Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Privacy Hackathon: Tomorrow @ Noisebridge, 2pm-10pm!

[Steve Phillips]

Great! Can anyone represent CameraV at our hackathon tomorrow to onboard
contributors? If not, is there a ticket list that is friendly to newcomers?
Thanks.

On Dec 16, 2016 3:50 PM, "Nathan of Guardian" 
wrote:

> CameraV is an encrypted evidence focused camera app for Android that
> does much of what you described already. It is open-source and in use by
> activists around the world. It also supports hiding its icon, sharing
> via Tor, streaming backup to Dropbox, and PGP signing of media and
> metadata.
>
> https://guardianproject.info/apps/camerav
>
> We would love to have more contributions and improvements of course.
> Adding audio recording support would be great. An iOS version is very
> much needed for most US and EU journalists.
>
> Otherwise it is also built upon our secure data storage libraries,
> SQLCipher and IOCipher.
>
> https://guardianproject.info/code
>
> Let us know if you have any questions.
>
> - Original message -
> From: Yosem Companys 
> To: Liberationtech Events ,
> Liberation Technologies 
> Subject: [liberationtech] Privacy Hackathon: Tomorrow @ Noisebridge,
> 2pm-10pm!
> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 15:12:58 -0800
>
> From: Steve Phillips  via 
>
> Interested in hacking on Tor and EFF (sub)projects?  How about a secure
> audio recording app
>  encrypted-footage-recording>
> that journalists need to protect their sources?  Or a secure video
> recording app
>  encrypted-footage-recording>
> that activists need to safely record interactions with law enforcement
> that
> encrypts and uploads the video off-site?  Or hack on other privacy- and
> security-centric software, either as a developer or designer?
>
> Then *come by Noisebridge tomorrow, Saturday December 17th between 2pm
> and
> 10pm* for Cypherpunk Write Code
> 's very first hackathon!
>
> Between the official event page
>  and
> Noisebridge's
> cross-posting  of
> it,
> about 40 people has RSVP'd so far; the event should be great.
>
> And *at 8pm* we're having a mini *birthday party **for whistleblower and
> coder Chelsea Manning* and her 29th birthday, which happens to be
> tomorrow.
>
> Hope to see you all at the event!  It's 2pm to 10pm, but feel free to
> come
> by whenever you'd like.
>
> More info is on the event page: https://www.meetup.com/
> Cypherpunks-Write-Code/events/235899233/
>
> And please forward this email around if you'd like, and/or retweet this
> tweet 
> about
> the event.  Thanks!
>
> --Steve
>
> P.S.  Know of an important privacy project that deserves our attention?
> Feel free to add it to our Project List
> .
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[liberationtech] Fwd: Privacy Hackathon: Tomorrow @ Noisebridge, 2pm-10pm!

[Nathan of Guardian]

CameraV is an encrypted evidence focused camera app for Android that
does much of what you described already. It is open-source and in use by
activists around the world. It also supports hiding its icon, sharing
via Tor, streaming backup to Dropbox, and PGP signing of media and
metadata.

https://guardianproject.info/apps/camerav

We would love to have more contributions and improvements of course.
Adding audio recording support would be great. An iOS version is very
much needed for most US and EU journalists.

Otherwise it is also built upon our secure data storage libraries,
SQLCipher and IOCipher.

https://guardianproject.info/code

Let us know if you have any questions.

- Original message -
From: Yosem Companys 
To: Liberationtech Events ,
Liberation Technologies 
Subject: [liberationtech] Privacy Hackathon: Tomorrow @ Noisebridge,
2pm-10pm!
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2016 15:12:58 -0800

From: Steve Phillips  via 

Interested in hacking on Tor and EFF (sub)projects?  How about a secure
audio recording app

that journalists need to protect their sources?  Or a secure video
recording app

that activists need to safely record interactions with law enforcement
that
encrypts and uploads the video off-site?  Or hack on other privacy- and
security-centric software, either as a developer or designer?

Then *come by Noisebridge tomorrow, Saturday December 17th between 2pm
and
10pm* for Cypherpunk Write Code
's very first hackathon!

Between the official event page
 and
Noisebridge's
cross-posting  of
it,
about 40 people has RSVP'd so far; the event should be great.

And *at 8pm* we're having a mini *birthday party **for whistleblower and
coder Chelsea Manning* and her 29th birthday, which happens to be
tomorrow.

Hope to see you all at the event!  It's 2pm to 10pm, but feel free to
come
by whenever you'd like.

More info is on the event page: https://www.meetup.com/
Cypherpunks-Write-Code/events/235899233/

And please forward this email around if you'd like, and/or retweet this
tweet 
about
the event.  Thanks!

--Steve

P.S.  Know of an important privacy project that deserves our attention?
Feel free to add it to our Project List
.
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[liberationtech] Privacy Hackathon: Tomorrow @ Noisebridge, 2pm-10pm!

[Yosem Companys]

From: Steve Phillips  via 

Interested in hacking on Tor and EFF (sub)projects?  How about a secure
audio recording app

that journalists need to protect their sources?  Or a secure video
recording app

that activists need to safely record interactions with law enforcement that
encrypts and uploads the video off-site?  Or hack on other privacy- and
security-centric software, either as a developer or designer?

Then *come by Noisebridge tomorrow, Saturday December 17th between 2pm and
10pm* for Cypherpunk Write Code
's very first hackathon!

Between the official event page
 and
Noisebridge's
cross-posting  of it,
about 40 people has RSVP'd so far; the event should be great.

And *at 8pm* we're having a mini *birthday party **for whistleblower and
coder Chelsea Manning* and her 29th birthday, which happens to be tomorrow.

Hope to see you all at the event!  It's 2pm to 10pm, but feel free to come
by whenever you'd like.

More info is on the event page: https://www.meetup.com/
Cypherpunks-Write-Code/events/235899233/

And please forward this email around if you'd like, and/or retweet this
tweet  about
the event.  Thanks!

--Steve

P.S.  Know of an important privacy project that deserves our attention?
Feel free to add it to our Project List
.
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Re: [liberationtech] [change] Ethnographic perspectives on human centered design for social change?

[Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes]

Howdy

Wonderful news from the CGAOP.ORG team

I guess that's kind-of "the one that got away," in terms of the World
Bank and other "Global" organizations funding "development projects"

Look at the numbers.

How much of the money goes to these types of programs/inititiaves, vs.
DISASTROUS ones in more than one dimension - typically, ENVIRONMENT
and SOCIAL JUSTICE.

OSEA, as we LatinAmericans say.



Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato,

Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes

+1 (347) 766-5008


On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Jake Kendall
 wrote:
> Hi Yosem
>
> Here is some stuff done by CGAP at the world bank applying HCD to financial
> inclusion problems.
> http://www.cgap.org/blog/so%E2%80%A6what-does-hcd-mean-financial-inclusion
>
> https://www.cgap.org/blog/series/human-centered-design-smallholder-families
>
> https://www.cgap.org/news/cgap-using-hcd-develop-digital-financial-services-smallholders
>
> http://www.cgap.org/publications/what-human-centered-design-means-financial-inclusion
>
> My sense is (from the more realistic people who work there) that despite
> some publications like the ones above touting the potential of HCD they
> actually felt it failed more often than not because it came up with
> interesting product insights but didn't achieve the organizational and
> architectural/systemic change needed to implement them.
>
> Jake
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Yosem Companys 
> wrote:
>>
>> From: Misha Quill 
>>
>> I'm wondering if any of you could point me towards ethnographic analyses
>> or cases studies (articles. books, grey lit) of development or humanitarian
>> projects that use(d) design principles?
>>
>> I'm planning to teach an undergraduate-level course in environmental
>> anthropology and want introduce some design principles/ processes.
>>
>> Ideally I'd like to include readings that point towards the benefits of
>> this kind of approach, as well as some that reflect practical or theoretical
>> problems (or failures).
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Best,
>> Misha
>>
>> Misha Quill, Assistant Professor
>> Department of Sociology & Anthropology
>> Cornell College
>> Mount Vernon, IA 52314
>>
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>> change mailing list
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>>
>
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Re: [liberationtech] [change] Ethnographic perspectives on human centered design for social change?

[Jake Kendall]

Hi Yosem

Here is some stuff done by CGAP at the world bank applying HCD to financial
inclusion problems.
http://www.cgap.org/blog/so%E2%80%A6what-does-hcd-mean-financial-inclusion

https://www.cgap.org/blog/series/human-centered-design-smallholder-families

https://www.cgap.org/news/cgap-using-hcd-develop-digital-financial-services-smallholders

http://www.cgap.org/publications/what-human-centered-design-means-financial-inclusion

My sense is (from the more realistic people who work there) that despite
some publications like the ones above touting the potential of HCD they
actually felt it failed more often than not because it came up with
interesting product insights but didn't achieve the organizational and
architectural/systemic change needed to implement them.

Jake

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Yosem Companys 
wrote:

> From: Misha Quill 
>
> I'm wondering if any of you could point me towards ethnographic analyses
> or cases studies (articles. books, grey lit) of development or humanitarian
> projects that use(d) design principles?
>
> I'm planning to teach an undergraduate-level course in environmental
> anthropology and want introduce some design principles/ processes.
>
> Ideally I'd like to include readings that point towards the benefits of
> this kind of approach, as well as some that reflect practical or
> theoretical problems (or failures).
>
> Thank you!
>
> Best,
> Misha
>
>
>
>
> *Misha Quill, Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Sociology &
> AnthropologyCornell CollegeMount Vernon, IA 52314*
>
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> change mailing list
> cha...@change.washington.edu
> http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change
>
>
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[liberationtech] Vacancy: 3 year post-doc position in media research & methods at "Locating Media" graduate school, University of Siegen

[Carolin Gerlitz]

Dear all,

the graduate school “Locating Media” at the University of Siegen 
 has a post-doc vacancy for 3 
years with the possibility of extension. “Locating Media” focuses on studying 
media ‘in motion’ and ‘in situ’ and aims to develop inventive mobile and 
digital methods for media research: www.locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de 
 

Please spread the word and get in touch if you are interested in applying! 

Best wishes
Carolin Gerlitz

--

The University of Siegen is an innovative institution with an emphasis on an 
interdisciplinary orientation and has about 20,000 students and 2,000 
employees, including 1,200 academic positions. There is a broad spectrum of 
departments, ranging from liberal arts, social sciences, and economics through 
to natural sciences and engineering, and the University of Siegen provides an 
outstanding teaching and research environment with numerous 
inter/transdisciplinary research projects. The University of Siegen offers 
diverse options for combining professional and family life. For this reason, it 
has been certified as a family-friendly university since 2006 and provides a 
dual career service.

Starting on April 1st 2017, 
one full-time (100% fte) post-doctoral post
(salary category TV-L 13)

is available at the University of Siegen in the German Research Foundation 
(DFG) Graduate School, GRK 1769 "Locating Media", for the fixed-term period of 
three years, with the possibility for extension (according to DFG standards). 
The duration of the contract complies with the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz.

Locating Media
The Graduate School "Locating Media" was set up in 2012 and has focused on 
researching historical and current media practices 'in motion' and 'in situ'. 
The main objective of “Locating Media” is to facilitate a methodological 
re-orientation of interdisciplinary media research by engaging with locational 
and situational analyses and the development of new methods for the analysis 
and design of mobile digital media. In the second phase of funding, the 
existing expertise in ethnographic methodologies will be expanded to include 
digital and mobile methods, to investigate the increased mobility and 
distributed spatiality of media and data processes.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) Graduate School provides an international 
environment for inventive and interdisciplinary media research by offering an 
intensive training programme, joint events with collaboration partners, 
training in relevant ethnographic, digital and mobile methods and the 
possibility of field research and research abroad. The research program will be 
realised in close collaboration with international partners and supporters, 
such as the Digital Ethnography Research Centre in Melbourne (RMIT), the 
Digital Methods Initiative (University of Amsterdam), the Centre for 
Interdisciplinary Methodologies (Warwick University), Centre for Science 
Studies and Mobilities Lab at Lancaster University and other collaborators.

More information on the profile and program can be found here: 
www.locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de 

Job description:
We expect:
– attendance of the Research Training Group events such as workshops, 
international conferences, intensive workshops and summer schools.
–  regular presentation of interim findings of individual research projects 
during internal events (Research Colloquium, Lecture Series) and during 
conferences.
– co-organisation of workshops and international conferences in collaboration 
with our international partners
–  publication of the research project in relevant specialist journals and 
supervision of publications.

This is a position for obtaining further academic qualifications 
(Habilitation), for which the ongoing media research in Siegen, for instance in 
the context of the collaborative research centre 1187 "Media of Cooperation" 
  provides a stimulating environment. 
The opportunity for this is provided within the scope of official duties.

Your profile:
 
− outstanding doctoral degree in one of the following areas of study: media 
studies, history, information science, cultural studies, literary studies, 
linguistics, ethnology, political science, sociology, Science and Technology 
Studies.
–  outstanding scholarly achievements.
–  research project in one of the areas of study listed above (10-page project 
prospectus including timetable).
–  familiarity with media research and social science methods and interest in 
methodological innovation.
–  willingness to participate in the Graduate School’s activities and to 
contribute toward their conceptual development.
–  good spoken and written German and English.
 
The University of Siegen is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with 
its policy of increasing the proportion of women in this type of employment, 
the 

Re: [liberationtech] Isaacson: The internet is broken. Starting from scratch, here's how I'd fix it.

[Rich Kulawiec]

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 11:31:20AM -0500, Thomas Delrue wrote:
> A great start to fixing the internet would be to stop using closed sites
> (of which LinkedIn is one). This would go a ways to bringing us back to
> a truly _distributed_ system, as the internet was intended to be,
> instead of an internet that is centralized in the hands of a few, very
> powerful corporations that hold us in a feudal lock.

Strongly seconded.  (Also, in this particular case: LinkedIn are notorious
spammers.)  Get off Facebook.  Get off Twitter.  Stop using Yahoo and
Google to host mailing lists.  (They're really terrible at it anyway.)
And so on.  It continues to amaze and appall me that even people on this
very list continue to use and support the operations that most want to
created walled gardens, a la AOL.   In case it's not obvious, and it really
should be: they are NOT your friends.  They are NOT your allies.  They
are NOT your supporters.  Their only value is profit, and if they can
maximize it by damaging you (or anyone else) they will not hesitate to
do so.

Like this.  Here's an example of one of those walled gardens and of
the damage it's doing (h/t to Lauren Weinstein):

50 million people in Myanmar can now get Facebook, and they're
spreading a trumpian ethnic cleansing movement

http://boingboing.net/2016/12/15/50-million-people-in-myanmar-c.html

50,000,000 people are now able to get Facebook, in other
words. The net has delivered a complex basket of social
changes, among them a revival of the country's ugly, murderous
history of ethnic cleansing, fueled by blood libels about
minority Muslims attacking the Buddhist majority. The new
incitements to violence are travelling hand in hand with news
about Trump and his promise to end Muslim migration into the
USA. Trump's election is being used to normalize and justify
ethnic cleansing movements in Myanmar ("We should do like
America and do it here too. No more Muslims!").  As was the
case in earlier eras of the internet's history, these new
users equate the net with the service they use the most (once
it may have been "Netscape" and "the net"; then "the web" and
"the net"; then "Google," etc) -- they use "Facebook" and
"internet" interchangeably. This is due to increase, as
Facebook has sold the carriers on its "Free Basics" system --
a net discrimination deal with the mobile carriers, who take
bribes from Facebook to exempt the company (but not its
rivals) from their data-caps.

---rsk
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