Re: [liberationtech] Ethiopia criminalizes Skype?

2012-06-17 Thread Alex Comninos
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" wrote: > http://ww

[liberationtech] Chinese preparing for a "Autonomous Internet" ?

2012-06-17 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
Hi all, i wanted to notice that there is a new internet draft in IETF that should make us think on the chinese government respect strategies to internet governance issues. DNS Extension for Autonomous Internet(AIP) https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-diao-aip-dns-00 This proposal by China Telecom,

Re: [liberationtech] Chinese preparing for a "Autonomous Internet" ?

2012-06-17 Thread Jacob Appelbaum
On 06/17/2012 01:03 PM, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote: > Hi all, > > i wanted to notice that there is a new internet draft in IETF that > should make us think on the chinese government respect strategies to > internet governance issues. > > DNS Extension for Autonomous Internet(AIP) > https://to

Re: [liberationtech] Silent Circle? Re: AES-encyrpted telephony in Iran?

2012-06-17 Thread L. Aaron Kaplan
On Jun 16, 2012, at 3:51 PM, Frank Corrigan wrote: > This seems relevant, building on Phil Zimmerman's Zfone/ZRTP & PGP. > Some time ago I rand into Jitsi.org - it is an interesting start but I had some issues with stability. Aaron. signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP

[liberationtech] IPv6 good for anonymity

2012-06-17 Thread Walid AL-SAQAF
Hi all, You may have read about the recent outcry by FBI and DEA warning that IPv6 could shield criminals from police as i makes tracing electronic addresses 'more difficult'. See: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57453738-83/fbi-dea-warn-ipv6-could-shield-criminals-from-police/ If this is true

Re: [liberationtech] IPv6 good for anonymity

2012-06-17 Thread Seth David Schoen
Walid AL-SAQAF writes: > Are we supposed to be more concerned or glad that we are slowly moving to > IPv6 ? I think the effect of IPv6 on privacy is complicated; it depends on how addresses are allocated. It depends on what ISPs do and on what users do. There's one debate about whether people

Re: [liberationtech] IPv6 good for anonymity

2012-06-17 Thread Walid AL-SAQAF
Dear Seth, Thank you for this tremendously helpful summary of the the situation & potentials associated with IPv6. Your 'blog post' is enlightening, worrying, but also giving hope at the same time. One could conclude is that -like any technology- it is the service providers and users who would de

Re: [liberationtech] Ethiopia criminalizes Skype?

2012-06-17 Thread Bill Stewart
> http://www.techcentral.co.za/ethiopia-criminalises-skype/32723/ > > Ethiopiabs 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 > countrybs government r