Re: AOL Help : About AOL® PassCode

2005-01-05 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 08:44:11PM +, Ian G wrote: | R.A. Hettinga wrote: | | http://help.channels.aol.com/article.adp?catId=6sCId=415sSCId=4090articleId=217623 | Have questions? Search AOL Help articles and tutorials: | . | If you no longer want to use AOL PassCode, you must release

Re: AOL Help : About AOL® PassCode

2005-01-04 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 08:44:11PM +, Ian G wrote: | R.A. Hettinga wrote: | | http://help.channels.aol.com/article.adp?catId=6sCId=415sSCId=4090articleId=217623 | Have questions? Search AOL Help articles and tutorials: | . | If you no longer want to use AOL PassCode, you must release

Re: Blinky Rides Again: RCMP suspect al-Qaida messages

2004-12-13 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 10:24:09PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: | * R. A. Hettinga quotes a news article: | | There have been numerous media reports in recent years that terrorist | groups, including al-Qaida, were using steganographic techniques. | | As far as I know, these news stories can

Re: Blinky Rides Again: RCMP suspect al-Qaida messages

2004-12-11 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, Dec 11, 2004 at 10:24:09PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: | * R. A. Hettinga quotes a news article: | | There have been numerous media reports in recent years that terrorist | groups, including al-Qaida, were using steganographic techniques. | | As far as I know, these news stories can

Re: Academics locked out by tight visa controls

2004-09-20 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 10:03:57AM -0400, John Kelsey wrote: | Academics locked out by tight visa controls | U.S. SECURITY BLOCKS FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS | By Bruce Schneier | | I guess I've been surprised this issue hasn't seen a lot more | discussion. It takes nothing more than to look at the

Re: Academics locked out by tight visa controls

2004-09-20 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 10:03:57AM -0400, John Kelsey wrote: | Academics locked out by tight visa controls | U.S. SECURITY BLOCKS FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS | By Bruce Schneier | | I guess I've been surprised this issue hasn't seen a lot more | discussion. It takes nothing more than to look at the

Re: Textual analysis

2003-12-15 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 10:36:02AM -0500, John Kelsey wrote: | Textual analysis correctly identified the author of _Primary Colors_, | though that was from a pretty small field of people with the right level of | inside knowledge. Does anyone know whether there have been real randomized |

Re: Textual analysis

2003-12-15 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 10:36:02AM -0500, John Kelsey wrote: | Textual analysis correctly identified the author of _Primary Colors_, | though that was from a pretty small field of people with the right level of | inside knowledge. Does anyone know whether there have been real randomized |

Freedomphone

2003-11-19 Thread Adam Shostack
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61289,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7 We allow everyone to check the security for themselves, because we're the only ones who publish the source code, said Rop Gonggrijp at Amsterdam-based NAH6. Gonggrijp, who helped develop the software, owns a stake in

Freedomphone

2003-11-19 Thread Adam Shostack
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,61289,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_7 We allow everyone to check the security for themselves, because we're the only ones who publish the source code, said Rop Gonggrijp at Amsterdam-based NAH6. Gonggrijp, who helped develop the software, owns a stake in

FBI, Lackawanna, and lack of informers

2003-10-12 Thread Adam Shostack
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/12/nyregion/12LACK.html?hp=pagewanted=printposition= A very long article on the FBI and the 6 fellows in upstate NY who travelled the world to hang out with religious nutballs. One of the most interesting things about the case is that the FBI did not catch these

Re: Mexifornia Driver's License

2003-09-17 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 04:07:02PM -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: | Tim May wrote: | http://vikingphoenix.com/immigration/davis_sign_illegal.htm | | Does anybody remember 10+ years ago when a Driver's License | wasn't quite a National ID Card or a Citizenship Credential Yeah. The real problem with

Re: Mexifornia Driver's License

2003-09-15 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 04:07:02PM -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: | Tim May wrote: | http://vikingphoenix.com/immigration/davis_sign_illegal.htm | | Does anybody remember 10+ years ago when a Driver's License | wasn't quite a National ID Card or a Citizenship Credential Yeah. The real problem with

Re: Your papers please [what color is John Gilmore?]

2003-09-10 Thread Adam Shostack
First answer: He's in red, no green, argggh! Second answer: We've changed the name of the program to ITAR so his lawsuit goes back to square 1! That's the plan! Third answer: CAPPS was just a clever distraction, the real program remains classified. Please step over here. Adam On Tue, Sep

Re: Anyone Remember Zero Knowledge Systems?

2003-09-10 Thread Adam Shostack
On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 11:32:29AM -0400, R. A. Hettinga wrote: | http://www.cryptonomicon.net/modules.php?name=Newsfile=printsid=455 | | Cryptonomicon.Net - | | Anyone Remember Zero Knowledge Systems? | Date: Wednesday, September 10 @ 11:15:00 EDT | Topic: Commercial Operations / Services

Re: Your papers please [what color is John Gilmore?]

2003-09-09 Thread Adam Shostack
First answer: He's in red, no green, argggh! Second answer: We've changed the name of the program to ITAR so his lawsuit goes back to square 1! That's the plan! Third answer: CAPPS was just a clever distraction, the real program remains classified. Please step over here. Adam On Tue, Sep

Re: JAP back doored

2003-09-03 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:47:34PM -0700, Steve Schear wrote: | http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/jk-02.09.03-005/ | | German police have searched and seized the rooms (dorm?) of one of the JAP | developers. They were on the look for data that was logged throughout the | period when JAP had

Re: JAP back doored

2003-09-02 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:47:34PM -0700, Steve Schear wrote: | http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/jk-02.09.03-005/ | | German police have searched and seized the rooms (dorm?) of one of the JAP | developers. They were on the look for data that was logged throughout the | period when JAP had

Re: Is it time to kill the JAP backdoor cretins and their families?

2003-08-26 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 08:27:20PM -0700, Len Sassaman wrote: | However, even when setting aside the issue that our understanding of the | math involved may be flawed, JAP quickly becomes less appealing choice | once the other factors are considered. | | University / government funded research

Re: domestic terrorism, fat lazy amerikans ducks

2003-08-26 Thread Adam Shostack
John, you write like a Republican speechwriter on a bad trip. On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 12:45:55PM -0700, John Young wrote: | Nonshit, Robert, Ray's an organ-eating anarchist not a | vapid tea-sip socialist. A while back Ray yanked a | capitalist apologist's lawyer's cold dead dried nut heart |

Re: Computer Voting Expert, Dr. Rebecca Mercuri, Ousted From Elections Conference

2003-08-14 Thread Adam Shostack
Well, if you can't win on the truth, win on the procedures. At least Dr. Mercuri is in fine company there, ranging all the way back to Socrates and Galileo. Little consolation, I know, as our democracy gets replaced by a kleptocracy, but what can you do? Maybe she should set up

Re: Computer Voting Expert, Dr. Rebecca Mercuri, Ousted From Elections Conference

2003-08-14 Thread Adam Shostack
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 01:49:26PM -0700, Steve Schear wrote: | At 11:54 2003-08-06 -0400, Adam Shostack wrote: | Well, if you can't win on the truth, win on the procedures. | | At least Dr. Mercuri is in fine company there, ranging all the way | back to Socrates and Galileo. Little consolation

Re: [Brinworld] Car's data recorder convicts driver

2003-06-18 Thread Adam Shostack
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 12:58:56AM -0400, John Kelsey wrote: | At 06:29 AM 6/17/03 +0159, Anonymous wrote: | Adam Shostack wrote: | | PS: Bob Blakely once defined privacy as the right to lie and get away | with it, which fits into some of what many people mean by privacy. | | So privacy

Re: [Brinworld] Car's data recorder convicts driver

2003-06-18 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 09:30:35PM -0700, Tim May wrote: | On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 03:48 PM, Thomas Shaddack wrote: | | Adam | | PS: Bob Blakely once defined privacy as the right to lie and get away | with it, which fits into some of what many people mean by privacy. | | Another possible

Re: [Brinworld] Car's data recorder convicts driver

2003-06-18 Thread Adam Shostack
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 09:11:58AM -0700, Tim May wrote: | On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 05:17 AM, Adam Shostack wrote: | | I wasn't arguing, I was quipping. | | I find the many meanings of the word privacy to be fascinating. So | when someone commented that the car's tattle-box is or isn't

Diners club switches to passwords

2003-06-16 Thread Adam Shostack
I just called Diner's Club, and was suprised to be asked for a password to (replace? supplement?) my mother's maiden name. Is this something that Citibank in general is doing? How long before this becomes a standard of due care? Also, I'm curious what the forgot-my-password recovery mechanisms

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

2003-06-14 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 11:20:16AM -, a Microsoft employee wrote: | Adam Shostack writes: | | Actually, most of the features of Nogsuccob are features that I | want, like integrity protected, authenticated boot. The problem, | bundled with those features, is the ability of the system

Re: Microsoft, TCPA, your wallet and the real ending of the story.

2003-06-14 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 03:17:22PM -0400, Sunder wrote: | Indeed. | | If it's coming from Redmond, and as usual if it smells of evil, there is | an utterly simple solution in dealing with it: don't buy it. Don't buy | Microsoft software, don't buy motherboards that include TCPA capabilities.

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

2003-06-14 Thread Adam Shostack
! | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sunder.net | | On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, Adam Shostack wrote: | | Sure. And I'm glad you work with a small group of people who | understand that you don't read their documents. After many years of | refusal, I finally gave up. I work with lots

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

2003-06-13 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 11:04:42PM +0200, Thomas Shaddack wrote: | The problem (among others) is that this allows a virus to steal the | client cert. If it is protected by a password, the malware must hang | around long enough for the user to unlock the cert (perhaps because the | malware

Re: The Streisand imagecriminal lives 2-3 parcels away from me

2003-06-04 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 11:00:07AM -0400, Sunder wrote: | That's all nice and good, but why should it be on cypherpunks? Where's | the relevance to this list? Why is Ken, or his addres or helipad an | interest to the cypherpunks? Why is PGE's monopolistic's actions against | him relevant to the

Re: What shall we do with a bad government...

2003-03-22 Thread Adam Shostack
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 10:57:12PM -0500, Tim Meehan wrote: | an okay economy but too many yuppies and climbers (and crappy pot). | Montreal is the best, but you're better off if you speak Freedom -- | and like hash. The local pharma retail business seems to be quite flexible in supplying

Re: What shall we do with a bad government...

2003-03-22 Thread Adam Shostack
On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 10:57:12PM -0500, Tim Meehan wrote: | an okay economy but too many yuppies and climbers (and crappy pot). | Montreal is the best, but you're better off if you speak Freedom -- | and like hash. The local pharma retail business seems to be quite flexible in supplying

Re: Fatherland Security measures more important than Bennetton tags!

2003-03-15 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 08:47:15PM +, Michael Shields wrote: | In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], | Adam Shostack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | (New York just | announced the abolition of tokens, making all subway travel | linkable.) | | The last time I was in New York, you could buy a Metrocard

Re: Fatherland Security measures more important than Bennetton tags!

2003-03-15 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 08:47:15PM +, Michael Shields wrote: | In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], | Adam Shostack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | (New York just | announced the abolition of tokens, making all subway travel | linkable.) | | The last time I was in New York, you could buy a Metrocard

Re: Identification of users of payphones

2003-03-14 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 05:36:28PM +0100, Thomas Shaddack wrote: | Couple months ago, our local Telecom decided to switch over from | easy-to-emulate EPROM-based dumb smartcards (described at | http://www.phrack.com/show.php?p=48a=10 ) to Eurochip ones. Today seemed | a good day to learn more

Re: Identification of users of payphones

2003-03-14 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 05:36:28PM +0100, Thomas Shaddack wrote: | Couple months ago, our local Telecom decided to switch over from | easy-to-emulate EPROM-based dumb smartcards (described at | http://www.phrack.com/show.php?p=48a=10 ) to Eurochip ones. Today seemed | a good day to learn more

Re: Brinwear at Benetton.

2003-03-14 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 01:22:44PM -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: | You're not thinking this through. As the item goes through the door (in | either direction) the check is made Is this individual tag on this store's | 'unsold inventory' list?. If so, raise the alarm. The tags are not fungible; | they

Re: Brinwear at Benetton.

2003-03-13 Thread Adam Shostack
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:57:27AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: | If I build the mugger's little | helper, a PDA attachement that scans for real prada bags, then perhaps | the RFID tag will be removed at the counter after the first lawsuit. | | Nice! Possibly, it might not even be necessary for the

Re: Brinwear at Benetton.

2003-03-13 Thread Adam Shostack
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 08:24:35AM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: | On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Adam Shostack wrote: | | On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 10:22:14AM -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: | The other motivator is liability. If I build the mugger's little | helper, a PDA attachement that scans for real prada

Re: Brinwear at Benetton.

2003-03-13 Thread Adam Shostack
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 10:22:14AM -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: | Some research is being done in RSA Labs to produce more | privacy-enhanced protocols for RFIDs, but it's a long way from | publication, and its unclear what would motivate a tag manufacturer | to include them. The biggest motivators

Re: Brinwear at Benetton.

2003-03-13 Thread Adam Shostack
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:57:27AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: | If I build the mugger's little | helper, a PDA attachement that scans for real prada bags, then perhaps | the RFID tag will be removed at the counter after the first lawsuit. | | Nice! Possibly, it might not even be necessary for the

Re: Blacknet Delta CAPPS II Boycott?

2003-03-10 Thread Adam Shostack
I think the thing to do is to get RTmark or the YESmen or some other organization that's used to be sued involved. On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 09:52:04AM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: | Just wondering... | | Would there be an easy blacknet way to offer those t-shirts that would be | un-shutdownable?

Stupid security measures, a contest

2003-02-12 Thread Adam Shostack
Human rights watchdog Privacy International has launched a quest to find the World's Most Stupid Security Measure. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29279.html -- It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. -Hume

Stupid security measures, a contest

2003-02-12 Thread Adam Shostack
Human rights watchdog Privacy International has launched a quest to find the World's Most Stupid Security Measure. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29279.html -- It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. -Hume

P4 Docs?

2003-01-03 Thread Adam Shostack
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 ? A 19-year-old University of Chicago student was arrested in Los Angeles today and charged with stealing trade secrets from DirecTV, the nation's leading satellite television provider http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/03/technology/03PIRA.html According to prosecutors,

P4 Docs?

2003-01-03 Thread Adam Shostack
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 ? A 19-year-old University of Chicago student was arrested in Los Angeles today and charged with stealing trade secrets from DirecTV, the nation's leading satellite television provider http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/03/technology/03PIRA.html According to prosecutors,

Re: Privacy qua privacy (Was: Photographer Arrested For Taking Pictures...)

2002-12-31 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 01:21:52AM -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: | At 03:57 PM 12/19/2002 -0500, Adam Shostack wrote: | On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:56:12PM -0500, John Kelsey wrote: | | I think this would help, but I also think technology is driving a lot of | | this. You don't have to give a lot

Re: Dossiers and Customer Courtesy Cards

2002-12-31 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 11:02:48AM -0800, Tim May wrote: | On Tuesday, December 31, 2002, at 09:49 AM, Kevin Elliott wrote: | | At 12:12 -0500 on 12/31/02, Adam Shostack wrote: | Rummaging through my wallet...a grocery card in the name of Hughes, a | credit card with the name Shostack

Re: Privacy qua privacy (Was: Photographer Arrested For Taking Pictures...)

2002-12-31 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 09:49:28AM -0800, Kevin Elliott wrote: | At 12:12 -0500 on 12/31/02, Adam Shostack wrote: | Rummaging through my wallet...a grocery card in the name of Hughes, a | credit card with the name Shostack, and an expired membership card in | the name Doe. | | Interesting point

[dave@farber.net: [IP] Do unto others ..]

2002-12-31 Thread Adam Shostack
- Forwarded message from Dave Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 13:31:07 -0500 Subject: [IP] Do unto others .. From: Dave Farber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ip [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=TO_LOCALPART_EQ_REAL,AWL version=2.20 --

Re: Privacy qua privacy (Was: Photographer Arrested For Taking Pictures...)

2002-12-31 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 09:49:28AM -0800, Kevin Elliott wrote: | At 12:12 -0500 on 12/31/02, Adam Shostack wrote: | Rummaging through my wallet...a grocery card in the name of Hughes, a | credit card with the name Shostack, and an expired membership card in | the name Doe. | | Interesting point

Re: Privacy qua privacy (Was: Photographer Arrested For Taking Pictures...)

2002-12-31 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 01:21:52AM -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: | At 03:57 PM 12/19/2002 -0500, Adam Shostack wrote: | On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:56:12PM -0500, John Kelsey wrote: | | I think this would help, but I also think technology is driving a lot of | | this. You don't have to give a lot

Re: Dossiers and Customer Courtesy Cards

2002-12-31 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 11:02:48AM -0800, Tim May wrote: | On Tuesday, December 31, 2002, at 09:49 AM, Kevin Elliott wrote: | | At 12:12 -0500 on 12/31/02, Adam Shostack wrote: | Rummaging through my wallet...a grocery card in the name of Hughes, a | credit card with the name Shostack

Re: How robust is SpeakFreely?

2002-12-21 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 07:40:34PM +0100, Thomas Shaddack wrote: | | http://www.speakfreely.org/ is a nice, open-source cross-platfor VoIP | software. Supports encryption by DES, Blowfish, and IDEA. | | Had anyone knowledgeable ever looked at its code? How secure this | implementation is? Is

Re: Constant Encrypted Stream

2002-12-21 Thread Adam Shostack
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 10:10:25PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Nothing serious, just throwing a quick thought out... | | It has been mentioned that you should always use crypto. If you wait until | you actually have something private to send, then an adversary will know | exactly which

Re: How robust is SpeakFreely?

2002-12-21 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 07:40:34PM +0100, Thomas Shaddack wrote: | | http://www.speakfreely.org/ is a nice, open-source cross-platfor VoIP | software. Supports encryption by DES, Blowfish, and IDEA. | | Had anyone knowledgeable ever looked at its code? How secure this | implementation is? Is

Re: Constant Encrypted Stream

2002-12-20 Thread Adam Shostack
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 10:10:25PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Nothing serious, just throwing a quick thought out... | | It has been mentioned that you should always use crypto. If you wait until | you actually have something private to send, then an adversary will know | exactly which

Re: Privacy qua privacy (Was: Photographer Arrested For Taking Pictures...)

2002-12-19 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:56:12PM -0500, John Kelsey wrote: | At 12:53 PM 12/15/02 -0500, Adam Shostack wrote: | ... | I think that a law which re-affirmed the rights to be anonymous, to | call yourself what you will, to be left alone, to not carry or show ID | would transform the debate about

Re: BigBrotherWare

2002-12-19 Thread Adam Shostack
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 10:54:57AM -0800, Tim May wrote: | (Much has been made of how the Microsoft- and Intel-backed security | regimes will be opt in or voluntary. This seems dubious. It is | precisely the non-volunteers who these companies, and Hollywood, and | the Nation States, will be

Re: Privacy qua privacy (Was: Photographer Arrested For Taking Pictures...)

2002-12-19 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 04:56:12PM -0500, John Kelsey wrote: | At 12:53 PM 12/15/02 -0500, Adam Shostack wrote: | ... | I think that a law which re-affirmed the rights to be anonymous, to | call yourself what you will, to be left alone, to not carry or show ID | would transform the debate about

Re: Suspending the Constitution

2002-12-18 Thread Adam Shostack
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 03:17:21PM -0800, Petro wrote: | On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 03:18:09PM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: | On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Tim May wrote: | Lincoln's notion that the Constitution is suspendable during a war, or | other emergency conditions, was disgraceful. Nothing in the |

Re: [IP] Limits Sought on Wireless Internet Access (fwd)

2002-12-18 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 05:12:35PM -0800, Lucky Green wrote: | In other words, the new WaveLAN cards are shipping with a remote | off-switch held by minor government officials. Let's recap the | initiatives currently underway by both governments and major software | vendors: | | Remote disabling

Re: Suspending the Constitution

2002-12-18 Thread Adam Shostack
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 03:17:21PM -0800, Petro wrote: | On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 03:18:09PM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: | On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Tim May wrote: | Lincoln's notion that the Constitution is suspendable during a war, or | other emergency conditions, was disgraceful. Nothing in the |

Re: Short story?

2002-12-17 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 03:03:29PM -0800, Petro wrote: | Permanently behind on my email: | | On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 03:22:41PM -0500, Adam Shostack wrote: | I'm trying to remember details (author, title) of a short story that I | read once. Its main feature, or the one that's standing out

Re: Short story?

2002-12-16 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 03:03:29PM -0800, Petro wrote: | Permanently behind on my email: | | On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 03:22:41PM -0500, Adam Shostack wrote: | I'm trying to remember details (author, title) of a short story that I | read once. Its main feature, or the one that's standing out

Re: Privacy qua privacy (Was: Photographer Arrested For Taking Pictures...)

2002-12-15 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 12:22:30PM -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: | EPIC is in favor of using technologies to limit the information that | people disclose. It is in favor of limiting law enforcement [...] | But EPIC sharply diverges with some cypherpunks over the question of | what regulations

Re: Gilmore's response

2002-12-14 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 02:47:37PM -0800, Steve Schear wrote: | Dare you to do this with your Groucho glasses on :-) | | Oh, you saw me at RSA, eh? (Last year I guess it was, the RSA's staff | allowed me to be photo ID'd wearing them as long as I promised to wear them | on the show floor,

Re: Gilmore's response

2002-12-13 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 10:54:06AM -0800, Marshall Clow wrote: | At 1:38 PM -0500 12/13/02, Adam Shostack wrote: | PS: Current news in Canada includes the gun registry having undergone | a 12x cost overrun, and its not clear what will happen to it. A large | reason for the overruns have been

Re: Gilmore's response

2002-12-13 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 02:47:37PM -0800, Steve Schear wrote: | Dare you to do this with your Groucho glasses on :-) | | Oh, you saw me at RSA, eh? (Last year I guess it was, the RSA's staff | allowed me to be photo ID'd wearing them as long as I promised to wear them | on the show floor,

Re: Extradition, Snatching, and the Danger of Traveling to Other Countries

2002-12-13 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 08:17:27AM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: | All represive regiemes are short lived in a historical context. | Living thru them is hell. This one has already begun a rather | interesting hypocrisy - they say they support gun ownership, but | they have no problem with letting the

Re: Gilmore's response

2002-12-13 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 10:15:22AM -0800, Steve Schear wrote: | At 12:43 PM 12/13/2002 -0500, you wrote: | Gilmore's legal response to secret laws, etc. | | http://cryptome.org/gilmore-v-usa-god.htm | | I have a possible trip coming up soon. I intend to have my tickets | purchased by a third

Re: Gilmore's response

2002-12-13 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 10:54:06AM -0800, Marshall Clow wrote: | At 1:38 PM -0500 12/13/02, Adam Shostack wrote: | PS: Current news in Canada includes the gun registry having undergone | a 12x cost overrun, and its not clear what will happen to it. A large | reason for the overruns have been

Short story?

2002-11-23 Thread Adam Shostack
I'm trying to remember details (author, title) of a short story that I read once. Its main feature, or the one that's standing out in my mind, is the obsessive hacker who studies a target to figure out his password, at which he only has one guess. The zinger is that the very security concious

Re: Q: opportunistic email encryption

2002-11-22 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 09:23:57PM +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: | Question: if you control the traffic layer you can easily disrupt | opportunistic encryption (STARTTLS Co) by killing public key exchange, | or even do a MITM. | | Is there any infrastructure in MTAs for public key caching, and admin

Re: Torture done correctly is a terminal process

2002-11-21 Thread Adam Shostack
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 04:30:42PM -0800, Tim May wrote: | On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 12:49 PM, dmolnar wrote: | | On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Tyler Durden wrote: | | to have a big jpg of a hand with middle finger extended...) More than | this, | they will have unknowingly destroyed the real

Re: Torture done correctly is a terminal process

2002-11-20 Thread Adam Shostack
On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 04:30:42PM -0800, Tim May wrote: | On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 12:49 PM, dmolnar wrote: | | On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Tyler Durden wrote: | | to have a big jpg of a hand with middle finger extended...) More than | this, | they will have unknowingly destroyed the real

Re: (Being able to) sell votes

2002-11-18 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 07:02:40AM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: | On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Tyler Durden wrote: | | Me, I don't like the idea of people actualy selling votes, but I think I | like the idea of people BEING ABLE to sell their votes. | | But then votes are property, and property can be

Re: (Being able to) sell votes

2002-11-18 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 07:02:40AM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: | On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Tyler Durden wrote: | | Me, I don't like the idea of people actualy selling votes, but I think I | like the idea of people BEING ABLE to sell their votes. | | But then votes are property, and property can be

Workshop on HCI and Security at CHI2003

2002-11-11 Thread Adam Shostack
I think that the intersection of usability and security is of tremendous import, and wanted to share an under-advertised sort of workshop announcement: http://www.acm.org/sigchi/ The conference home page is http://www.chi2003.org/ The workshop page is

Workshop on HCI and Security at CHI2003

2002-11-11 Thread Adam Shostack
I think that the intersection of usability and security is of tremendous import, and wanted to share an under-advertised sort of workshop announcement: http://www.acm.org/sigchi/ The conference home page is http://www.chi2003.org/ The workshop page is

Re: Workshop on HCI and Security at CHI2003

2002-11-11 Thread Adam Shostack
Since posting, I got a better web page: http://www.iit.nrc.ca/~patricka/CHI2003/HCISEC/index.html Adam On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 09:54:51AM -0500, Adam Shostack wrote: | I think that the intersection of usability and security is of | tremendous import, and wanted to share an under-advertised sort

Re: Photos in transport plane of prisoners: Time for eJazeera?

2002-11-10 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 08:10:22PM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: | As long as there are people in the military who are willing and able to | inform us on what they are *really* doing, we actually can feel pretty | comfortable with their missions. It's gonna take a full polilce state | to prevent the

Re: Photos in transport plane of prisoners: Time for eJazeera?

2002-11-10 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 08:10:22PM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote: | As long as there are people in the military who are willing and able to | inform us on what they are *really* doing, we actually can feel pretty | comfortable with their missions. It's gonna take a full polilce state | to prevent the

Re: What email encryption is actually in use?

2002-11-03 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 11:23:36AM -0800, Tim May wrote: | I think most users, even casual ones, would accept this advice: | | Look, encrypted text is just a rearrangement of text. Compose your | message in whatever editor or word processor you want, apply the | encryption directly to that

Re: What email encryption is actually in use?

2002-11-03 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 11:23:36AM -0800, Tim May wrote: | I think most users, even casual ones, would accept this advice: | | Look, encrypted text is just a rearrangement of text. Compose your | message in whatever editor or word processor you want, apply the | encryption directly to that

Re: Integrated crypto sounds useful, but it's fragile and ultimately a lose

2002-11-03 Thread Adam Shostack
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 12:41:11PM -0800, Tim May wrote: | To expand on this point a bit, I suspect one of the main reasons people | who once used PGP stop using it, either privately or at corporations | (as we have heard folks here testify about), is because something | changes and things

Re: What email encryption is actually in use?

2002-11-02 Thread Adam Shostack
An interesting tidbit in the September Information Security Bulletin is the claim from MessageLabs that only .005% of the mail they saw in 2002 is encrypted, up from .003% in 2000. (MessageLabs is an outsourcing email anti-virus company.) At this thrilling rate of growth, it will be on the order

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-31 Thread Adam Shostack
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 07:13:52PM -0500, John Kelsey wrote: | Your list left out the obvious technique, which I think is more-or-less | used by El Al: Screen your passengers really well, probably using secret | databases, various kinds of racial profiling, etc. Routinely turn | passengers away,

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-30 Thread Adam Shostack
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 10:32:17AM -0500, Sunder wrote: | It's interesting to see how much stuff that was in the interest of | national security being declassified and available after 50 years. Lots | of cool stuff on the history channel lately. I wonder what evil will | surface fifty years

Re: A non-political issue

2002-10-29 Thread Adam Shostack
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 01:34:12AM +0100, Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga Remailer wrote: | (possible duplicate message) | | What technology is available to create a 2048-bit RSA key pair so that: | | 1 - the randomness comes from quantum noise | | 2 - no one knows the secret part, | | 3

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-28 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 04:13:31PM -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: | Actually, the DoT has already ruled positively that one fuel cell from | Polyfuel | can be carried on board. They appear to have a cartridge for the methanol, | similar to a ink cartridge. It's a pity it's methanol - I want to be able

Re: Confiscation of Anti-War Video

2002-10-28 Thread Adam Shostack
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 04:13:31PM -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: | Actually, the DoT has already ruled positively that one fuel cell from | Polyfuel | can be carried on board. They appear to have a cartridge for the methanol, | similar to a ink cartridge. It's a pity it's methanol - I want to be able

Re: internet radio - broadcast without incurring royalty fees

2002-10-25 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 02:37:32AM +0100, Adam Back wrote: | Seems to me this would pass current IP laws because it is like a radio | station which broadcast the name of a song and the user is expected to | insert the CD in his player and play along to keep up with the | commentary, only

Re: internet radio - broadcast without incurring royalty fees

2002-10-25 Thread Adam Shostack
On Fri, Oct 25, 2002 at 02:37:32AM +0100, Adam Back wrote: | Seems to me this would pass current IP laws because it is like a radio | station which broadcast the name of a song and the user is expected to | insert the CD in his player and play along to keep up with the | commentary, only

QuizID

2002-10-17 Thread Adam Shostack
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2334491.stm and www.quizid.com A credit-card sized device, which could potentially be issued to thousands of citizens, is being heralded as a major breakthrough in the search for establishing secure identification on the internet. ... Users are

Re: QuizID?

2002-10-17 Thread Adam Shostack
On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 02:39:55PM -0400, Rich Salz wrote: | Marc Branchaud wrote: | Any thoughts on this device? At first glance, it doesn't seem | particularly impressive... | | http://www.quizid.com/ | | Looks like hardware S/Key, doesn't it? | | If I could fool the user into entering a

QuizID

2002-10-17 Thread Adam Shostack
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2334491.stm and www.quizid.com A credit-card sized device, which could potentially be issued to thousands of citizens, is being heralded as a major breakthrough in the search for establishing secure identification on the internet. ... Users are

Re: QuizID?

2002-10-17 Thread Adam Shostack
On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 02:39:55PM -0400, Rich Salz wrote: | Marc Branchaud wrote: | Any thoughts on this device? At first glance, it doesn't seem | particularly impressive... | | http://www.quizid.com/ | | Looks like hardware S/Key, doesn't it? | | If I could fool the user into entering a

Proofs of security

2002-10-06 Thread Adam Shostack
Has anyone done any research into how much better new cryptosystems with proofs of security do, as opposed to their unproven cousins? It seems that having a proof of security doesn't actually improve the odds that a system will survive attacks. But thats my intuition, not a proven fact. ;) Has

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