Re: [liberationtech] Google Bows Down To Chinese Government On Censorship

[Martin Johnson]

Maxim - what part of the story is not true?

I don't see how Google could have "lost to Chinese Cyber experts in being
able to keep this censored keywords system up". As far as I know, up until
early December when Google decided to disable the feature, it was working
fine. I also don't know how "Chinese cyber experts" could have disabled the
function. All the code was embedded on the front page. The only way I see
that would make it possible would be to rewrite content of the HTML file at
the GFW level. I don't know that the GFW does that kind of rewriting on any
website.

Agree on HTTPS, unfortunately.

Martin Johnson
Founder
https://GreatFire.org - Monitoring Online Censorship In China.
https://FreeWeibo.com - Uncensored, Anonymous Sina Weibo Search.
https://Unblock.cn.com - We Can Unblock Your Website In China.


On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 5:01 AM, Karl Fogel  wrote:

> Maxim Kammerer  writes:
> >On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Martin Johnson 
> wrote:
> >> This latest move was fully controlled by Google and can as such only be
> described as self-censorship.
> >
> >The impression I am getting from my contacts at Google is that this is
> >not true. That is, Google apparently lost to Chinese Cyber experts in
> >being able to keep this censored keywords system up, and decided to
> >drop it altogether. PR team then, for whatever other reasons, decided
> >to keep complete silence on the subject.
> >
> >Of course, one can then ask why didn't Google simply force HTTPS on
> >Chinese users to begin with, but they probably considered complete
> >block of Google by GFC too real a possibility, and were too afraid to
> >lose market share.
>
> [not directed at Maxim, just a general thought on this topic]
>
> Rushes to judge Google about its handling of China should probably be
> tempered by the knowledge what the Chinese government really wants is to
> push local companies like Baidu.  The government's protectionist policy
> for Chinese web & technology companies just happens to mesh nicely with
> their censorship policy in this case.
>
> So if Google pushes too hard, the overall result will just be to give
> more market share to Baidu, which doesn't really help the cause of
> freedom for Chinese Internet users either.
>
> Google's executives understand this very well.  There's a good argument
> to be made that the things they could do to look brave and principled
> are not the things that would actually help information freedom in China
> in the long run.
>
> Please note that I'm not making a "shades of gray" point, just a
> "complexity" point.
>
> Best,
> -Karl
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Re: [liberationtech] GFDRR/World Bank seeks to hire Open Data Lead (re-advertised)

[Nama Budhathoki]

Robert,

Nice talking too you last night.

I just read your re-advertised call for Open Data Lead in liberationtech
list. The attachment is missing there. Can you send me a copy?

Nama

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:40 AM, Robert Soden wrote:

> Colleagues,
>
> The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) is
> seeking a new member for it's Labs team.  It's a great position with
> opportunity to build projects related to open data, crowdsourcing, and
> disaster risk reduction.  Please see the attached ToR for more
> details.
>
> Interested candidates should send a CV and coverletter to
> rsoden@worldbank by January 18.
>
> Many thanks,
> Robert Soden
>
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[liberationtech] Announcing Dates for Access Now's Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference 2013: September 24 - 26

[Joseph Steele]

LibTech,

Access Now is excited to announce the dates for Silicon Valley Human Rights
Conference 2013 .

Scheduled for September 24 - 26, 2013, the Conference will return to the
Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA.

In 2013 we'll explore the progress made over the last two years, address
new challenges head on, and forecast where the sector is headed. Please
register your interest at https://www.rightscon.org and we'll be in touch
as additional details are set and full registration opens.

Please pass on to your networks and tweet the dates as well, using the
hashtag #rightscon.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Joe

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[liberationtech] Integrating outcomes management apps with data visualization apps for nonprofits

[Deborah Elizabeth Finn]

Dear Liberation Tech Colleagues,

Happy new year!

My current dream is the integration of applications, so that turning
outcomes management data into dazzling visual displays is easy for
nonprofits.  Here is a blog article about it:

http://deborahelizabethfinn.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/my-current-daydream-the-marriage-of-outcomes-management-apps-with-data-visualization-apps/

Are any of you working on a project like this in the open source realm?  If
so, I'd love to hear about it.

Many thanks and best regards from Deborah

Deborah Elizabeth Finn
Strategist and Consultant
Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector

Please note new mailing address:
304 Newbury Street #275
Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA

Mobile phone:  1-617-504-8188
Voicemail: 1-617-958-1959
Email: deborah.elizab...@finn.com
Web site: http://www.deborahelizabethfinn.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah909
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Deborah.Elizabeth.Finn
Skype: Deborah909
Twitter: Deborah909

I bring resources and needs together for nonprofits and
philanthropies, mostly through strategic use of information
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Re: [liberationtech] Google Bows Down To Chinese Government On Censorship

[Karl Fogel]

Maxim Kammerer  writes:
>On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Martin Johnson  wrote:
>> This latest move was fully controlled by Google and can as such only be 
>> described as self-censorship.
>
>The impression I am getting from my contacts at Google is that this is
>not true. That is, Google apparently lost to Chinese Cyber experts in
>being able to keep this censored keywords system up, and decided to
>drop it altogether. PR team then, for whatever other reasons, decided
>to keep complete silence on the subject.
>
>Of course, one can then ask why didn't Google simply force HTTPS on
>Chinese users to begin with, but they probably considered complete
>block of Google by GFC too real a possibility, and were too afraid to
>lose market share.

[not directed at Maxim, just a general thought on this topic]

Rushes to judge Google about its handling of China should probably be
tempered by the knowledge what the Chinese government really wants is to
push local companies like Baidu.  The government's protectionist policy
for Chinese web & technology companies just happens to mesh nicely with
their censorship policy in this case.

So if Google pushes too hard, the overall result will just be to give
more market share to Baidu, which doesn't really help the cause of
freedom for Chinese Internet users either.

Google's executives understand this very well.  There's a good argument
to be made that the things they could do to look brave and principled
are not the things that would actually help information freedom in China
in the long run.

Please note that I'm not making a "shades of gray" point, just a
"complexity" point.

Best,
-Karl
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Re: [liberationtech] Google Bows Down To Chinese Government On Censorship

[Maxim Kammerer]

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Martin Johnson  wrote:
> This latest move was fully controlled by Google and can as such only be 
> described as self-censorship.

The impression I am getting from my contacts at Google is that this is
not true. That is, Google apparently lost to Chinese Cyber experts in
being able to keep this censored keywords system up, and decided to
drop it altogether. PR team then, for whatever other reasons, decided
to keep complete silence on the subject.

Of course, one can then ask why didn't Google simply force HTTPS on
Chinese users to begin with, but they probably considered complete
block of Google by GFC too real a possibility, and were too afraid to
lose market share.

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[liberationtech] GFDRR/World Bank seeks to hire Open Data Lead (re-advertised)

[Robert Soden]

Colleagues,

The Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) is
seeking a new member for it's Labs team.  It's a great position with
opportunity to build projects related to open data, crowdsourcing, and
disaster risk reduction.  Please see the attached ToR for more
details.

Interested candidates should send a CV and coverletter to
rsoden@worldbank by January 18.

Many thanks,
Robert Soden
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Re: [liberationtech] Sharing children's lives online?

[Nathan of Guardian]

On 01/09/2013 06:40 AM, Brian Conley wrote:
> What's concerning me today is a decision by my daughter's preschool. They
> blog daily with photos and narrative stories about the kids day st school.

ObscuraCam should be required! :)

Seriously though, I would check those photos for EXIF data, to see if
they are posting GPS as well (not that it wouldn't be hard to get the
address from the website).

+n
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[liberationtech] CrisisCamp Boston - Jan 19/20

[Rodrigo Davies]

Dear all,

We're holding another instalment of Crisis Camp on 19th/20th January,
at the MIT Media Lab. Would love to have the input of liberationtech
folks who are in the area. Please forward on to others you think may
be interested!

Best
Rodrigo

http://crisiscampboston2013january.eventbrite.com/

CrisisCamp Boston

Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 10:00 AM - Sunday, January 20, 2013 at
4:00 PM (EST)

Center for Civic Media, Room 344, MIT Media Lab, Wiesner Building
(E15), 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02142


CrisisCamp brings together domain experts, developers, and first
responders around improving technology and practice for humanitarian
crisis management and disaster relief.

Each and every day, people across the world can find themselves in
crisis. Whether it be for a day, a month or an area of social
distress, we all have a common need to connect with loved ones, access
information and offer assistance to others.

CrisisCamps are hosted in a barcamp style where great minds come
together to share their knowledge and expertise for social good.

In response to Hurricane Sandy a group of netizens began to congregate
online via etherpads, Google Docs, and IRC calling themselves
Hurricane Hackers. In trying to find a fit between a predominant set
of technological skills and Sandy needs, HurricaneHackers converged
with SandyCrisisCamps and rebooted CrisisCamp Boston in conjunction
with a globally coordinated hackathon held November 3rd.

It quickly became clear that effective crisis response is built upon
preexisting disaster preparedness efforts which is why we are
organizing a series of 2013 CrisisCamp Boston hackathons!

Come design, code, and learn with other people at the MIT Media Lab.
Even if you aren't a software developer there will be plenty to do
including sharing experiences and ideas, documenting activity, running
social media communications, taking and editing video, organizing
future events, etc!

This event is free and open to the public.

Come prepared:

Make sure your programs are up to date.
Learn how github works.
Review projects and lessons learned from the last CrisisCamp Boston.
Check out the CrisisCamp Boston page on the CrisisCommons wiki for
more information.

Connect with other CrisisCampers on:

Twitter
Google Groups
Facebook

There will also be local Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) on hand to
discuss how technology can be used (and not) in crisis situations.

About CrisisCommons - http://crisiscommons.org/

CrisisCommons seeks to advance and support the use of open data and
volunteer technology communities to catalyze innovation in crisis
management and global development.

CrisisCommons is a global community of volunteers from technology,
crisis response organizations, government agencies, and citizens that
are working together to build and use technology tools to help respond
to disasters and improve resiliency and response before a crisis.


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Re: [liberationtech] Sharing children's lives online?

[Asher Wolf]

On 9/01/13 11:55 AM, Brian Conley wrote:
> At the beginning of this year they overhauled the site and are publishing
> the blog in its entirety attached directly to the preschool. That this
> change was done without discussion or consent of parents strikes me as
> greatly concerning.

Talk to them.

I noticed my local kindergarten was keeping a hard-copy photo blog
(although not online - yet.)

There was no discussion about how the photographs (taken on a digital
camera) were stored. As a result I simply didn't check the box to give
consent for them to take photographs with my child.

/Asher



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Re: [liberationtech] Linguistics identifies anonymous users

[Gregory Foster]

29c3 - "Stylometry and Online Underground Markets" w/ Aylin Caliskan 
Islam, Rachel Greenstadt, and Sadia Afroz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRY2mfLpPCs
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2012/Fahrplan/events/5230.en.html

gf


On 1/9/13 7:34 AM, Shava Nerad wrote:
Such a framework can be social engineered as easily as SEO.  I make a 
small living as a ghost writer and speech writer - the informal 
version of that very process. Several of my clients say my writing 
sounds more like them in print than they do, because they are less 
facile writers - but that is a fault that could be avoided in 
competent forgeries. ;)


SN


On Jan 9, 2013 8:25 AM, "Eugen Leitl"  wrote:

http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/328135,linguistics-identifies-anonymous-users.aspx

Linguistics identifies anonymous users

By Darren Pauli on Jan 9, 2013 9:49 AM

Researchers reveal carders, hackers on underground forums.

Up to 80 percent of certain anonymous underground forum users can be
identified using linguistics, researchers say.

The techniques compare user posts to track them across forums and 
could even

unveil authors of thesis papers or blogs who had taken to underground
networks.

"If our dataset contains 100 users we can at least identify 80 of them,"
researcher Sadia Afroz told an audience at the 29C3 Chaos Communication
Congress in Germany.

"Function words are very specific to the writer. Even if you are 
writing a

thesis, you'll probably use the same function words in chat messages.

"Even if your text is not clean, your writing style can give you away."

The analysis techniques could also reveal botnet owners, malware tool 
authors
and provide insight into the size and scope of underground markets, 
making

the research appealing to law enforcement.

To achieve their results the researchers used techniques including
stylometric analysis, the authorship attribution framework Jstylo, 
and Latent
Dirichlet allocation which can distinguish a conversation on stolen 
credit
cards from one on exploit-writing, and similarly help identify 
interesting

people.

The analysis was applied across millions of posts from tens of 
thousands of

users of a series of multilingual underground websites including
thebadhackerz.com, blackhatpalace.com, www.carders.cc, free-hack.com,
hackel1te.info, hack-sector.forumh.net, rootwarez.org, L33tcrew.org and
antichat.ru.

It found up to 300 distinct discussion topics in the forums, with 
some of the

most popular being carding, encryption services, password cracking and
blackhat search engine optimisation tools.

While successful, the work faces a series of challenges. Analysis 
could only

be performed using a minimum of 5000 words (this research used the "gold
standard" of 6500 words) which culled the list of potential targets 
from tens

of thousands to mere hundreds.

It also needs to separate discussion on product information like credit
cards, exploits and drugs from conversational text in order to facilitate
machine learning to automate the process, according to researcher Aylin
Caliskan Islam.

And posts must be translated to English, a process which boosted author
identification from 66 to around 80 per cent but was imperfect using 
freely

available tools like Google and Bing.

However both of these tasks were performed successfully, and further
development including the use of "exclusive" language translation 
tools would

only serve to boost the identification accuracy.

Leetspeak, an alternative alphabet popular in some forum circles, 
cannot be

translated.

The project is ongoing and future work promises to increase the 
capacity to
unmask users. This Islam said would include temporal information 
which would

exploit users who logged into forums from the same IP addresses and wrote
posts at around the same time.

Antichat user analysis

"They might finish work, come home and log in," Islam said.

It could also tie user identities to the topics they write about and 
produce

a map of their interactions, identify multiple accounts held by a single
author, and combine forum messages with internet relay chat (IRC) 
data sets.


"We want to automate the whole process."

Afroz said while the work appeals to law enforcements and government
agencies, it is not designed to catch users out.

"We aren't trying to identify users, we are trying to show them that 
this is

possible," she said.

To this end, the researchers released tools last year, updated last 
December,

which help users to anonymise their writing.

One tool, Anonymouth, takes a 500 word sample of a user's writing to 
identify
unique features such as function words which could make them 
identifiable.


The other, JStylo, is the machine learning engine which powers 
Anonymouth.


The Drexel and George Mason universities research team is composed of 
Sadia
Afroz, Aylin Caliskan Islam, Ariel Stolerman, Rachel Greenstadt, and 
Damon

McCoy.


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Re: [liberationtech] Sharing children's lives online?

[Shava Nerad]

Consider also the childrens' emergency procedures.  Any future conflict
that might leave an ex in the position to want to social engineer around a
child's trust, and the school's requirements for emergency release
procedures is likely (a lot of it) in that blog.

I did much the same data gathering with a G+ profile and open sources of a
Google exec during the hot phase of the nymwars, proving that real name
policies present real harm (particularly when company execs violate company
policy and make their kids secret Google accts, but that's another story).

I published none of the data I discovered except to a VP involved in G+ who
was urged to get his coworker to tighten procedures.



We generally operate in the US on a boolean oscillation with children's
safety.  We operate in denial assuming that it's better for them to live in
paradise intact (which is a romantic lie - no school child lives in
paradise if they have to share it with age-peers) until injury, sexual
abuse, abduction, substance, running with scissors - or baad things on
th net rears up; at which point the world is all one mass shooting, and no
child is safe and all liberty is on the chopping block.

Between the first and second condition, if you "protesteth too much" you
are suspect - far more than the behavior you are trying to call into review.

Tant pis...

We could stand more thoughtful dialogue.

SN
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[liberationtech] Linguistics identifies anonymous users

[Eugen Leitl]

http://www.scmagazine.com.au/News/328135,linguistics-identifies-anonymous-users.aspx

Linguistics identifies anonymous users

By Darren Pauli on Jan 9, 2013 9:49 AM

Researchers reveal carders, hackers on underground forums.

Up to 80 percent of certain anonymous underground forum users can be
identified using linguistics, researchers say.

The techniques compare user posts to track them across forums and could even
unveil authors of thesis papers or blogs who had taken to underground
networks. 

"If our dataset contains 100 users we can at least identify 80 of them,"
researcher Sadia Afroz told an audience at the 29C3 Chaos Communication
Congress in Germany.

"Function words are very specific to the writer. Even if you are writing a
thesis, you'll probably use the same function words in chat messages.

"Even if your text is not clean, your writing style can give you away." 

The analysis techniques could also reveal botnet owners, malware tool authors
and provide insight into the size and scope of underground markets, making
the research appealing to law enforcement.

To achieve their results the researchers used techniques including
stylometric analysis, the authorship attribution framework Jstylo, and Latent
Dirichlet allocation which can distinguish a conversation on stolen credit
cards from one on exploit-writing, and similarly help identify interesting
people.

The analysis was applied across millions of posts from tens of thousands of
users of a series of multilingual underground websites including
thebadhackerz.com, blackhatpalace.com, www.carders.cc, free-hack.com,
hackel1te.info, hack-sector.forumh.net, rootwarez.org, L33tcrew.org and
antichat.ru.

It found up to 300 distinct discussion topics in the forums, with some of the
most popular being carding, encryption services, password cracking and
blackhat search engine optimisation tools. 

While successful, the work faces a series of challenges. Analysis could only
be performed using a minimum of 5000 words (this research used the "gold
standard" of 6500 words) which culled the list of potential targets from tens
of thousands to mere hundreds. 

It also needs to separate discussion on product information like credit
cards, exploits and drugs from conversational text in order to facilitate
machine learning to automate the process, according to researcher Aylin
Caliskan Islam.

And posts must be translated to English, a process which boosted author
identification from 66 to around 80 per cent but was imperfect using freely
available tools like Google and Bing.

However both of these tasks were performed successfully, and further
development including the use of "exclusive" language translation tools would
only serve to boost the identification accuracy.

Leetspeak, an alternative alphabet popular in some forum circles, cannot be
translated.

The project is ongoing and future work promises to increase the capacity to
unmask users. This Islam said would include temporal information which would
exploit users who logged into forums from the same IP addresses and wrote
posts at around the same time.

Antichat user analysis

"They might finish work, come home and log in," Islam said.

It could also tie user identities to the topics they write about and produce
a map of their interactions, identify multiple accounts held by a single
author, and combine forum messages with internet relay chat (IRC) data sets.

"We want to automate the whole process."

Afroz said while the work appeals to law enforcements and government
agencies, it is not designed to catch users out.

"We aren't trying to identify users, we are trying to show them that this is
possible," she said.

To this end, the researchers released tools last year, updated last December,
which help users to anonymise their writing.

One tool, Anonymouth, takes a 500 word sample of a user's writing to identify
unique features such as function words which could make them identifiable.

The other, JStylo, is the machine learning engine which powers Anonymouth.

The Drexel and George Mason universities research team is composed of Sadia
Afroz, Aylin Caliskan Islam, Ariel Stolerman, Rachel Greenstadt, and Damon
McCoy.
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Re: [liberationtech] Sharing children's lives online?

[Carolyn Santo]

All the schools my son has attended in Hawaii required parents to sign 
forms allowing or disallowing the use of their children's photos, name, 
and artwork in their publications, website, etc.  His individual classes 
have secured websites for parents only.  They are only accessed by 
password and you must be invited or on an approved list to gain access.


I don't know what the standard of privacy is in other states, but I 
would have a big problem if a school published my child's pictures and 
identified him by name on their website without my permission. 
Especially if he was only 4 years old!


This was a great concern for us because we adopted our son in Hawaii 
when he was 3 years old.  He has an unusual first name and we were 
concerned about people from his biological family recognizing him and 
tracking him down.


Even if he wasn't adopted, I wouldn't want his picture and name being 
used without my permission.  I don't share pictures via blog or bulletin 
board or facebook or twitter.  The only picture I shared over the 
internet is a picture of our new dog and he was wearing sunglasses!


I'm sure that other parents have complained.  I'd probably organize them 
if the blog wasn't immediately removed from public view.


Carolyn Santo




On 1/8/2013 10:48 PM, Paul Bernal (LAW) wrote:
Sorry to butt in, but in Europe - or at least in the UK - this would 
all be subject to data protection law, and this kind of thing would be 
very, very unlikely. In my daughter's school at least, they're very 
strong about asking permission before any photos are used, and always 
do their best to make sure people know exactly how photos etc. are 
going to be used.


Mind you, there's another factor that I'd want to take into account 
for kids (though not pre-schoolers) which is the rights of the kids 
themselves to privacy. Under the UN CRC, they're supposed to have 
rights in accordance with their maturity and understanding, not just 
their age - and those include privacy rights. Those rights compete 
with the parents' rights - but the kids at the very least have the 
right to be consulted on the subject. I don't know many places in the 
world where this actually happens: the Convention on the Rights of the 
Child is paid little more than lip service.


Paul

Dr Paul Bernal
Lecturer
UEA Law School
University of East Anglia
Norwich Research Park
Norwich NR4 7TJ

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On 9 Jan 2013, at 00:55, Brian Conley >

 wrote:


Hi all,

Perhaps this is not the right forum, but I happen to believe it is. 
If we care to discuss liberation tech, we ought to discuss the 
liberation of those who have little or no capacity to choose for 
themselves, yes?


What's concerning me today is a decision by my daughter's preschool. 
They blog daily with photos and narrative stories about the kids day 
st school. Previously, though technically "public" the blog was not 
indexed and very difficult(impossible?) to find without the direct link.


At the beginning of this year they overhauled the site and are 
publishing the blog in its entirety attached directly to the 
preschool. That this change was done without discussion or consent of 
parents strikes me as greatly concerning.


As many of you know, I'm generally one of the people saying that too 
often libtech activists are a bit excessive in their response to the 
forward progress of technology and social media. Am I out of bounds 
here? Is this kind of daily blogging of a preschoolers life not a bit 
frightening?


Any advice from other colleagues, parents or otherwise, would be 
greatly appreciated. Though I might have answers for activists and 
civilians threatened with death or worse, this situation leaves me at 
a loss as to how I should respond.


Regards

Brian

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Re: [liberationtech] Sharing children's lives online?

[Paul Bernal (LAW)]

Sorry to butt in, but in Europe - or at least in the UK - this would all be 
subject to data protection law, and this kind of thing would be very, very 
unlikely. In my daughter's school at least, they're very strong about asking 
permission before any photos are used, and always do their best to make sure 
people know exactly how photos etc. are going to be used.

Mind you, there's another factor that I'd want to take into account for kids 
(though not pre-schoolers) which is the rights of the kids themselves to 
privacy. Under the UN CRC, they're supposed to have rights in accordance with 
their maturity and understanding, not just their age - and those include 
privacy rights. Those rights compete with the parents' rights - but the kids at 
the very least have the right to be consulted on the subject. I don't know many 
places in the world where this actually happens: the Convention on the Rights 
of the Child is paid little more than lip service.

Paul

Dr Paul Bernal
Lecturer
UEA Law School
University of East Anglia
Norwich Research Park
Norwich NR4 7TJ

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On 9 Jan 2013, at 00:55, Brian Conley 
mailto:bri...@smallworldnews.tv>>
 wrote:


Hi all,

Perhaps this is not the right forum, but I happen to believe it is. If we care 
to discuss liberation tech, we ought to discuss the liberation of those who 
have little or no capacity to choose for themselves, yes?

What's concerning me today is a decision by my daughter's preschool. They blog 
daily with photos and narrative stories about the kids day st school. 
Previously, though technically "public" the blog was not indexed and very 
difficult(impossible?) to find without the direct link.

At the beginning of this year they overhauled the site and are publishing the 
blog in its entirety attached directly to the preschool. That this change was 
done without discussion or consent of parents strikes me as greatly concerning.

As many of you know, I'm generally one of the people saying that too often 
libtech activists are a bit excessive in their response to the forward progress 
of technology and social media. Am I out of bounds here? Is this kind of daily 
blogging of a preschoolers life not a bit frightening?

Any advice from other colleagues, parents or otherwise, would be greatly 
appreciated. Though I might have answers for activists and civilians threatened 
with death or worse, this situation leaves me at a loss as to how I should 
respond.

Regards

Brian

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