Forwarding to distinguish mailing lists. ----- Forwarded message from Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> ----- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:02:53 +1000 From: Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> To: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Cc: m.krzystek@gmail.com Subject: Re: [tor-relays] #torstrike On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 07:53:26PM -0600, Marcel Krzystek wrote:
​What are the thoughts of relay operators on this? https://ghostbin.com/paste/kmnzz
I can be persuaded otherwise, and perhaps i'm being naive, but i believe that operation of the network should remain independent from the politics within the organization.
Hi Marcel, Fact: Jacob Applebaum's directory authority was a target of NSA's XKEYSCORE: https://contraspin.co.nz/the-weaponising-of-social-part-3-the-resurrection-o... Fact: Jacob Applebaum got kicked from Tor Inc, prior to a proper investigation. Fact: The investigation done by Tor Inc, was run by the primary accusers of Jacob Applebaum. In the USA's war against Bradley Manning, Julian Assange, Wikileaks and Edward Snowden, Jacob Applebaum was a very high target, and caused the three letter agencies a lot of problems. So yes, operation of the network you use for -genuine- privacy needs, is very much dependent on those running the organisation. Fact: The ENTIRE board of Tor Inc got replaced after Jacob was given the boot! My conclusion: This was a coup, blunt and bloody, take no prisoners, respect no righteousness. My conclusion: The operation of the Tor directory authorities can no longer be trusted. My conclusion: The deployment of TBB by Tor Inc can no longer be trusted. Draw your own conclusions. ----- End forwarded message -----
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/21/2016 10:03 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
My conclusion: This was a coup, blunt and bloody, take no prisoners, respect no righteousness.
My conclusion: The operation of the Tor directory authorities can no longer be trusted.
My conclusion: The deployment of TBB by Tor Inc can no longer be trusted.
Draw your own conclusions.
I'm there. For me the tipping point was info on the CVs of the hit team that took him out: Nobody could have specified better candidates for the exact job that was done. I was already at "Jake is socially awkward sometimes but never did nothing mean." Then more recent reports make the debacle look too much like hostile tradecraft to ignore . This is the first time I have seen circumstantial evidence supporting my speculations about the CIA Computer Dating and Job Placement Service: A weaponized hybrid of personality & candidate matching algorithms running as agents with access to the TIA databases. Specify a mission profile and target, enter your billing code, and come back in a couple of days to read the displays, tweak the touch graphs, and make the decisions that require human attention. Viola: A covert operation that would have tied up thousands of scarce man-hours 20 years ago, reduced to a work order format while-u-wait. If the project fails, oh well, blame the computer and the "human assets" fielded, then move on. Oops. If they don't have that now, analysts in several services will forward my paranoid speculation to a suggestion box, and by this time next year... :o/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJXumU/AAoJEECU6c5XzmuqfQcH+wVawQQxUMzaV6v41P3wnuWZ HBGlYboQx513xbmrGBjt+2sgZ6SoyAk80XDGEP936/3ZtrbXBXQFnTXQxO5qrplZ wm4/mXSli43soVKsCNSgudC1E0F8d+QC+YU4UZ/ti9X2YEpzuanJro9s3DuOglZn e1lxs9K3iJ7UIXl9qoEis+RIVlcWlYohmqLwLM9bIgdKgFWAZ3P57Zn0EKUClMzx hLO3XnHZhGNSmVDpIQQNHRj+busKubkwHNUfrlmXxfsDCZeMyNJJ/zuExU2Ywk86 Dfhnsc+Jue2YA03li8Jfuwfi55QHiu1nOR8WX58aqYNlPrewxK+dYJ+K+P7+d2A= =riEX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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