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Black Bag Jobs VS Shopping Bag Jobs

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gary Jeffers)
Tue Aug 24 04:16:02 1999

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From: "Gary Jeffers" <jeffers@htc.net>
To: <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 02:48:42 -0700
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                                                Black Bag Jobs VS =
Shopping Bag Jobs

   Why all this fear of black bag entry jobs to corrupt computers? It =
would be far more elegant and cheaper per user as=20
well as safer to just put a back door into MicroSoft Windows. You =
upgrade your Windows and then Internet register.
Your id and other information are put on the MicroSoft database. The =
data base is shared with U.S..=20

   When U.S. takes an interest in you, they find your information on the =
database. They send what appears to be a=20
regular commercial spam email to you with a graphic. When your computer =
reads the graphic, it finds that a trigger=20
string in the operating system matches part of the graphic. This =
triggers the opening of the backdoor.=20

   They do this from their offices anywhere in the world. You now share =
your computer with them. If they want to=20
activate the keyboard sniffer, then they do. They can download your =
files. They can read your email. They can even
insert child porn so that another agency can bust you for your thought =
crime.- This way they get to wreak your=20
reputation while putting you in jail.

   Now, your mission, Jim, if you choose to accept it, is to go thru =
several millions bytes of operating system binary code
and find the backdoor code. Note that the mountain of source code is =
proprietary and MicroSoft won't give it to you.
It will not be studied by thousands of programmers. I'd like to help you =
but I'm just not up to it :-)

   Does anybody know of anybody who can guarantee us that the mountain =
of binary code in Windows 98 does not
contain a backdoor. If U.S. pushed Bill Gates hard, then I would think =
that there is a backdoor. For U.S. ghouls, this
would be a wonderful idea.   =20

   THE FUTURE IS OPEN SOURCE! Hopefully, in another 2 or 3 years, I will =
be rid of MS and be running Linux only. Linux
is OpenSource.  I consider MS to be a long term security hazard. There =
are other good reasons for dumping MS and=20
using Linux.  I think that in a very few more years people will regard =
it as ridiculous to use a secretive, proprietary=20
operating system. Security will be too important to trust it. The same =
thing will go for Internet browsers and for sentinels
(anti-virus ware). They, too, must be OpenSource.

Yours Truly,
Gary Jeffers

BEAT STATE!!!!   =20

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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; Why all this fear of =
black bag=20
entry jobs to corrupt computers? It would be far more elegant and =
cheaper per=20
user as&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>well as safer to just put a back =
door into=20
MicroSoft Windows. You upgrade your Windows and then Internet=20
register.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Your id and other information are =
put on the=20
MicroSoft database. The data base is shared with =
U.S..&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; When U.S. takes an =
interest in you,=20
they find your information on the database. They send what appears to be =

a&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>regular commercial spam email to you =
with a=20
graphic. When your computer reads the graphic, it finds that a trigger=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>string </FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 =
size=3D2>in the=20
operating system matches part of the graphic. This triggers the opening =
of the=20
backdoor.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; They do this from their =
offices=20
anywhere in the world. You now share your computer with them. If they =
want=20
to&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>activate the keyboard sniffer, then =
they do.=20
They can download your files. They can read your email. They can=20
even</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT><FONT size=3D2>insert child =
porn so that=20
another agency can bust you for your thought crime.- This way they get =
to wreak=20
your </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>reputation while putting you in jail.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; Now, your mission, Jim, =
if you=20
choose to accept it, is to go thru several millions bytes of operating =
system=20
binary code</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>and </FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 =
size=3D2>find the=20
backdoor code. Note that the mountain of source code is proprietary and=20
MicroSoft won't give it to you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>It will not be studied by thousands =
of=20
programmers. I'd like to help you but I'm just not up to it =
:-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; Does anybody know of =
anybody who=20
can guarantee us that the mountain of binary code in Windows 98 does=20
not</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>contain a backdoor. If U.S. pushed =
Bill Gates=20
hard, then I would think that there is a backdoor. For U.S. ghouls,=20
this</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>would be a wonderful =
idea.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>&nbsp;&nbsp; THE FUTURE IS OPEN =
SOURCE!=20
Hopefully, in another 2 or 3 years, I will be rid of MS and be running =
Linux=20
only. Linux</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>is OpenSource.&nbsp; I consider MS =
to be a long=20
term security hazard. There are other good reasons for dumping MS and=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>using Linux.&nbsp; I think that in a =
very few=20
more years people will regard it as ridiculous to use a secretive, =
proprietary=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>operating system. Security will be =
too important=20
to trust it. The same thing will go for Internet browsers and for=20
sentinels</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>(anti-virus ware). They, too, must =
be=20
OpenSource.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Yours Truly,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Gary Jeffers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>BEAT STATE!!!!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
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