Another possibility occurred to me. It might be possible to use the
802.11-like devices for this purpose. The problem for this application
with Wi-Fi is its focus on high data rate and therefore low process
gain. But there is no inherent reason why almost the same circuits
(perhaps even the
Priorities for Homeland Security
The last line of defense against suicide terrorism--preventing bombers
from reaching targets--may be the most expensive and least likely to
succeed.
Random bag or body searches cannot be very effective against people
willing to die, although this may provide som
At 03:13 PM 3/17/2003 +0100, Thomas Shaddack wrote:
Using a powerful high-frequency modulated infrared source (eg, a bank of
LEDs) located on a highly visible place, it couldbe possible to facilitate
local community broadcasts, effectively sidestepping all FCC regulations.
Better to ignore low powe
Dubious Public Perceptions
Recent treatments of Homeland Security research concentrate on how to
spend billions to protect sensitive installations from attack (14, 15).
But this
last line of defense is probably easiest to breach because of the
multitude of vulnerable and likely targets (includin
On Monday, March 17, 2003, Tyler came up with this...
TD> Cops tend to leave you alone unless you're robbing or
TD> killing somebody.
Or unless you're smoking a cigarette.
TD> Drugs get the occsional bust, but the vast majority are left alone if
TD> its discrete.
In some places that may be, but
Steve Schear wrote...
"A detector that is only sensitive to this spectral region has the
capability to operate in the daylight, even while pointing at the sun, and
pick up little background radiation"
How much are UV receivers (note, not the same thing as a mere UV detector)?
Gotta be kinda ex
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 06:39:08AM -0800, Mike Rosing wrote:
> You can't determine who the customer is if they aren't in your database,
> so a centralized database would make sense. The bandwidth on that is
> going to be a nightmare.
I can imagine some ways to deal with this. Have certain blocks
> What wavelengths do face recognition systems use, and are face masks still
> opaque at those frequencies?
As far as I know, the cameras used are standard ones, in normal visible
range.
(Backed with cost of the equipment, the fact that there is not enough UV
light indoors, that IR cameras are w
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Michael Shields wrote:
> It adds up, especially in low-margin businesses. Groceries are a good
> example; unpacking every cart, scanning, and bagging is an expensive
> bottleneck. The process could be streamlined a lot if an entire cart
> were scanned at once.
>
> There are
Steve Schear wrote...
I haven't checked but assume they should be relatively cheap. For example,
I'm assuming this device isn't too expensive and the sensor itself should
be available for a few $10s. http://www.ame-corp.com/UVB.htm
Perhaps I misunderstand what you would want to use this device
Thomas Shaddack wrote...
"Once wearing a face mask becomes common, the efficiency of
face-recognition based surveillance/identification systems will get qutie
reduced.
Opinions, comments?"
What wavelengths do face recognition systems use, and are face masks still
opaque at those frequencies?
-T
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Tyler Durden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And then, there are still many unattended exit points that have no
> cameras (and in many of those remote points, the installation of
> cameras would eventually be met with graffitti or vandalism). The NYC
> subway system i
It's obvious they know what you look like if you use those machines, and
who you are too if you use a credit card. Same with mail & ride, I
suppose, but that I know nothing of because I don't go to LI and I don't
pay attention to Metro North. They obviously need an address, do they
insist on a name
Yeah, despite the probable issues, I want to see big-breasted, bikini-clad
springbreak chics on MTV while smokin' a doobie, not be all harshed-out by
"reality". I WANT MY MT-V!
-TD
From: Sunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [1st amend] NYT: MT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mike Rosing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yeah, and it takes a second or 2 to find the bar code. That's got
> to cost a few pennies doesn't it :-)
It adds up, especially in low-margin businesses. Groceries are a good
example; unpacking every cart, scanning, and bag
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> I can imagine some ways to deal with this. Have certain blocks of RFID
> address space assigned to specific companies, who publish what products
> they'll be used for. They won't specify what *individuals* will get what
> tags, just that it's a $2,500
At 03:23 PM 3/17/03 +0100, Thomas Shaddack wrote:
>As things are never purely good and bad, the outbreak of new killer
>pneumonia offers some hope in countering the proliferating camera
>surveillance system.
>
>In Japan, it's common to wear a face-mask similar to the kind surgeons
>have during outb
This ain't Singapore, now...it's NYC. You can (and always will) be able to
buy a Metrocard with cash at the remaining token booths. And while I'd bet
many have cameras (for anti-token booth-type crime, including setting the
booth on fire), I really doubt they'd be able to accurately track an
in
At 12:08 PM 3/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Steve Schear wrote...
"A detector that is only sensitive to this spectral region has the
capability to operate in the daylight, even while pointing at the sun, and
pick up little background radiation"
How much are UV receivers (note, not the same thing as
Here's a bit of meat for Tim...
Genesis of Suicide Terrorism
Scott Atran
Contemporary suicide terrorists from the Middle East are publicly
deemed crazed cowards bent on senseless
destruction who thrive in poverty and ignorance. Recent research
indicates they have no appreciable
psychopatholo
Well, i thought that the general gist of your post was that in many cases it
would be possible to determine the comings and goings of CitizenUnit A in
the New York City subway system. My "needless" reply was to voice some
scepticism on this in the general case, and to disagree in the case of
so
Right, which is why I said the following:
"If you don't buy your Metrocard with cash..."
and
"Of course face->card links aren't card->identity links, but if you're
wanted, they're more than good enough."
Please DO read the entire message before needlessly replying.
--Kaos-
As deplorable and heinous as MTV's actions are, go back and read the 1st
Ammendment. MTV is not a government run channel. The 1st doesn't apply
to it.
Now - if say Fox News - who claims to be "Fair and Balanced" refused it,
while accepting - say US Army/Navy/Marines ads, etc. that might be an
in
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, 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 each have a unique n
Bill Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Schmoo Group response on cryptonomicon.net
>http://www.cryptonomicon.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=263&mode=&order=0&thold=0
>Apparently OpenSSL has code to prevent the timing attack,
>but it's often not compiled in (I'm not sure how much that
Using a powerful high-frequency modulated infrared source (eg, a bank of
LEDs) located on a highly visible place, it couldbe possible to facilitate
local community broadcasts, effectively sidestepping all FCC regulations.
The advantage is absolutely no laws regulating using of infrared beams for
d
As things are never purely good and bad, the outbreak of new killer
pneumonia offers some hope in countering the proliferating camera
surveillance system.
In Japan, it's common to wear a face-mask similar to the kind surgeons
have during outbreaks of flu and during the cold season. The current
air
At 08:03 PM 3/14/03 -0800, Tim May wrote:
...
They could be round, for easy handling. And milled for evidence of having
been shaved. They could even be made of precious metals for high-value
coins, and of base and inexpensive metals for low-value coins.
Have you filed for the patent, yet?
--Tim
On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 10:42:33PM -0800, Eric Cordian wrote:
>McCullagh, like Weiner - decided that principles are for fools.
If not having principles means rejecting the kind of statist claptrap
that the Register writer advocates -- and that went out of style with
Nikita Khrushchev's bad sui
Things have been quiet here for a few months (arguably for a few
years...), and yet the need for our technologies has never been
greater. Things are grimmer now than they were in 1992-3, those dark
years when "Clipper" was to be deployed. And yet back then there was no
Fatherland Security, no "
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny;
when the government fears the people, there is liberty "
--- Thomas Jefferson
Its a fact that leading public officials who violate the U.S. Constitution are rarely
held accountable. In the U.S., in particular, this means all laws based on
http://www.thememoryhole.org/corp/iraq-suppliers.htm
"War is just a racket ... something that is not what it seems to the
majority of people. Only a small group knows what its about. It is
conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the
masses." --- Major General Smedley Butle
CNN's Headline News channel is running a short interview with cpunk
Bill Scannell on the Boycott Delta campaign and the CAPPS II
initiative, with cheerful rebuttals from a spokesdroid who explained
that there's no threat to privacy because the credit checks will be
performed by unknown third partie
A radio report claimed that anew 'feature' of the cards was replacement of lost or
stolen cards. That sounds like there is a plan to tie cards to individuals.
j
<- Original Text ->
What's to link? All that can be linked is that a metrocard was bought
in one place, be it a subway station,
At 06:17 PM 03/15/2003 -0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
What happens when you fly a low-fuel high speed 727 into a biosafety
level 4 containment facility?
Probable answer: not in the threat model considered during design, so it
can't happen.
I thought Air Force 1 was a 747 these days?
What happens when you fly a low-fuel high speed 727 into a biosafety
level 4 containment facility?
Probable answer: not in the threat model considered during design, so it
can't happen.
On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 18:12:19 -0600, you wrote:
>
> On Saturday 15 March 2003 12:55 pm, Anonymous via the Cypherpunks Tonga
> Remailer wrote:
> > On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 14:25:51 +, you wrote:
> > > So which American on the list is going to write to Congress to demand
> > > that the Statue of Libert
On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> What happens when you fly a low-fuel high speed 727 into a biosafety
> level 4 containment facility?
It will be reduced to rubble. Most of those inside will get killed.
Sterile containments will be breached. Negligible amounts of pathogens
will
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