May 2022 - cypherpunks@lists.ogf.org

Nothingburger's in the toilet
by professor rat 20 May '22

20 May '22

The John Durham investigation remains a fixture of right-wing fever dreams. To conservatives, Durham’s lengthy inquiry into the 2016 election is a deeply thorough investigation always just about to score a breakthrough and put Hillary Clinton in Gitmo. To everyone else, it’s a dragged out, costly boondoggle that dug deep and came up with what amounts to a Biglaw billing code error. https://abovethelaw.com/2022/05/fake-attorney-general-opines-on-fake-michae…

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I once was blind - but now I see
by professor rat 20 May '22

20 May '22

Together we are smarter than anyone of us Canada to ban China's Huawei and ZTE from its 5G networks BBC Canada to ban Huawei, ZTE 5G equipment, joining Five Eyes allies CNN Into the pipe - five-by-five

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India’s restrictive VPN law should be a warning to us all | TechRadar
by professor rat 20 May '22

20 May '22

There's a 'restrictive law' and then there's directives-being-sought - which are not necessarily always the same. And in the context of Govts ( like Russia, China, as well as India ) constantly preening, posing and posting as the LEO's who will finally tame the " Wild West " that is the net - and just as constantly wimping out and backing-down - well . . . I repeat what I've been saying since 2010 - no nation-state, religion or large corporate ( or combination of them ) can take on the anarchic net and win. Especially since we get stronger every year and they all get comparatively weaker. Maybe just take your gutless chickenshit ' warnings ' and shove them? In a nice way.

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Microsoft Adds Free Built-In VPN Network To Edge Browser
by professor rat 20 May '22

20 May '22

>From India dotcom https://www.india.com/technology/microsoft-adds-free-built-in-vpn-network-t… Reposts not entanglements

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[ot][spam] Thoughts: Mediums of Warfare
by Karl Semich 20 May '22

20 May '22

After millions of years, cellular biology did not evolve a litany of weapons. Rather, each species has one weapon. Antlers, poison. _only one_. This seems to be what worked. Personally, I'm imagining some kind of 'meta-virus': a lifeform that produces many different kinds of weaponry. Like other horrible ideas, this meta-virus would be a threat to every other lifeform. If it succeeded, life would end as all ecosystems would die. So, every living thing in existence, at some point in its ancient history, had to learn to eradicate things that eradicate everything else, and protect things that don't.

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Prison revolutionary in the anarchist library
by professor rat 20 May '22

20 May '22

The unforgettable life of prison rebel Martin Sostre — William C. Anderson Aug 12, 2020 10 pp. Martin Sostre: Prison Revolutionary — Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin May 12, 2020 9 pp. Iron of Martin Sostre — Tom WIcker May 27, 2021 4 pp. Overlooked No More — Alexandria Symond https://theanarchistlibrary.org/search?query=martin%20sostre&sort=&filter_t…

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Call for an independent inquiry into the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
by professor rat 20 May '22

20 May '22

Since the identification of theSARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan, China, in January 2020 (1), the origin of the virus has been a topic of intense scientific debate and public speculation. The two main hypotheses are that the virus emerged from human exposure to an infected animal [“zoonosis” (2)] or that it emerged in a research-related incident https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2202769119 See also " Unrestricted Warfare " at Wikipedia

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India’s restrictive VPN law should be a warning to us all | TechRadar
by jim bell 20 May '22

20 May '22

https://www.techradar.com/opinion/indias-restrictive-vpn-law-should-be-a-wa… People who subscribe to VPN services will generally be driven by two main factors - privacy and security. Clearly, such users value their privacy for many different reasons, choosing to remain private whilst going about their online business. Any move to restrict or even remove privacy effectively seeks to undermine those who provide VPN services. So it is worrying to see news developing in India where new directions published by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology seek the power to be able to identify VPN users - goodbye privacy. This can only be viewed as another overly restrictive law that essentially compromises the privacy and security of almost all VPN users.

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Micron's new 3D NAND memory might usher in a new generation of SSDs with lightning speed | Google's Guide
by jim bell 20 May '22

20 May '22

https://googlesguide.com/microns-new-3d-nand-memory-might-usher-in-a-new-ge… Micron has stated that it has developed a 232-layer 3D NAND memory that will go into full production later this year. The storage device, which Micron calls “the world’s most sophisticated NAND,” is made by splicing together two 3D NAND chips and has a capacity of 128GB (1Tb). The business has not released performance figures for its 232-layer chip, but has hinted that it may outperform its current 3D NAND offerings, paving the way for faster and larger SS NAND memory with 232 layersNAND flash is a form of non-volatile memory found in a wide range of storage devices, including memory cards, USB sticks, and portable drives, as well as SSDs for computers and servers.The overall goal of NAND flash research is to lower the cost per capacity while increasing storage density, effectively removing the need for traditional hard disc drives.

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Fyre Festival Promoter Billy McFarland Released Early From Prison
by Gunnar Larson 20 May '22

20 May '22

Fyre Festival Promoter Billy McFarland Released Early From Prison https://www.wsj.com/articles/fyre-festival-promoter-billy-mcfarland-release… Promoter of ill-fated music festival, who admitted to defrauding investors, is living in halfway house in New York City, set for release from federal custody on Aug. 30

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