Re: Symantec pulls an NAI

2001-11-28 Thread mmotyka
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/23057.html > > "Eric Chien, chief researcher at Symantec's antivirus research lab, > said that provided a hypothetical keystroke logging tool was used only > by the FBI, then Symantec would avoid updating its antivirus tool

mark

2001-11-28 Thread mmotyka
My guess for "mark" : derived from an old accounting method of marks on sticks or paper.

Re: CDR: Antivirus software will ignore FBI spyware: solutions

2001-11-26 Thread mmotyka
Sunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Great and wonderful except: > >1. If such spyware has already been installed on your system you can't >trust your os therefore: >[snip] > Yes - end of story. >2. Any hard drive you can access so can they. "They" can patch your >disk: >[snip] > The only way I

Re: Cypherpunk failures

2001-11-19 Thread mmotyka
"Roy M. Silvernail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >On 19 Nov 2001, at 19:43, Ken Brown wrote: > >> Much too 1990s. These times suit more loyal-sounding names. >> "Programmers Rally Against Terrorism"? > >I wonder how many non-Brits will get this... > > >-- >Roy M. Silvernail >Proprietor, scytale.com

Virtual Bhurkas ( was : Re: Nuclear Pipe Bombs )

2001-11-19 Thread mmotyka
Ken Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : 1) I thought spherical shells were the usual geometry? 2) It sure as hell looks like it's time to start creating private archives of public data and seeing to it that the data are propagated. Sneakernet revisited only now with CD's instead of floppies. > >S

PALS : renaming DC CP

2001-11-19 Thread mmotyka
>> >True. The DC cypherpunks are thinking of changing their name to >> something >> >more cuddly. >> >> Harmless Little Nerds? >> Cryptotubbies? >> Happy Fun Infosec Society? > >Much too 1990s. These times suit more loyal-sounding names. "Programmers >Rally Against Terrorism"? > Programmer's Asso

Re: HOWTO Build a Nuclear Device

2001-11-19 Thread mmotyka
"!Dr. Joe Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > > Where did this bullshit come from? Did someone take a ravioli recipe and do some search and replace? Is Dr. Joe Baptista really Jim Choate in disguise? My favorite short quote : "The trick is to bring the U-235 masses together at the same tim

Re: Soldiers Celebrate with executions

2001-11-13 Thread mmotyka
Golly gee willikers, you mean it's not all beard-shaving, turban-tossing, music and dancing in the streets? You mean our own news agencies were just spewing propaganda? Now ain't that a surprise? Why do you suppose they would do that?

Re: Sedition

2001-11-12 Thread mmotyka
Faustine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Tim wrote: > >>Several of us were in the Sierras this past weekend for a training >>session on weapons use, explosives, terrorism measures, and methods for >>monkey wrenching the U.S. government so as to paralyze its police state >>moves. > >>For security rea

Teasing Receivers

2001-11-12 Thread mmotyka
Re: mapping in the sierras and places west "Major Variola (ret)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > >At 12:36 PM 11/12/01 -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: >> Well, very low frequency could be used quite easily by almost >anyone, in >>fact, the simplest, cheapest, most portable transmitters would use V

A Simple Plan ( Re: explosives )

2001-11-09 Thread mmotyka
"matt ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > >Science project? omg shut the hell up. For all we know, your probably some >crazed arab going on a suicide spree > By the name perhaps a "Basque Separatist" is more likely. >From: "coretta fontenot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >How can I make an explosive? its

Re: The Republican Position on USC T 18 Ch 115 Sec 2383ff

2001-11-09 Thread mmotyka
OK, you got me, so I'm guilty of that political trick of ignoring the broader picture and using only partial facts in support of my own narrow point of view. sosumi ;) The words, taken on their own, are fine words and I stick by the bit about a government's willingness to persecute dissidents bei

The Republican Position on USC T 18 Ch 115 Sec 2383ff

2001-11-09 Thread mmotyka
What a guy! Abraham Lincoln : "Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it." President Abraham Lincoln, "First Inaugural Address" (available at http://www.bartl

Re: Sony and Robots...shows how crazy the "anti-hacking" regime has become

2001-11-07 Thread mmotyka
Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Saw this interesting application of the new hardware >copyright/anti-tampering/anti-reverse-engineering regime in place" > >http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011107/tc/sony_robot_hack_1.html > >This shows how crazy the laws have gotten. These robots are essent

More silly stuff ( was RE: Enemy at the Door )

2001-11-07 Thread mmotyka
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : > Of course you could connect an automated firearm. (Crime Stoppers Note: > aways aim for the head to avoid protective vests) Any lawyers on the list > know what penalties might be brought. I seem to recall that tying a > shotgun to the door knob was ruled an "indescri

Re: [CNN] FBI: Threat against Western bridges 'not credible'

2001-11-07 Thread mmotyka
read it. the alternatives are not quite as cheap or plentiful or accessible as the Middle East and if many oil eaters start looking away from the ME there will be other problems too David Honig wrote: > > At 10:33 AM 11/7/01 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Mainlining petroleum has helped p

Re: FBI MAS

2001-10-31 Thread mmotyka
OK. Yer an equal opportunity provider. Bandwidth costs money, yes? Ask the botniks to register and send them automated tgz update packages monthly, weekly, whatever. Paid protection might be cheaper than being robbed. Do you accept anonymous donations?

Re: FBI MAS

2001-10-31 Thread mmotyka
Any sense in blacklisting IP ranges and refusing connections?

Re: what kind of bomb?

2001-10-31 Thread mmotyka
cpaul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Witnesses also said they saw a U.S. plane drop a bomb Tuesday >at the Bagram front lines, about 25 miles north of Kabul, >creating a mushroom cloud that billowed at least 1,000 feet >into the air. > > >http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011030/ts/attacks_afghanist

RE: Transperancy Spray?

2001-10-30 Thread mmotyka
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : >On 30 Oct 2001, at 14:51, Sandy Sandfort wrote: > >> Mike [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: >> >> > I would bet that there is SOMETHING that >> > is dissolved by liquid freon. Just mark >> > your letters with the stuff and look for >> > the integrity of the mark at the other e

Re: Transperancy Spray?

2001-10-30 Thread mmotyka
>> Well, I was watching CNN and it looks like the Postal workers now are >> armed with a new weapon.. Against terror of course. THe whole cant read >> someone elses mail thing is out the window it looks like, they can spray >> this go on the letter and read through the envelope.. It seems >> imp

obit

2001-10-26 Thread mmotyka
Tim, Re: the death of the fourth. Yer list is too short. R.I.P. : I, IV, V, VI, VIII The obit may be premature but they're certainly on their respective deathbeds. Don't expect the docs from the Judicial branch to effect a cure - they've administered some pretty nearly lethal doses in the past

Re: CDR: Senate approves USA Act, sends to Bush, Ashcroft vows "newera"

2001-10-25 Thread mmotyka
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : > >This has got to be the single scariest thing I have *ever* read from any >government "official". After reading this, I doubt that the "nuclear >winter" comments that have been bandied about are going to be very far off >their mark... > >It especially terrifying to n

Re: Torture Never Stops..

2001-10-25 Thread mmotyka
"nobody" wrote : > >Listen, its not a return to fascism. >Not by any stretch, so unbunch your >panties. > >unbunch(panties); > cranium.reboot( COLD_START | RESET_DEFAULTS ); yerself. Some are scared, some are angry, some are manipulators. Instead of valuing and protecting our freedoms, talking he

Re: FINALLY! we can buy Staria

2001-10-25 Thread mmotyka
"Neil Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > >> > What's this then? >> > >> > http://www.tactronix.com/s100.htm >> > >> > >> > -MW- > >Looks like a nicely rendered computer image of the proposed device (somebody >there is good with POV-Ray?). > >-Neil > Too expensive.

Re: Where the torture never stops..{ *** WARNING *** top-posted }

2001-10-25 Thread mmotyka
Greg, Welcome to America's "New Era." Goebels, Himmler and the rest of the team are reincarnated. Welcome back to meatspace Gentlemen, it's been far too long! What organizations will be challenging the Constitutionality of at least sections of the soon to be recent Gestapo Act? Who has stan

Re: Market Competition for Security Measures

2001-10-24 Thread mmotyka
You seem to have left out the fact that the single largest player in the "market" today is the government. The security measures that are now in place for air travel are IMHO an abuse by regulators that amounts to using a private actor as a proxy for an illegal search : to whit names, flight numbe

Re: Neverending Cycle ( was : Re: USPS: glowing by leaps and bounds )

2001-10-24 Thread mmotyka
David Honig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > >Personally I'd prefer a non-colonial foreign policy that doesn't generate >such antipathy. > >The message of the WTC is this: regular ole' non-mil sheeple *are* held >responsible for >the actions of their government. *Even* in the US. What a concept.

Re: FBI considers torture as suspects stay silent

2001-10-23 Thread mmotyka
Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 08:50:01PM -0700, Tim May wrote: >> Yes, but this is one of those manufactured, utterly implausible >> situations. I cannot think of a single instance where a suspect had this >> kind of knowledge, with this kind of stakes, an

Neverending Cycle ( was : Re: USPS: glowing by leaps and bounds )

2001-10-23 Thread mmotyka
> Shit, so much for ordering mushroom spores by mail! > Hopefully UPS and fedex won't follow suit. > Another option might be for each package to be dropped into a poly bag, heat sealed and rinsed before being handled by staff. Our society has, for all practical purposes, endless vulnerabilities

Inflation

2001-10-19 Thread mmotyka
Greg Broiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >At 03:13 PM 10/19/2001 -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > >>/me retreats to iron w/ thermometer. >> >>Black and Decker "Light 'n' Easy" iron, cotton dishtowl (folded quarto), >>"Good Cook" dial thermometer inserted under top fold. With four >>minutes' prehea

Looking for news

2001-10-19 Thread mmotyka
Was I hearing things or did China stop issuing visas for people from 22 middle eastern countries? Thought I heard it, can't find it. Mike

AG on spotting terrorists in our midst

2001-10-19 Thread mmotyka
http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/conditions/10/18/ashcroft.tips/index.html 4. Someone who appears to be concealing something or attempting to put something over on somebody Does this mean that witholding your zipcode from the overinquisitive sales clerk will get you on a list? Any attempts a

Re: Your papers please

2001-10-19 Thread mmotyka
David Honig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >>fishing through wreckage for a crumpled black box recorder seems pretty >>old fashioned, too. >> > >30K planes in the air before; maybe 20K now (or 30K 2/3rds full..). >Lots of data from mobile senders. [Yes, some of the 30K are too small to >be interes

MWandawi art

2001-10-18 Thread mmotyka
I fooled around with the filtering but the source data is pure crap. It's a low quality JPEG and there are artifacts everywhere, especially around the "towers" and the rider. Has anyone found better source material : higher resolution, lower quantization? BTW - there's lots more art, mostly sinis

Re: Threat Recognition Testing (fwd)

2001-10-05 Thread mmotyka
Harmon Seaver wrote: > > Yup, play around with light-sound machines and biofeedback for > awhile, you definitely can learn to control your brain waves. This TRT, > however, is still pretty scary -- especially if, as they claim, it's > allowed as court evidence. Don't know how they could r

Re: WTC Photos

2001-10-04 Thread mmotyka
"Dr. Evil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > > This brings to mind something which would be a very cool project: Have > a digital camera that public key encrypts the photos before storing > them. Obviously the private key would be stored in some other safe > place, so if the camera is stolen, no one

Re: Stupid Congress Tricks: anti-terror bills target cash

2001-10-04 Thread mmotyka
Declan, The authoritarian streak is wide and deep ain't it? Every time I hear Bush talk about protecting freedom I feel nauseous. Which bill? Is this bill referring to annyone carrying cash within the borders or to people crossing the borders? There are already customs regulations with a $10k

Man arrested in burning US flag

2001-10-02 Thread mmotyka
Don't you hate it when the issues are tangled. It would much nicer if there were a clean and simple case of free speech but no, it has to be impure. OTOH the police could be lying about the firecracker and the struggle knowing that the Constitutional issue is clear ( today anyway ) and wanting to

Re: Brinworld: citizens with speed-radar

2001-10-02 Thread mmotyka
An Metet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Nomen wrote: >>> >>> According to collected data, the average speed in 30 mph zones ranged >>> from 35.5 to 46 mph. In the 35 mph zones, the average speed was about 43 >>> mph. The highest speed, clocked by Colonial Estates East Citizens on >>> Patrol group,

Re: Lesson from WTC: Question Authority

2001-10-01 Thread mmotyka
On 9-11 I was awake at 5:30 AM PST reading the paper and watching CNN. Predictably I was glued to the news until past noon. When I finally made it into work I was here about an hour or two when I was told that someone had phoned in a bomb threat. The official advice from the PD was essentially "yo

Re: America needs therapy

2001-10-01 Thread mmotyka
>"James B. DiGriz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > Declan's note about ADM hogs at the trough with lots of other hogs... > >A far more productive application of corporate welfare would be if that >money were spent on engineering research and development of >geosynchronous solar power microwave re

Re: FAA new rules and the nEW gEStApo (was Nail clippers

2001-09-26 Thread mmotyka
Yawn... xganon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Hmm lets outlaw gelatin capsules on the grounds that they facilitate >turning human finger and toenails very hard and allow the use of same >as weapons(it does NOT take very much to tear the caratoid artery open) > Don't you mean carotid? >same for to

Get Real

2001-09-26 Thread mmotyka
This discussion about talking to the FBI has me ROTFLMAO. I feel like I'm watching a John Wayne movie with its simplified moral categories of good and evil. Why not say that cooperation is dependent upon the situation? Exercise your judgement. Witness to a hit and run : "I wrote the make, mode

Re: CDR: ANWR

2001-09-24 Thread mmotyka
Jim Choate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >On Mon, 24 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> NB : I'm not opposed to drilling Alaskan oil - after Kuwait runs dry... > >I am. Find another way other than killing the Polar Bears (they have to >helicopter them around the N. pole each year so they don't

Re: ANWR

2001-09-24 Thread mmotyka
Steve, I read it a few days ago. I think that it will take a decade or two to be widely accepted. I'm betting that the standard method of management by crisis will be how our country deals with the end of oil whether the writer is corrrect or not about the date. Mike Steve Schear wrote: > > A

ANWR

2001-09-24 Thread mmotyka
CDR: Re: Intercepts foretold of 'big attack' -- The Washington Times John Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Bill Gertz has received an extraordinary number of leaked >documents. Most of those occurred during the Clinton era >when national security mongerers opposed to Clinton's >policies leaked

Re: crypto law survey questions

2001-09-19 Thread mmotyka
Jim Choate wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 05:40:27PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Is it true that Gregg is giving up? Has someone told him that his ATM, > > > his browser and his garage door opener would be outlawed? > > > > Depends

Re: crypto law survey questions

2001-09-18 Thread mmotyka
Declan McCullagh wrote: > > I managed to get an outline of the emergency anti-terrorism bill. > Wiretap, FISA, immigration, court procedure, etc. > > But no encryption restrictions listed. > > -Declan > Is it true that Gregg is giving up? Has someone told him that his ATM, his browser and his g

Re: crypto law survey questions

2001-09-18 Thread mmotyka
Declan McCullagh wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:46:06AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > We in the choir agree. > > > > Now how are you going to get those in congress ( who prefer to be 99.9% > > fact-free ) to see it your way? > > Probably not worth the effort. They'll do what they wa

Re: Hey! I've Got A Good Idea...

2001-09-18 Thread mmotyka
Heavy Stuff. Puts to shame my GoodIdea of handing a basket of Official Major League Baseballs to each airline passenger upon boarding. Let's see a homicidal maniac with a toenail clipper stand up to that. Mike

crypto law survey questions

2001-09-18 Thread mmotyka
Eric Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Lots of media are running survey questions asking if >the US should ban strong cryptography. > >Here is a more honest survey: > > >1. Are you willing to ban strong cryptography so the FBI, CIA, NSA etc. >can listen in on potential terrorists, and jail Amer

Re: I hope this war puts an end to PC nonsense

2001-09-17 Thread mmotyka
An Metet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> pontificated : >Frissy whined: > >> >> As I said to some one the other day, "If this is war no smoking regulations. >> SWmoke 'em if nyou've got 'em." >> >> DCF. > >Fuck that noise. If this is war it means I get to blow your stupid >ass away if you blow smoke

Re: Material support to terrorists "concealing or disguising?"

2001-09-14 Thread mmotyka
>(a) Offense. - Whoever, within the United States, provides material support >or resources or conceals or disguises the nature, location, source, or >ownership of material support or resources, knowing or intending that they >are to be used in preparation for, or in carrying out, a violation of [X

Re: The Enemies List

2001-09-14 Thread mmotyka
Has the fact that a disaster occurred changed much? The US was always vulnerable, now the general population knows it. I'm expecting war in the Middle East and reprisals in the States. There is not a great deal anyone can do about it. As for the fallout of Tuesday's events, well...the heart of t

Re: Cypherpunks and terrorism

2001-09-12 Thread mmotyka
Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > >On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 06:00:46PM +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote: >> Some terrorists have exactly this as their goal. They are hoping >> to trigger a counter-reaction, an over-reaction, by the authorities. >> They want to see a crackdown on liberties, a

Re: Naughty Journal Author Denied Plea Change

2001-09-05 Thread mmotyka
Well, I'm not totally retarded but I still don't always follow JYA that well. I'll keep trying. Did the OH guy have a lawyer? If so, did he follow the advice he was given? While I would not myself send the guy to prison for his writings however goofy or sick I may find them, a person who writes

Re: speech + action

2001-09-05 Thread mmotyka
Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >On Tuesday, September 4, 2001, at 10:59 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Declan McCullagh wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 10:59:54AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sure, I mention it because despite its being non-functional and unpunishable

Re: speech + action

2001-09-04 Thread mmotyka
Declan McCullagh wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 10:59:54AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Sure, I mention it because despite its being non-functional and > > unpunishable it seemed to have been brought into the courtroom with the > > purpose of spicing up the case. > > Sure. If you comm

Re: kuro5hin.org || How Home-Schooling Harms the Nation

2001-08-31 Thread mmotyka
To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Learn to read poopyhead (isn't that now the official CP insult?). > >Actually, I think the currently "hip" term would be "twit" :-) > Dunno, I've seen both recently. Just trying to live up to my slave training and conform. >> Look at the part you snipped : >> >> I'm

Re: kuro5hin.org || How Home-Schooling Harms the Nation

2001-08-31 Thread mmotyka
Duncan Frissell wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > All I said was that actions can have unintended consequences. Make well > > considered choices. Look at the power industry deregulation in CA. Too > > much, too quickly and poorly crafted. By all means let's improve t

Re: speech + action

2001-08-31 Thread mmotyka
Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Which is why I asked for you some actual cases. I pointed out that--so >far as I have heard--there have been _no_ prosecutions for "paramilitary >training." (There may have been some paramilitary types busted for >firing AK-47s, for trespassing, whatever. T

speech + action

2001-08-31 Thread mmotyka
Tim, It's not easy to find great links but I still say that speech + action is something that a prosecutor can use to the disadvantage of the accused even if the speech is legal and the action appears to be ineffectual or undirected. Look at how AP was used. 18 U.S.C. 23 1 seems to link speech di

Re: kuro5hin.org || How Home-Schooling Harms the Nation

2001-08-31 Thread mmotyka
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : my old stuff : >> Another facet is that the well-to-do are attempting to remove their >> funds from the systems so they can use those funds to educate their >> children as they choose. A voucher system would surely benefit me >> financially. This is a reasonable desire

Re: The Privacy/Untraceability Sweet Spot

2001-08-30 Thread mmotyka
Declan McCullagh wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 12:42:24PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Bear may not be as far off the mark as you think. Remember back when the > > hot news of the day was militia groups how advocating the violent > > overthrow of the government and playing soldier in

Re: News: "U.S. May Help Chinese Evade Net Censorship"

2001-08-30 Thread mmotyka
"Faustine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >Adam wrote: >On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:02:54AM -0700, Tim May wrote: >| Alas, the marketing of such "dissident-grade untraceability" is >| difficult. Partly because anything that is dissident-grade is also >| pedophile-grade, money launderer-grade, freedo

Re: The Privacy/Untraceability Sweet Spot

2001-08-30 Thread mmotyka
Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : >On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 05:28:24PM -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote: >> For Tim: >> Why are you attempting to provoke public discussion about things >> that could get people jailed or worse for discussing them? It's >> interesting to see you post your "s

Re: kuro5hin.org || How Home-Schooling Harms the Nation

2001-08-29 Thread mmotyka
David Honig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : >At 09:13 AM 8/29/01 -0500, Jim Choate wrote: >>http://www.Kuro5hin.org/story/2001/8/28/1868/27867 > > I've been reading the cover article in Time magazine about home > schooling, and it makes me wonder. One of the primary questions the > article pos

2:3 ain't bad

2001-08-28 Thread mmotyka
> It remains a challenge to identify groups that are both (A) wealthy, (B) > in need of anonymity technologies, and (C) morally acceptable to support. > Freedom fighters don't fit all that well, in today's world. > Corporate Executives A, B, sort of C

Re: Borders UK and privacy

2001-08-28 Thread mmotyka
Duncan Frissell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Bill Stewart wrote: > >> David Brin's book "The Transparent Society" suggests that you >> might as well get used to it. Technological change driven by >> the Moore's Law effects in computing power are making >> video cameras and computer

RE: The Privacy/Untraceability Sweet Spot

2001-08-28 Thread mmotyka
"Aimee Farr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote : > GH wrote: > > > Nomen Nescio wrote: > > [snip] > > >The answers it gives depends on the questions you ask. If your questions > > >are simple enough (untraceability good?) then your chart will answer > > >them. If your questions are more interesting (wh

Re: Not black helicopters, but dark green ones ( Off Topic )

2001-08-24 Thread mmotyka
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyKey=64513&category=C What was she so afraid of? Aerial rape? I was just pissed off when the shitheads would fly over as low as they could. I've seen A10's, helicopters and fighters. They're really annoying when you're trying to cast a fly and en

Shielding

2001-08-23 Thread mmotyka
One simple comment. Below. Bill Stewart wrote : >At 04:45 AM 08/23/2001 -0700, David Honig wrote: >>Faustine, look up Faraday cages, TEMPEST, and search the archives. >>As if you didn't know. Succinctly, the electron gas in metals shields you >>from the electromagnetic antics of distant, radiat

Shielding

2001-08-23 Thread mmotyka
Lots of shielding products are available. Whole rooms : http://www.emctest.com/ A complete test setup : http://www.emctest.com/onsale.cfm Cu tape : http://www.2spi.com/catalog/spec_prep/5tapes.html Cu foil, cheap, no adhesive : http://www.glassmart.com/regular_foil.asp Cu Sheet : http:/

Re: Testing RF Shielding

2001-08-23 Thread mmotyka
http://www.testequipmentdepot.com/avcom/psa-65Cspecanal.htm Not cheap but within reach. If someone gets serious I could get advice about equipment and methods from a friend who did this sort of testing for years. If you don't have a Faraday cage and a spectrum analyzer and you still want a roug

Double standard?

2001-08-22 Thread mmotyka
I'm sure everyone has seen this. http://cryptome.org/jones-v-cat.htm And I know how I dislike raw links so I won't do it. The Honorable Edith Jones has a VERY healthy attitude towards electronic snooping. IMHO she's outraged. Is the Washington-mandated snooping part of a power play where the be

Wristwatch Reviews

2001-08-16 Thread mmotyka
> Oh, the irony > Ain't that why someone sent it to this list? Call the seller and say "I'm a crypto-anarchist and I want the 10% discount." Just a marketing technique to make the customer feel like part of a special group. I prefer automatic watches. 200M is standard. Never been below 30M. As f

re: p-punks

2001-08-16 Thread mmotyka
OK Links. http://aerial.evsc.virginia.edu/~jlm8h/class/quant1.html http://www.phy.duke.edu/Courses/100/lectures/Statistics/Sta.html#photon http://newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy99/phy99525.htm

Re: food fo thought

2001-08-15 Thread mmotyka
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : >On 14 Aug 2001, at 17:34, Gabriel Rocha wrote: >> Taming the Web >> By Charles C. Mann September 2001 >> >> "Information wants to be free." "The Internet can't be controlled." >> We've heard it so often that we sometimes take for granted that it's >> true. But THE

Next...

2001-08-08 Thread mmotyka
Quite a collection : > callous indifference to human life > disregard of justice > carelessness > neglect of duty > gross incompetence. > donut-chomping incompetent Barney-Fife-clone imbecile > third-rate > underfunded > knuckledraggers > commie symps > panda huggers > corruption > laziness > irr

Re: Traceable Infrastructure is as vulnerable as traceable messages.

2001-08-06 Thread mmotyka
I'm quite aware of the attack. It's not guaranteed successful yet. If you've paid attention to our lawyers recently it sounds like the battle is sporadic and the outcome mixed. Until the heavy hand wipes out remailers the fate of an individual message is interesting. So as of even date being able

Re: Traceable Infrastructure is as vulnerable as traceable messages.

2001-08-03 Thread mmotyka
Ray Dillinger wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I like the idea of making a remailer part of a worm but it might be just > >as well to make it an inherent part of a product since people will > >attempt to eradicate a worm. > > And succeed. How many copies of "melissa"

Another Part of the Game ( or not )

2001-08-02 Thread mmotyka
Maybe it doesn't matter if the missile defense system that is ultimately deployed ( or not ) works ( or not ) as long as many billions are spent in the process. Charging straight to the techie issues like bulls for the red cape and missing the proud, smiling matador - Ole!

MBNA

2001-08-01 Thread mmotyka
Seems like a regular herd of senior FBI guys wind up at MBNA when they're ready to amass some capitol for retirement. What are the origins of the company? http://www.cptryon.org/compassion/spr99/fbi.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RuMills/message/367 http://www.lineofduty.com/blotter/mar00

Re: Criminalizing crypto criticism

2001-08-01 Thread mmotyka
I keep seeing words like "bona fide" and "legitimate" used as modifiers for "cryptographic researcher." The DMCA states : (3)(B) whether the person is engaged in a legitimate course of study, is employed, or is appropriately trained or experienced, in the field of encryption technology; and Isn'

Spoliation, escrows, courts etc.

2001-07-31 Thread mmotyka
I think there are several actions and states mixed up here and it makes it difficult to extract the most pertinent opinions. I'm as guilty as anyone of mixing the stuff together. I'll try to be more specific this time. Let's start with the type of information the TX reporter might have. This i

Re: DOJ jails reporter, Ashcroft allows more journalist subpoenas

2001-07-30 Thread mmotyka
Black Unicorn wrote: > > Looks like a reporter ( or anyone else for that matter ) should keep > > well hidden backups of their notes and work so that they can comply with > > Napolean complexes, fishing expeditions and spin control operations and > > not lose their life's work. > > No. Well hi

Re: DOJ jails reporter, Ashcroft allows more journalist subpoenas

2001-07-30 Thread mmotyka
Declan, The larger problem notwithstanding there's at least one little bit of language in this piece that is odd : "He said the government is seeking all of Leggett's material, including all originals and copies." Even if we make the extreme assumption that there is some pressing

Re: Criminalizing crypto criticism

2001-07-30 Thread mmotyka
I'm really not completely clued-in to all of the publishing options but my gut instinct says that the more rapid and widespread the dispersal the better. The originator of proscribed information needs to be anonymous but it seems that if the recipients are many and diverse then the level of guilt

Re: Criminalizing crypto criticism

2001-07-27 Thread mmotyka
George wrote : >> `(3) FACTORS IN DETERMINING EXEMPTION- In determining whether a person >> qualifies for the exemption under paragraph (2), the factors to be >> considered shall include-- >> `(A) whether the information derived from the encryption research was >> disseminated, and if so, whether

Re: Criminalizing crypto criticism + 802.11b access

2001-07-27 Thread mmotyka
> I think a lot of the flaws with the DMCA could be fixed by allowing > an exemption for a "notice period" -- one year after you notify them > that their crypto is broken, they've had enough time to fix it -- > and if they haven't fixed it, they deserve what they get. > >

Re: Criminalizing crypto criticism

2001-07-27 Thread mmotyka
freenet. Unless I'm mistaken a node keeps a reference ( even if only temorarily ) to the originating node when data is added. So if I publish sooper-infringer.tar.gz and the neighboring node that gets it is a narc I'm screwed. Identify your dissidents and put in informants as neighbors. Admittedl

Re: Criminalizing crypto criticism + 802.11b access

2001-07-27 Thread mmotyka
Un-yikes yourself. Since the mail goes to a list I wasn't necessarily asking you to do the job - I'm interested enough that if tips filter in I'll check them out and package them nicely in an FAQ. That is assuming one does not already exist. Mike Declan McCullagh wrote: > > Yikes, editors pay m

Re: Criminalizing crypto criticism + 802.11b access

2001-07-27 Thread mmotyka
Declan, It's pretty bad. The exemption (2) only applies if the intent is to advance the state of the art in general or in the development of products. The means to negate the exemption look like they're deeply embedded in the code. (2)(A) is certainly easy to meet - woohoo. (2)(B) is not too ba

Subject: CDR: Re: Weird message from someone named "NIPC"

2001-07-27 Thread mmotyka
Declan, Here's a #4 #4 - NIPC is looking for high profile missions to back up up next year's request for a massive appropriations increase and is hoping to stir up the malcontents with incendiary leaks authenticated by a press release about NIPC internal virus troubles. The negative effects of

Attentively slacking

2001-07-27 Thread mmotyka
> Amusingly, Robert Anton Wilson claims in his book "Everything is > Under Control: Conspiracies, Cults, and Cover-Ups," the following: > > "It has even been suggested that Pynchon is a pen name for T.C. May > (see Crypto Anarchy)." > That would put you in your sixties. Off by more than ten ye

Re: Attention to detail lacking

2001-07-26 Thread mmotyka
Tim, >>I think the reflected beam has the same wavelength as the incident beam. > >Photons hitting a surface most definitely do not "lose some energy" >and get "re-emitted." There are some very particular configurations >that can act as wavelength doublers, but this is a particular, and >hard

Kallstrom

2001-07-26 Thread mmotyka
Did an interview for Time "Digital" 2 or 3 years ago. Just threw my copy away. Equated limits on the effectiveness of domestic crypto with speed limits. Pretty much spewed the party line. Had quit to work for a bank. google it : james kallstrom fbi cryptography http://www.inet-one.com/cypherpun

Attention to detail lacking

2001-07-26 Thread mmotyka
Jim, I think you often don't word things carefully enough. The resulting discussions get pointless in a big hurry. >>> >>>The optics used for focusing are NOT mirrors, they are (hopefully) >>>transparent at the frequency under use. A mirror on the other hand is >>>required to be OPAQUE with resp

Big Brother the toilet troll

2001-07-12 Thread mmotyka
Um, what would the price premium be for a toilet that operates as a stoolie? 10X? 20X? Don't hold your breath waiting for it to become a standard. Ever seen the commodes in Japan with all sorts of knobs and switches? Reminds me of a joke I heard about same long ago. Rather than take serious risks

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