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Re: There's this really kewl mesh network that's being deployed world-wide...
by Shelley 06 Jul '15

06 Jul '15

On July 5, 2015 8:46:53 AM Seth <list(a)sysfu.com> wrote: > > This is true. For those that don't have the time or desire or watch, some > takeaways: TY for the summary. I block all things goog but suspected this was the topic; agree with your comments. Yes, because they have neglected the basic infrastructure for decades & discourage the use of individual solar/etc., some otherwise sensible people are welcoming the idea of these spy boxes - because their bullshit propaganda is designed to appeal to those of us who are concerned about the environment. Oh sure, why would I mind if "the grid" reschedules my laundry to an "off-peak" time? It'll save me money (*always* the hook, if the environmental concern-troll act fails), and I'm not home anyway, right? Oh wait, they know when I'm not home... they also know: when I wake up, which appliances I use and when, whether I have had an overnight guest, when I leave and for how long I am gone, (which they can combine with transit pass records- which some employers have integrated with electronic, RFID-polluted work IDs so there is almost no avoiding it unless you take active measures to do so, which then invites further spook scrutiny), credit card purchases and surveillance cam info (interconnected by TrapWire [0] to know where I've been & what I've been doing all day, so even if you leave your universal tracking device at home, walk/bike everywhere and pay with cash/BTC, you are still tracked-as-fuck), when I get home, what I read or watch and listen to, when I go to sleep, and with whom ... If your municipality hasn't yet deployed these spy boxes, do what you can to slow their roll out! Is this what you want (in addition to the very real detrimental health effects already mentioned?) I live in one of the most liberal, progressive cities around and initially they'd treated us as some conspiracy theorists when a few of us raised concerns about the unnecessary collection of data, the security of the transmission of said data & who will have access to it and the health concerns. Now they've been scheduling dog & pony show community meetings to "address our concerns," and attending one probably puts you on the same list as going to a 2600 meeting... They are supposed to begin the deployment of these spy boxes here in 2016-17 and I'll be damned if they'll put one on my abode. For being such an inconvenient troublemaker, they'll charge $50 or more per billing cycle (final amount is as yet undecided.) This is total bullshit. They can upgrade "the grid" without making it a universal spying network, but why would they when sheeple don't complain and push back? [0] https://publicintelligence.net/unravelling-trapwire/ http://www.wired.com/2012/08/trapwire-strafor-biz/ -S > The biggest takeaway is that jig is up with the current business model of > centralized power distribution. The growth of decentralized power > production (home solar etc) is driving a stake into the heart of the beast. > > The power company execs know this openly admit as much. So they are > changing business models to one of CENTRALIZED DATA HARVESTING AND > SURVEILLANCE. > > 'smart meters' are a massive and global offensive thrust of the 'Internet > of Things' surveillance state and control grid directly into the home. > They form a mesh network on the 900Mhz band. They are supposed to have > 2.4Ghz radio (not yet widely activated) for extracting surveillance data > and controlling 'smart' appliances in the home. > > I use the term 'smart' in quotes because it is a goddamn propaganda term > and needs to be replaced in the popular culture as soon as possible with > something more apt and mocking, say 'evil-genius'. I will use the term > 'evil-genius' meters from now on. > > Anyways, these evil-genius meters douse your house with something on the > order of 40,000 microwave pulses a day. The meters are built in China, and > allegedly have not had any real safety testing done on them. > > The AC-DC converters used to power the evil genius brain in these devices > is supposedly a crap one and generates a significant power waste along > with 'dirty electricity' (that is a choppy or rough sine wave instead of > smooth clean one) which radiates throughout the home via the electrical > wiring. > > The legal principle of 'implied consent' being used to justify the stealth > installation of the meters world wide is a very shaky one. The vast > majority of people that are having these meters installed on their homes > by the power company are complete unaware of what is going on. It's a > classic trojan horse. > > It's also a contractual violation. To have a valid contract there must be > an offer, consideration, and acceptance. There is none of this with the > evil-genius meter roll-outs. They simply are putting them in without > asking the customer for permission. > > Depending on the jurisdiction, you can refuse the evil-genius meter, but > then you're hit with an extortionate monthly 'meter reading' fee, which > was not charged before the evil-genius meter roll-out began. > > Some people in the Los Angeles area that have refused evil-genius meter > installation, have been locked into months long battle with the utility > company and consequently LIVING WITHOUT ELECTRICITY for months on end. Now > that is some crazy shit, now matter how you slice it. > > WHY are the companies so adamant about having these devices installed to > the point where they're willing to cut off a resister's power for months > on end, and foregoing that revenue? Perhaps to make an example out of them? > > I could go on and on. > > If you anybody that sleeps in a room next to one of these devices, > *especially* if they are pregnant women or young children, get them the > fuck away from it as soon as possible, ideally by having the device > removed and replaced with an analog one, or by changing rooms or living > locations.

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Will Greece goo boom?
by Georgi Guninski 06 Jul '15

06 Jul '15

I am wondering: Will Greece go boom relatively soon? The reasons are Greece owns significant amounts of money (like the u$a) and they can't pay. This might be an opportunity to see how a country goes boom in modern times (after we know know what happens to cities like Detroit).

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Dead Tree Lovers -- Call for Books
by Moritz 05 Jul '15

05 Jul '15

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Stop Watching Us
by grarpamp 05 Jul '15

05 Jul '15

Other video... from 2013... https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stop+watching+us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cxPEf9ZWIo Protests always generate interesting youtube chats with many people.

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Bitcoin Book Review
by John Young 04 Jul '15

04 Jul '15

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/books/review/nathaniel-poppers-digital-go… Quote: The most poignant moment in the book comes when Popper contrasts a conference for the more ideologically minded Bitcoiners at a racetrack on the outskirts of Austin, where Ulbricht grew up, with the gathering of the rich and powerful at the South by Southwest festival, where Ulbrichts mother is politely dismissed as she pleads for funds to help defray her sons legal costs. It was an unhappy reminder of a side of Bitcoin that its new adherents wanted to put behind them, Popper writes. And as he notes, If this was the new world, it didnt seem all that different from the old one at least not yet. Nor can Digital Gold be a tale with a satisfying ending, because the future of Bitcoin is unknowable right now. As the venture capitalist Barry Silbert says at a Goldman Sachs conference, Bitcoin is either going to change everything, or nothing. But if Bitcoin doesnt change everything, people will keep trying to find something that will, and so Poppers book stands as necessary reading, and very intriguing at that, regardless of the eventual fate of his subject. Unquote.

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Announcement: Replicated Encrypted PasteBin
by ryan.pear＠ownbay.net 04 Jul '15

04 Jul '15

It's been a while since code was announced on cypherpunks... RepBin: https://github.com/repbin/repbin/tree/v0.0.1 Repbin is an encrypted pastebin for the command line that runs over Tor! Repbin servers form a distributed network where nodes sync posts with each other (like in Usenet or BBS/Fido systems). This makes Repbin resilient and scalable. Repbin focuses on privacy (encrypted messages) and anonymity (padding and repost chains). Features -------- - Forward secure encryption of posts using DHE-curve25519. Even a compromised long-term key does not allow to decrypt old posts. - Integrity protection of posts using HMAC-SHA256. You can be sure that posts have not been tampered with. - Confidentiality of posts using AES256-CTR. Without the recipient key, nobody can read the post. - All posts are padded to a common size. That means that posts are not distinguishable by their size when looking ``on the wire''. - Post are replicated between all servers in the Repbin network. - Optional constant receiver keys for post-box functionality. - Receiver key attributes for synchronization and post-box authentication. - Resource control via hashcash (sha256) and ed25519. - Some privacy protection by using Tor for all communication and ephemeral keys. - undocumented goodies. Post a file ----------- $ cat FILE | repclient As a response you will receive output like this: Pastebin Address: http://bvuk3xmvslx3idcj.onion/3x77hJtt42MkGbs18e1ZvBw9oAftAUrr9K9x4E8rQzed_… Simply give the Pastebin Address to whoever should gain access to the file. Fetch: $ repclient http://bvuk3xmvslx3idcj.onion/3x77hJtt42MkGbs18e1ZvBw9oAftAUrr9K9x4E8rQzed_… Installation ------------ Client software to send and receive file: $ go get -u github.com/repbin/repbin/cmd/repclient Peering ------- If you are an experienced UNIX sysadmin, please consider running your own Repbin server to help the Repbin network. While running a server requires hardly any interaction, setting up a server in the Repbin network requires at least one manual peering agreement with another server in the network. This is a time-tested architecture which is used successfully to run the Internet, the Usenet, and BBS networks like FidoNet. To set up a peering you have to exchange public peering keys with another server and configure your server accordingly. To get in touch with us for peering send a message to 7VW3oPLzQc7VS2anLyDtrdARDdSwa7QTF7h3N2t6J2VN_AjWZQfHoqK3yNqvXPkcswLNXSzFrCzJuRRKZKvY71UWT and don't forget to put your own key into the message. The server installation and the peering process is described in detail in the documentation. Here be dragons... ------------------ Dive deeper into the documentation and the code, if you want to figure out how to send repost messages (remailer style) and how to run your own reposter service! WARNING ------- THIS SOFTWARE HAS NEVER BEEN AUDITED OR REVIEWED. IT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED. THE AUTHORS ARE AMATEURS AND YOU SHOULD NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE FOR ANYTHING IMPORTANT. YOU SHOULD NOT RELY ON THE SOFTWARE TO WORK AT ALL, OR IN ANY PREDICTABLE WAY, NOR SHOULD YOU ASSUME THAT THE FEATURES CLAIMED ARE THE FEATURES IMPLEMENTED. THIS SOFTWARE IS FULL OF ERRORS, THE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN ARE BROKEN. UNLESS SOME EXPERT CLAIMS OTHERWISE.

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Re: [cryptome] NYT on Nick Szabo and Bitcoin
by JS733NknRj6J 03 Jul '15

03 Jul '15

I seem to vaguely remember this profile (or one like it) but can't turn it up myself. Would be very grateful for the link if you do repost it. - JS7 Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.ch), encrypted email based in Switzerland. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [cryptome] NYT on Nick Szabo and Bitcoin Time (GMT): May 18 2015 13:13:12 From: wilfred(a)vt.edu To: cryptome(a)freelists.org CC: cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org, cryptography(a)metzdowd.com, cryptography(a)randombit.net We did a context profile on Satoshi with analysis of intel-based datacenter profiles and certain known paterns from the USSS (Treasury Fincen) crew you like so much at Yale and another specific MI5 ish unit whome you remember from Anguilla. The analysis clustered age and language patterns and identified a very tight range of character and background with institutional intent, then modeled the propaganda influence that gave rise to the BTC trend. The analysis was posted on the forums and pdf, but are missing from search. We will repost the original and add some current profile analysis. In short, the character is a 20s 2-year AS pre-law 1811 (police) with distinct interest in using US/UK and new international law *pyramid scheme policies to take over global legacy datacenters* in criminal forfeiture cases. Another party did a review of law&policy influencers of the same market and similarily isolated the core group. (no need to mention DEA+FINCEN.) On Sunday, May 17, 2015, John Young <jya(a)pipeline.com> wrote: [ nytimes.com/2015/05/17/business/decoding-the-enigma-of-satoshi-nakamoto-and… Those around cypherpunks 1993-1998 will recall Szabo's emails on bitcoin early precursors along with Adam Back, Hal Finney, Tim May, Wei Dai, Lucky Green, Hettinga, many more burgeoning F-Cs. NYT piece credits cpunks as subversive birther, now being hyper-monetized by arch-cryptoanarchist Goldman Sachs and many more centralists. Szabo denies being Satoshi, but ... others rush to fill the gap

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Brits: Cameron swats at crypto again, GCHQ spies Amnesty
by grarpamp 03 Jul '15

03 Jul '15

http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/07/cameron-reaffirms-there-will-b… http://betanews.com/2015/07/02/uk-government-illegally-spied-on-amnesty-int…

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The Intercept Releases ~1,264 pages of NSA Docs
by John Young 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

Mostly Xkeyscore and more. http://cryptome.org/2015/07/nsa-xks-more-intercept-15-0701.7z (643MB) List of files: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CI3AatNUsAExiNV.jpg:large

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Amazon TLS implementation
by grarpamp 01 Jul '15

01 Jul '15

https://github.com/awslabs/s2n s2n is a C99 implementation of the TLS/SSL protocols that is designed to be simple, small, fast, and with security as a priority. It is released and licensed under the Apache Software License 2.0.

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