Whether or not one likes it, the net is NOT a commercial playground a
priori.
It is an open space for ANY communication needs between any people.
If you think it is hard to know for sure if our site was a game or
a
bu
Countys Aerial Photos Not for Public Sale
Supervisors bow to residents
concerns that the high-detail pictures
would invade their privacy.
B
Librarians Running Into Trouble Monitoring Net Use
The Associated Press
B E R K L E Y, Mich., Nov. 6 Ñ Librarians trained in opening doors to knowledge must
find ways to slam some of those doors shut, agitating many who donÕt appreciate laws
requiring them to censor Internet use.
ÒLibrari
http://www.thenation.com/docPrint.mhtml?i=20001120&s=price
by DAVID PRICE
On December 20, 1919, under the heading "Scientists as Spies," The Nation published a
letter by Franz Boas, the father of academic anthropology in America. Boas charged
that four American anthropologists, whom he did no
---
|From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
|To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
|Subject: Alternative Journalism
|Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 16:04:05 -0700 (PDT)
THE CYPHERPUNK ENQUIRER PRESENTS:
"Adventures in Alternative Journalism"
The An
At 7:08 PM -0500 11/1/00, Tim May wrote:
> An ordinary little girl using Freedom, the putative target candidate for
> Freedom, say the ads, is not going to need PipeNet-style traffic
> padding!!!
A little girl wanting to sell nude digital snapshots of herself for
milk(bar) money might. You neve
EXPERTS FEAR CYBERWARS SPREAD
Tuesday,October 31,2000
By NILES LATHEM
The growing electronic war between Israeli and
IRS Can Access Offshore Credit Info
By Catherine Wilson
AP Business Writer
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2000 7:38 a.m. EST
MIAMI In a sweeping tax-evasion probe, the IRS has
been granted access to thousands of MasterCard and
"The advantage of lone wolf and small cell activity is that it is
untraceable and is the best use of our meager resources- no
membership dues, rental of meeting halls, driving, lodging and
time-off for endless conventions," Curtis says in an article on
Bruce McKim
DOB: 2/26/69
Soc Sec. No.: 212-04-8280
Martin Benjamin (for classified)
DOB: 7/6/68
Soc. Sec. No.: 089-56-3596
Mary De Wolfe Stone
DOB: 7/7/63
Soc. Sec. No. : 047-60-6209
http://cryptome.org/usa-v-qaeda-po.htm
you are not being paranoid enough. The FBI managed to get a search
warrant based on logs from a firewall, that showed my IP only connecting, not even
logging in, hours after news
of the cracking had appeared on news sites. If they can get a search warrant this
easily, your data is not safe,
si
Israeli government, army
Web sites crash after hostile
hits
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Several official Israeli Web sites crashed
after being flooded by thousands of simultaneous hostile hits in
a digital onslaught by Isl
Will the Austrians treat the
US injunction like Cryptome treats
letters from HRH?
Monday October 23 07:00 PM EDT
Vote auction site attempts to skirt
shutdown order
By Patricia Jacobus, CNET News.com
A rogue Web site purporting to sell votes for the upcoming U.S.
from the privacy-for-all dept.
jailbreakist writes "Zero-Knowledge Systems, a
Montreal based privacy software company, has released the source
code to their Linux client. The software in question provides
anonymous web browsing, pseudonymous email, form fi
kinheads, symbolize Nazi =
power.=20
If it isn't the Power Rangers it'll be Pikachu...=20
Does anyone know if the similarity between the Wiccan Pentagram and =
Anarchism=20
"rune", and the likeness of the rubric "Do what thou will, if it harm =
none" and=20
the NIAP,
Subject: Photograph alteration CPUNK
Last week a cannabis legalisation activist
handed a posy of said plant, wrapped as if it had been bought in a
florists' shop to Her Majesty the Queen. HRH accepted it as just
another bunch of flowers, and the photographs hit the newsstands
the next mornin
If the ultimate motivation of the car siezures is
>to sell them and keep the money, what would happen if somebody acquired a
>few ounces or gallons of PCBs (poly-chlorinated biphenyls common in
>20+year-old (non-electrolytic) capacitors), and sprayed them (only a very
>tiny amount per car should
Historical and current counter-US
activities seem to be focussing more
on hitting the .mil (and spyhqHHHembassies)
vs. airlines.
Members of the flying public appreciate
your new, more-to-the-point focus, Osama, and
your PR consultant should be praised.
See you in Utah...
By The Associated Pr
Well, they are original. I do not recall any other instance when
a government said "we will not snoop."
---
"Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has no longer any
influence on the police and army force in the country, and all phone
taps, both fixed and mobile in Serbia have stopped, sta
from /.
"According to The New York
Times (free registration required, for those who care
about such things), a prominent judge recently wrote an
article saying that the delete key should actually delete
things, not just hide them away where lawyers and skil
from /.
"According to The New York
Times (free registration required, for those who care
about such things), a prominent judge recently wrote an
article saying that the delete key should actually delete
things, not just hide them away where lawyers and skil
È David Ludlow and Liesbeth Evers, Network News , Wednesday 27 September 2000
Developers in the US have uncovered a way of snubbing the American equivalent of the
Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill, prompting speculation that a similar
system could be introduced into the UK.
The US
By Cecily Barnes
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
September 22, 2000, 12:20 p.m. PT
URL: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2841067.html
A start-up is set to release a novel messaging service that lets people send heavily
encrypted email directly to each other, a development that could be a boon f
By Robert X. Cringely
I wouldn't want to be a cop. It is a difficult and generally thankless job performed
by people who are often unappreciated and certainly not overpaid. Most of us think of
the police as the givers of undeserved though probably earned speeding and parking
tickets. But when
Michael Motyka wrote:
> I enjoy the rhetorical device of visiting death and destruction on the
> bad guys and clearly there is no shortage of politicians whose actual
> passing out of this life -by unspecified means- would make the world a
> safer, cleaner place but calling McVeigh a "freedom fig
David Honig wrote on Tue, 29 Aug 2000:
> The fathers of the two babies, Jacques Robidoux, the sect's reputed
> leader, and David Corneau, are among eight sect members who are behind
> bars for refusing to cooperate in the investigation.
One wonders what 'refusing to cooperate in the investigatio
By Paul Festa
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
August 25, 2000, 4:00 a.m. PT
URL: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2605437.html
Yahoo plans to let its email account holders use data scrambling to protect the
privacy of their messages, marking a potentially significant advance for the
mainstream
http://www.users.skynet.be/avalon/avalonuk/technical/radio1.htm
Describes radios that can go through 500 m
of rock. (This is not easy with conventional
RF; they use an 87 Khz carrier.) Of passing
interest for TEMPEST afficionados, it indicates
how far certain whispers carry.
TMI phones also had to be equipped with
geo-positioning technology so the FBI could pinpoint a suspect's location when he made
a
call.
This was crucial, as Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder wrote in a June 14, 1999,
letter to FCC Chairman William Kennard. "Finding out that a drug deal, murde
At 02:00 AM 8/25/00 -0400, Anonymous wrote:
>While many crypto experts intensely bullshit about the importance
>of the source code to counter "security through obscurity", it appears
>than none really looked at the sources closely.
A lot of metallurgists inspected a lot of
Just because someone has the right to do something doesn't mean they should.
Mike, whether or not I believe that you are one, I can call you an asshole.
But why would I do that? It would just make for bitter and angry conversation.
Sure, it feels to sometimes anonymously swear at people.
http://cryptome.org/pgp-badbug.htm
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Serious bug in PGP - versions 5 and 6
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:09:07 +0100
X-Loop: openpgp.net
From: Ross Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ralf Senderek has found a horrendous bug in PGP versions 5 and 6.
It's of scientific interes
http://www.judicialwatch.org/media/preleases/2000/082200b.htm
Steve Mann of the wearables group at media.mit
has a well-thought out essay on privacy and
cameras at http://wearcam.org/netcam_privacy_issues.html
He discusses some of the issues that have
been discussed here.
FYI
excerpt:
He said Nevitt turned in his old
PC to a CompUSA repair shop in July, but they could
not fix the computer and replaced it with a newer one.
Under the terms of the swap, Mann said, CompUSA
took legal possession of the old c
By Jean Eaglesham, Legal Correspondent
Published: August 18 2000 19:09GMT | Last Updated: August 18 2000 20:28GMT
The UK government has bowed to industry pressure to change its draft rules on
companies' monitoring of e-mails and phone calls being introduced under the
controversial Regulation of
http://www.l-3com.com/cs-east/programs/infosec/priva_tech.htm
describes a 3DES 1024DH in-line cryptounit
for $600. Anyone have any experience with this?
(Note: l-3com seems to be heavily tied to
.gov/.mil and offers different versions
for 'civilian' vs. other uses. So caveat crypto.
OTOH Nautil
Scores of accidents involving nuclear reactors and weapons
have occurred worldwide since the Nuclear Age began in 1945.
And an estimated 50 nuclear warheads still lie on the bottom of
the world's oceans, according to Joshua Handler, a former
test - please delete w/apologies.
Quantum cryptography will be of little practical value for the average
person. That's because you need to get photons unchanged from one
person to the other. This requires either a line of sight or a fiber
optic cable, neither of which is likely to be available.
Quantum computers allow fast sea
> But remember, in California, you can't sell the meat for food.
> (Of the horse, that is; the recent "you can't sell horses
> for food" referendum
You can't *sell* horses for food, but could you host a free BBQ?
(Imagine protesters making signs for "Official DNC BBQ -->" and serving up
horse
At 05:46 PM 8/14/00 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>If you are going to go to all of that trouble you might
>as well just shoot the horse and its rider.
But remember, in California, you can't sell the meat for food.
(Of the horse, that is; the recent "you can't sell horses
for food" referendum
On Monday, August 14, 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I could probably come up with uses for cat pee if I set my mind to it.
> I'm having considerable difficulty with the idea of commercially-
> available cat pee. Is it sanitized? Are Dept of Health certificates
> needed? How on earth can you ma
Anonymous wrote:
> Don't know -- but I've been wondering about other
> like attacks.Red Pepper? A lot of horses freak pretty
> easily at various things -- birds flying up in front
> of them, etc., so maybe lots of whirly-flashy things
> would do it?
If you are g
It would be nice if someone got a copy of
the Police-Only version of the city's flyer
and say forwarded it to cryptome..
City Employee Booklets Draw Criticism
Security: Officials decry lists of
delegates'
ho
Anticompromise Emergency Destruct (ACED)
3) Until the ACED system is available, the M-610 incendiary file
destroyers and thermite grenades, employed primarily to destroy
crypto materials, will be used for all PRIORITY ONE emergency
destruction within appropriate Army activities. Adequate
quant
Yes, we definately shouldn't be exporting
freedom to other countries. They can't
handle it.
LICRA's Knobel, however, says U.S. constitutional guarantees on
freedom of speech leave greater scope for racist groups and that this
degree of tolerance should not be exported to
Gambling is stupid but voluntary,
criminalizing it is evil. The US
needs to get slapped upside its head.
Thursday August 10 2:49 AM ET
Man Jailed in 1st U.S. Online
Gambling Conviction
By Gail Appleson, Law Correspondent
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first person to b
Friday, 28 July 2000 13:08 (ET)
UN suspends Kosovo Albanian newspaper
By LULZIM COTA
TIRANA, Albania, July 28 (UPI) - An Albanian-language newspaper was
ordered shut Friday for violating a Kosovo press law.
The temporary media commissioner in Kosovo ordered the Dita newspaper shut
for p
Scientists spot Achilles heel of the Internet
Updated 2:29 PM ET July 26, 2000
By Patricia Reaney
LONDON (Reuters) - The complex structure of the Internet makes it
resistant to errors or failure but is also its Achilles heel, scientists in the
Unit
Officials said they already have found signs that
anarchists from a national organization based in
Oregon are in Los Angeles. Within the past few
weeks, police have arrested a handful of people
for taking pictures of downtown buildings from
Cayman Islands passes anti-money-laundering laws
Updated 12:33 PM ET July 25, 2000
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (Reuters) - The Cayman Islands
government has passed four anti-money-laundering bills in an effort to
confront critical scrutiny by internati
Bill Stewart wrote:
> And US public schools can ban funny-colored hair,
Has this actually happened?
On 23 Jul 2000, at 14:40, Anonymous wrote:
> >How are you transferring $100 anonymously?
> 4. Drop into a blue box marked "US Mail" - those can be seen on streets.
>
> US post may be scanning for that metal thread in the note, but
> it is unlikely that one would t
US citizens who work for a foreign government
have to register with the US govt. Agents
Jim & Dave are clearly working for the Japs.
They ought to register, or being FBI, self-destruct.
21 July 2000. Add message and names.
20 July 2000
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X-Loop: openpgp.net
From: John Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 20 July 2000
Subject: PSIA Request
July 20, 2000
Federal Bureau of Investigation
NCCS, New York
C37
Dear FBI,
This confirms my telephone remarks today th
I'm posting the whole thing here rather than the URL since NYT requires a log-in.
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/06/biztech/articles/27note.html
When the Geeks Get Snide
Computer Slang Sco
Computers offered if weapons are turned in
Associated Press
OAKLAND -- City officials have a deal for owners of legal and illegal guns
alike: turn in your weapon, get a free computer.
The exchange is good for the first 200 or so people who show up at the
Oakland Coliseum between 8 a.m. and 2 p.
On 06/27/2000, David Honig wrote:
> Would you use the L Ron Hubbard Anonymizing Service?
The local Co$ has a big "Now Hiring" sign in their window.
I wonder if I should doctor my resume and apply.
Objective: To open the L. Ron Hubbard Anonymizing Service.
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Harmon Seaver wrote:
> And the below poster is absolutely right, of course --
> Swinestein's efforts are futile. Perhaps some nice anon poster should
> start plastering the net with explosive recipes. E-mail them to
> Swinestein herself, along with Reno and Freeh.
Sur
> Seems to me that this whole question was settled years ago when the
> US Supreme ruled that a newspaper couldn't be stopped from publishing
> instructions for making a nuclear bomb. Can't remember the exact case,
> but it was around the time of the Pentagon Papers case.
Not quite. It didn'
Subject: cryptome slashdotted
Oh dear. JY's request for DMCA
letters has been mentioned on
/.
Subject: dipoles in space
The Radio Plasma Imager instrument provides a
three-dimensional view of the plasmasphere by
sounding it with radio pulses, like an ultrasound image
of the human body. To accomplish this, it uses the
longest antennas ever deployed in space, longer than
the height of the E
Dogs inspect vehicles
The scanners were provided to the DOT-organized event by the
National Guard, under a federal law that allows it to participate in
civilian anti-drug efforts.
DOT spokeswoman Dena M. Gray-Fisher said the selected dri
David Molnar Wrote:
> Anyway, recipient-hiding is most obviously useful when public bulletin
> boards are involved. I'm not so sure it's useful between remailers, since
> the underlying transport protocol will tend to reveal the ID of the next
> hop anyway...but it strikes me as something to have
Recently I saw at comment on slashdot suggesting how to pay for MP3s. Suppose you know
100,000 people like a particular artist. If they all aggree to pay $1 upfront for the
release of the next album then it is released. If the artist does their job - and
keeps turning out good albums people wil
Subject: brits to listen to GSM on Mayday
Police to tap calls
at May Day
protest
Civil rights group attacks move
A while back, I was at a conference, expecting to be totally bored.
Imagine my surprise, when the guy next to me turned out to be a former
Novell coder. He seemed really hot on NDS, and willing to talk about the
secret parts, if I promised to keep his name anonymous. I took a lot of
notes, and
Subject: kasumi notes
An Amateur's Notes on the Weaknesses
of the Kasumi Encryption Algorithm
Kasumi[1] is a 64-bit block cipher with a 128 bit key. Clearly
with a key of such length one must analyze the algorithm to break it;
naif brute force fails. So here are some early observations to int
Why is cypherpunks dying? Because, all crypto is economics, and the
economics of crypto isn't as favorable as we thought. As the saying goes,
those who live by the sword shall die by the sword.
Declan McCullagh wrote:
> * Instead of digital cash taking over the world, we're all using credit
>
Wednesday April 05 10:00 PM EDT
Online game backs away from privacy threat
John Borland, CNET News.com
Sony's popular online game EverQuest dodged a public relations bullet today, as a new
policy was rescinded
after some players had called it a potentially massive violation of th
Subject: 911 DoS attack
Monday April 3 6:58 PM ET
FBI Investigating Computer Virus That Calls 911
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A computer virus that could disrupt 911 emergency services is
being investigated after it
was detected in the Houston area, the FBI said in a statement on Monday.
Search
Subject: node vs. server
Here the popular press refers to
distributed file sharing server-client
programs as "clients", implying that
no "server setup" (whatever that means)
means you're not a server.
Re a thread a while back on "servers"
on cable modems.
"Fans of Hotline (for the PC or th
Subject: body scan
Customs Expands Body
Search X-ray Plan
But Civil Libertarians See Privacy Violations
March 27, 2000
By Jane A. Zanca
NEW YORK (APBnews.com) -- A U.S.
Customs Service plan to expand use of
an X-ray devic
Subject: stop huffing, reese
At 05:45 AM 3/24/00 -0500, Reese wrote:
>>and under the Buchanan Administration they probably will,
>>during the War On Something.
>
>Under the Buchanan admin, they probably will?
>
>And just wtf makes you think Buchanan has a candles chance in a tornado?
>
>
>Jesus B
Subject: customs surfing for kidz
Friday March 17 03:39 AM EST
LAUSD Teacher Charged With Pornography
A 60-year-old elementary school teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District
was arrested Thursday and
charged with possessing child pornography.
Paul Kreutzer allegedly ha
Subject: big bro under the hood
Black Boxes Come
Down to Earth
Once Only for Plane Crashes, Devices Now
on Cars, Trains, Buses
March 16, 2000
By Ann Ferrar
Subject: censorware reveng under legal attack
from slashdot
A few weeks ago we ran Keep It Legal to Embarrass Big
Companies, detailing Peacefire's decryption of X-Stop's
blacklist. Then just a few days ago, we noted that CyberPatrol's
encrypted list had also been
William H. Geiger III wrote:
>
> I fail to see the problem. If you don't want your messages archived then
> don't post them to a public forum.
>
or unencrypted to an echelon searchable medium...
Subject: new bird
http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=70424
Its purpose is to test new sensors for detecting camouflaged installations
back on Earth. More sophisticated military spy satellites and new commercial
space imaging services have led to increased use of masking interesting
Subject: Boiling FrogCards
Friday March 10 10:07 AM ET
Internet Pirate Code Sparks Bank Card Alert
By Catherine Bremer
PARIS (Reuters) - France prepared for a wave of petty bank card fraud after officials
admitted on Friday that a
trick posted on the Internet showing how to forge cards
501 - 581 of 581 matches
Mail list logo
