Re: [liberationtech] Naive Question

2013-09-12 Thread Case Black
Although not an unalloyed fan of Ms. Rand, her words of 50 years ago do seem relevant to our current situation --- Instead of being a protector of man’s rights, the government is becoming their most dangerous violator. Instead of protecting men from the initiators of physical force, the

Re: [liberationtech] Naive Question

2013-09-09 Thread Case Black
. :) Should I credit you with this? yrs, On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Case Black casebl...@gmail.com wrote: There's a more subtle variant to this idea... Regularly state (put up a sign) that you HAVE in fact received an NSL...with the public understanding that it must be a lie

Re: [liberationtech] Naive Question

2013-09-09 Thread Case Black
There's a more subtle variant to this idea... Regularly state (put up a sign) that you HAVE in fact received an NSL...with the public understanding that it must be a lie (there's no law against falsely making such a claim...yet!). When actually served with an NSL, you would now be bound by law

[liberationtech] NSA's 100% perfect internal audits...

2013-08-22 Thread Case Black
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130820/15441924258/us-still-cant-figure-out-what-snowden-took-what-happened-to-those-perfect-audits.shtml Remember how the NSA's biggest defenders keep insisting that the NSA's perfect audits prevent abuse? Here's Keith Alexander insisting that such audits are

Re: [liberationtech] NSA's 100% perfect internal audits...

2013-08-22 Thread Case Black
://www.fipr.org/press/050525crypto.html On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:36:37AM -0500, Case Black wrote: Addressing the Black Hat convention in Las Vegas, an annual gathering for the information security industry, he gave a personal

[liberationtech] NSA revelations are about capabilities...not intentions

2013-08-21 Thread Case Black
It's instructive to look at the history of America's original surveillance program, its 223 year old US Census program. There are rigorous laws against government abuse of census data[1][2] going back over 200 years. In addition, during each 10-year census period there are earnest advertising

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

2013-01-13 Thread Case Black
Federal Prosecutor Ortiz does not seem like a monster in general...of course not, neither did Adolf Eichmann. This is the face of the Banality of Evil for the modern era! On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Shava Nerad shav...@gmail.com wrote: Federal Prosecutor Ortiz -- Unsubscribe, change

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

2013-01-13 Thread Case Black
unspeakable harm through the blandest of bureaucrats, the most pious of bishops and the most reasonable of prosecutors. We would do well when looking at the likes of Ortiz to always hold separate intent from presentation... Case On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Case Black casebl...@gmail.com