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Fw: How to identify a sociopath / psychopath
by Zenaan Harkness 26 Jun '16

26 Jun '16

How to identify a sociopath / psychopath? Have you ever felt the urge to throw one of your group's leading lights and a principled and staunch man, under the bus? Do you notice you occasionally get caught up in a public lynch mobbing, which in hindsight was a less than admirable move? Have you ever been involved in a conversation where uncomfortablly powerful/ confronting questions are asked which challenge conventional thinking or the status quo, and instead of supporting the questioner, you tried to defend the indefensible until it was obvious the indefensible could no longer be defended? Is it possible that for you, the ends ("I/we are trying to save the world") justifies the means ("an evil is done now, under my watch")? Is it really too radical to suggest that instead of justifying an evil, it might be better to just say no? To support the staunch and principled man or woman in uncomfortable times? To identify and support humility and humanity, to display a little empathy? So you say you need the wood for what you're building, but how does heartlessness make a better world? Does justifying an evil now, in pursuance of a purportedly better world, make you just a little bit sociopathic? anon.

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Tor funding
by grarpamp 26 Jun '16

26 Jun '16

On 6/26/16, Jonathan Wilkes <jancsika(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > ... the most important part of that transcript IMO is the > discussion about funding. Both Mike Perry and Jacob Appelbaum agreed > in it that the current funding model "comprimises" the project (their word). > Why can't Tor use a funding model similar to Wikipedia? Tor actually does have an individual donation component. Though it doesn't yet go into statistics about number and size distribution of transactions for each funding method, there's at least some level of breakout in the annual report and filings. Tor has an element of "can't teach old dog new tricks", or at least "we're moving, slowly..." the Tor dog has received a lot of "compromised" (from some minds or global perspectives) money. Some principals in tor grew up in certain spheres of work, for which say, writing proposals for, and getting, government grants, is what they're good at. Contracts bids are of course more one sided than bilateral interest work or grant requests. Public sector work / careers (Government, University) are just naturally that way. Others are good at courting large private foundations / NGOs, some of those not everyone would agree on either, and some possibly funded in turn by similar objectionables. > If you just stood up and said, "Help us get out of this Faustian bargain," > the people and organizations that rely on your software would certainly help > find a way to raise the money needed to support your work. Maybe some of this needs to be thrown out to some sort of community approval model. Maybe a growing percentage moratorium on objectionables, and such a stand up announcement, is part of that. Some even say remove all the program outreach money to a separate entity. With other folks just coding for BTC. Balancing and transitioning is hard. > For better or for worse Tor is currently synonymous > with online anonymity (or the best semblance of it available), in the same > way Wikipedia is synonymous with online encyclopedia. Maybe tor just got "lucky" here, who knows. One thing that should be thought about is any undue mass effect, and how to help other projects in the space [1] that are small or lack the above historically conjoined funding talent and sources, yet whose code, ideas, and papers are seen as important / competing work, or have been used by larger projects. Monopolies in any field are usually not a good thing, so you want to be quite careful about creating or sustaining them. And continually reevaluate, as a process, if what you're funding and coding is still worthy of your efforts. [1] Anon overlays, messaging, storage, crypto, activism, etc. [Sorry for subject change it didn't fit original of that blogger, and for gmail thread breakage.]

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Brexit Signals the End of the Neocon's "End of History"
by Zenaan Harkness 26 Jun '16

26 Jun '16

Polemic, and could be shorter, but ends so succintly courtesy Ralph Waldo Emerson quote. Brexit Signals the End of the Neocon's "End of History" http://russia-insider.com/en/brexit-signals-end-neocons-end-history/ri15213

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surprise!
by Jens.Stomber＠gmx.de 25 Jun '16

25 Jun '16

Hi, That's gonna surprise you a lot, just take a look <http://ritegucho.indiegoes.com/aeiyjr> Rushing, Jens.Stomber(a)gmx.de

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moderation test
by bvaughn74＠gmx.com 25 Jun '16

25 Jun '16

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Russia mandates backdoors, data retention next
by grarpamp 25 Jun '16

25 Jun '16

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/06/24/1825242/russia-lawmakers-pass-spyin… http://www.dailydot.com/politics/encryption-backdoor-russia-fsb-bill-passes/ A bill that was proposed recently in the Russian Duma to make cryptographic backdoors mandatory in all messaging apps, has passed. Patrick Howell O'Neill, reports for DailyDot:A massive surveillance bill is now on its way to becoming law in Russia. The "anti-terrorism" legislation includes a vast data-eavesdropping and -retention program so that telecom and internet companies have to record and store all customer communications for six months, potentially at a multitrillion-dollar cost. Additionally, all internet firms have to provide mandatory backdoor access into encrypted communications for the FSB, the Russian intelligence agency and successor to the KGB. The bill, with support from the ruling United Russia party, passed Friday in the Duma, Russia's lower legislative house, with 277 votes for, 148 against, and one abstaining. It now moves to Russia's Federal Council and the Kremlin, where it's expected to pass into law.

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U.S. Supreme Court rules 5-3 that police may use evidence found in illegal stops.
by Zenaan Harkness 25 Jun '16

25 Jun '16

Americans: your country is looking more f@!#$! by the week. Russians: why are you desperately chasing the West's digital fascism legislation world title?! Damn the world's getting depressing... Subject: U.S. Supreme Court rules 5-3 that police may use evidence found in illegal stops. U.S. Supreme Court rules 5-3 that police may use evidence found in illegal stops The US Supreme Court ruled that police may use evidence in court, even if it is obtained by unconstitutional means, provided the suspect has one or more outstanding arrest warrants. We have been unable to locate the part of the Constitution that says it can be ignored if someone has an outstanding arrest warrant. The Daily Dot. 20 June 2016 (Story) http://www.dailydot.com/politics/supreme-court-justice-search-arrest-warran…

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moderation test
by grarpamp 25 Jun '16

25 Jun '16

On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 11:03:00AM +0200, bvaughn74(a)gmx.com wrote: > > be excellent to each other > > http://i.imgur.com/2Zlj7iM.jpg Provenance and context? If this is old, then you're sick. If this is new and related, then either someone's fucking around, or people have blood on their hands. Such sadness. So yes, please, be excellent to each other... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3fx6TugN7g

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Conspiracy theorist definition.
by Zenaan Harkness 25 Jun '16

25 Jun '16

Conspiracy theorist: Someone who questions the statements of known liars.

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Publicly Usable Secure Rooms
by Karl Semich 25 Jun '16

25 Jun '16

Hi list, I was wondering if anybody had any information on public secure spaces such as shielded rooms. I would like to index such places, and create motion towards such security being accessible for all people. - Karl, USA

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