Mystery of secret note hidden in 1888 woman’s silk dress finally solved by a codebreaker

2024-04-22 Thread jim bell
Read "Mystery of secret note hidden in 1888 woman’s silk dress finally solved by a codebreaker" on SmartNews: https://l.smartnews.com/p-wv6yY/mJL6l3 Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer

Re: Parent jailed for "leaving" 9yo child in park with her friends and their parents

2020-03-08 Thread jim bell
r. "What if some sex offender came by?" In 1964, I was a "latchkey kid" at age 6 in Hyde Park, a suburb of Cinncinati Ohio.   I never got lost.                        Jim Bell

Doug Collins: We Don't Have The Votes To Reauthorize Some FISA Surveillance Tools Now And "That's A Good Thing" | Video | RealClearPolitics

2020-03-09 Thread jim bell
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/03/08/doug_collins_we_dont_have_the_votes_to_reauthorize_fisa_surveillance_tools_and_thats_a_good_thing.html

Cointelegraph: US Congressman Introduces Crypto-Currency Act of 2020

2020-03-09 Thread jim bell
Cointelegraph: US Congressman Introduces Crypto-Currency Act of 2020. https://cointelegraph.com/news/us-congressman-introduces-crypto-currency-act-of-2020

New York Post: Mistrial declared at federal trial of accused CIA leaker Joshua Schulte

2020-03-09 Thread jim bell
I thought you'd be interested in this story Mistrial declared at federal trial of accused CIA leaker Joshua Schulte https://nypost.com/2020/03/09/mistrial-declared-at-federal-trial-of-accused-cia-leaker-joshua-schulte/

Chance discovery brings quantum computing using standard microchips a step closer | Science | AAAS

2020-03-11 Thread jim bell
88848.html So, effectively, in patent terms, I will own the right hand of a duplex, while Intel will own the left hand of a duplex.            Jim Bell [quote] Chance discovery brings quantum computing using standard microchips a step closer By Adrian ChoMar. 11, 2020 , 12:35 PM An accid

Re: Radio: MeshTastic GPS Messenger, Open Time of Flight LIDAR, Rowhammering DDR4 with TRRespass

2020-03-12 Thread jim bell
of the cycle, What is needed is an increase in capacitance of the bit-cell, and a decrease in the capacitance of the bit-line.  My invention can do both.                Jim Bell

A sneaky attempt to end encryption is worming its way through Congress - The Verge

2020-03-12 Thread jim bell
https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/12/21174815/earn-it-act-encryption-killer-lindsay-graham-match-group

CNN: National security surveillance authorities to expire after Senate negotiations collapse

2020-03-12 Thread jim bell
CNN: National security surveillance authorities to expire after Senate negotiations collapse. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/politics/fisa-reauthorization-expiration-congress/index.html Jim Bell's comment:.   Could be good news !

Chelsea Manning ordered released from jail - The Washington Post

2020-03-12 Thread jim bell
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/chelsea-manning-ordered-released-from-jail/2020/03/12/0ee56efc-6478-11ea-845d-e35b0234b136_story.html

The Verge: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus

2020-03-12 Thread jim bell
The Verge: AT&T is suspending broadband data caps for home internet customers due to coronavirus. https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/12/21177538/att-broadband-internet-data-cap-coronavirus-suspend

Inverse: Honeywell has built the most powerful supercomputer in the world

2020-03-12 Thread jim bell
Inverse: Honeywell has built the most powerful supercomputer in the world. https://www.inverse.com/innovation/honeywell-supercomputer

Re: A sneaky attempt to end encryption is worming its way through Congress - The Verge

2020-03-13 Thread jim bell
On Thursday, March 12, 2020, 04:06:20 PM PDT, Zenaan Harkness wrote: On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 08:37:40PM +, jim bell wrote: >> https://www.theverge.com/interface/2020/3/12/21174815/earn-it-act-encryption-killer-lindsay-graham-match-group >It doesn't bother me at all,

Re: Bad News/Good News

2020-03-15 Thread jim bell
I just discovered that about 2 months of most (but not all) Cypherpunks traffic has been going into my spam folder.  Fixed that.  I will answer inline: On Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 08:18:07 AM PST, Cecilia Tanaka wrote: On Tue, Mar 3, 2020, 10:23 rooty wrote: Hey Jim drink lots of oj

Re: Bad News/Good News

2020-03-15 Thread jim bell
Just read this due to a spam-folder "clog".   Fortunately for me, I remain quite well.                Jim Bell On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, 05:55:19 AM PST, Steven Schear wrote: To be clear, the standard way PM wagers work is zero sum. You bet he dies and Jim bet he lives.

Re: Ryacko

2020-03-15 Thread jim bell
essage.  No, due to my spam-folder misdirection, I haven't actually yet read about the  original "weight" email, although I just read your (unnecessary) apology for it.   Doesn't bother me. There are plenty of FALSE things that I can be upset about; no point at being upset at TRUE things!               Jim Bell

Re: Radio: MeshTastic GPS Messenger, Open Time of Flight LIDAR, Rowhammering DDR4 with TRRespass

2020-03-15 Thread jim bell
On Thursday, March 12, 2020, 04:03:27 PM PDT, Zig the N.g wrote: On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 07:16:45PM +, jim bell wrote: >  Jim Bell's comments interspersed: [snip] > https://www.vusec.net/projects/trrespass/ > >> It is quite possible that my isotopic dielectric in

TmoNews: FCC 5G mmWave auction results show T-Mobile spent $873 million on spectrum licenses

2020-03-15 Thread jim bell
TmoNews: FCC 5G mmWave auction results show T-Mobile spent $873 million on spectrum licenses. https://www.tmonews.com/2020/03/fcc-mmwave-5g-auction-results-t-mobile-spectrum-licenses/

Re: Tracing COVID-19 cases with Google Timeline?

2020-03-15 Thread jim bell
the plan, including reducing the scope of data that would be gathered and limiting the number of people who could see the information, to protect against misuse. [end of partial quote] On Friday, February 21, 2020, 04:45:16 PM PST, jim bell wrote: I am surprised that when I do a

Fw: Chloroquine is "highly effective" at inhibiting reproduction of Novel Coronavirus nCov in cell culture.

2020-03-19 Thread jim bell
ional treatments are in various stages of research, testing and commercial release—Forbes has an updated list here. - Forwarded Message - From: jim bell Sent: Saturday, February 8, 2020, 09:18:29 PM PSTSubject: Chloroquine is "highly effective" at inhibiting reproduction of No

Phys.org: Researchers demonstrate first terahertz quantum sensing

2020-03-19 Thread jim bell
Phys.org: Researchers demonstrate first terahertz quantum sensing. https://phys.org/news/2020-03-terahertz-quantum.html

ZDNet: Hackers breach FSB contractor and leak details about IoT hacking project

2020-03-21 Thread jim bell
ZDNet: Hackers breach FSB contractor and leak details about IoT hacking project. https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-breach-fsb-contractor-and-leak-details-about-iot-hacking-project/

Re: Tracing COVID-19 cases with Google Timeline?

2020-03-23 Thread jim bell
...   On Sunday, March 15, 2020, 11:46:22 PM PDT, jim bell wrote: https://apnews.com/97dbcb6d4ef71a48d15a7ec5dd7b4c48 [partial quote follows] JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has long been known for its use of technology to track the movements of Palestinian militants. Now, Prime Minister Benjamin

Researchers demonstrate the missing link for a quantum internet

2020-03-24 Thread jim bell
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-link-quantum-internet.html

SciTechDaily: A New Kind of Light in the Universe? “Super-Planckian” Material Emits Light That Exceeds Limits of Natural Law

2020-03-24 Thread jim bell
SciTechDaily: A New Kind of Light in the Universe? “Super-Planckian” Material Emits Light That Exceeds Limits of Natural Law. https://scitechdaily.com/a-new-kind-of-light-in-the-universe-super-planckian-material-emits-light-that-exceeds-limits-of-natural-law/

The Daily Beast: FBI Shuts Down Russian Platform Selling Hacked Data, Accounts, Personal Info

2020-03-24 Thread jim bell
The Daily Beast: FBI Shuts Down Russian Platform Selling Hacked Data, Accounts, Personal Info. https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-shuts-down-russian-platform-selling-hacked-data-accounts-personal-info?source=cheats&via=rss

CNN: Don't use the microwave; top tips for speedy broadband

2020-03-25 Thread jim bell
CNN: Don't use the microwave; top tips for speedy broadband. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/25/world/ofcom-internet-speed-advice-scli-intl-gbr/index.html

The Next Web: Snowden warns: The surveillance states we’re creating now will outlast the coronavirus

2020-03-25 Thread jim bell
The Next Web: Snowden warns: The surveillance states we’re creating now will outlast the coronavirus. https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/03/25/snowden-warns-the-surveillance-states-were-creating-now-will-outlast-the-coronavirus/

Engadget: An enterprise SSD flaw will brick hardware after exactly 40,000 hours

2020-03-25 Thread jim bell
Engadget: An enterprise SSD flaw will brick hardware after exactly 40,000 hours. https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/25/hpe-ssd-bricked-firmware-flaw/ Jim Bell's comment: Self-destructing SSD.   My SemiDisks never did that.

SciTechDaily: 5 Weeks Instead of 50 Years: Neural Networks Optimize Search for New Materials

2020-03-26 Thread jim bell
SciTechDaily: 5 Weeks Instead of 50 Years: Neural Networks Optimize Search for New Materials. https://scitechdaily.com/5-weeks-instead-of-50-years-neural-networks-optimize-search-for-new-materials/

From Fox News - Venezuela President Maduro wanted by DOJ for drug trafficking, Barr announces

2020-03-26 Thread jim bell
Venezuela President Maduro wanted by DOJ for drug trafficking, Barr announces https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuelan-president-maduro-drug-trafficking-doj Jim Bell's comment:Has the Federal Govt set up a system to allow a person to anonymously supply information, and anonymously receive a rewar

CNET: Snowden warns government surveillance amid COVID-19 could be long lasting

2020-03-27 Thread jim bell
CNET: Snowden warns government surveillance amid COVID-19 could be long lasting. https://www.cnet.com/news/snowden-warns-government-surveillance-amid-covid-19-could-be-long-lasting/

A New Breed of Drug Dealer Has Turned Buying Drugs into a Treasure Hunt

2020-03-29 Thread jim bell
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/g5x3zj/hydra-russia-drug-cartel-dark-web Jim Bell's comment: Online murder ?

Re: Top Secret: 20+TB SSD is nothing

2020-03-31 Thread jim bell
ed into a 3 1/2 inch hard disk size, maybe?    Of 25 terabytes?   Add another $200 for the controller CPU, hardware, etc.    Something like that should be available already.  But I haven't looked.                Jim Bell

POLITICO: Justice Department audit finds widespread flaws in FBI surveillance applications

2020-03-31 Thread jim bell
POLITICO: Justice Department audit finds widespread flaws in FBI surveillance applications. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/31/justice-department-audit-finds-widespread-flaws-in-fbi-surveillance-157166

ScienceAlert: Physicists Have Found a New Method For Generating Quantum Entangled Photons

2020-04-02 Thread jim bell
ScienceAlert: Physicists Have Found a New Method For Generating Quantum Entangled Photons. https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-figured-out-a-new-way-to-generate-quantum-entangled-photons

Fox News: FISA reauthorizations in doubt after findings that FBI surveillance was riddled with major errors

2020-04-03 Thread jim bell
Fox News: FISA reauthorizations in doubt after findings that FBI surveillance was riddled with major errors. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fisa-reauthorization-may-be-derailed-by-new-doj-inspector-general-findings-of-widespread-errors

Chloroquine is "highly effective" at inhibiting reproduction of Novel Coronavirus nCov in cell culture.

2020-04-03 Thread jim bell
re doctors worldwide than any other in a global survey  === On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 9:18 PM jim bell wrote: jim bell [chloroquine is an old-line drug typically used against malaria] [partial quote follows] https://www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/scie

Re: Tracing COVID-19 cases with Google Timeline?

2020-04-03 Thread jim bell
anonymization technology that we use in our products every day,” as it puts it. On Monday, March 23, 2020, 12:35:41 AM PDT, jim bell wrote: https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/18/israel-passes-emergency-law-to-use-mobile-data-for-covid-19-contact-tracing/ Israel passes emergency law to use mobile

Re: Chloroquine is "highly effective" at inhibiting reproduction of Novel Coronavirus nCov in cell culture.

2020-04-03 Thread jim bell
blinking. After rinsing, call Poison Control or use the  webPOISONCONTROL tool for help. Mary Elizabeth May, RN, BA, MPH Certified Specialist in Poison Information  = On Friday, April 3, 2020, 04:12:39 PM PDT, jim bell wrote: http

FISA court orders DOJ to review flawed surveillance applications and provide names of targets

2020-04-04 Thread jim bell
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fisa-court-orders-doj-to-review-flawed-surveillance-applications-and-provide-names-of-targets

Inspector General Report & FISA: Reform Needed | National Review

2020-04-04 Thread jim bell
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/fbi-inspector-general-report-fisa-reform-needed/

Re: Inspector General Report & FISA: Reform Needed | National Review

2020-04-05 Thread jim bell
Fully agreed.  The FISA court has throughly demonstrated that it is biased and unreliable.         Jim Bell On Sunday, April 5, 2020, 03:20:41 AM PDT, Zig the N.g wrote:  On Sun, Apr 05, 2020 at 03:26:58AM +, jim bell wrote: > https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/fbi-inspec

ZDNet: DarkHotel hackers use VPN zero-day to breach Chinese government agencies

2020-04-07 Thread jim bell
ZDNet: DarkHotel hackers use VPN zero-day to breach Chinese government agencies. https://www.zdnet.com/article/darkhotel-hackers-use-vpn-zero-day-to-compromise-chinese-government-agencies/

Re: USA: federal capital punishment back on agenda (after 16 years) - [PEACE]

2020-04-07 Thread jim bell
ut 41 inmates there.  Don't know how many now.                 Jim Bell

Re: Tracing COVID-19 cases with Google Timeline?

2020-04-11 Thread jim bell
it's committing more than $800 million to help small businesses and crisis responders dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. CORONAVIRUS UPDATES On Friday, April 3, 2020, 04:19:59 PM PDT, jim bell wrote: https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/03/google-is-now-publishing-coronavirus-mobili

Julian Assange fathered two children with lawyer Stella Morris during embassy stay, alleged partner claims - The Washington Post

2020-04-11 Thread jim bell
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/11/assange-secret-children-stella-morris/

Zhaoxin KaiXian x86 CPU Tested: The Rise of China's Chips

2020-04-12 Thread jim bell
https://www.tomshardware.com/features/zhaoxin-kx-u6780a-x86-cpu-tested

Programming a Quantum Computer - Towards Data Science

2020-04-13 Thread jim bell
https://towardsdatascience.com/programming-a-quantum-computer-21baf506bdc4

Re: Tracing COVID-19 cases with Google Timeline?

2020-04-13 Thread jim bell
ts implementation could result in the exact opposite, according to Jaap-Henk Hoepman, associate professor of Computer Science at Radboud University. On Saturday, April 11, 2020, 12:06:07 PM PDT, jim bell wrote: https://www.cnet.co

Hidden bug in FPGA chips can help hackers steal critical data | Technology – Gulf News

2020-04-19 Thread jim bell
https://gulfnews.com/technology/hidden-bug-in-fpga-chips-can-help-hackers-steal-critical-data-1.1587319240780

Interesting Engineering: Scientists Discover New Way to Get Quantum Computing to Work at Room Temperature

2020-04-26 Thread jim bell
Interesting Engineering: Scientists Discover New Way to Get Quantum Computing to Work at Room Temperature. https://interestingengineering.com/scientists-discover-new-way-to-get-quantum-computing-to-work-at-room-temperature

The Legacy of Math Luminary John Conway, Lost to Covid-19

2020-04-26 Thread jim bell
https://www.wired.com/story/the-legacy-of-math-luminary-john-conway-lost-to-covid-19/ Jim Bell's comment:Apparently he wasn't surrounded by a sufficient number of occupied squares.

MIT Researchers Designed a Congestion-Control Scheme to Reduce Delays in Wireless Networks

2020-04-26 Thread jim bell
https://scitechdaily.com/mit-researchers-designed-a-congestion-control-scheme-to-reduce-delays-in-wireless-networks/

Re: Chloroquine is "highly effective" at inhibiting reproduction of Novel Coronavirus nCov in cell culture.

2020-04-30 Thread jim bell
0, 06:29:15 PM PDT, jim bell wrote: Anti-parasitic drug kills coronavirus cell cultures in just 48 hours | | | | | | | | | | | Anti-parasitic drug kills coronavirus cell cultures in just 48 hours "If we had a compound that was already available around the world then that

One of the two most intelligent treatments of my Assassination Politics essay that I've ever seen

2020-05-02 Thread jim bell
My original Assassination Politics essay:   https://cryptome.org/ap.htm      Comment by Robert Vroman https://news.bitcoin.com/the-jim-bell-system-revisited/                From 2002, republished 2019 in Bitcoin.com (Here's the other:   http://www.idsa.in/system/

Re: tor replacement - was Re: Box for simple Tor node.

2020-05-08 Thread jim bell
.    And, this announcement MAY lead to some financing of the project.   The main question, other than the financing, is the programming of the software.  Has there been any progress on this matter?         Jim Bell On Monday, December 9, 2019, 11:39:10 AM PST, jim bell wrote: I hope

Headline: "Did we just witness one of the nuttiest foreign policy blunders in American history?" Jim Bell doesn't thing so.

2020-05-08 Thread jim bell
you were promised.  Be glad we gave you that much.  If you complain we'll broadcast your name, picture, and location to the entire world!" A large promised reward is only useful if the potential collector is confident he will actually receive all of it, and won't be killed by enemies before he is good and old.               Jim Bell

Re: tor replacement - was Re: Box for simple Tor node.

2020-05-08 Thread jim bell
s and qualifications to write the software.  An additional complication is that whoever volunteers, he might not be trusted by others.  What is to be done? The one situation that I consider intolerable is that TOR remains as a monopoly in the "anonymization marketplace".             Jim Bell 

T shirt facial recog disguise?

2020-05-13 Thread jim bell
New t-shirt design promises to disrupt facial recognition cameras https://mol.im/a/8313221 via http://dailym.ai/android

Re: Dalton Minimum possible over next few years -- Re: It is Global Cooling we should fear the most

2020-05-16 Thread jim bell
recent sunspot cycle has been decreasing since the peak of about 1980.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspot   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspot#/media/File:Sunspot_butterfly_graph.gif Since increase of sunspots is typically associated with extra solar output, it looks like we are seeing the possibiity of cooling, or at least a pause in heating.                    Jim Bell .  

Re: Write Ross Ulbricht

2020-05-16 Thread jim bell
horrible and destroys your sanity and health.  It can be constant >trauma.  Having words from the outside can be hope. Tthe Federal Bureau of Prisons initiated their email system for prisoners.  It seemed to work well.            Jim Bell

Re: Write Ross Ulbricht

2020-05-16 Thread jim bell
https://www.bop.gov/inmates/communications.jsp On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 1:22 PM, Karl wrote: On Sat, May 16, 2020, 3:33 PM jim bell wrote: On Saturday, May 16, 2020, 03:20:44 AM PDT, Karl wrote: >To clarify for people new like me, Ross Ulbricht is serving life in prison &

Re: 283,549 Road Users Deaths for 2020, Compared to 6,685 Coronoavirus Deaths

2020-05-17 Thread jim bell
antibody-seroprevalence-in-santa-clara-county-really-50-85-fold-higher-than-the-number-of-confirmed-cases/           Jim Bell

Re: Write Ross Ulbricht

2020-05-17 Thread jim bell
On Saturday, May 16, 2020, 09:54:34 PM PDT, Mirimir wrote: On 05/16/2020 03:19 AM, Karl wrote: >> To clarify for people new like me, Ross Ulbricht is serving life in prison >> for making an anonymous marketplace.  Not his clients for selling illegal >> things.  Him for running it with anonymou

Re: tor replacement - was Re: Box for simple Tor node.

2020-05-19 Thread jim bell
.  Why shouldn't it be possible to serve two algorithms?  Or dozens?  How about Bittorrent as well?  Imagine 1000 nodes, each equipped with a 10-terabyte hard drive?                    Jim Bell

Re: tor replacement - was Re: Box for simple Tor node.

2020-05-20 Thread jim bell
On Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 07:27:40 PM PDT, other.arkitech wrote: ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, May 19, 2020 10:41 PM, jim bell wrote: Algorithm-agnostic anonymization network. Let's say we are agreed that a new anonymization network should be implemented. 

Re: tor replacement - was Re: Box for simple Tor node.

2020-05-25 Thread jim bell
wrong with trying to implement multiple software concepts.             Jim Bell On Sunday, May 24, 2020, 02:59:42 PM PDT, Karl wrote: A general purpose network sounds nice.  Everything is doable. What do you think of forking the codebase of an existing network, like tor or gnunet or one of the

AnarchoVegas needs a co-panelist on political prisoners on July 18, 2020

2020-05-25 Thread jim bell
to you, the people of Cypherpunks.  If anybody has an idea who would be good in this position, please speak up.              Jim Bell

NSA tracking program

2020-05-26 Thread jim bell
NSA's tracking program is FAR more extensive than previously thought https://mol.im/a/8358769 via http://dailym.ai/android

From Fox News - DOJ urges Trump veto on FISA legislation, vote in limbo

2020-05-27 Thread jim bell
DOJ urges Trump veto on FISA legislation, vote in limbo https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-urges-trump-veto-on-fisa-legislation-vote-in-limbo

Effort to renew FISA bill fizzles.

2020-05-30 Thread jim bell
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/28/pelosi-pulls-fisa-bill-amid-objections-from-gop-and-progressives-286939?fbclid=IwAR3xzH6zXR69W_hkCbjUtT9b7qU8RB7a-zUTBHJuXZ5RHJWhAVi2KaZXsdw This COULD be excellent news.  Partial quote follows: By JOHN BRESNAHAN, KYLE CHENEY, SARAH FERRIS and MARTIN MAT

Re: Personal Black Box?

2020-06-06 Thread jim bell
On Wed, 3 Oct 2018 05:04:21 + (UTC) jim bell wrote: > >To be sure, this doesn't bring the dead guy back to life.  But I expect that > >in the large majority of cases, it would deter anybody who was thinking of > >killing the person with the PBB.   About 1 3/4 yea

The Daily Hodl: Cryptographer Matthew Green Warns Access to End-to-End Encryption Is Under Attack

2020-06-06 Thread jim bell
The Daily Hodl: Cryptographer Matthew Green Warns Access to End-to-End Encryption Is Under Attack. https://dailyhodl.com/2020/06/05/cryptographer-matthew-green-warns-access-to-end-to-end-encryption-is-under-attack/

Re: Personal Black Box?

2020-06-08 Thread jim bell
ng evidence, that camera wouldn't be of any benefit to ordinary citizens.  The data would survive only if the evidentiary value of the material could be used by the cop against the citizen.   A camera and recording system, run by an ordinary person,  and in his continuing control, would be one that the cops could not erase.               Jim Bell

Re: Personal Black Box: Armed, black business owner mistaken for robber, punched by white Alabama cop

2020-06-08 Thread jim bell
https://www.al.com/news/2020/06/decatur-police-officer-punches-liquor-store-owner-who-reported-robbery.html

Re: Personal Black Box: Video evidence increasingly disproves police narratives.

2020-06-09 Thread jim bell
https://apnews.com/a172fb01bdb74b4159b39da390d9e79e - Video evidence increasingly disproves police narratives By RYAN J. FOLEY Minneapolis police initially told the public that George Floyd died after a “medical incident during a police interaction.” The Buffalo, New York, department s

Ars Technica: Plundering of crypto keys from ultrasecure SGX sends Intel scrambling again

2020-06-09 Thread jim bell
Ars Technica: Plundering of crypto keys from ultrasecure SGX sends Intel scrambling again. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/06/new-exploits-plunder-crypto-keys-and-more-from-intels-ultrasecure-sgx/

IBM Will No Longer Offer Or Develop Facial Recognition Software In Pursuit Of Racial Justice Reform - Forbes

2020-06-10 Thread jim bell
https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/06/09/ibm-will-no-longer-offer-or-develop-facial-recognition-software-in-pursuit-of-racial-justice-reform/ IBM Will No Longer Offer Or Develop Facial Recognition Software In Pursuit Of Racial Justice Reform - Forbes

Ars Technica: Ajit Pai caves to SpaceX but is still skeptical of Musk’s latency claims

2020-06-10 Thread jim bell
Ars Technica: Ajit Pai caves to SpaceX but is still skeptical of Musk’s latency claims. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/ajit-pai-caves-to-spacex-but-is-still-skeptical-of-musks-latency-claims/ Jim Bell's comment. Low latency low Earth orbit internet service.

Re: Personal Black Box?

2020-06-11 Thread jim bell
er than being a camera platform.   This kind of system would probably have an even bigger market to journalists and news crews.  I don't expect it to substitute for traditional video cameras, but its presence would tend to guarantee that most information gets collected.  It would tend to protect the

Re: Personal Black Box? : We filmed the cops, people changed their minds

2020-06-11 Thread jim bell
https://reason.com/2020/06/10/we-filmed-the-cops-people-changed-their-minds/ POLICE ABUSE We Filmed the Cops. People Changed Their Minds. Videos of police abuse haven't stopped police brutality. But they've helped build a consensus for police reform.  PETER SUDERMAN | 6.10.2020 2:04 PM In

Re: Personal Black Box?

2020-06-11 Thread jim bell
team. This kind of system would probably have an even bigger market to journalists and news crews.  I don't expect it to substitute for traditional video cameras, but its presence would tend to guarantee that most information gets collected.  It would tend to protect the news crews, bec

Re: Personal Black Box?

2020-06-12 Thread jim bell
On Friday, June 12, 2020, 03:27:06 AM PDT, Karl wrote: On Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 12:00 AM jim bell wrote: >Sounds reasonable for now.  Thinking of making the number of cameras >customizable. Certainly.  The number of cameras is somewhat arbitrary, the main feature desired is an arran

Intel patches chip flaw that could leak your cryptographic secrets – Naked Security

2020-06-12 Thread jim bell
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/06/12/intel-patches-chip-flaw-that-could-leak-your-cryptographic-secrets/

Re: Personal Black Box: Protesters turn the tables on police surveillance - Vox

2020-06-13 Thread jim bell
https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/6/12/21284113/police-protests-surveillance-instagram-washington-dc

Re: IBM Will No Longer Offer Or Develop Facial Recognition Software In Pursuit Of Racial Justice Reform - Forbes

2020-06-13 Thread jim bell
By posting this article, I'm not saying I BELIEVE IBM.    And yes, it's a "limited time PR move"!             Jim Bell On Saturday, June 13, 2020, 02:16:10 AM PDT, Steven Schear wrote: For how long? Dont think they will throw away their investment. Just a limit

Re: Personal Black Box: BBC: George Floyd: The personal cost of filming police brutality

2020-06-13 Thread jim bell
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52942519?utm_source=pocket-newtab [partial quote follows] "When videos of controversial police encounters generate headlines, there's an important figure in the story that we rarely hear about - the person filming. By the time 17-year-old Darnella Frazie

Detecting sound with old-style tungsten-filament light bulbs.

2020-06-13 Thread jim bell
the light output of the LEDs.  Or, possibly modulate a frequency-modulated (FM) carrier frequency, depending on the bandwidth of the LEDs.   Modulation bandwidth enhancement of white-LED-based visible light communications using electrical equalizations  (says that the modulation bandwidth of white LEDs is 'several megahertz'.)            Jim Bell

Why Bitcoin Is A Silent Protest Against Corrupt Governments Everywhere.

2020-06-14 Thread jim bell
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tatianakoffman/2020/06/13/why-bitcoin-is-a-silent-protest-against-corrupt-governments-everywhere/

Re: Personal Black Box? Vuze+ Camera MAY do much of the work?

2020-06-15 Thread jim bell
at only a portion of it is transmitted?  Or is it an 'all or nothing' sort of thing? And I think it's important that a smaller fraction of the data be transmitted by 4G or 5G cell data.                            Jim Bell

Quantum Satellite Links Extend More Than 1,000 Kilometers - IEEE Spectrum

2020-06-15 Thread jim bell
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/entangled-satellite

The Washington Post: Elite CIA unit that developed hacking tools failed to secure its own systems, allowing massive leak, an internal report found

2020-06-16 Thread jim bell
The Washington Post: Elite CIA unit that developed hacking tools failed to secure its own systems, allowing massive leak, an internal report found. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/elite-cia-unit-that-developed-hacking-tools-failed-to-secure-its-own-systems-allowing-massive-leak-an

A Mysterious Plane Circled Over Portland Protests for Hours. The U.S. Marshals Service Won’t Say If It’s Theirs. - Willamette Week

2020-06-16 Thread jim bell
https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/06/15/a-mysterious-plane-circled-over-portland-protests-for-hours-the-u-s-marshals-service-wont-say-if-its-theirs/

Re: Personal Black Box? Vuze+ Camera system.

2020-06-17 Thread jim bell
On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 11:34:18 PM PDT, jim bell wrote: (this mail was bounced a few times due to the failure of the server, I think.) I just sent the following to the manufacturer of the Vuze+ camera system:     https://vuze.camera/camera/vuze-plus-camera Among a group of

CNBC: Zoom reverses course, will give end-to-end encryption option to all users

2020-06-17 Thread jim bell
CNBC: Zoom reverses course, will give end-to-end encryption option to all users. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/17/zoom-will-give-end-to-end-encryption-option-to-all-users.html

Re: Personal Black Box? Vuze+ Camera MAY do much of the work?

2020-06-18 Thread jim bell
blicize events.  I think there will probably be many people who want this idea to succeed.  GoFundMe is an option, as well.            Jim Bell On Monday, June 15, 2020, 04:58:07 PM PDT, jim bell wrote: I've done some more research, and it seems that existing components could do

Forbes: Have Apple And Google Suddenly Uploaded A COVID-19 Tracking App To Your Phone? The Facts Behind The Furore

2020-06-20 Thread jim bell
Forbes: Have Apple And Google Suddenly Uploaded A COVID-19 Tracking App To Your Phone? The Facts Behind The Furore. https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/06/20/have-apple-and-google-suddenly-uploaded-a-covid-19-tracking-app-to-your-phone-android-iphone-exposure-notification-contact-tracing

Re: Personal Black Box?

2020-06-20 Thread jim bell
On Saturday, June 20, 2020, 08:11:48 PM PDT, grarpamp wrote: >> desired is an arrangement that can record the entire 360 degree horizontal >> landscape.  6 cameras should be sufficient with the (older) 4x3 screen >Cams with fisheye lenses that do 180+ are available, mount two back to back fo

Re: Personal Black Box? Vuze+ Camera MAY do much of the work?

2020-06-21 Thread jim bell
I posted this a few days ago, but that was during a time in which some people (including me) were having problems with the CP list.               Jim Bell On Thursday, June 18, 2020, 12:15:14 AM PDT, jim bell wrote: I am still waiting for a response from Vuze, the camera

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