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for those going to 30C3: Fwd: USB Sticks for TAILS [and OpenPGPv2 smartcards, and Yubikeys, and ...]
by coderman 22 Dec '13

22 Dec '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Moritz Bartl <moritz(a)torservers.net> Date: Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 6:35 AM Subject: Re: [tor-talk] USB Sticks for TAILS On 11/15/2013 01:50 PM, Moritz Bartl wrote: > I am still undecided whether I want the final sticks to have a logo, or > simply be blank to not attract too much attention. If you have a nice > idea for a logo, let me know. I want to order 100 sticks in time for > Chaos Communication Congress 30C3. The sticks [1] have arrived, you will be able to buy them for roughly $15 at Chaos Communication Congress. Maybe I can drop off some of them at the table of Wau Holland Foundation or elsewhere. Best you come find me, for example at the Tor Relay meetup [2]. I ended up buying *200* sticks, 100 of each type and color. I will post a detailed bill and pictures next year. I will also bring OpenPGPv2 smartcards [3] and Gemalto USB tokens [4] that you can buy from me, and some Yubikeys. [5] [1] https://blog.torservers.net/20131115/usb-sticks-for-tails.html [2] https://events.ccc.de/congress/2013/wiki/Session:Torservers_Meetup [3] http://shop.kernelconcepts.de/product_info.php?products_id=42 [4] http://www.cryptoshop.com/gemalto-idbridge-k30-usb-shell-token-v2.html [5] https://www.yubico.com/ -- Moritz Bartl https://www.torservers.net/

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public notice: TLA scrutiny an opportunity for catching capabilities
by coderman 22 Dec '13

22 Dec '13

if you're under scrutiny[0] no better time to test than today :) - collect sequences, collect imagery, collect signals, collect collaborators, collect everything! (you'll find data later you didn't recognize as relevant) - honey tokens to trigger channel targets, see which takes. - selective channels of dis-information to quantify compromise. - observe counter-reaction, counter counter-counter-measures, - continually iterate process until truce or truncheon-ed... caution: this can lead to escalation! 0. "Snowden ally Appelbaum claims his Berlin apartment was invaded" http://www.dw.de/snowden-ally-appelbaum-claims-his-berlin-apartment-was-inv… """ Berlin resident and US national Jacob Appelbaum told Saturday's edition of the "Berliner Zeitung" daily that he believed he was under surveillance in the German capital. Appelbaum told the paper that somebody had broken into his apartment and used his computer in his absence. "When I flew away for an appointment, I installed four alarm systems in my apartment," Appelbaum told the paper after discussing other situations which he said made him feel uneasy. "When I returned, three of them had been turned off. The fourth, however, had registered that somebody was in my flat - although I'm the only one with a key. And some of my effects, whose positions I carefully note, were indeed askew. My computers had been turned on and off." """

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BlueHat v13 crypto talks - request for leaks ;)
by coderman 21 Dec '13

21 Dec '13

any details on "Mackerel: A Progressive School of Cryptographic Thought" or "The Factoring Dead: Surviving the Cryptopocalypse" ?

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re: footnote (07)
by brian carroll 21 Dec '13

21 Dec '13

i did not connect the two themes together until now, though consider again the residential high rise building with an antenna array on top, previously sent to the list, in the context that it could be harvesting its own power and disconnected from the surrounding energy grid via the antenna array at its crown. off the books energy, at the same time brutal wars fought to sustain oil power... https://www.dropbox.com/s/yxxogxr190chkoc/array1.PNG https://www.dropbox.com/s/1rpi0p7l1ne8qzq/array1b.PNG (how is that for ethics and morality of secret leadership, and issues of corruption, deception, hidden evil agenda) in other words: the antennas are for capturing energy and not just for communications signals, a la piezo technology again, how to audit the circuitry involved. who has authority to evaluate such systems in their technological functioning. 0290.20 9202.51 0029.98

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Human scum in the crypto/security industry industry
by gwen hastings 21 Dec '13

21 Dec '13

lots of Human scum, snake oil peddlers etc in my industry, back at Sunsoft in 1994 I used to have to work with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Shwed as he was writing the initial versions of Firewall-1(was being done on Solaris 2.4 at the time). He had a desk in Bldg 5 at Sunsoft also Gil as Wikipedia states(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Shwed) and as Bamford writes was a member of the Mossad linked Unit 8200. He was extremely eager to get FW-1(which Sun had NO source to at that time) into the hands of Sun Customers.. LOTS of SUN customers. And given what I was doing at the time for the 5 Sun Companies, I was a Sun Industrial Relations 'skunk' as in skunkworks there was a bit of pressure for me to use Fw-1 at my offsite lab(s) and my home lab(NOT), I already had alternatives. Fortunately as I was also working with SunLabs we had internally developed alternatives which we did control all sources for ie Sunscreen-1, unfortunately there was an insistance we use BSAFE(which I ALWAYS had a LOT of resistance to) for the SKIP crypto tunnels, as we are coming to find out.. there were evil reasons for this. Skip had some internal defenses against such skulduggery such as rapidly switching out keys.. use of DH.. and both Ashar Aziz and Whit Diffie had their hand in the design. But if there were flaws in the random number gen that were not known to us then this puts a whole different light on things like none of the defenses mean anything when keys were predictable. and I used to think John Young had finally skipped over the edge John My apologies.. Fucking SNAKE OIL salesmen gwen ps its becoming VERY obvious to me that RSA Inc. and Jim Bidzos were filthy from the start. I thought an AG-Crypto was being run on us but I was told I was being overly paranoid and to take off my tin foil hat(NOT). -- Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.’

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PVDF and sensing - (07)
by brian carroll 21 Dec '13

21 Dec '13

heading down the final stretch... my fascination with sensors as an electronics concept began with small pamphlet electronics instruction books from Forrest Mims [0] found at Radio Shack though they are widely available online these days. [1] if interested in programming microcontrollers though have not been introduced via non-computer breadboard electronics, it may be of interest to look at and learn from circuits in these notebooks, which provide basic concepts for how the circuits work and the principles they involve. for a technical person it could be instructive, for those like myself with a mental gap in the fundamentals there may still be questions that need to be answered before able to access and intuitively understand exactly what is going on, modifying it from there so, engineering mindset, great resource. artistic mindset, perhaps still a significant boundary before understanding though i have trouble with reading and ambiguous concepts so it could be only my limitation that kept me from learning the basics of electronics in terms of circuitry. another is: having the parts that are needed, versus just looking at the diagrams and understanding what is happening, or using these for reference, to build other circuits via same approach or extending or borrowing certain parts of designs. quite interesting to locate a Mims book on sensors and piezo kit together in regard to ongoing issues with piezo sensors and energy harvesting. [2] what captured my imagination was the particular notebook on sensors, their conceptual nature as this relates to issues of feedback and intelligence that effectively maps onto switches and gauges as measurements of activity, indicators of events; likewise, the reversibility of sensors, how some if not many can be inverted in their functioning, such that a microphone can be a speaker and vice versa PVDF piezo film as a sensor material exemplifies the tremendous range that a given material and its properties can connect with, in varying dynamics and dimensions. (if not mistaken, it can even detect airflow while potentially creating air flow likewise) and so one of these unique properties of piezo film is that it can detect temperature differences. this got me wondering (reading of its application in the tech manual), that given its incredible sensitivity, would it be able to detect electromagnetic fields due to the gradiated change in radiation levels surrounding wires, in proximity to EMF signals this combined with the idea of the PVDF sensor as an ANTENNA then had me wondering if this could function in a similar realm as the standard linear Hall effect sensor [3] that senses magnetic fields and functions as a strain gage (analog) or on/off switch (binary/digital) in the presence of electromagnetic fields. and thus EMF meters, most presumably, utilized Hall effect sensors that have multiple axes, 1-axis to 3-axis that relate to the geometry of the EM field in space, and thus rotating a probe for an EMF meter in a given context which generate varying signal, helping define the shape and direction of the signal, as it is positioned in space [4] [5] so my thinking was as follows... there are these small piezo sensor 'film tabs' that can be hooked up to a speaker, and if they could detect signals from home wiring in the wall, as a microphone, then essentially it approximates an EMF meter without the display details, though could indicate an intensity level by how loud or soft the noise that is picked up. perhaps this is actually not possible though it my questioning of its use. and this could require holding or moving the piezo film tab, the rectangle with an audio cable connected to it, then connected with a small preamp/mixer, amplifier or headphones, and perhaps moving it along the wall -- which seems unlikely due to sensitivity -- because it would generate massive noise seemingly, or, to potentially move it in the air, likewise that could seemingly make lots of noise by its movement, masking any other signals. it seems to go nowhere as an approach, yet my question remains that if this PVDF material can and does function as an antenna and it could pick up signals via vibrations, that perhaps if it was held or moved against a wall with electrical wiring inside, it could access this intense vibrational activity in some way it is obviously unclear as an approach, as multiple aspects coincide, both in attempting to access a signal and how this could occur... and thus: the issue could be having the PVDF film tab register 'temperature variation' as a way to monitor the difference in heat between a less electromagnetic realm and more electromagnetic realm as the radiation is monitored by the sensor and is this possible or not. and further, would the fact that the device is a capacitor then influence its charge via induction, such that the EMFs would charge the PVDF film, again via vibration or heat, though which could be used as electricity in a circuit it connects to, via energy harvesting. the concept is that the EMF meter as device would generate power when detecting signals. and so the existing rectangular film tabs [6] are potentially one way of going about this, in terms of 'mapping temperature' as mapping of EMFs, and seemingly related to this is the issue of the sensor being shielded or not, as this potentially relates to issues of tuning. what frequency or temperature range can influence the sensor a hypothetical application the PVDF sensor used for mapping out EMFs, is that a cellphone could contain such a device and be held against the wall or on a shelf in which there is electrical wiring, and the induction that occurs from the wires to the capacitor via vibration of EMFs could in effect provide charging power to the cellphone or other once-battery-reliant device, if energy harvesting was paired with wiring in the home and electrical power already in place, it would be an issue of locating it, excavating a hidden environment, so the EMF meter as indicator of signal strength or of radiation levels as temperature could provide a diagnostic of a local area via mapping it out as EM environment, and then situate devices in this specific location, in proximity to wires to maximize energy harvest via vibration that perpetually charges the capacitor (note here: if the PVDF film were etched as was previously mentioned with further patterning, this could massively increase voltage potentially, via increasingly its capacitance or storage capacity for holding energy, seemingly of higher voltage) though what really got my mind spinning was the idea of another format for this piezo polymer and that is 'piezo coaxial cable'. [7] [8] in that, this idea of PVDF as an antenna then is tending towards a shape or form that has been used for antennas, that is: a length of wire that picks up signals as wavelengths geometrically align with, map onto, influence its properties. (that is, if not mistaken in how things work) and so my mind starts thinking of making a loop out of this cable, as if a transponder that is used to track some emitting signal, or as a certain type of TV console antenna even, if not rabbit ears in retrospect. and what is the actual difference in these different materials functioning, plain metal and piezo polymer, in terms of antenna the obvious is that the latter generates power if it begins to vibrate. and holds onto it as a capacitor, so it builds up and stores the external influence. though more, consider the issue of high-voltage, that a long length of wire could potentially hold a lot of charge. and this in a context of sensing... there is the classic example of 'wireless power' in a person holding fluorescent tube lights under the powerlines of a high-voltage pylon corridor that in turn illuminates the lights via EMFs by way of the surrounding intense levels of radiation that bathe the area in proximity to such towers so there is massive energy in the air, ionizing it, around high voltage electric transmission towers, enough to light a fluorescent (AC) lightbulb that otherwise requires a ballast/transformer to do so (again, if not mistaken), in that charge/electrons are rapidly moving back and forth through a gas held inside the unlit tube that then generates light by triggering a reaction that releases or produces photons via the current shooting through the gas (sidenote: LEDs interesting in similar way, light or photons produced by jumping gap in a circuit) note: DANGER: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO THIS WITHOUT PROPER EXPERTISE/QUALIFICATIONS... now imagine you have a loop of piezo coaxial cable that can function as an antenna. potentially and-or seemingly, it would be able to 'read' the temperature difference via the radiation in the area underneath or nearby similar high-voltage towers. though this may co-exist as a variable with frequency/vibration thus heat may just be another way of saying the same thing, though in a more tangible or perceivable way, in that its influence may be more apparent. here is why it is not advisable for a do-it-yourselfer- because any length of this piezo cable is a capacitor that can store energy, and the larger the cable the more voltage that could be stored, it would appear, and thus if such an antenna were use and capable of storing large amounts of high voltage charge, it then could be deadly dangerous to be holding onto this cable because it would be inducing current from the powerlines and potentially into the body, in terms of its grounding (say, straight through an arm to heart then out one foot or both) potentially like getting hit by lightning. any precautions that would be taken by electrical workers that work on high voltage lines would be relevant as security precautions for any such experimentation. and yet, if a circuit were made around such an antenna -- potentially via paired or matching VIBRATION alone, this same piezo cable device could potentially provide much more power and current via its energy harvesting. (or so it is speculated here) in a more removed situation, or a smaller antenna, it could potentially be used to map EMFs via piezo wire in the way Hall effect sensors are used today, though again with the benefit of energy harvesting and providing power to circuitry. thus piezo cable, as antenna, could have its own unique attributes and properties that could better align in certain situations or circumstances to provide power or function as an antenna, whereby the 'microphone' or listening is occurring in a vibrational realm that is not connected to material vibration beyond its own support structure, instead, as antenna it is tuning into strong fields (as heat, here proposed) that would potentially be capable of providing this source of vibrational needed to power circuitry, yet further, also a signal of meaning about the nature of the environment in its electromagnetic composition and ordering, mapping or direction based on these attributes, features of landscape that is relevant in terms of health and energy so then i was done with thinking about it and then encountered a photograph that inspired another layer of thinking within this domain... it was of a woman's hat [9] created by a fashion designer that spoke to these issues in terms of its language and aesthetics, providing insight into the nature of the questions involved. what if, for instance, the piezo film tab sensors were able to monitor the heat or radiation as this correlates to vibrational frequencies of cellphones as they are held against the skull, and evaluate the radiation involved at the blood-brain barrier as this influences tumor development in humans via sending this transmission of cellphone signals from the phone to the cellular towers? in other words, what if this little sensor could be placed on a hat, alongside the surface of the skin, and register and monitor the radiation levels from omnidirectional antennas shooting EMFs and coded patterns into the human brain, as part of this relation between people, tools, technology and infrastructure - "daily ~communionication" again, the wonders of the piezo film indicate that they do respond to monitoring of skin, and thus likely a viable approach to modeling this relation, and testing against "official evidence" about how these antennas and vibrations are influencing the human physiology. real-time cellphone monitoring (another approach could involve a PVDF sensor at the only opening of an otherwise EMF-opaque box or container that has a cellphone in it, attempting to transmit or radiate its signal, and measuring activity via vibration or heat from this at various distances) additional hats provided further insight into aspects of multiple tunings [10] via adjusting cantilevers or tuning forks, to what frequencies are related to and through, as part of consciousness as information, this in a non-electromagnetic framework seemingly. and also of the nature of the mind being targeted by hostile signaling [11] in these toxic domains of the technical wilderness, functioning against humanity. in that disease and illness correlate with these same issues as they remain ignored and unaddressed, and allowing continuing abuse of power based on hidden leverage that results from no checks and balances upon unrestrained technological development for private goals and agendas, against public interest the kicker is that such technology could already be deployed in a hidden framework or context, just as it is hard to imagine ubiquitous mass surveillance via technological infrastructure without this corresponding in some significant way to a paid informant network on the ground, in close proximity, allowing full spectrum monitoring that tends towards gossip as power that is exploited in the political bias within infrastructure, emperor no clothes policy laid bare via own tattle tales thus, what if likewise, the potential for such sensing as harvesting of free energy already exists yet remains in a realm of secrecy, leveraged against populations on the outside of this inner society. what if different truths exist that remain unaccounted for, different economics that then become the basis for exploitation via illusion, via not sharing the discoveries and using this for power, to take over domains via ruse, deception, ill-intent, etc in other words: the conspiracy revealed, now out in the open... take for instance the unusual aesthetics of a local substation for electric power 'delivery', like a router, bus, or hub that then transforms the voltage en route to its destination. under the ordinary or standard model of power distribution, this could be assumed to function in one way and one way only... powerplant ==> transmission towers ==> substation ==> distribution poles that is, the power is generated at a power station, moved through high-voltage cables suspended from towers to a substation, where this power is stepped down and then further distributed via wooden poles to various dwellings though 'the antennas' could be for lightning protection, it seems highly unusual to have a large array of them or at least this design approach has not yet been encountered before this, and calls into question what is new about it. i had previously speculated it was a free energy substation tapping into atmospheric electricity via the antennas, though until the PVDF sensors did not understand how this might be possible. in fact, thinking about it right now, combining piezo antennas with HAARP atmospheric injections of frequency is potentially the model for remote power delivery at national or international scale, ala Nikola Telsa's Wardenclyffe Tower [13] in this scenario, the substation would be the 'generator' in that it could tune into a given vibration (perhaps Schumann resonance) and create high voltage electricity on-site, via remote transfer of energy -as information- seemingly, outside an electromagnetic context yet tied back into it via properties of nature, its order. in this way, power delivery could begin at the substation locally, then distribute back outwards to both high-voltage lines and the reduced-voltage distribution poles, from the substation itself, a decentralized power generation and delivery system, in effect, locally, though harmonized at a larger scale via atmospheric electricity as the generator or transmitter of 'motive power', if not conceptualizing this in error. that would be the illusion, that the powerplant is sending the power and not substation substation ==> transmission/distribution ==> local power thus like a crystal oscillator functioning in reverse as piezo sensor, if 'free energy' were being harvested at the substation-level, then a different organization of these relations exists than what is said to exist and used as a basis for top-down power structures in society. a decentralized, distributed, non-toxic energy that is limitless versus an infrastructure based on oil and gasoline and goal and nuclear energy that is destructive, basically raping the earth and likewise its inhabitants to fuel a given insane development strategy functioning against humanity as this aligns with 'green politics' and 'environmentalism', its politics and moral agenda within what is a warped accounting for various such factors. in other words, perhaps battery power is only an issue for those on the outside of this. if it indeed were to exist as a parallel infrastructure in the everyday environment. and maybe that is being used as leverage, a secret hidden development with different economics, social dynamics, and political goals that are not 'represented' in existing language, instead functioning outside or beyond its limiting frameworks and outdated views and beliefs, which provide cover and camouflage for sustaining trickery, exploiting it, and securing its place in relation to the rogue world state, thoroughly invested in its mission to serve its hidden special interests, having divested humanity long ago for private rewards in doing so. wouldn't it be nice to see a circuit diagram of how those antennas are hooked up at the substation. really interesting if it involved more than 'ground' and instead was part of a piezo-based energy harvesting engine capable of generating constant high-voltage power, for instance. and who would the power to such oversight to occur within society? seemingly nobody. that is the entirety of the situation right there- *game over* (...as if anything was ever was that simple) 0. Forrest Mims http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Mims 1. Engineer's Mini Notebooks http://www.forrestmims.com/engineers_mini_notebook.html ex. books available from online vendor http://www.jameco.com/1/1/47775-forrest-mims-books-forrest-mims-books-getti… 2. Vibration Sensor Kit and Forrest Mims book http://www.jameco.com/1/1/47780-vibration-sensor-book-vibration-sensor-kit-… 3. Hall effect sensor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_effect_sensor 4. EMF measurement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMF_measurement 5. example of EMF meters http://www.lessemf.com/gauss.html 6. Piezo Film Elements http://www.meas-spec.com/piezo-film-sensors/piezo-film-elements.aspx 7. Piezo Cable http://www.meas-spec.com/piezo-film-sensors/piezo-cable.aspx 8. Measurement Specialties PVDF technical manual, p.26 http://contactmicrophones.com/techman.pdf 9. Supernova http://www.pinterest.com/pin/178525572702799181/ 10. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/178525572702801213/ 11. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/178525572702801214/ 12. unusual antenna array at local electric power substation https://www.dropbox.com/s/0fckzaozs0tgs7r/substation_antennas.PNG 13. Wardenclyffe Tower http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower gravitation, paraffin, Lamarckism

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PVDF strategies - (06)
by brian carroll 21 Dec '13

21 Dec '13

a general situation and condition has been described, relating piezo film (PVDF) with issues of free energy and also 'non-electromagnetic' if not 'non-acoustic' transfer of power and perhaps information likewise. yet there is a problem encountered as mentioned, regarding challenges to achieving an ~8 Hz vibration at the given scale, which may be an issue connected with do-it-yourself approaches versus a manufacturing approach, and the technological tools and equipment available to investigate these dynamics at the scale of breadboards, microcontrollers, and PVDF elements. can the existing 'size' of an PVDF electronic component actually register the approximate ~8 Hz vibration of the Schumann resonance? from what i have read in the technical manual (p.2), the piezo film material is capable of registering vibration at this frequency [1] and in fact is so sensitive in its use as in contact microphone applications that shielding is required to reduce unwanted vibrations [2] in a context of 'vibration sensing' which also applies when attached to music instruments [3]. with this in mind, it appears that the PVDF film element is hypersensitive to any vibration depending on the surface it is attached to. in other words, if there is an ~8 Hz vibration occurring, it would seem likely if not probable that the PVDF film tab is potentially capable of sending it, given enough knowledge and whatever equipment required to do so. so enough of the hypotheticals, i may have forgotten to emphasize if not mention an important observation. several weeks ago there was an (urls) list sent that had information about a NOVA science program that just aired on Public Television (PBS) in the U.S. and i saw the last 20 minutes or so of that show, as was conveyed on that post. [4] [5] the expert interviewed for the program, Earle R. Williams [6] mentioned the Global AC Circuit and described research occurring in a rural Rhode Island experiment that has been studying this for decades, based on groundbreaking ideas of a previous researcher who pioneered the field of atmospheric electricity. and what Mr. Williams said and demonstrated in this interview was astonishing to hear. basically, if memory serves: any antenna on earth picks up this frequency of the Schumann resonance, which he said was ~8 Hz. (presumably equates to 'metal antennas' i am guessing, of the kind found on radios and televisions.) the very interesting aspect about this, 'context' as it were, is that this research hut for atmospheric electricity was old technology -- basically an antenna in a very remote area to minimize electromagnetic interference (EMI) from what is the buzzing infrastructure of wired and wireless civilization. the other aspect is that Mr. Williams stated, if remembering, that all that is needed is an antenna and oscilloscope to verify the signal is there. meaning: get a metal antenna, have it grounded or whatever is necessary, and then attach it to a visual feedback system and locate the 8 Hz signal. "spikes" that occur within the signal, atop the frequency of the Schumann resonance, are lightning strikes. as if the earth-ionosphere cavity may have some aspect of an echo chamber (my phrasing), though also it was stated, again, if remembering correctly, that lighting strikes can travel up to 2.5 times around the earth, which feeds this resonance and supports and sustains this wavelength that is vibrating on all antennas everywhere the same. so in some sense these are clues, signs of what exists, what the parameters are. people who know how to use an oscilloscope and basic antenna are that much closer to the issue than those who do not, and likewise, those who can program a microcontroller and write code, etc. so incorporating this as additional information into the existing approach and ideas, along with helpful feedback that questions the starting investigation in its parameters, it seems possible that experimentation could begin within a PVDF film sensor context, if having the tools, technology, and ideas to shape and evaluate and test these conditions. though further, it is also probable that specifically designing a PVDF sensor for this particular application would be the more direct investigation. both approaches could be viable. in other words, the as-is approach relying on existing piezo sensors could yield some interesting and unexpected discoveries, and perhaps break this open into another realm. and so how to do that is a question: how to tune the element, how to approach it, what are the actual issues involved, etc. for instance, consider the PVDF film itself as a rectangle that can register vibrations via touching a vibrating surface; this versus having the PVDF film itself resonate, vibrating based on its being a quasi free-standing antenna. these different approaches both could potentially access 8 Hz though via different strategies and frameworks. my assumption is is that rectangle of the sensor itself is capable of picking up 'multiple frequencies' at a given time, depending on what exists as a signal. and thus, if in a musical approach, it may have 'multiple tunings' even that coexist on the vibrating surface, whether freestanding or registering movement from an attached vibrating surface. and so the issue can be of filtering these signals to focus the sensor into a given range. and how this is done could effect its 'efficiency' in terms of energy collection, because a stronger versus weaker signal could exist, if muddled by others that counteract its pendulum-like wave movement. if this way, dampening of the vibration via weights may allow no movement in certain frequencies, whereas a software filter could only edit them out while they still exist as an active force, perhaps removing energy from or competing with a given frequency or signal from the wanted range.\ so capturing different frequencies simultaneously (good for crypto and energy harvesting, perhaps) vs. focusing on a given range (better for Schumann resonance seemingly) and yet here's the thing-- like a drum skin, how is this elusive jabberwocky of the Schumann resonance of ~8 Hz ever going to be accessed if it cannot be readily encountered. what can capture that wave vibration, at that particular very long wavelength. and (due to no memory, i get to ask such rhetorical questions) this is what triggered my memory about the antennas, that all antennas vibrate at this frequency, or so the expert said. though also, considering the drum approach, this then got me thinking- instead of a free standing 'energy antenna', would it not be possible to use a PVDF sensor to measure and also pick up this 8 Hz vibration on an antenna instead? in that if the antenna is vibrating at 8 Hz, could this vibration be 'harvested' and establish mechanical vibration in these highly sensitive piezo films, to then build up AC current in via their capacitance, building up and storing this charge... in other words: PVDF + ~8 Hz antenna freq. => energy if there were no limits to exploration and equipment could be used to custom manufacture prototypes for this purpose, what would an antenna look like that vibrates only at this targeted frequency... and thus, another strategy could involve custom manufacture of the piezo film element, such that its surface has an antenna etched onto it, that is made to vibrate at the Schumann resonance, for instance a particular geometry, grid, array, pattern. i have read about antennas and they are based upon geometric proportion to the wavelength, so 'size' does not necessarily correlate to frequency in terms of larger antennas for bigger wavelengths, (if i am not mistaken). instead, the issue of alignment between a signal and an antenna involves a matched or paired geometrical structure that can effectively map signals onto antennas and then coherently deliver this signal into a circuit. likely as cleanly and crisply as is possible, mathematics then determining these models and design approaches. thus, fractal antennas are an area where 'scale' is exampled other than a yagi or dipole. and cellphones in particular appear to make very tiny antennas or utilize unique approaches to make them invisible even, via how the device is grounded and where the wires are hidden, perhaps related to signal strength and also 'length'. so in some sense, maybe size and scale do matter and in some sense maybe size and scale are not the most critical factors in given applications. maybe a larger power source requires a larger antenna and smaller applications only need smaller antennas. what i want to convey is that this 'etched on' approach where an antenna structure could be engineered onto the piezo film surface -- (such that it would vibrate at the given frequency and then stress the sensor, in turn generating power via its constant movement) -- has correlation with a circuit - perhaps soldertrace, that is the antenna. so imagine a rectangle with a single loop of a given geometry that would somehow function as a single-frequency antenna and vibrate, and thus stress/strain, compression/decompression of that metal structure would flex the piezo film that it is attached to, and be designed to maximize the surface area with this specific tuned geometry that can focus in on just those signals or vibrations, as simple as an anode and cathode attached to it, yet if correlating other approaches, perhaps etched to a nanosurface-level with fractal patterns even that could maximize voltage, if possible, or increase capacitance or whatever else may be optimized for energy harvesting of ~8 Hz signal vibrations. so, to simplify, imagine 'the cantilever' that is the concept already for the piezo film tab, a rectangle that moves back and forth on axis, and in doing so creates and stores charge that then can be dumped into a circuit, bit by bit if momentary, and seemingly constant alternating current if the signal is constant. the additional etched pattern atop the sensor, this being an additional layer, could be considered 'the antenna' for accessing Schumann resonance. yet, it could also be conceptualized as a cantilever that is in addition to the piezo device itself, also this. my vagueness here is not intentional, trying to write into a particular direction and context whereby this 'tuned antenna' atop a cantilever instead becomes this cantilever via a different manufacturing process, whereby the PVDF device is itself tuned to ~8 Hz, & moreso, perhaps taking on the form of cantilever. such that, the piezo elemen becomes a tuning fork that is tuned for this specific vibrational frequency, and then anode/cathode, into associated circuitry precedent, and note 'the scale' here, is with MEMs devices and micromachines and nanoscale devices where such extreme miniature 'antennas' can already be constructed and vibrate at known frequencies, and they take on the form of a cantilever (same functioning as energy harvesting sensors, as vibrating pendulums) and thus micro and nano radios can be made and other devices, where under microscope a furious activity is observed of what is basically a tuning fork that is naturally vibrating via its 'tuned resonance', (if not mistaken in interpretation of these events). so at this unobservable visual scale, little cantilevers can be made to vibrate via their tuning, and function essentially the same as cantilevers that at this scale are not envisioned or conceptualized to auto-vibrate via paired resonance. why is that i wonder, (embargo on thoughts, experiment, or secret domain perhaps) just consider a watch, the mechanisms required to wind and keep the watch spinning its intricate gears, as this relates to pendulum movement. now what if a cantilever existed that could vibrate automatically at ~8 Hz, and thus no more batteries, solar cell, nor wind-up mechanisms would be needed to provide the motive power need for its clockwork movement. and in this way, likewise- the cantilever is the antenna. the concept of the sensor as mechanical cantilever in its multiuse form, instead being reimagined as a tuned rectangle with additional layer of antenna, this as cantilever, or further, no rectangle and instead the PVDF is made into a cantilever, tuning fork vibrating at the frequency of the Schumann resonance, and in this way, potentially replacing batteries given the size of the cantilever and its effectiveness or efficiency. another way to consider this in terms of electronics and circuits is the (radio again) crystal oscillator that is included as a stand-alone timing device, matched to a particular frequency, lets say ~8 Hz for example... as i understand it, electrical current in a circuit - say involving resistors, capacitors, relays, switches, and wires on a prototyping breadboard - moves throughout this maze of components and can send electrons into the crystal oscillator, a timing device, that is activated by this electricity and generates a particular frequency in response to its being electrified, formatting resulting output as a given frequency, here 8 Hz, back into the circuit, where it could be used say by an IC chip that uses it to count cycles that trigger other activity, say an LED display that moves up a number every million cycles and continually counts 0-9 and starts over again. so the idea here is that this electronics component is partly doing what the PVDF sensor is, only in reverse. what the crystal "quartz" oscillator does is vibrate at a particular frequency (~8 Hz) which is the goal, and this is already achieved in a device related in some way already to piezo sensors (see: quartz). the main difference is that it requires external energy to generate the signal or the vibrations, (though if it were tuned to ~8 hz, might it vibrate without any external power?)... energy (in) ==> crystal oscillator ==> 8 Hz vibration (out) to put it another way, in terms of active concepts... electricity ==> vibration ==> timing in other words, in traditional radio or other timing circuits reliant upon crystal oscillators, electrical current (power) is input into the component that then "vibrates" at a given frequency, and then this signal is output as 'time' into the circuit, whereby the electrical current has this geometric patterning mapped into its structure which is then utilized by related or connected components, to format other action. what the piezo film sensor does is exactly the opposite: timing ==> vibration ==> electricity it takes some regular mechanical vibration when attached to a surface, and this vibration strains the sensor which in turn generates electrical charge via piezo electric properties and then stores this charge via its capacitance, which then can be output into the connected circuitry as AC electrical current. the main issue appears to focus upon controlling the timing or frequency, via TUNING the device (that is, creating a cantilever or antenna to automatically vibrate) in other words, if the 'timing' between the PVDF or other piezo sensor and the Schumann resonance could be established, matched in shared resonance (A=A) such that the 8 Hz signal would directly map to an antenna or cantilever structure tuned specifically for 8 Hz, then: matched-timing ==> perpetual vibration ==> free electricity where 'matched-timing' is pairing of signal with antenna of the piezo sensor (cantilever or not) in that the geometry is aligned (A=A) which then accesses and sustains this connection of 8 Hz vibration via 'shared resonance' that is a transfer of energy from the earth/ionosphere cavity, to the surface of the earth. the critical issue appears to be ~adjustable tuning of an antenna to allow for drift, such that "tuning" differences both small (Aa=Ab) and large (A=B) can be adjusted for, which also occurs in a realm of electronics and watchmaking, if not mistaken, that an additional level of fine-tuning and adjustkbility is involved and required in such intricate small scale technological if other ecosystems, because variances may exist/persist does this mean also that a crystal oscillator [7] is a step or two away from providing power to a circuit if only tuned to ~8 Hz - it would probably involve whatever piezo aspect of crystals, if they could output current as piezo sensors, when vibrating at this frequency, thus an issue of locating or manufacturing such crystals, tuning them as antennas. (should Superman be mentioned here, or metaphysics of crystals, predecessor to electronics, original components of nature, such that this is the foundation of the study, in this way, so too amber and lodestone, known or unknown) the key idea then is of tuning piezos, whereby the piezo element is itself the antenna, and this could be explored in various ways, etched onto the surface of an existing sensor element, such as with PVDF film tabs, or made into a cantilever such as a tuning fork vibrating at ~8 Hz that outputs energy into a self via its perpetual motion, and further, crystal oscillators tuned to this frequency of the Schumann resonance, if capable of generating or outputting electricity via alignment with this frequency, tuned into it in terms of energy harvesting versus timing for circuits or for receiving or transmitting radio waves. note: again, this is non-electromagnetic vibration that is accessed, so oscillators and piezos are functioning in an undescribed realm at macroscale, though within effects _known within music (as natural philosophy), described by composer/filmmaker Helen Hall. [8] the mythos involved includes a realm of the forbidden and of the fringe activity of outlawed energy research, access to 'free energy' that is believed to have earlier been accessed on earth by its inhabitants yet since disappeared within civilization, vanished along with its cosmology (of the aether), the plenum seemingly, edited out, removed from view via Michelson-Morley. and yet the idea of limitless energy, locating it as if an issue of dousing within the electromagnetic framework with various strange machines and contraptions, those seeking to tap into it, upon relating to and realizing its mystery that surrounds, encompasses, defines and yet cannot be tangibly defined in these same terms it exists because the basic model and approach are off, and just enough to send things in another direction, still unaware in other words, there is potential energy all around, the issues of dead cellphones after 5 hours moot should a small cantilever antenna find geometrical alignment that replaces its power source with one non-electromagnetic, non-polluting, attuned to nature and mind, in harmony and related to the larger order, not existing to destroy it. how to tap into it, where is it. how do you get there if electromagnetism is off-limits to investigation beyond an ideology of a protective technological priesthood. and then, how to imagine beyond electromagnetism if concepts are not understanding of this condition firstly, to realize what the encountered issues are, so that reasoning is possible in a shared framework the larger question, how to tap into the infinity that is within the electromagnetic circuit, open up that seam between zero and infinity, and use it to turn things at higher speeds and momentums or with greater force, limitless power of any magnitude, seemingly. this is essentially to break out of relativity and back into a non-warped model of nature, so anti-gravity and other such issues are basic and easy to advance beyond, though if living within lies of a false perspective this is not possible. so the worldview has to be taken down before any landspeeders are going to arrive in town -=-- 0. The 8 Hertz approximation was used by an expert on this issue, which is an easy round number to recall that stands-in for whatever the exact decimal place resonance may be for hooking up to the Schumann resonance. This expert was on a NOVA public television program who will be referenced in this text, and whose information follows... 1. Measurement Specialties PVDF technical manual (PDF) http://contactmicrophones.com/techman.pdf quote: Wide frequency range—0.001 Hz to 10^9 Hz 2. Cold Gold - Contact Microphones http://contactmicrophones.com/ "These film tabs usually need to be shielded {by copper shielding tape} to reduce hum." 3. technical manual, p.47 4. light-signals (urls) https://cpunks.org//pipermail/cypherpunks/2013-November/002201.html 5. NOVA: At the Edge of Space (PBS science program) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/edge-of-space.html 6. Earle R. Williams -- Research Overview http://web.mit.edu/earlerw/www/Research.html 7. Crystal oscillator http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_oscillator (note: crystals as tuning forks) 8. Helen Hall - Art of Frequencies http://artoffrequencies.wordpress.com/ -- addenda: i forget another obvious and ubiquitous microcontroller platform, raspberry pi. should have included it as a main example -- {educational fair-use of copyright, 2013} raedi staedi 6⁰

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NSA holiday talking points humor
by coderman 21 Dec '13

21 Dec '13

this is pretty amusing reading: http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/844508/nsas-talking-points-for-holida… "NSA does not and will not demand changes by any vendor to any product, nor does it have any authority to demand such changes." - NSA Spin TRANSLATION: "We pay above market rates[0] to our corporate partners for embedded vulns goddamnit!" - NSA Truth 0. $10,000,000 to backdoor all of RSA's BSafe customers and cheer lead Dual_EC_DRBG through approval it seems. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-usa-security-rsa-idUSBRE9BJ1C2… let's not get into the standards bodies[1] yet, they're a little raw right now :o 1. "Critics: NSA agent co-chairing key crypto standards body [IETF CFRG] should be removed" http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/12/critics-nsa-agent-co-chairing-key-c…

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Fwd: Whitepaper for Crypto-Torrents
by Randolph 20 Dec '13

20 Dec '13

http://sourceforge.net/projects/goldbug/files/goldbug-im_0.7._RELEASE/GoldB…

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Re: request for transcript: Bruce Schneier and Eben Moglen discuss a post-Snowden Internet
by Bill Stewart 20 Dec '13

20 Dec '13

At 12:17 AM 12/16/2013, Jim Bell wrote: >Thanks for reminding me. Did the list ever find out who Detweiler >was? Sorry for asking, but I've been .... away. Detweiler really was just this guy (though I seem to remember some discussion about him being a twin, which could account for a bit of his obsession with identity.) We did once have a guy show up at a Bay Area Cypherpunks meeting who introduced himself as "Lawrence from Boulder". I thought that was amusing but didn't say anything; he left midway through, and after the meeting Eric Hughes suddenly noticed "Hey, wait a minute! Lawrence from Boulder?!?!?"

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