The Verge: Amazon reportedly has a ‘key’ to thousands of apartment buildings in
US.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/26/22593871/amazon-key-for-business-thousands-of-buildings-us-installation-incentives-privacy-concerns
Android Authority: What is Pegasus and how is it used for spying?.
https://www.androidauthority.com/pegasus-spyware-1646458
"In short, Pegasus is commercial spyware. Unlike the malware used by
cybercriminals to make money by stealing from and cheating their victims,
Pegasus is designed solely
CryptoPotato: Locked Out of Millions: Couple Can’t Access $5.8M Worth of
Ethereum.
https://cryptopotato.com/locked-out-of-millions-couple-cant-access-5-8m-worth-of-ethereum/
https://thehill.com/opinion/cybersecurity/564696-bye-bye-bitcoin-time-to-ban-crypto-currencies
Jim Bell's comment follows:
That opinion is utter nonsense.
But governments may be tempted to follow it, probably because those governments
suspect that they will eventually be destroyed by those
https://hackaday.com/2021/07/25/portable-gps-time-server-powered-by-the-esp8266/
On Sunday, July 25, 2021, 01:17:03 AM PDT, grarpamp wrote:
On 7/24/21, jim bell wrote:
>> The balloon could use hydrogen. [1]
>> day electrolyzing
>That's two fun energy sources (H + solar), plus buoyancy.
>If tethered then you're not spending much if any energy
on st
ny cpunks Bitcoin fun budget,
>challenge to keep WiFi steadily aimed,
>consider long kite tail stabilization, gimbal mount...
Jim Bell's suggestion:
The balloon could use hydrogen. The night operation could employ that hydrogen
in a fuel-cell for energy, oxygen from the atmosphere.
This wo
Quanta Magazine: How Bell's Theorem Proved 'Spooky Action at a Distance' Is
Real.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-bells-theorem-proved-spooky-action-at-a-distance-is-real-20210720/
Jim Bell's comment:
"Different Bell".
https://news.yahoo.com/many-200-americans-now-reported-083000770.html
Almost half of those reporting symptoms are linked to the CIA, say officials,
with possible cases in Berlin and Vienna and on every continent but
Antarctica._--__
Jim Bell's comment follows.
Given how easy it should
New York Post : Could balloons power uncensored internet in Cuba?.
https://nypost.com/2021/07/19/could-balloons-power-uncensored-internet-in-cuba/
https://www.justsecurity.org/77383/encryption-originalism/
Earlier this year, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, FBI
Director Chris Wray described the most pressing security threats facing his
agency. Unsurprisingly, his opening statement led off with a mention of the
Jan. 6
Ars Technica: For years, a backdoor in popular KiwiSDR product gave root to
project developer.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/for-years-a-backdoor-in-popular-kiwisdr-product-gave-root-to-project-developer/
Reuters: Censorship circumvention tool helps 1.4 million Cubans get internet
access.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/censorship-circumvention-tool-helps-14-million-cubans-get-internet-access-2021-07-16/
Miami Herald: Cuba shut down the internet to quell dissent. How does that work?.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article252781053.html
Reuters: Fake news muddies online waters during Cuba protests.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/fake-news-muddies-online-waters-during-cuba-protests-2021-07-16/
Gizmodo: MAGA-Branded 'Freedom Phone' Is a Black Box That Should Be Avoided at
All Costs.
https://gizmodo.com/maga-branded-freedom-phone-is-a-black-box-that-should-b-1847299215
CryptoPotato: The US Intends to Employ Crypto Tracing to Fight Ransomware
Attacks.
https://cryptopotato.com/the-us-intends-to-employ-crypto-tracing-to-fight-ransomware-attacks/
On Thursday, July 15, 2021, 05:26:22 PM PDT, professor rat
wrote:
>JIM BELL asks...
:Where was the discussion where people concluded that Assange was a "fascist"?
>Julian Assange recognised that the language of what amounted to the WikiLeaks
>Manifesto might appear
On Wednesday, July 14, 2021, 06:51:33 AM PDT, professor rat
wrote:
>The Jim Bell Project operating in US jurisdiction is entirely in keeping with
>the last part of
>the AP essay - the part all media commentary ignores completely. No reason
to cast any
>doubt on Jim
n guns or arms invented after
1791 were unconstitutional, literally an "infringement" on RTKBA.
Jim Bell
Reuters UK: British police seize record $408 million haul of cryptocurrency.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/british-police-seize-250-million-cryptocurrency-2021-07-13/
https://engineering.fb.com/2021/07/12/security/enforcing-encryption/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/07/dutch-startup-hopes-to-sell-people-their-own-quantum-processor/
protest live, but
Cuban authorities shut down internet service throughout the afternoon."
Jim Bell's comment:
While some people don't like the Starlink system, it might help bypass a
despotic government's ability to shut off the public's access to the Internet
during some crit
https://www.pcgamer.com/chip-shortage-sees-people-cling-filming-cpus-to-their-bodies-and-millions-of-dollars-worth-of-components-seized/
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jul/10/us-pledge-that-julian-assange-could-serve-any-jail-sentence-in-australia-is-grossly-misleading-partner-says
https://www.zdnet.com/article/exbibyte-frenzy-how-mining-for-chia-crypto-turned-me-into-a-storage-junkie/
https://apnews.com/article/business-technology-prisons-d15e081393980510103702b64fc9bd8b
Jim Bell's Comment:. "Cell phones".
https://gizmodo.com/the-fbis-fake-encrypted-honeypot-phones-are-showing-up-1847252989
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/561959-encrypted-chat-data-helps-german-police-arrest-750-in-massive-drug-raid
https://youtu.be/ufRpvfeUkak
Washington Examiner: In a cancel culture, anonymity must be a civil right.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/in-a-cancel-culture-anonymity-must-be-a-civil-right
The Hill: Marianne Williamson calls on Biden to drop efforts to extradite
Assange | TheHill.
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/561336-marianne-williamson-calls-on-biden-to-drop-efforts-to-extradite-julian-assange
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/google-boots-google-play-apps-for-stealing-users-facebook-passwords/
Bloomberg: Can a Dark Market Be a Geopolitical Force? Watch Russia's Hydra.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-07-01/can-a-dark-market-be-a-geopolitical-force-watch-russia-s-hydra
The Verge: Police ticket driver for sticking Starlink terminal on car’s hood.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/2/22561264/california-driver-ticket-spacex-starlink-antenna
I wonder what their definition of "extremist" is? Is it, 'somebody who
disagrees with me!!!'
On Friday, July 2, 2021, 12:48:26 PM PDT, grarpamp
wrote:
Facebook want's its users to Rat Each Other Out to the Central
Overlords and Spy Partners...
bleepingcomputer.com: Public Windows PrintNightmare 0-day exploit allows domain
takeover.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/public-windows-printnightmare-0-day-exploit-allows-domain-takeover/
bleepingcomputer.com: Public Windows PrintNightmare 0-day exploit allows domain
takeover.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/public-windows-printnightmare-0-day-exploit-allows-domain-takeover/
TorrentFreak: Comcast Suspends Internet Connection For Downloading Torrents.
https://torrentfreak.com/comcast-suspends-internet-connection-for-downloading-torrents-210630/
MarketWatch: One of the largest owners of bitcoin, who reportedly held as much
as $1 billion, is dead at 41: reports.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/one-of-the-largest-owners-of-bitcoin-who-reportedly-held-as-much-as-1-billion-is-dead-at-41-reports-11624904721
The Guardian: ‘At first I thought, this is crazy’: the real-life plan to use
novels to predict the next war.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/26/project-cassandra-plan-to-use-novels-to-predict-next-war
"I just read books!"
Three Days of the Condor. 1975.
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-quantum-random-benchmark-size.html?utm_source=nwletter_medium=email_campaign=daily-nwletter
5:40-6:50.
After filtering, the man was heard to say: "He'd kill us if he got the
chance".
On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 12:45 AM, jim bell wrote:
Look into DSP, or Digital Signal Processing.ICs that do that haven been
available since the late 1970's, but for non-rea
Look into DSP, or Digital Signal Processing.ICs that do that haven been
available since the late 1970's, but for non-real-time analysis, it should be
available in software. See TI (Texas Instruments), as I recall.
You will probably want a synthetic filter whose passband is dynamically
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/ivermectin-can-a-drug-be-right-wing-ca7
- Forwarded Message - From: "jim bell" To: Cc:
Sent: Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 10:40 PM Subject: Re: Ivermectin:
On Sunday, December 13, 2020, 10:36:29 PM PST, jim bell
wrote:
New De
WIRED: How Underground Fiber Optics Spy on Humans Moving Above.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-underground-fiber-optics-spy-on-humans-moving-above
Engadget: Microsoft signed a driver loaded with rootkit malware.
https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-signed-netfilter-malware-driver-164228266.html?src=rss
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/uk-financial-watchdog-bans-crypto-exchange-binance-1.4604829
more-consistent purity, fewer unhealthy 'cuts', etc.
So, it was a BENEFICIAL website. It simply thwarted the desire of some people
who wanted to suppress drug sales and use.
Jim Bell
On Sunday, June 27, 2021, 11:35:53 AM PDT, David Barrett
wrote:
Just
https://stundin.is/grein/13627/
"Department of Justice case against Julian Assange has admitted to fabricating
key accusations in the indictment against the Wikileaks founder. The witness,
who has a documented history with sociopathy and has received several
convictions for sexual abuse of
ZDNet: AWS acquires encrypted messaging app Wickr.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/aws-acquires-encrypted-messaging-app-wickr/
Engadget: Western Digital blames malware for My Book Live devices being wiped
remotely.
https://www.engadget.com/western-digital-my-book-live-devices-wiped-remotely-050309502.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/edward-snowden-says-assange-could-be-next-john-mcafee-suicide-2021-6
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/a-quick-start-guide-to-openzfs-native-encryption/
There is an "opportunity cost" to NOT implementing my 'Assassination Politics'
1995 invention. http://jya.com/ap.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_cost?wprov=sfla1
How many tech people have been victimized by government in ways that would
never have occurred had an
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/world/europe/france-zodiac-killer-cipher.html
ARGENTEUIL, France — Fayçal Ziraoui loves a good challenge. As a teenager, he
designed 3D animations. In 2018, he completed an Ironman race. More recently,
he ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/22/supreme-court-asked-consider-limits-phone-searches-border/7715394002/
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-quantum-cascade-lasers-private-free-space.html
Jim Bell's comment:
I remember a device called a "gunnplexer" in the late
1970s.http://www.microwave-museum.org/exhibits/mwm0022.htm
It allowed two-way communication over the Gunn-oscillator frequency, usua
https://phys.org/news/2021-06-quantum-cascade-lasers-private-free-space.html
"Free-space optical communication, the communication between two devices at a
distance using light to carry information, is a highly promising system for
achieving high-speed communication. This system of communication
Gizmodo: Texas Power Companies Are Remotely Raising Temperatures on Residents'
Smart Thermostats.
https://gizmodo.com/texas-power-companies-are-remotely-raising-temperatures-1847136110
Interesting Engineering: Law Enforcement Secretly Ran Part of the Dark Web,
Again.
https://interestingengineering.com/law-secretly-ran-part-of-dark-web-again
Tom's Hardware: Crucial Caves: Says Chia Cryptomining Voids SSD Warranty, Then
Retracts Post.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/crucial-says-chia-cryptomining-voids-ssd-warranty-then-backs-down
Jim Bell's comment:
I wonder if DRAM-based SSD's would be practical for Chia mining. There
shouldn't
Wccftech: Starlink’s 649 Mbps Download Speed Is Eye-Popping & Blisteringly
Fast!.
https://wccftech.com/starlinks-649-mbps-download-speed-is-eye-popping-blisteringly-fast/
WIRED: GPS III’s Long Journey Is Picking Up Speed.
https://www.wired.com/story/gps-iiis-long-journey-is-picking-up-speed
SciTechDaily: Impenetrable Encryption for Data Communication: Researchers Take
Quantum Key Distribution Out of the Lab.
https://scitechdaily.com/impenetrable-encryption-for-data-communication-researchers-take-quantum-key-distribution-out-of-the-lab/
The Washington Post: The Cybersecurity 202: The Justice Department is racking
up wins despite encryption concerns.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/16/cybersecurity-202-justice-department-is-racking-up-wins-despite-encryption-concerns/
Tech Xplore: Researchers reveal a new computing platform that is provably
secure even alongside software compromised I/O devices.
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-06-reveal-platform-provably-software-compromised.html
Business Insider: How FBI's 'encrypted' chat app got its start, according to
lead prosecutor.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-fbi-fake-encrypted-chat-app-got-off-the-ground-2021-6
The Hill: Researchers discover flaw in 2G mobile encryption algorithm | TheHill.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/558815-researchers-discover-flaw-in-2g-mobile-encryption-algorithm
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/google-enables-end-to-end-encryption-for-androids-default-sms-rcs-app/
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-06-prevalence-cctv-cameras-large-cities.html
Irish police to be given powers over passwords -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57468750
The Garden Island: Police seek funds to encrypt radios; prevent public access.
https://www.thegardenisland.com/2021/06/13/hawaii-news/police-seek-funds-to-encrypt-radios-deny-public-access/
Fox News: Rep. John Curtis: Biden's broadband plan – government-run networks
don't work. Here's what we learned in Utah.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-broadband-plan-government-plan-doesnt-work-utah-rep-john-curtis?cmpid=prn_newsstand
Wccftech: Brand New Starlink Dish To Reduce Power Yet Improve Range &
Efficiency.
https://wccftech.com/brand-new-starlink-dish-to-reduce-power-yet-improve-range-efficiency/
NPR: How Bitcoin Has Fueled Ransomware Attacks.
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/10/1004874311/how-bitcoin-has-fueled-ransomware-attacks?ft=nprml=1001
https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-anom-phone-network-encryption-debate/
Sputnik International: Digital Analyst: FBI Colonial Ransom Recovery 'Mystery'
as Bitcoin Unhackable Without Private Key.
https://sputniknews.com/us/202106101083117738-digital-analyst-fbi-colonial-ransom-recovery-mystery-as-bitcoin-unhackable-without-private-key/
The National: Colonial Pipeline’s ransom recovery sparks debate on Bitcoin
traceability.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/technology/colonial-pipeline-s-ransom-recovery-sparks-debate-on-bitcoin-traceability-1.1238908
NBC News: The FBI's seizing one bitcoin wallet won't stop ransomware — but it's
a start.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/fbis-seizing-one-bitcoin-wallet-wont-stop-ransomware-start-rcna1166
Wccftech: Starlink On Verge Of Losing Fight For Crucial Infrastructure To
Amazon.
https://wccftech.com/starlink-on-verge-of-losing-fight-for-crucial-infrastructure-to-amazon/
'
Trump Derangement Syndrome might be a silly term, but the phenomenon itself was
real. Almost every time the former president opened his mouth, members of the
media and expert class would run forward with their list of reasons why he was
wrong — befor
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Jim Bell's
Los Angeles Times: FBI's $86-million cash seizure in Beverly Hills sparks
outcry.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-09/fbi-beverly-hills-safe-deposit-boxes-forfeiture-cash-jewelry
Jim Bell's comment:
If a fully-functioning AP-type system had been working, this type of action
would
TorrentFreak: Wormhole: Instant Encrypted File-Sharing Powered by WebTorrent.
https://torrentfreak.com/wormhole-instant-encrypted-file-sharing-powered-by-webtorrent-210611/
ExtremeTech: Chia Demand Is Driving HDD Sales, Keeping Seagate's Factories Full.
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/323616-chia-demand-is-driving-hdd-sales-keeping-seagates-factories-full?source=computing
The Verge: The race is on for quantum-safe cryptography.
https://www.theverge.com/22523067/nist-challenge-quantum-safe-cryptography-computer-lattice
CNBC: Google claims it is using A.I. to design chips faster than humans.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/10/google-is-using-ai-to-design-chip-floorplans-faster-than-humans.html
Fox Business: Over 20 civil rights groups demand Amazon divest surveillance
technology, end relationships with police.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/20-civil-rights-groups-amazon-surveillance-police
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/09/1004684932/fastly-tuesday-internet-outage-down-was-caused-by-one-customer-changing-setting
Jim Bell's comment: "I hope it wasn't me..."
https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-senate-just-agreed-52-billion-to-boost-us-chip-making-its-going-to-take-a-lot-more/
New York Post : FBI encrypted phone app leads to hundreds of global underworld
arrests.
https://nypost.com/2021/06/07/fbi-encrypted-phone-app-leads-to-hundreds-of-global-arrests/
"Hundreds of criminal gang members around the world were tricked into using a
phone encryption app operated by the
When I worked for Intel in 1980, they were working on a CPU called the IAPX
432, which as I recall had the intended feature that they were installed in
pairs, one called a "generator" and the other called a "checker".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_iAPX_432?wprov=sfla1
The latter
ExtremeTech: CPU Manufacturers Are Pushing the Boundaries of CMOS and Starting
to Pay For It.
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/323476-cpu-manufacturers-are-pushing-the-boundaries-of-cmos-and-starting-to-pay-for-it?source=computing
Vox.com: Amazon Sidewalk: How to opt out on your Echo or Tile devices.
https://www.vox.com/recode/22516285/amazon-sidewalk-echo-tile-ring
Fox News: Barrett, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh side with liberal Supreme Court justices
in computer fraud case.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/barrett-gorsuch-kavanaugh-liberal-supreme-court-justices-computer-fraud-case?cmpid=prn_newsstand
CNBC: With cyberattacks on the rise, organizations are already bracing for
devastating quantum hacks.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/07/organizations-are-preparing-for-cyberattacks-from-quantum-computers.html
Bitcoin Magazine: In First Interview Since Arrest, Silk Road Founder Ross
Ulbricht Appeals To Bitcoin Users.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/silk-road-ross-ulbricht-from-prison
The New York Times: Amazon Wants a Lot of New Laws.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/technology/amazon-laws.html
EE Times: EETimes - The Future of Cryptography in Hardware Processors.
https://www.eetimes.com/the-future-of-cryptography-in-hardware-processors/
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