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cirosantilli · cirosantilli · commit a4b6edc303ba · 2024-10-26T10:15:53.000+01:00
diff --git a/README.bigb b/README.bigb
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ Although <Snowden>'s revelations made it extremely obvious to the world that the
 \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWL7l-5r1a4]
 {title=How I found a <Star Wars> website made by the <CIA> by <Ciro Santilli>}
 {description=Slightly edited VOD of the talk <Aratu Week 2024 Talk by Ciro Santilli> about the <CIA 2010 covert communication websites>.}
+{height=600}
 {disambiguate=index}
 
 \Image[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cirosantilli/media/master/Diagram_of_the_fundamental_theorem_on_homomorphisms_with_subtitles.svg]
diff --git a/aratu-week-2024-talk-by-ciro-santilli.bigb b/aratu-week-2024-talk-by-ciro-santilli.bigb
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ Links to this talk:
 {parent=Aratu Week 2024 Talk by Ciro Santilli}
 
 \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWL7l-5r1a4]
-{title=Lightly edited presentation VOD}
+{title=How I found a <Star Wars> website made by the <CIA>}
+{height=600}
 
 Article: <CIA 2010 covert communication websites>{full}
 
diff --git a/brazilian-music.bigb b/brazilian-music.bigb
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 {tag=Music by country}
 {tag=Culture of Brazil}
 
+Bibliography:
+* https://www.slipcue.com/music/brazil/brazillist.html cute site from the 90s
+
 = Brazilian music genre
 {parent=Brazilian music}
 
@@ -31,6 +34,11 @@ The Portuguese term for it is "música popular brasileira". The widely recognize
 
 Unfortunately "B-pop" is too ambiguous with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_pop_music[British pop music], and should be avoided.
 
+<YouTube> playlist by <Ciro Santilli> containing all the songs in this section: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcZOZrP1P_V4_SBDnegcLTcP-5YhNmWBB
+
+Bibliography:
+* https://www.slipcue.com/music/brazil/aa_styles/mpb.html has many good album reviews
+
 = The best popular Brazilian music (MPB) of all time
 {parent=Brazilian pop}
 
@@ -180,6 +188,9 @@ Honorable mentions:
 * \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBtfKsXEhFo]
   {title=Dança Da Solidão by Paulinho da Viola}
   {description=Released 1972.}
+* \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF0-OxewolY]
+  {title=https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindo_Lago_do_Amor[Lindo Lago do Amor] by Gonzaguinha}
+  {description=From the 1984 album Grávido. Pure 80s. <video Na Rua, Na Chuava, Na Fazenda by Hyldon (1974)> somewhat comes to mind.}
 
 = Popular Brazilian music musician
 {parent=Brazilian pop}
@@ -203,10 +214,18 @@ Then Ciro got older, and he understood, they are <mind blowing>. You do have to
 = Caetano Veloso
 {c}
 {parent=The Holy Trinity of popular brazilian music}
+{title2=1942-}
 {wiki}
 
 Within the <The Holy Trinity of popular Brazilian music>, Caetano has the most <New Age> religious feel to him. He is also perhaps the most varied of the trinity however, also covering heavier topics at times.
 
+\Image[https://web.archive.org/web/20240620050905im_/https://cdn1023.clicrbs.com.br/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Caetano-Veloso-foto-1.jpg]
+{source=https://1023.clicrbs.com.br/blogda1023/2021/06/30/5-curiosidades-sobre-caetano-veloso/}
+{title=<Caetano Veloso> in the 60s}
+
+\Image[https://web.archive.org/web/20220806040621im_/https://s2.glbimg.com/kc8qhQsJpLBuBulfeuhMIatlL2c=/0x0:1508x1600/1008x0/smart/filters:strip_icc()/i.s3.glbimg.com/v1/AUTH_59edd422c0c84a879bd37670ae4f538a/internal_photos/bs/2021/h/y/wSwVvmSbGgBiYJ3Fmb0g/caetano.jpeg]
+{source=https://g1.globo.com/pop-arte/musica/noticia/2022/08/06/caetano-veloso-80-anos-em-fotos.ghtml}
+
 = The best Caetano Veloso songs
 {parent=Caetano Veloso}
 
@@ -315,6 +334,7 @@ Within the <The Holy Trinity of popular Brazilian music>, Caetano has the most <
 = Chico Buarque
 {c}
 {parent=The Holy Trinity of popular brazilian music}
+{title2=1944-}
 {wiki}
 
 Within the <The Holy Trinity of popular Brazilian music>, Chico tends to approach the more down to Earth and heavy topics.
@@ -371,9 +391,20 @@ Within the <The Holy Trinity of popular Brazilian music>, Chico tends to approac
 = Gilberto Gil
 {c}
 {parent=The Holy Trinity of popular brazilian music}
+{title2=1942}
 {wiki}
 
-Gilberto is definitely the most psychedelic one of the <The Holy Trinity of popular Brazilian music>, though he also has a boyish quality to his soul.
+Gilberto is definitely the most psychedelic/tribal one of the <The Holy Trinity of popular Brazilian music>, though he also has a boyish quality to his soul.
+
+He is also perhaps the one that impresses <Ciro Santilli> the most, at times he can't help but feel:
+> OMG how the hell did he come up with that?!
+
+\Image[https://web.archive.org/web/20220702213555im_/https://optimise2.assets-servd.host/vague-roadrunner/production/episode/gilberto.jpeg?w=1200&h=1200&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1656513968&s=7f2173f647f7069ee75d29199c9304b4]
+{source=https://worldwidefm.net/episode/pedro-montenegro-gilberto-gil-special}
+
+\Image[https://web.archive.org/web/20240721123318im_/https://thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/gilberto-gil-refavela.jpg]
+{title=<Gilberto Gil> in the cover of his 1977 album Refavela}
+{source=https://thevinylfactory.com/features/an-introduction-to-gilberto-gil-in-10-records/}
 
 = The best Gilberto Gil songs
 {parent=Gilberto Gil}
diff --git a/cia-2010-covert-communication-websites.bigb b/cia-2010-covert-communication-websites.bigb
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ This article is about <cutout (espionage)>[covert agent communication channel] w
 \Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWL7l-5r1a4]
 {title=How I found a <Star Wars> website made by the <CIA> by <Ciro Santilli>}
 {description=Slightly edited VOD of the talk <Aratu Week 2024 Talk by Ciro Santilli>.}
+{height=600}
 
 The existence of such websites was first reported in November 2018 by Yahoo News: https://www.yahoo.com/video/cias-communications-suffered-catastrophic-compromise-started-iran-090018710.html[].
 
 Previous whispers had been heard in 2017 but without clear mention of websites: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world/asia/china-cia-spies-espionage.html
-\Q[Some were convinced that a mole within the C.I.A. had betrayed the United States. Others believed that the Chinese had hacked the covert system the C.I.A. used to communicate with its foreign sources. Years later, that debate remains unresolved.]
-\Q[From the final weeks of 2010 through the end of 2012, \[...\] the Chinese killed at least a dozen of the <CIA>[C.I.A.]’s sources. \[...\] One was shot in front of his colleagues in the courtyard of a government building — a message to others who might have been working for the C.I.A.]
+> Some were convinced that a mole within the C.I.A. had betrayed the United States. Others believed that the Chinese had hacked the covert system the C.I.A. used to communicate with its foreign sources. Years later, that debate remains unresolved.
+
+  \[...\]
+
+  From the final weeks of 2010 through the end of 2012, \[...\] the Chinese killed at least a dozen of the <CIA>[C.I.A.]’s sources. \[...\] One was shot in front of his colleagues in the courtyard of a government building — a message to others who might have been working for the C.I.A.
 
 \Image[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cirosantilli/media/master/Yahoo_CIA_website_article.png]
 {height=900}
@@ -43,10 +47,10 @@ Then in September 2022 a few specific websites were finally reported by Reuters:
 {source=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-spies-iran/}
 {height=600}
 
-<Ciro Santilli> heard about the 2018 article at around 2020 while <Ciro Santilli's campaign for freedom of speech in China>[studying for his China campaign] because the websites had been used to take down the Chinese CIA network in China. He even asked on <Quora>: https://www.quora.com/What-were-some-examples-of-the-websites-that-the-CIA-used-around-2010-as-a-communication-mechanism-for-its-spies-in-China-and-Iran-but-were-later-found-and-used-to-take-down-their-spy-networks[] but there were no publicly known domains at the time to serve as a starting point. Chris even replied suggesting that obviously the <CIA> is so competent that it would never ever have its sites leaked like that:
+<Ciro Santilli> heard about the 2018 article at around 2020 while <Ciro Santilli's campaign for freedom of speech in China>[studying for his China campaign] because the websites had been used to take down the Chinese CIA network in China. He even asked on <Quora>: https://www.quora.com/What-were-some-examples-of-the-websites-that-the-CIA-used-around-2010-as-a-communication-mechanism-for-its-spies-in-China-and-Iran-but-were-later-found-and-used-to-take-down-their-spy-networks[] but there were no publicly known domains at the time to serve as a starting point. https://www.quora.com/profile/Chris-2110[Chris, Electrical Engineer and former Avionics Tech in the US Navy], even replied suggesting that obviously the <CIA> is so competent that it would never ever have its sites leaked like that:
 \Q[Seriously a dumb question.]
 
-So when <Ciro Santilli> heard about the 2022 article almost a year after publication, and being a <ourbigbook.com>[half-arsed web developer himself], he <Ciro Santilli's naughty projects>[knew he had to try] and find some of the domains himself using the newly available information! It was an irresistible real-life <capture the flag (cybersecurity)>. The thing is, everyone who has ever developed a website knows that its <attack surface> is about the <Size of Texas meme>[size of Texas], and the potential for <fingerprinting (cybersecurity)> is off the charts with so many bits and pieces sticking out. https://www.quora.com/profile/Chris-2110[Chris, Electrical Engineer and former Avionics Tech in the US Navy], get fucked.
+So when <Ciro Santilli> heard about the 2022 article almost a year after publication, and being a <ourbigbook.com>[half-arsed web developer himself], he <Ciro Santilli's naughty projects>[knew he had to try] and find some of the domains himself using the newly available information! It was an irresistible real-life <capture the flag (cybersecurity)>. The thing is, everyone who has ever developed a website knows that its <attack surface> is about the <Size of Texas meme>[size of Texas], and the potential for <fingerprinting (cybersecurity)> is off the charts with so many bits and pieces sticking out. Chris, get fucked.
 
 \Image[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cirosantilli/media/master/CIA_2010_site_Quora_question_and_Chris_answer.png]
 {title="Seriously a dumb question" <Quora> answer by Chris from the <US Navy>}
diff --git a/cryptography.bigb b/cryptography.bigb
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ Hello World!
 ``
 This was tested on <Ubuntu 24.04>, OpenSSL 3.0.13. See also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16056135/how-to-use-openssl-to-encrypt-decrypt-files[How to use OpenSSL to encrypt/decrypt files? on Stack Overflow].
 
+There is no <provably secure symmetric-key algorithm> besides the <one-time pad>, which has the serious drawback of requiring the key to be as long as the message. This means that we believe that most encryption algorithms are secure because it is a hugely valuable target and no one has managed to crack them yet. But we don't have a mathematical proof that they are actually secure, so they could in theory be broken by new algorithms one day.
+
 = Provably secure symmetric-key algorithm
 {parent=Symmetric encryption}
 {wiki}
diff --git a/sponsor.bigb b/sponsor.bigb
@@ -317,13 +317,13 @@ On Friday 18th October 2024, <Ciro Santilli> received a call from <Barclays> ask
 
 The following day, the 19th, a "explain your income in 30 days or you'll lose you account" letter arrived, dated from the 8th of October. This had been available on the online documents, but Ciro did not get an email for it so he was unaware.
 
-The following Tuesday, the 22nd, Ciro noticed that all payments from his card were being declined, and upon calling Barclays they said that this was for pending regulatory issues.
+The following Tuesday, the 22nd, Ciro noticed that all payments from his card were being declined, and upon calling Barclays they said that this was for pending regulatory issues. His account had been frozen.
 
 The chaotic nature of Barclays' <Know your customer> is apparent:
 
 * they took 6 months to flag anything
 * once it was finally flagged
-  * the letter was filled with errors about dates and values
+  * the letter was messy, with unclear list of transactions at some points and several typos
   * they block the account days after the online document had been available (which unfortunately Ciro did not see due to lack of email notification), but before you've had the time to reply. This achieves the worst of both worlds both worlds by:
     * giving time for criminals to escape
     * while also unnecessarily blocking legal accounts before they could provide evidence requested
diff --git a/updates.bigb b/updates.bigb
@@ -9,6 +9,43 @@ For a more theme-oriented version of the best results see: <articles>{full}.
 
 For <OurBigBook Project> updates see: https://docs.ourbigbook.com/news
 
+= CIA 2010 websites video
+{parent=Updates}
+
+I edited the VOD of the talk <Aratu Week 2024 Talk by Ciro Santilli> about the <CIA 2010 covert communication websites> a bit and published it at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWL7l-5r1a4[].
+
+\Video[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWL7l-5r1a4]
+{title=How I found a <Star Wars> website made by the <CIA> by <Ciro Santilli>}
+
+Announcements:
+* https://mastodon.social/@cirosantilli/113356261451137096
+* https://x.com/cirosantilli/status/1849035082037686768
+* https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7254800878476402688/
+* https://www.facebook.com/cirosantilli/posts/pfbid0Pzo2DKNj9TpWzhFsNqKWxGujPbCaesCRWtH1MQ1mzXUZaBq1Ca9sacjUYjrkD79kl
+
+= GitHub blocked the China Dictatorship bot
+{parent=Updates}
+
+https://github.com/cirosantilli/china-dictatorship/issues/1330
+
+<GitHub> forbade our <China Dictatorship> auto-reply bot, the reason given is because they forbid comment reply bots in general. Though it was cool to see a junior support staff person giving out what obviously triggered the action:
+> We've received a large volume of complaints from other users indicating that the comments and issues are unrelated to the projects they were working on.
+before a more senior one took over.
+
+Ciro was slightly saddened but not totally surprized by the bloodbath against him on the Reddit the threads he created:
+* https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/1g7acv6/github_forbade_me_from_running_a_bot_that_would/ deleted by admins because
+  > We don't work for GitHub and we can't help you with your GitHub support problems. You'll just need to be patient.
+  which is stupid, obviously we should be able to discuss GitHub policies in that sub.
+* https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/1g7aa6k/american_programming_website_github_forbade_me/[]: also deleted without reason
+
+So we observe once again the stupidity of <deletionism> towards anything that is considered controversial. The West is discussion fatigued, and would rather delete discussion than have it.
+
+We also se people against you having freedom to moderate your own repositories as you like it, with bots or otherwise. Giving up freedoms for nothing, because "bot is evil".
+
+Announcements:
+* https://mastodon.social/@cirosantilli/113330579182535172
+* https://x.com/cirosantilli/status/1847391285495406947
+
 = Does copyright transfer of papers to publishers affect when the paper enters the public domain?
 {parent=Updates}
 
diff --git a/video-game.bigb b/video-game.bigb
@@ -221,8 +221,11 @@ It is also amusing to see http://tasvideos.org/ConsoleVerificationGuide.html[con
 {tag=Open source software}
 
 Lists:
+* https://trilarion.github.io/opensourcegames/
 * https://www.slant.co/topics/1933/~best-open-source-games
 * https://libregamewiki.org/Main_Page
+* https://www.reddit.com/r/opensourcegames/comments/197luuk/what_is_the_best_open_source_game_in_your_opinion/
+* https://www.pcgamer.com/yall-know-about-these-huge-lists-of-free-open-source-game-clones-right/ is a list of lists
 
 Why would anyone ever waste time playing a closed source game, when this will inevitably lead to endless hours of decompilation down the line when you want to:
 * fully understand how the game works, notably to help with <tool-assisted speedrun>[TASsing]
