Re: Gestapo harasses John Young, appeals to patriotism, told to fuck off

2003-11-12 Thread Anonymous
I tried to get them to sit together but they carefully bracketed me. John, it's imaginable how it feels. It's very inconvenient when men with guns send their minions - and it wouldn't surprise me if it does, over time, change Cryptome's attitude. Avoid heroic stupidity. Optimize for the long run.

F.B.I.'s Reach Into Records Is Set to Grow

2003-11-12 Thread Steve Schear
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/12/politics/12RECO.html November 12, 2003 F.B.I.'s Reach Into Records Is Set to Grow By ERIC LICHTBLAU ASHINGTON, Nov. 11 A little-noticed measure approved by both the House and Senate would significantly expand the F.B.I.'s power to demand financial records,

Gun ownership == using it in crime, Texas court rules

2003-11-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
Toby Wade Beyer, Appellant Vs. State of Texas, Appellee No. 11-02-00323-CR COURT OF APPEALS OF TEXAS, ELEVENTH DISTRICT, EASTLAND November 5, 2003, Filed PRIOR HISTORY: Appeal from the 266th District of Erath County. DISPOSITION: Affirmed. COUNSEL: For Plaintiff or Petitioner: Andrew

Re: Gestapo harasses John Young, appeals to patriotism, told to fuck off

2003-11-12 Thread Tim May
On Nov 8, 2003, at 11:06 AM, Anonymous wrote: Cryptome received a visit today from FBI Special Agents Todd Renner and Christopher Kelly from the FBI Counterterrorism Office in New York, 26 Federal Plaza, telephone 212) 384-1000. Both agents presented official ID and business cards. Good stuff.

Campaign contribution limits and soft money...law of unintended consequences

2003-11-12 Thread Tim May
So the Dems who sought campaign finance reform, via McCain-Feingold (*) are now trying to get an exception to allow George Soros to spend his soft money to help Dems. It seems the legally collected $160 million war chest that Shrub has collected is scaring the Dems, who have raised vastly

Re: Gun ownership == using it in crime, Texas court rules

2003-11-12 Thread Steve Schear
At 11:01 AM 11/12/2003 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: Appellant does not deny that the shotgun was a deadly weapon or that he was in possession of it. Rather; he argues that there was no evidence to support the jury's finding that his possession of the shotgun facilitated the associated felony

More crap crypto broken (yawn) (fwd from harley@argote.ch)

2003-11-12 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Dr. Robert J. Harley [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr. Robert J. Harley) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:25:16 +0100 (CET) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: More crap crypto broken (yawn) From The Register:

MacOS X (Panther) FileVault

2003-11-12 Thread Ralf-P. Weinmann
Panther's FileVault has already come up in a previous discussion, but questions which I thought were pretty obvious and which I had expected at least SOMEONE on cypherpunks to pose haven't come up... Sigh. Are there any whitepapers available on the design of FileVault? Except for impressive words

Re: MacOS X (Panther) FileVault

2003-11-12 Thread Tim May
On Nov 12, 2003, at 5:40 PM, Ralf-P. Weinmann wrote: Panther's FileVault has already come up in a previous discussion, but questions which I thought were pretty obvious and which I had expected at least SOMEONE on cypherpunks to pose haven't come up... Sigh. Are there any whitepapers available

Re: MacOS X (Panther) FileVault

2003-11-12 Thread Marshall Clow
At 6:18 PM -0800 11/12/03, Tim May wrote: A big hit was Etherpeg, from www.etherpeg.com, which intercepts packets over a WiFi network and reconstructs the packets into JPEG images (if they exist). Since most of the Macs in the audience were on a local WiFi/AirPort network, arranged ad hoc, the

Re: MacOS X (Panther) FileVault

2003-11-12 Thread Tim May
On Nov 12, 2003, at 7:13 PM, Marshall Clow wrote: At 6:18 PM -0800 11/12/03, Tim May wrote: A big hit was Etherpeg, from www.etherpeg.com, which intercepts packets over a WiFi network and reconstructs the packets into JPEG images (if they exist). Since most of the Macs in the audience were on