Posted message: Hi everyone,
A former classmate of mine has started an organization that attempts to
increase voter turnout by reducing the barriers to voting - if you're not
tracking, only 57% of eligible voters actually voted in 2008. There a
I want to write a piece about facial recognition and what we must then
expect from the government if we allow them to basically GPS the
individual. It would also cover the path we've been taking on tracking
people.
Any takers?
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A great example as to why it's dangerous for users to rely on tech leaders'
good will rather than build the right legal frameworks for startups that
will take users' interests into account from the get go.
Yosem
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/craigslist-threatens-developers-and-locks-down
https://crypto.cat will soon stop being a web-based service, and will
only exist as a browser extension.
The question is, what should future web-app developers do if they need
crypto? Rewrite all crypto primitives from scratch [and hope there's
enough interest in reviewing the code], then let users
Hi Libtech,
Yosem asked me to work on text & links for caveats about Dropbox and
Google Docs to use for the Libtech email list guidelines. (The list has
been talking about the list's use or non-use of attachments.) Is there a
good, working Liberationtech wiki that'd make a good place to stash
link
I've noticed that this discussion has a tendency to be framed in terms
of the crypto primitives. The core problems, as I see them, are
actually somewhat unrelated to whether it's possible to efficiently
perform cryptographic operations in JavaScript or not. In my reading,
this blog post seems to
Dear Colleagues,
The Olympics have often given activists the opportunity to use the
international media attention to achieve the freedom of speech they lack
in their own countries. As part of the Sound Ethnography Project organized
by UCI anthropology graduate students, I recently contributed a pi
From: Johns, Sarah
Hello all,
This is an OK Festival post, but even if you're not coming, you might have
an idea or two to spare ... so please read on.
We've got a 90 min session at the Open Knowledge Festival (18 - 20 Sept,
Helsinki) to talk about open technology, open data and development.
where are they and how do I get their attention?
Hi Folks,
A lot of folks here are involved in using/developing technology to
support various forms of networked collaboration, with particular
leanings toward open, decentralized approaches. So I wonder if I might
solicit opinions on the
Greg Norcie writes:
> This is a good logic, but there is still a problem even if Google scans
> uploads.
>
> Both state and nonstate actors often use zero day vulnerabilities. Since
> a zero day has never been seen before, there is no signature for it in
> any virus database.
This is totally tru
On 5 August 2012 03:25, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> where are they and how do I get their attention?
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> A lot of folks here are involved in using/developing technology to support
> various forms of networked collaboration, with particular leanings toward
> open, decentralized appr
Hi Melvin,
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947703258/smart-notebooks-keeping-on-the-same-page-across-th
So... I'd really welcome any feedback on the questions who cares about
project management & collaboration tools, how to reach them, and what
might motivate them enoug
Jay Sulzberger wrote:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947703258/smart-notebooks-keeping-on-the-same-page-across-th
Perhaps just limited encrypted Usenet?
Funny you should mention that. NNTP is, to my mind, the world's
greatest messaging protocol. Back in the day, Netscape built a
On Sun, 5 Aug 2012, Miles Fidelman wrote:
Hi Melvin,
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947703258/smart-notebooks-keeping-on-the-same-page-across-th
So... I'd really welcome any feedback on the questions who cares about
project management & collaboration tools, how to reac
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