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Take this classic example -- left, August 7, 2004; right, August 21, 2004 -- of a missing safety sign from the RNC convention in NYC this summer. Cryptome republished public-domain maps of major high-pressure, high-volume gas distribution lines in manhattan. One went under the Hudson River, near West 75th Street. There was a huge sign posted for ships that went over this pipeline: "Warning: Do not anchor or dredge - Gas pipeline crossing". I wonder who's going to take responsibility when one of the zillion boats that cross this point drops its anchor onto the pipeline? I don't feel safer at all & consider this lack of signage a threat to public safety.

Here's the whole page that picture came from

Yes, it is available at http://www.cryptome.org/cuw.htm

The only reason we can watch DVDs on Linux (and other OSS) today is due to some clever hacking that I'm sure was/would now be illegal under the DMCA. I thought it was purely a matter of recovering keys from a faulty player, but Andreas Bogk explains it was more complicated than that.

Unlike most people here, I think it's entirely possible the HD DVD standard will remain unbroken for a long time, though I hope I'm wrong. The fact that IEEE is having open discussions on how to do it right is unsettling. I'd rather the industry just assigned the job of designing HD DVD security to a couple lackeys and told them to have it done by next monday, that way it would certainly be flawed.

I myself run an MT blog and have been contemplating moving to wordpress to dodge the spam bullet, however temporarily.

It occured to me thought that what would really fix this is to push the load onto the spammers by building a Reusable Proofs of Work (RPOW) system.

For those who are unfamiliar, RPOW is a proposal to stop mail spam by asking the sender to do a little "work" that would make sending a lot emails computationally too expensive.

As I'm in the last throws of my PhD I'll have to delay on this one, but maybe the lazy web can help out on this one, so the same thing doesn't happen to wordpress or whatever blogging monocultures exist.

If the Ottoman empire didn't want to be carved up maybe they shouldn't have joined Germany in WW1.

The Ottomans were Turks, not Arabs. The Arabs fought against the Ottomans during WWI, in collusion with the British (Laurence of Arabia). After using the Arabs to help defeat the Ottomans, Britain betrayed them by splitting Arab lands with France. This is how right wingers distort history, by confusing one group with another. But I bet they're all just brown people to you.

The "democracy" we overthrew to put the Shah in charge consisted of replacing the old Shah with his son.

BULLSHIT! The CIA overthrew Mohammed Mossadegh and replaced him with the Shah (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi).
What you're doing there is knows as "revisionist history."

...don't automatically jump on the "the west deserves it" bandwagon.

I didn't say the west "deserves" it. My point was that the west was asking for it. Don't poke a hornet's nest and then blame the hornets for stinging you.

If you're really ambitious, read the Yucca Mountain reports from the goverment, available at John Young's indispensible cryptome.org among other places. The documents are amazingly detailed and well researched, and describe the truly monumental efforts proposed to make the best of the sadly misguided site that is Yucca Mountain. Radical alloys, glass matrices to bind the material, titanium drip shields, it just goes on and on and on. (The word "monumental" is actually literal, not just figurative. Part of the proposal describes the need for monuments to warn people away from the site for the next 10,000 years.)

The engineers and scientists working on Yucca Mountain were given the task to keep the amount of radiation leaking out of the site to low levels for 10,000 years. If everything goes exactly right, if there are no unforseen events, and the experimental materials they are using perform exactly as predicted under high radiation and hydrological stress for that time, the site will meet that mission. Astonishingly, the radiation release graphs go off the chart after 10,000 years -- there's still enough radiation there after that time to be terribly dangerous, and all protective measures will hae failed by that point.

Yucca Mountain was chosen and designed based on the assumption that it was dry. It's wet. That's such a huge difference that the original decision was simply wrong.

Thad Beier

It is disgusting that Business As Usual goes on at Slashdot while the American government murders thousands, treating Iraqi civilians and dead American soldiers as so much trash to be traded for oil. Stop reporting drivel, Slashdot. Do your existential duty to Stop the War.

This reminds me... in case anyone didn't know how much of a scumbag Jack Valenti is:

Mr. KASTENMEIER. Jack, let me ask you. Do you consider yourself and your family infringers when you engage in [videotaping TV shows]?

Mr. VALENTI. I consider myself and my family believing what the plaintiffs in this lawsuit said and they said publicly, they have said it to the press, they have said it to the lawyers, they have said it to the courts. They do not intend to file any actions against homeowners now or in the future. I mean, that is obvious and they have said that publicly, Mr. Chairman, so I believe them. As far as I am concerned, I am going to continue taping because the plaintiffs have said they aren't going to do anything to me. I am not committing any crime. They know that.

Mr. KASTENMEIER. That wasn't my question.

Mr. VALENTI. Do I consider myself an infringer?

Mr. KASTENMEIER. When you engage in such practice.

Mr. VALENTI. Yes, sir, I do. I am taking somebody else's copyrighted material without their consent and I know damn well I am infringing. But as far as court action or anything else, I am safe. First, it is not a criminal act. Again, the opposition would tell you video, police, and criminals. They show an astonishing lack of the copyright law. They know good and well that that is not a criminal infringement unless you do it for profit. But on the other hand the plaintiffs have said they are moving against anybody in the homes. There is no problem, but 1 know and everybody else knows they are infringing.

(Valenti's testimony)

I can guarantee you, though, that if the 1944-era US military had to take Falluja, the city would be rubble, and all of the civillians would be dead or refugees.

As opposed to this?
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I can guarantee you, though, that if the 1944-era US military had to take Falluja, the city would be rubble, and all of the civillians would be dead or refugees.

As opposed to this?
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I can guarantee you, though, that if the 1944-era US military had to take Falluja, the city would be rubble, and all of the civillians would be dead or refugees.

As opposed to this?
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I can guarantee you, though, that if the 1944-era US military had to take Falluja, the city would be rubble, and all of the civillians would be dead or refugees.

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I can guarantee you, though, that if the 1944-era US military had to take Falluja, the city would be rubble, and all of the civillians would be dead or refugees.

As opposed to this?
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I can guarantee you, though, that if the 1944-era US military had to take Falluja, the city would be rubble, and all of the civillians would be dead or refugees.

As opposed to this?
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I can guarantee you, though, that if the 1944-era US military had to take Falluja, the city would be rubble, and all of the civillians would be dead or refugees.

As opposed to this?
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I can guarantee you, though, that if the 1944-era US military had to take Falluja, the city would be rubble, and all of the civillians would be dead or refugees.

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To secure your Macintosh, please download the NSA_KEY file and place it in your system directory.

(For those who missed this way back when, here's a good summary: http://cryptome.org/nsakey-ms-dc.htm

Here.

http://cryptome.org/fbi-imc/fbi-imc-doc.htm

http://cryptome.org/fbi-imc/fbi-imc-doc.htm/

Not sure if this counts as reliable but:
http://cryptome.org/bush-bulge.htm

It's a fucking shell game, dumbass. International Infofascism.

http://cryptome.org/rackspace-axe.htm

Also, here is the (very probable) reason for the seizure. Apparently, photos of two swiss cops or something. Only now that it's on Cryptome, the cat is out of the bag. Funny how the things someone would like to conceal suddenly get the undivided attention of the entire Internet.

http://cryptome.org/fbi-imc.htm
http://cryptome.org/fbi-imc/fbi-imc-doc.htm
http://cryptome.org/rackspace-axe.htm

http://cryptome.org/fbi-imc.htm
http://cryptome.org/fbi-imc/fbi-imc-doc.htm
http://cryptome.org/rackspace-axe.htm

http://cryptome.org/fbi-imc.htm
http://cryptome.org/fbi-imc/fbi-imc-doc.htm
http://cryptome.org/rackspace-axe.htm

http://cryptome.org/fbi-imc.htm
http://cryptome.org/fbi-imc/fbi-imc-doc.htm
http://cryptome.org/rackspace-axe.htm

John Young of Cryptome.org says:

"This is not unprecedented. Some years ago several US ISPs removed material on sites at the request of foreign governments. They acted unilaterally, without court order, merely upon the request of the governments. Some of these incidents were made public, competing ISPs offered to refuse to abide such requests, and customers abandoned those who cooperated with the authorities.

This method can be used against Rackspace. Indeed, it is likely that Rackspace awaits public outcry, and customers leaving, in order to have grounds to resist the thinly justified action in this case.

Recall that the US DoJ is regularly bluffing and faking its attack on alleged terrorist suspects and political dissidents. Other countries are following the US in this vile practice. They cover for each other with these obnoxious mutual assistance treaties, in which fingers are pointed after the dirty deeds are done."

It's here

Whosarat contains a list of troublemakers, according to Cryptome.org.

Interesting. You aren't in the service now, but you seem to think you know what the guys on the ground think about Bush sending them to their deaths.

I had expected to see a decline in the number of deaths since the beginning of the "Iraqi" government on June 28, 2004. However, my analysis shows that deaths per day has actually increased from 1.83 deaths per day (during the pre-Iraq Occupation phase) to 2.02 deaths per day in the post-Iraqi government phase (the invasion phase had 4.12 deaths per day).

Another way to view this data is to examine linear regression lines of deaths per day. When I first plotted this data in April 2004, the regression including the invasion phase trended downward, with expected deaths per day reaching zero sometime in 2006. The regression line excluding the invasion phase trended upward, with expected deaths steadily climbing over time.

As of August 27, 2004, both regression lines now trend upward, with no end in sight. Moreover, the predicted death per days since April closely fit the actual deaths per day. I have watched how stories of US military deaths were almost always covered by yahoo.com, up until the Iraqi government installation.At that time, reporting of US deaths has fallen off almost completely, despite an actual increase in deaths per day.

No wonder Mr. Bush's popularity stopped sliding so fast.

US Military Dead during Iraqi War.
3 September 2004. Total 1,013 US Dead -- 81 British, Iraqi and others, not included.

Interesting. You aren't in the service now, but you seem to think you know what the guys on the ground think about Bush sending them to their deaths.

I had expected to see a decline in the number of deaths since the beginning of the "Iraqi" government on June 28, 2004. However, my analysis shows that deaths per day has actually increased from 1.83 deaths per day (during the pre-Iraq Occupation phase) to 2.02 deaths per day in the post-Iraqi government phase (the invasion phase had 4.12 deaths per day).

Another way to view this data is to examine linear regression lines of deaths per day. When I first plotted this data in April 2004, the regression including the invasion phase trended downward, with expected deaths per day reaching zero sometime in 2006. The regression line excluding the invasion phase trended upward, with expected deaths steadily climbing over time.

As of August 27, 2004, both regression lines now trend upward, with no end in sight. Moreover, the predicted death per days since April closely fit the actual deaths per day. I have watched how stories of US military deaths were almost always covered by yahoo.com, up until the Iraqi government installation.At that time, reporting of US deaths has fallen off almost completely, despite an actual increase in deaths per day.

No wonder Mr. Bush's popularity stopped sliding so fast.

US Military Dead during Iraqi War.
3 September 2004. Total 1,013 US Dead -- 81 British, Iraqi and others, not included.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing for either party here. I dislike them both equally, but you're just wrong. Have you even looked at the website in question? This isn't a bunch of pro-life freaks with gun sights superimposed over pictures of doctors. It's an image map of the US linked to lists of delegates. Now step away from the TV, away from your 30-seconds-hate, clear your partisan head a bit, and look again. Does it really look like a tool of the devil? Do you really think it was Osama that posted that page? Come on now.

Besides, your "common sense" approach would be just the kind of attitude to get something like this pulled offline. It's not black or white; it's grey. If the Bill of Rights only applies in the white, it isn't worth anything.

Furthermore, if you don't like anonymous posters, I suggest you move. Why do you think it is the First Amendment? Anonymous publishing has been used as a political tool in this land since before the dawn of this nation. The Bill of Rights is simply there to point out that ACs are OK. It's one of the founding principles of this nation.

john young, doing what he does best:

http://cryptome.org

this line is just filler

as is this one.

No, it's more likely Jack Valenti likes to use a TiVo as a new-fangled VCR.

What??? Jack Valenti owns a device that will strangle the American film producer???

Since the Atlantic Ocean is in the other direction, its likely that any plane would likely not fly over the ocean, mainly because any lengthy flight in the wrong direction would deviate from a flight plan and therefore be open to possible abuse. Fuel is expensive too.

Additionally even if a plane did fly in the wrong direction (possibly to allow other planes to more easily land), it is unlikely they would venture far enough to spend a protracted amount of time over the ocean.

One of the flights were San Francisco to Washington DC (additionally I see no flights between NY and DC mentioned), so as illogical as your suggestion is, it doesn't apply regardless. You should read the article

...but ultimately he doesn't really matter...

There are a couple notable events and people that have ultimately been affected by Ralph Nader.

Still, I believe Nader is fighting a good fight, using his position of influence as leverage in invigorating the weekend democrat. If Bush is re-elected, you can be sure there will be some waking up in this country before it's all over. Nader isn't running to beat Bush or Kerry, he is running to change a system that elects only Bushs and Kerrys.

I definately don't expect most people to agree, though

When I think of Biometric ident usually fingerprints and iris's come to mind. The former is quite simple to fake as shown by gummy bears. The latters complications are discussed here, with methods ranging from simple to replacing an eye or digging one out. It seems the most secure form of ident would be through DNA, however we all know the dangers and benefits associated with cradle to grave tracking.

Tape recorders are a nono? How about wax cylinders? Punch cards?

Surely punch cards fall under DRM whereas wax cylinders and tape recorders fall under analogue rights management?

"I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone." - Jack Valenti

Even people I meet who have no special interest in computers know that Google is the best search engine. They care, and they don't use the Microsoft product. They know that Microsoft will try to influence them in a hidden or not-so-hidden way.

In fact, John Young at Cryptome has a post up describing how Google refused to provide him services for reasons it will not explain. That Cryptome is not exactly a favorite of the powers-that-be wouldn't factor in to that, would it? Probably not, but how do you know? What other information is Google not providing to you, or biasing down, that you don't know about?

sPh

See aerial photos of his house.

(mirror site) http://cryptome.sabotage.org/gates-eyeball.htm
(main site) http://cryptome.org/gates-eyeball.htm

Granite Island Group has already one-upped this story. Fuck wireless security, we're talking about actual bona fide security problems here.

Current security at the location of the DNC is pretty lax (to put it mildly). The pictures were taken by someone who appears to have had full, unchallenged access on their "unencumbered tour".

Hate groups banned in Europe move their servers to the states.

I dont know about that (dont visit these sites) but people hosting "copyrighted" (as in "to embarasing to be copied to a critical public") tend to move to europe. Which is proudly hosting excerpts of scientology papers for years now. On a on-topic side note, creating and hosting peer-to-peer applications which have amongst other a populair use involving breaking copyright law has been ruled legal as well. Compare kazaa`s fate with napsters fate.

Now ask them if they want GM foods banned because they might not have the willpower to leave them on the supermarket shelves.

Apparently a label will do for EU consumers. A democraticly elected european pairlement decided so. Ofcourse if "distributing" exspensive patented genetics by means of seeds across the fields of unsuspecting farmers falls under the freedom of speech I really dont know. I guess if you were to ask the right people they will say so. Somehow I am not convinced US elected leaders didn`t listen to their electorat when they decided against regulation.
Given the "(genetic)code is free speech" idea I might even agree. Personaly I think even the labels are stupid.

This is a very very intresting and scary but troll-only discusion, Especially considering the US president doesn`t need congresional permission to invade this country.... not that getting that would be that hard.
I better shut up now...

Excerpt from the book

Read about Softman v. Adobe (including the actual decision, before quadruple BS'ing each other.

this thesis is only a better documented, nicely written replay of a japanese experiment from some years ago :
the matsumoto experiment

and it surely doesnt mean the biometrics are not secure!

a complete biometrics based security solution has 3 "components" :

Something you know: e.g. a password or a PIN.

Something you hold: e.g. a credit card, a key, or a passport.

Something you are (biometrics): e.g. a fingerprint, iris pattern, etc.

their demonstration only fooled the 3-rd component of such a system ... which means they got NOTHING! ... plus, the most secure fingerprint scanners read the biometric info from under the epidermis(the outer "dead" skin) and are not so easily fooled with an artificial finger or fingertip ... the fact that they tested cheap of-the-shelf hardware is not exactly concludent.
The whole study is just an argument against bad hardware and sloppy security systems, not against the usage of the biometrics .. while unfailible security does not exist, biometrics can make a big difference when used right!

I can't help wondering how this is connected to the free battleships and submarines that the US is giving away.

You'll have to forgive the Iraqis if they aren't yet jumping for joy about the open source revolution; they may have other things on their minds right now.

Allow me to introduce you to Gilmore vs. Ashcroft.

A sample:

"United States courts have recognized for more than a century that honest citizens have the right to travel throughout America without government restrictions. Some people say that everything changed on 9/11, but patriots have stood by our Constitution through centuries of conflict and uncertainty. Any government that tracks its citizens' movements and associations, or restricts their travel using secret decrees, is violating that Constitution," said Gilmore. "With this case, I hope to redirect government anti-terrorism efforts away from intrusive yet useless measures such as ID checks, confiscation of tweezers, and database surveillance of every traveler's life."

So, when you say:
You inslut the memory of every person who ever died for daring to try and find a better life away from tyranny by comparing the mere need to identify yourself to a police officer with the controls that the tyrannical regimes of the 20th century used to keep their population from seeking freedom.

By that token, I daresay you insult the memory of those same people by not paying enough attention to what's already happening.

EU via interpol desires, and us's NSA/NRO both desire various entrypoints.

If any EU agency want acces it would have infiltrated the standard proces behind the protocols used in this device and forced either a crypto algorithm with problems or a wrong implementation of the crypto. Both heaponed with GSM years ago. The information system of interpol is impressive. From open sources it would seem it is a big IBM database accesible through VPN from most police station in the western world (possibly by a browser). But interpol doesn`t go around buggin phones, member police forces do that. Also for now interpol is the exciting group to watch, but it will by no means be the only one. The EU has its own european counterpart, Europol (and eurojust) and has worked (even more?) since the Madrid train bombings to have inteligence agencies working together.

Ofcourse a backdoor is only needed in the event the EU wide mandatory traffic data retention laws fail (How many europeans would vote with these in mind this week, how many will vote period??), *and* the standard telephone tapping won`t work in getting the evidence wanted *and* your not in the netherlands which has internet tapping infrastructure more advanced then most of the telephone stuff worldwide. It was forced onto ISP`s by law, which is intented as an european standard practice soon, ask the ITU. And for the NSA, do the even need backdoors? Rumour has it their spending has tripled recently eventhough the people they are supposed to be watching (Iran) are still are using crypto broken for years. The NRO may only desire backdoor acces to the downlink stations of comercial image/weather sats just to save money. But which agancy saves money? Other then israeli ones which succesfully privatised its listening in to foreign phones by having the goverments of the world pay for having their equipment listen to calls. I guess the comverse to verint name change came with a firmware update to go to superduperuberuser version 2.0 ;-). Ofcourse having a goverment fund the people behind the backdoor is not the most smart and common practice. BTW, others (CIA/DOD/Office of strategic influence or whatever they call it this week) would want backdoor or cracked acces to sat downlink stations to block people from finding out stuff. Even weather sats reveal lots of stuff and the people operating them can`t always be asked to not release photos or weather data becouse it not always technicly war. Putting a lame default password in plain text (?) in consumer firmware is not gonna further any of their goals.

Ofcourse the NSA may just be be looking for a real challange, imagene updating/buidling SIGINT sats to be able to focus on those very low power single 802.11 wifi nets and running airsnort. That would need this kind of funding but it beats airborne wardriving and if you can simultanously convince everyone you are coming in through a landline with a well known plaintext backdoor people will feel safe ;-)