Re: U.S. Said to Pay Iraq Contractors in Cash

2005-02-15 Thread Ryan Lackey
Everyone does this openly over here. Anything less than $500k or so isn't even worth thinking about, since as a kidnap victim, you're sold for about that much. I really don't see why it's worthy of an article. I've been buying cash from other contractors, as well as providing cash on a

Don't Trust Your Eyes or URLs (was Re: TidBITS#766/14-Feb-05)

2005-02-15 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 6:21 PM -0800 2/14/05, TidBITS Editors wrote: Don't Trust Your Eyes or URLs - by Glenn Fleishman [EMAIL PROTECTED] The clever folks at the Shmoo Group, a bunch of interesting security folks who punch holes in assumptions about what's secure on the Internet,

TSA's Secure Flight (was Re: CRYPTO-GRAM, February 15, 2005)

2005-02-15 Thread R.A. Hettinga
At 6:23 AM -0600 2/15/05, Bruce Schneier wrote: TSA's Secure Flight As I wrote last month, I am participating in a working group to study the security and privacy of Secure Flight, the U.S. government's program to match airline passengers with a terrorist watch list. In the end,

Re: What is a cypherpunk?

2005-02-15 Thread Steve Thompson
--- ken [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James A. Donald wrote: The state was created to attack private property rights - to steal stuff. Some rich people are beneficiaries, but from the beginning, always at the expense of other rich people. More commonly states defend the rich against the

Digital Water Marks Thieves

2005-02-15 Thread R.A. Hettinga
Until, of course, people figure out that taggants on everything do nothing but confuse evidence and custody, not help it. Go ask the guys in the firearms labs about *that* one. Cheers, RAH --- http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,66595,00.html Wired News Digital Water Marks Thieves By