Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Re: secure wipe of flash memory

2012-07-16 Thread Nathan of Guardian
On 07/15/2012 11:53 PM, coderman wrote: the only rational approach is to use Full Disk(Flash) Encryption. It is rational, but not possible on the majority of mobile phones (feature and smartphones), available today on the market. Our task with InTheClear was to come up with a practical way to

Re: [liberationtech] secure wipe of flash memory

2012-07-16 Thread Chris Ball
Hi, On Mon, Jul 16 2012, Michael Rogers wrote: I've heard that some Android devices use controller chips for their internal flash storage, making the storage appear as a block device from the kernel's point of view, while others allow the kernel to access the flash chips directly. In the

Re: [liberationtech] A Working 'Arab Spring' Reading list

2012-07-16 Thread Patrick McCurdy
Great to learn about this email list (thanks Yosem). Just a follow up on the reading list, we hope to compile more readings and I have a MA student who will be adding a bunch more non-academic articles over the next week or so as part of a directed study. I try to add Google Scholar stuff as

Re: [liberationtech] secure wipe of flash memory

2012-07-16 Thread James Vasile
I've always assumed the flash problem implied two practices: 1) Don't save sensitive data in unencrypted form 2) Don't use a swap partition Given the limitations of devices as they currently are, is there anything else you would do? Thanks, James pgp4fBG0Hhb5H.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [liberationtech] Hacking Humanitarian Technology Before the Bad Guys Do

2012-07-16 Thread George Chamales
is there a list or forum dedicated to this effort? e.g. a way to subscribe and be notified of updates and discoveries? Not this time around. I'll send a note to the list once the image and documentation is available and another one with a summary of how things turned out. g George Chamales

[liberationtech] CfP: Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data » CCC Blog

2012-07-16 Thread Yosem Companys
http://www.cccblog.org/2012/07/16/meaningful-use-of-complex-medical-data/ Meaningful Use of Complex Medical Data July 16th, 2012 by Erwin GianchandaniLeave a reply » Organizers of the second annual symposium onMeaningful Use of Complex Medical Data (MUCMD) – to be held in Los Angeles in

Re: [liberationtech] secure wipe of flash memory

2012-07-16 Thread James Vasile
Thanks, Michael. That's a good thought. I hadn't factored in the notion of having multiple versions of the ciphertext. I'll take a look at some disk-encryption systems with that in mind. -J pgpzG6IGhhQFS.pgp Description: PGP signature ___

[liberationtech] Webinar Thursday July 19th: Machine Learning Techniques for Improved Disease Mapping in the Developing World

2012-07-16 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Jen Ziemke j...@crisismappers.net Colleagues, Please join us this *Thursday, 19 July **at 12 Noon EST/New York* for the next Crisis Mappers Webinar in the series. [16:00 GMT]. http://www.timezoneconverter.com/ In this session,* *John Quinn http://cit.mak.ac.ug/staff/jquinn/, from the