Re: [liberationtech] Here Come the Encryption Apps
Unfortunately contradicted by the evidence that shows frequent partial (regional or specific lines) or (less frequent) total cell phone shutdowns. Happens all the time and clear to those who track this systematically. Sent from iPhone thus could have typos. On Mar 15, 2013, at 19:49, Maxim Kammerer m...@dee.su wrote: On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Rich Kulawiec r...@gsp.org wrote: Sixth, and let me encapsulate it as a principle: If you need a GUI to overthrow your government... you're probably not going to overthrow your government. That's harsh, condescending, snarky...but I think it's probably true. Not really (and I disagree with nearly everything else you wrote). Communication is a critical component (some say the most critical) of any military operation, and there is no reason why it would be less critical for e.g. a successful civil uprising. Cellphones today provide the most viable mobile duplex communication channel for civilians, and any third-world government will be most reluctant to shut down cellphone communication, since it will cause major disruptions for its own military, which heavily relies on using cellphones instead of unreliable radios. Risks, including traffic analysis, can be mitigated or simply accepted, and even government's ability to shutdown the cellular network in case of force majeure is not a given, if there is (like usual) some first-world country or multinational extremist organization behind / supporting the grassroots uprising that can supply the necessary equipment on the ground. Your post is condescending for the wrong reasons — Twitter drama queens cannot make a revolution with or without smartphones, but it does not mean that smartphones, and their relevant applications, are not the most suitable communication channel for people on the ground who actually do things (good or bad). -- Maxim Kammerer Liberté Linux: http://dee.su/liberte -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Explaining Different Types of Trust?
I share your interest in providing meaningful communication to non-technical people about the risk they are experiencing on the network. We are looking at explaining different types of risk; and using risk communication ideas from physical risk to do this. So look at dinner. Imagine you are eating shrimp. You are trusting the Federal food law enforcement, perhaps, but that is not enforced in China where the shrimp originates. You are trusting border food inspections, but these are quite rare. You are trusting the handling of the frozen food by the shipping company, the port, the trucking company and the grocer. Any one of these could let the food go bad. Is that helpful? Would visualizing this chain or seeing it for every food purpose be helpful, or are there indicators you look for? I think this reifies Jason's point about how this degree of constant information - complete transparency - is not really helpful. I love RIck's work. He is doing some additional work on story-telling in security also that should come out soon. Here are a couple of papers, one on using open or closed eyeballs to indicate privacy and one pretty fundamental one risk behaviors. Also one that you probably do not need, on how trust in computing is often designed in direct opposition to observed human behavior. eyeballs: http://www.csee.usf.edu/~labrador/Share/workshops/papers/p291-benton.pdf risk biases: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=arnumber=6479448 (let me know if this is behind a pay wall for you, if so I will put it someone you can get it in the next couple of weeks). trust: http://ljean.com/files/Trust.pdf And the Firefox developer position to work on these issues is closing in two weeks, if you or someone else is looking for full time work on securing and communicating risk/trust/security. I will be focusing on this during the summer if you want to chat then. thanks- -- Prof. L. Jean Camp http://www.ljean.com Net Trust http://code.google.com/p/nettrust/ Economics of Security http://www.infosecon.net/ ETHOS http://ethos.indiana.edu Congressional Fellow http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/govfel/congfel.asp -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Here Come the Encryption Apps
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Katrin Verclas kat...@mobileactive.org wrote: Unfortunately contradicted by the evidence that shows frequent partial (regional or specific lines) or (less frequent) total cell phone shutdowns. Happens all the time and clear to those who track this systematically. Please note that cell network shutdowns is only one aspect of my reply above. I am mainly concerned with dismissing smartphone (an extremely useful and capable communication device) as a tool for civil engagement. I don't view cell phone shutdowns as a serious obstacle to such engagement. If anything, I would expect a boost in use of circumvention methods (such as mesh networks) in places where such shutdowns do become an obstacle. -- Maxim Kammerer Liberté Linux: http://dee.su/liberte -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: SafeGDocs: encrypted documents in Google Drive
Hi Steve, thanks so much for your feedback. We will change the AES implementation asap, and Stanford's JS Crypto is a perfect candidate. Thanks for pointing it out. We have looked at the SecureDocs project, but the code at their web only works with old Firefox version. Do you know whether the authors plan to release a new version according to the SPCC 2012 paper? Kind regards, Carmela On 14/04/2013 1:09, Steve Weis wrote: Hi. SafeGDocs appears to use a unsafe implementation of AES-CTR mode from here: http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/aes.html Two problems with this library: - It generates a predictable CTR mode IV using time of day. - There is apparently no authentication of the ciphertext, which in CTR mode means you can trivially modify messages. The SafeGDocs overlay.js that calls the Movable Type AES library has been minified for no apparent reason. I didn't bother to unminify it to look at it. This similar project, SecureDocs, happens to use the same library, but only for a key derivation function. They're using Stanford's JS Crypto for the actual encryption: http://www.mightbeevil.com/securedocs/ I haven't looked at SecureDocs in depth, but Nate Lawson gave it a thumbs up: http://rdist.root.org/2011/05/09/encrypted-google-docs-done-well/ On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Michael Rogers mich...@briarproject.org mailto:mich...@briarproject.org wrote: Original Message Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:03:51 +0200 From: Carmela Troncoso ctronc...@gradiant.org mailto:ctronc...@gradiant.org To: p...@lists.links.org mailto:p...@lists.links.org Hello everybody, in the last year we have been developing at Gradiant (http://www.gradiant.org/en.html) a Firefox addon that allows users to easily encrypt and share documents in Google Drive in such a way that data is not accessible to the service provider. We are now releasing a version and would love to have the feedback of the community both about its usability and security. You can download the addon here: http://www.safegdocs.com/en/home.html and find the associated academic papers here: http://www.gradiant.org/images/stories/2010_cloudviews_googledocsprivacy.pdf http://www.gradiant.org/images/stories/sharing_secure_documents_in_the_cloud.pdf -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
[liberationtech] Personal Data Protection project in Kosovo
Greetings folks - I have been a lurker on the list for the last few months but I know a few old friends are on this list as well. Two of my colleagues (in Kosovo and Serbia) are putting together a small consortium to bid on a new EU program to promote personal data protection in Kosovo. It includes helping the GoK Office of Data Protection to formulate regulations and policies, train staff, raise awareness of the law with business, government and citizens. The EU bidding requirement is for a consortium to be led by an organization in an EU or IPA country with an annual budget of at least 2.5 million Euros. My colleagues organizations are too small so they are looking for a consortium lead with technical expertise to offer as well. The Serbian group has been the lead on the development and promulgation of the law in Serbia and the Kosovo group has also worked extensively with the government to draft laws. Given the topic of the list and the diverse membership I thought this list would be a good place to post and see if anyone can recommend an organization or works for an organization which might be a good partner. Remember size and location matters! Contact me off list if you are interested in being connected with the folks in the region. Teresa -- Teresa Crawford | skype: crawte00 | cell: +1 917-873-6397 | e-mail: teresa_@ _speakeasy.net -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Kiobel Ruling on Alien Tort Statute and Censorship Tech
That's a rather odd position for someone who works for a human rights group to take. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Peter Micek pe...@accessnow.org wrote: Hey Collin, It looks like the Supreme Court set a very high bar to overcoming the presumption of territoriality in ATS cases. That US laws should apply only to traditional spaces of US jurisdiction is presumed unless congress specifically says otherwise. Since the Filartiga v Peña case in 1989, the US has experimented with applying the ATS (passed as part of the *1789* Judiciary Act), to torts committed elsewhere. The ATS and other domestic attempts at asserting universal jurisdiction, like Spain has experimented with, highlight the need for some adjudication where in cases none is likely, or feasible. Spain, for example, recently used it to target Pinochet and those responsible for El Salvador's massacres in the 1980s. Courts asserting universal jurisdiction claim the right to judge crimes regardless of where they were committed. See http://www.globalpolicy.org/international-justice/universal-jurisdiction-6-31.html Some international treaties actually mandate that states account for egregious rights abuses when they are not brought to justice domestically. This post highlights some legal and policy solutions in the U.S. that go survive today's ruling: http://opiniojuris.org/2013/04/17/human-rights-will-survive-kiobel The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the proposed State Department Reporting Requirements on US companies operating in Burma, and other measures are taking the actions of US corps abroad seriously. And the SEC has been able to seize funds of bad actors. There are strong reasons to oppose universal jurisdiction here. Domestic courts are not necessarily the best equipped to issue swift justice in huge transnational cases. The time and cost on ordinary plaintiffs are prohibitive (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1953190). The International Criminal Court has assumed jurisdiction over four egregious crimes committed worldwide. Corporations don't face any transnational court like that. But the process of creating norms (and then international law) will continue without universal jurisdiction, and companies probably fear angry investors more than many national courts. Plus, look at the flip side -- do we want torts occurring between US entities and citizens, on US soil, adjudicated in foreign domestic courts? It's not a perfect analogy, but not likely. Happy to continue the conversation, Peter On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Collin Anderson col...@averysmallbird.com wrote: Libtech, Today the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that seriously limited the scope of the Alien Tort Statute on human rights cases. ATS was the grounds that Iranians attempted to sue Nokia Siemens Networks for their sale of lawful intercept, claims of liabilities for selling surveillance to China, and the Turkcell v. MTN case was waiting on the decision[3], so this should matter to many on the list. I was hoping that perhaps we could pull out some comments from our colleagues in CSR and legal communities. Cordially, Collin [1] http://www.dw.de/nokia-siemens-lawsuit-dropped-by-iranian-plaintiffs/a-6240017 [2] http://www.economist.com/node/18986482 [3] http://blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2012/10/12/judge-stays-turkcell-lawsuit-citing-supreme-court-case/ -- *Collin David Anderson* averysmallbird.com | @cda | Washington, D.C. -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Policy Counsel | Access www.accessnow.org www.rightscon.org Ph: +1-646-255-4963 | S: peter-r-m | PGP: 22510994 -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- US: +1-857-891-4244 | NL: +31-657086088 site: jilliancyork.com http://jilliancyork.com/* | * twitter: @jilliancyork* * We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality - *Vaclav Havel* -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Kiobel Ruling on Alien Tort Statute and Censorship Tech
Agreed. This is a bad decision. The ATS is, as Chip wrote earlier, a jurisdictional statute. And, quite frankly, its text and historical context strongly suggests it captures extraterritoriality activities. In 1789, the United States was a young republic, attempting to normalize international relations. The ATS was likely enacted with that aim in mind, that is, to allow foreign plaintiffs— such as merchants and ambassadors— the right to sue Americans in U.S. courts for certain international law violations causing injury to person or property (though defendants are not limited by the ATS to American citizens). Such violations at the time would have been understood to include extraterritorial acts, like violating neutrality on the high seas and piracy. Under the law of nations if you did not provide such domestic redress (ie with a statute like ATS) then the state itself would be liable (and would also cause friction with other states). Presumably today, foreign subsidiaries of American corporations-- which under the Kiobel majority's reasoning would not overcome the presumption against extra-territorial application-- likewise could cause friction for the U.S. among foreign states, for acts abroad committed in violation of international legal norms. IMHO, in light of its text and history, the Court should not have used a rule of statutory interpretation to gut the ATS, when Congress is free to legislate. If lawmakers have a problem with the Founding Era statute's extraterritorial application, they should have the guts to repeal or amend it. best, jwp On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Jillian C. York jilliancy...@gmail.comwrote: That's a rather odd position for someone who works for a human rights group to take. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Peter Micek pe...@accessnow.org wrote: Hey Collin, It looks like the Supreme Court set a very high bar to overcoming the presumption of territoriality in ATS cases. That US laws should apply only to traditional spaces of US jurisdiction is presumed unless congress specifically says otherwise. Since the Filartiga v Peña case in 1989, the US has experimented with applying the ATS (passed as part of the *1789* Judiciary Act), to torts committed elsewhere. The ATS and other domestic attempts at asserting universal jurisdiction, like Spain has experimented with, highlight the need for some adjudication where in cases none is likely, or feasible. Spain, for example, recently used it to target Pinochet and those responsible for El Salvador's massacres in the 1980s. Courts asserting universal jurisdiction claim the right to judge crimes regardless of where they were committed. See http://www.globalpolicy.org/international-justice/universal-jurisdiction-6-31.html Some international treaties actually mandate that states account for egregious rights abuses when they are not brought to justice domestically. This post highlights some legal and policy solutions in the U.S. that go survive today's ruling: http://opiniojuris.org/2013/04/17/human-rights-will-survive-kiobel The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the proposed State Department Reporting Requirements on US companies operating in Burma, and other measures are taking the actions of US corps abroad seriously. And the SEC has been able to seize funds of bad actors. There are strong reasons to oppose universal jurisdiction here. Domestic courts are not necessarily the best equipped to issue swift justice in huge transnational cases. The time and cost on ordinary plaintiffs are prohibitive (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1953190). The International Criminal Court has assumed jurisdiction over four egregious crimes committed worldwide. Corporations don't face any transnational court like that. But the process of creating norms (and then international law) will continue without universal jurisdiction, and companies probably fear angry investors more than many national courts. Plus, look at the flip side -- do we want torts occurring between US entities and citizens, on US soil, adjudicated in foreign domestic courts? It's not a perfect analogy, but not likely. Happy to continue the conversation, Peter On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Collin Anderson col...@averysmallbird.com wrote: Libtech, Today the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that seriously limited the scope of the Alien Tort Statute on human rights cases. ATS was the grounds that Iranians attempted to sue Nokia Siemens Networks for their sale of lawful intercept, claims of liabilities for selling surveillance to China, and the Turkcell v. MTN case was waiting on the decision[3], so this should matter to many on the list. I was hoping that perhaps we could pull out some comments from our colleagues in CSR and legal communities. Cordially, Collin [1] http://www.dw.de/nokia-siemens-lawsuit-dropped-by-iranian-plaintiffs/a-6240017 [2]
[liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites
Hi all, Activists whose sites come under attack struggle to find cheap solutions to keep their websites safely guarded. Many of them are looking for secure, inexpensive hosting. I've come across many such cases, from Senegal, to Zambia to Egypt to Morocco. Some of them ask for temporary hosting to be able to stay online until they can stand on their feet again. I'd be grateful if someone could help with this one. Are there secure and inexpensive solutions out there? Best, -- Hisham Almiraat almiraat.com http://www.almiraat.com/ Director, Global Voices Advocacy http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/ Co-founder, Mamfakinch.com http://www.mamfakinch.com/ @almiraat https://twitter.com/almiraat | @advoxhttps://twitter.com/Advox hisham_almiraat on Skype Phone: +212662078778 -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites
While not technically a hosting solution, CloudFlare can definitely help secure websites against many common attacks. It's free and works with almost any hosting provider. https://www.cloudflare.com/ NK On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Hisham almiraatb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Activists whose sites come under attack struggle to find cheap solutions to keep their websites safely guarded. Many of them are looking for secure, inexpensive hosting. I've come across many such cases, from Senegal, to Zambia to Egypt to Morocco. Some of them ask for temporary hosting to be able to stay online until they can stand on their feet again. I'd be grateful if someone could help with this one. Are there secure and inexpensive solutions out there? Best, -- Hisham Almiraat almiraat.com http://www.almiraat.com/ Director, Global Voices Advocacy http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/ Co-founder, Mamfakinch.com http://www.mamfakinch.com/ @almiraat https://twitter.com/almiraat | @advoxhttps://twitter.com/Advox hisham_almiraat on Skype Phone: +212662078778 -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites
Hisham: Hi all, Activists whose sites come under attack struggle to find cheap solutions to keep their websites safely guarded. Many of them are looking for secure, inexpensive hosting. I've come across many such cases, from Senegal, to Zambia to Egypt to Morocco. Some of them ask for temporary hosting to be able to stay online until they can stand on their feet again. I'd be grateful if someone could help with this one. Are there secure and inexpensive solutions out there? Best, -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Hetzner Germany is pretty good. We use it since years and never had problems with it. Andreas -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites
Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: While not technically a hosting solution, CloudFlare can definitely help secure websites against many common attacks. It's free and works with almost any hosting provider. https://www.cloudflare.com/ Seconded. It also helps hide one's hosting provider. One project I know of was hosted somewhere in Kyrgyzstan, and used CloudFlare to keep their host from getting attacked. best, Griffin -- Please note that I do not have PGP access at this time. OTR: sa...@jabber.ccc.de / fonta...@jabber.ccc.de -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites
The problem with Cloudflare is that it is difficult to connect to sites using Tor. Either they (Cloudflare) are blocking Tor outright or they are restricting the number of connections per IP address. () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments On Apr 18, 2013 3:49 PM, Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: While not technically a hosting solution, CloudFlare can definitely help secure websites against many common attacks. It's free and works with almost any hosting provider. https://www.cloudflare.com/ NK On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Hisham almiraatb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Activists whose sites come under attack struggle to find cheap solutions to keep their websites safely guarded. Many of them are looking for secure, inexpensive hosting. I've come across many such cases, from Senegal, to Zambia to Egypt to Morocco. Some of them ask for temporary hosting to be able to stay online until they can stand on their feet again. I'd be grateful if someone could help with this one. Are there secure and inexpensive solutions out there? Best, -- Hisham Almiraat almiraat.com http://www.almiraat.com/ Director, Global Voices Advocacyhttp://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/ Co-founder, Mamfakinch.com http://www.mamfakinch.com/ @almiraat https://twitter.com/almiraat | @advoxhttps://twitter.com/Advox hisham_almiraat on Skype Phone: +212662078778 -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:56 PM, xek3149 xek3...@gmail.com wrote: The problem with Cloudflare is that it is difficult to connect to sites using Tor. Either they (Cloudflare) are blocking Tor outright or they are restricting the number of connections per IP address. Are there any references regarding this? I've always been able to access Cloudflare-protected websites through Tor. () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments On Apr 18, 2013 3:49 PM, Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: While not technically a hosting solution, CloudFlare can definitely help secure websites against many common attacks. It's free and works with almost any hosting provider. https://www.cloudflare.com/ NK On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Hisham almiraatb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Activists whose sites come under attack struggle to find cheap solutions to keep their websites safely guarded. Many of them are looking for secure, inexpensive hosting. I've come across many such cases, from Senegal, to Zambia to Egypt to Morocco. Some of them ask for temporary hosting to be able to stay online until they can stand on their feet again. I'd be grateful if someone could help with this one. Are there secure and inexpensive solutions out there? Best, -- Hisham Almiraat almiraat.com http://www.almiraat.com/ Director, Global Voices Advocacyhttp://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/ Co-founder, Mamfakinch.com http://www.mamfakinch.com/ @almiraat https://twitter.com/almiraat | @advoxhttps://twitter.com/Advox hisham_almiraat on Skype Phone: +212662078778 -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites
Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:56 PM, xek3149 xek3...@gmail.com wrote: The problem with Cloudflare is that it is difficult to connect to sites using Tor. Either they (Cloudflare) are blocking Tor outright or they are restricting the number of connections per IP address. Are there any references regarding this? I've always been able to access Cloudflare-protected websites through Tor. As have I. There's an ongoing discussion in the tor-talk list about it. Looks like they throttle connections from Tor exits based on abuse (etc), but don't block entirely. ~Griffin -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] And right on cue, the flush our civil liberties down the toilet boys rear their ugly heads
I was fascinated today to see Mother Jones and many others reposting, entirely without reflection or comment, what seemed to me to be not crowdsourced images but second story surveillance camera shots of the FBI suspects. (Who, in addition, are being howled after as guilty until proven innocent in this digital manhunt - and thank God the NYPost exonerated their suspects before that turned into something ugly...) Well, yes, the FBI is doing their job with the tools available, and as I live in metro Boston I would most healthily STFU... But if this incident had happened in London, I can't help but think MJ et al might have engaged a moment of reflection and spine in the middle of that process, perhaps? Interesting times... Shava Nerad shav...@gmail.com -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] And right on cue, the flush our civil liberties down the toilet boys rear their ugly heads
Earlier today, btw, I predicted that this is why CISPA had a chance of passing the Senate, unless Leahy or some other eloquent champion spends considerable political and social capital smacking it down. Awful timing. The House had been planning cybersecurity week for this week for months. I am not quite enough of a paranoid hippie to suspect these events were engineered to promote the cybersecurity bills and budget lines. That would be insane. However, the events of this week will be used for that precise purpose. It's a very grim gift horse Sigh... Shava Nerad shav...@gmail.com On Apr 18, 2013 8:28 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: From: Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com And right on cue, the flush our civil liberties down the toilet boys rear their ugly heads We Need More Cameras, and We Need Them Now http://j.mp/14A4fY1 (Slate) Cities under the threat of terrorist attack should install networks of cameras to monitor everything that happens at vulnerable urban installations. Yes, you don't like to be watched. Neither do I. But of all the measures we might consider to improve security in an age of terrorism, installing surveillance cameras everywhere may be the best choice. They're cheap, less intrusive than many physical security systems, and-as will hopefully be the case with the Boston bombing-they can be extremely effective at solving crimes. - - - This kind of misguided and factually vacuous proposal is more dangerous to freedom than all the terrorism on the planet. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] And right on cue, the flush our civil liberties down the toilet boys rear their ugly heads
..on Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 05:27:35PM -0700, Yosem Companys wrote: From: Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com And right on cue, the flush our civil liberties down the toilet boys rear their ugly heads We Need More Cameras, and We Need Them Now http://j.mp/14A4fY1 (Slate) Cities under the threat of terrorist attack should install networks of cameras to monitor everything that happens at vulnerable urban installations. Yes, you don't like to be watched. Neither do I. But of all the measures we might consider to improve security in an age of terrorism, installing surveillance cameras everywhere may be the best choice. They're cheap, less intrusive than many physical security systems, and-as will hopefully be the case with the Boston bombing-they can be extremely effective at solving crimes. - - - This kind of misguided and factually vacuous proposal is more dangerous to freedom than all the terrorism on the planet. ... and at worst breeds violent frustration at home, as people feel increasingly unable to engage elected civil administrators in transformative conversation about these issues. People /feel/ threatened by impositions such as these for a reason - I've had two conversations of the sort here in Buffalo within as many days of arrival. These locals feel their own government no longer defends their basic human right to privacy (as if today's CISPA vote wasn't harsh enough). Regardless, it's worth noting the U.S has seen steady decline of terrorism on home soil since 1970. Curious that the general opinion is that terrorism is on the rise here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/16/us/Decades-of-Decline-in-Attacks.html?ref=us_r=0 Who knows how long that will last, given the increasing conscription to Al Qaeda, or any armed resistance, as direct result of drone attacks on sovereign soil abroad. Here's the case of Yemen alone, a country that (like Pakistan and Somalia) the U.S isn't actually at war with: “These attacks are making people say, ‘We believe now that al-Qaeda is on the right side,’ ” said businessman Salim al-Barakani, adding that his two brothers — one a teacher, the other a cellphone repairman — were killed in a U.S. strike in March. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-05-29/world/35456187_1_aqap-drone-strikes-qaeda You can call the Yemeni tribesmen referenced in the article 'terrorists' as a result of their conscription. You can also call them very frustrated and desperate people whose children are terrified of the U.S and can't sleep due to the buzzing - and statistically inaccurate - killing machines flying above their homes. Cheers, -- Julian Oliver http://julianoliver.com http://criticalengineering.org -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
