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Re: VPN provider helped track down alleged LulzSec member
From: Louis McCoy <louie () wellandlighthouse com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:54:02 -0400
User location determines Judicial Jurisdiction - how is that irrelevant? On 9/29/2011 9:27 AM, Benji wrote:
No, you are wrong.Either; the vpn provider complied with court order, or they face the legal ramifications of not doing so. User location is irrelevant.On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:04 PM, xD 0x41 <secn3t () gmail com <mailto:secn3t () gmail com>> wrote:indeed :) but, it is how a proper anon person would operate, well, tht is how i once did... anyhow, it is to broad, and, yes, i qwould never believe in bulletproof, unless i have used it maybe, for 10yrs, thru 10 botnets ;P wich, is very rare but funnily, possible. webhosters, are even more corrupt and better at hiding data.. face it, if the vpn provider had not shat themself, then it would be a non story. On 29 September 2011 23:00, Benji <me () b3nji com <mailto:me () b3nji com>> wrote: 'Abuse' emails and court orders are very different. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:59 PM, xD 0x41 <secn3t () gmail com <mailto:secn3t () gmail com>> wrote: err, you are limited in those countries dude... id really checkup on that ... maybe some but, yea i agree, i dont think any hosting is anon, but, i sure know i have kept an anon dedis in past, and was VERY easy to avoid handing anything over. Unless they had personally seized from my company, i was allowed to basically get away with, and if i want to, again, could do the same 'anonymously' and, indeed keep those details, away. it is not frigin hard dude, where did Yyou get the idea, that is not hard to move a user around boxes :P and rename them, etc etc etc, always change ipv6 tunnels... there is somany ways, you obv have not ran a dedicated server in a company environment coz boi, they hide nets on legit hostin now, legit apparently* companies...and they do it using those simple means, and, even show logs of them 'removing and deleting' files of the apprent 'bad user' , this is, a whole different level than even needing to deal with cops.. so, you are scared too much by laws wich can be smokescreened. Run a dedis, or simply ask a admin, howmany abuse they get, and howmany users they actually rm ;) you would want this service, on your vps ? i surely wouldnt,. i know, with me, if i offer anon, you stay damn anon, if you bring cops to MY HOUSE, then i may have to try and, simply keep my darn data secure ey ? how about that ? simple methods, defeat simple plans benji. xd On 29 September 2011 22:53, Benji <me () b3nji com <mailto:me () b3nji com>> wrote: Yes they do. If you buy a server in America for example, even if you are located in Russia, they are required by federal law to hand over your details wherever you may reside. I dont know where you've obtained this idea that they can't. Just because something is advertised as 'anonymous' doesnt mean it's 'so anonymous you can break the law' and anyone using a EU/US-related country to do this is either stupid or naive. On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:50 PM, xD 0x41 <secn3t () gmail com <mailto:secn3t () gmail com>> wrote: They advertised as anonymous VPN to 'everyone'. Then, that would mean, especially NOT locally, thats something wich is also, subject to federal laws though so, in its own country, the provider may have to, nomatter whats advertised, BUT outside of country customers, should not be handed over. isp's here dont do it, and havent, for like 20 yrs, they also do not take down people,issue nor execute other peoples 'takedown orders', there is many reasons for this but basically, they loose money from it. Anyhow, in UK, you maybe right, but outside of there, then, they should have maybe not advertised as anononymous vpn services for everyone and anyone. thats obvious crap we know now. anyhow, cheers, xd On 29 September 2011 22:45, Benji <me () b3nji com <mailto:me () b3nji com>> wrote: Im sorry, why is it 'worrying' that a vpn provider that was a UK business and was located in the UK, is subject to UK law? On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Darren Martyn <d.martyn.fulldisclosure () gmail com <mailto:d.martyn.fulldisclosure () gmail com>> wrote: Again, I hope this does not fail to send. The reasoning behind the "Pure Elite" recruitment channel was A: to recruit some talented people (and, by all accounts, there were some talented programmers there) and B: development and idle talk. Now more interesting was the reasoning behind the name - by putting the developers and coders and potential recruits in a channel named "Pure Elite", it was essentially an ego boost for the new guys, made them feel valued, etc, when in fact most were but pawns to be used (IMHO). This co-operation between VPN providers and LEO, while being nothing new - remember how hushmail caved in - is indeed worrying for those of us who are privacy advocates as well as security researchers. On a more direct note, Laurelei, do not presume that you know all there is to know about them. Doing so would be foolish. (Now don't go assuming that I hate you, I bear you bugger all ill-will, etc). Good day. On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Laurelai Storm <laurelai () oneechan org <mailto:laurelai () oneechan org>> wrote: Its all good dude. What really concerns me is that vpn providers might give over logs to oppressive regemes. TOR is starting to look better and better. On Sep 27, 2011 11:40 PM, "GloW - XD" <doomxd () gmail com <mailto:doomxd () gmail com>> wrote: > never did... was only for one buttcheek kid that i was alittle pissed and > thinking things wich, prolly were wrong at the time... > I am adult enough to apologise for what happened back then, and hopefully it > is just, cool. > :) > cheers, your loved by many, you just have many trollers to :sp > take care , > xd > > > On 28 September 2011 14:32, Laurelai Storm <laurelai () oneechan org <mailto:laurelai () oneechan org>> wrote: > >> Im suprised, someone on the internet who *doesn't * hate me :p >> On Sep 27, 2011 11:29 PM, "GloW - XD" <doomxd () gmail com <mailto:doomxd () gmail com>> wrote: >> > Hello Laurelai , >> > Oh i agree it is still a terrible precedent to be set.. I dont even know >> > where, legally, i stand anymore... >> > It is rather disturbing, nomatter WHO it was laurela. >> > I am all for the hatred against the VPN provs, and this is not just >> > happening here, and i made a BIG statement about this, and privacy, in my >> > channel on efnet, first as i saw it. >> > >> > Then saw a torrentfreak feed,of someone who was an owner of a huge >> torrent >> > site, was handed to authorities, not by the hoster, no... but by the >> > frigging payment handler, ie paypal or alertpay most likely. >> > >> > This is not good, it makes a grey could now over what is 'anon' and what >> > isnt. and thats a bad thing for us all. >> > To much fraud is causing this, thats plain and simple.Abusing places like >> > Sony, and, major banks, only make the authorities turn to politics, whom >> in >> > turn can bully with federal and state laws of ANY country, i think this >> is >> > the dangerous part wich is affecting lulzsec members or whoever was apart >> of >> > it, and, i mean efnet is no recruiting grounds for decent hkrs. >> > Simple as that, you know it, maybe thru word of mouth ok, but not alone >> by >> > being in channels but that network, is one federal hideout now..and, that >> is >> > every channel, if it is not being spied (yea they have a module >> > m_spychannel.c or similar, wich, they actually had without realising, >> asked >> > a friend, to code for them. >> > This was rejected by me/her,but i believe they have the module running >> now. >> > So, what was to stop them adding theyre own hidden spy mode to it :s look >> at >> > what they did to my old channel #haqnet, they introduced drinemon and a >> > bunch of other things, when it could have been simply worked out with >> > words.. but anyhow, i will not brood on the past, i hope this is mutual >> > Laurelai, I have nothing bad to say about you, and in turn, expect the >> same. >> > Respect for respect dear. >> > I do agree with you about the situation and, as you can see, am not >> holding >> > 9undisclosed) crappy things wich happened along time ago, over one >> idiotic >> > kid, on efnet, whom now i know you do not associate with. So, i want >> that, >> > to be laid rest now.. please. >> > And, we can only hope that the greater common sense will prevail and >> > hopefully, places will be forced to proove anonymity in some way, wether >> > that be by showing people email interaction with requester's of peoples >> > info, or anything simple even, wich would be then a standard for VPN, I >> do >> > not use them but, if i bought anonymous vpn, id expect exactly >> that,without >> > political interaction and grey areas about who and what is now legal and >> not >> > legal on the internet, on chatrooms, and on even websites. >> > ok, thats plenty, cheers! >> > xd >> > >> > >> > On 28 September 2011 13:41, Laurelai <laurelai () oneechan org <mailto:laurelai () oneechan org>> wrote: >> > >> >> On 9/27/2011 10:10 PM, sandeep k wrote: >> >> >> >> Lolz members was really insane ,i m not why to use that crapy hma. >> >> On Sep 27, 2011 8:36 PM, "Ferenc Kovacs" <tyra3l () gmail com <mailto:tyra3l () gmail com>> wrote: >> >> > yeah, and usually the same goes for calling others "kids" ;) >> >> > >> >> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:30 PM, GloW - XD <doomxd () gmail com <mailto:doomxd () gmail com>> wrote: >> >> >> #pure-elite , rofl... yes indeed :P >> >> >> hehe... nice story tho...funny about the elite channel thing... why >> do >> >> ppl >> >> >> tag themselves as elite? usually when they are not... >> >> >> ohwell, thats efnut :s (irc sucks) >> >> >> xd >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 27 September 2011 19:03, Darren Martyn >> >> >> <d.martyn.fulldisclosure () gmail com <mailto:d.martyn.fulldisclosure () gmail com>> wrote: >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Hope this sends correctly, new email client and all... But seeing as >> it >> >> is >> >> >>> an international investigation many people have been bending over >> >> backwards >> >> >>> to assist LEO on this. HMA and perfect privacy were the VPN's of >> choice >> >> for >> >> >>> them it would appear, oh, and he was part of the #pure-elite channel >> on >> >> that >> >> >>> IRC server, and hence, considered by LEO and others as "Part of >> >> LulzSec". >> >> >>> >> >> >>> TL;DR, this is nothing new. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Laurelai Storm < >> laurelai () oneechan org <mailto:laurelai () oneechan org> >> >> > >> >> >>> wrote: >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> And the guy wasnt even a part of lulzsec >> >> >>>> >> >> >>>> On Sep 26, 2011 10:37 PM, "Jeffrey Walton" <noloader () gmail com <mailto:noloader () gmail com>> >> >> wrote: >> >> >>>> > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Ivan . <ivanhec () gmail com <mailto:ivanhec () gmail com>> >> wrote: >> >> >>>> >> >> >> >>>> >> >> >> >> http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/VPN-provider-helped-track-down-alleged-LulzSec-member-1349666.html >> >> >>>> > Though HMA claims they complied with a court order, it looks as >> if >> >> >>>> > they facilitated a law enforcement request. 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