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Re: Karl Rove's confusion about capacity of NSA's Utah data center.
by Cari Machet 25 May '15

25 May '15

On May 25, 2015 9:38 PM, "Cari Machet" <carimachet(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Oh so sorry jim here: > > http://www.Recode.net/2015/05/24/twitter-suspends-troll-chuck-johnson-are-i… > > Specifically he tweeted: > > 'Go to gotnews.com/donate if you want to give money to taking out @deray.' > > On May 25, 2015 2:34 PM, "John Young" <jya(a)pipeline.com> wrote: >> >> Disks or any electro-mechanical device, may not be the only, or >> principle, means of storage. So capacity may not be the measure >> of capability. >> >> The need for speed of access to and processing of data requires >> the data to be in active memory all the time. Arrayed, large CPU-like >> "chips" or solid state (best is unsolid state) processors make data >> constantly usable, always up to date, no lag time, no wear and tear. >> >> Physical disks use too much energy and require too much architecture >> to rack, interconnect, house, energize, maintain, repair, replace, update. >> And are way too slow and clunky. >> >> However, this doesn't mean Utah Data Center is not useful as a >> Potemkin deception. Or that much of it is Potemkin deception. >> Why else make it so observable during funding, design, construction >> and afterwards a juicy easily photographed, concentrated target of >> sneaky weaponry of hardware, software, sneakerware, hey come >> attack us ware. >> >> Somewhere, in Utah, or the planet, there are data handlers about >> which little is publicly known except as miniaturized examples on >> personal playthings. Meanwhile we are fed out of date fantasies of >> capability based on xxx-bytes of increasingly absurd prefixes which >> are like innumerable angels on pinheads. >> >> One way to spot what's what is to look at the generators of facilities. >> And their fuel tanks. Fully active data require a lot of uninterruptable >> juice. We traced the power lines for UDC and found they lead far >> astray, also Potemkin. Could be the generators and fuel tanks are >> too. >> >> This is not to suggest Snowden pushing crypto and dribbling docs >> are Potemkin. Could be, though, so slow and clunky, so observable, >> and publishable for those willing to suspend disbelief. >> >> >> >> At 12:22 AM 5/25/2015, you wrote: >>> >>> Is Fox News illegal? You'd say it's illegal to deceive people. The sheer quantity of false information on Fox News, and it's popularity, are a serious harm to America. >>> >>> Is it that free markets only perform properly with rational agents? >> >> >>

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Re: Karl Rove's confusion about capacity of NSA's Utah data center.
by John Young 25 May '15

25 May '15

Disks or any electro-mechanical device, may not be the only, or principle, means of storage. So capacity may not be the measure of capability. The need for speed of access to and processing of data requires the data to be in active memory all the time. Arrayed, large CPU-like "chips" or solid state (best is unsolid state) processors make data constantly usable, always up to date, no lag time, no wear and tear. Physical disks use too much energy and require too much architecture to rack, interconnect, house, energize, maintain, repair, replace, update. And are way too slow and clunky. However, this doesn't mean Utah Data Center is not useful as a Potemkin deception. Or that much of it is Potemkin deception. Why else make it so observable during funding, design, construction and afterwards a juicy easily photographed, concentrated target of sneaky weaponry of hardware, software, sneakerware, hey come attack us ware. Somewhere, in Utah, or the planet, there are data handlers about which little is publicly known except as miniaturized examples on personal playthings. Meanwhile we are fed out of date fantasies of capability based on xxx-bytes of increasingly absurd prefixes which are like innumerable angels on pinheads. One way to spot what's what is to look at the generators of facilities. And their fuel tanks. Fully active data require a lot of uninterruptable juice. We traced the power lines for UDC and found they lead far astray, also Potemkin. Could be the generators and fuel tanks are too. This is not to suggest Snowden pushing crypto and dribbling docs are Potemkin. Could be, though, so slow and clunky, so observable, and publishable for those willing to suspend disbelief. At 12:22 AM 5/25/2015, you wrote: >Is Fox News illegal? You'd say it's illegal to deceive people. The >sheer quantity of false information on Fox News, and it's >popularity, are a serious harm to America. > >Is it that free markets only perform properly with rational agents?

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Senate against PATRIOT ACT renewal
by rysiek 23 May '15

23 May '15

Hi, so: http://www.npr.org/2015/05/23/408927009/senate-blocks-patriot-act-extension Mind the spin, though. ;) "The Senate struggled to prevent an interruption in critical government surveillance programs early Saturday, rejecting both a House-passed bill and a short-term extension of the USA Patriot Act. (...) The vote was 57-42, short of the 60-vote threshold to move ahead. That was immediately followed by rejection of a two-month extension to the existing programs. The vote was 45-54, again short of the 60-vote threshold. (...) The Justice Department has said the NSA would begin winding down its collection of domestic calling records this week if the Senate fails to act because the collection takes time to halt." -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147

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Dig out your OCR and copier... for PGP part deux
by grarpamp 21 May '15

21 May '15

http://www.itworld.com/article/2925375/security/us-proposes-tighter-export-… The U.S. Commerce Department has proposed tighter export rules for computer security tools, a potentially controversial revision to an international agreement aimed at controlling weapons technology.

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ICWATCH
by rysiek 21 May '15

21 May '15

Interesting: https://icwatch.transparencytoolkit.org/ -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147

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Mailpile SMTorP [ref: nexgen P2P email]
by grarpamp 21 May '15

21 May '15

Mailpile is interesting because it moves the concept of "webmail" from the remote service (where the user is nothing more than enslaved cannon fodder) to the user locally as an embeddable daemon. This eliminates the fact that all these new centralised OpenPGP webmail providers will have access to your keys/cleartext, because either: A) it resides there B) the malware they give you to run in your browser gives it away. Mailpile is now looking to deliver directly between onions [1]. https://github.com/mailpile/Mailpile/wiki/SMTorP https://github.com/mailpile/Mailpile/issues/1131 They could probably use some thoughts / hands / review. [1] A model somewhat similar to that outlined in thread "The next gen P2P secure email solution" https://cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2013-December/002638.html ... https://cpunks.org/pipermail/cypherpunks/2014-July/004900.html

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Usability studies on encryption and e-mail
by grarpamp 21 May '15

21 May '15

https://github.com/mailpile/Mailpile/issues/1127 "Perform usability studies on encryption and e-mail"

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Rand Paul Filibustering PATRIOT Renewal, Accepts Bitcoin
by grarpamp 21 May '15

21 May '15

Live filibuster video... http://www.c-span.org/video/?326084-1/senator-rand-paul-rky-nsa-surveillanc…

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Surveillance Law
by grarpamp 20 May '15

20 May '15

https://surveillancelaw.org/ Perhaps 2014 is not quite 1984, though. This course explores how American law facilitates electronic surveillance—but also substantially constrains it. You will learn the legal procedures that police and intelligence agencies have at their disposal, as well as the security and privacy safeguards built into those procedures. The material also provides brief, not-too-geeky technical explanations of some common surveillance methods.

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[Bitcoin-development] Virtual Notary.
by Eugen Leitl 20 May '15

20 May '15

----- Forwarded message from Emin Gün Sirer <el33th4x0r(a)gmail.com> ----- Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 06:25:01 -0400 From: Emin Gün Sirer <el33th4x0r(a)gmail.com> To: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [Bitcoin-development] Virtual Notary. Message-ID: <CAPkFh0tWykVJU-9mCTR95eqUF0B5TO-ZO7B3L0wf_QYAmAuuBA(a)mail.gmail.com> Hi everyone, Given the recent discussions on projects that use the Bitcoin blockchain to record factoids, people on this list might be interested in the Virtual Notary project. Virtual Notary is essentially an online witness (aka attestor) to online factoids. It can provide: * proof of Bitcoin funds (without revealing public addresses or fund location on the blockchain) * proof of Bitcoin address ownership * proof of Tweet * proof of real estate value * proof of DNS ownership * proof of existence * proof of web page contents * proof of weather conditions The factoids can be recorded on the blockchain (if you pay for the transaction with Bitcoin or PayPal), or they can be part of a free attestation chain that we maintain. The website provides a permanent URL to the factoids it generates; it also provides an X.509 certificate that you can download and keep safe in perpetuity, independent of the website. The link to the website is here: http://virtual-notary.org The link to the writeup describing the various factoids and their use cases is here: http://hackingdistributed.com/2013/06/20/virtual-notary-intro/ We are actively looking for people who are interested in developing the service further. Specifically, if you have suggestions for how to extend the service, for new proof/factoid types, or for how to build a business case around the core idea, please let us know. Best, - egs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development ----- End forwarded message -----

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