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Re:And apparently Stratfor... by chrb · 2012-02-28 14:48 · Score: 5, Informative · on US Prosecutors Have a Sealed Indictment On Assange, Say Leaked Files

None of the laws you cite are valid, because: Assange was not under the jurisdiction of the United States at the time. He can't commit treason against the U.S. in the same way that you can't commit treason against China. As far as I know there is no international law covering postal services - this is covered by cross-boder treaties like the 1874 Treaty of Bern, not the legal system. International law covers things like war and genocide, it does not cover privacy of communications. Revealing the identity of intelligence officers isn't an international law crime either, otherwise all those Americans who mirrored the MI6 agent list would have been prosecuted.

If the actions of Assange were a crime in the country that he was resident in at the time, then it is their responsibility to prosecure him, under their own laws. At the time of the release, legal commenters said that it would be very difficult to prosecute, because the leaks were in turn published by the New York Times: in effect, any action against Assange would also have to be an action against the NYT, which would bring up First Amendment issues. I also recall reading at the time that no U.S. newspaper has ever been prosecuted for publishing leaked information.

Re:*Stomps foot* by ScrewMaster · 2012-02-04 07:54 · Score: 1 · on RIAA Wants To Scrap Anti-Piracy OPEN Act

They played their hand right here. It isnt about actual harm its about control '.' RIAA also says it's 'virtually impossible' to prove that a site infringed willfully, as OPEN requires." what this tells me (we already know this here) is that it was never about protecting artists, it was never about doing the right thing, it was always about control

Yep. It's pellucidly clear at this point that they're less concerned about absolute profit and the "rights of artists", and more concerned about absolute control of content distribution. It doesn't even matter if they hold the rights to a particular work or not: they feel entitled to control where and how it is viewed, played or read, and to be in charge of (*cough*) revenue distribution (I use the term loosely.) A few years ago, one record company executive complained that Steve Jobs and Apple Computer were being selfish by keeping the profits from iPod sales. He said he was "still waiting for Apple to share out some of the profits from iPod sales." This on top of the fact that they were already receiving the lion's share of iTunes music sales, and making more money than ever before: why the man's head didn't explode on the spot still amazes me. Translating music-industry speak into a real language, it comes out more like this: "You stole our control of content distribution, you bastard, and we don't like that, so you should compensate us handsomely for it." Yeah, sure. Whatever you want to say about Jobs, he knew how to play hardball with the music industry.

Fact is, they've never forgiven the scientists and engineers of this world for many things ... the player piano, audio tape recording, the VCR, writeable optical media, DAT, flash memory, general-purpose computing and, of course, the Internet. Anything, a n y t h i n g, that they perceive as a threat they attempt to destroy, even though they've ultimately made billions on those technologies that they failed to suppress (such as the VCR.) You'd think their stockholders would have picked upon on that by now, and risen up to slay them. Regardless, given the opportunity the sociopathic Luddo-freaks running the entertainment companies of the world would eliminate most of the technological advances in consumer electronics for the past hundred years. They would do so in a heartbeat, with a grand sense of entitlement that would make lifetime welfare recipients look positively progressive.

The other problem with the content cartels and front organizations like the RIAA (well, one of many) is that they a. lie at every opportunity and b. have cried wolf so many times, for so little reason, that anyone with even half a functioning cerebral cortex will dismiss anything they say as the ravings of the psychotic weasels that they truly are. And I mean that sincerely: any individual or group that is willing to cause so much damage to legal systems around the world, to risk disrupting the greatest asset to modern civilization, the Internet itself, should be given a very public psych evaluation. Then they should be locked up until they realize how unimportant they truly are in the overall scheme of things. And then ... well, at that point they should probably be taken out back and shot.

"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, 1982 For decades Jack was the voice other Motion Picture Association of America. He led the charge to get the VCR made illegal.

When that man died and was undoubtedly cast straight down into the Pit I, for one, didn't shed many tears. Unfortunately, not much has changed since then either, other than that they've infiltrated more governments around the world ... different people, same mindset.

Re:Security through obscurity by AHuxley · 2012-02-03 16:34 · Score: 2 · on Satellite Phone Encryption Cracked

Re : "IBM to avoid a potential weakness in the random S-boxes"
http://cryptome.org/nsa-v-all.htm "For this reason IBM developed Lucifer* with a key 128 bits long. But before it submitted the cipher to the NBS, it mysteriously broke off more than half the key."
"As a result of closed-door negotiations with officials of the NSA, IBM agreed to reduce the size of its key from 128 bits to 56 bits. The company also agreed to classify certain details about their selection of the eight S-boxes for the cipher." *Lucifer was first sold as a cash-dispensing system.

Re:Names Please? by AHuxley · 2012-01-28 01:38 · Score: 1 · on New Privacy Laws Could Boost EU Cloud Industry

Khaled el-Masri http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_El-Masri was "released" at night on a desolate road in Albania after US rendition.
More at http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,490514,00.html
The NSA may be at Shkoder http://cryptome.org/jya/nsa-scs.htm

Re:But which places are... by AHuxley · 2012-01-28 00:49 · Score: 3, Insightful · on New Privacy Laws Could Boost EU Cloud Industry

Stay away from the UK, Canada, Australia ect. via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK–USA_Security_Agreement
Stay away from anywhere the UK/US has had bases "British Bases in Cyprus and Signals Intelligence" e.g. http://cryptome.org/2012/01/0060.pdf
Stay away from anywhere that has cheap telco peering loops to the USA thats going to save you lots .....
Your down to failed states, theocracies, Kingdoms, disputed zones with expensive telcos, changing local laws, taxes, gifts and investors fine print.
If you upset the USA, most of the EU has friends willing to help with some form of rendition.
Enjoy classified charges, no lawyer to evaluate or challenge the evidence.

Re:Correction for the title. by Xest · 2012-01-23 03:13 · Score: 4, Informative · on Filesonic Removes Ability To Share Files

Ah yes, [Citation needed], AKA, "I'm far too lazy to check the facts, but I'm going to disagree with you regardless, because I prefer to wallow in my own ignorance."

What are you disputing exactly? Here, have a bunch of links, not that I expect you to read them if you can't even be arsed to use Google to confirm a point:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3074669.stm

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NsJGLW_hX3IC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Film+piracy,+organized+crime,+and+terrorism&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P3QdT6CWNsvOsgbIm9xI&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Film%20piracy%2C%20organized%20crime%2C%20and%20terrorism&f=false

http://cryptome.org/ltte-vigil.htm

There's plenty more sources out there, it's a pretty well researched area. I'm not sure what exactly you're disputing, because you just posted a meaningless one liner, but terrorist groups of all shapes and sizes have long used counterfeit goods as a source of funding, as has organised crime. If you're not disputing that I can only assume you're disputing that these groups act in the UK, and if it's that you're disputing I can only ask, where have you been for the last few decades? There's been many cases of individuals linked to terrorism being guilty of financing terrorism in the UK- and they're only the ones the police have detected and been able to build enough evidence for a criminal case against. You only have to look at my 3rd link to see the scale of the Tamil operations in the UK to see that they absolutely are operating here.

Honestly, I'm all for defending digital piracy, but let's please not try and blur it all in together and hide the ugly facts of physical piracy. Read my other post in response to the AC that replied to me - I made it quite clear that I actually see digital piracy as the cure to physical piracy which genuinely does fund terrorism and organised crime.

If people are going to start lumping physical piracy in with digital piracy and argue that piracy is fine, then the battle is already lost, because those defending piracy really are genuinely being irrational at that point, and the MPAA really can bill them as terrorist sympathisers. That's not right, because digital piracy is a separate issue, with separate knock on effects - the effects of digital diracy are IMO harmless, and potentially even beneficial (increased access to knowledge, no evidence of decreased profits as a result), whilst the effects of physical piracy are quite problematic (funding of organised crime etc.). As I say, the former can actually act as a market that counters the latter, which means digital piracy likely actually decreases funding for terrorism and organised crime because people are no longer buying counterfeit content when they can download it at home. They will though, if that option is taken away.

PsyOps, OSS, CIA, and a rubberhose in a crypotree! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-22 14:00 · Score: 0 · on Air Force Says Iran Didn't Down Drone

I BREAK FOR WATER BOARDING! :: PsyOps ::
+ http://www.pipeline.com/~psywarrior :: The Office of Strategic Services :::
+ http://guardianspies.com/
+ http://osssociety.org/
+ http://ossreborn.com/
+ http://ossog.org/
+ http://ossinitaly.org/
+ http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/oss/oss.htm :: CIA ::
+ http://www.zoklet.net/totse/en/politics/central_intelligence_agency/index.html
+ http://cryptome.org/0005/cia-iqt-spies.htm
+ http://www.youtube.com/user/ciagov
+ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciagov
+ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004145-1,00.html
+ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KUBARK
+ https://www.cia.gov/ ::: WoW! :::
+ http://publicintelligence.net/
+ http://cryptocomb.org/
+ http://www.cryptome.org/
+ http://www.cryptogon.com/
+ http://afio.com/
+ http://www.afcea.org/signal/signalscape/
+ http://rijmenants.blogspot.com/

PsyOps, OSS, CIA, and a rubberhose in a crypotree! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-22 14:00 · Score: 0 · on Air Force Says Iran Didn't Down Drone

I BREAK FOR WATER BOARDING! :: PsyOps ::
+ http://www.pipeline.com/~psywarrior :: The Office of Strategic Services :::
+ http://guardianspies.com/
+ http://osssociety.org/
+ http://ossreborn.com/
+ http://ossog.org/
+ http://ossinitaly.org/
+ http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/oss/oss.htm :: CIA ::
+ http://www.zoklet.net/totse/en/politics/central_intelligence_agency/index.html
+ http://cryptome.org/0005/cia-iqt-spies.htm
+ http://www.youtube.com/user/ciagov
+ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciagov
+ http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004145-1,00.html
+ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KUBARK
+ https://www.cia.gov/ ::: WoW! :::
+ http://publicintelligence.net/
+ http://cryptocomb.org/
+ http://www.cryptome.org/
+ http://www.cryptogon.com/
+ http://afio.com/
+ http://www.afcea.org/signal/signalscape/
+ http://rijmenants.blogspot.com/

Re:Is it worth a year in a hellhole? by AHuxley · 2012-01-20 16:19 · Score: 1 · on Downloads of DoS Attack Tool LOIC Spike

A "trap" as in going from http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/social-radar-sees-minds/ - been watched
to been a COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) like trap - 'lets download tools and ..."
or http://cryptome.org/0006/anonymous-wabc.htm
http://cryptome.org/0006/anonymous-mused.htm

Re:Is it worth a year in a hellhole? by AHuxley · 2012-01-20 16:19 · Score: 1 · on Downloads of DoS Attack Tool LOIC Spike

A "trap" as in going from http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/social-radar-sees-minds/ - been watched
to been a COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) like trap - 'lets download tools and ..."
or http://cryptome.org/0006/anonymous-wabc.htm
http://cryptome.org/0006/anonymous-mused.htm

Re:DHS = Ministerium fur Staatssicherheit by omega6 · 2012-01-14 16:45 · Score: 1 · on DHS Monitors Social Media For 'Political Dissent'

Actually, here is the list: http://cryptome.org/2012/01/0001.pdf (its long..so go check if your favorite site is on there)

More detail - please by tqft · 2012-01-14 13:33 · Score: 4, Informative · on DHS Monitors Social Media For 'Political Dissent'

Link to some more sources people
http://cryptome.org/2012/01/0035.htm

http://www.dhs.gov/files/publications/gc_1281732303362.shtm#3

Re:After all the advancements in cryptography by AHuxley · 2012-01-07 13:17 · Score: 2 · on Israel Says It Will Treat Online Credit Card Theft As It Would Terrorism

If every point of sale, transfer, bank network and card is well encrypted the GCHQ and NSA will be very unhappy.
For how long will they be able set and flood the world with very low cost weak crypto is the question.
http://cryptome.org/nsa-v-all.htm
Setting the Data Encryption Standard (DES) was the hint.

Re:incredible by AHuxley · 2011-12-30 00:42 · Score: 1 · on Attack Tool Released For WPS Setup Flaw

The same thinking that went into the 56 bit Data Encryption Standard as been "free of any statistical or mathematical weaknesses"?
http://cryptome.org/nsa-v-all.htm
If its crypto and many people use it - expect it to be weak, carrieriqed ect.
The real trick is getting so many very very smart people to buy into wifi and use it around the world as usable.... safe....

Re:Trust? by AHuxley · 2011-12-27 10:05 · Score: 3, Informative · on Why American Corporate Software Can No Longer Be Trusted

Re "If it's phoning home, we can detect it."
The problem is not so much what is "phoning home" everyday but the carrieriq like layer between any shipped phone in parts of the world wrt https and all input.
From 2006 "FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool" http://news.cnet.com/2100-1029-6140191.html
Before that you had the fun of the safe 56 bits and the Data Encryption Standard.
More at http://cryptome.org/nsa-v-all.htm
Products have shipped for generations before smart people began to discover what they had really installed and recommended beyond the accepted public math and low price.

Re:Duh! by Joce640k · 2011-11-23 04:36 · Score: 4, Informative · on US Government Probes Huawei and ZTE

It's a pretty famous case*, a special European commission was even formed to investigate it.

For the lazy: http://cryptome.org/echelon-ep-fin.htm

[*] ie. a Google for something like "nsa boeing airbus" would have found a cite in seconds

Re:I Agree by arose · 2011-11-16 12:02 · Score: 1 · on AFL-CIO and Big Content Advocate For SOPA

For the same reason that the Boston strangler should be allowed access to women alone at home a.k.a. because you should stuff your stupid analogies right back where they came from.

cryptome.org had some great posts on SSL by AHuxley · 2011-10-18 10:47 · Score: 3, Informative · on Google Switching to SSL By Default For Logged-In Users

http://cryptome.org/0005/ssl-broken.htm on this issue.
Welcome to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip, Enigma or the fun of Data Encryption Standard era standards in your new safe browser.

Re:Digitask by dvdkhlng · 2011-10-11 03:05 · Score: 1 · on German State Confesses To, Downplays Government Spyware

Cryptome has this leaked Digitask presentation, detailing how their "Remote Forensic Software" product works. Among others, the presentation lists HTTPS, IM-Clients, encrypted POP, SMTP, GPG, VPN, Skype and disk-encryption as possible targets for their "LI" (Lawful(!) Interception) systems.

And to add to the mix by sgt_doom · 2011-10-05 05:53 · Score: 1 · on Big Brother Calls 'Shotgun' In Illinois

http://cryptogon.com/?p=25289

http://cryptome.org/0005/ssl-broken.htm

(Correction: SRI is Stanford Research International. It was originally called Stanford Research Institute so as to suggest it was affiliated with Stanford University -- located nearby -- but after a lawsuit from Stanford, SRI changed the I to "International.")

Data Retention PDF by E.I.A · 2011-09-30 13:00 · Score: 4, Informative · on Analyzing Data Retention By Wireless Carriers

http://cryptome.org/isp-spy/cellular-spy.pdf -- Shows retention durations of a few major providers, and lists various types of data retentions.

Re:Protest is in the news & has a goal by Threni · 2011-09-27 12:19 · Score: 1 · on Conflict Between Occupy Wall Street Protestors and NYPD Escalating

There are photos and videos here:
http://www.cryptome.org/

Re:Any reliable coverage? by E.I.A · 2011-09-27 10:23 · Score: 1 · on Conflict Between Occupy Wall Street Protestors and NYPD Escalating

I think cryptome has some great photos, and probably a few other links too. http://cryptome.org/ If you look on the front page, there are multiple "Occupy Wall Street: links.

Re:Because it isn't really news by E.I.A · 2011-09-27 10:18 · Score: 1 · on Conflict Between Occupy Wall Street Protestors and NYPD Escalating

Except that it is a real protest - large or small - that addresses one of the most hideous beasts in the known universe. Some images can be seen here: http://cryptome.org/info/bologna-abuser/bologna-abuser.htm and elsewhere on the site.

Re:Links & hints to the data by rtfa-troll · 2011-09-02 20:07 · Score: 0 · on The Guardian and the Wikileaks Encryption Key

Originally full release was certainly what I understood him to want. He's also been under pressure from places like Cryptome (heartwarming story of recovering "the Beast" there). I can quite believe that he's glad that someone has given him the excuse. That doesn't take away from the fact that the Guardian's release of the files completely changes the game.