... I was just thinking about verification.  but no security is good security…. 
 happy new years guys!

-Joe

On Dec 31, 2013, at 5:46 PM, Jim Bell <[email protected]> wrote:

> I currently do not have a PGP key.  This lack is not entirely due to laziness 
> or ignorance.  I also don't know anybody locally who has a PGP key, so I 
> can't enter into the 'web of trust'.  And having been so long disassociated 
> with the CP list (and computers, too:  Having been stuck in prison or denied 
> access to computers for most of 15 years), I don't even recall how to do it.  
> I have another reason to not 'do' PGP:  Particularly due to the (unexpected) 
> arrival of this 'Sanjuro' person, I am well aware that there are probably 
> more than a few Feds who are on ultra-high alert, and from their point of 
> view they may think of me as being "Suspect #1".  If I go back and start 
> using PGP again (even if only for signing things) I wonder what they will 
> think.  At the moment I have little need for secrecy, so I choose to not do 
> PGP.
> (Also, I am virtually assuming that everything on my computer can be, and 
> probably is, being read by a few dozen spy organizations of 
> technically-competent nations.  I use ordinary anti-virus programs, but I'm 
> under no illusion that the NSA/CIA/GCHQ/TLA's of other nations can't devise a 
> targeted bug that such software cannot find.)     If any of you are 
> interested in helping me confirm or deny this paranoid suspicion, I would 
> very much appreciate your assistance.)
>         Jim Bell
> 
> 
> From: Joe Wang <[email protected]>
> To: Jim Bell <[email protected]>; coderman <[email protected]>; 
> "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" 
> <[email protected]> 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 1:19 AM
> Subject: Re: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany
> 
> hey Jim, that is too much information.  In this age less is more. :)  Can't 
> you just use pgp to sign the email and whoever wants to verify can do so?
>  
> -Joe
> 
> From: Jim Bell <[email protected]>
> To: coderman <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" 
> <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 4:58 PM
> Subject: Fw: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany
> 
> Having had "*coin tipjar" explained to me, I have set up a BTC receive 
> address.    "jim btc tipjar"      1AzNPQ1NhiD9uG1hU5g5Kdaccb88Dus2Bo
> 
>     Please note:  This address is the BTC tipjar for "Jim Bell", "James 
> Dalton Bell", living at 7214 Corregidor, Vancouver WA 98664.  (phone and cell 
> on request; As far as I know I'm listed.  I've never had an 
> unlisted/unpublished phone number.).   Ham Call N7IJS (apparently I am the 
> LAST "Tech-Plus" in existence; the FCC has refused to re-up my 2010 license 
> application, but the laws say I can still do ham.)
> 
>     Note Also:  Having been on (and off) the Cypherpunks list since 1995 
> (mostly off, of course), I understand that a reasonable sense of caution will 
> make many of you think, "Is this REALLY the 'Jim Bell' who wrote the AP 
> essay, etc?"   For those who doubt, I have Skype set up to do a voice 
> videophone.  There is a picture of me, in a green sweater, taken by Declan 
> McCullagh about June 2000 on the web; I haven't changed a lot.  (I even have 
> my green sweater, too!).  
>        Jim 
> 
> 
> Disclaimer:    I am not associated with 'Sanjuro's "Assassination Market" in 
> any way.  I don't know who 'Sanjuro' is.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: Jim Bell <[email protected]>
> To: coderman <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" 
> <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> 
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 11:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany
> 
> Sorry to appear so ignorant, but what is a "*coin tipjar"?
>         Jim Bell
> 
> From: coderman <[email protected]>
> To: Jim Bell <[email protected]>; Jacob Appelbaum <[email protected]> 
> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> 
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 10:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Jacob Appelbaum in Germany
> 
> ...
> 
> hey Jim, (and Jake)
> 
> neither one of you appear to have a *coin tipjar yet...
> 
> why holding out? :)
> 
> 
> 
> best regards,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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