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The Wassenaar Arrangement threatens every ones liberty. If you do not
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by
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liberty and freedom. This agreement would make it illegal to record a TV
broadcast for personal use. If you think
crypto controls are tight now you should see what will happen once this
gets through.
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<a href="/archive/calltoarms.html">John Gilmore's Call To Arms</a><br>
<a href="http://jya.com/crypto-free.htm">Listing of current crypto mirrors</a><br>
<a href="http://www.zanshin.com/~bobg/s">An Internet strike has been called for December 14th</a><br>
<a href="http://freecrypto.org/">FREE CRYPTO</a><br>
<a href="http://www.wassenaar.org"> The Wassenaar Arrangement web site</a><br>
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You may have heard about it on your local TV news last night. I know I
did. HNN first reported this <a href="archive.html?120398.html">last
week</a>, mainstream media is a little slow I guess. The Palm Pilot can
be used to steal cars. Whoopee. Any device, including Palm Pilots
and Universal TV remotes, that can learn IR codes can be used as an Auto
theft device.
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The big part of the story that just about everyone missed, and HNN
mentioned this yesterday, is that the Palm Pilot can be used as a Red Box
in some countries, specifically Canada. A lot of people sent in email and
said "Hey, no way. The Palm Pilot speaker is not capable of generating
dual frequency tones." This is correct which is why this will not work in
the US. In the US the sound made by a pay phone when a coin is inserted
is a dual frequency tone. It is impossible for the speaker in the Palm Pilot
to reproduce this tone.
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In Canada however, the sound a coin makes when dropping into a pay phone
is a single frequency of 2200Hz. This is something that the Palm Pilot
can definitely reproduce. A hacker in Canada has actually written a
little Basic program that runs on cBasePad, a Basic interpreter for the
Palm Pilot. This little four line ware will produce the tones you need to
fool a Canadian pay phone into thinking you have inserted a coin.
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All of this is not the fault of 3Com or Palm Computing. The fault lies
with the telephone companies and auto manufacturers. If someone uses
a paper clip to pick a lock should we blame the guy who made the
paper clip or the guy who made the low security lock? Unless
you, as a consumer, demand better products all your going to get is crap.
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<a href="http://www.hackcanada.com/homegrown/index.html">Hack Canada</a> - get your Basic Code here
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Passwords are passe. The net requires more than just passwords to ensure
security. They need Biometrics. (Ed. Note: What is Biometrics other
than a different type of password. Once the biological information
enters the system it is digital data and can be manipulated just like
anything else. The use of biometrics alone is not what will be secure.
It is the implementation. The author of this article fails to realise that.)
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It really amazes me how long it takes for old news to die. A few people sent this link to me today and I saw it on some other web sites recently. This story is almost a month old. Agent Steal (Justin Peterson) has skipped bail, is on the run, and probabl
y will not show up to testify at Kevin Mitnick's trial.
<p>
<a href="/archive.html?111198.html">HNN news from November 11, 1998</a><br>
<a href="http://www.freekevin.com/">FREE KEVIN</a><br>
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<FONT COLOR="gray" size=-2><B>contributed by Anonymous </B>
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The war between HcV, Iron Lungs and Hackcity continues to rage. The latest
victim was <a href="http://www.slampcoach.com">www.slampcoach.com</a>
which was defaced last night. The new web pages poke fun at HcV and Iron Lungs. It labels them as a bunch of prepubescent script kiddies with no skills.
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<a href="http://www.slampcoach.com">www.slampcoach.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.hackcity.com">HackCity</a> - Warning XXX pop ups
when exiting site.<br>
<a href="http://www.legion2000.org/hcvorg/ ">HcV</a>
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<center><B>Latest cracked pages courtesy of <a href="http://www.attrition.org">attrition.org</a></B><br>
Last Updated: 04/01/00 at 01:30</center><P> <a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/28/www.marquette.edu/">Marquette University</a> (<a href="http://www.marquette.edu">www.marquette.edu</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/28/nihrac.od.nih.gov/">National Institutes of Health, Radio Amateur Club</a> (<a href="http://nihrac.od.nih.gov">nihrac.od.nih.gov</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/27/www.wknet.com.ar/">WkNet</a> (<a href="http://www.wknet.com.ar">www.wknet.com.ar</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/27/www.warezx.com/">Warez X Network</a> (<a href="http://www.warezx.com">www.warezx.com</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/27/www.militarynews.ru/">Military News</a> (<a href="http://www.militarynews.ru">www.militarynews.ru</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/27/www.digirail.com/">DigiRail</a> (<a href="http://www.digirail.com">www.digirail.com</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/27/www.br-corp.com/">Bertholon Rowland Corp</a> (<a href="http://www.br-corp.com">www.br-corp.com</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/27/www.bioanalises.com.br/">Bioanaliases Laboratorio Clinico S/C Ltda</a> (<a href="http://
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/26/www.tinsa.es/">Tinsa</a> (<a href="http://www.tinsa.es">www.tinsa.es</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/26/www.scp.rs.gov.br/">Governo Do Estado Do Rio Grande Do Sul</a> (<a href="http://www.scp.rs.gov.br">www.scp.rs.gov.br</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/26/www.robertson.k12.ky.us/">Robertson County Schools</a> (<a href="http://www.robertson.k12.ky.us">www.robertson.k12.ky.us</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/26/www.memphischevy.com/">Memphis Chevy</a> (<a href="http://www.memphischevy.com">www.memphischevy.com</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/26/www.lrfslp.com.br/">Liga Regional de Futebol de Salao do Litoral Paul</a> (<a href="http://www.lrfslp.com.br">www.lrfslp.com.br</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/26/www.hfl.net/">Hard Fun Logic</a> (<a href="http://www.hfl.net">www.hfl.net</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/26/www.findiknet.com/">FindikNet</a> (<a href="http://www.findiknet.com">www.findiknet.com</a>)
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<a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/2000/03/26/www.edumatika.com.ar/">Edumatika</a> (<a href="http://www.edumatika.com.ar">www.edumatika.com.ar</a>)
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<P><a href="http://www.attrition.org/mirror/attrition/index.html">More cracks...</a>
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