date:20170525

Recapping a weeks worth of new US Pres first official foreign tour...
https://twitter.com/POTUS
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump

Re: For Your Eyes Only...



On 05/25/2017 08:29 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
> On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Razer  wrote:
>>
>> On 05/24/2017 07:33 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
>>> I wanted all the James Bond's weapons, amazing equipments, and fabulous 
>>> cars,
>>
>> None of them existed in Fleming's books. Thanks for making my point.
> 
> Razer, did you notice the fact that I read the books when I had less
> than half of the age of your youngest son?  And I admitted I only read
> some of them because I thought they were good guides to get 007's
> weapons and fabulous equipment, all those amazing stuff.  I wanted to
> know how to be a spy...  :P

But alas, all Fleming pointed us toward was the Walther PPK, favored
sidearm of the Gestapo.

Then you studied law, thereby acquiring a far more powerful secret
weapon than any of the movie props.

:o)






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Re: [Cryptography] "Post-quantum RSA"

> IBM Q has successfully built and tested two of its most powerful
> universal quantum computing processors to date

> With a hint of progress
> the big TLA agencies will be digging into their checkbooks.

> I have not seen an industry that can clearly
> profit from quantum machines
> but that may a lack of imagination on my part.

At a minimum of industries, if none other, you just said it clearly above...
the surveillance, anti privacy, datamining, hegemony interests
over everything everyone, etc...

http://www.visualcapitalist.com/death-taxes-2015-visual-guide-tax-dollars-go/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/national/black-budget/

$25B+ to decrypt and solve everything... no problem, drop in the bucket,
straight out of your wallet, and not particularly to benefit you,
beyond whatever's already been spent secretly to date
on "breakthroughs", by say US/UK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product#Lists_of_countries_by_their_GDP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency#Power_consumption
https://www.wired.com/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/

PQ Crypto - 50 cracked up Qbits online within 1 year, NIST PQC Competition, etc

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ibm-17-qubit-quantum-processor-computer-google
https://www.research.ibm.com/ibm-q/
IBM Fronts at least 17 Q-bits to the World's Private Buyers,
50 rough Q-Bits by Many Entities within 1 Year


http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/post-quantum-crypto/
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now
accepting submissions for quantum-resistant public-key cryptographic
algorithms.  The deadline for submission is November 30, 2017.  Please
see the Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization menu at left for the
complete submission requirements and evaluation criteria.
In recent years, there has been a substantial amount of research on
quantum computers – machines that exploit quantum mechanical phenomena
to solve mathematical problems that are difficult or intractable for
conventional computers. If large-scale quantum computers are ever
built, they will be able to break many of the public-key cryptosystems
currently in use. This would seriously compromise the confidentiality
and integrity of digital communications on the Internet and elsewhere.
The goal of post-quantum cryptography (also called quantum-resistant
cryptography) is to develop cryptographic systems that are secure
against both quantum and classical computers, and can interoperate
with existing communications protocols and networks.
The question of when a large-scale quantum computer will be built is a
complicated one. While in the past it was less clear that large
quantum computers are a physical possibility, many scientists now
believe it to be merely a significant engineering challenge. Some
engineers even predict that within the next twenty or so years
sufficiently large quantum computers will be built to break
essentially all public key schemes currently in use. Historically, it
has taken almost two decades to deploy our modern public key
cryptography infrastructure.  Therefore, regardless of whether we can
estimate the exact time of the arrival of the quantum computing era,
we must begin now to prepare our information security systems to be
able to resist quantum computing.


https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/424
Cryptology ePrint Archive: Report 2017/424
On Reliability, Reconciliation, and Error Correction in Ring-LWE Encryption
Markku-Juhani O. Saarinen
Abstract: We describe a new reconciliation method for Ring-LWE that
has a significantly smaller failure rate than previous proposals while
reducing ciphertext size and the amount of randomness required. It is
based on a simple, deterministic variant of Peikert's reconciliation
that works with our new ``safe bits'' selection and constant-time
error correction techniques. The new method does not need randomized
smoothing to achieve non-biased secrets. When used with the very
efficient ``New Hope'' Ring-LWE parametrization we achieve a
decryption failure rate well below 2−128 (compared to 2−60 of the
original), making the scheme suitable for public key encryption in
addition to key exchange protocols; the reconciliation approach saves
about 40% in ciphertext size when compared to the common LP11 Ring-LWE
encryption scheme. We perform a combinatorial failure analysis using
full probability convolutions, leading to a precise understanding of
decryption failure conditions on bit level. Even with additional
implementation security and safety measures the new scheme is still
essentially as fast as the New Hope but has slightly shorter messages.
The new techniques have been instantiated and implemented as a Key
Encapsulation Mechanism (KEM) and public key encryption scheme
designed to meet the requirements of NIST's Post-Quantum Cryptography
effort at very high security level.
Category / Keywords: public-key cryptography / Ring-LWE,
Reconciliation, Post-Quantum Encryption, New Hope
Date: received 16 May 2017
Contact author: mjos at iki fi


https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/351
Cryptology ePrint Archive: Report 2017/351
Post-quantum RSA
Daniel J. Bernstein and Nadia Heninger and Paul Lou and Luke Valenta
Abstract: This paper proposes RSA parameters for which (1) key
generation, encryption, decryption, signing, and verification are
feasible on today's computers while (2) all known attacks are
infeasible, even assuming highly scalable quantum computers. As part
of the performance analysis, this paper introduces a new algorithm to
generate a batch of primes. As part of the attack analysis, this paper
introduces a new quantum factorization algorithm that is often much
faster than Shor's algorithm and much faster than pre-quantum
factorization algorithms. Initial pqRSA implementation results are
provided.
Category / Keywords: public-key cryptography / post-quantum
cryptography, RSA scalability, Shor's algorithm, ECM, Grover's
algorithm, Make RSA Great Again
Original Publication (in the same form): PQCrypto 2017
Date: received 19 Apr 2017
Contact author: authorcontact-pqrsa at box cr yp to

Re: For Your Eyes Only...

2017-05-25 Thread Cecilia Tanaka

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Razer  wrote:
>
> On 05/24/2017 07:33 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
>> I wanted all the James Bond's weapons, amazing equipments, and fabulous cars,
>
> None of them existed in Fleming's books. Thanks for making my point.

Razer, did you notice the fact that I read the books when I had less
than half of the age of your youngest son?  And I admitted I only read
some of them because I thought they were good guides to get 007's
weapons and fabulous equipment, all those amazing stuff.  I wanted to
know how to be a spy...  :P

Re: For Your Eyes Only...

2017-05-25 Thread Cecilia Tanaka

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 7:25 AM, Georgi Guninski  wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 03:13:16PM -0400, grarpamp wrote:
>> https://twitter.com/sirrogermoore/status/867005447018086400
>
> As of now this announcement has 63K "likes".
> What does it mean on twitter to like the announcement of someone's
> death? Is it sympathy or antipathy?

It depends.  You need to consider the content of the announcement and
the dead person in question, dear.  The "like" can show both, sympathy
or antipathy.  You will verify support and sympathy to the deceased's
family and their friends in the comments and/or hate and antipathy
when the dead one was exactly not much appreciated.

For example, when a tweet announces the death of a dictator, hundreds
of "likes" mean that the death was very much appreciated, something
like:  "Oh, good news, I liked it!  Go to Hell, bastard!".

When a tweet announces the death of a famous person recognized for
their talent  (actors/actresses, singers, writers, etc),  or important
acts of courage, love, inspiring good feelings in general, or the
death of poor innocents in massacres, wars, disasters, etc, the
"likes" usually show sympathy, try to give virtual support in a
painful and sad moment to the family and friends.

Re: For Your Eyes Only...

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 6:25 AM, Georgi Guninski  wrote:
> What does it mean on twitter to like the announcement of someone's
> death? Is it sympathy or antipathy?

Morbid's Cult of Death, so long as it involves dead, they'll like it.

Re: France, Germany, Israel, Austria - Are Not Free Speech Zones

Comment stream...
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/05/25/0134227/how-facebook-flouts-holocaust-denial-laws-except-where-it-fears-being-sued

France, Germany, Israel, Austria - Are Not Free Speech Zones

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/may/21/revealed-facebook-internal-rulebook-sex-terrorism-violence
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/05/25/0134227/how-facebook-flouts-holocaust-denial-laws-except-where-it-fears-being-sued
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/may/24/how-facebook-flouts-holocaust-denial-laws-except-where-it-fears-being-sued

Facebook's policies on Holocaust denial will come under fresh scrutiny
following the leak of documents that show moderators are being told
not to remove this content in most of the countries where it is
illegal. The files explain that moderators should take down Holocaust
denial material in only four of the 14 countries where it is outlawed.
One document says the company "does not welcome local law that stands
as an obstacle to an open and connected world" and will only consider
blocking or hiding Holocaust denial messages and photographs if "we
face the risk of getting blocked in a country or a legal risk." A
picture of a concentration camp with the caption "Never again Believe
the Lies" was permissible if posted anywhere other than the four
countries in which Facebook fears legal action, one document explains.
Facebook contested the figures but declined to elaborate. Documents
show Facebook has told moderators to remove dehumanizing speech or any
"calls for violence" against refugees. Content "that says migrants
should face a firing squad or compares them to animals, criminals or
filth" also violate its guidelines. But it adds: "As a quasi-protected
category, they will not have the full protections of our hate speech
policy because we want to allow people to have broad discussions on
migrants and immigration which is a hot topic in upcoming elections."
The definitions are set out in training manuals provided by Facebook
to the teams of moderators who review material that has been flagged
by users of the social media service. The documents explain the rules
and guidelines the company applies to hate speech and "locally illegal
content," with particular reference to Holocaust denial. One 16-page
training manual explains Facebook will only hide or remove Holocaust
denial content in four countries -- France, Germany, Israel and
Austria. The document says this is not on grounds of taste, but
because the company fears it might get sued.

Free speech, free thought, free analysis, free association... look elsewhere.

US Vermont Ignores Own Laws to Violate your Face and other Bio / Data

http://www.vocativ.com/432762/vermont-dmv-facial-recognition-aclu/
https://www.acluvt.org/en/press-releases/aclu-demands-immediate-end-dmv-facial-recognition-program
http://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/23/009/00634

The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles has been caught using facial
recognition software -- despite a state law preventing it. Documents
obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont describe
such a program, which uses software to compare the DMV's database of
names and driver's license photos with information with state and
federal law enforcement. Vermont state law, however, specifically
states that "The Department of Motor Vehicles shall not implement any
procedures or processes that involve the use of biometric
identifiers." The program, the ACLU says, invites state and federal
agencies to submit photographs of persons of interest to the Vermont
DMV, which it compares against its database of some 2.6 million
Vermonters and shares potential matches. Since 2012, the agency has
run at least 126 such searches on behalf of local police, the State
Department, FBI, and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

British Cunts to Invade All Sense of Internet and Personal Privacy over Manchester, Others to Censor

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/manchester-attack-internet-crackdown-theresa-may-privacy-security-government-suicide-bomb-a7753191.html
https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/05/24/2045238/manchester-attack-could-lead-to-internet-crackdown
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/30/investigatory_powers_act_backdoors/

The UK government looks to be about to put the most egregious parts of
the Investigative Powers Act into force "soon after the election"
(which is in a couple of weeks) in the wake of the recent bombing in
Manchester. "Technical Capability Orders" require tech companies to
break their own security.
The Independent reports: "Government will ask parliament to allow the
use of those powers if Theresa May is re-elected, senior ministers
told The Sun. 'We will do this as soon as we can after the election,
as long as we get back in,' The Sun said it was told by a government
minister. 'The level of threat clearly proves there is no more time to
waste now. The social media companies have been laughing in our faces
for too long.'"
Government officials appear to have briefed newspapers that they will
put many of the most invasive parts of the relatively new
Investigatory Powers Act into effect after the bombing at Manchester
Arena.

Govt News Briefings - verb - Injecting FUD and Propaganda into Sockpuppets

Don't forget... while the US workslave populace isn't, the US Govt and
Elites were and are a direct fork of the British Imperialist scum...
that was never lost. Magna Carta is firewood to Govts. And the Special
Relationship between Govts is bidirectional... a mutual enablement.
This invasion is coming to the US, beyond what is already in place.

Related, looking at what two massive "arms" deals between Special
Relationship Partners does

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-censorship-idUSKBN18K307
https://www.buzzfeed.com/magedatef/egyptian-journalists-say-the-government-blocked-websites-to

Egypt has banned 21 websites, including the main website of
Qatar-based Al Jazeera television and prominent local independent news
site Mada Masr, accusing them of supporting terrorism and spreading
false news. The blockade is notable in scope and for being the first
publicly recognized by the government. It was heavily criticized by
journalists and rights groups. The state news agency announced it late
on Wednesday. Individual websites had been inaccessible in the past
but there was never any official admission. Reuters found the websites
named by local media and were inaccessible. The move follows similar
actions taken on Wednesday by Egypt's Gulf allies Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates, which blocked Al Jazeera and other websites
after a dispute with Qatar.
"This is not the typical Egyptian regime attitude," Lina Attalah, the
editor-in-chief of Mada Masr told BuzzFeed News in an interview in
Cairo. "We are used to facing troubles with the regime since we have
always chosen to write the stories they don't like to hear. We are
used to being arrested or have cases filed against us, but blocking us
is a new thing." Mada Masr, since its founding in 2013, has regularly
published critical stories of the regime in both English and Arabic.

Re: For Your Eyes Only...



On 05/25/2017 10:29 AM, Steve Kinney wrote:
>
> On 05/25/2017 10:30 AM, Razer wrote:
>>
>> On 05/24/2017 07:33 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
>>> I wanted all the James Bond's weapons, amazing equipments, and fabulous 
>>> cars,
>> None of them existed in Fleming's books. Thanks for making my point.
> On screen, John Drake, played by Patrick McGoohan, was the guy: 
>
>

"Secret Agent" was good. As realistic as TV was ever going to be about
the topic

Then McGoohan turned on them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5dNzBx7kgg=1=PLVALKNg_kP1dYVyBvy71PKRlugiaqGmW1

Rr

>
>  His
> doings were much more realistic than Bond's, with assignments including
> counter-espionage, political interventions in post-colonial nations, and
> some missions bordering on international law enforcement.  He battled no
> super-villains, seduced no glamorous women, and always preferred
> strategic deception to ultra-violence:  "I never carry a gun.  They're
> noisy and they hurt people.  Besides, I do very well without."
>
> The fanciest gadgets Drake had were micro-miniature tap recorders and
> cameras, and variously camouflaged dart guns for delivering microphones
> to hard to reach locations.
>
> Danger Man producer Ralph Smart and the writing staff did their homework
> and kept the stories as realistic as a 1960 action/adventure TV show
> could be.  So did Patrick McGoohan, who turned down the role of James
> Bond when approached by Eon Productions.  That was Sean Connery's big break.
>
> During the production of Danger Man (released as Secret Agent in the
> U.S.), McGoohan demanded and got significant creative control, insisting
> on the "no gun" thing, the "no sex" thing, and that fight scenes be
> (relatively) realistic and "always different."
>
> Today the John Drake is better known as Number Six.  For licensing
> reasons, McGoohan & co. insisted that the prisoner in The Prisoner was
> not Drake.  But in the series finale, Number Two calls him John - just
> once, and it's easy to miss.
>
> There's a moral to the Danger Man / Prisoner story:  Study espionage
> long enough and you will conclude that there is nothing admirable or
> romantic about it:  It's a thoroughly vicious trade that eats its own
> best people alive.  At least that's my take-away from the Danger Man /
> Prisoner story arc.  McGoohan isn't around to ask, and probably wouldn't
> give a straight answer if he was.  He was always very forthcoming about
> technical aspects of the production, fun and games with cast members,
> etc., but pointedly evaded the question of what The Prisoner was all
> about.
>
> "Questions are a burden to others, answers a prison for oneself."
>
> :o)
>
>
>
>
>

Re: malware increasing salaries

On 05/25/2017 06:33 AM, Georgi Guninski wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/22/ciso_salaries/
> Salaries for chief information security officers (CISOs) at leading
> European firms have hit €1m (£850,000) as the threat of data breaches
> grows, City AM reports.

Precisely.  Even in promotional materials advertising MCSE certificate
programs, Microsoft advises its outside sales force, a.k.a. certified
technicians, that the more of an employer's money they spend with
Microsoft, the more important they will become in their employer's
organization and the more their own compensation package grows.

Microsoft's failure by design security paradigm feeds this sales force
work, and creates the illusion that they are warriors fighting "Evil
Genius" hackers.  The whole thing is nothing but a scam.

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Re: For Your Eyes Only...

On 05/25/2017 10:30 AM, Razer wrote:
> 
> 
> On 05/24/2017 07:33 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
>> I wanted all the James Bond's weapons, amazing equipments, and fabulous cars,
> 
> None of them existed in Fleming's books. Thanks for making my point.

On screen, John Drake, played by Patrick McGoohan, was the guy:  His
doings were much more realistic than Bond's, with assignments including
counter-espionage, political interventions in post-colonial nations, and
some missions bordering on international law enforcement.  He battled no
super-villains, seduced no glamorous women, and always preferred
strategic deception to ultra-violence:  "I never carry a gun.  They're
noisy and they hurt people.  Besides, I do very well without."

The fanciest gadgets Drake had were micro-miniature tap recorders and
cameras, and variously camouflaged dart guns for delivering microphones
to hard to reach locations.

Danger Man producer Ralph Smart and the writing staff did their homework
and kept the stories as realistic as a 1960 action/adventure TV show
could be.  So did Patrick McGoohan, who turned down the role of James
Bond when approached by Eon Productions.  That was Sean Connery's big break.

During the production of Danger Man (released as Secret Agent in the
U.S.), McGoohan demanded and got significant creative control, insisting
on the "no gun" thing, the "no sex" thing, and that fight scenes be
(relatively) realistic and "always different."

Today the John Drake is better known as Number Six.  For licensing
reasons, McGoohan & co. insisted that the prisoner in The Prisoner was
not Drake.  But in the series finale, Number Two calls him John - just
once, and it's easy to miss.

There's a moral to the Danger Man / Prisoner story:  Study espionage
long enough and you will conclude that there is nothing admirable or
romantic about it:  It's a thoroughly vicious trade that eats its own
best people alive.  At least that's my take-away from the Danger Man /
Prisoner story arc.  McGoohan isn't around to ask, and probably wouldn't
give a straight answer if he was.  He was always very forthcoming about
technical aspects of the production, fun and games with cast members,
etc., but pointedly evaded the question of what The Prisoner was all
about.

"Questions are a burden to others, answers a prison for oneself."

:o)

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4th Circuit: Wikimedia Has Standing to Challenge FISA Sec. 702 Upstream Surveillance

Also see: Three Reasons Why You Should Care About the Fourth Circuit’s
Wikimedia Ruling:
https://www.justsecurity.org/41374/reasons-care-fourth-circuits-wikimedia-ruling/

>
> In a major ruling handed down this morning, the Fourth Circuit has
> reversed a district court ruling from last year and held that
> Wikimedia has Article III standing, at least at the motion to dismiss
> stage, to challenge “upstream” collection under section 702 of the
> Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Judge Diaz wrote the 39-page
> majority opinion (which also affirms that the other plaintiffs lack
> standing); Judge Davis concurred, but wrote separately to suggest that
> the other organizational plaintiffs have also alleged enough to
> establish Article III standing.
>
> I hope to have more to say later about the analysis and its
> implications, but this is a big deal–and, at first blush, the right
> result, methinks. If left intact, this means we’ll finally have
> meaningful adversarial litigation (outside the context of a motion to
> suppress in a criminal case) over the legality and constitutionality
> of “upstream” collection.

With links:
https://www.justsecurity.org/41302/fourth-circuit-holds-wikimedia-standing-challenge-upstream-surveillance/

Re: For Your Eyes Only...



On 05/24/2017 07:33 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 9:44 PM, Razer  wrote:
>> Ps. I wouldn't suppose a single one of you has ever actually read one of
>> Fleming's books.
> Hey, grumpy boy!  I read them when I was a kid and I can prove it.
> The books are still in my parents' house and I think they have a pic
> of me with their books.  My parents do love 007 and I grew up
> listening to all the soundtracks and watching all the movies with
> them.  When I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut, a scientist, a
> painter, a builder, a teacher, a doctor, and the future spy 009.  I
> wanted all the James Bond's weapons, amazing equipments, and fabulous
> cars, so I decided to study to be like him and read some Fleming's
> books.  I didn't understand very much about the books  (cof cof,
> almost nothing, cof cof!),  but noticed they were _not_ good manuals
> to a future 6 or 7 years old spy.  :P
>
> I wanted to be the number 009 because of the 'manga'  (Japanese
> comics): "Cyborg 009"  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg_009).
> It's was much older than me and I read only some chapters in my now
> deceased uncle's house, but it revolted me a lot.  It was desperately
> sad to imagine an organization destroying lives, killing people in
> search of the perfect cyborg.  Eight people hurt, eight lives
> destroyed in experiences to gain powers and abilities, knew only for
> numbers, not anymore for their names, with no freedom, only orders...
> but the Cyborg 009 was perfect, so the organization could use him to
> be the perfect killer.  Fortunately, he kept his moral conscience and
> run away, trying to escape this destiny.
>
> Hmm...  I need to discover what happened with all those poor cyborgs,
> their adventures, memories, and traumas.  And I need to read Fleming
> again, now as an adult.  Fortunately, now I understand why the girls
> like James Bond so much...  Charming guys are pretty dangerous!  :P


Ps. Cop movies (and ESPECIALLY teevee shows) will have you think cops
are invincible.

Bond movies (and ESPECIALLY spy teevee shows) will have you think intel
services are invincible.

All MIndwash.
>
> "Charming guys are pretty dangerous!"

Bars, especially FERN BARS and upscale 'clubs', are full of them.
They're call Sociopaths.

Re: For Your Eyes Only...



On 05/24/2017 07:33 PM, Cecilia Tanaka wrote:
> I wanted all the James Bond's weapons, amazing equipments, and fabulous cars,

None of them existed in Fleming's books. Thanks for making my point.

Rr

malware increasing salaries

2017-05-25 Thread Georgi Guninski

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/22/ciso_salaries/
Salaries for chief information security officers (CISOs) at leading
European firms have hit €1m (£850,000) as the threat of data breaches
grows, City AM reports.

Re: For Your Eyes Only...

2017-05-25 Thread Georgi Guninski

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 03:13:16PM -0400, grarpamp wrote:
> https://twitter.com/sirrogermoore/status/867005447018086400

As of now this announcement has 63K "likes".
What does it mean on twitter to like the announcement of someone's
death? Is it sympathy or antipathy?

Re: For Your Eyes Only...