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Police want encrypted radios
by grarpamp 19 May '18

19 May '18

--------- Forwarded message ---------- https://www.wsj.com/articles/want-to-listen-to-police-scanners-cops-say-no-… Want to Listen to Police Scanners? Cops Say No More Police move to block the public from listening to scanners By Zusha Elinson May 17, 2018 8:00 a.m. ET A report of a suspicious person crackled from John Messner's RadioShack police scanner, one of two he keeps at his home in Knoxville, Tenn. When an officer was heard yelling "Shots fired!" minutes later, Mr. Messner knew it was time to go. The 52-year-old construction worker and photographer grabbed his two cameras, his portable scanner, jumped in his 1999 Plymouth Voyager minivan, and raced to the scene 3 miles away, where a suspected burglar was shot by police. "When I got there, the guy was still on the ground, they hadn't put him in the ambulance yet," said Mr. Messner of the November incident. "It didn't look like he was dead, but he was definitely hit." Mr. Messner snapped pictures and posted them on his Knoxville Crime Facebook group, which has 94,000 members in a city of 186,000. They come to see photos, read Mr. Messner's live updates on police chases and burglaries that he gets from the police scanner, and discuss neighborhood crime issues. Social-media groups like Knoxville Crime are one reason that Knoxville police officials say they will begin encrypting police radio communications in August, making it impossible for the public--and Mr. Messner--to listen in live. The move comes as more police departments around the country are seeking to shield their live radio communications, now easily accessible via smartphone apps. Police say the effort will keep officers safe and bad guys from finding out what they're doing. "When you're putting out information that only a suspect and a victim and an officer knows, then all of the sudden you have someone put that on social media, that takes your advantage away," said Darrell DeBusk, a Knoxville police spokesman. Earlier this year, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department encrypted its radio traffic, alleging that bad guys "monitor police radio frequencies in order to better facilitate their crimes and gather intelligence about the whereabouts of police officers." Pueblo, Colo., police blocked their scanner traffic recently, citing suspects using scanner apps to avoid officers. Local media still has access to the live radio transmissions in Las Vegas--police allow them to purchase their own radios. In Knoxville, the radio traffic will be posted after a one-hour delay, said Mr. DeBusk. These moves have rankled scanner enthusiasts who range from people curious about police activity in their neighborhood to modern-day Weegees, the New York City freelance photographer known for his raw crime-scene photos. Many scanner buffs are police supporters who want to help solve crimes, making the decision to go dark a difficult one, police officials say. "It's a tough choice because many of the pro-police people out in the community who support their local police get that way because they listen to their police on these scanners or phone apps," said Richard Myers, executive director of the Major Cities Chiefs Association. Some police departments have found a solution by using encrypted channels for more sensitive work, such as a SWAT team readying for a raid, while keeping the more mundane police patrol work on the publicly available channel, he said. In Colorado, a push to encrypt police radio traffic inspired a bill backed by scanner enthusiasts earlier this year that would have banned encryption, except for sensitive situations. The bill failed with strong opposition from law enforcement. "These are government agents working for the taxpayers and I think citizens have the right to know what they're doing," said Robert Wareham, an attorney who helped draft the bill. Mr. Wareham, a former police officer, said he uses his scanner to find out about police activity in his neighborhood or on the roads. "There are six or seven times a year where I avoid a dangerous situations where I know what's going on," he said. In Knoxville, Mr. DeBusk, the police spokesman, said the prevalence of smartphone apps that broadcast police communications, such as Broadcastify, has made it easier for criminals to listen in. "You've always had people that had scanners, but it was not as common as the smartphone apps," said Mr. DeBusk. "We actually have arrested people, they've had the smartphone on them and we could hear our own dispatchers, the sound coming from their smartphone." Lindsay Blanton, the CEO of Broadcastify's parent company RadioReference.com, called this an "overdone complaint." The approximately 200,000 daily unique listeners tuning in to Broadcastify's 6,600 feeds typically hear police communications on a 45 second to three minute delay and the company bans sensitive content, he said. "It's providing more an entertainment type perspective than the ability to gain an advantage over law enforcement," said Mr. Blanton said. People can listen to public safety, aircraft, rail and marine audio streams from across the country on Broadcastify. The company relies on volunteers who send local feeds from their scanners and in some cases police departments who do the same because "there are a lot of agencies that value the general public being more involved," said Mr. Blanton. Mr. Messner, of the Knoxville Crime Facebook group, said he thinks city officials don't like the pressure that the group puts on them to deal with crime in the city. Cutting off the scanner will cut off Mr. Messner's access to the subjects of his photographs, some of which have made news themselves. Back in 2014, he went to the scene of unruly college party and photographed a Knox County Sheriff's deputy with his hands around the throat of handcuffed college student. The deputy was fired over the incident, but then allowed to retire. "I was at the right place at the right time," he said. "I listened to the scanner and I heard things escalating." Write to Zusha Elinson at zusha.elinson(a)wsj.com _______________________________________________

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John McAfee: Under Siege, Underground, and On The Run - Whistles on SEC
by grarpamp 19 May '18

19 May '18

While our pursuers are chasing our smartphones, carried by poor look-alikes, across 2 states, we've been busy. To add to the entertainment... https://loggiaonfire.com/stream/S1526270400.html If you doubt Boss's commitment to freedom, watch as he violates the law by "impeding an ongoing SEC investigation by unlawfully disclosing information that could benefit the subjects of such investigation... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR8bGlUGxhR0hO8W4wc4V2Q/videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT9ZFF27OJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ9-ujvyDww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOXoMc94NiY Rob, I think you need to come out if you can we're under siege. Had anyone else other than John McAfee been at the other end of the line, I probably would have laughed out loud. But it was John McAfee, so instead I soberly packed a bag. I am underground. This story by Rob Loggia explains all. I am the most vocal and angry opponent of the SEC. They are striking back with subpoenas. If I am silenced, it is the movement that suffers. I cannot allow this. My team will be my voice. Stay safe. THE WORLD'S BUSIEST CUL-DE-SAC ... With an eye towards staying one step ahead of the enemy, McAfee has decided to go dark. During this interview preparations were underway to relocate McAfee to an undisclosed, secure location where he intends to maintain radio silence and monitor the situation closely. In his absence his Twitter account will be manned by members of the McAfee Crypto Team, who will be providing status updates as they happen. This is not about me. I'm 72 years old people please!" stated McAfee, discussing his reasons for going underground. The SEC wants to destroy a revolution a movement of the people by making an example out of me. I cannot allow that to happen." Asked whether he believes he'll be able to come through intact, McAfee's answer was simple and to the point. I always do." @OfficialMcAfee @TheeMrsMcAfee @TheJoshBuchanan @McAfeeExecutive @GemCrypto @bixlawl @ThaiStarkovich @TrekForChange @TheReal_Wolf_ @EWCoinKing @FluentNinjitsu https://www.youtube.com/user/officialjohnmcafee/videos John McAfee Calls out FBI Crypto Backdoors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqI0jbKGaT8 https://www.facebook.com/officialmcafee/ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=john+mcafee&sp=EgIYAg%253D%253D John McAfee At Blockchain Nation - April 2018 - Excellent Speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-AirSCMa18 John McAfee At CUNY Crypto X - May 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NnSkXA-bEw John McAfee - Bitcoin 2018 Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mehkq-ghzQc John McAfee - At d10e Romania https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BM1njQ8fy4 The world is on the edge of balance... History is a series of deceit by power... Governments have weaknesses... Certain things are inevitable... How strong are your convictions... Transform this world... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfLz2Us4s4A

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[MINISTRY] brutal - US Dept of State, Vyshinsky, "journalism awards", Vovan & Lexus
by Zenaan Harkness 19 May '18

19 May '18

USA “journalism” is cutting new territory these days, great stuff, brutal: https://sputniknews.com/society/201805181064591515-blow-bridge-journalist-p… Enjoy, Such a wonderful wedding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52oQRpryzxc

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From sand to silicon chips, openly
by grarpamp 18 May '18

18 May '18

> Where's the profit motive to develop things that can be sold on basis of value when the IP value is destroyed using an open architecture model? > > It's a lot of work to develop a CPU design and it costs a lot of money (well north of $50M). Who pays for that when the value is destroyed by opening up the design so anyone can copy it? > > Seems very naïve relative to how the semiconductor investment cycle works. Asking on list would probably yield some of what you seek.

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hey grarpamp, got a quote from your friend perry metzeer.
by juan 18 May '18

18 May '18

"I don't give a shit about the power structure -- I just think that anyone telling me what I can and cannot see, what I can and cannot write, and what I can and cannot sell, is my enemy." that's an interesting quote of course cause metzger is the same asshole who tells people what they can or cannot write in 'his' mailing list. a form of fascist censorship that you coincidentally support, right?

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EFail - OpenPGP S/MIME Vulnerability
by grarpamp 17 May '18

17 May '18

https://efail.de/ https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2018-May/060315.html https://efail.de/efail-attack-paper.pdf https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/995989254143606789 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17064129 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/attention-pgp-users-new-vulnerabiliti… https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/critical-pgp-and-smi… The EFAIL attacks break PGP and S/MIME email encryption by coercing clients into sending the full plaintext of the emails to the attacker. In a nutshell, EFAIL abuses active content of HTML emails, for example externally loaded images or styles, to exfiltrate plaintext through requested URLs. To create these exfiltration channels, the attacker first needs access to the encrypted emails, for example, by eavesdropping on network traffic, compromising email accounts, email servers, backup systems or client computers. The emails could even have been collected years ago.

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Tor Project Picks New Executive Director, Old One Joins Board
by grarpamp 17 May '18

17 May '18

https://blog.torproject.org/announcing-tors-next-executive-director-isabela… April 23, 2018 Shari announced her retirement from the Tor Project at the end of February, and the search for our next Executive Director is already over. We're thrilled to announce our next ED, Isabela Bagueros. Isa joined the Tor Project as Project Manager in 2015 and has led teams in collaborative strategy building and roadmapping unprecedented at the organization. She also leads Tor’s UX team in implementing critical usability improvements and is leading an overhaul of Tor’s website. “Isa’s contributions to Tor are too many to name here,” said Shari Steele, Tor’s current Executive Director who was brought on in 2015 to make the organization more operationally sound. “She brings global experience and perspective to privacy and censorship issues, and I could not be more confident in her ability to lead the organization into its next phase of growth and sustainability.” Thinking of the user first has always been a priority for Isa, and during her three years with the organization, the scope of her vision for Tor has expanded to include the health of the organization and network. “I think any person on the planet should have access to the Tor network and enjoy the privacy and security it provides,” said Isa. “That means we need a healthy and scalable network and a strong and diverse organization to support that. I’m looking forward to seeing Tor gain global recognition for the privacy protections and censorship circumvention it provides.” Now in a transition phase, Isabela will officially begin her position as Executive Director after she hires her replacement Project Manager and gets up to speed on the requirements of the job. Shari will continue as Executive Director until Isabela transitions and then plans to move into a consulting role through the end of the year. Shari will join the Tor Project Board of Directors beginning January 2019. ________________________________ About Isabela Bagueros Isabela Bagueros joined the Tor Project as Project Manager in 2015, after working as Product Manager for International and Growth at Twitter for four years. Isabela has been part of the free software community since the late 90s, and in 2007 she co-founded and worked as Latin America Project Manager for North by South, a startup from San Francisco focused on free software projects. Isabela was also part of Brazil’s Federal Government Free Software initiative, working in 2005 on the Ministry of Communications digital inclusion project and participating in 2006 on a project to migrate the IT of the Presidential Palace of Brazil to free software. Isa will give the keynote address at CryptoRave, May 4th in São Paulo, Brazil. About Shari Steele Shari Steele has been the Executive Director of the Tor Project since December 2015, coming to Tor after serving as Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for 15 years. Prior to the ED role, Shari was EFF’s legal director from 1992 to 2000, where she spoke widely about civil liberties law in newly emerging technologies. A graduate of Widener University School of Law, Shari later served as a teaching fellow at Georgetown University Law Center, where she earned an LL.M. degree in Advocacy. Shari has been on EFF’s Board of Directors since 2000 and will join the Tor Project Board of Directors in January 2019. About the Tor Project The Tor Project, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in Seattle with paid staff and contractors of around 35 engineers and operational support people, plus many volunteers all over the world. Tor develops free and open source software for privacy and freedom online, protecting people from tracking, surveillance, and censorship. The Tor Project’s mission is to advance human rights and freedoms by creating and deploying free and open source anonymity and privacy technologies, support their unrestricted availability and use, and further their scientific and popular understanding.

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Eyeballing North Korea, Spanking Trump
by grarpamp 16 May '18

16 May '18

http://www.nkleadershipwatch.org/ https://www.38north.org/ https://www.uskoreainstitute.org/ https://twitter.com/JChengWSJ/status/996586112222052353 https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/8jrirc/nkorea_official_says_cou… https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-president-donald-trump-tu… https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/8jv1dy/eu_president_tears_into_…

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Cryptocurrency: Mining vs Fiat - Estimating GigaWats, Shrinking NanoMeters
by grarpamp 16 May '18

16 May '18

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/7xmvbq/bitcoin-energy-science-wo… https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(18)30177-6 https://digiconomist.net/ http://blog.zorinaq.com/bitcoin-electricity-consumption/ https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/18/05/16/1713243/nobody-knows-how-much-…

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Cell Carriers Selling and Giving Your Data Out, Breach Expose
by grarpamp 16 May '18

16 May '18

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/gykgv9/securus-phone-tracking-co… https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-cell-carriers-selling-access-to-real-time-… https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/technology/cellphone-tracking-law-enforc… https://www.zdnet.com/article/securus-police-cell-phones-warrantless-tracki… https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17081684 https://www.locationsmart.com/try/ Cell carriers are selling access to your real-time phone location data The company embroiled in a privacy row has "direct connections" to all major US wireless carriers, including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint -- and Canadian cell networks, too. Kevin Bankston, director of New America's Open Technology Institute, explained in a phone call that the Electronic Communications Privacy Act only restricts telecom companies from disclosing data to the government. It doesn't restrict disclosure to other companies, who then may disclose that same data to the government. He called that loophole "one of the biggest gaps in US privacy law." SIM Card Baseband Secrets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31D94QOo2gY

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