Telecom Digest Mon, 23 Nov 2015
Volume 34 Issue 212

Table of contents:

* 1 - Re: [telecom] Road hazards reaching the AARP's tollfree phone number -
  "John Levine" 
* 2 - Re: [telecom] Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible
  Role in Paris Attacks - Tom Horne 
* 3 - [telecom] ISIS Has Help Desk for Terrorists Staffed Around the Clock -
  Monty Solomon 
* 4 - Re: [telecom] Roseville CA Seniors Rallying Against Proposed Verizon
  Cellphone Tower - tlvp 

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Message-ID: <20151121183930.44636.qmail@ary.lan>
Date: 21 Nov 2015 18:39:30 -0000
From: "John Levine" 
Subject: Re: [telecom] Road hazards reaching the AARP's tollfree phone number

>Who decides which numbers deserve protection from "exploitation"? AARP
>could have bought all the other numbers if they wanted.

Nobody.  When 888 came out there was a half-hearted attempt to let
people with 800 numbers claim the corresponding 888 numbers, but since
then, they're just numbers.

>And the 800 number was probably taken before they got their own number,
>because they obviously would have preferred that number if it was
>available.

Needless to say, their poor planning isn't anyone else's problem.


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Message-ID: <6d724d95-c4f6-40f6-ab2b-d264f57f5570@googlegroups.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 17:49:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Horne 
Subject: Re: [telecom] Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over
 Possible   Role in Paris Attacks

On Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 1:04:34 AM UTC-5, Ron wrote:
> Monty Solomon  wrote:
>
> >Encrypted Messaging Apps Face New Scrutiny Over Possible Role in Paris
> >Attacks
> >
> >The attack has revived vitriolic arguments between American
> >intelligence officials and Silicon Valley over whether the government
> >should be given the keys to decode "end-to-end" encryption technology.
> >
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/17/world/europe/encrypted-messaging-apps-face
-new-scrutiny-over-possible-role-in-paris-attacks.html
>
> Yeah, except it seems no encryption was involved, just voice over cell
> phones:
>
>
https://theintercept.com/2015/11/18/signs-point-to-unencrypted-communications
-between-terror-suspects/
>
> Plus, it's clearly an attempted excuse for more surveillance:
>
>
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20151116/23593032831/is-there-any-evidence-
world-that-would-convince-intelligence-community-that-more-surveillance-isnt-
answer.shtml

Ron,

You must go back and keep viewing all the news tapes until you are
afraid enough to let the Government implant a monitoring chip in your
body.  If you are not afraid enough yet then you must be a terrorist
sympathizer.  [Dammit that just doesn't have the same ring to it as
Commi sympathizer.  I'll have to work on that.]

The point remains the same though.  You simply aren't scared enough, or
worse still you're scared of the people who want you to be scared.
Surely you will give up a little freedom to gain a little security and
don't you go quoting Ben Franklin because he never faced these modern
threats so what he said simply doesn't apply.  Be Afraid.  Be Very
Afraid.

Tom

***** Moderator's Note *****

Lighten up, bro: you're making my implant itch!

Bill Horne
Moderator


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Message-ID: <8E883060-CF79-4D0E-B99D-C8438CFEB1CC@roscom.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 23:34:40 -0500
From: Monty Solomon 
Subject: [telecom] ISIS Has Help Desk for Terrorists Staffed Around the Clock

ISIS Has Help Desk for Terrorists Staffed Around the Clock

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/paris-terror-attacks/isis-has-help-desk-terrorists-staffed-around-clock-n464391

***** Moderator's Note *****

When I read this story, I remembered practicing to duck-and-cover in grade
school.

Bill Horne
Moderator


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Message-ID: <10otpd7nv3nxo$.jswc9wt1losx$.dlg@40tude.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 19:46:54 -0500
From: tlvp 
Subject: Re: [telecom] Roseville CA Seniors Rallying Against Proposed Verizon
 Cellphone Tower

On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 12:01:23 -0500, Bill Horne wrote:

> we don't want a cellphone tower in a residential area,"
> resident Jennifer Martin said.

I guess they don't want cellphone *service* there, either? Cheers, -- tlvp
--
Avant de repondre, jeter la poubelle, SVP.


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