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Today Is the Day We Got Rid of the Surveillance State GDR.
by Ben Mezger 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/german-unity-day -- Sent with my mu4e

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freedom.press, also the firstlook/intercept...
by stef 04 Oct '15

04 Oct '15

and they host all the juicy bits on documents on documentcloud, requiring anyone interested to expose themselves. it is not possible to download the dumps anonymously in a simple zip file, you really have to use goddamn javascript. this is totally unacceptable. when approached on this, you get very irritated answers, if at all. to say "this stinks" is an understatement. it's a goddamn trap. -- otr fp: https://www.ctrlc.hu/~stef/otr.txt

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popcorn time - Russia now supporting Iraq too - US on the Ropes: China to Join Russian Military In Syria?
by Zenaan Harkness 04 Oct '15

04 Oct '15

I would have thought this too funny to be real, but seems it is: http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/us-ropes-china-join-russian-military-… "Meanwhile, it now looks as though the very same Russian-Iran “nexus” that's playing spoiler in Syria is also set to take over the fight against ISIS in Iraq, as Baghdad has now struck a deal to officially share intelligence with Moscow and Tehran. Here's CNN:" No wonder Obama and the wannabe POTUS Putin-haters seem a little off base at the moment .. Putin just took their NWO plate with a stereotypically Russian "thank you kindly, you have a nice day now." Damn. Zenaan

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Fwd: FirefoxOS Security Engineer position is open
by grarpamp 04 Oct '15

04 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- FYI, those of you who are into mobile security: https://careers.mozilla.org/en-US/position/oZIA1fw2 --- End ---

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Geopolitical shifts in action - the world she's a changin'
by Zenaan Harkness 03 Oct '15

03 Oct '15

More signs of the changing times we be thankful for, and surely the world needs it: http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/putins-global-game-changer-un-general… "Putin’s Global Game Changer at the UN General Assembly" Enjoy, Zenaan

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What is this "Weird garbled Windows 7 update"?
by Georgi Guninski 03 Oct '15

03 Oct '15

Looks like microsoft are owned. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/30/windows_update_glitch/ ---- Windows 7 users were left scratching their heads on Wednesday when a mysterious garbled patch appeared in Windows Update, origins unknown. ... Its description mostly contained garbled text. Links for more information, help, and support were filled in with gibberish URLs with ".gov," ".mil," and ".edu" domains. ... The Register poked Microsoft about the issue, and a spokesman told us: "We incorrectly published a test update and are in the process of removing it." ---- "test update" containing .gov,.mil and .edu URLs, lol...

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Moderate Syrian Rebel Application Form
by Zenaan Harkness 03 Oct '15

03 Oct '15

http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/moderate-syrian-rebel-application-for… WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—After announcing, on Thursday, that it would seek $500 million to help “train and equip appropriately vetted elements of the moderate Syrian armed opposition,” the White House today posted the following Moderate Syrian Rebel Application Form: Welcome to the United States’ Moderate Syrian Rebel Vetting Process. To see if you qualify for $500 million in American weapons, please choose an answer to the following questions: As a Syrian rebel, I think the word or phrase that best describes me is: A) Moderate B) Very moderate C) Crazy moderate D) Other I became a Syrian rebel because I believe in: A) Truth B) Justice C) The American Way D) Creating an Islamic caliphate If I were given a highly lethal automatic weapon by the United States, I would: A) Only kill exactly the people that the United States wanted me to kill B) Try to kill the right people, with the caveat that I have never used an automatic weapon before C) Kill people only after submitting them to a rigorous vetting process D) Immediately let the weapon fall into the wrong hands I have previously received weapons from: A) Al Qaeda B) The Taliban C) North Korea D) I did not receive weapons from any of them because after they vetted me I was deemed way too moderate I consider ISIS: A) An existential threat to Iraq B) An existential threat to Syria C) An existential threat to Iraq and Syria D) The people who will pick up my American weapon after I drop it and run away Complete the following sentence. “American weapons are…” A) Always a good thing to randomly add to any international hot spot B) Exactly what this raging civil war has been missing for the past three years C) Best when used moderately D) Super easy to resell online Thank you for completing the Moderate Syrian Rebel Application Form. We will process your application in the next one to two business days. Please indicate a current mailing address where you would like your weapons to be sent. If there is no one to sign for them we will leave them outside the front door.

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Stealing Amazon cloud RSA keys cross VM
by Georgi Guninski 03 Oct '15

03 Oct '15

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/02/amazon_boards_windows_against_leet_… Amazon has patched a vulnerability that could have let users to steal the RSA keys of other co-located customers. The paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/898.pdf

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No MITM attack on Cryptome
by Michael Best 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

A week or two ago, a new Snowden was released that shows information about a visitor to Cryptome. James Atkinson looked at the slide and concluded that it was proof of a man in the middle (MITM) attack against Cryptome. He sent his concerns to John and Deborah who then posted them on Cryptome.org - https://cryptome.org/2015/09/gchq-illegal-spying-us.htm I'm doing a little bit of research on the slide and decided to compare notes with what had already been written about it, including Mr. Atkinson's post. While examining his remarks about the alleged MITM attack, I noticed that he seemed to be missing a piece of information that led him to a faulty conclusion. I've copied and pasted the relevant bits below. But here is the thing -- and this is crucial -- the address for Cryptome is > listed to be the location of a fiber optic cable junction in Sterling, VA > (next to an Amusement Machine company)... which is quite some distance away > from your location in NYC, and a considerable distance from your ISP who > hosts your file, and it is located away from any signal switching systems > use in the area, but it is virtually next door to fiber that goes to a > large NSA listening post nearby. The reason it is notable, is that someone at or near the location in > Sterling, VA is performing a MITM attack on Cryptome visitors, and this > image out of the slidedeck with the two GPS coordinates is the U.S. > Government performing a MITM attack against Cryptome and sharing the > collected intelligence with the Brits, or the U.S. Government giving the > British government backdoor access into the U.S. (illegal) collection > systems. This isn't a sign of a MITM attack, but rather of a misunderstanding. The Cryptome servers aren't located in New York at the address listed for Cryptome as a business. The servers are hosted by Network Solutions, which is who the IP address appears to belong to, as shown below. NetRange: 205.178.128.0 - 205.178.191.255 CIDR: 205.178.128.0/18 NetName: NTSL-01 NetHandle: NET-205-178-128-0-1 Parent: NET205 (NET-205-0-0-0-0) NetType: Direct Allocation OriginAS: AS14441, AS19871, AS6245 Organization: Network Solutions, LLC (NETWO-59) RegDate: 1999-02-09 Updated: 2012-03-02 Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-205-178-128-0-1 A reverse DNS search shows that the IP address is used to host over 1,100 domains. I've attached two PDFs that include more detailed information showing that there is no indication of a MITM attack against Cryptome. Live versions of the PDFs can be found at http://www.iptodomain.com/ip-205-178-146-236.php and http://www.tcpiputils.com/browse/ip-address/205.178.146.236 I hope this will help soothe some fears and paranoia about this particular alleged MITM attack. Monitoring, almost certainly. Other MITM attacks at other times, perhaps. The GCHQ slide just isn't any sort of proof that there was a MITM attack on Cryptome.org during the times referenced by the slide.

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Subject: Re: Bitnation system. Looks interesting.
by tigrutigru＠gmail.com 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

It seems like there's a confusion between contracts and cryotocontracts? > On 10 Sep 2015, at 7:19 am, cypherpunks-request(a)cpunks.org wrote: > > Send cypherpunks mailing list submissions to > cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://cpunks.org/mailman/listinfo/cypherpunks > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cypherpunks-request(a)cpunks.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cypherpunks-owner(a)cpunks.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cypherpunks digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Bitnation system. Looks interesting. > (Lodewijk andré de la porte) > 2. Re: Bitnation system. Looks interesting. (Bryan Bishop) > 3. Re: Bitnation system. Looks interesting. (Martin Becze) > 4. Repbin release v0.0.2 (ryan.pear(a)ownbay.net) > 5. Re: Repbin release v0.0.2 (jim bell) > 6. Re: How Putin Controls the Internet and Popular Opinion in > Russia (rysiek) > 7. Re: How Putin Controls the Internet and Popular Opinion in > Russia (Juan) > 8. Re: Repbin release v0.0.2 (rysiek) > 9. Hostages for Sale on Telegram (Rich Jones) > 10. Re: Hostages for Sale on Telegram (Ben Mezger) > 11. John McAfee Runs For US President In 2016 Under Cyber Party > (grarpamp) > 12. Re: Hostages for Sale on Telegram (grarpamp) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 18:30:53 +0200 > From: Lodewijk andré de la porte <l(a)odewijk.nl> > To: Mirimir <mirimir(a)riseup.net> > Cc: "cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org" <cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org> > Subject: Re: Bitnation system. Looks interesting. > Message-ID: > <CAHWD2r+C+NXJ3Q-W=Bt5T+9=3ncfUwjvQVmT7Gqdn56MDydvyA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > It's documentation is overly verbose, speculative, assuming and unclear. > > I love the idea of providing services that the government usually tends to. Everyone loves ideas that Bitnation put their brand on. > > I somewhat know what marriage before God means. I somewhat know what > marriage before the State means. I have no idea what marriage before the > Blockchain means. Probably no more than lovers' tree-carvings. Exactly. Proof-of-existence. I don't understand what it has to do with Bitnation brand. Someone just wants to look cool. What exactly Bitnationare building? > > Relationship to reality is the hardest part - it's also where things like > enforcement starts turning it's ugly head. > > I'd argue marriage before state is an artifact of the marriage between > church and state. Relationships, commitments, etc, these would be better > explained in contract. Yes. Obligations can be explained. Still people go to courts and dispute contracts. These are text. > Contracts can go onto a blockchain. Contracts which go on the blockchain have nothing to do with legal contracts. Parts of the text (legal) contracts can be hooked to a smart contract I guess. I guess if a married couple has a dispute over digital property or btc in a wallet, let's say a script can manage it, but how the script (smart contract) will know who in this particular dispute did what. Even with no details and subtleties involved. > Generic. Neat. > Unpretentious. > > Bitnation is fascinating, thought provoking, but it seems somewhat off. Ideas are nice. They're not necessarily coming from Bitnation. Proof of existence, or Blockchain ID for example were existing ideas which had functioning prototypes. They just don't make it sound grandiose. Bitnation has a claim to be a software project and afaik has a presale of a currency - either premined or non existent - I don't remember. I'm fine with that type of crowdfunding if there is some sort of product or a service behind it or an attempt to build it. I don't think that contemporary art project should pretend to be a software project or pretend that it can realistically offer serious services or replace existing ones. It's cool as a concept project. >

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