A gram of circumvention is worth a metric ton of lobbying.
Charles Johnson
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“Quantum physics enables perfectly secure cloud computing: Researchers have succeeded in combining the power of quantum computing with the security of quantum cryptography and have shown that perfectly secure cloud computing can be achieved using the principles of quantum mechanics. They have performed an experimental demonstration of quantum computation in which the input, the data processing, and the output remain unknown to the quantum computer.
[...] current trend of cloud computing: central remote servers are used to store and process data – everything is done in the “cloud.” The obvious challenge is to make globalized computing safe and ensure that users’ data stays private.
The latest research, to appear in Science, reveals that quantum computers can provide an answer to that challenge. “Quantum physics solves one of the key challenges in distributed computing. It can preserve data privacy when users interact with remote computing centers [...]
The scientists in the Vienna research group have demonstrated the concept of “blind quantum computing” in an experiment: they performed the first known quantum computation during which the user’s data stayed perfectly encrypted. The experimental demonstration uses photons, or “light particles” to encode the data. Photonic systems are well-suited to the task because quantum computation operations can be performed on them, and they can be transmitted over long distances.
The process works in the following manner. The user prepares qubits – the fundamental units of quantum computers – in a state known only to himself and sends these qubits to the quantum computer. The quantum computer entangles the qubits according to a standard scheme. The actual computation is measurement-based: the processing of quantum information is implemented by simple measurements on qubits. The user tailors measurement instructions to the particular state of each qubit and sends them to the quantum server. Finally, the results of the computation are sent back to the user who can interpret and utilize the results of the computation. Even if the quantum computer or an eavesdropper tries to read the qubits, they gain no useful information, without knowing the initial state; they are “blind.”" http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-01/uov-qpe011612.phpPublication: “Demonstration of Blind Quantum Computing” Stefanie Barz, Elham Kashefi, Anne Broadbent, Joseph Fitzsimons, Anton Zeilinger, Philip Walther. DOI: 10.1126/science.1214707
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How litigation only spurred on P2P file sharing: “[...] the US Supreme Court in Grokster created a brand new legal doctrine, called inducement, that did not rely on either knowledge or control. That rule was aimed at capturing “bad actors” – those P2P providers who aimed to profit from their users’ infringement and whose nefarious intent was demonstrated by “smoking guns” in their marketing and other communications. But the inducement law failed to appreciate some of the other differences that make the software world special and thus led directly to the explosion in the number of P2P technologies. In understanding why, three other physical world assumptions come into play.
One is that it is expensive to create distribution technologies that are capable of vast amounts of infringement. Of course in the physical world, the creation of such technologies, like printing presses, photocopiers, and VCRs required large investment. Research and development, mass-manufacturing, marketing and delivery all require massive amounts of cash. Thus, the law came to assume that the creation of such technologies was expensive.
That led directly to the next assumption – that distribution technologies are developed for profit. After all, nobody would be investing those massive sums without some prospect of a return.
Finally comes the fourth assumption: that rational developers of distribution technologies won’t share their secrets with consumers or competitors. Since they needed to recoup those massive investments, they had no interest at all in giving them away.
All of these assumptions certainly can hold up in the software development context. For example, those behind Kazaa spent a lot on its development, squeezed out the maximum possible profit and kept its source code a closely guarded secret. By creating a law that focused on profits, business models and marketing, the Supreme Court succeeded in shaking out Kazaa and its ilk from the market.
But the Court failed to appreciate that none of these things are actually necessary to the creation of P2P file sharing software. [...]” http://www.itnews.com.au/News/279763,how-litigation-only-spurred-on-p2p-file-sharing.aspx
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EUDataProtectionSupervisor: No privacy without net neutrality “78. Inspection techniques based on traffic data and inspection of IP payloads, i.e. the content of communications, may reveal users’ Internet activity: websites visited and activities on those sites, use of P2P applications, files downloaded, emails sent and received, from whom, on what subject and in which terms, etc. ISPs may want to use this information to prioritise some communications, such as video on demand, over others. They may want to use it to identify viruses, or to build profiles in order to serve behavioural advertising. These actions interfere with the right to the confidentiality of communications.” http://www.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/webdav/site/mySite/shared/Documents/Consultation/Opinions/2011/11-10-07_Net_neutrality_EN.pdf
[Via http://www.laquadrature.net/en/no-privacy-without-net-neutrality ]
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Government internet control increases online radicalisation – LulzSec is not an isolated phenomenon http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jun/28/radical-hackers-lulzsec-governments
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Lulz #AntiSec Manifesto http://pastebin.com/9KyA0E5v & http://lulzsecurity.com/releases/1000th_tweet_press_release.txt
“Government hacking is taking place right now behind the scenes.” https://twitter.com/#!/LulzSec/status/82841336683831296
Cf. http://lulzsecexposed.blogspot.com/2011/06/operation-security.html
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“The Leader of LulzSec is Doxed. Game Over for you Guys !!!” http://lulzsecexposed.blogspot.com/2011/06/sabu-doxed.html
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“Internet in a Suitcase”: A Detour Around Censors http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/world/12internet.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all
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Why we secretly love LulzSec: “So for the last ten years I’ve been working in media, trying to raise awareness of the idea that maybe, just maybe, using insecure computers to hold your secrets, conduct your commerce and run your infrastructure is a shitty idea.
No one who mattered listened. Executives think it’s FUD. They honestly think that if they keep paying their annual AV subscriptions they’ll be shielded by Mr. Norton’s magic cloak.
Security types like LulzSec because they’re proving what a mess we’re in. They’re pointing at the elephant in the room and saying “LOOK AT THE GIGANTIC FUCKING ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM ZOMG WHY CAN’T YOU SEE IT??? ITS TRUNK IS IN YR COFFEE FFS!!!” [...]” http://risky.biz/lulzsec
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GPU Password Cracking – Bruteforceing a Windows Password Using a Graphic Card https://mytechencounters.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/gpu-password-cracking-crack-a-windows-password-using-a-graphic-card/
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A brief Sony password analysis http://www.troyhunt.com/2011/06/brief-sony-password-analysis.html
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MI6 to Rest of World: Cyber War is On. Anyone, Anywhere is Fair Game. Arm yourselves. “[...] it makes it OK for any government agency to target our servers and the tone of the article suggests moral impunity for government agencies engaging in these attacks. If it’s OK for British intelligence to hack (most likely) US based servers then it’s OK for Chinese officials to attack an ad network based in the USA if they run an ad for a dissident website.
At first glance this looks like a cute prank. But this attack may spark the beginning of a global cyber war fought by government agencies and private contractors, the logical conclusion of which is an Iron Curtain descending on what was once an open and peaceful communication medium.” http://markmaunder.com/2011/cyber-war-is-on/
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A military response to cyberattacks is preposterous: “The real obstacle to making sensible cybersecurity policy is hysteria, which drowns out common sense.” http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2011/06/02/a-military-response-to-cyberattacks-is-preposterous/
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U.S. to Respond to Computer Sabotage With Missile Strike http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304563104576355623135782718.html
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Namecoin is a distributed domain registration system based on the bitcoin concept. http://namecoin.bitcoin-contact.org It is part of the Dot-BIT project. http://dot-bit.org
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“The U.S. International Strategy for Cyberspace outlines our vision for the future of cyberspace, and sets an agenda for partnering with other nations and peoples to realize it.” http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/International_Strategy_Cyberspace_Factsheet.pdf
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/international_strategy_for_cyberspace.pdf
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Namecoin – A DNS alternative based on Bitcoin:
“Namecoin https://github.com/vinced/namecoin is a naming system based on bitcoin with a few modifications. It is inspired by the bitdns discussion and recent failures of the DNS.
The quick facts:
- This is a new blockchain, separate from the main Bitcoin chain
- Name/value pairs are stored in the blockchain attached to coins
- Names are acquired through new transaction types – new, first-update and update
- Names expire after 12000 blocks unless renewed with an update
- No two unexpired names can be identical
- Block validation is extended to reject transactions that do not follow the above rules
- The code is here: https://github.com/vinced/namecoin
Initially, two name spaces are defined – DNS and personal. The DNS name space is targetted towards a new distributed TLD, possibly .bit.
Here is how you can help:
- Compile and run namecoind.
- Do some mining. The starting difficulty is 512, so CPU mining is still viable.
- We need proxies, browser plugins and DNS servers created to act as a bridge between Namecoin and users.” http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=6017.0
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I expect that the Battle of Internets is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of an Uncensored civilization! Upon it depends our own free life, and the long continuity of our sites and our trackers. The whole fury and might of the enemy will very soon be turned on us.
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This Could be Big: Decentralized Web Standard Under Development by W3C https://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/his_could_be_big_decentralized_web_standard_under.php
http://www.w3.org/2011/04/webrtc-charter.html
Cf. http://newtechpost.com/2011/05/05/starfish-a-user-controlled-network
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Help The Wall Street Journal uncover fraud, abuse and other wrongdoing. Send documents to us using a special system built to be secure. Keep your identity anonymous or confidential, if needed. https://www.wsjsafehouse.com/
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Ideal Properties of Digital Commodities – How does Bitcoin currently compare? https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Ideal_Properties_of_Digital_Commodities
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Daniel A. Nagy [ http://www.facebook.com/nagydanya cf. https://www.epointsystem.org/~nagydani/ICETE2005.pdf and https://www.epointsystem.org/~nagydani/fc2008.pdf ] I think that they make a fair assessment of what an ideal commodity would be like and how bitcoin measures up against this ideal. Even so, I have doubts about commodities (even ideal commodities) being ideal for monetary purposes. I tend to buy the argument that (good) debt is the ultimate backing for money.
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petfold Debt? I would call it trust. But maybe it’s the same thing.
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Daniel A. Nagy Debt is just the other side of credit. Credit comes from latin “credo” (I believe), which is, in this context, for all practical purposes synonymous with trust.
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Mázsa Péter @ Daniel A. Nagy What is your current opinion (written and/or implemented) on the ideal e-monetary system?
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Daniel A. Nagy @ Mázsa Péter: a monetary system’s primary purpose is to lower transaction costs and risks. The ideal one, obviously, makes them zero, bringing about that ideal gas of economics: the perfectly efficient market where Coase’s theorem holds. I believe in approaching it step-by-step, one Pareto-improvement at a time.
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“[...] how about if Google *did* buy the music industry? That would solve its licensing problems at a stroke. Of course, the anti-trust authorities around the world would definitely have something to say about this, so it might be necessary to tweak the idea a little.
How about if a consortium of leading Internet companies – Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Baidu, Amazon etc. – jointly bought the entire music industry, and promised to license its content to anyone on a non-discriminatory basis? [...]” http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2011/04/why-google-should-buy-music-industry.html
Cf. http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/04/15/2118220/Why-Google-Should-Buy-the-Music-Industry
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How did the CIA and FBI Know that Australian Government Computers were Hacked? https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2011/04/how_did_the_cia.html
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What is your Position on Internet Freedom Act?
A BILL
To prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from further regulating the Internet.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.This Act may be cited as the `Internet Freedom Act’.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF THE FCC.(a) In General- The Federal Communications Commission shall not propose, promulgate, or issue any regulations regarding the Internet or IP-enabled services.
(b) Exception- The limitation set forth in this section shall not apply to any regulations that the Commission determines necessary–
(1) to prevent damage to the national security of the United States;
(2) to ensure the public safety; or
(3) to assist or facilitate any actions taken by a Federal or State law enforcement agency.
(c) Rule of Construction- Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede, repeal, or negate any regulations regarding the Internet or IP-enabled services that were in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, including any regulations established pursuant to the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C. 1001 note).
(d) General Principles- Congress finds that–
(1) the Internet and all IP-enabled services are services affecting interstate commerce; and
(2) such services are not subject to the jurisdiction of any State or municipal locality.
ENDhttp://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:h96:
Present status: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-96
US citizens: pls support/oppose: https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/112/hr96
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“Why the US needs to blacklist, censor pirate websites”: “Piracy runs rampant on the Internet, but Daniel Castro says it doesn’t have to be this way. He wants the US government to start creating a blacklist of Internet sites; once approved by a judge, each site would be cut off from American Internet users at the Domain Name System (DNS) level, where readable locations like “arstechnica.com” are turned into numerical IP addresses. US-based credit card companies would be forbidden from doing any business with the site, and US-based advertising networks couldn’t serve ads to the site. [...]
I spoke to him recently about Web blocking, censorship, and why he believes that deep packet inspection (DPI) of Internet traffic by ISPs is more like Gmail than wiretapping. As for due process, Castro says COICA is fair—but he’s open to some tweaks”: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/04/why-the-us-needs-to-censor-pirate-websites.ars
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Banking security considered a ‘laughing stock’: “[...] Dyson highlighted online money transfer services such as e-gold and Hawala, also known as Hundi, as methods used by criminals to obfuscate the source of funds.
Hundi was a network of unofficial brokers who performed international transactions by having one broker accept a sum of money in one country. The broker’s overseas colleague would then pay the corresponding sum to the intended recipient, and the two brokers would resolve their settlement at a later date.
That made transactions “very hard to trace”, Dyson told the conference.
Cross-border jurisdictions and a global, anonymous online environment were also a challenge for police, who had to operate within the confines of privacy law. [...]” http://www.itnews.com.au/News/252573,aussie-police-probe-virtual-worlds-for-money-trail.aspx
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6Reasons Google Books Failed + Judge Chin’s original opinion:
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/mar/28/six-reasons-google-books-failed/
http://thepublicindex.org/docs/amended_settlement/opinion.pdf
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Iranian hacker releases his manifesto + It’s Time to Fix HTTPS:
http://erratasec.blogspot.com/2011/03/comodo-hacker-releases-his-manifesto.html
https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=df9sn445_206ff3kn9gs&pli=1
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“Google, Yahoo and privacy certification firm TRUSTe have each taken steps to advance industry self-regulation for online behavioral advertising. Google and Yahoo are switching to the standard behavioral ad icon associated with the Digital Advertising Alliance’s self-regulatory initiative. Meanwhile, TRUSTe is trying to help consumers prevent online tracking by bad actors. [...]” http://www.clickz.com/clickz/news/2036184/google-yahoo-truste-advance-self-reg-plans
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How close to a Web security meltdown did we get? – Iranian hackers obtain fraudulent HTTPS certificates:
Technical Analysis by Peter Eckersley “On March 15th, an HTTPS/TLS Certificate Authority (CA) was tricked into issuing fraudulent certificates that posed a dire risk to Internet security. Based on currently available information, the incident got close to — but was not quite — an Internet-wide security meltdown. As this post will explain, these events show why we urgently need to start reinforcing the system that is currently used to authenticate and identify secure websites and email systems. [...]” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/03/iranian-hackers-obtain-fraudulent-https
admin is discussing. 
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