... 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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