[liberationtech] No HTTPS on IGF registration AGAIN
Hi All, for what I can count as the third time at least, there is no HTTPS on the registration form for the Internet Governance Forum website. Last time at least an HTTPS form was embedded in the HTTP site (bad practice I believe). However the registration confirmation with all personal data were send in the clear (http://apc.org/en/blog/igf-cybersecurity-fail-website-leaks-personal-data). There was also the issue of the database containing user names and passwords, which was leaked last year, and nobody was informed in the breach. I would appreciate your thoughts on the matter, as well as a way forward. Kind regards, Alex -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Hoping to learn more about the 2009 Iran Green Movement
Hi Zak Alot of the writing on the Green movement and ICTs is very anecdotal. There is some mention in this USIP report If I remember correctly Evgeny Morozov in The Net Delusion gives quite a good description how US foreign policy towards internet freedom in Iran as well as a diplomatic blunder (whereby a state department official admitted publically that they had asked Twitter to postpone maintenance so as not to interupt its usage in the Green Movement protests) ultimately contributed to a post-protest crackdown on western internet platforms, and the internet in general. Sami Ben Gharbia also presents some similar analysis here: http://nawaat.org/portail/2010/09/17/the-internet-freedom-fallacy-and-the-arab-digital-activism/ Wish you the best in your research. ... Alex Comninos | doctoral candidate Department of Geography | Justus Liebig University, Gießen On 2 June 2013 21:45, Zak Whittington zakwh...@stanford.edu wrote: Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for good resources to learn more about technology's use in the 2009 Iranian Green Movement? Thanks! -Zak -- If you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln -- 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] Hoping to learn more about the 2009 Iran Green Movement
Hi zak Forgot the USIP link http://www.usip.org/publications/blogs-and-bullets-new-media-in-contentious-politics ... Alex Comninos | doctoral candidate Department of Geography | Justus Liebig University, Gießen On 2 June 2013 21:45, Zak Whittington zakwh...@stanford.edu wrote: Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for good resources to learn more about technology's use in the 2009 Iranian Green Movement? Thanks! -Zak -- If you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln -- 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] Suggestions on low-tech, free secure mobile messaging app
Hi All I would like to: 1 Request opinions on the security of WhatsApp and Viber (I understand the security of the previous has been discussed extensively on Libtech) 2 Request suggestions on secure mobile messaging apps. These apps should not just run on Android and iPhone devices, but should also run on the most basic and cheapest of internet enabled phones (feature phones or dumb internet enabled phones, particularly Nokia and older versions of Symbian). These apps must also be free and easy to use. Possibly web apps accessible from mobile could also be helpful, but these should be the simplest form of mobi site (e.g. a WAP site) Corporations in the west being able to technically hand over encryption keys, although important may not be too important, as I am talking about use of these technologies in a paraiah state, generally not having good relations for western countries. For security reasons, am not mentioning the particular country. Thanks in advance, I am looking forward to this discussion. Alex Comninos, doctoral candidate Department of Geography | Justus Liebig University, Gießen -- 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] Is the Cyberwar beginning?
Threedev, On 1 February 2013 05:30, Threedev zerothree...@gmail.com wrote: I think a Cyberwar would be more like something that took place during the Cold War: a whole bunch of aggressive actions that countries took against each other and no real fighting really occurred. Actually FYI the first cyberattack (on a SCADA system, a pipeline), actually happened during, and in the context of the cold war. I believe what we would consider these days a trojan, was embedded by the US in a SCADA system that the Russians then used. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_pipeline_sabotage McGraw also discusses this in his talk. ... Alex Comninos | doctoral candidate Department of Geography | Justus Liebig University, Gießen -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Bitly Enterprise Account
data retention and privacy implications compared to for example is.gd or installing a URL shortner on Libtech's own servers? implications of the .ly ccTLD being under Libyan jurisdiction? I would like to hear a little about these issues -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Bitly Enterprise Account
https://bitly.com/pages/privacy Metrics and Analytics: Bitly collects information about accesses (such as clicks) of every shortened URL created through the Services. This information includes, but is not limited to: (i) the IP address and physical location of the devices accessing the shortened URL; (ii) the referring websites or services; (iii) the time and date of each access; and (iv) information about sharing of the shortened URL on Third Party Services such as Twitter and Facebook. These metrics and analytics are used by Bitly and its partners to improve their websites and services by, for example, providing value-added features. Surely it would be better to chose a service that retains as little metrics and analytics as possible? On 16 November 2012 15:14, Alex Comninos alex.comni...@gmail.com wrote: data retention and privacy implications compared to for example is.gd or installing a URL shortner on Libtech's own servers? implications of the .ly ccTLD being under Libyan jurisdiction? I would like to hear a little about these issues -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Bitly Enterprise Account
On 16 November 2012 15:18, Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: Is there any benefit other than an aesthetic one? Centralizing all URLs under a single authority and then obfuscating them doesn't sound like a particularly great idea... agreed only benefit I can see is if they also offered protection from malware as http://mcaf.ee/ does, I would not recommend using mcaf.ee as it would put the data in the hands of a corporation On 16 November 2012 15:18, Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: Is there any benefit other than an aesthetic one? Centralizing all URLs under a single authority and then obfuscating them doesn't sound like a particularly great idea... NK On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 03:14:35PM +0100, Alex Comninos wrote: data retention and privacy implications compared to for example is.gd or installing a URL shortner on Libtech's own servers? Earl shorteners are considered harmful. Don't use them. implications of the .ly ccTLD being under Libyan jurisdiction? I would like to hear a little about these issues -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Presenting the new Lorea distribution: Foxglove
Lolwut? On Nov 6, 2012 6:32 PM, Anne Roth annal...@riseup.net wrote: News about Lorea https://lorea.org/ (Lorea is a project to create secure social cybernetic systems, in which a network of humans will become simultaneously represented on a virtual shared world. Its aim is to create a distributed and federated nodal organization of entities with no geophysical territory, interlacing their multiple relationships through binary codes and languages.) Original-Nachricht Betreff: Presenting the new Lorea distribution: Foxglove Datum: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:12:17 +0100 Von:spideralex spidera...@riseup.net *The new distribution of Lorea is called Foxglove: Social networks of the people and for the people!* As part of the ACT! 2012 https://lorea.org/assets/act2012, Lorea social networks have migrated to a new version called Foxglove based on the version 1.8 of Elgg free software http://elgg.org/. This new distribution has several improvements regarding the design, usability and stability of the networks and offer also new tools (the full list can be viewed here https://n-1.cc/pages/view/1505323/lorea-new-distribution-foxglove). Among them there is a new module that allows you to design assemblies agendas collectively, keeping minutes and highlighting decisions and previous consensus. It also enables decision making either by majority or by consensus, with the option of blocking decisions and modifying proposals for decision. This wide variety of options is intended to suit the various decision making processes of groups engaged with assamblearism, thus preventing the software of imposing its criteria above collective practices. Other new options are customizing the working environment, search box for groups contents, new images galleries, improvements of the Etherpads (collaborative writing in real time) and the integration between fora and mailing lists (persons not registered inside the networks will be now able to subscribe to groups mailing list). During the course of this November, Lorea's fairies will work into refining the migration and complementing the documentation such as the manuals in order to help people become familiar with the new version. It should also be kept in mind that Lorea are self-organized networks where all its inhabitants can engage with their development and gardening. Lorea calls for collaboration in this joint project, first by being patient with the potential errors that might occur occasionally during the migration process, secondly, by testing the tool, reporting shortcomings and making suggestions to keep improving (bugs can be reported here https://n-1.cc/pg/groups/929536/testers-elgg-18/) and in third place by making diffusion of this new version (either by publishing this news and/or giving talks and workshops). Donations are also logically welcomed https://n-1.cc/pages/view/14888/. *About Lorea* Lorea means flower in Euskera and uses the metaphor of seeds to refer to each ones of its networks' planted in an experimental field federated . The project stems from an informal group of people concerned about security and privacy on the social web, providing from the field of free software and technological activism. It was launched during the 2009 Hackmeeting http://sindominio.net/hackmeeting/index.php?title=Portada, the annual gathering of hackers in the Spanish State. There two social networks Digital Free Art and N-1 https://n-1.cc/ converged and decided to join forces to develop further social free, secure, federated and self-managed social networks. ACT! 2012 is an action derivatived from the Barcelona Consensus performed by an active citizenship, GLOBAL, simultaneously and with an effective PARTICULAR result looking for social, political, economic palpable transformation. For this purpose different organizations / networks / groups have supported as ACT! 2012 Lorea and another movement (Ekta Parishad). The Nova-organization Social Innovation (driving Consensus Barcelona) has awarded 4,000 Euros each organization to carry out its actions. Thanks to the support you gave us the Lorea community have used this incentive to free programmers who developed the project. Also with ACT!, During days 27 to 2 September, we held a Hacktahon Lorea to outline the development of assemblies, modules, feedback and suggestions and work together on migration. N-1.cc, Cooperativa.ecoxarxes.cat and Enekenbat.cc are already migrated, rest will follow soon -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Presenting the new Lorea distribution: Foxglove
On 7 November 2012 19:43, micah anderson mi...@riseup.net wrote: Frankly, both of those reactions are embarassing. Are you unaware of the most important tool that has been used for the most recent Spanish mobilizations, not to mention many occupy groups around the world and are letting the entire list know that? I think the reactions, (though mine was in jest) were honest reflections on the inaccessibility of the discourse explaining the platform, as well as perhaps bad marketing of the platform. Its constructive criticism and I dont think you (or me and NK) should be embarrassed. Please provide us with some links explaining how this is the most important tool being used in the most recent Spanish mobilisations. Warm and unflamey regards, Alex -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] secure text collaboration platforms
sorry I meant, obviously Provided that you are NOT worried about a subpoena from a US court/surveillance by US intelligence agencies. -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] Ethiopia criminalizes Skype?
Seeing as Addis is the seat of the African Union, there are two scenarios here: 1. Business as usual at The African Union will be severely impaired. 2. This will be unevenly implemented, with expatriates and AU officials informally exempt. On 15 Jun 2012 20:18, David Johnson da...@bostonreview.net wrote: http://www.techcentral.co.za/ethiopia-criminalises-skype/32723/ Ethiopia’s state-owned Internet service provider, the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (Ethio-Telcom), has begun performing deep-packet inspection of all Internet traffic in the country. The country’s government recently ushered in new legislation that criminalises the use of services such as Skype, Google Talk and other forms of Internet phone calling. ... -- David V. Johnson Web Editor Boston Review Website: http://www.bostonreview.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/BostonReview Tumblr: http://bostonreview.tumblr.com Mailing Address: San Francisco Writers' Grotto 490 2nd Street, 2nd Fl. San Francisco, CA 94107 Cell: (917)903-3706 ___ liberationtech mailing list liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click yes (once you click above) next to would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech ___ liberationtech mailing list liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click yes (once you click above) next to would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech
