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



From: Joe Wang <joe_wang@yahoo.com>
To: Jim Bell <jamesdbell8@yahoo.com>; coderman <coderman@gmail.com>; "cypherpunks@cpunks.org" <cypherpunks@cpunks.org>; "jacob@appelbaum.net" <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


From: Jim Bell <jamesdbell8@yahoo.com>
To: coderman <coderman@gmail.com>; "cypherpunks@cpunks.org" <cypherpunks@cpunks.org>; "jacob@appelbaum.net" <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  I've never had an unlisted/unpublished phone number.).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 <jamesdbell8@yahoo.com>
To: coderman <coderman@gmail.com>; "cypherpunks@cpunks.org" <cypherpunks@cpunks.org>; "jacob@appelbaum.net" <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


From: coderman <coderman@gmail.com>
To: Jim Bell <jamesdbell8@yahoo.com>; Jacob Appelbaum <jacob@appelbaum.net>
Cc: "cypherpunks@cpunks.org" <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,