Re: [liberationtech] Fundraiser to send 100 4G/LTE hotspots to Public Libraries in Puerto Rico & fund CryptoHarlem for 1 year

2018-04-04 Thread Nicholas Merrill
Hi Andres

Thanks for your comments

Forgive me - I should have been a bit more specific.  We are raising
money for *1 year of service* on 100 hotspots, and *1 year of funding*
for CryptoHarlem.

At the end of the year, we would need to undertake another fundraising
effort to be able to continue the service, and the funding for
CryptoHarlem for subsequent year(s).

Unfortunately, as a very small non-profit, we don't have the capability
to provide anything "forever".  These things cost money which is why we
are trying to raise funding to pay for them.

You are quite right that it is not a permanent solution.  I'm sorry if
you don't think it's worthwhile because it doesn't last "forever".  
Please do let me know if you find some solution that will last forever. 
But keep in mind the old saying:  don't let the perfect be the enemy of
the good.

best,

Nick

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On 4/3/18 5:28 PM, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes wrote:
> “*100 4G modems with unlimited data plans to public libraries in
> Puerto Rico”*
> *
> *
> *Are those those “unlimited data plans” also “FOREVER?” That’d be a
> worthwhile donation.. otherwise, it’d be just like the “3-month Free”
> or guateber gimmicks of the bloodsucking US Telcos...*
>
> Regards / Saludos / Grato
>
> Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
>
> On Apr 3, 2018, at 3:32 PM, Nicholas Merrill <li...@calyx.com
> <mailto:li...@calyx.com>> wrote:
>
>> 100 4G modems with unlimited data plans to public libraries in Puerto
>> Rico
>
>

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[liberationtech] Fundraiser to send 100 4G/LTE hotspots to Public Libraries in Puerto Rico & fund CryptoHarlem for 1 year

2018-04-03 Thread Nicholas Merrill

Help us bridge the "Digital Divide" by supporting our campaign as
part of DuckDuckGo's $500,000 Privacy Challenge
<https://www.calyxinstitute.org/help/digital-divide>

We at The Calyx Institute are super excited and very honored to have
been chosen to be one of the contestants in DuckDuckGo's $500,000
Privacy Challenge fundraiser. Your help is essential to meeting this
goal. The team that raises the most money gets $50,000 .. second place
$40,000, all the way down to sixteenth place gets $3,000 .. and there
are weekly bonus challenges for orgs to win another $247,000.

Our fundraising campaign is all about the Digital Divide - our goal for
this fundraiser is to raise $100,000 so we can send *100 4G modems with
unlimited data plans to public libraries in Puerto Rico*, and to *fund
CryptoHarlem for the next year*. If we can raise more than that number
then we can send more modems to Puerto Rico! According to our research
there are 66 public libraries in 43 cities and towns in Puerto Rico.
Please help us to help underserved communities in Puerto Rico get online
and to help CryptoHarlem continue its important work.

The Calyx Institute recently became the sponsor of the monthly security
clinic CryptoHarlem
<https://www.calyxinstitute.org/projects/cryptoharlem>. CryptoHarlem is
a Digital Surveillance Clinic that has been meeting on a monthly basis
since 2013 in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. It is always
open to the public and completely free of charge.

Please give your support ( or join the team to recruit other supporters
) at https://www.crowdrise.com/the-calyx-institute
<https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/the-calyx-institute>

Thanks!!


-Nick


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[liberationtech] Job Opportunity: Security-focused web developer for human rights NGO

2015-09-22 Thread Nicholas Merrill
Position Description: Security-focused Web Developer

*About Access:*

Access (accessnow.org) is a growing organization dedicated to defending
and extending the digital rights of users at risk around the world,
including on issues of privacy, security, freedom of expression, and
transparency. Our policy, advocacy, and technology teams have staff
presences in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East/North Africa, North
America, and Southeast Asia, to provide global support to our mission.

*About the Role:*

We’re looking for a passionate Web Developer to join our Advocacy team.
This crucial role will help us develop groundbreaking digital campaigns,
maintain and extend our brand-new website and digital engagement
back-end, and build out a suite of innovative tools to help us use
advocacy and communications to defend and extend the rights of internet
users around the world.

We’re looking for a creative individual who’s up-to-date with the latest
web technologies and platforms, and is able to help develop our
multifaceted media platforms, websites, infographics and social media
memes, and to use these to engage online communities and advance the
fight to defend digital rights worldwide.

The Web Developer will join the Digital Engagement Squad, a team within
the Advocacy arm.

*Duties and Responsibilities:*

  * Working within the Digital Engagement Squad, develop websites and
digital properties to further the goals of our Policy, Advocacy, and
Tech arms;
  * Working closely with the Tech team, manage Access websites
(including www.accessnow.org) and web properties, coordinating the
development of new sites and the maintenance of existing sites;
  * Work with the Visual Advocate and other members of the Advocacy team
to build and deploy standalone websites and other digital and
interactive projects;
  * Actively pursue new technologies and think creatively about how to
adopt, extend and modify them for use in our projects, programs and
the larger digital security and digital rights sphere;
  * Develop reusable web functionalities and tools for Access web assets;
  * Engage and support other members of the Access team as it relates to
the development of web properties and the use of Access web assets;
  * Report to Advocacy Director on progress and challenges of
responsibilities as required.

*Education and Experience:*

  * Deep knowledge and experience of web application security
  * Fluency in Javascript, HTML5, CSS3, SASS JQuery, and PHP;
  * A minimum of two years experience in Web development;
  * Wordpress experience essential; other CMS experience (Drupal,
Symfony etc.) a plus;
  * Previous design experience and/or demonstrable design skills desired;
  * Experience using Github or other revision control systems to
collaboratively develop and manage websites and digital assets.

*Required Personal Qualities:*

  * Must be able to meet tight deadlines and manage the multiple moving
parts of complex projects.
  * Energetic, creative and confident.
  * Must be able to work in a high stress emergency environment that
requires sustained focus; have an appetite for responsibility and
perform careful, diligent work.
  * Must be able to work unsupervised.
  * Keep technical knowledge and skills up to date, and be willing to
attend trainings and conferences as required by Access.

*Language Skills: *Fluency in English essential. Ability to also speak
fluently in Arabic, Spanish, or French, would be good but not required.

*Location:* We strongly prefer for this to be based out of our New York
(USA) office, or elsewhere on Eastern (EST) time. However we work
globally, and qualified applicants will also be considered from around
the world.

*Commitment: *Full-Time

*Remuneration:* Based on experience. 

*To Apply:* Please write to j...@accessnow.org with “Frontend Web
Developer-- [Your Name]” as the subject line and submit the following,
saved as one PDF  document:

  * Cover letter expressing your interest in the position and why you
are the best candidate for it.
  * Resume including portfolio and/or work samples.
  * 2 references.

*Deadline:* Published September 2015, applications rolling until filled.

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[liberationtech] Call for free software projects ( and other types of organizations ) to sign an anti-patent-troll pledge

2015-07-09 Thread Nicholas Merrill
Hi,

The Calyx Institute is running a campaign to try to get 40 organizations
to sign a pledge against patent troll lawsuits directed against Linux,
Android, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Tor Project and dozens of other free
software projects and organizations

What if your organization isn't one that develops software or holds
software patents?  That's OK !  We still would like your organization to
sign the pledge.

Even if you run a supermarket, a social network or a workers union, we
are very happy with your organization becoming a  member of the
community supporting patent non-aggression. Open source is everywhere
(from the cash register running on GNU/Linux, the server that hosts your
website and mail or the medical equipment measuring your lung capacity).
Everyone should be able to use these open source packages donated by
their creators without thinking twice. By joining, you make a difference.

The link to the pledge, and associated FAQ's is at the following URL:   
https://nlnet.nl/help/

It's really easy to do, it should take less than 5 minutes.

Just click the URL, click on the 'Sign me up' button, then fill out your
project or organization's information, and just be sure to do what it
says in the confirmation email ( which comes from a totally different
domain )

The subject of the email should be something like OIN license agreement
for you from licensees...@openinventionnetwork.com

Thanks!

Nick

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[liberationtech] Here is a list of TrueCrypt compatible disk encryption tools

2014-05-29 Thread Nicholas Merrill
Here's a list of Truecrypt compatible file encryption software .. some
compromises required, but maybe it will suffice for the time being

http://www.hacker10.com/encryption-software-2/list-of-truecrypt-compatible-encryption-software/

-Nick

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[liberationtech] PBS Frontline: United States of Secrets ( 2 part series )

2014-05-14 Thread Nicholas Merrill

United States of Secrets (Part One)

 How did the government come to spy on millions of Americans? In United
States of Secrets, FRONTLINE goes behind the headlines to reveal the
dramatic inside story of the U.S. government's massive and controversial
secret surveillance program -- and the lengths it went to try to keep it
hidden from the public.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/united-states-of-secrets/
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365245528/

Part 2 airs May 20th

-Nick

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Re: [liberationtech] What ideas did you submit to the Knight News Challenge?

2014-03-19 Thread Nicholas Merrill
We ( The Calyx Institute ) submitted a proposal to build a network of
XMPP servers that by default force people to use TLS/SSL and OTR and to
allow people to connect via Tor hidden services.  We also propose to
modify XMPP clients to do TLS/SSL and OTR by default.  In addition we
would train individuals and organizations to run their own such servers.

https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/building-privacy-by-design-into-instant-messaging

best,

Nick

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[liberationtech] Connecting to XMPP servers over Tor hidden services

2014-02-26 Thread Nicholas Merrill


The Calyx Institute has been doing some work promoting adding Tor hidden
service protocol to XMPP servers, to improve security, privacy and
anonymity.

Along those lines, I wanted to send a quick update:

1) There is now a list of XMPP servers that are reachable via Tor hidden
services at this URL:
https://xmpp.net/reports.php#onions

2) Also, XMPP.net's server scanner now works with servers that are
reachable via .onion addresses
Here is an example: 
https://xmpp.net/result.php?domain=jabber.calyxinstitute.orgtype=client

Unfortunately it's still not that easy for average Internet users to
connect to services ( other than websites ) over Tor, but we will be
releasing some how-to documentation shortly.  I'll report back when
that's ready for peer review.

best,

Nick

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Re: [liberationtech] New public XMPP / Jabber server with Forward Secrecy/DNSSEC/Tor Hidden Service/DANE support - jabber.calyxinstitute.org

2014-01-31 Thread Nicholas Merrill
On 1/30/14, 5:29 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
  Why can't you force it? [OTR] The cleartext is available to the
 server. The OTR traffic is trivially identifiable. You might want to
 just rephrase it to say that you don't force it rather than can't? 
As Nate from Guardian noted, the reason we can't is mainly a lack of a
plugin for Prosody to block all traffic but OTR (or OTR handshakes)

That is however exactly the type of progress we are hoping to make with
this experiment

Does anyone want to whip up some lua code to block non-OTR traffic ? 
Any prosody devs on the list ?

thanks,

Nick

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Re: [liberationtech] New public XMPP / Jabber server with Forward Secrecy/DNSSEC/Tor Hidden Service/DANE support - jabber.calyxinstitute.org

2014-01-31 Thread Nicholas Merrill
OK the server should now enforce OTR and reject clear text

thanks to Matthew Wild for some very quick work :) 


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Re: [liberationtech] mod_require_otr in prosody

2014-01-31 Thread Nicholas Merrill
On 1/31/14, 2:54 PM, Nicolás Reynolds wrote:
 Nicolás Reynolds fa...@endefensadelsl.org writes:

 i suggested the idea of otr requirement to prosody devs :)
 in case the attached email wasn't clear, one of the prosody devs replied
 with this snippet for testing:

 https://prosody.im/pastebin/eed63406-cd84-4ee0-a550-94c9f69a73b2



Thank you, Nicolás for making that suggestion!

I am running the code now - it technically works, in that it doesn't
allow non-OTR messages through.

But the problem at the moment is that if you try to send non-OTR
messages, the error message is not popping up, at least in my testing,
on any XMPP client I have tried.  The server basically silently drops
the unencrypted message without notifying the user.  So for it to be
really more useful that needs to be sorted out.

I have tested with Pidgin, Adium and ChatSecure (on Android)

best,
Nick

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[liberationtech] New public XMPP / Jabber server with Forward Secrecy/DNSSEC/Tor Hidden Service/DANE support - jabber.calyxinstitute.org

2014-01-30 Thread Nicholas Merrill
Hey all

I wanted to let everyone here know that we (The Calyx Institute) opened
an experimental public and free Jabber / XMPP server to the public today
that has a number of interesting security features / policies

You can read the details here: 
https://www.calyxinstitute.org/projects/public_jabber_xmpp_server

If you have any problems connecting or using it, feel free to send me an
OTR-encrypted message to n...@calyxinstitute.org

best,

Nick

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[liberationtech] FYI: SXSW proposed panel discussion

2013-08-20 Thread Nicholas Merrill

  NSA and the future of web users and web companies

On Thursday, June 6, 2013, the PRISM story broke, shattering any trust
we had in the US government with regards to online privacy. At a
pinnacle point in technological advancement, the tech industry is now
faced with the prospect of National Security Letters, data subpoenas and
constant privacy and security concerns from customers. This panel will
be a frank discussion about the NSA, online surveillance, and the
privacy expectations from the perspective of both web users and web
companies. This will be a conversation that presents the societal
benefits of network analysis alongside the fears and concerns.


Questions Answered

 1. What to do when you receive a National Security Letter
 2. How to handle your customers' and users' questions and concerns
 3. How to protect your customers and users
 4. What you can do to protect your business
 5. What to expect from the NSA in the future


Speakers

  * Matthew Prince CloudFlare https://www.cloudflare.com/
  * Nicholas Merrill The Calyx Institute https://calyxinstitute.org/
  * Cesar Hidalgo MIT http://chidalgo.com/index.html
  * Brad Burnham Union Square Ventures http://www.usv.com/


Organizer

Kristin Tarr CloudFlare https://www.cloudflare.com/


Cast Your Vote:   http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/23181



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[liberationtech] Interview with Lavabit founder Levison on Democracy Now

2013-08-14 Thread Nicholas Merrill
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/13/exclusive_owner_of_snowdens_email_service

also a short follow-up with me: 
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/13/former_internet_provider_gagged_by_national

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Re: [liberationtech] From Snowden's email provider. NSL???

2013-08-09 Thread Nicholas Merrill
On 8/9/13 5:34 AM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote:
 Also, weren't NSLs ruled unconstitutional recently? NK

Yes.  However...

NSLs have been ruled unconstitutional several times beginning in 2004
[1] with my case ( Doe v. Ashcroft / Doe v. Gonzalez / Doe v. Mukasey /
Doe v. Holder ) and then again in 2007 [2] in my case after the law was
amended, and then more recently in the case that Jillian cited.  But
none of these cases were ever able to make it to the Supreme Court to be
decided upon in a way that was binding nation-wide and final.

best,
-Nick

[1] 
http://articles.philly.com/2004-09-30/news/25376716_1_national-security-letters-gag-order-fbi-summons
[2] 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090601438.html

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Re: [liberationtech] Frei PiratenPartei

2013-05-19 Thread Nicholas Merrill
It isn't that well known yet but there is a pirate party in New York state: 
http://nypirateparty.org/

-Nick






On May 19, 2013, at 5:03 PM, André Rebentisch tabe...@gmail.com wrote:

 Am 18.05.2013 14:56, schrieb Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes:
 
 2. Areas of the mesh where the saturation becomes overflow can
 easily generate candidates for elected office - school board, city
 council, state legislature, us congress.
 What would be the actual difference, and I do not mean the process.
 
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[liberationtech] Google defies FBI, asks federal judge to challenge National Security Letter

2013-04-05 Thread Nicholas Merrill
I am very happy to report to the list that apparently, Google is now
challenging a National Security Letter issued by the FBI

According to what I have read, Google filed a petition to “set aside
the legal process,” citing a provision that enables judges to modify or
deny NSLs that are “unreasonable, oppressive, or otherwise unlawful.”

That is a bit short of what I did ( with ACLU's and EFF's help ) in Doe
v. Ashcroft ( 334 F. Supp. 2d 471 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) ) which was to
challenge the constitutionality of the statute itself. However it's
still something and it keeps the issue in the forefront of the news and
helps to keep it a current issue.

I have always hoped that more companies would challenge warrantless
seizure of telecommunications records which has repeatedly been ruled to
be unconstitutional and in violation of the 4th amendment, and I hope
that more of these types of challenges are to come in the near future.

More coverage:

1.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-04/google-fights-u-s-national-security-probe-data-demand.html
2.
http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/04/google-defies-fbi-asks-federal-judge-to-challenge-national-security-letters/
3.
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/291871-google-fights-secret-fbi-subpoena
4. http://rt.com/usa/google-letters-national-unconstitutional-365/
5. http://mashable.com/2013/04/04/google-challenge-national-security-letter/
6. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/04/google-fights-nsl/


In my humble opinion, Google deserves to be commended for taking this
action which it did not have to take !

-Nick


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Re: [liberationtech] New EIFL-PLIP Innovation Award Empowers Women Girls through ICT4D

2013-03-19 Thread Nicholas Merrill
Hey Yosem

How have you been ?

I sent an email to the libtech list about the NSL story but it didn;t'
seem to go through.. could it be stuck in a moderation queue somewhere ?

best,

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Re: [liberationtech] EFF: National Security Letters Are Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules

2013-03-17 Thread Nicholas Merrill
On 3/16/13 6:03 PM, hwamyeon wrote:
 Does this only impact letters going forward? Or does it apply to past
 letters as well? It would be interesting to finally get some data on
 their past use and potential abuses.

Some advice I have gotten suggests that it is not retroactive.. i.e. it
only applies going forward.

And of course on top of that, the judge's decision is stayed pending appeal.

Not everyone on this list may remember back to the Doe v. Ashcroft / Doe
v. Mukasey / Doe v. Gonzalez / Doe v. Holder case that I was the
plaintiff in but we got a similar decision in New York's southern
district from Judge Marrero two times - in 2004 and 2007 -  that the NSL
provision is unconstitutional, and violates the 1st, 4th and 5th
amendments to the constitution.

Until you can get the decision upheld by the Supreme court, and the
government continues to appeal, it doesn't stick, so to speak.

I'd be happy to talk about it, provided I can get completely out of the
gag order, which I have not given up on.

More news as it becomes available.

best,

Nick


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Re: [liberationtech] EFF: National Security Letters Are Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules

2013-03-17 Thread Nicholas Merrill
On 3/16/13 6:03 PM, hwamyeon wrote:
 Does this only impact letters going forward? Or does it apply to past
 letters as well? It would be interesting to finally get some data on
 their past use and potential abuses.


Some advice I have gotten suggests that it is not retroactive.. i.e. it
only applies going forward.

And of course on top of that, the judge's decision is stayed pending appeal.

Not everyone on this list may remember back to the Doe v. Ashcroft / Doe
v. Mukasey / Doe v. Gonzalez / Doe v. Holder case that I was the
plaintiff in but we got a similar decision in New York's southern
district from Judge Marrero two times - in 2004 and 2007 -  that the NSL
provision is unconstitutional, and violates the 1st, 4th and 5th
amendments to the constitution.

Until you can get the decision upheld by the Supreme court, and the
government continues to appeal, it doesn't stick, so to speak.

I'd be happy to talk about it, provided I can get completely out of the
gag order, which I have not given up on.

More news as it becomes available.

best,

Nick


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