Re: Gait advances in emerging biometrics

2004-12-16 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 07:58:27PM -0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > Look up Johansson, et al. Point light displays. Yes you can tell > sex, age, etc., from the ratios of rotational axes, etc, but a stone > in the shoe is a bitch. Isolated biometrics are nigh to useless. But integrated, they

Off-the-Record Messaging (IM plugin)

2004-12-16 Thread lcs Mixmaster Remailer
Nikita Borisov and Ian Goldberg have released Off-the-Record Messaging (http://www.xelerance.com/mirror/otr/), an IM plugin for private communication providing not only the usual encryption and authentication, but also deniability and perfect forward secrecy. Deniability avoids digital signatures

Re: Off-the-Record Messaging (IM plugin)

2004-12-16 Thread "Hal Finney"
> Nikita Borisov and Ian Goldberg have released > Off-the-Record Messaging (http://www.xelerance.com/mirror/otr/), It looks like Ian Goldberg's site might be a more authoritative source, http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/ . One interesting feature is authentication + deniability. You know who you ar

Re: The Values-Vote Myth

2004-12-16 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Nomen Nescio wrote: > J.A. Terranson schrieb: > > > This election *proves* that at least half the electorate, about 60 > > million people, are just Useless Eaters, who should be eagerly > > awaiting their Trip Up The Chimneys. > > Wow! A Tim May copycat! > (Both the 'useless e

Re: Gait advances in emerging biometrics

2004-12-16 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:31 PM 12/14/04 -0500, Sunder wrote: >Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/14/alt_biometrics/ >Gait advances in emerging biometrics > >By John Leyden (john.leyden at theregister.co.uk) >Published Tuesday 14th December 2004 15:07 GMT > >"Great Juno comes; I know her by her gait."

Re: Do 'Ocean's Twelve'-Style Heists Really Happen?

2004-12-16 Thread Justin
On 2004-12-15T10:14:14-0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote: > > This popped up in my "bearer" filter this morning... > > Cheers, > RAH > --- > > > > MTV.com - Movies - News > 12.14.2004 9:03 PM EST > > Reel To Real: Do 'Ocean's

pgp "global directory" bugged instructions

2004-12-16 Thread Adam Back
So PGP are now running a pgp key server which attempts to consilidate the inforamtion from the existing key servers, but screen it by ability to receive email at the address. So they send you an email with a link in it and you go there and it displays your key userid, keyid, fingerprint and email