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Assange in 2011: "They have automated the process."

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Re: Assange in 2011: "They have automated the process."

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Post by rpgmaker »

euroclydon wrote: post #64
rpgmaker wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Those who do not move, do not notice their chains." - Rosa Luxemburg Of course you don't care about privacy, why should you? You're just a peaceful flock member. never acting against the power of the status quo. But look around and see what happens to the people that actually do confront power and you'll see why privacy is important.

Can you give me an example?

http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-free-speech/... http://www.salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_det...; Entire wikileaks saga. Anonymous.

Really, you just have to pay attention.

Re: Assange in 2011: "They have automated the process."

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Post by JamisonM »

wavefunction wrote: post #78
revscat wrote: post #71

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Those are pretty explosive claims. a) How are you identifying the processes? 2) How are you determining that they are inspecting the filesystem?

I certainly understand the gravity of what I'm alleging, and I wish I had formal training in this stuff so I could publish my observations with some sort of rigour. I will say my methods are pretty crude and consist of: Process of elimination as far as the processes are concerned. Basically I have been paring back the processes that are visible to me in memory until it should be a bare minimum for a functional Window…

How do you tie these things back to a domestic botnet controlled by "authorities" local to the US?

Re: Assange in 2011: "They have automated the process."

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Post by euroclydon »

rpgmaker wrote: post #81
euroclydon wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you give me an example?

http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-free-speech/... http://www.salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_det... ; Entire wikileaks saga. Anonymous. Really, you just have to pay attention.

The first link was about a lawyer, who represented the soldier who stole massive amounts of classified material while stationed in a war zone, being detained and searched at the border. The second was about a film maker returning to the country after traveling to a war zone and being detained and searched.

In both cases their laptops/cameras/etc were searched and confiscated for a time. Neither person seems to have been detained overnight.

This is just the government being thorough. This is not disturbing to me.

Re: Assange in 2011: "They have automated the process."

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Post by wavefunction »

JamisonM wrote: post #82
wavefunction wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I certainly understand the gravity of what I'm alleging, and I wish I had formal training in this stuff so I could publish my observations with some sort of rigour. I will say my methods are pretty crude and consist of: Process of elimination as far as the processes are concerned. Basically I have been paring back the processes that are visible to me in memory until it should be a bare minimum for a functional Window…

How do you tie these things back to a domestic botnet controlled by "authorities" local to the US?

Just looking at the disk activity of reads, inspecting the memory dumps from these periods, and picking out what I can via a hex editor as far as what the "inspection" appears to be looking for via checksums derived from file blocks, which appear to be tied to images and videos. I'm assuming that this is domestic and not foreign, which I certainly could be wrong about. I'm also assuming they're looking for kiddie fiddlers, which I doubt someone like China would be all that interested in, but maybe the PRC is for blackmail purposes.

A lot of this stuff is sort of ephemeral and I don't have any credentials to really convince anyone. That's why I would post this, maybe someone else knows more than me. Like I said, take this as anecdotal and perhaps incorrect... You'll notice a lot of assumptions by me.

Re: Assange in 2011: "They have automated the process."

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Post by JamisonM »

wavefunction wrote: post #84
JamisonM wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you tie these things back to a domestic botnet controlled by "authorities" local to the US?

Just looking at the disk activity of reads, inspecting the memory dumps from these periods, and picking out what I can via a hex editor as far as what the "inspection" appears to be looking for via checksums derived from file blocks, which appear to be tied to images and videos. I'm assuming that this is domestic and not foreign, which I certainly could be wrong about. I'm also assuming they're looking for kiddie fid…

Well, the behaviour you are describing just sounds like Microsoft's anti-virus software - and they have a datacenter in Georgia - something to consider.

If you are genuinely concerned I think it is pretty simple to contact real professionals with whatever data you have.

Re: Assange in 2011: "They have automated the process."

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Post by wavefunction »

JamisonM wrote: post #85
wavefunction wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just looking at the disk activity of reads, inspecting the memory dumps from these periods, and picking out what I can via a hex editor as far as what the "inspection" appears to be looking for via checksums derived from file blocks, which appear to be tied to images and videos. I'm assuming that this is domestic and not foreign, which I certainly could be wrong about. I'm also assuming they're looking for kiddie fid…

Well, the behaviour you are describing just sounds like Microsoft's anti-virus software - and they have a datacenter in Georgia - something to consider. If you are genuinely concerned I think it is pretty simple to contact real professionals with whatever data you have.

I don't know, the name service resolution terminated in a server with an open smtp relay, which might be what you're talking about but sounds strange. Plus, it's name service resolution for _all_ outbound traffic. Thanks for the tip though. Like I said, I'm just a computer hobbyist
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