Re: [liberationtech] Here Come the Encryption Apps

2013-04-18 Thread Katrin Verclas
Unfortunately contradicted by the evidence that shows frequent partial (regional or specific lines) or (less frequent) total cell phone shutdowns. Happens all the time and clear to those who track this systematically. Sent from iPhone thus could have typos. On Mar 15, 2013, at 19:49, Maxim

Re: [liberationtech] Explaining Different Types of Trust?

2013-04-18 Thread L Jean Camp
I share your interest in providing meaningful communication to non-technical people about the risk they are experiencing on the network. We are looking at explaining different types of risk; and using risk communication ideas from physical risk to do this. So look at dinner. Imagine you are

Re: [liberationtech] Here Come the Encryption Apps

2013-04-18 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Katrin Verclas kat...@mobileactive.org wrote: Unfortunately contradicted by the evidence that shows frequent partial (regional or specific lines) or (less frequent) total cell phone shutdowns. Happens all the time and clear to those who track this

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: SafeGDocs: encrypted documents in Google Drive

2013-04-18 Thread Carmela Troncoso
Hi Steve, thanks so much for your feedback. We will change the AES implementation asap, and Stanford's JS Crypto is a perfect candidate. Thanks for pointing it out. We have looked at the SecureDocs project, but the code at their web only works with old Firefox version. Do you know whether the

[liberationtech] Personal Data Protection project in Kosovo

2013-04-18 Thread Teresa Crawford
Greetings folks - I have been a lurker on the list for the last few months but I know a few old friends are on this list as well. Two of my colleagues (in Kosovo and Serbia) are putting together a small consortium to bid on a new EU program to promote personal data protection in Kosovo. It

Re: [liberationtech] Kiobel Ruling on Alien Tort Statute and Censorship Tech

2013-04-18 Thread Jillian C. York
That's a rather odd position for someone who works for a human rights group to take. On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Peter Micek pe...@accessnow.org wrote: Hey Collin, It looks like the Supreme Court set a very high bar to overcoming the presumption of territoriality in ATS cases. That

Re: [liberationtech] Kiobel Ruling on Alien Tort Statute and Censorship Tech

2013-04-18 Thread jon penney
Agreed. This is a bad decision. The ATS is, as Chip wrote earlier, a jurisdictional statute. And, quite frankly, its text and historical context strongly suggests it captures extraterritoriality activities. In 1789, the United States was a young republic, attempting to normalize international

[liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites

2013-04-18 Thread Hisham
Hi all, Activists whose sites come under attack struggle to find cheap solutions to keep their websites safely guarded. Many of them are looking for secure, inexpensive hosting. I've come across many such cases, from Senegal, to Zambia to Egypt to Morocco. Some of them ask for temporary hosting

Re: [liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites

2013-04-18 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
While not technically a hosting solution, CloudFlare can definitely help secure websites against many common attacks. It's free and works with almost any hosting provider. https://www.cloudflare.com/ NK On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Hisham almiraatb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all,

Re: [liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites

2013-04-18 Thread Andreas Bader
Hisham: Hi all, Activists whose sites come under attack struggle to find cheap solutions to keep their websites safely guarded. Many of them are looking for secure, inexpensive hosting. I've come across many such cases, from Senegal, to Zambia to Egypt to Morocco. Some of them ask for

Re: [liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites

2013-04-18 Thread Griffin Boyce
Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: While not technically a hosting solution, CloudFlare can definitely help secure websites against many common attacks. It's free and works with almost any hosting provider. https://www.cloudflare.com/ Seconded. It also helps hide one's hosting

Re: [liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites

2013-04-18 Thread xek3149
The problem with Cloudflare is that it is difficult to connect to sites using Tor. Either they (Cloudflare) are blocking Tor outright or they are restricting the number of connections per IP address. () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary

Re: [liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites

2013-04-18 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:56 PM, xek3149 xek3...@gmail.com wrote: The problem with Cloudflare is that it is difficult to connect to sites using Tor. Either they (Cloudflare) are blocking Tor outright or they are restricting the number of connections per IP address. Are there any references

Re: [liberationtech] Secure, inexpensive hosting of activist sites

2013-04-18 Thread Griffin Boyce
Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 4:56 PM, xek3149 xek3...@gmail.com wrote: The problem with Cloudflare is that it is difficult to connect to sites using Tor. Either they (Cloudflare) are blocking Tor outright or they are restricting the number of connections per

Re: [liberationtech] And right on cue, the flush our civil liberties down the toilet boys rear their ugly heads

2013-04-18 Thread Shava Nerad
I was fascinated today to see Mother Jones and many others reposting, entirely without reflection or comment, what seemed to me to be not crowdsourced images but second story surveillance camera shots of the FBI suspects. (Who, in addition, are being howled after as guilty until proven innocent

Re: [liberationtech] And right on cue, the flush our civil liberties down the toilet boys rear their ugly heads

2013-04-18 Thread Shava Nerad
Earlier today, btw, I predicted that this is why CISPA had a chance of passing the Senate, unless Leahy or some other eloquent champion spends considerable political and social capital smacking it down. Awful timing. The House had been planning cybersecurity week for this week for months. I am

Re: [liberationtech] And right on cue, the flush our civil liberties down the toilet boys rear their ugly heads

2013-04-18 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 05:27:35PM -0700, Yosem Companys wrote: From: Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com And right on cue, the flush our civil liberties down the toilet boys rear their ugly heads We Need More Cameras, and We Need Them Now http://j.mp/14A4fY1 (Slate) Cities