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Philosohpical - Reading between the lines: the Great War of Continents, information wars, and multipolarity
by Zenaan Harkness 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

Speaking of agendas, of course we each tend to see the world, the struggles of the day, through particular lenses, preferences, agendas etc. This philosophical piece has an image which could make a great desktop background - but more importantly may help remind some (such as I) to take note of the breadth of viewpoints/ agendas from which we may couch any events of the day. Perhaps you might enjoy it too. http://fortruss.blogspot.ru/2015/11/reading-between-lines-great-war-of.html Regards, Zenaan

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Ladar Levison Describes USG Abuses in USG v. Lavabit
by John Young 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

Ladar Levison Describes USG Abuses in USG v. Lavabit http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2016-March/028669.html Precursor to USG-Apple abuses.

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Re: [Cryptography] Govt Can't Let Smartphones Be 'Black Boxes, ' Obama Say
by grarpamp 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

On 3/15/16, Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill(a)hallambaker.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 8:23 PM, Ray Dillinger <bear(a)sonic.net> wrote: > >> It would be a damned sight easier to take a view that allowed >> exceptional access with warrants, etc, if in the past the USG >> had abided by the notion that such access is in fact exceptional >> rather than routine, and needs to be provided for with warrants, >> etc. > > PRISM and the mass surveillance program violated our norms, no > question. But these were not a surprise to anyone who had been paying > attention. The big surprise for me was the Abu Ghraib photographs. Any > way you consider them, the photographs demonstrate a total collapse of > the moral fabric of the US military. And to this day, nobody has been > punished for committing the torture. The only jail sentences handing > down was for taking the photographs which led to the program being > exposed. Governments always absolve and immunize themselves (and their partners), particularly at the highest levels. Torture, Murder, Surveillance, Drone Kills, Cops Killing, Political Lies, Too Big To Fail, Generally Fucking Shit Up, etc... all typical. The only time they're stopped, indicted, prosecuted, and jailed is when they're failed / overthrown, invaded, or both. In the meantime till people wake up... they've come up with this cool thing called elections to make you forget and think the guard has changed... it hasn't... the same old game. Don't believe it? Ask History. Some history and deja vu... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Committee#Results_of_the_investigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_noir http://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/10-long-lived-empires.ht…

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USG v. Lavabit-Snowden Files Unsealed
by John Young 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

USG v. Lavabit-Snowden Files Unsealed: https://cryptome.org/2016/03/usg-lavabit-unsealed.pdf (560 pp, 140MB) Precursor to USG v. Apple.

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Re: [Cryptography] Lavabit's and Snowden's Solos
by John Young 16 Mar '16

16 Mar '16

Ladar Levison challenges USG misuse of Lavabit case: https://www.facebook.com/KingLadar/posts/10156714933135038

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Apple Reply to USG Opposition to Vacate Decrypt
by John Young 16 Mar '16

16 Mar '16

Apple Reply to USG Opposition to Vacate Decrypt, March 15, 2016 https://cryptome.org/2016/03/usg-apple-177.pdf (351 pp, 22MB)

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Intelius opt-out
by Michael Best 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

Should make it harder to find you by searching, at least in the U.S. https://www.intelius.com/optout If you trust them. FWIW. -- Veritas aequitas liberabit vos Veri universum vici That 1 Archive <http://that1archive.neocities.org/> @NatSecGeek <https://twitter.com/NatSecGeek>

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Remember, remember the Fukushima nuclear disaster on this day?
by Georgi Guninski 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

Remember the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the causes for it? The punky angle is that sufficiently large boom will kill all punks as a side effect.

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Re: [Cryptography] Govt Can't Let Smartphones Be 'Black Boxes, ' Obama Says
by grarpamp 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

On 3/13/16, Henry Baker <hbaker1(a)pipeline.com> wrote: > At 05:59 PM 3/13/2016, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote: >>No, you really can't argue this in good faith in court. The designation of >> crypto as a 'munition' was done by an administrative agency as a >> classificatory convenience to manage the export control regime (it was >> considered a dual use technology). That has no constitutional resonance >> at all. >> >>On Sat, 12 Mar 2016, Henry Baker wrote: >> >>>A case could be made that citizen crypto is protected -- at least in the >>> U.S. -- by the *Second* Amendment. Crypto has been considered "arms" on >>> & off for hundreds of years, so crypto is as much a right under the >>> Second Amendment as a firearm. > > One if by land; two if by sea. > > Code/encryption -- all part of being a militia. > > The real reason no one wants to argue this is that most of the folks who are > for citizen encryption are against citizen guns. So they've tied their own > hands when they go to argue in court. Even if said crypto citizens don't argue... the one group that is for citizen guns, the NRA [1], is also rather against surveillance / spying and databases and for privacy [2][3], so were you to reach out to them you might find a powerful symbiotic ally in the crypto fight. [1] And other similar RKBA groups. [2] See their national rally videos on youtube. [3] Though they may not know how to reach out to crypto to consult and integrate the philosophy into their position for their benefit. https://www.nra.org/ https://www.nraila.org/

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They call it "Going Dark" because you wouldn't be scared if they called it "Bad Guy Go Buh Bye"
by Rayzer 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

In light of Apple’s very public battle <https://theintercept.com/search/?s=apple%20fbi> with the FBI over encryption, John Oliver designed a satirical ad for Apple to help “both their customers and the government” understand just how hard it is to protect data. The host of /Last Week Tonight/ – who last April famously boiled down the argument about NSA surveillance to its core issue, dick picks <https://theintercept.com/2015/04/06/john-oliver-interview-political-disenga…> – said he takes Apple’s side, but acknowledged that the company wasn’t doing a very good job of explaining its position. Watch the two-minute fake ad here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsjZ2r9Ygzw&feature=youtu.be&t=15m50s>. It’s the last two minutes of the segment, embedded below. “We’re barely one step ahead of hackers at all times,” a voiceover actress explains. “So that when you idiots lose your phone, your information doesn’t wind up in the hands of guys like Gary.” Gary is a creepy hacker gratifying himself over family photos on a phone he stole. Apple engineers are pictured panicking and cursing. “So if the FBI comes to us and asks us if we can undermine our encryption without compromising everyone’s emails, texts, and skateboarding videos, this is our response,” the voiceover continues. “Are you fucking kidding me? We’re engineers, not wizards,” says an engineer. https://theintercept.com/2016/03/14/john-oliver-produces-fake-ad-for-apple-… RR "Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to pinpoint potential trouble-makers ... And neutralize them, neutralize them, neutralize them"

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