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Filecoin A $257 Ponzi? (ref: IPFS, Storj, MaidSafe, etc)
by grarpamp 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15816729 https://github.com/backender/filecoin-survey/releases/download/0.5/filecoin… Many distributed storage like projects mentioned in thread.

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absurd MacOS High Sierra bug
by John Newman 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

https://it.slashdot.org/story/17/11/28/2135236/macos-high-sierra-bug-allows… The title pretty much says it all - you can login as root with no password, or elevate to root privileges to make system changes with no password, on all the current MacOS High Sierra releases. There is a work around (I think you simply have to enable the root account, with a password), but man.. wtf !? It shouldn't affect sshd - PermitRootLogin defaults to no. However it does appear to affect VNC / Apple Remote Desktop connections. LOL! How does something like this get past QA ? -- GPG fingerprint: 17FD 615A D20D AFE8 B3E4 C9D2 E324 20BE D47A 78C7

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Cryptocurrency: Speaking of $10k...
by grarpamp 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7g9cd3/its_official_1_bitcoin_100… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15803714 https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bitcoin&sp=CAI%253D A few of the of the megathreads are above. Congrats cypherpunks! Cryptocurrency and blockchain just getting started, in a number of years $10k will feel like $100 does now, a distant happy memory. Nice collection of news videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCry6pZNehIejCzPQjfvAaZA/videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6sGWfZQ5kw Just.getting.started...

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YubiKey
by John Newman 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Does anyone have any experience with a YubiKey? Specifically using it with the PAM module you can download from their site and tying it to logins for Linux/*BSD/MacOS ? I've got lots of experience (from jobs) using RSA SecurID tokens, tying them to sshd/login/sudo/etc with pam and the securid PAM module, and it works really well.. I understand YubiKey is not going to print out a stream of changing digits for me, but nor will it require an RSA SecurID server and all that goes along with it.. And also I've read you can store your GPG private keys on the yubikey, which sounds cool. Is it worth the buy? Anyone using it for any of the above (or other) purposes? I suppose I should do some more reading, just curious if anyone loved it or hated it or whatever.. thanks! -- GPG fingerprint: 17FD 615A D20D AFE8 B3E4 C9D2 E324 20BE D47A 78C7

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First Ever Peer-Reviewed Study of Vaccinated vs Unvaccinated Children...
by Zenaan Harkness 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

Thalidamide, take 2. You're welcome. ----- Forwarded message from Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> ----- From: Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:47:28 +1100 Subject: [jim.sovereign(a)optusnet.com.au: First Ever Peer-Reviewed Study of Vaccinated vs Unvaccinated Children...] Here it is: Bow before the facts, punk! (With good will intended of course :) Z ----- Forwarded message from Jim <jim.sovereign(a)optusnet.com.au> ----- From: Jim <jim.sovereign(a)optusnet.com.au> To: Jim <jim.sovereign(a)optusnet.com.au> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 23:51:33 +1100 Subject: First Ever Peer-Reviewed Study of Vaccinated vs Unvaccinated Children... ------- Forwarded message ------- From: Bob Jungles <bobj3631(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 2:38 AM Subject: First Ever Peer-Reviewed Study of Vaccinated vs Unvaccinated Children... First Ever Peer Reviewed Study of Vaccinated vs Unvaccinated Children Shows Vaccinated Kids Have a Higher Rate of Sickness, 470% Increase in Autism Need To Know News May 7, 2017 <https://needtoknow.news/2017/05/> Mark <http://www.ageofautism.com/2017/05/pilot-comparative-study-on-the-health-of…> Blaxill, Age of Autism <https://needtoknow.news/2017/05/first-ever-peer-reviewed-study-vaccinated-v…> The first-ever, peer-review study has been published comparing total-health in vaccinated and unvaccinated children. Dr. Anthony Mawson led a research team that investigated the relationship between vaccination exposures and acute or chronic illnesses in home-schooled children. The vaccinated children had a much higher rate of autism and ADHD, at a rate of 470% higher than those who received no shots. Vaccinated children were also more vulnerable to allergies and eczema. Unvaccinated children contract mild childhood diseases more frequently, but their vaccinated counterparts suffer pneumonia and ear infections more frequently. The finding that vaccination introduces a significant risk for autism is devastating to the vaccine industry and, therefore, will be vigorously attacked. –GEG Pilot Comparative Study on the Health of Vaccinated and Unvaccinated 6-12 Year Old US Children In a development that autism parents have long anticipated, the first-ever, peer-reviewed study comparing total health outcomes in vaccinated and unvaccinated children was released on line yesterday. According to sources close to the project, the study had been reviewed and accepted by two different journals, both of which pulled back on their approval once the political implications of the findings became clear. That’s largely because, as parents have long expected, the rate of autism is significantly higher in the vaccinated group, a finding that could shake vaccine safety claims just as the first president who has ever stated a belief in a link between vaccines and autism has taken office. Working in partnership with the National Home Education Research Institute (NHERI), Dr. Anthony Mawson led a research team that investigated the relationship between vaccination exposures and a range of over 40 acute and chronic illnesses in home schooled children, a population chosen for its high proportion of unvaccinated children. Surveying families in four states–Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oregon—the study (officially titled Vaccination and Health Outcomes: A Survey of 6- to 12-year-old Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Children based on Mothers’ Reports), reported a number of startling findings. Vaccinated children were significantly more likely than the unvaccinated to have been diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder: most notably, the risk of being affected by an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) was 4.7 fold higher in vaccinated children; as well, ADHD risk was 4.7 fold higher and learning disability risk was 3.7 fold higher. Overall, the vaccinated children in the study were 3.7 times more likely to have been diagnosed with some kind of neurodevelopmental disorder. Vaccinated children were also significantly more likely to be diagnosed with an immune-related disorder. The risk of allergic rhinitis (commonly known as hay fever) was over 30 times higher in vaccinated children, while the risk of other allergies was increased 3.9 fold and the eczema risk was increased 2.4 fold. With respect to acute illness and infectious disease the outcomes were in some respects surprising. As might be expected, unvaccinated children were significantly (4-10 times) more likely to have come down with chicken pox, rubella or pertussis. Perhaps unexpectedly, the unvaccinated children were less likely to suffer from otitis media and pneumonia: vaccinated children had 3.8 times greater odds of a middle ear infection and 5.9 times greater odds of a bout with pneumonia. The study was based on a survey with participants recruited in a process led by NHERI and coordinated through 84 state and local homeschool groups. The survey itself was, according to the authors, “nonbiased and neutrally worded.” These findings in a study population of 666 children, 261 of whom (39%) were unvaccinated, are sure to stir controversy, in part because it is the first of its kind. The scientific literature on the long-term effects of the vaccination program is virtually silent. Most studies on the safety of vaccines only consider immediate or short-term effects. There was no obvious explanation for the differences in health outcomes observed between the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups of children other than vaccination itself. The finding that vaccination is a significant risk for autism is the most explosive finding in the paper. For well over a decade, parents concerned that vaccines were involved in autism’s sharp rise have been calling for what has long been labelled the “vax/unvax” study. Public health officials such as Paul Offit have resisted these calls with claims that a comparative study of autism risk and other health outcomes in unvaccinated and vaccinated children would be retrospectively impossible and prospectively unethical. Despite opposition from those like Offit, attempts to launch a formal vax/unvax study have been made for many years. In 2006, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D, NY) authored what is now called Vaccine Safety Study Act. Said Maloney to the opponents, “Maybe someone in the medical establishment will show me why this study is a bad idea, but they haven’t done it yet.” In 2007, Generation Rescue (one of the Mawson study’s sponsors) retained a market research firm to undertake a similar survey (it is available on line and had similar findings but was never published in a scientific journal). Less formal surveys focused on whether or not autism was present in the unvaccinated have also been undertaken in unusual populations, including the Amish and the patients of alternative health practitioners. Age of Autism founder Dan Olmsted investigated autism in the Amish, who vaccinate less frequently. Autism is rare among the Amish and the only autistic Amish children we discovered were also vaccinated. (Others reported cases in Amish children with birth defects, but not “idiopathic autism,” the kind that occurs in otherwise typical children who are the heart of the current epidemic). The late Mayer Eisenstein reported in his HomeFirst practice in Chicago that he delivered more than 15,000 babies at home, and thousands of them were never vaccinated. Of these unvaccinated children, none had autism. The link between autism and vaccination became a hot topic in this year’s presidential election. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton once tweeted ““The science is clear: The earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork. Let’s protect all our kids. #GrandmothersKnowBest.” In contrast, President Donald Trump has long been outspoken about the likely connection between vaccines and autism. As early as 2007, Trump remarked, “When I was growing up, autism wasn’t really a factor. And now all of a sudden, it’s an epidemic. Everybody has their theory, and my theory is the shots. They’re getting these massive injections at one time. I think it’s the vaccinations.” <https://needtoknow.news/2017/05/first-ever-peer-reviewed-study-vaccinated-v…> <https://needtoknow.news/2017/05/first-ever-peer-reviewed-study-vaccinated-v…> https://needtoknow.news/2017/05/first-ever-peer-reviewed-study-vaccinated-v… <https://needtoknow.news/2017/05/first-ever-peer-reviewed-study-vaccinated-v…> <https://needtoknow.news/2017/05/first-ever-peer-reviewed-study-vaccinated-v…> _____ ----- End forwarded message -----

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How the NSA apparently protects their computers
by Ryan Carboni 30 Nov '17

30 Nov '17

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-users/I7_Hs4eZ0Yg The webpage no longer is there, but the video is online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK3BE2VMT-s For the transcript: https://web.archive.org/web/20131001131726/http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/m…

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Reclaim the Rainbow - self identify as a PoC and get a Brown University scholarship
by Zenaan Harkness 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

So Brown University is going all-in on "everything is a social construct, muh feelz is all that matters": Brown University Will Allow Students to ‘Self-Identify’ as a Person of Color http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/11/29/brown-university-will-allow-any-st… One wonders whether self-identifying as a person of White color would assist in the minority benefit stakes? If being a "Yellow" Chinese is now "a minority entitled to benefits", how many Whites have to be killed in order for the Huwaites to be able to 'legitimately' claim minotiry status? Or can Whites only be minorities if they're also gender uncertain? Perhaps we need a new color/ minotiry status - "snowflake uniqueness" - easy to claim, no one would dispute it, and applies equally to everyone. Can political beliefs classify one for minority benefits at my local university? "Yeah, death to all governments! - now where's my social studies scholarship?!" You know my gram pa said all them years back, that social constructs are nothing but a dang social construct! Only thing he added after that was "yo", then bit the dust bemoaning Japanese trannies from Brazicuador. _ {(=)} ¦¦¦ ===_______= ASCII pic of a 240⨠18.5V AC→DC transformer, Japanese design. The "Made in Brazicuador" sticker was a bit too big to fit...

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[OMELETTE] Germany on track to minimize crime stats since immigration influx
by turnituptoeleven＠hushmail.com 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

> > San Juro saanjuro at grnail.com > Sat Nov 25 08:26:17 PST 2017 > > > hate-mongering > bullshit > It is not clear what is "hate"ful about zztop's messages, at least the ones full of links. It's not different than grarpamp's messages. In fact, "hate" isn't something that can be avoided. "To love is to know hate. To hate is to know love." > > nobody cares about, reads, > or has any interest in your > constant stream of vitriol > Again, it is unclear what is bad with criticism or with facts. Will you rebut his claims? Or will you channel your "hate" into another spam message to the list? > > brown "refugees" shouldn’t be allowed > to seek sanctuary > Maybe this is your problem. "Brown" is a descriptive identifier of color, not a type of person. To label someone to "brown" is strips them of their ancestral heritage and cultural identity. Such is to identify or label with "white" or "black". People are more than this. Also, "refugees" are being relocated to mostly European nations, given priority over immigrants, and given tax-payer money, enough to pay taxes, for which they are exempt, while being deemed "culturally unfit" to obey the laws and face responsibility for their actions. Why are the homeless not treated good like this? Where do you live, samurai? > > because they stab everybody > You forgot rape, unless you don't think a penis is a knife, though it seems like you do. #metoo > > WTF does that have to do with cryptography > or anarchy? > What does your spam post have to do with these things? This is a National Socialist board, with people from the entire spectrum, though mostly marxist communists and anarcho-libertarians, lol. All are greedy capitalists at heart. > > I guess most people just ignore you? > Yep. Because most people are piece of shit. ZAY-Z offers more to list than anybody. Unless you wc -c the archives, then cecelia does. > > hurr durr, facts are bad > Well argued. ucr.fbi.gov/hate-crime

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Re: [Cryptography] Intel Management Engine pwnd
by grarpamp 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 11:17 PM, Jerry Leichter <leichter(a)lrw.com> wrote: > You could block this entire mechanism by using an external Ethernet interface and not connecting the built-in one to anything No. Not if your "external" NIC contains one of the Intel controllers with support. These days most of Intel's have it. PCI is PCI, slotted or soldered. Caveat blobs and secret sharing, one might presume, perhaps slightly less foolishly, that other brands of controllers don't participate AMT/ME. > connecting it to a separate management network fully isolated from the Internet and carefully controlled. Cisco, Juniper, Huawei, Chelsio, etc... all closed source TOP SECRET blobs too. When even your eyeglasses are secrets, you have no idea what truly is or is not passing right in front of them. > But not many will choose to do that because of the additional cost and likely performance implications. First you have to get them woked to the predicament they've buried themselves in. Then deal with how to dig out of it and where to go once freed from the mire.

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Re: [Cryptography] Intel Management Engine pwnd
by grarpamp 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 8:57 PM, James A. Donald <jamesd(a)echeque.com> wrote: > unexpected operating system. The OS has nothing to do with it, other than the proprietary closed source blob called Windows that is sold with Intel / Windows tools to manage other remote Intel AMT/ME instances (ie: in the enterprise and by attackers). > Listening on a port is not a chip level function. No. It can be a chip level function. Exactly the same as some magic WOL wake on LAN, LOM lights out management, remote KVM key vid mouse, etc all are. Such chips functions just eat the packets from the physical interface before they get to the OS, before the OS sends RST, etc. Further, since nobody has any actual proof or independant certification process as to what exactly is truly inside the chips and devices they're buying, one should not be so hesitant to assume that the damn things are faultless or innocent. Especially given history. Readers of the Intel docs will also note that AMT/ME only did works with certain series of their ethernet controller hardware, at least near while ago labeled with, if recalled correct, an 'L'. Because those are the ones doing the snooping and feeding into the southbridge for processing by AMT/ME firmware therein. #OpenFabs #OpenHW #OpenSW Why are so few demanding this basic requirement of trust? Probably for the same reason they refuse to acknowledge cryptocurrency. They're stupid. And pwnd.

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