Yahoo News: U.S. stonewalls probe into security firm that allegedly spied on Assange for CIA, says Spanish judge
Yahoo News: U.S. stonewalls probe into security firm that allegedly spied on Assange for CIA, says Spanish judge. https://news.yahoo.com/us-stonewalls-probe-into-security-firm-that-allegedly-spied-on-assange-for-cia-says-spanish-judge-191433247.html
Re: Ginger, lemon juice, garlic and aspirin to combat COVID?
No, I am about 7 miles north of Seaside, Oregon at the moment. Jim Bell On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 6:03 PM, professor rat wrote: Is Jim Bell in Africa at the moment? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-27/omicron-covid-variant-hits-south-africa/100646204 Jesus Fucking Christie - its like those Batshit-Crazy AIDs deniers are loose again.
Low-Cost Antidepressant Fluvoxamine Saves Lives of COVID-19 Patients – “Powerful Weapon Against the Virus”
https://scitechdaily.com/low-cost-antidepressant-fluvoxamine-saves-lives-of-covid-19-patients-powerful-weapon-against-the-virus/
Apple to send emergency notifications to people’s iPhones when they are being spied on by governments
https://news.yahoo.com/apple-send-emergency-notifications-people-083217003.html
Re: DEATH to Rittenhouse - Kyle Wanted Dead or Alive. Prefer Dead.
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 3:01 PM, professor rat wrote:>The people who got shot were white allies to BLM and against the police shooting of an unarmed black man. And hundreds of people who DIDN'T get shot were also. "white allies to BLM and against the police shooting of an unarmed black man." >Rittenhouse was there at the invitation of several right wing notices online >and on the dark web. Are you sure about that? I don't doubt there were some "several right wing notices online and on the dark web.". But do you know for sure Kyle actually saw them? And are you sure that there weren't many other NON-right wing notices? Or will you declare that ANY such notice MUST have been "right wing"? As if you're claiming that no centrist or left-wing person could possibly want businesses in the neighborhood protected from rioting? That would be a terrible indictment of the morals and ethics of such people, huh? >One of his defense witnesses ( supposedly with a media company called Real >America's Voice and on Fox News a lot) was allowed to attack both BLM and >ANTIFA in his testimony many times. What was the nature of that 'attack'? >On the dark web, the racists, neo nazis and alt right are claiming this >verdict a victory and a call to arms. Are you implying that nobody other than "racists, neo-nazis, and alt-right" say the verdict is a "victory,"? I saw the videos, and I think it's clear that three people were shot AFTER they attacked Kyle Rittenhouse, and they attacked Kyle KNOWING he was armed with a long gun. And the second and third people shot had been chasing after Kyle. Grosskreutz couldn't continue to lie, because he learned, 15 months before the trial, that his actions had been recorded. I think the charges actually brought were utter nonsense. The prosecutor was obviously pandering to the braying, threatening crowds. And during the trial, they couldn't find even one person to 'hang' the jury. All 12 agreed, not guilty. "He shouldn't have been there!" is not a valid, chargeable crime. Jim Bell
The US Justice Department is selling $56 million worth of crypto seized in massive bitcoin investment fraud case
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/justice-department-selling-crypto-seized-in-bitconnect-bitcoin-fraud-case-2021-11 The $2 billion BitConnect scheme is the largest cryptocurrency fraud ever criminally charged, the Justice Department said.
Cryptographers fight to keep ‘crypto’ prefix: ‘We all have hills we are willing to die on’ | Cryptocurrencies | The Guardian
https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/18/crypto-cryptocurrency-cryptographers
"Pre-crime"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10212935/LAPD-used-social-media-surveillance-tech-predict-crimes-helps-cops-set-fake-accounts.html
Kyle Rittenhouse trial: Jury can review videos, but question from jury raises debate about drone video evidence
https://news.yahoo.com/kyle-rittenhouse-jury-return-second-135325648.html A request from jurors in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial sparked debate in the courtroom over a drone video already played during testimony. Jim Bell's comment: Cypherpunks should advocate that whenever such evidence is collected, it must be published immediately (hours?) albeit perhaps encrypted and concealed as to exact location. Say, the first day, the public notation will show a circle inside of which the data was taken would be 2000 miles in diameter, the second day 1000 miles diameter, more precise each day. Like Craigslist does when locating a seller. Eventually, a few weeks later, the location will be identified to within 2 meters. So, those collecting that evidence won't have an option to 'lose' or 'omit' or alter that evidence. Everyone who wants a copy can have it, although initially encrypted. The cops/FBI won't be able to tamper with this evidence after its immediate publication, without such fraud being detected later on when the full encryption keys must be revealed to the publicly. Don't bother arguing that 'cops' shouldn't be able to collect such evidence. Outdoors, on public property, is generally considered free for anyone to record, including ordinary citizens. I contend that the real danger is that law enforcement will be able to express bias by selectively disclosing (or concealing) such evidence, including manipulating it later to conceal or misrepresent 'facts'.
Prosecutors in the Kenosha Shooter trial withhold evidence from defense - Eminetra.co.uk
https://eminetra.co.uk/prosecutors-in-the-kenosha-shooter-trial-withhold-evidence-from-defense/816407/
FCC WiFi tax?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/12/fcc-panel-wants-to-tax-internet-using-businesses-and-give-the-money-to-isps/ "A Federal Communications Commission advisory committee has proposed a new tax on Netflix, Google, Facebook, and many other businesses that require Internet access to operate. If adopted by states, the recommended tax would apply to subscription-based retail services that require Internet access, such as Netflix, and to advertising-supported services that use the Internet, such as Google and Facebook. The tax would also apply to any small- or medium-sized business that charges subscription fees for online services or uses online advertising. The tax would also apply to any provider of broadband access, such as cable or wireless operators.The collected money would go into state rural broadband deployment funds that would help bring faster Internet access to sparsely populated areas. Similar universal service fees are already assessed on landline phone service and mobile phone service nationwide. Those phone fees contribute to federal programs such as the FCC's Connect America Fund, which pays AT and other carriers to deploy broadband in rural areas." "The state tax proposal comes from the FCC's Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), a group criticized by San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo—who quit the committee—"for advancing the interests of the telecommunications industry over those of the public." BDAC members include AT, Comcast, Google Fiber, Sprint, other ISPs and industry representatives, researchers, advocates, and local government officials."
Threatpost: High-Severity Intel Processor Bug Exposes Encryption Keys
Threatpost: High-Severity Intel Processor Bug Exposes Encryption Keys. https://threatpost.com/intel-processor-bug-encryption-keys/176355/
Ars Technica: DDR4 memory protections are broken wide open by new Rowhammer technique
Ars Technica: DDR4 memory protections are broken wide open by new Rowhammer technique. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/11/ddr4-memory-is-even-more-susceptible-to-rowhammer-attacks-than-anyone-thought/
Hackaday: Mining And Refining: Pure Silicon And The Incredible Effort It Takes To Get There
Hackaday: Mining And Refining: Pure Silicon And The Incredible Effort It Takes To Get There. https://hackaday.com/2021/11/15/mining-and-refining-pure-silicon-and-the-incredible-effort-it-takes-to-get-there/
Re: DOJ and FBI have combined to destroy project veritas
You may be quoting in a misleading fashion. I was citing a URL with that wording. In today's world, so many people misuse the word 'anarchy'. The only kind of 'anarchy' I consider worthy of that name is the 'lets not have any government at all' version. I DON'T like the 'lets get rid of the current government and replace it with a large, repressive government that continuously violates the NAP, the Non-Aggression Principle'. Project Veritas is conservative, but they have been going after people who are far worse. On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 7:25 AM, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:10:21 + (UTC) jim bell wrote: > Project Veritas uses hidden camera techniques to expose corruption, > dishonesty, anarchy, ANARCHY IS BAD! The sooner a trumpofascist joke like 'project veritas' is destroyed, the better.
Re: FreeSpeech and Censorship: Thread
How about "Letz goe Braandun" ?You read it here FiRST! Jim Bell On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 1:42 AM, grarpamp wrote: Now users speech is even banned off stupid insanely expensive products, only by Leftist Corp's of course, those valuing free speech should sell PTON ... Peloton Blocks Users From Using #LetsGoBrandon Hashtag https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/11/10/peloton-blocks-users-from-using-letsgobrandon-hashtag-n1530466 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/peloton-blocks-lets-go-brandon-hashtag-after-members-started-adding-it-to-profiles "Let's Go Brandon!" has become a political rallying cry among conservative-Trump-loving Americans to show their defiance against President Biden. The phrase has gone viral since Oct. 2's NASCAR race at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, after a reporter interviewing racecar driver Brandon Brown quickly spoke over the crowd who was chanting "F@ck Joe Biden!" She said, "You can hear the chants from the crowd. Let's go Brandon!" The "Let's Go, Brandon" movement is a unique public response that shows their discontent for the Biden administration. Billboards, bumper stickers, yard signs, rap songs, guns, memes, and trending hashtags continue to go viral. But one place that has banned the phrase is fitness equipment company Peloton. According to PJ Media, Peloton members used the tag "#LetsGoBrandon" in their profile to connect with other like-minded users. Not too long after they tagged their profiles, Peloton immediately banned the use of it. One user shared a screenshot of an alert from the fitness equipment company that said, "this tag does not meet our guidelines. Please contact Support if you believe this is an error." Peloton also banned the #StopTheSteal and #TrumpWon hashtags. The company did allow #ImpeachBiden, #WomenForTrump, and others. However, #BlackLivesMatter has almost 270,000 members, while #AllLivesMatter has been banned. Peloton added profile tags during the virus pandemic to "provide a more robust way for our Members to connect through shared interests or identity," according to Peloton, adding that tags will make "the in and out of class experience feel more personal and relevant. Peloton told the Washington Examiner that it has "a zero-tolerance policy against divisive, explicit, or other content that violates our policies." "We welcome Members from all walks of life to represent themselves through their Tags or by having thoughtful conversations in our groups." Users of the fitness bike told PJ Media they are tired of liberal left-wing propaganda being forced down their throats. "We can't have a 'Let's Go Brandon'?" said one user. "For a company who claims to be so inclusive, they sure do alienate a big portion of its members," another user said. "Attempting to silence our voices will not silence us. It will only grow our will to speak louder."
Re: Revenge for the victims - Death for Kyle Rittenhouse
The odd implication here, in the text quoted below, is that merely being openly armed amounts to an act which somehow justifies people attacking him. Which is odd, because I have recently read that 'many' of the rioters there were armed, whether or not they were openly carrying a gun. So, far more likely is that the rioters recognized that this guy WASN'T likely to be sympathetic to the rioters. Realizing that, the fact that Rittenhouse was openly armed was simply used as a justification to attack a person they concluded was an ideological enemy. Jim Bell On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 10:10 PM, professor rat wrote: Huber had turned 26 just four days earlier, according to an obituary. Huber spotted the armed man in the crowded street and he ran toward danger, his girlfriend, Hannah Gittings, told CNN in an interview last year. "He pushed me out of the way and ran off. I tried to grab him," Hannah Gittings said. She referred to what Huber had done as a "heroic thing." Videos from the scene show Rittenhouse carrying an AR-15-style rifle, walking the city's streets with a group of armed men. Gittings told CNN her boyfriend launched at the armed individual to protect her and other people nearby. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/01/us/kyle-rittenhouse-shooting-victims-trial/index.html
DOJ and FBI have combined to destroy project veritas
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/11/the_doj_and_fbi_have_combined_to_destroy_project_veritas.html November 13, 2021 The DOJ and FBI have combined to destroy Project Veritas By Andrea Widburg Project Veritas uses hidden camera techniques to expose corruption, dishonesty, anarchy, and totalitarian impulses in American institutions. Given the times in which we live, that means Project Veritas is usually exposing leftists and their organizations. It's almost certainly not a coincidence, then, that the FBI engaged in a series of early-morning raids against Project Veritas employees and its founder, James O'Keefe, ostensibly because, a year ago, they possessed, but refused to use (and gave to law enforcement), a diary that we now know belonged to Joe Biden's pathetic, drug-addicted daughter, Ashley. It's even less of a coincidence that the New York Times immediately knew about the raids and later published Project Veritas's confidential correspondence with its attorneys. What we're witnessing is a political hit job that would be completely at home in any penny-ante, third-world, tin pot tyranny — in other words, welcome to Biden's America. The story starts with Ashley Biden, a Biden child almost as pathetic as Hunter. Like her brother, she has had drug problems, including an arrest for marijuana possession (although, big surprise, the charges were dropped) and a video purportedly showing her using cocaine at a party. Over a year ago, the louche Ashley ended up in a drug rehabilitation center and reported that her diary was stolen while she was there. Tipsters approached Project Veritas, claiming to have a copy of the diary, which, they said, Ashley had abandoned or forgotten when she left the clinic. Unable to determine whether the diary was even real, Project Veritas tried to give it to Ashley's attorney, who refused it. Project Veritas then gave it to law enforcement. It never published the diary. Eventually, the National File released the document. It made a bit of a splash because the diary refers to Ashley's belief that she was sexually abused as a child; talks about inappropriate showers with Daddy Joe; and discusses drug abuse, marital affairs, and more. It's the pathetic document of a damaged person raised by a sleazy parent. All that was a year ago. And then, last week, the FBI engaged in pre-dawn, knock-the-door-down raids on Project Veritas reporters: Think about that: we're talking about a common theft, something that belongs under the jurisdiction of the local cops, but the DOJ and FBI come together to engage in aggressive raids on a journalism outfit that has a habit of exposing problems in the administration's allies. (End of partial quote)
Identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto might be revealed
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10201229/True-identity-Bitcoin-creator-Satoshi-Nakamoto-soon-revealed.html
Threatpost: Millions of Routers, IoT Devices at Risk from New Open-Source Malware
Threatpost: Millions of Routers, IoT Devices at Risk from New Open-Source Malware. https://threatpost.com/routers-iot-open-source-malware/176270/
physicsworld.com: Special relativity keeps digital identities secure – Physics World
physicsworld.com: Special relativity keeps digital identities secure – Physics World. https://physicsworld.com/special-relativity-keeps-digital-identities-secure/
CNBC: Bitcoin's biggest upgrade in four years just happened – here's what changes
CNBC: Bitcoin's biggest upgrade in four years just happened – here's what changes. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/14/bitcoin-taproot-upgrade-what-it-means-for-investors.html
From Fox News - FBI aware of and investigating fake FBI emails sent to thousands
FBI aware of and investigating fake FBI emails sent to thousands https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-aware-investigating-fake-fbi-emails Embarrassing.
"Red Shirt": Pilot who flew with William Shatner to space killed in plane crash
https://news.yahoo.com/pilot-flew-william-shatner-space-202728587.html Glen de Vries, the pilot who flew to space with William Shatner last month, was killed in a small plane crash Thursday afternoon in New Jersey. New Jersey Sta...
Re: Federal court orders Justice Department to stop extracting data from James O’Keefe's phones
However, people won't NEED people like O'Keefe once an AP-like system is operating. While I haven't followed Project Veritas in detail, I have no problem, generally, with people who want to expose the hypocrisy of others. If the left-wing want to do that, as well, more power to them. But, I think the current political environment has much more left-wing hypocrisy to expose. On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 1:24 PM, professor rat wrote: I find O'Keefe is a scumbag criminal who won't last five minutes of APster deployment. And - once again - Jim Dumbell proves he's TSTBALAA ( Too stupid to be activist let alone anarchist )
Federal court orders Justice Department to stop extracting data from James O’Keefe's phones
Federal court orders Justice Department to stop extracting data from James O’Keefe's phones https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/federal-court-orders-justice-department-to-stop-extracting-data-from-james-okeefes-phones Jim Bell's comment: I find this search, of Project Veritas, to be outrageous. Obviously, PV opposes just about everything Biden and his cronies work for. For excellent reasons!!! It's not even clear why the FBI has any jurisdiction in this case. Other than a mere allegation that Biden's daughter's diary was stolen, remember that Biden didn't hold Federal office for nearly 4 years prior to the 2020 election. Biden should not be allowed to use the FBI to harass political opponents.
Re: 1984: Thread
On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 10:36 AM, grarpamp wrote: > Plans Of A Technocratic Elite: 'The Great Reset' Is Not A Conspiracy Theory YouTube Hides "Dislikes" Following Mass Downvoting Of Biden Administration Videos https://summit.news/2021/11/10/youtube-hides-dislikes-following-mass-downvoting-of-biden-administration-videos/ “YouTube has announced that it’ll be hiding public dislike counts on videos across its site, starting today,” reports The Verge. “The company says the change is to keep smaller creators from being targeted by dislike attacks or harassment, and to promote “respectful interactions between viewers and creators.” The dislike button will still be there, but it’ll be for private feedback, rather than public shaming.” ------Jim Bell's Comment:Clearly an example of hopeless bias on the part of Facebook's managementAs I understood it, Facebook was initiated to help people to communicate with each other. But clearly the people running Facebook want to be able to suppress the 'wrong' communication, even if it is as simple and basic as counted downvoted.If my AP idea was functioning, those people running Facebook would not dare do anything of this sort.
FDA lied about Ivermectin
https://vervetimes.com/secret-documents-reveal-fdas-attack-on-ivermectin/ Jim Bell's comment:I first alerted the CP list to Ivermectin early in 2020.
New York Post: MIT alums: We can’t support a school that caved to woke mentality
MIT alums: We can’t support a school that caved to woke mentality https://nypost.com/2021/11/07/mit-alums-we-cant-support-a-school-that-caved-to-woke-mentality?utm_source=yahoo%20mail_campaign=android_nyp Jim Bell's comment: I graduated from MIT in 1980.I agree 100%. MIT is apparently going nuts with "woke" nonsense.
Re: Iraqi prime minister survives assassination attempt with armed drones
Inside prison, mostly 2010-2012, I read not only Frank Herbert's Dune, and all its sequels, but also all of Herbert's son's Dune prequels as well. Jim Bell On Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 5:07 PM, professor rat wrote: Jim, please - you know Karl has a sensitive stomach! Of course if the PM had a AP-Sat-phone equipped with the latest Daltonite fiber-optics he could have reprogrammed the hunter to become the hunter-seeker. And now every Assassinphone 2021 comes with this - New! - " Shadout Mapes " home-security, killer-by-remote-control, software preloaded; it opens and closes smart-doors at random to protect against assassin-drones. Those who can destroy a thing can control a thing.
Iraqi prime minister survives assassination attempt with armed drones
Iraqi prime minister survives assassination attempt with armed drones Iraqi Prime Minister survives assassination attempt | | | | || | | | | | Iraqi Prime Minister survives assassination attempt Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi escaped an assassination attempt on Sunday after an explosive-laden drone targeted his residence in Baghdad, the country's military said. | | | |
Missing Oregon mom dead, daughter alive
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/missing-oregon-mom-found-dead/283-3913515e-2105-404c-a579-f12e966f3c3a Jim Bell's comment: Might satellite 911 have saved them? A few weeks ago, someone criticized me for talking about a possible future cellphone/smartphone service, akin to '911', with satellite service around the world. Ostensibly, the criticism was somehow based on security and/or privacy. Somehow, somebody would 'have to' sign up for this service. I don't think so. I then pointed out that for many years, cellphones without actual cell phone service contracts have been programmed so they are always capable of '911' service, assuming that they can receive a cell phone signal. I see that as an excellent idea. The problem is that many areas in America, especially in the western US, there is no cell service to be had, especially in mountainous and forested areas. If such a satellite service begins to be available, even if it is only capable of text transmissions, a similar always-available service can be provided.
EXPLAINER: Rittenhouse Plane Part of Widespread Surveillance | Wisconsin News | US News
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-11-03/explainer-rittenhouse-plane-part-of-widespread-surveillance
Amazon Sidewalk
https://www.cnet.com/home/smart-home/amazon-sidewalk-will-create-entire-smart-neighborhoods-faq-ble-900-mhz/
Can Human Brains Truly Be Hacked? This Expert Thinks So If We Don’t Regulate AI
https://news.yahoo.com/human-brains-truly-hacked-expert-160100873.html Can Human Brains Truly Be Hacked? This Expert Thinks So If We Don’t Regulate AI
All-in-one quantum key distribution system makes its debut – Physics World
https://physicsworld.com/all-in-one-quantum-key-distribution-system-makes-its-debut/
U.S. lawyers tell UK court Assange can safely be extradited
https://news.yahoo.com/assange-case-back-court-u-094406974.html LONDON (Reuters) -Lawyers for the United States launched a fresh attempt on Wednesday to have Julian Assange extradited from Britain, arguing that concerns abo... Jim Bell's comment: Notice that these articles don't address the Limitations period (Statute of limitations) issue. Assange remained in the nation where it was alleged he committed the crime(s). Recall I raised this matter a couple of years ago, and others. Also, that extradition is improper unless the act can be considered crime nal by the standards of both UK and USA. And if that were true, why not prosecute him in UK? Even now, I don't know if Assange's attorneys are raising these issues, let alone properly.
Android Police: Google Fi's adding support for end-to-end encrypted calls
Android Police: Google Fi's adding support for end-to-end encrypted calls. https://www.androidpolice.com/google-fi-adding-support-for-end-to-end-encrypted-calls/
Phys.org: High-speed laser writing method could pack 500 terabytes of data into CD-sized glass disc
Phys.org: High-speed laser writing method could pack 500 terabytes of data into CD-sized glass disc. https://phys.org/news/2021-10-high-speed-laser-method-terabytes-cd-sized.html
Al Jazeera English: Julian Assange must be freed, now
Al Jazeera English: Julian Assange must be freed, now. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/10/27/free-julian-assange-now "Recent bombshell reports that the CIA considered kidnapping or killing Assange while he was holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy have cast even more doubt on the reliability of US promises and further expose the political motivation behind this case. These revelations follow evidence produced in court and not contested by the US government – that people allegedly working on its behalf had bugged the Ecuadorian embassy in London, followed Assange’s family and associates, and burgled the office of his lawyer." "The US government’s indictment poses a grave threat to press freedom both in the US and abroad. Much of the conduct it describes is conduct that journalists and publishers engage in on a daily basis. Were his extradition to be allowed it would set a precedent that would effectively criminalise common journalistic practices." "The potentially chilling effect on journalists and others who expose official wrongdoing by publishing information disclosed to them by credible sources would have a profound effect on the public’s right to know what our governments are up to." "Indeed, at a time when press freedom is under unrelenting assault around the world, the silencing of Julian Assange would be widely felt, affecting journalists either directly or indirectly by instilling the fear of prosecution."
Yahoo News: Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early COVID-19
Yahoo News: Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early COVID-19. https://news.yahoo.com/cheap-antidepressant-shows-promise-treating-223735055.html Fluvoxamine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluvoxamine?wprov=sfla1 Jim Bell's comment:Relatively simple molecule. The biased MSM is probably waiting for Trump to praise it, so they can call it a quack therapy. I got my COVID vaccine booster October 5, 2021.
The Verge: The US Copyright Office just struck a blow supporting right to repair
The Verge: The US Copyright Office just struck a blow supporting right to repair. https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/27/22747310/us-copyright-office-dmca-section-1201-exemption-rulemaking-report
Axios: The startup that wants to disrupt big internet providers
Axios: The startup that wants to disrupt big internet providers. https://www.axios.com/broadband-startup-disrupt-internet-service-providers-1b704aae-b8cf-40f0-b1e3-20e88f24fa91.html "A new startup backed by funding from AOL founder Steve Case and Laurene Powell Jobs wants to break up broadband monopolies across the country. Why it matters: Internet access has been crucial during the pandemic, but it's not ubiquitous, and it can be both slow and unaffordable in swaths of the country. What's happening: Underline, a community infrastructure company, began building its first open access fiber network in Colorado Springs, Colorado, last week. - Under the open access model, Underline builds and operates the fiber network while multiple service providers can use it and offer service to customers. - Residential service will start at $49 per month for a 500 megabits per second connection, with a gigabit connection available for $65 per month. That's much faster than the 25-Mbps benchmark the Federal Communications Commission uses to define high-speed internet service. - Underline chose Colorado Springs for its first project by evaluating several factors, including households that lack internet access, the number of existing providers and how angry customers were with their current internet options, CEO Bob Thompson told Axios. By the numbers: Underline's project in Colorado Springs involves more than $100 million in capital to build 400 miles of fiber and offer service to 55,000 residences and businesses. - Underline has a list of about 2,500 target cities for service, Thompson said. - "We aspire to be the country's first nationwide open access network,"
Re: Adam Schiff asks intelligence agencies for information about CIA's targeting of WikiLeaks
See the efforts I've made arguing the issues about Assange. Do a search of the CP list over the last 2+ years for my posts, the ones including the words 'assange' and 'extraterritorialty'. I've sent that material to Jennifer Robinson, one of Assange's barristers. (No reply from her, but I wasn't expecting one. Although a 'thank you' would have been nice...) I see no way at all that United States government lawyers can possibly obtain Assange's extradition, let alone conviction, given the facts and law involved. My 'credentials' include 15,000 hours in Federal prison law libraries, doing legal research in many different areas. Most 'jailhouse lawyers' only learn about criminal law and appeals law, but I spent most of my time on other areas of law.Business, patent, tort, contract, civil rights, and others. Jim Bell On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 2:38 PM, bbrewer wrote: On 10/27/2021 5:25 PM, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 wrote: > > imagine if your technofascist 'utopia' was already working Jim and the US > military could get assange murdered for a few thousand dollars. Nah, man, that proposed system is only used to get rid of the *bad guys*, donchaknow.
Re: Adam Schiff asks intelligence agencies for information about CIA's targeting of WikiLeaks
I imagine that the weasel Schiff is pretending he just heard about this news about the idea to murder Assange. How old is this 'news'? Jim Bell On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:32 PM, zeynepaydogan wrote: https://news.yahoo.com/adam-schiff-asks-intelligence-agencies-for-information-about-ci-as-targeting-of-wiki-leaks-210324848.html Adam Schiff asks intelligence agencies for information about CIA's targeting of WikiLeaks The House Intelligence Committee is seeking information about a Yahoo News report that CIA officials plotted to kidnap Julian Assange from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London in 2017 after WikiLeaks published documents describing the spy agency’s hacking tools. “We are seeking information about it now,” said Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, the committee chairman, in an interview on the Yahoo News “Skullduggery” podcast. Schiff added that, as the ranking Democrat on the intelligence panel in 2017, he was never briefed about the CIA’s plans to target Assange. But he said the committee had reached out “to the agencies” — an apparent reference to the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) — after reading about the Yahoo News account describing deep divisions within the Trump administration, including objections from White House lawyers, over the CIA’s plans for unusually aggressive measures to cripple WikiLeaks that had been proposed by then agency Director Mike Pompeo. Asked if he had received any response to the committee’s inquiry, Schiff replied: “I can’t comment on what we’ve heard back yet.” (Spokespeople for the CIA and ODNI declined comment.) The disclosure by Schiff that the committee is pursuing information about the CIA’s measures targeting WikiLeaks comes the day after the ACLU and more than 20 otherhuman rights and press freedom groups wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland urging him to drop the criminal prosecution of Assange in light of what they called “shocking” reporting by Yahoo News “on the government’s conduct in this case.” It also comes on the eve of a critical hearing before a British appellate court in London next week over the U.S. Justice Department’s appeal of a lower court judge’s ruling rejecting its request to extradite Assange to the United States to face trial for publishing classified documents in violation of the World War I-era Espionage Act. The judge concluded that Assange, who is now in a British prison after spending years holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, would be at serious risk of suicide if he were incarcerated in an American prison. But lawyers for Assange intend to raise the issue of what they view as the CIA’s misconduct, arguing that returning him to a country where some top officials once plotted to kidnap him strengthens the judge’s conclusions about the risk of suicide and should be an additional basis for turning down the U.S. extradition request. The Yahoo News story, published on Sept. 26, disclosed that Pompeo, who had publicly labeled WikiLeaks a “non-state hostile intelligence service,” pushed for highly aggressive measures to cripple the organization, including a so-called “snatch operation” that would abduct Assange from the Ecuadorean Embassy. There were also discussions within the CIA about the feasibility of assassinating Assange, including tasking for options on how to do so, although those talks never materialized into an actual plan. White House lawyers also managed to scuttle the kidnapping plan pushed by Pompeo, but other CIA operations went forward, including monitoring the communications and travel of WikiLeaks associates throughout Europe. That surveillance also covered Assange himself, including audio and visual feeds from inside the Ecuadorean Embassy showing the WikiLeaks founder talking to friends and associates. (Assange’s lawyers have claimed these included confidential conversations that Assange had with his lawyers and doctors.) As Yahoo News reported, Pompeo and other top agency officials were enraged by WikiLeaks’ publication of information about the CIA’s hacking tools, known as Vault 7, deemed at the time to be the largest data breach in the spy agency’s history. “They were seeing blood,” said one former Trump national security official. Pompeo, when recently asked about the Yahoo News report on the Megyn Kelly podcast, said that “pieces of it are true” and that all the sources who spoke to the news organization should be criminally prosecuted for disclosing classified information. But when pressed about the talk of assassinating Assange, Pompeo denied that the agency had engaged in any planning that would have violated U.S. law.
ZDNet: These ransomware criminals lost millions of dollars in payments when researchers secretly found mistakes in...
ZDNet: These ransomware criminals lost millions of dollars in payments when researchers secretly found mistakes in https://www.zdnet.com/article/cybersecurity-researchers-secretly-cost-ransomware-criminals-millions-of-dollars-after-finding-mistakes-in-their-code/
Physics: Physics - Quantum Leap for Quantum Primacy
Physics: Physics - Quantum Leap for Quantum Primacy. https://physics.aps.org/articles/v14/147
The Independent: ‘I was taken aback by how thin he was’: Julian Assange ‘sick and very unwell’ as he fights extradition to US
The Independent: ‘I was taken aback by how thin he was’: Julian Assange ‘sick and very unwell’ as he fights extradition to US. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/julian-assange-extradition-wikileaks-partner-b1945106.html
Daily Beast: Opioids, Guns, and Millions in Cash: 150 Arrested in Darknet Bust
Daily Beast: Opioids, Guns, and Millions in Cash: 150 Arrested in Darknet Bust. https://www.thedailybeast.com/europol-and-doj-arrest-150-in-global-bust-of-darknet-drug-and-gun-trafficking-scheme
Former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warns: Governments are trying to weaken the encryption systems to get access to people’s personal messages
Former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warns: Governments are trying to weaken the encryption systems to get access to people’s personal messages https://share.newsbreak.com/3888d80t techstartups.com Former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is back in the news. In September, Snowden warned people not to use ExpressVPN. “If you’re an ExpressVPN customer, you shouldn’t be,” Snowden said. The warning came after it was revealed that Daniel Gericke, CIO of ExpressVPN, is one of the three former U.S. intelligence operatives who agreed today not to fight charges they illegally helped UAE hack people. Two months later, Snowden is sounding another alarm bell about governments around the world are trying to weaken the encryption systems to get access to people’s personal messages. Speaking from Russia via video link at a press conference Thursday marking the first “Global Encryption Day,” Snowden said that governments are piling pressure on tech giants like Facebook and Apple to grant authorities access to encrypted messages. Privacy “was meant to be the individuals’ power,” Snowden said. “It was meant to protect us, to shelter us from the institutional behemoths that sort of marched in the cities of our day, whether it’s the modern time or the time before.” He continued, “It was an insulating layer that allowed those of us who wield very little power in society, because we are individuals, to think and act and associate freely.” During the conference, Snowden also called out Facebook and other tech giants. He said: “The same companies that have worked so hard to spread encryption over the years are now beginning to fear the next step. “Groups like Facebook want to have as much information as possible. So now they’re limiting where they’ll use end-to-end encryption. They’ll say, for things that we don’t want to have a business liability for, we’ll adopt end-to-end encryption.” Snowden later added, “They’re not socially-minded. They don’t care. They care about their interests.” For over eight years, Snowden has been warning about how ‘the most powerful institutions in society have become the least accountable.’ Snowden’s name first made the headlines in 2013 after he leaked classified documents with journalists that detailed surveillance programs run by the NSA that tapped people’s cell phone and internet communications. Since then, Snowden has been warning about how the U.S. government agencies are using military-grade spyware to spy on citizens. Snowden warned in September about how smartphones have become the most “the most dangerous item” we possess. In a blog post, Snowden showed three hidden microphones embedded in his smartphone. In 2019, Snowden said the thing that “chilled” him the most in his discovery of the spying operations was that “intelligence collection and surveillance more broadly was happening in an entirely different way,” and was “no longer the targeted surveillance of the past.” Below is a video of the first event of the Global Encryption Day press conference. Shared from NewsBreak
Re: JIM Bell blasts cancel-culture, calls gender fluidity 'a crime against humanity'
What you are referring to is my quoting an article in the Asahi Evening News that mentions Juice Newton. I did not then, nor now, have anything against Juice Newton Jim Bell On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 9:38 PM, professor rat wrote: Calls for the death of Juice Newton and return of psychological category of ' Penis Envy " Associated Press ( AP ) reports https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/04/an-american-crypto-anarchist-fled-country-he-was-just-killed-mexicos-murder-capital/
Massachusetts College Decides Criticizing The Chinese Government Is Hate Speech, Suspends Conservative Student Group
Massachusetts College Decides Criticizing The Chinese Government Is Hate Speech, Suspends Conservative Student Group https://share.newsbreak.com/36stzgws Tech Dirt from the highly-educated-but-apparently-low-on-common-sense dept A college has done something dumb and unconstitutional. Not all that surprising. Neither is the response, coming from Adam Steinbaugh and FIRE (Foundation for Rights in Education). Emerson College may be a private university, but that doesn't mean it can just ignore the First Amendment. In fact, it says it won't ignore these rights, which obligates it to uphold them. This is Emerson College in its own words (archived link in case the college decides to disappear it): As an institution dedicated to Communication and the Arts, the first amendment of the US Constitution is of high importance. The right to freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of political belief and affiliation, freedom from discrimination, freedom of peaceful assembly, and petition of redress or grievances is not only a right but a community responsibility. [...] The College encourages students to present ideas, express their individuality and culture, and be open to thoughts or life styles that differ from their own. Truly inspiring. And Emerson College truly respects this right. Except when it doesn't. Emerson College suspended a campus chapter of conservative student group Turning Point USA on Oct. 1 after members passed out stickers critical of China’s government. The "conservative group" was Turning Point USA, one created and led by unfortunate human being Charlie Kirk and supported by people who think Charlie Kirk actually has anything useful to offer anyone. No matter what anyone thinks about TPUSA (including me!), this response is not only overblown, but completely ignores the content of the stickers Emerson (and some of its students) got all investigatory about. Under pressure from other student groups who accused TPUSA of anti-Asian bias and xenophobia, including the Emerson Chinese Student Association, the college launched an investigation into the group. In an Instagram video, the TPUSA chapter said the stickers are critical of the Chinese government, not the Chinese people. On Oct. 1, the TPUSA chapter’s leaders received a letter from Julie Rothhaar-Sanders, Emerson’s director of community standards, stating that the college had launched a formal investigation of TPUSA under Emerson’s Bias-Related Behavior and Invasion of Privacy policies. While the investigation is active, TPUSA faces “interim action,” meaning the group is barred from normal activities, such as hosting events or reserving campus space for meetings. Is this really "anti-Asian bias" and/or "xenophobia?" This is the sticker in question, which references a famous meme that originated in a multiplayer game:  If you can't see the picture, it features a little "Among Us" spaceman guy dressed in red with a hammer-and-sickle insignia. Underneath it is the phrase "China Kinda Sus." "Sus" being short for "suspicious." Notably it does not say "Chinese people are sus" or "Orientals are sus" or anything else that suggests this sticker refers to anything but the country and, by extension, its government. Is China kinda sus? You be the judge. It refuses to recognize Taiwan as a country, has turned Hong Kong's government into an extension of its own following months of pro-democracy protests, subjects its citizens to intrusive, omnipresent surveillance, censors its citizens and companies providing internet services, and is engaged in the ongoing persecution of certain minorities. That's all pretty "sus." Yet, the college chose to believe this was actually an offensive thing to say and bypassed its own stated support for protecting First Amendment rights to limit TPUSA's activities on campus. That has led to FIRE and Adam Steinbaugh not-too-gently reminding the college about First Amendment protections and the college's promise to respect these rights. This is from FIRE's letter [PDF]: The stickers distributed at Emerson and elsewhere are critical of China’s government. They follow a long tradition of student protests on American college campuses criticizing foreign nations, whether those opposing South Africa’s apartheid or, more recently, the government of Israel. Freedom of expression entails the right to criticize not only our own government, but those of foreign nations, even when that criticism is offensive to the “dignity” of those states or threatens to upend “vital national interest[s.]” Even if the college is concerned about its obligations under Title VII, which requires it to investigate and respond to allegations of hostile student environments, this sticker ain't it. First, the speech is not based on race, ethnicity, or national origin. The stickers do not invoke or traffic in stereotypes associated with people of Chinese descent or origin.
Re: Netflix movie available for 2 days!!! Hummingbird Project
On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 11:39 PM, grarpamp wrote: It could be faster if they just went RF. But since you don't have a patent on that, but you could, your next bet is to hit up all the HFT firms, international finance, etc. I'll take 5% for the nudge ;)_--- Jim Bell's comment: In the movie, they were beat by exactly that: microwave towers. Ordinary quartz fibers have an index of refraction of about 1.42 at 1550 nanometer wavelength.My isotope-modified fibers should have an index of refraction 5.6% smaller, so the signal should go 5.6% faster.However, Starlink's system may beat both these systems, as it is low-earth-orbit.The 'horizon' of a satellite with an altitude of about 1 million feet (200 miles) is about 1230 miles.So, it is conceivable that such a satellite could be (temporarily) positioned between Kansas City and New York City to allow faster connection. Alternatively, if Starlink's satellites had satellire-to-satellite communication, such connections might be more regular and not discontinuous.
Netflix movie available for 2 days!!! Hummingbird Project
"the hummingbird project" People install a straight optical fiber between New York and the Kansas electronic exchange, in order to accelerate transactions, reducing the delay from 17 to 16 milliseconds. Relevance to me? My invention, an isotope modified optical fiber, https://www.freepatentsonline.com/9459401.html will be about 5.6% faster than ordinary germania-doped silica fiber, and thus would reduce the transit time by about a millisecond. In addition, according to the movie, each regenerator slows the signal by 20 microseconds. My fiber should have a loss of about 0.001 decibels/kilometer, which means that no regenerators nor amplifiers should be necessary, this saving hundreds more microseconds.
Science News Magazine: An atomic clock measured how general relativity warps time across a millimeter
Science News Magazine: An atomic clock measured how general relativity warps time across a millimeter. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/atomic-clock-general-relativity-time-warp-millimeter-physics Jim Bell's comment: Who really knows what time it is? https://youtu.be/7uy0ldI_1HA
‘Dynasty’ Star Joan Collins Blasts ‘Morons’ Behind Cancel Culture - ‘I Don’t Want To Engage’ - TheMix.net
https://www.themix.net/2021/10/dynasty-star-joan-collins-blasts-morons-behind-cancel-culture-i-dont-want-to-engage/ Jim Bell's comment: I agree 100% With Joan Collins' statement: Entertainment ‘Dynasty’ Star Joan Collins Blasts ‘Morons’ Behind Cancel Culture – ‘I Don’t Want To Engage’ Source: Screenshot YouTube Hollywood icon Joan Collins of “Dynasty” fame is speaking out this week to blast the “morons” who are behind cancel culture. " _- In case any of you youngsters don't know who Joan Collins is, think "City on the Edge of Forever" https://youtu.be/7uKWpWkcpdM
Bitcoin Magazine: Could Advanced Quantum Computing Pose A Risk To Bitcoin Security?
Bitcoin Magazine: Could Advanced Quantum Computing Pose A Risk To Bitcoin Security?. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/quantum-computing-and-bitcoin-security
Re: Alex Gladstein needs killing ( My 200$ )
Hmmm? On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 8:09 PM, professor rat wrote: In 1999, Back finished his Ph.D. in distributed systems and began work in Canada for a company called Zero Knowledge Systems. There, he helped build the Freedom Network, a tool that allowed individuals to browse the web privately. Back and his colleagues used what are known as “zero-knowledge proofs” (based on Chaum’s blind signatures) to encrypt communications over this network, and sold access to the service. Back, as it turns out, was also ahead of his time on this key innovation. In 2002, computer scientists improved on Zero Knowledge System’s model by taking a U.S. government private web browsing project called “onion routing” open source. They called it the Tor Network, and it inspired the age of the virtual-private networks (VPNs). It remains the gold standard for private web browsing today…" OR In 1995, Bell finished his essay in distributed systems and began work in Cypherpunks for a company called Soft Drill Apster Systems. There, he helped build the Freedom Network, a tool that allowed individuals to predate the web publically. Bell and his colleagues used what are known as “open-source propaganda-of-the-deed” (based on anarchists signature, direct-action) to value-add communications over this network, and increase access to the service. Bell, as it turns out, was also ahead of his time on this key innovation. In 2003, pentagon paid computer scientists improved on this Networked anarchists System’s model by taking a U.S. government private web bounty project called “Future Maps” open source. They called it the PAM Network, and it inspired the age of the public bounty hunter. It remains the gold standard for anti-social crime minimization today.
Re: Looking back on the Crypto Wars
On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 7:50 AM, professor rat wrote: The sort of liberties presently being taken with the cypherpunk record ( archived online for all time! ) would not be unfamiliar to George Orwell. Jim Bell's comment: One of those 'liberties' is the faking and forgery of the 1995 Cypherpunks archive, which I discovered 2 years ago. It removed virtually all references to me or my AP essay, or any reactions to it. And so far, i don't see any results to find the truth being revealed. I assert that my AP idea is at the heart of what should constitute Cypherpunks activity: using technology to promote freedom.
LAN cables can be sniffed to reveal network traffic with a $30 setup, says researcher • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2021/10/14/lantenna_ethernet_cable_rf_emissions/
Bitcoin News: Deep Web Confusion: Ostensible Alphabay Admin 'Desnake' Claims the Darknet Market Has Returned – Bitcoin News
Bitcoin News: Deep Web Confusion: Ostensible Alphabay Admin 'Desnake' Claims the Darknet Market Has Returned – Bitcoin News. https://news.bitcoin.com/deep-web-confusion-ostensible-alphabay-admin-desnake-claims-the-darknet-market-has-returned/
CNBC: Elon Musk says Starlink will provide faster internet speeds on airlines
CNBC: Elon Musk says Starlink will provide faster internet speeds on airlines. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/14/elon-musk-says-starlink-will-provide-faster-internet-speeds-on-airlines.html
9to5Mac: WhatsApp end-to-end encrypted backups rolling out; may put pressure on Apple
9to5Mac: WhatsApp end-to-end encrypted backups rolling out; may put pressure on Apple. https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/14/whatsapp-end-to-end-encrypted-backups/
Hackaday: The Compute Module Comes Of Age: Say Hello To The Real Cutting Edge Of Raspberry Pi
Hackaday: The Compute Module Comes Of Age: Say Hello To The Real Cutting Edge Of Raspberry Pi. https://hackaday.com/2021/10/14/the-compute-module-comes-of-age-say-hello-to-the-real-cutting-edge-of-raspberry-pi/
Facebook hires NEC to build a subsea fiber-optic cable between Europe and the US | TechSpot
https://www.techspot.com/amp/news/91713-facebook-hires-nec-build-subsea-fiber-optic-cable.html "Why it matters: Facebook has long been looking for ways to increase the availability and quality of internet access around the world. Years ago, the social media giant even developed a massive, solar-powered plane that could beam high-speed internet to underserved areas. That project was killed off in 2018, but Facebook is pursuing a new idea now: a giant, undersea fiber-optic cable that will stretch between Europe and the US." "The goal of this initiative is to drastically improve data transfer speeds between the two regions. The cable will be composed of 24 fiber pairs, with the ability to transmit a "half Petabit per second." If the cable's construction is successful, that figure will represent the fastest data transfer speeds for any long-distance, "repeatered optical subsea cable system" of its kind."
The Government's Secret 'Google Search' Warrant Trap
https://share.newsbreak.com/297bz50r The Government's Secret 'Google Search' Warrant Trap Reason.com It's been 20 years since 9/11, which means it's also been 20 years since America's public debates about government surveillance under laws like the PATRIOT Act. It's a bit amusing to look back and see commentators clashing over hot-button topics like whether the government should have access to things like library records. Two decades, two (plus) wars, and too many exposed warrantless government surveillance programs later, the idea that the biggest threat to liberty is Uncle Sam scrounging around to find out who checked out chemistry books from a Connecticut branch library is almost charming.
Legal group demands probe into Garland’s school parents memo
https://share.newsbreak.com/26vxldrd Legal group demands probe into Garland’s school parents memo New York Post Former Trump White House adviser Stephen Miller’s legal organization is asking the Justice Department’s independent watchdog to investigate Attorney General Merrick Garland’s controversial memo mobilizing the FBI against parents protesting their local school boards –calling the move “corruption” and “undue politicization” of the Justice Department’s authority.
Re: Out, loud and proud
On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:59 AM, professor rat wrote: https://www.mail-archive.com/cpunks@minder.net/msg00697.html (Snip) Later in 2001, Thomas Wales, a federal prosecutor in Seattle, was shot to death. (Snip) ≠=== A lot of recent news about Wales.
Re: Fw: Stark difference in COVID-19 death rates between vaccinated and unvaccinated
Then you are very confused. I began mentioning potentially anti-COVID drugs (Chloroquine) as early as 2/8/2020, about 10 months before the COVID vaccines became available. That was at least a month BEFORE Chloroquine became controversial, due solely to the fact that Trump mentioned it. (TDS) I mentioned Ivermectin early on, well before the 'veterinary product' thing. And that became relevant solely because doctors were failing to provide prescriptions for human-labelled Ivermectin:. The main way a person could get Ivermectin was to buy it in forms commonly available on Amazon. So I bought a dozen tubes. Haven't used even one. (I first learned about Ivermectin about 2013, when I noticed it was used as an ant-killer). Early on, I also mentioned Famotidine, the generic name for the antacid Pepcid. Again, this was months before any vaccine became available. As I understand it, perhaps the Chinese discovered that people with famotidine in their system tended to die at a smaller rate than those who had taken a more-expensive antacid. So, I bought 8 bottles of famotidine from a local Walmart, to ensure I had it before it became scarce. I've never used any of them. As for Jeff Berwick, who you repeatedly label 'right-wing':. I won't limit my 'preaching' to the 'choir'. He claims to be an 'anarchist', but I think he's not one of those big-government-loving leftists who call themselves 'anarchists' but who really just want to replace one kind of government with Communist or Socialist tyranny. On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 1:33 PM, Karl wrote: On 10/10/21, professor rat wrote: > To Jim Dumb-Bell and his circle-of-Paultard-eunuchs > > Perhaps that antivax accusation followed from you hanging with the infamous > and unholy, Jeff Berwick and expressing interest in veterinary health > products here. > > Anyway - it matters little so long as they got Al Capone for stinking-up the > tax-office. > > We can get you for spitting on the sidewalk. You're a dead-man talking. > > Good riddance. Man it sounds like these people are really infuriating for you?
Hackaday: Single Event Upsets: High Energy Particles From Outer Space Flipping Bits
Hackaday: Single Event Upsets: High Energy Particles From Outer Space Flipping Bits. https://hackaday.com/2021/10/09/single-event-upsets-high-energy-particles-from-outer-space-flipping-bits/
3 new features of the latest OpenPGP.js version | Opensource.com
https://opensource.com/article/21/10/openpgpjs
Re: It’ll Soon be Possible to Make Satellite Phone Calls With Your Regular Phone | Universe Today
On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 11:29 PM, grarpamp wrote: On 10/9/21, jim bell wrote: > https://www.universetoday.com/152818/itll-soon-be-possible-to-make-satellite-phone-calls-with-your-regular-phone/amp/ This requires a paid subscription, complete identifying info credit name phone email address etc, is not sufficiently encrypted, stores everything forever, and totally spyveillances and datamines it all giving it away to every lowest bidder. Fuck that. Do not fucking want.======Jim Bell's comment:I am about 4 degrees of separation from a woman I've never met, who was missing for weeks and recently found dead at the end of an Idaho logging road. See the story, cite below.No doubt she would have appreciated some way to call for help before she died. https://centraloregondaily.com/missing-prineville-woman-found-deceased-in-northern-idaho/
Navy Ray Gun Development | C-UAS HELWS Laser Weapon
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a37791825/navy-cheap-machine-gun-sized-laser-weapon/ Jim Bell's note:. "Death-Ray"!
DHS and NIST publish post-quantum cryptography roadmap
https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/blog/2345.html
It’ll Soon be Possible to Make Satellite Phone Calls With Your Regular Phone | Universe Today
https://www.universetoday.com/152818/itll-soon-be-possible-to-make-satellite-phone-calls-with-your-regular-phone/amp/
Re: Cryptocurrency: Regulators Busy With Stablecoin CBDC Tax Insurance and Enforcement Team
On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 1:52 PM, grarpamp wrote: Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Announces National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team | | | | || | | | | | Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Announces National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced today the creation of a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), to tackle complex investigations and prosecutions of criminal misuses of cryptocurrency, particularly crimes committed by virtua | | | | Jim Bell's note: As I understand it, the 'market capitalization' of Bitcoin, alone, is around $1 trillion. The value of those Bitcoins, especially in the US where they are taxed, would be substantially higher if they were freed of threat of taxation. If Bitcoin owners adopted an AP-type system, 1% of that value, say $10 billion, could fund a series of 'forced-retirements' from government employment, easily 10,000 in number, until those government officers and employees relent, and they would announce that henceforth, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies would be treated as being 'tax-free'. This would actually become cost-free, because upon its success, the value of a Bitcoin would easily rise by 10%, and thus this would far more than merely pay for the idea. I have previously promoted AP for the benefit of supporting 'freedom', which is somewhat of an intangible benefit. A Bitcoin or other crypto-currency owner would get a very tangible benefit if he could free his assets of taxation, forever.
More than 130 countries reach deal on corporate minimum tax - ABC17NEWS
https://abc17news.com/news/ap-national-news/2021/10/08/more-than-130-countries-reach-deal-on-corporate-minimum-tax/ Jim Bell's comment: This is illegitimate. The purpose of NOT having 'one world government' is to ensure that whatever governments exist, must compete for business. This agreement would violate anti-trust laws, if they were applicable:. It is an agreement to restrain trade. In my 1995 Assassination Politics essay, https://cryptome.org/ap.htm I explained how to avoid the problems governments cause. Were any of you people actually paying attention? You will inevitably continue to get exactly this kind of abuse from government, if you don't do anything about it.
The Next Web: What happens if quantum physicists can prove reality isn't real?
The Next Web: What happens if quantum physicists can prove reality isn't real?. https://thenextweb.com/news/what-happens-physicists-prove-reality-isnt-real I'm not living in the real world. https://youtu.be/tjHOk77d4po
America Urged to Prepare for Shift to Post-Quantum Cryptography - Infosecurity Magazine
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/america-prepare-postquantum/
More on 'keyword warrants'.
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-police-keyword-warrant-provide-search-term-data-report-2021-10
Zodiac killer id'd ??
https://nypost.com/2021/10/06/zodiac-killer-identified-linked-to-sixth-murder-cold-case-squad/
Keyword warrants.
https://news.yahoo.com/government-secretly-orders-google-track-151000879.html Jim Bell's comment: AP is needed for exactly this kind of situation.
Activists are Designing Mesh Networks to Deploy During Civil Unrest
https://share.newsbreak.com/1pimk7nx Activists are Designing Mesh Networks to Deploy During Civil Unrest Vice Imagine waking up and checking your phone after several evenings of mass demonstrations. You try scrolling through your Twitter feed, but it won’t load. You turn your router off and on to no avail. You try texting a friend to complain, but the message fails to send. Frustrated, you walk outside. People scattered along the sidewalk look as disoriented and confused as you feel—except for police officers and the National Guard, who are forcefully telling everyone to immediately return to their homes over a loudspeaker.
SSD reliability study
https://www.pcgamer.com/storage-study-finds-ssds-might-not-be-much-more-reliable-than-hdds-after-all/
Store API Credentials Safely: Obfuscation Before Encryption is Key | Hacker Noon
https://hackernoon.com/store-api-credentials-safely-obfuscation-before-encryption-is-key
Leaked money info
Leaked files open “Pandora” box, show how ultra-wealthy hide billions, escape taxes in shadowy global web https://share.newsbreak.com/1kf3o4xw
FCC against spam calls
https://www.zdnet.com/article/fcc-aggressively-moves-to-block-spam-calls/
AES Encryption in Linux - DEV Community
https://dev.to/blastoise/aes-encryption-in-linux-585f
White House plans 30-country meeting on cyber crime and ransomware -official
https://news.yahoo.com/white-house-plans-30-country-170947977.html Top U.S. national security advisers will gather officials from 30 countries this month with plans to combat the growing threat of ransomware and other cyber cr...
Internet goes down for millions, tech companies scramble as key encryption service expires
https://news.yahoo.com/internet-goes-down-millions-tech-021400230.html
Watchdog faults FBI for 'widespread' errors handling surveillance warrants
https://news.yahoo.com/watchdog-faults-fbi-widespread-errors-155649915.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department's internal watchdog on Thursday said he had uncovered "widespread non-compliance" with the FBI's domestic surveillance program, dealing the bureau another setback and raising questions about the accuracy of the information underpinning its wiretap warrants. Inspector General Michael Horowitz's findings mark the latest problem uncovered since 2019, when his office first discovered https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/mistakes-but-no-political-bias-in-fbi-probe-of-trump-campaign-watchdog-idUSKBN1YD11L the FBI had made numerous errors in its warrant applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court as part of the early probe into contacts between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia. Horowitz's report on Thursday entailed an audit of the FBI's so-called "Woods Procedures" - rules the bureau follows to ensure FISA applications to the court are "scrupulously accurate." "A failure to adhere to the Woods Procedures ... could easily lead to errors that do impact probable cause — and therefore potentially call into question the legal basis for the government’s use of highly intrusive FISA warrants," Horowitz said.
EE Times: Moore's Law Could Ride EUV for 10 More Years
EE Times: Moore's Law Could Ride EUV for 10 More Years. https://www.eetimes.com/moores-law-could-ride-euv-for-10-more-years/ Jim Bell's comment: Less than 2 nanometers feature sizes Note: the diameter of a silicon atom is 0.2 nanometers.
Re: COVID Misinformation Is Causing a Run on Ivermectin
On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 11:01 AM, professor rat wrote:https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/09/covid-misinformation-ivermectin-shortage If you’re not a consumer of conservative media and/or the audio offerings of conspiracy theorists, where the likes of Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan, and Alex Jones have been pushing the drug as a miracle cure I don't know how much of a 'miracle' it is, but see this: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34145166/ "Conclusions: Moderate-certainty evidence finds that large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are possible using ivermectin. Using ivermectin early in the clinical course may reduce numbers progressing to severe disease. The apparent safety and low cost suggest that ivermectin is likely to have a significant impact on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic globally." It sounds worth using.Don't forget Famotidine (Pepcid), some others. Doesn't sound like 'misinformation'.
New Atlas: Quantum computing hits the desktop, no cryo-cooling required
New Atlas: Quantum computing hits the desktop, no cryo-cooling required. https://newatlas.com/quantum-computing/quantum-computing-desktop-room-temperature/
CNET: Meet Astro: Amazon's $1000 security robot is a cute surveillance machine
CNET: Meet Astro: Amazon's $1000 security robot is a cute surveillance machine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq8pWOu4IRk
Story of Hunter Biden's laptop.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/09/22/glenn_greenwald_definitive_account_of_the_ciamediatech_coverup_of_the_hunter_biden_laptop.html
New York Magazine: The 5 Biggest Takeaways From Yahoo’s Wild Julian Assange Story
New York Magazine: The 5 Biggest Takeaways From Yahoo’s Wild Julian Assange Story. http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/09/the-5-biggest-takeaways-from-yahoos-wild-assange-story.html?utm_source=undefined_medium=undefined_campaign=feed-part
The Guardian: How ‘wonder material’ graphene became a national security concern
The Guardian: How ‘wonder material’ graphene became a national security concern. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/sep/27/graphene-wonder-material-national-security-china-uk Jim Bell's comment: Graphene may also become an excellent desalinization membrane, for very low cost water.
Kidnapping, assassination and a London shoot-out: Inside the CIA's secret war plans against WikiLeaks
https://news.yahoo.com/kidnapping-assassination-and-a-london-shoot-out-inside-the-ci-as-secret-war-plans-against-wiki-leaks-090057786.html In 2017, as Julian Assange began his fifth year holed up in Ecuador’s embassy in London, the CIA plotted to kidnap the WikiLeaks founder, spurring heated debat...
Slate: Why China Finally Decided to Ban Bitcoin
Slate: Why China Finally Decided to Ban Bitcoin. https://slate.com/business/2021/09/china-bans-crypto-sec-regulations.html
