Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-09-02 Thread Tim May
On Sunday, August 31, 2003, at 06:16 PM, Steve Furlong wrote: On Sunday 31 August 2003 19:20, James A. Donald wrote: Talk is cheap. ... Indeed, the one may be connected to the other -- the absence of stoolies may well be connected to the presence of hot talk. Dunno. I'm not sure that mere talk

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-09-02 Thread Tim May
On Sunday, August 31, 2003, at 04:20 PM, James A. Donald wrote: -- Tim May is the perfect example why vigilante justice is generally considered to be a bad thing -- stupid assholes like Tim May spout off take action based on paranoia instead of facts principles of anarchy instead of

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-09-02 Thread An Metet
Tim May: If cops ask local neighborhood members to report any suspicious activity, the folks know that any benefits they gain from acting as informants tend to be a lot smaller than the danger of being beat up or even killed by the Mafia. When the cost of acting as an informant is zero,

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-09-02 Thread Steve Furlong
On Sunday 31 August 2003 19:20, James A. Donald wrote: Talk is cheap. ... Indeed, the one may be connected to the other -- the absence of stoolies may well be connected to the presence of hot talk. Dunno. I'm not sure that mere talk of killing a librarian would dissuade the potential

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-09-02 Thread J.A. Terranson
I wasn't even going to answer the absurd hypothetical, but since it's now in play... On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Sunder wrote: In that case, I would suspect the ISP itself would have incoming/outgoing feeds from other ISP's. Obviously, every ISP does. If that single moral objector ISP refuses to

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-09-02 Thread Morlock Elloi
What Tim is (correctly) observing here is that a working challenge to the force monopoly is a very effective way to modify behaviour. Where Tim is wrong, though, is that he may have anything resembling a working challenge. = end (of original message) Y-a*h*o-o (yes, they scan for this)

Re: CDR: Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-09-02 Thread Justin
An Metet (2003-09-01 05:54Z) wrote: Here's a clue. If and when crypto anarchy ever becomes a reality, Tim May is going to be one of the first ones killed. He's pissed off too many people. Once they can get retribution anonymously, his days are numbered. Are we talking about the tendency

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-09-02 Thread Sunder
In that case, I would suspect the ISP itself would have incoming/outgoing feeds from other ISP's. If that single moral objector ISP refuses to allow carnivores, the other, not quite as moral ISP's might be persuaded to allow it, in which case the fedZ get what they want, just one traceroute hop

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-09-02 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 12:02 PM 8/31/03 -0700, Tim May wrote: He said: An ISP is free to say anyone requesting a tap is required to pay a fee, just as any ISP is free to say that it will handle installation of special Carnivore equipment for a certain fee. A customer of the ISP is certainly _not_ the one requesting

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-09-02 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:54 AM 9/1/03 -0400, An Metet wrote: Here's a clue. If and when crypto anarchy ever becomes a reality, Tim May is going to be one of the first ones killed. He's pissed off too many people. Once they can get retribution anonymously, his days are numbered. What, exactly, has Tim done that

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-09-02 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:06 PM 8/31/03 -0700, Tim May wrote: The Mob doesn't actually have to kill too many stoolies for it to be widely known that ratting can be a very dangerous business. Ask David Kelly. Or his associates. Reputation is a tool.

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-09-02 Thread Sunder
Indeed. Despite all of Tim's rage, we're still just rats in a cage, and despite Tim's urging of necklacing ISP owners, or other foam at the mouth arm-chair solutions, Occam's razor still supplies the better, and cleaner solutions: If your MTA has it, turn on the START TLS option. If it doesn't,

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-09-02 Thread Tyler Durden
by the Feds and then go to prison for NOT fighting against the US (but clearly thinking about it), then we are in deep trouble. -TD From: Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 18:01:52 -0700

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-08-31 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 11:00 PM -0500 8/29/03, J.A. Terranson wrote: And the sheer expense may in and of itself be a controlling factor in such orders. Bingo. You can't make a hierarchical network out of a geodesic one again. To mangle Gilmore's words a bit, a geodesic network sees centralization as damage and

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-08-31 Thread Tim May
On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 06:10 AM, Eric Murray wrote: On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 06:54:03PM -0700, Tim May wrote: But when Big Brother commands that his Carnivore boxes be added, ISPs are afraid to shoot his agents who trespass. I think my solution may be best: take a few ISPs who have

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-08-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 06:54 PM 8/29/03 -0700, Tim May wrote: On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 03:28 PM, Steve Schear wrote: All covered in my previous postings. This approach should be particularly applicable to ISPs as they generally have billing arrangement and can add this on as an extra service fee for each

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-08-31 Thread Tim
J.A. Terranson wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Tim May wrote: But when Big Brother commands that his Carnivore boxes be added, ISPs are afraid to shoot his agents who trespass. Just for the record, as someone who is in a position to have first-hand personal knowledge of this... When the

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-08-31 Thread Tim May
On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 01:02 AM, Tim wrote: J.A. Terranson wrote: On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Tim May wrote: But when Big Brother commands that his Carnivore boxes be added, ISPs are afraid to shoot his agents who trespass. Just for the record, as someone who is in a position to have

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-08-31 Thread Steve Schear
At 11:00 PM 8/29/2003 -0500, J.A. Terranson wrote: I was *stunned* at how many ISPs told them to fuck off (including, I am happy to say, the one I work at).. When a court order is present - that is a whole new ball game: nobody will refuse that. Well maybe. What if a US ISP is incorporated with

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-08-31 Thread Jim Dixon
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote: This has been proposed for, but it fails for the usual reasons. An ISP is free to say anyone requesting a tap is required to pay a fee, just as any ISP is free to say that it will handle installation of special Carnivore equipment for a

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-08-31 Thread Tim May
On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 10:46 AM, Major Variola (ret) wrote: At 06:54 PM 8/29/03 -0700, Tim May wrote: On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 03:28 PM, Steve Schear wrote: All covered in my previous postings. This approach should be particularly applicable to ISPs as they generally have

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-08-31 Thread Tyler Durden
. Anyway to make a virus that will install fake/random name lists? From: Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 09:10:48 -0700 On Saturday, August 30, 2003, at 06:10 AM, Eric Murray wrote

Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-08-30 Thread Bill Frantz
The Java Anonymous Proxy (JAP) service, your local library, and you, among others need to develop a response should you be served with an order (court or otherwise) to produce information which includes the requirement that you keep the order secret. There are a large number of responses one

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-08-30 Thread Steve Schear
At 01:54 PM 8/29/2003 -0700, you wrote: Stopping your notification that the service is not monitored can be forbidden by a strict enough secrecy order. It may be the least legally risky of the options. The fact that you will stop notification should be included in your terms of service. All

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-08-30 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Tim May wrote: But when Big Brother commands that his Carnivore boxes be added, ISPs are afraid to shoot his agents who trespass. Just for the record, as someone who is in a position to have first-hand personal knowledge of this... When the various plastic-id carrying

Re: Responding to orders which include a secrecy requirement

2003-08-30 Thread Tim May
On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 03:28 PM, Steve Schear wrote: At 01:54 PM 8/29/2003 -0700, you wrote: Stopping your notification that the service is not monitored can be forbidden by a strict enough secrecy order. It may be the least legally risky of the options. The fact that you will stop