prepare and consume food, or in like manner the right to communicate freely and without the government or others stalking our conversations, we are reduced to be nothing but slaves, beholden to the will of those in power. And so, a free people readily and with gratitude, pays the price that must be paid, to live in freedom. A people who do not pay the price freedom demands, which includes the consequences of living in freedom, are slaves, and are not free. There are other fundamental human rights. On this foundation principle - our fundamental human right to communicate freely and anonymously without being stalked and monitored - is IQNets sanctioned into existence. IQNets - making the impossible possible.

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i2p network.
by jim bell 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

Since these people seem to be advertising their wares, I believe somebody should get in touch with them and inform them of our desire to implement an anonymization network. They might will have something useful to say. https://geti2p.net/en/ However, on an attempt, I cannot seem to register for their forums. Is the system down?Could someone else try to access this system. Jim Bell

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AreaDC: We Stormed The SCIF
by grarpamp 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/oct/23/trump-news-today-live-… https://homeland.house.gov/imo/media/doc/IrvingSCIF.pdf FUD scare propaganda letter above. It's all a game, and you're paying for it.

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Snowden on Rogan
by grarpamp 24 Oct '19

24 Oct '19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efs3QRr8LWw https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21333063

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Computer Business Review: EXCLUSIVE – Last Punched Tape Crypto Key Rolls off the NSA’s Machines
by jim bell 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Computer Business Review: EXCLUSIVE – Last Punched Tape Crypto Key Rolls off the NSA’s Machines. https://www.cbronline.com/news/nsa-punched-tape-keys

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Website listing donors to TOR system: We should contact them and ask for sponsorship, just like they did for TOR.
by jim bell 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

The following is a list of current sponsors, and a list of past sponsors, for the TOR project. I think it would be a good idea if we contact them, stating we are aware of their current (or past) sponsorship of the TOR project, and tell them we intend to provide some long-needed friendly 'competition' to the TOR project. And say that we would appreciate having the same per-node donations that they donated to the TOR project. I am probably not the best one to make this pitch, since my 'reputation' seems to be a bit 'tarnished'. Okay, who here is the LEAST scandalous and outrageous? Jim Bell https://www.torproject.org/about/sponsors/ Sponsors:DARPA via University of Pennsylvania https://www.darpa.mil/program/extreme-ddos-defense Institute of Museum and Library Services via New York University https://www.imls.gov/ Team Cymruhttps://www.team-cymru.org/ Google Season of Docshttps://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/ Craig Newmark Philanthropieshttps://craignewmarkphilanthropies.org/ Digital Impact Alliancehttps://digitalimpactalliance.org/ DARPA via Georgetown Universityhttps://www.darpa.mil/ Past Sponsors - Torfox - 2009 - SRI International - 2011-2017 - Shinjiru Technology - 2009 - 2011 - Reddit - 2015 - Omidyar Network Enzyme Grant - 2006 - National Science Foundation via Rice University - 2006 - 2007 - National Science Foundation joint with Princeton University - 2012 - 2018 - National Science Foundation joint with University of Illinois at Chicago - 2016 - 2018 - National Science Foundation via Drexel University - 2009 - 2011 - Naval Research Laboratory - 2006 - 2010 - NLnet Foundation - 2008 - 2009 - National Christian Foundation - 2010-2012, 2014 - Internews Europe - 2006 - 2008 - Human Rights Watch - 2007 - Federal Foreign Office of Germany - 2015 - Google - 2008 - 2009 - Google Summer of Code - 2007-2014 and 2016-2017 - Freedom of the Press Foundation - 2014 - The Ford Foundation - 2013 - 2014 - Hivos/The Digital Defenders Partnership - 2014 - 2015 - Electronic Frontier Foundation - 2004 - 2005 - Disconnect - 2014 - Cyber-TA project - 2006 - 2008 - Bell Security Solutions Inc - 2006 - Broadcasting Board of Governors - 2006 - 2013 - Access Now - 2012 - Internews - 2008-2013 - DARPA and ONR via Naval Research Laboratory - 2001 - 2006 - Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment - 2018 - National Science Foundation via University of Minnesota - 2013 - 2018 - National Science Foundation joint with Georgetown - 2015 - 2019 - National Science Foundation joint with Rochester Institute of Technology - 2016 - 2019 - U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor via Harvard - 2017 - 2019

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Test Your Worldview, Disassembling Statist Dictionary
by grarpamp 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Worldview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofNMBqrnDDc Dictionary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG7f5IFXRK0

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Planning for a project to implement 1000-node anonymization network
by jim bell 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

I am emailing as an interested party on behalf of some people on the cypherpunks email list. We are considering a project implementing a large anonymization network, hopefully in excess of 1000 nodes. One possibility is that the hardware for a node will be a Raspberry Pi 4 computer, nodes which could be placed in residences. We hope to get subsidies to buy the hardware, and possibly partly-subsidized Internet service as well. We want to amount to competition to the TOR system. Can you direct us to literature, or any information that would help us planning this project? I am copying this email to the Cypherpunks email list. Jim Bell

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Joseph Nacchio Qwest NSA Spying Insider Trading Prison
by grarpamp 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwest#Refusal_of_NSA_surveillance_requests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8um6lImuWQ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=joseph+nacchio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classified_Information_Procedures_Act https://www.dhs.gov/cisa/national-security-telecommunications-advisory-comm… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graymail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_witness_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Secrets_Protection_Act "That's what Governments do" --JN Where is Joseph Nacchio now?

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