Subverting backdoored encryption

2018-05-09 Thread Steven Schear 
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2018/04/subverting_back.html

Re: Apple Disables USB Spying, Photocopiers: A Leakers Goldmine, Twitter Crypted DM's

2018-05-09 Thread juan 
On Wed, 9 May 2018 18:48:24 +1000
Zenaan Harkness  wrote:

> On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 02:29:22AM -0300, Juan wrote:
> > On Tue, 8 May 2018 23:59:18 -0400
> > grarpamp  wrote:
> > 
> > > https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2018/05/ios-11-4-to-disable-usb-port-after-7-days-what-it-means-for-mobile-forensics/
> > 

> 
> Oh come on! They only disable the external USB port 7 days after ince
> the last time you unlocked your phone, and re-enable it each time you
> unlock your phone (with password or biometrics) - I mean, the LEOs
> would simply Never be able to do grab your data inside of 7 days.

the pigs will spend 6 days and 23 hours eating doughnuts
and the last hour unlocking phones. The timing has been
scientifically calculated by i-turd 'engineers'.

 
> Surely?

BriarProject Messaging 1.0 Released

2018-05-09 Thread grarpamp 
Briar 1.0 for Android has been released.

Briar is a secure messaging app that uses peer-to-peer
connections between mobile phones to implement decentralised
messaging, forums and blogs. It operates over Tor, Bluetooth and wifi.

https://briarproject.org/
https://code.briarproject.org/akwizgran/briar

Re: Apple Disables USB Spying, Photocopiers: A Leakers Goldmine, Twitter Crypted DM's

2018-05-09 Thread Zenaan Harkness 
On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 02:29:22AM -0300, Juan wrote:
> On Tue, 8 May 2018 23:59:18 -0400
> grarpamp  wrote:
> 
> > https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2018/05/ios-11-4-to-disable-usb-port-after-7-days-what-it-means-for-mobile-forensics/
> 
>   come on. do we need advertisingspam from supreme scum apple? 
> 
>   OK here's some more 
> 
>   
> https://blog.malwarebytes.com/security-world/2018/03/graykey-iphone-unlocker-poses-serious-security-concerns/
> 
> >apple Disables USB Spying, 
> 
>   sure sure. and pigs fly.

Oh come on! They only disable the external USB port 7 days after ince
the last time you unlocked your phone, and re-enable it each time you
unlock your phone (with password or biometrics) - I mean, the LEOs
would simply Never be able to do grab your data inside of 7 days.

Surely?

Re: Joe Pistone (aka: Donnie Brasco) Interviewed

2018-05-09 Thread Zenaan Harkness 
On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 04:38:10PM -0400, grarpamp wrote:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v-X06Q04w4

The reason Pistone/Brasco is interesting or relevant to something is
probably on the Wiki, but that's at least a click away... now that
would actually be quicker for me (even select and pasting from the
uber terminal environment) than to type this little mini rant, but
the point is, if it wasn't worth quoting the first sentence from le
wiki, or even a 3 word "da XYZ guy" cadenza, then I shall make the
assumption that he's not worth my vicki clicking...

Philosophical Impacts of Dying Privacy

2018-05-09 Thread grarpamp 
https://medium.com/s/story/your-privacy-is-over-ed72d06418f1

Three Things Should Frighten You

government is using data to control the country’s population
able to create a digital profile of each person’s actions, affiliations,
statements, acts, and misdemeanors. On this, people are “scored”
within a “social credit” system and rewarded or penalized accordingly.

how much corporations know about us without us knowing.
how companies that manipulate public opinion are operating
in a way that very few people, and clearly not our lawmakers, can
really understand.

quantum computing will soon be able to break modern encryption, laying
open everything we so far thought was private and safe, and more
powerful computers will be able to search and map this data going back
through digital time.

Most of all, I feel for our children...

[...]

Ultimately, everything will be tracked by the state, connected by ever
more sophisticated algorithms, run on ever more powerful computers,
until dissent becomes impossible and there is no escape. How do you
oppose a system like that?

[...]

Otherwise we are moving into a world where the people creating the
future technologies in artificial intelligence, genetics, quantum
computing, search capabilities, and surveillance, to name but a
handful of areas, will be doing so unencumbered by ethical and
democratic controls.

[...]

I’m worried.

Re: Cryptocurrency: John McAfee, Rothschild, Oil Money

2018-05-09 Thread Zenaan Harkness 
On Tue, May 08, 2018 at 04:25:16PM -0400, grarpamp wrote:
> John McAfee - Long Sitdown Interview
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mehkq-ghzQc

The eternal publicity trail for Johnny boy...


> Rothschild
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maZ4pTfcVtM

Does he say anything? As in, what does he say that's of any interest?



> Cryptocurrency Rap
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zls10Xf6Cuo
> 
> Proof of Freedom
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL0yOu0dNwo
> 
> Dear Charlie
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0eyNMXl4eY
> 
> Crypto Life
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7fPYKkt2cQ
> 
> Crypto Rap
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXqgiaVuyjw
> 
> Blockchain
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH53BQ0bCAs
> 
> 420
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OEWXxLBIO4
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrP_5dt0GSE
> 
> Holdin the Bag
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj5zBD0PISU
> 
> Oil Money - Ah Ah Ah ;)
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQVjrr_Y_sA

US GA 2018 SB 315 Veto: Cheers of Victory Should Not Blind to Exploits Underneath

2018-05-09 Thread grarpamp 
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/victory-georgia-governor-vetoes-short-sighted-computer-crime-law
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/en-US/Display/20172018/SB/315
https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2018-05-08/deal-issues-2018-veto-statements

"
Senate Bill 315 proposes to create the crime of unauthorized computer
access ... Georgia’s ... technology, particularly the presence of U.S.
Army Cyber Command, the state’s Cyber Range ... further ... need for
... debate ... it would be a crime ... the legislation ... led to
concerns regarding national security implications ... while intending
to protect against online breaches and hacks, SB 315 may ... hinder
the ability of government ... to do so ... For the foregoing reasons,
I VETO SB 315.  -- Gov. N. Deal
"

The EFF's and Gang of 55's two objection reasons were
not explicitly noted in identifiable detail.

Yet were two other fishy "national security" reasons
injected and "particularly" underlying the veto?

Consider the one definition of overloaded term "protect" that makes
sense in context is govt's surely claimed power to "defensively" [1],
spy, breach and hack you and everyone else on the planet
(decency "knows" no authority is granted by either of those).

Such actions of course can never be allowed to be a crime, lol.
So who really won?
The objectors?
The particulars, against a future principled prosecutor?

[1] Which some might call top secret offense from such SCI
facilities, at least until caught, then being oops, not defense.

"The work done this session ... provides ... for continued
collaboration on this issue."

Expect to see bill again, with all sorts of "Deals" carved out for state.

"Shall be punished"

So they can never find work making cyber actually secure...
what a brilliant startup plan for cybersecurity.

"sensitive or private information of government"

That pesky sunlight...