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Re: [grarpamp@gmail.com: Police 3D Print Dead Man's Fingers To Unlock Phone]
by grarpamp 11 Feb '17

11 Feb '17

On 7/21/2016 2:18 PM, David I. Emery wrote: On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Tim <polohat(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I hope this "grarpamp" asshole has a friend or relative murdered soon, the > police > ask specialists at a nearby university (gee, a taxpayer-funded > institution?!) for > help analyzing the victim's phone to possibly help find & convict the > murderer, > and the professors just laugh and say "Naw, it might violate the dead > person's privacy!" > > That'd be a laughable out loud moment. Then they're dead, nothing will bring them back, and their cat videos will remain safe. If you want to go commit another murder (puritanical vengeance abrogated to and proxied via the state), that's on you. As the survivor of the dead is likely executor of the phone, a little extortion back to the clan (instead of further enriching the state) in exchange for keeping killer safe from your kind, or absent you, plain old indentured servitude, or a great big forgiveness hug... all a bit more interesting and equitable than simple murder. It was simply an article and perhaps evidence of yet another growth in warrantless search. Be careful what intrusions you wish for, lest someday they be abused upon you.

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US New Hampshire: Has Libertarian State Rep, First in 20 Years
by grarpamp 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

http://freekeene.com/2017/02/09/breaking-nh-state-representative-joins-libe… https://youtu.be/ERypNDbPM4g It's a big day for libertarian history in New Hampshire and nationwide. For the first time in two decades, the Libertarian Party of NH (LPNH) has a sitting state representative in the legislature who is just beginning his first term in office. Caleb Dyer, state representative for Hudson and Pelham, announced today at a press conference in Concord's Legislative Office Building that he has switched his voter registration from republican to libertarian and has also joined the state party as a dues-paying member. Dyer is a New Hampshire native who knocked on 2,000 doors in his district, Hillsborough 37, to win his election in November of 2016.

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Re: change.org "declare antifa illegal/terrorist" petition
by Razer 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

That's right. I'm insulting your intellect. Don't contact me offlist again schmuck. I'm too busy for you nonsesne On 02/10/2017 10:07 AM, Joshua Case wrote: > > >> >> So are the people who run world governments that commit Genocide and >> the officers of corporations poisoning the planet (and our minds, >> with advertising of the products causing the physical poisoning). >> >> You aren't making your case spewball. >> >> "Rational" is relative. >> >> Rr >> >>> I don’t agree with Jim on all points, hardly any maybe, but i’fe >>> heard his stuff, listened to him talk. he’s rational, it seems. >>> >>> >> > > That’s all you’ve got? An obvious and blatant strawman fallacy and > some intellect insult? And no, rational is not relative - it’s not > everywhere, but it’s not relative. It has a precise definition, and > there is a mathematical proof for it. > > You might spend more time reading, less time writing for a while. > > Unless you’re just a paid troll to keep this list off topic, > undermining productive countercultural projects and coordination. In > which case, great work. Keep hitting send! >

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[TriggerWarning: Ball-Busting POC Women With Guns]
by Razer 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

Site check, not a Cloudflare Honeypot: http://whois.domaintools.com/blackwomensdefenseleague.com Article with links: https://blavity.com/the-black-womens-defense-league-stands-its-ground-at-th… "In recent weeks we have witnessed a broad reincarnation of the women’s movement as women of all races and nationalities have taken up the mantle of feminism for a new generation while staging protests all over the world. While this rebirth of feminism is important and necessary, it isn’t always intersectional. In addition to sexism, women of color and black women in particular, carry the added burden of racism, misogyny and deep-rooted toxic masculinity within our own culture. It is in that spirit that activist, Niecee X formed the Black Women’s Defense League as a coalition of women of color from all walks of life on the path to total liberation. Black women, especially within the “woke” community, sometimes face the unique challenge of having to defend our men while also defending ourselves from them. What happens when our allies in the fight for racial equality also harbor dangerous, sexist ideals? The internal conflict is real. When confronted with this tension, Niecee broke off from the black advocacy groups that she had been a part of to form a new organization focused specifically on the obstacles faced by women of color. In an interview with Vice, the activist described the impetus that inspired her to start the organization. "There were issues with an individual that I had been dealing with romantically," she said of a man she met within Dallas's black activist community, "and there was some violence that occurred between him and me." The alleged abuse resulted in the miscarriage of a pregnancy. When she brought these allegations to the attention of the organization’s leadership, she was accused of fabricating the story, publicly disparaged on social media and ultimately kicked out of the group. For black women who are caught in the crossfire between racism from outside of the community and patriarchy from within, the Black Women's Defense League encourages women to stand their ground and defend themselves. According to the group’s Facebook Page, “BWDL focus’ on self-defense through martial arts and other hand-to-hand combat techniques armed training with various types of artillery including knife fighting, marksmanship, and weapons of opportunity. BWDL also engages in emergency preparedness, urban survival training, ...and battered women’s rescue.” The self-described womanist organization’s mission extends beyond black feminism. “We believe in protecting our families and communities alongside our brothers and all oppressed people worldwide. In our communities, black men and women must function as two vital parts of the same body. BWDL seeks to refine, train and prepare women for a symbiotic relationship that will truly enrich our children, our lives and make a positive impact on our collective realities.” It is clear that for black women, the movement for liberation must be fought on two fronts. The Black Women's Defense League stands for both."

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RaHoWa boi poisons self with Ricin, Turns himself in
by Razer 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

If he was a shade or two darker, or a Muslim, So-Called "President" Trump would be tweeting about it and saying US courts are endangering Americans. Americans ARE their OWN worst Enemies. Greed does that. "A Georgia man who has shown support for white supremacist groups is being investigated by the FBI after authorities say he drove himself to a hospital for exposure to ricin, a deadly toxin. William Christopher Gibbs, of Morganton, was jailed on reckless conduct and probation violation charges since taking himself to the hospital last Thursday and saying he had ricin on his hands. A search of his car tested positive for the substance, according to the Fannin County Sheriff's Office. "I think it was all contained inside his vehicle, just a small amount of something I think he had been experimenting with," Sheriff Dane Kirby told Fox5Atlanta. "It was inside his vehicle and somehow he claimed he had exposed himself to what he made, got scared, and went to the hospital." Thousands of first responders exposed to deadly ricin in training About 100 officers later swarmed Gibbs' home, with officials in HAZMAT suits inspecting the area as baffled neighbors looked on. Ricin is a naturally occurring toxin found in the seeds of castor oil plants, which can be lethal even in the smallest doses if it is refined and purified. Terrorists and terror groups have been known to use it, and letters containing ricin have been mailed to politicians including former President Barack Obama and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The poison was also a plot point on the TV drug drama "Breaking Bad." It remains unclear why Gibbs, 27, was toting the toxin or how he obtained it. There was no evidence the ricin had used or that the public was at risk, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia John Horn said. William Christopher Gibbs. (Fannin County Sheriff's Office) (See the article for a pic of this wussy little fascist mama's boy) http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ga-man-apparent-white-supremacy-ti… A Facebook page that matches Gibbs' appearance and description has dozens of posts supporting the Georgia Church Of Creativity — part of the Creativity Movement, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated as a white supremacist group. The movement champions what it considers the superior "creativity" of the white race. Many photos on the Facebook page show Gibbs wearing a patch with the local chapter's logo and the slogan, "Mobilize Nature's Finest." He is also seen standing in front of a flag for the group. Another photo shows a drawing of a tree with the Creativity logo on it. Gibbs wrote in a caption, "100 years from now when someone finds one of these trees thay (sic) will know that there was once a White Race." The page also includes memes supporting the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Brotherhood, and mocking Jews and blacks. The biography includes the phrase "RaHoWa," a white supremacist term for "racial holy war." The Facebook page lists Gibbs' employment as a machine operator at Pilgrim's Pride, a Brazilian-owned food company. A woman who answered the phone at a number for Gibbs and identified as his grandmother declined to comment..."

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Re: An Examination of Zerodium's Price Chart
by Ryan Carboni 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

> > I am not sure you depict the situation correctly. > The colourful image with these prices writes *UP TO $X* and clearly > there is great difference between $X and "up to $X". > Appears to me marketoid trick like the spam advertisements on > non-internet media: "product/service X prevents your from Y *UP TO 100%*". > > And Data Encryption Standard has up to 56-bits of security, depending on luck.

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An Examination of Zerodium's Price Chart
by Ryan Carboni 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

https://www.zerodium.com/program.html To remotely jailbreak iOS is worth one and a half million dollars. To break OpenSSL, $50,000. To hack your antivirus program, $40,000. To hack Tor Browser, $30,000. To hack flash player, $100,000. It appears the only secure way to access the internet is using iOS, but only to connect to static websites hosted by other smartphones, using (probably) PolarSSL. I recommend reading Personal Privacy in an Information Society, written in 1977. > A recently publicized example of a government information system with > inadequate security involved the computer and telecommunications system, > SSADARS, which connects private insurance companies acting as Medicare > intermediaries for the government with the Social Security Administration > (SSA) data file. The Social Security Administration reported at the > Commission hearings on Medical Records in July 1976 that its longstanding > policy of protecting the confidentiality of individually identifiable > information in its files had been adequately carried out in its > administrative and technical safeguards. On October 23, 1976, however, SSA > announced that it had discovered that it was mistaken in its belief that > there was "no way the Medicare intermediaries and carriers can use their > telecommunications system to gain access to the files used to administer"30 > other SSA programs. SSA staff found that the SSADARS terminals installed in > the offices of two intermediaries could have been altered relatively > easily, thereby permitting access to files other than the Medicare > eligibility files the intermediaries needed to see. Although no actual > access to other SSA program information is believed to have occurred, the > technical safeguards to assure the confidentiality of information in the > SSADARS system were not as effective as SSA had thought. In fact, all the problems in our modern day have been predicted long before CFAA and Wargame (the movie) were ever put to paper. The fact that no action has been taken is alarming in itself, and indicative of some sort of mass undiagnosed neurological disease.

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[WAR] Immigrant Crime Rates in Germany - the numbers
by Zenaan Harkness 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

Impressive numbers: Immigrant Crime Rates in Germany February 19, 2016 http://www.unz.com/akarlin/immigrant-crime-in-germany/ " ... Frankly even I was rather surprised by some of these figures – perhaps not so much the figures on rape, but I do find the killer performance of the likes of Lebanon, Tunisia and Algeria in the homicide rates to be unduly impressive. After all, according to international homicide rate statistics, the Maghreb is actually rather civilized – 2.2/100,000 in Tunisia and Morocco, and a mere 0.7/100,000 in Algeria (lower than in Germany itself at 0.8/100,000). Lebanon for all its chaos is also at 2.2/100,000. Homicide rates are the one major type of crime that can be reliably measured across countries, so that actually makes them safer than large chunks of Eastern Europe, including Poland before the 2000s. But for some reason when they come to Europe their homicide rates soar by an order of magnitude. "

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Hardware Hacker's Korner: Electromagnetic Pulse Generator in a backpack
by Razer 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

(Snigger) The backpack nuke, the B-54 Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM) - entered into the US arsenal in 1964. The weapon was only 18 inches tall and 12 inches in diameter, yet was as powerful as a thousand tons of TNT. Special Forces units called "Green Light teams" would prep in using SADMs for tactical strikes behind enemy The use of SADMs was green lighted by the US military for use both within and outside NATO countries. In the case of an enemy advance, SADMs would be set off to destroy key infrastructure preventing the Soviets from acquiring it. Greenlight teams were also prepared to use SADMs to destroy installations in Warsaw Pact countries, including enemy bunkers, rail lines, and anti-aircraft grid locations. Some Green Light team instructors would insist their team had to stay within visual range of the detonation to ensure success. More... But don't tell those alt-right gunnut neonazi xtian identity folks. They might get ideas. http://www.businessinsider.com/9-facts-about-the-uss-backpack-nukes-2014-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Light_Teams

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NPR All Things Considered: Cryptoparties
by grarpamp 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/02/06/513705825/cryptopa… https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2017/02/20170206_atc_cryptopa…

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