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Re: OT: My Idea of an Internet Cafe

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From: krw
Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:11
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On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 07:32:38 -0800 (PST), GreenXenon <glucegen1x@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Mar 4, 4:23�am, Pennyw...@DerryMaine.Gov wrote:
>
>
>> Areas of conflict
>>
>> * One major hurtle is the "Patriot act" which would require verifiable user
>> info before accessing the computers, and the ISP requirement of retaining of
>> records for an extended period.http://ixxhq.bav.guidegoods.net/h/isp-data-retention01798.html
>> (mentioned PDF file that I can't find, would be a good read).
>
>
>Sure the ISP can retain records. So what? At heart, the evidence can
>still be made to disappear without leaving a trace.

Under the Patriot Act, so can you (I can only wish).

>>
>> Our local libraries fought this for a few years. "you look like a George, use
>> #45". Now the computers are in demand, and library cards are being used to
>> reserve or use the computers (number is required to log on to the computers).
>> Just one example.
>>
>> * The TPM chip is making inroads into the general population and will be in
>> use in a few year. You don't have a chip, you are banned from the internet.
>> You spew spam, or have a worm doing it for you, your TPM # is banned from the
>> internet (what this chip was meant for in the first place). You own a Dell/Mac
>> you have the chip for sure, a selling point for my mother board was it didn't
>> have a TPM chip installed.
>
>
>The TPM chip can be design/built in such a way that the # is dynamic
>and changes each time the PC is powered-off, completely disappearing.
>When power-on, a fresh new TPM ID can be generated.
>
>
>>
>> *Your Rom HDD's are flawed, most are made of Static Ram. An example of data
>> retention from Static ram is this from the Amiga world. Amiga's only used
>> SRAM, You could load the copy protected game "Blood Money" for it excellent
>> audio, then do a warm boot into a program made for this and search the memory
>> for the audio track(s) saving them. If you were trying to hack the program
>> that's also an option, by searching the ram. Static ram doesn't need to be
>> refreshed, so data will last longer.
>>
>> I always turn my computers off for awhile to clear it out. You really don't
>> know what's using Static ram anymore, I understand all the CPU cache's use it
>> due to it's speed.
>
>
>The PCs in my hypothetical cafe don't use static RAM. The consequences
>of data remanence are VERY dangerous.
>
>
>> In fact, you stand a good chance of your IP blocking you,
>
>
>Free dial-up ISPs offer dynamic IPs. To obtain a new IP, simply
>disconnect and reconnect.
>
>
>>
>> Porn collectors, and sock puppets would be frequent visitors.
>
>
>In USA -- pornography, by definition, involves the use of sexual
>imagery --
>whether in the form of pictures or videos. Text is not considered porn
>even if it is of a sexual nature.
>
>
>>
>> Where you got it right * I set up a few dumb terminals at my place so others
>> could log into my Chat board. For just chat you don't need any programs to
>> run, just a terminal program, dumb terminals of their nature are fairly hard
>> to find anymore.
>
>
>In this theoretical cafe, each PC *is* pretty-much a dumb text-
>terminal.
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