Re: Fwd: Re: MIT talk: Special-Purpose Hardware for Integer Factoring
-- Steve Furlong [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Not that I'm particularly fond of the Prez, but I'm not one of the LLLs who say he's worse than Hitler, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, and Ronald Regan combined.) (Stalin doesn't go into that equation because he was, you know, a good guy whose actions have been misinterpreted.) No no, Stalin was a very bad man - yet, not however, as bad as Ronald Reagan et al. Furthermore the five year plans involved no bloodshed whatsoever, well only a teensy weensy little bit, nothing like what General Motors does in its well known slave labor camps, and the liquidation of the kulaks was self defense against a vicious attempt by the peasants to starve the proletariat. :-) --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG ikKvUYkvyBE7ikT3WsIGcsxLztiI6VjO7F+lbUPi 43u1MspIR5iABmysKM+9wkz7R+H7AgDDsuhTSZJ4A
Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [IP] Request: Check your cell phone to see if it's always transmitting your location [priv]]
R.A. Hettinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fixed *that*. I've had my location off (as much as is possible) since I had my first phone that had the option, a Samsung A500. Unfortunately, that phone had a firmware bug (never fixed while I had it) such that, when it was in non-location mode, upon losing contact with the network, it would be unable to reconnect (thus, unable to place or receive calls) until powered off and then on again. The moral of the story: very few people turn the location stuff off. Otherwise, they'd have fixed this bug much sooner, as it made the phone more or less unusable for those who cared to do so. -- Riad S. Wahby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wired on Secrecy Power Sinks Patent Case
Very interesting CPunks reading, for a variety of reasons. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68894,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1 Of course, the fact that Lucent has been in shit shape financially must have nothing to do with what is effectively a state-sponsored protection of intellectual theft and profiting by Lucent (merely keeping the tech under wraps would have been possible in a closed-doors session. Remember that connectors can easily cost $50 per or more, so these guys were really ripped off and Lucent probably made out quite well.) Aside from this the links are worth pursuing vz Variola Suitcase type discussions. I suspect that a thorough civilian analysis could reveal a lot about NSA's undersea operation. One thing I can see about this connector is that it does not require any visual orientation in order to mate the Bragg-angled fiber interfaces inside...other connectors either mismate if you're not careful, or require rotating the ferrule in order to get the notch to line up. (Low-loss fiber connectors are Bragg-angled in order to prevent reflections.) These might not be viable options at deep depths, indicating that some of their operation must be done extra-vehicular (though by humans or robots I can't yet tell.) Their carrying on about HOW they select traffic is, I suspect, true: They must have some kind of control and switching network in some areas in order to select out some traffic, and I believe I've seen parts of this...the bandwidth is just too large to develop a complete 1:1 copy of everything, when we're talking middle-of-the-ocean-type applications. (And as I've also stated many times, I'd bet NSA has a HUGE risk analysis department to support the decisons about which traffic to grab.) -TD
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: [IP] Request: Check your cell phone to see if it's always transmitting your location [priv]]
- Forwarded message from David Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: David Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:57:50 -0400 To: Ip Ip ip@v2.listbox.com Subject: [IP] Request: Check your cell phone to see if it's always transmitting your location [priv] X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Begin forwarded message: From: Declan McCullagh declan@well.com Date: September 21, 2005 6:22:26 PM EDT To: politech@politechbot.com Subject: [Politech] Request: Check your cell phone to see if it's always transmitting your location [priv] Related Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-05008.html And a column I wrote on this a while ago: http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-5064829.html -Declan Original Message Subject: Always-on location tracking in cellphones Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:04:30 -0400 From: Richard M. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Declan McCullagh' declan@well.com Hi Declan, We have talked before about the FCC mandate which is requiring all U.S. wireless carriers to provide location information to emergency operators accurate to about 150 feet on all 911 calls as part of the Enhanced 911 program (http://www.fcc.gov/911/enhanced/). To meet this FCC mandate, my Verizon Wireless Treo 650 cellphone includes some kind of GPS tracking technology. The Treo also has an option to select if location information is sent in to Verizon for all calls or only 911 calls. I was a bit surprised to learn that my Treo defaults to always sending location information. After a bit of initial confusion, I got confirmation from both Palm and Verizon Wireless that my observation about the default was correct. However, Verizon Wireless told me this is a mistake and going forward, they plan to change the default to 911 calls only. I'm curious now when other models of cellphones transmit location information to carriers. Can folks on Politech check their cellphones and phone manuals to see what kind of controls there are over location information and send me the results? I'll also need the make and model of the phone and the wireless carrier. For my Treo phone, I found the location option under Phone Preferences in the Options menu of the main phone screen. Thanks, Richard M. Smith http://www.ComputerBytesMan.com ___ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/) - You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ - End forwarded message - -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE signature.asc Description: Digital signature
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: [IP] OT: Canada: Sweeping new surveillance bill to criminalize investigative journalism]
Why Brin is full of it, and reverse panopticon is a fantasy. - Forwarded message from David Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: David Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:52:35 -0400 To: Ip Ip ip@v2.listbox.com Subject: [IP] OT: Canada: Sweeping new surveillance bill to criminalize investigative journalism X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Begin forwarded message: From: Tim Meehan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: September 21, 2005 1:25:07 PM EDT To: Drugwar [EMAIL PROTECTED], NDPot [EMAIL PROTECTED], CCC [EMAIL PROTECTED], Declan declan@well.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Canada: Sweeping new surveillance bill to criminalize investigative journalism http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=0a3f8b88-8c82-40d9-ad56-917d1af35e76 Pubdate: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 Source: Ottawa Citizen (CN ON) Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sweeping new surveillance bill to criminalize investigative journalism, 'nanny cams,' critics say Bill makes it illegal to monitor children, document corrupt acts Cristin Schmitz The Ottawa Citizen Big Brother wants expanded powers to watch over you and yours, but Canadians who use their video cameras to conduct their own surveillance could risk prison under legislative measures the Liberal government is considering for this fall. As part of a planned bill that will hand sweeping new electronic surveillance powers to police, the federal government is also contemplating the creation of one or more new offences that would turn into criminals anyone who wilfully makes surreptitious visual recordings of private activity. The government is also looking at criminalizing any such activity that is done maliciously or for gain. Among those who could find themselves exposed to criminal jeopardy for currently legal activities are investigative videojournalists, parents who rely on hidden nanny cams to monitor their infants, the paparazzi and private investigators. The possible measures were unveiled earlier this year by government officials during closed-door discussions with selected groups and individuals. But the proposal has caused a stir among civil libertarian and legal groups who say the government has failed to provide evidence that such a broad new offence is needed, particularly in the wake of the new criminal voyeurism offence created by Parliament in the summer. Voyeurs are now liable to up to five years in prison if they surreptitiously visually record a person who is in a state of nudity or engaged in sexual activity in situations where there is a reasonable expectation of privacy. Toronto media lawyer Bert Bruser, a member of the Canadian Media Lawyers' Association, said his group was not consulted on the proposal for an additional new visual recording offence, even though it could have a dramatic impact on those investigative journalists who, for example, stake out politicians or other public figures to see if they are engaged in wrongdoing. I don't think anybody has thought about this proposal, I think it's hideous, Mr. Bruser remarked. He rejected the government's argument that because surreptitious wiretapping of private telephone conversations is illegal without a court order, Canadians should be similarly barred from surreptitiously capturing electronic images. The problem with legislation like that is when it uses terms like 'private activity' it creates a meaningless sort of phrase and nobody knows what it means, Mr. Bruser observed. Everybody wants to protect people's privacy these days, but I think that's far too broad and would very seriously hamper all sorts of journalism that is in the public interest, and that goes on all the time. Justice Department lawyer Normand Wong emphasized if the government moves ahead with a new visual recording offence, it will endeavour to craft an offence that isn't overly broad, but protects those principles that Canadians want to protect, and that's personal privacy, without interfering with legitimate practices like investigative journalism. But Bill Joynt, president of the Council of Private Investigators of Ontario, who also chairs a national umbrella group, complained the government has failed to consult with his membership. I haven't even heard of this. We haven't been consulted and we would like to be, he said. If there is not an exemption for private investigators, this would put us all out of business. Any surveillance we do is documented with video, and that includes insurance claims, Workers Safety and Insurance Board claims, both directly for the WSIB and employers, plus domestic investigations, and intelligence-gathering for corporate or criminal defence investigations. Mr. Joynt said private detectives already steer clear of surveillance in residences and other private places. What we would be concerned about is the definition of 'private activity,' he stressed. We are aware
Re: Wired on Secrecy Power Sinks Patent Case
On 2005-09-20T12:14:13-0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Very interesting CPunks reading, for a variety of reasons. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68894,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1 I'm sick of this mosaic theory being used to justify preventing access to unclassified information. -- War is the father of all and king of all, and some he shows as gods, others as men; some he makes slaves, others free. -Heraclitus DK-53
Re: GPS Jammer Firm nearly ejected from Russian air show.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 04:50:07PM +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote: GPS frequencies are fixed, so they can be interfered with. Only in Military receivers are somewhat hardened at least against terrestrial jamming. It would be probably impossible to be immune to strong airborne (balloons and drones) jammers. these days of general technological incompetence, where intangible scientific principles have reverted to their ancient status as mystic, is the concept of RF interference newsworthy. -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [IP] Request: Check your cell phone to see if it's always transmitting your location [priv]]
At 2:59 PM +0200 9/22/05, Eugen Leitl wrote: For my Treo phone, I found the location option under Phone Preferences in the Options menu of the main phone screen. Bada-bing! Fixed *that*. Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA ... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience. -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [IP] OT: Canada: Sweeping new surveillance bill to criminalize investigative journalism]
At 8:46 PM +0200 9/21/05, Eugen Leitl wrote: Why Brin is full of it, and reverse panopticon is a fantasy. Obviously Brin is full of it -- from my own personal experience, even, :-) -- but one should remember that law, much less legislation, is always a lagging indicator. Physics causes finance, which causes philosophy, and all that. Even Stalin couldn't make Lysenkoism science. Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA ... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience. -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
Re: Wired on Secrecy Power Sinks Patent Case
So if the state hasn't classified my data (and I kinda doubt they will), then it should be up for grabs by anyone suckin' down the dole? -TD From: Justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wired on Secrecy Power Sinks Patent Case Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:54:23 + On 2005-09-20T12:14:13-0400, Tyler Durden wrote: Very interesting CPunks reading, for a variety of reasons. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68894,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1 I'm sick of this mosaic theory being used to justify preventing access to unclassified information. -- War is the father of all and king of all, and some he shows as gods, others as men; some he makes slaves, others free. -Heraclitus DK-53
