Re: An attack on paypal -- secure UI for browsers

2003-06-13 Thread Morlock Elloi
The solution to this is Palladium (NGSCB). You'd want each ecommerce site to download a Nexus Computing Agent into the client. This should be no more difficult than downloading an Active-X control or some other DLL. The NCA has a manifest file associated with it No shit? This is moronic.

Re: IQ, g, flying

2003-06-01 Thread Morlock Elloi
Just FYI, if you read up on G (general intelligence factor), you will learn that the *only* cause of death that increases with G is dying in airplanes. Surviving flying is very much similar to exercising safe crypto practices; you must examine the source and recompile PGP for each message.

RE: I'm no agent.

2002-03-23 Thread Morlock Elloi
choice of law between the laws of men, and the laws of mathematics smack of some fallacy? Not hiring a single lawyer, not even _consulting_ (emphasis his) a lawyer, more truly means you are a complete moron and disdain even calculated risk. It should be considered that Mr. May perhaps

Re: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and Copyright

2002-03-23 Thread Morlock Elloi
eye-opener (the full paper goes into more detail). My conclusion after reading this (well before also actually, but it re-enforced the view) is that the safest and simplest thing to do is to just publish such software anonymously. Again, motivation. The number of programmers that would

Re: design considerations for distributed storage networks

2002-03-22 Thread Morlock Elloi
Suggestions for more criteria welcome. Motivation. I cannot find a non-computer paradigm that relates to sharing in-house private resources with unknown others. This maybe the the principal conceptual obstacle. Outside irrelevantly low-numbered activist circles, masses just do not want to

Re: Banned Research and Raids on Secret Labs

2001-07-01 Thread Morlock Elloi
this, but at least the point is arguable. The issue of whether human cloning research is so intrinsically sensitive or dangerous that it requires preemptive raids and fishing expeditions is a topic worth discussing. For now, I'm pointing out some of the disturbing constitutional issues.

Re: Firewall Spoofing

2001-06-02 Thread Morlock Elloi
education on what the outlaw cops, judges and spooks are up to: But ... but ... it works only on windoze ! John, this is actually good news. Think of it as culling the weak and sick sheeple. This computer/internet thing is gone too far in favour of the state. The only thing that will cause the

All your bits are belong to us

2001-05-26 Thread Morlock Elloi
Dutch discover that once you give bits to someone, you don't own/control them: http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/7691/1.html Dutch law enforcement should get easier access to personal data stored by companies Jelle van Buuren 21.05.2001 Police wants to screen whole groups of

Re: Kirkland SSN document, comments and snapshot of what we're talking about

2001-05-20 Thread Morlock Elloi
I apologize for not following the stuff. Could someone please explain in few simple sentences what was the reason for the original publishing of SSN data in the first place ? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great