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Re: CIA Inside... Linksys routers. Advisory issued
by g2s 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

-------- Original message --------From: jim bell <jdb10987(a)yahoo.com> Date: 6/22/17 11:20 AM (GMT-08:00) To: g2s <g2s(a)riseup.net>, cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org Subject: Re: CIA Inside... Linksys routers. Advisory issued From: g2s <g2s(a)riseup.net> http://www.linksys.com/us/support-article?articleNum=263800 from that url >Linksys issues security advisory following discovery of CIA exploitation >Solution >If users believe their router firmware may have been compromised, Linksys recommends that users download the latest available firmware from http://www.linksys.com/support/ and update your router. >After the update, please perform a factory reset to ensure no remnants of the compromise remain. Instructions on how to do a factory reset can be found here. If users are not able to perform a firmware update or receive an error message during the update, please contact customer support for further instructions. Linksys Official Support - Linksys CherryBlossom Advisory----------------- It isn't clear, but I don't see any indication that these remedial processes actually inform the owner of the router if it has been compromised. Is that an accidental omission, or intentional? Jim Bell Might have a look at the dox attached to the wikileaks page. Linksys is probably just mass patching any possible infected routers and the "whether or not" isn't relevant to the process...imho. Rr >https://wikileaks.org/vault7/#Cherry%20Blossom

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Re: Scanning through walls using WiFi drones.
by Steven Schear 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

If you home walls and attic are insulated with, common, aluminized fiberglass batting you're probably already protected. Warrant Canary creator On Jun 21, 2017 1:10 PM, "juan" <juan.g71(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 18:00:19 +0000 (UTC) jim bell <jdb10987(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > http://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/x-ray-drones-can-see-through-walls > > So Jim how would one go about jamming those motherfuckers? Shooting down the drones seems like a good solution, but jamming is more 'subtle'...

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Scanning through walls using WiFi drones.
by jim bell 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

http://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/x-ray-drones-can-see-through-walls "Our proposed approach has enabled unmanned aerial vehicles to image details through walls in 3D with only Wi-Fi signals," said Yasamin Mostofi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UCSB. "This approach utilises only Wi-Fi RSSI [received signal strength indicator] measurements, does not require any prior measurements in the area of interest and does not need objects to move to be imaged."The technique could have applications for search-and-rescue, archaeology or monitoring unstable buildings.It builds on earlier work from the same lab, which pioneered using everyday radio signals such as Wi-Fi for imaging purposes, and had previously used ground-based robots for 3D imaging. The advantage of drones is that they can approach the area from several angles, and create optimised flight paths to collect the relevant data as quickly as possible.In the past, Wi-Fi signals had been used to create 3D images, including in one recent paper from the Technical University of Munich. “Of course, this raises privacy questions,” said Friedemann Reinhard, the leader of that project. “After all, to a certain degree even encrypted signals transmit an image of their surroundings to the outside world. However, it is rather unlikely that this process will be used for the view into foreign bedrooms in the near future. For that, you would need to go around the building with a large antenna, which would hardly go unnoticed.”Drones could change that, with covert surveillance another clear application of the technology. Researchers have previously developed methods of using Wi-Fi signals to detect the movement of people inside buildings. A technology called FreeSense, developed by Chinese researchers, can even identify individuals based on their body shape and the way they walk. Combined with the drones, this could be a powerful tool.However, it could be a while before these devices are peeking into your homes. The real world is a much noisier place, with millions of signals bouncing around. “Enabling 3D through-wall imaging of real areas is considerably more challenging due to the considerable increase in the number of unknowns," said Mostofi. [end of quote]×

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CIA Inside... Linksys routers. Advisory issued
by g2s 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Linksys issues security advisory following discovery of CIA exploitation http://www.linksys.com/us/support-article?articleNum=263800 https://wikileaks.org/vault7/#Cherry%20Blossom

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a message for the ages, and for all ages - "Putin's lessons in success - Just do it!"
by Zenaan Harkness 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

A timeless message from a true life story - one can have no doubt this will be good for all youth, the world over (and likely not only youth). We in "the West" have sadly become experts in complaint and blame, externalisation of our own authority, and attacking rather than building / creating (present company excepted ... of course :) Regards, Z Putin's lessons in success - Just do it! http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/06/putins-lessons-in-success-just-do-it.html

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defense against impugning of character?
by Johnny Eric Williams 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Dear cypherpunks, my character has been recently impugned by CampusReform.org's Anthony Gockowski and I find this unacceptable. The impugned allegations are appearing now in two places I have found: http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9334 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-21/connecticut-professor-calls-whites… Is there a simple mechanism to handle these bigots? I don't mind a legal approach in the courts as that could be an educating experience - but it needs to be something executable in a shorter period of time. Sincerely, John Williams

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defense against impugning of character?
by Fishy 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

> Johnny Eric Williams johnny.williams at trincoll.edu > Wed Jun 21 23:50:54 PDT 2017 > > Dear cypherpunks, > I will bite. > my character has been recently impugned > Are these your words ? "It is past time for the racially oppressed to do what people who believe themselves to be 'white' will not do, put an end to the vectors of their destructive mythology of whiteness and their white supremacy system." "I'm fed the fuck up with self-identified 'white's' daily violence directed at immigrants, Muslim, and sexually and racially oppressed people. The time is now to confront these inhuman assholes and end this now." > Is there a simple mechanism to handle these bigots? > Memes. > it needs to be something executable in a shorter > period of time. > Not violence, if that is what you are fishing for. > Sincerely, > John Williams > http://internet2.trincoll.edu/facprofiles/default.aspx?fid=1000710 > Skin color as an identifier is an obfuscation of your true self. "White", "Black", and "Brown" are all labels intended to dissolve associations with your true identity: your ancestral past as a Cuban and African, and your current identity, as an American. Our world is a world made of nations, not colors. Stop being racist, faggot.

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China's Xi notes"how the US economy is crashing, and all this will end with a new world order"
by Zenaan Harkness 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

And so it shall be. Russia-China alliance will remake the world --Xi Jinping http://www.fort-russ.com/2017/06/russia-china-alliance-will-remake-world.ht…

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Poitras op-ed about Assange sending cease-and-desist letters regarding "Risk"
by Laura 21 Jun '17

21 Jun '17

> John Newman jnn at synfin.org > Wed Jun 21 07:31:31 PDT 2017 > > We have no obligation to seek WikiLeaks’ > or Assange’s authorization to release the film. Laura Poitras is a pedophile, like all photographers. She argues that children need not consent, but simply not object.

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Scanning through walls using WiFi drones.
by Don't Do It 21 Jun '17

21 Jun '17

> jim bell jdb10987 at yahoo.com > Wed Jun 21 11:00:19 PDT 2017 > > unmanned aerial vehicles to image details through walls > in 3D with only RF > > Not breaking links > Fear mongering wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_rights The "navigable airspace" in which the public has a right of transit without effecting a landowner's property rights has been set at the height of 500 ft in urban or suburban areas, and 360 feet above the surface or tallest structure in rural areas."" wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_shielding The practice of reducing the electromagnetic field in a space by blocking the field with barriers made of conductive or magnetic materials."" justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-2-aircraft-sabotage-18-usc-32 Amendments to 18 U.S.C. § 32 enacted in 1984 expand United States' jurisdiction over aircraft sabotage to include destruction of any aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States or any civil aircraft used, operated or employed in interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce."" wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_interference Electromagnetic interference is a disturbance generated by an external source that affects an electrical circuit by electromagnetic induction, electrostatic coupling, or conduction. The disturbance may degrade the performance of the circuit or even stop it from functioning. In the case of a data path, these effects can range from an increase in error rate to a total loss of the data.""

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