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[WAR] Trump negotiates contract with Russia for "10,000 beautiful MiG-35s" to replace F-35 boondoggle
by Zenaan Harkness 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/kgb-sends-trump-his-first-directive-a… Donald "Donat Ivanovich Trollstoyevski" Trumpenfuhrer begins the inevitable naval vtol gazing. KGB is proudski.

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[ PFSR ] Prosecutor Agrees to Drop Sexting Charges Against Iowa Teen
by Zenaan Harkness 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

The relentless bullying by the state is quite impressive - madness prevails regardless of morals, ethics, common sense. These cases where the force and power of the state is brought against an under aged teen doing what teens do and attempting to drag them through the "criminal" "justice" system, is astounding, and the lack of empathy, lack of common sense, and lack of anything resembling a moral attitude towards the younger generation, leads me to believe that there are those in power in our "modern" "democracies" who are fundamentally compromised within their own behaviour, conducting themselves in ways that they find themselves to be morally reprehensible, and that they project upon others, including incredibly upon children and teenagers, the evils that are in their own hearts and deeds. Top this off with wide and pervasive cowardice within the general population and the following fight-back event is an extremely rare sight in this day and age. Prosecutors, police, lawyers, judges and politicians (those who conduct yourselves in evil): continue to project your own evil upon children and teenagers at your peril - we will come after you, and your endless attempts to hide your crimes shall be uncovered and exposed! Would be nice to see the parents below preemptively/ proactively pursue this case regardless, to help the next child targetted by the next self-projecting moron wielding the power of the state in such an insane way. Subject: [ PFER ] Prosecutor Agrees to Drop Sexting Charges Against Iowa Teen https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/iowa/articles/2017-07-13/prosecutor… A county prosecutor in Iowa who threatened to charge a 14-year-old girl with sexual exploitation of a minor after she sent suggestive photos of herself to a boy at school agreed Thursday to drop the case after the girl's family sued him for violating her constitutional rights to free speech and equal protection. ----- End forwarded message -----

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Fwd: Re: Donald Trump: a perfect representative for modern America & a so-called Sharing Economy
by Razer 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

On 07/13/2017 10:33 AM, Joshua Case wrote: >> Ps. I just received an email at this address from a "Mark M" >> <write2mark1(a)gmail.com> requesting an invite for a riseup account, >> because Riseup is no longer accepting applications due to mass abuse by >> lying about the purpose for the account, which is supposed to be social >> activism related. >> >> >> Mark M claims he needs the account b/c: >> >>> I need an invite code for getting a riseup account I am a bit coin and >>> monero contributor >> No. Mark. Just no. >> >> You probably think creating another mythical currency is actually social >> activism. You are deluding yourself. >> >> Rr >> >> >> > > Seems fake. Nobody emailed you. Fuck you and your "/Nobody emailed you/". Email source: Note: Down in the gibberish > > >  > > Someone's collecting invites too. Rr Return-Path: <write2mark1(a)gmail.com> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on spoonbill.riseup.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Pyzor: Reported 0 times. 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Donald Trump: a perfect representative for modern America & a so-called Sharing Economy
by Razer 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

A disruptor-in-chief in a society where disruptors prosper. > Republican lobbyist Bruce Mehlman, who has long represented technology > companies, sees parallels between the cycle of disruption that’s > churned through Silicon Valley and what’s now wreaking havoc on > Washington. > > “The forces that set the stage for Donald Trump’s election are > long-term, structural and global,” Mehlman told me yesterday. “Much > like Uber, Trump perceived the opportunity to reach directly to the > public to disrupt a dysfunctional marketplace that lacked innovation > and failed to satisfy consumers. Also much like Uber, he flouted > conventions and tested the limits of traditional rules, fighting the > entrenched establishment while seeking its acceptance … Disruption is > hard and, well, disruptive. It usually leaves observers feeling > exhausted, uncertain and ultimately either angry or exhilarated.” > > In a new PowerPoint presentation for his clients, Mehlman notes that > voters sought change in five of the past six elections. Exit polls > last November showed that a candidate’s ability to “bring change” > mattered far more to voters than whether they had the “right > experience” or “good judgment.” > > -- How did we get here? Mehlman diagnoses seven long-term trends that > are both symptomatic of and drivers of disruption: In full with links, including the aforementioned PowerPoint: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/07/13/d… Ps. I just received an email at this address from a "Mark M" <write2mark1(a)gmail.com> requesting an invite for a riseup account, because Riseup is no longer accepting applications due to mass abuse by lying about the purpose for the account, which is supposed to be social activism related. Mark M claims he needs the account b/c: > I need an invite code for getting a riseup account I am a bit coin and > monero contributor No. Mark. Just no. You probably think creating another mythical currency is actually social activism. You are deluding yourself. Rr

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Crucifixion: CFR's Max Boot self immolates in front of Tucker Carlson [RUS]
by Zenaan Harkness 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

One wonders what non-logic drives a neo-con these days? "Winning" by self-crucifixion? Death by moral outrage? Religious opposition to reasoned debate and factual answers? It is hard to conceive of the depth of insanity that the USA's deep state swamp is and was (except oh, I dunno, looking at the continuous wars and "surgical murders", wedding dronings and moral "high ground" paraded around the world since forever), but here it is, week after week, sometimes night after night, as prime time - prime time entertainment that is :smiley: The Council on Foreign Rrelations' Max Boot does an astounding job of delivering some delicious prime time entertainment on this attempt by Mr Boot to deliver his metaphorical boot to Tucker Carlson, which of course did not happen. Guess that's because neo-cons are so logical, truly moral, balanced and caring individuals. Or something... The level of winning here is so intense, it's not only hard to believe but begins to be hard to watch - such self immolation: Duran: http://theduran.com/tucker-carlson-destroys-neocon-warmonger-max-boot-over-… YT direct: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HjVipLZYns DailyStormer: https://bbs.dailystormer.com/t/crucifixion-cfrs-max-boot-self-immolates-in-… Just amazing entertainment.

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Re: Fwd: Re: Donald Trump: a perfect representative for modern America & a so-called Sharing Economy
by Cecilia Tanaka 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

On Jul 13, 2017 7:01 PM, "g2s" <g2s(a)riseup.net> wrote: Rise up does not rep for capitalism and btc et al are capitalist tools Afaict its basically a casino looking for marketing legitimization. You're in a bad mood, dear. Try to smile a bit. :) http://9gag.com/gag/aq15y7Y

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Re: Fwd: Re: Donald Trump: a perfect representative for modern America & a so-called Sharing Economy
by g2s 13 Jul '17

13 Jul '17

-------- Original message --------From: Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tanaka(a)gmail.com> Date: 7/13/17 11:00 AM (GMT-08:00) To: CypherPunks <cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org> Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Donald Trump: a perfect representative for modern America & a so-called Sharing Economy Joshua, my dear, Razer is telling the truth. Mark M <write2mark1(a)gmail.com> exists and is also a member of the Cryptography discussion list. Already posted about cryptocurrencies there. Like Razer, I don't give my riseup invites to new accounts to unknown and/or untrustful people. I need to respect and honor the trust that riseup gave me years ago and protect it, keep it working well. Tender kisses, take care. Ceci Rise up does not rep for capitalism and btc et al are capitalist tools Afaict its basically a casino looking for marketing legitimization. Rr

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Facebook, Google, US government, etc lobbying EU to accept horrible Privacy Shield deal
by Rachael 13 Jul '17

13 Jul '17

Link to article http://piratetimes.net/privacy-shield-the-american-lobbying-invasion/ PRIVACY SHIELD: THE AMERICAN LOBBYING INVASION July 12, 2017 · by Rachael Tackett · in Pirate Topic It is difficult to know the true extent to which American corporate interests and the US government continue to lobby the European Union and its member states on the US-EU Privacy Shield agreement. In March of this year, public records requests about Privacy Shield were sent to data protection authorities across the European Union. To date, the vast majority of EU data protection authorities have failed to release public records on Privacy Shield. *_ _*Lobbying by American Corporate Interests American corporations, such as Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, and Twitter, use the Privacy Shield framework as the legal basis to transfer personal data from the European Union to the United States. Civil society groups [1, 2, 3, 4] have criticized the Privacy Shield’s many flaws and lack of basic protection for personal data. Even the EU’s own parliament has been critical of the agreement. The Article 29 Working Party, the group of EU data protection authorities, has also expressed serious concern and doubt about Privacy Shield. Perhaps the most glaring inadequacy of the Privacy Shield agreement is that it allows for NSA mass surveillance, in violation of EU law. The European Union has a voluntary lobbying register. Google, Microsoft, BusinessEurope, and DigitalEurope are four of the top eight lobbying organizations by number of meetings with EU officials, according to Integrity Watch. The transparency register lists Google and Microsoft as being members of BusinessEurope and DigitalEurope. The transparency register also lists Google and Microsoft estimating their annual spending on EU lobbying as between €4 and €5 million Euros each. BusinessEurope lists its estimated annual spending on the low side of €4 million Euros, while DigitalEurope is spending approximately €1.9 million Euros a year. There has been a massive lobbying campaign by American corporate interests on Privacy Shield in the EU. In addition to spending on lobbying, the transparency register also lists meetings between EU officials and lobbyists. In January of 2016, a couple months after the EU Court of Justice struck down Safe Harbor (the framework before Privacy Shield), Microsoft met separately with EU Commission Vice President Andrus Ansip and Commissioner Vera Jourova on the issue. American technology companies such as Adobe, Apple, Amazon. AT&T, Cisco, Facebook (subsidiary in Ireland), General Electric, Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Symantec, and Yahoo! have lobbied EU officials on the EU’s data protection standards. Several American financial services companies, including Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, and Mastercard, have also lobbied EU officials on data protection standards. Trade industry groups representing American corporate interests have also partaken in this lobbying effort. The American Chamber of Commerce, the Business Software Alliance, BusinessEurope, and DigitalEurope are also listed as meeting with and lobbying EU officials on Privacy Shield. Since the EU’s transparency registry is completely voluntary and there are few sanctions for violations, some meetings with EU officials and additional spending on lobbying may have never been registered. The American lobbying invasion may actually be much larger than the records on the EU’s transparency register suggest. US Embassy Gets Involved The US government is also engaged in lobbying EU member states to accept the Privacy Shield agreement. In January of 2016, the US embassy sent the Danish data protection authority (Datatilsynet) an email warning that legal uncertainty about personal data transfers from the EU to the US could harm business. The US embassy goes on to state that the EU should not solve the problem by hosting servers and storing data in the EU. The email also rather comically insinuates a denial of some aspects of NSA spying by stating, “The allegations underlying the Schrems case about U.S. privacy law and intelligence practices were based on mistaken assumptions and outdated information.” The Datatilsynet confirms that there was a meeting in May 2016 between their office, the Danish Ministry of Justice, the US embassy, and the US Department of Commerce about the Privacy Shield agreement. In January of last year, the US embassy sent an email thanking the Slovenian data protection authority (IPRS) for meeting the week earlier. Several days later, the US embassy sent IPRS and the Slovenian Ministry of Justice a rather ominous email. The email warns, “It is imperative to conclude a revised U.S.-EU Safe Harbor agreement now, or risk harm to economic growth and job creation on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as damage to the broader transatlantic relationship.” The email also pressures Slovenia to direct EU Commissioner Vera Jourova to approve a new agreement to replace Safe Harbor. The US embassy also sent documents to the IPRS, which the IPRS is refusing to release. The data protection authority of Italy confirms receiving communication from the US embassy about Privacy Shield. The data protection authorities in Finland, Germany, Latvia, Romania, and Sweden deny receiving emails from the US embassy about Privacy Shield. The data protection authority of Austria refuses to confirm or deny if it ever received emails. In response to questions about the possible existence of emails, the data protection authority of Luxembourg (CNPD) had a rather bizarre reply. The CNPD stated that Luxembourg does not have a freedom of information law. In addition, the CNPD refused to answer questions about the US embassy by citing Luxembourg data protection laws. For now, the true extent of American lobbying remains behind closed doors. The text of this article is released into the public domain. You are free to translate and republish the text of this article. Featured picture is obtained from the US Department of Commerce.

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psychoanalysing Americans and Russians - who trolls harder? [RUS]
by Zenaan Harkness 13 Jul '17

13 Jul '17

This starts slow and is titled rather glibly, but its author Dmitry Orlov delivers reasonably well, as he has in the past. Enjoy :) Trump Trolls America http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/trump-trolls-america/ri20345

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The world seems to be an unfortunate situation in terms of cybersecurity
by Ryan Carboni 12 Jul '17

12 Jul '17

Grsec has been removed from many projects because of trademark dilution or something. Maybe grsec should revoke the license for using outdated grsec when compiled in future operating systems. More open source projects would be more likely receive money if right after the EULA page in the installer, it listed the amount paid to each open source project (to paraphrase The Simpsons, zero is an amount). (although the EULA text for many installers include a portion that people are supposed to remove) Despite that, projects backed by large groups aren't that secure. According to Zerodium price chart, the manpower cost to create a remote jailbreak exploit for Android and Windows is less than one manyear, which should be severely humiliating. Or at least there should be humiliating memes circulating. Google makes billions. Apple makes billions. Microsoft makes billions. Black Lives Matter receives a hundred million. There might be a psychological factor in paying someone to work for you who you can't actually boss around. This has impaired the global economy. Those billions go without saying, come from somewhere. Celebrities promoted Tor, but there hasn't been much done to improve internet security, particularly since they are popular victims (actually many were wiretapped by Anthony Pellicano). Sure, there was the Trustworthy Computing Initiative, and the Core Infrastructure Initiative, but somehow the Open Handset Alliance didn't produce a secure operating system. There exists the concept of consumer cooperatives, but most nonprofits are nearly as democratically run, and somehow we ended up with the great reform of moving metadata collection to the telephone companies in a democracy. Many non profits could stand to explain their large allowances for travel. Subgraph OS exists, but it doesn't aim to be amnesiac or allow for non-Tor use. Very few other operating systems seem to achieve that degree of hardening. Let's consider the math for this. You can include strong security features, but it would cost 50% more time or something. According to the pareto principle, 80% of time is spent on 20% of problems, although I wouldn't know the applicability to software. Some time ago, Cloudflare didn't realize an html parser was crashing, and when they improved the performance of it, it resulted in Cloudbleed. Just in time compilation on browsers have shown to have problems. Personally I think a hybrid kernel based on KVM would be best, but I don't know anything. At least it would allow the user to set certain applications as amnesiac. Obviously any application that can make arbitrary connections is untrustworthy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_hardware_projects

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