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John McAfee Runs For US President In 2016 Under Cyber Party
by grarpamp 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

Recently you had a chance to ask John McAfee about his presidential run under the newly-formed Cyber Party. John covers a wide variety of topics from education and infrastructure, to gun control and drug legalization. Read below for his answers to your questions. http://politics.slashdot.org/story/15/10/19/1517221/interviews-john-mcafee-…

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Fwd: Ecartis command results: unsubscribe
by Michael Best 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

1. If JYA had been willing to quietly verify that information in the first place, I wouldn't've had to publish it. Instead, he lied and said I faked the data. 2. I only brought it up because it was relevant to the GCHQ slide, which John refused to comment on except to tell me in an email to keep going. 3. As John has said, '*What if we harm somebody' or all this kind of crap. Which is strictly cowardice.*" When he didn't cooperate and then told me to keep going, I took that as his blessing. 4. The majority of those extra posts about Cryptome or using the word Cryptome didn't come from me, they came from people throwing accusations at me and deflecting from the real point which was the fxcking GCHQ slide. Because heaven forbid we talk about actual cypherpunk issues instead of accusing someone who doesn't worship Snowden or JYA enough. 5. Do you extend this same "unintended consequences" for Snowden's leaks when it comes to legitimate security issues, creating rifts between governments, creating discord among the population, accusing encryption of being the reason aliens haven't made contact, making it easier for FIS or terrorist groups to evade surveillance that has the potential to stop attacks against the critical infrastructure that John likes to take pictures of and post? I'm getting fed up with what feels like endless hypocrisy and personal attacks over a situation that I didn't play the dominant role in creating - JYA did. But I guess it's more fun to rabblerouse about shit and make accusations > Your trolling the list with the basically useless information that JYA > sold logs THAT HIS SITE OPERATION MAY NOT HAVE GENERATED (they may be > netsol's right?) created a spike in the use of the word "Cryptome" etc > on the radar of hackers and spammers, so yeah, you're responsible Mike. I > can almost guarantee it wouldn't have happened without you. RR

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Re: USB killer v2.0
by wirelesswarrior＠Safe-mail.net 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

Jim, Although Kopp's paper lacks some critical design details there are other online papers that reveal the missing elements in sufficent detail. Key components not shown in the linked article are a Q-switch, a pulse compression device most often used in lasers, that decreases pulse width and increases pulse amplitude (the explosive's detoniation isn't brief enough) and the microwave generator's design. Heck, according to Kopp you really don't even need an explosive pump. A lightening discharge (triggered by laser or a small rocket) will do the trick. An advantage of the lightening method is the device is not destroyed (if you can safely retrieve it). Disadvantage, you must hide the device near a target (with high lightening activity) for extended periods. WW -------- Original Message -------- From: jim bell <jdb10987(a)yahoo.com> Apparently from: cypherpunks-bounces(a)cpunks.org To: coderman <coderman(a)gmail.com> Cc: Georgi Guninski <guninski(a)guninski.com>, "cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org" <cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org> Subject: Re: USB killer v2.0 Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 05:25:36 +0000 (UTC) > > From: coderman <coderman(a)gmail.com> > > > > >> However, for REAL damage, it would be useful to pulse the kilovolts into the > >> magnetron: Generally if you increase the voltage by 10, the power increases > >> by 100. Feed that microwave magnetron with brief (microseconds) pulses of > >> 40,000 volts, rather than 4000, and it will probably generate close to 100 > >> kilowatts. It would be necessary to establish that such a system will not > >> arc with over-voltage, either within the waveguide or the associated > >> high-voltage wiring. > > >high voltage solid state built into shielding around the > >waveguide/magnetron cavity presents smallest external hazard and > >compact too. > >of course, another order-of-mag level up in explosively pumped EW weapons :) > > http://science.howstuffworks.com/e-bomb3.htm > > > > > > > > >

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MUTE and Solving the key exchange problem
by wirelesswarrior＠Safe-mail.net 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

Frank Braun has just released an alpha of his MUTE - secure messaging system. This Prague 2015 Hacker Conference slide presentation included a very interesting section of how MUTE tries "Solving the key exchange problem". Here is a link to details and his slides. He welcomes positive criticism. https://github.com/mutecomm/mute/blob/master/doc/keyexchangeproblem.md WW

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How to remove all traces of the Deep State in phase transition [was Re: How To Survive The "Deep State"]
by coderman 18 Oct '15

18 Oct '15

On 10/18/15, Steve Kinney <admin(a)pilobilus.net> wrote: >... > Per my own pet theories, today's Deep State will self destruct by > virtue of its own existence: Unbreakable commitments vs. Laws o' > Thermodynamics, never mind the details. In that model, the actual > "fall" of the Deep State is already in progress, as part of a > complex and turbulent transitional period with historically > unprecedented features. We do live in interesting times. this is why we must destroy the deep state: a controlled demolition is more humane for all than a catastrophic deterioration! note that the hardest part of this imperative left unsaid: replacing the current social and macroeconomic realities with a sustainable state-free and deep-state-free society. good luck, earth humans! :)

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Fwd: Ecartis command results: unsubscribe
by Michael Best 18 Oct '15

18 Oct '15

> > >>* that I didn't play the dominant role in creating * > >ROTF. You're right, it was me. NOT John for allowing the info out in the wild or refusing to listen to me or forcing me to get other people to look at the data to verify it. *eyeroll* You so craAazy, Rayzer. ;-) --Mike the Fallible, First of His Name, King of the Fools and the Blind Men.

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What are they doing?
by jim bell 18 Oct '15

18 Oct '15

Can anyone figure out what this is? http://rightisthe.mightofthe.community/ They cite me in the bibliography. Jim Bell

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Fwd: Ecartis command results: unsubscribe
by Michael Best 18 Oct '15

18 Oct '15

> > How many other people on this mailing list bought a copy of the Cryptome > archive, saw the logs, and kept their mouths shut because they knew damned > well that they'd be causing the exact same shitstorm (with the same lack of > anything being done about it) if they said anything? To be sure, sometimes I have too much faith* in people and not enough foresight. *Faith re: my expectations, not necessarily their righteousness or any judgment on others Regardless of how many people saw it and didn't report it, I think everyone can agree that we all wish this had worked out more quietly and with less friction. --Michael the Fallible, First of His Name, King of the Fools and the Blind Men.

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Fwd: [Gsmmap] How much of the IMSI Catcher Score can be derived WITHOUT a mobile phone ?
by coderman 17 Oct '15

17 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steve Glass <stevie.glass(a)gmail.com> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 08:14:47 +1000 Subject: Re: [Gsmmap] How much of the IMSI Catcher Score can be derived WITHOUT a mobile phone ? An SDR can, in theory, capture more information that is just available to the phone and can do so passively. Many of the same metrics apply but can be derived from other traffic, e.g., for C1 the presence of any unencrypted traffic on any channel in countries where traffic is normally encrypted is a big giveaway. Passively monitoring traffic gives a more complete picture. It is, however, a game that a much smaller number of participants can play because the hardware requirements are for a suitable SDR rather than just a Qualcomm-equiped Android phone.

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New signals handbook for small teams (free)
by wirelesswarrior＠Safe-mail.net 17 Oct '15

17 Oct '15

This series of handbooks is an attempt to provide a set of guidelines for effective tactical use of radios among small units, that will be universally relevant. This first volume, Volume One, focuses on handheld team and squad level radios. This is information everyone in a unit should know. It covers the fundamentals, and progresses to more advanced information. It is in PDF form. Let me know what you think of it. http://www.warriortalk.com/showthread.php?124519-New-signals-handbook-for-s…

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