[cryptome] Re: Netanyahu and Likud could lose election
- From: Shaun O'Connor <capricorn8159@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:37:59 +0000
OH i love utorrent for its compactness. its even more compact than the
official bit torrent client and that's say8ng something. BTw if you have
used ubuntu previous. say v 12.4 and earlier, the user interface is
quite different.
ATB
Shaun
On 13/03/2015 18:16, Douglas Rankine wrote:
> Hi Shelley,
> Yes, I do know how to do dual boot...and funnily enough I am downloading
> Ubuntu 14.04.2 from the NSA/GCHQ Direct Tor/Tails/PGP Torrent website at
> this very moment... :-). Just got a notice from Grisoft avg saying that it
> wishes to advise me that I am using utorrent and that I can improve web
> performance if I stop...I love computers...they are very good at making
> human beings look stoopid!... :-).
>
> I will have to work out how to put the ISO onto a USB stick and install it.
> Must get be.ack to doing up my house, missus going potty and threatening
> divorce...
> ATB
> Dougi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cryptome-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cryptome-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of shelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 13 March 2015 17:40
> To: cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cryptome] Re: Netanyahu and Likud could lose election
>
> Doug,
>
> Pardon the brevity; I am mobile at the moment.
>
> Blocking the nasties: You might also have a look at NoScript and AdBlock
> Edge.
>
> You do realize it's possible to dual boot Linux and Windoze on the same
> laptop? It is not difficult to do. If you need a new laptop anyway, go for
> it, but you can still dual boot on the present one in the meantime.
>
> It'll likely arrive from NSA/GHCQ Direct no matter where you buy it anyway;
> they should just open a web store and save us the trouble. Heh.
>
> Btw, I could not tell which OS you were using by the tracking link. I just
> remembered reading that you'd been using Ubuntu.
>
> -Shelley
>
>
> ----------
> On March 13, 2015 9:08:58 AM "Douglas Rankine"
> <douglasrankine2001@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Shelley,
>> Tx for putting me right...I will try to do better...:-).
>>
>> I wouldn't like to be responsible for any of our colleagues being
>> tracked by the "big yins"... :-). By the way, Google analytics are
>> slightly out of date, but don't tell them, will you... I am using Win
>> 7 at the moment. And, just to confirm, I went to the website of the
>> Times of Israel, via clicking on a link via an email subscription I
>> have. They must have a digifile 3 terabytes long and 2 terabytes wide by
> now. Utah will be getting filled up.
>> I had two old laptops give up the ghost last week and I am looking
>> around for another couple of laptops so I can put Ubuntu on this one.
>> I have never seen so many laptops on sale in all me life...All these
>> decisions, go for new, or used, what facilities, what price is value
>> for money, where to buy it EBay, Amazon, or NSA Direct...I can't make
>> up my mind which one to go for... :-). Too much choice means I will
> probably take a month of Sundays..
>> I use ghostery and cc cleaner as well as grisoft avg and one or two
>> other bits free housekeeping software.
>> ATB
>> Dougie.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cryptome-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:cryptome-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of shelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: 13 March 2015 00:29
>> To: cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [cryptome] Re: Netanyahu and Likud could lose election
>>
>> Doug,
>>
>> Hey, at least you're using Linux. That's a great start :)
>>
>> Anytime you see 'utm' in a link (or as part of a cookie stored on your
>> computer), it refers to Google analytics. It used to be called Urchin
>> way back when, hence the 'ut'- urchin tracking.
>>
>> Base URL (which brings up the website, I checked):
>> http://www.timesofisrael.com/is-likud-about-to-lose-the-election
>>
>> Tracking:
>>
>> The source, as it says:
>> &utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition
>>
>> The specific newsletter it came from:
>> &utm_campaign=fdb2dcb2d5-2015_03_12
>>
>> That you got it via email and not from the site itself:
>> &utm_medium=email
>>
>> Your personally identifying info in coded form- which links everyone
>> who clicks on that tracking link back to you:
>> &utm_term=0_adb46cec92fdb2dcb2d5-5492373
>>
>> Yeah, I know all the alphabet agencies get everything anyway. Still,
>> why make it easy for the bastards? That's how I feel about it, anyway.
>>
>> The thing with Google analytics is that it's ubiquitous. It'll follow
>> you as you browse the web, building up a profile on you which is
>> shared across and with other sites unless you block it. There are
>> several good tools you can use to do this, let me know if you need help
> with it.
>> I'm much more of a stickler about this stuff than most of my other
>> infosec friends, but the tracking irks the crap out of me.
>>
>> I too get those 419 emails from the Nigerian princes wanting to give
>> me millions, as well as the penile enhancement pill ads- which would
>> be quite the miracle indeed, as I have girl parts ;)
>>
>> -S
>>
>> ----------
>> On March 12, 2015 4:39:04 PM "Douglas Rankine"
>> <douglasrankine2001@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Shelley,
>>> Tx for the info and advice...not being a computer savvy techie, can
>>> you explain how the metadata below shows off my email addy or other
>>> personal information? John Young has published on this list on a
>>> couple of occasions the metadata which is contained in my postings,
>>> which is far more comprehensive, as an example of what is already
>>> available, with or without additional urls. Is the additional
>>> information of my including long urls exposing others on this list
>>> to unnecessary surveillance or risk? If so, I apologise, but I need
>>> some education on how to avoid it. I wouldn't like to put anyone
>>> else at risk, but after all, the contents of my postings are
>>> available not only for everyone on this list, but for all the world to
> read...
>>> Am I missing something here? If I am please tell me? Is the
>>> information associated with my postings any different from anyone
>>> else who contributes to a public mailing list, or writes an email?
>>> Can I hide my postings or the metadata from the NSA, the C.I.A. the
>>> FBI, the GCHQ, the FSB, the Chinese Security Service and Uncle Tom
>>> Cobley of the private international global corporations and trackers and
> all?
>>> One reason I put out the whole url is because I thought all the
>>> elements of it were required in case anyone wanted to look at the url.
>>> If any bit is missing then it doesn't open up the web page, I have
>>> found in the past. I also use tiny url because I think it makes it
>>> easier for folks to click on and go to the site, and giving them a
>>> choice. I dare say that tiny url is also full of trackers. Even
>>> then, that has been queried as revealing privacy issues.
>>>
>>> I must say, I do get offers from people who live in Africa who have
>>> suffered the most terrible tragedies and use the email address I use
>>> to post to this list, who want to make me a multi-millionaire in
>>> return for me to trust them with my name, address, date of birth,
>>> bank account details, a temptation of which I have managed to resist
>>> doing so
>> far.
>>> And there are one or two other ones which arrive on the problems I
>>> have with erect penile dysfunction, and offering some medicine or
>>> other which may or may not improve my stiffness and staying power,
>>> or produce a heart attack, the last danger they conveniently miss
>>> out ...though how they know that, I find quite mystifying, as the
>>> opportunity to prove it would be a fine thing... :-).
>>> ATB
>>> Dougie.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cryptome-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:cryptome-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> On Behalf Of shelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: 12 March 2015 22:42
>>> To: cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [cryptome] Re: Netanyahu and Likud could lose election
>>>
>>> On March 12, 2015 3:13:19 PM "Douglas Rankine"
>>> <douglasrankine2001@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> See url:
>>>> http://www.timesofisrael.com/is-likud-about-to-lose-the-election/?
>>>> ut
>>>> m_
>>>> source
>>>> =The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition
>>>> <http://www.timesofisrael.com/is-likud-about-to-lose-the-election/
>>>> ?u
>>>> tm
>>>> _sourc
>>>> e=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=fdb2dcb2d5-2015_0
>>>> 3_
>>>> 12 &utm_m edium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-fdb2dcb2d5-54923773>
>>>> &utm_campaign=fdb2dcb2d5-2015_03_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ad
>>>> b4
>>>> 6c
>>>> ec92-f
>>>> db2dcb2d5-54923773
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Or Tiny url: http://tinyurl.com/pksozfkt
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well...that is a turn up for the books...don't believe it
>>>> meself...but we will see on the day... J.
>>>>
>>>> ATB
>>>>
>>>> Dougie.
>>>>
>>> Thanks for the link, but dude, strip off all that tracking next time!
>>> It identifies you and your email address personally, just fyi.
>>>
>>> This is the clean link to the story:
>>> http://www.timesofisrael.com/is-likud-about-to-lose-the-election/
>>>
>>> The rest is just useless, privacy-invading tracking.
>>>
>>> -S
>>>
>>>
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