[116775] in Cypherpunks
black bag lunch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Fri Aug 20 15:42:37 1999
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 21:08:16 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <199908201908.VAA13922@mail.replay.com>
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
At 11:05 AM 8/20/99 -0700, Tim May wrote:
>-- wider use of [bitcarriers]
>
>-- and, of course, checksums and cryptographic signings of executables
>
>Other suggestions?
Of course, you need a bit carrier to hold the checksumming
code and the checksum. Also:
Encrypted logs. Automatic anomoly detection.
Cheap videocamera logging frames (offsite?) while you're
away.
Hidden cameras (nannycam in the smoke detector..)
Large toothy dogs.
.........
Nothing is perfect, but it can raise their costs/risks
faster than yours.
Of course, their prey are largely of the dumbass mexican smuggler genre, so
most jobs will be easy half-hour undetected Win95 work
while the chihuaha eats the taco you brought him.
Watching more infoseclueful folks will require natsec
advanced jobs, and those are more limited, not just the local copper's
blackbag dudes waiting for Raoul to be out of town with
his family.
The cops will, of course, have the ability to wear disguises
("cable dude, ma'am, just have to check something"). This
will be encouraged after a few of the state burglers are blown
away by a returning homeowner. Still, it may be riskier; and
I'm sure the cable/telco repair dudes won't appreciate the
suspicion.
