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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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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 > > not breaking links > giving (((newsweek))) sheckles Wikileaks Documentary Makers Accuse Assange of Censorship By Brenda Coughlin, Yoni Golijov, and Laura Poitras 6/16/17 at 10:22 AM We are the producers of Risk , a documentary film about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. We unequivocally defend WikiLeaks’ journalistic right to publish true and newsworthy information. The Trump administration’s threats against WikiLeaks and attacks on press freedom are chilling. As Margaret Sullivan recently argued in the Washington Post, prosecuting WikiLeaks under the Espionage Act would set a dangerous precedent for all journalists. Daily Emails and Alerts- Get the best of Newsweek delivered to your inbox We were disturbed, however, to learn that Julian Assange and WikiLeaks sent cease and desist letters to our distributors demanding they stop the release of Risk: “We therefore demand that you immediately cease the use and distribution of all images of the Named Participants and that you desist from this or any other infringement of the rights of the Named Participants in the future.” In WikiLeaks’ efforts to prevent the distribution of Risk , they are using the very tactics often used against them – legal threats, false security claims, underhanded personal attacks, misdirection – and with the same intentions: to suppress information and silence speech. GettyImages-460452988 Filmmaker Laura Poitras speaks as former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden is seen on a video conference screen during an award ceremony for the Carl von Ossietzky journalism prize on December 14, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Adam Berry/Getty Since 2016, Assange and his lawyers have repeatedly demanded that we remove scenes from the film in which Assange speaks about the two women who made sexual assault allegations against him in 2010 and Sweden’s investigation which has since been discontinued. In response to our refusal to remove these scenes, Assange and his lawyers are now claiming that Risk threatens the safety of the staff who consented to being filmed, and furthermore, that we are being sexist by including Assange’s own comments about women in the film. These arguments are not only false, they are a deliberate effort at misdirection. Risk was filmed over the course of many years, beginning in 2011. Assange and WikiLeaks freely consented to participating in the film, knowing we were making an independent documentary. Neither WikiLeaks nor Assange have any editorial control of Risk. There were individuals who requested from the beginning not to appear in the film, and those requests were respected. Wikileaks and their lawyers were shown the film before each public screening, most recently inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London on April 1, 2017. Each time, we invited their responses. WikiLeaks’ comments have consistently been about image management, including: demands to remove scenes from the film where Assange discusses sexual assault allegations against him; requests to remove images of alcohol bottles in the embassy because Ecuador is a Catholic country and it looks bad; requests to include mentions of WikiLeaks in the 2016 U.S. presidential debates; and, requests to add more scenes with attorney Amal Clooney because she makes WikiLeaks look good. It is only after we declined to make the changes they tried to impose that WikiLeaks raised objections to Risk . Their attempts to censor the content of the film are an effort to prevent reporting on Assange’s own words. They also constitute a saddening break with WikiLeaks’ own ideals. Last month, WikiLeaks’ lawyers published an op-ed saying they object to our editing in the United States. However, Assange has known since 2015 that we were editing in the U.S. In 2016, he signed an agreement to license WikiLeaks’ own footage to us and raised no objection to mailing a hard drive with footage directly to our editing room in New York City. WikiLeaks has also repeatedly publicized their participation in Risk , most recently re-tweeting a link to the film’s trailer on April 10, 2017 (a tweet that has since been deleted), without raising any concerns. In their cease and desist letter, lawyers for WikiLeaks and Assange state: “The unauthorized release of the Film has caused our clients to suffer ongoing irreparable harm, and exponentially increasing damages every time a new viewer sees the Film.” All the participants in Risk agreed for years to be in the film. We have no obligation to seek WikiLeaks’ or Assange’s authorization to release the film. In fact, our rights under the First Amendment are protected precisely because we are engaging in independent journalism. Assange himself has criticized the media for seeking permission from public figures before releasing stories. Like WikiLeaks, our journalism has been the target of U.S. government investigation, secret grand jury, and threats by elected officials. We fully understand and empathize with the dangers WikiLeaks is facing, and we stand in solidarity with all journalists and publishers around the world currently under attack.

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