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cypherpunks, see what you've done! :( [was Fwd: titcoin]
by coderman 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

dikcoin next? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 6:44 AM Subject: titcoin Introducing Titcoin – the first digital currency aimed at the porn industry, announced by PornHub. Many cryptocurrencies have come and gone since Bitcoin’s <http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/bitcoin-making-a-virtual-mint/032266> boom in popularity, but none have been aimed at a specific industry in the same way Titcoin is. Speaking to Vice <http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/titcoin-is-a-brand-new-cryptocurrency-for-po…>, one of the currency’s founders, Edward Mansfield, explained that due to the popularity of Bitcoin, porn users may want to use another type of private currency: “In the future, you might have a Bitcoin account with your spouse. You may not want them to see you purchasing products or subscriptions on adult sites, so having an industry-specific coin has certain advantages for consumers.” Rather confusingly, a video explaining Titcoin has been uploaded to YouTube, which implies that it’s a scheme that lets women pay for goods by flashing their own goods at shop assistants. It turns out this was actually an entry for a contest to become Pornhub’s creative director, and Titcoin is in fact a normal cryptocurrency that works just like the others. Once all have been mined, there will be a total of 69 million Titcoins in circulation (of course), but while the likes of Dogecoin and Litecoin have managed to carve out their own section of the market – which currently has over 275 trading cryptocurrencies – only time will tell if this one goes tits up like many others have before it. Other digital currencies that have failed to truly take off include Nyancoin <http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/nyan-cat-latest-meme-to-get-its-own-cry…> and Flappycoin. <http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/flappy-bird-spawns-two-flappycoin-curre…> While these two might be struggling, they are still around. Meanwhile, Kanye West made sure that Coinye <http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/coinye-is-dead-you-win-kanye/032953> well and truly died after he got his lawyers on the case… Introducing Titcoin – the first digital currency aimed at the porn industry. Many cryptocurrencies have come and gone since Bitcoin’s <http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/bitcoin-making-a-virtual-mint/032266> boom in popularity, but none have been aimed at a specific industry in the same way Titcoin is. Speaking to Vice <http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/titcoin-is-a-brand-new-cryptocurrency-for-po…>, one of the currency’s founders, Edward Mansfield, explained that due to the popularity of Bitcoin, porn users may want to use another type of private currency: “In the future, you might have a Bitcoin account with your spouse. You may not want them to see you purchasing products or subscriptions on adult sites, so having an industry-specific coin has certain advantages for consumers.” Rather confusingly, a video explaining Titcoin has been uploaded to YouTube, which implies that it’s a scheme that lets women pay for goods by flashing their own goods at shop assistants. It turns out this was actually an entry for a contest to become Pornhub’s creative director, and Titcoin is in fact a normal cryptocurrency that works just like the others. Once all have been mined, there will be a total of 69 million Titcoins in circulation (of course), but while the likes of Dogecoin and Litecoin have managed to carve out their own section of the market – which currently has over 275 trading cryptocurrencies – only time will tell if this one goes tits up like many others have before it. Other digital currencies that have failed to truly take off include Nyancoin <http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/nyan-cat-latest-meme-to-get-its-own-cry…> and Flappycoin. <http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/flappy-bird-spawns-two-flappycoin-curre…> While these two might be struggling, they are still around. Meanwhile, Kanye West made sure that Coinye <http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/coinye-is-dead-you-win-kanye/032953> well and truly died after he got his lawyers on the case… ========================================== Website: http://www.prurient.com Contact: titcoin [at] prurient.com Social: @OfficialTitcoin @titcoinpool Pools: titcoinpool.com

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Re: Tor and proxy bypass
by coderman 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Odinn Cyberguerrilla <odinn.cyberguerrilla(a)riseup.net> wrote: > ... > Here are some tidbits which may be relevant to the Tor-as-tool discussion > and what to be aware of:... > https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#WarningsAboutSOCKSandDNSInformationLeaks > ... > https://lilithlela.cyberguerrilla.org/?p=5794 on the subject, the recently published state of proxy bypass on mobile: "The problem behind mobile Tor browsers' ip disclosure" http://xordern.net/ip-leakage-of-mobile-tor-browsers.html note how defense in depth as far as transparent proxy via root privs nulls this one, but opens other privacy risks... everything old is new again, [ if it was my favorites on repeat, i'd be less cranky ;) .] best regards,

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Frontline: US of Secrets: Diane Roark
by grarpamp 30 Jun '14

30 Jun '14

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/government-elections-politics/unite… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMIrmt9sZyY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailblazer_Project

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[liberationtech] Nsa-observer: organising nsa leaks by attack vector
by Todd Weiler 29 Jun '14

29 Jun '14

A brilliant site was quietly launched a while back: https://www.nsa-observer.net/ It classifies the recent NSA revelations by Programs, Attack Vectors, and Compartments, even providing the database in JSON format. The dataset could feed some interesting research. Cordially, Todd -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at companys(a)stanford.edu.

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Re: Jabber
by John Young 29 Jun '14

29 Jun '14

At 10:20 AM 6/29/2014, you wrote: >any add. info on 'compromised jabber'? >Got some hints as well - nothing clear. "Compromised" is the time's opportunistic word for ever more anti-NSA comsec, mom. Cisco Jabber Client (scroll down): http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/11/1291357/-NSA-Kept-You-Unsecure-It-… " Linked In Microsoft Office + Jabber Listed in Spy Program Specialty" (scroll down) https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/13482623512/discovering-names-se… US Secret Service reportedly rigged access to Jabber to take down Silk Road and others. Can't find reference. Allegations also made against Chaos Computer Club being "compromised." No question that all these could be disinfo ops to distrust the services, discourage use and drive users to less trustworthy servcies. However, the post-Snowden rise in "secure drop boxes," "NSA-proof email," and the bountiful other snake oils by the comsec industry and peculiarly opportunistic do-gooders suggests there are willing and unwilling cooperators with the spooks industry, and not least, the thriving anti-spooks industry consulting the spooks on what can be done "without harming national security." Cypherpunks laid the foundation for this, no question, and a few have gone on to do rather well at working both sides of comsec, that is what comsec has always been: duplicitous, sneaky, treacherous, lying, cheating, why not tell it snakily, downright upright-humans raping the planet and beyond the blob, the stars. Examine speaker bureau offerings for who is traveling the blob peddling prime snake fracking.

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readysim prepaid gsm - privacy focused marketing?
by grarpamp 28 Jun '14

28 Jun '14

A curious positioning among phone providers... https://www.readysim.com/who-its-for.html https://www.torproject.org/about/torusers.html.en http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/03/ready-sim-offers-cheap-short-term-a…

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What do you think about it: <<www.unseen.is>> - a service that provides privacy and security for messaging, email and calling
by Александр 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

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Research into Law Enforcement surveillance technology
by Morgan Mayhem 26 Jun '14

26 Jun '14

Recently released research on software used by police / intelligence agencies for mobile phone surveillance: https://citizenlab.org/2014/06/backdoor-hacking-teams-tradecraft-android-im… . The piece in Wired piece covering this was particularly well done: http://www.wired.com/2014/06/remote-control-system-phone-surveillance/ Also worth a glance: Associated Press: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/eyes-you-experts-reveal-police-hacking-metho… VICE: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/police-grade-mobile-spyware-is-spreading-t… International Business Times: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hacking-team-tools-allow-governments-take-full-con… -- Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them

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why do you sign your mails?
by stef 26 Jun '14

26 Jun '14

i noticed lots of users pgp-sign their mails to mailing-lists. what exactly is the reason/usecase/attackvector you defend against for that? what exactly is the reason for doing so on public mailing lists? and why does it make sense to sign irrelevant messages like "+1" or "just kidding" - assuming no stego usecase is in play. -- otr fp: https://www.ctrlc.hu/~stef/otr.txt

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List of digital currencies?
by grarpamp 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

Any links to a list of digital currencies organized by technology? ie: Bitcoin has countless forks characterized by nothing more than adjusting (or not) the operating parameters of the bitcoin.org code and starting their own genesis. Others may swap out the hash or crypto functions within that. While useful to list them all under the aforesaid parent technology 'Bitcoin', they are all ultimately uninteresting and a waste of time to research. A real list would group all the digital currencies by genuine differences in architecture... those archs thus resulting in their suitability to different applications, capabilities to anonymity, features for centralization/regulation, etc. So now you might have Bitcoin Paypal, Linden Some other various coin designs Currencies that pass serialized 'banknotes' around

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