I currently do not have a PGP key. This lack is not entirely due to laziness or ignorance. I also don't know anybody locally who has a PGP key, so I can't enter into the 'web of trust'. And having been so long disassociated with the CP list (and computers, too: Having been stuck in prison or denied access to computers for most of 15 years), I don't even recall how to do it.
I have another reason to not 'do' PGP: Particularly due to the (unexpected) arrival of this 'Sanjuro' person, I am well aware that there are probably more than a few Feds who are on ultra-high alert, and from their point of view they may think of me as being "Suspect #1". If I go back and start using PGP again (even if only for signing things) I wonder what they will think. At the moment I have little need for secrecy, so I choose to not do PGP.
(Also, I am virtually assuming that everything on my computer can be, and probably is, being read by a few dozen spy organizations of technically-competent nations. I use ordinary anti-virus programs, but I'm under no illusion that the NSA/CIA/GCHQ/TLA's of other nations can't devise a targeted bug that such software cannot find.) If any of you are interested in helping me confirm or deny this paranoid suspicion, I would very much appreciate your assistance.)
Jim Bell
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From: Joe Wang
To: Jim Bell ; coderman ; "cypherpunks@cpunks.org" ; "jacob@appelbaum.net"
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany
hey Jim, that is too much information. In this age less is more. :) Can't you just use pgp to sign the email and whoever wants to verify can do so?
-Joe
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From: Jim Bell
To: coderman ; "cypherpunks@cpunks.org" ; "jacob@appelbaum.net"
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 4:58 PM
Subject: Fw: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany
Having had "*coin tipjar" explained to me, I have set up a BTC receive address. "jim btc tipjar" 1AzNPQ1NhiD9uG1hU5g5Kdaccb88Dus2Bo
Please note: This address is the BTC tipjar for "Jim Bell", "James Dalton Bell", living at 7214 Corregidor, Vancouver WA 98664. (phone and cell on request; As far as I know I'm listed. I've never had an unlisted/unpublished phone number.). Ham Call N7IJS (apparently I am the LAST "Tech-Plus" in existence; the FCC has refused to re-up my 2010 license application, but the laws say I can still do ham.)
Note Also: Having been on (and off) the Cypherpunks list since 1995 (mostly off, of course), I understand that a reasonable sense of caution will make many of you think, "Is this REALLY the 'Jim Bell' who wrote the AP essay, etc?" For those who doubt, I have Skype set up to do a voice videophone. There is a picture of me, in a green sweater, taken by Declan McCullagh about June 2000 on the web; I haven't changed a lot. (I even have my green sweater, too!).
Jim
Disclaimer: I am not associated with 'Sanjuro's "Assassination Market" in any way. I don't know who 'Sanjuro' is.
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Jim Bell
To: coderman ; "cypherpunks@cpunks.org" ; "jacob@appelbaum.net"
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany
Sorry to appear so ignorant, but what is a "*coin tipjar"?
Jim Bell
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From: coderman
To: Jim Bell ; Jacob Appelbaum
Cc: "cypherpunks@cpunks.org"
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany
...
hey Jim, (and Jake)
neither one of you appear to have a *coin tipjar yet...
why holding out? :)
best regards,
