Re: [liberationtech] Changing MAC addresses on mobile devices

2013-11-06 Thread shelley
"The user's guide for one of Aruba's recent software products states: "The wireless network has a wealth of information about unassociated and associated devices." That software includes "a location engine that calculates associated and unassociated device location every 30 seconds by default... Th

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy, malware, Laura Poitras, and cats

2013-11-06 Thread Matt Johnson
Griffin, You described never attaching USB or an external drive and not copying PDFs. Of course most other document types can include malware too. What does that leave? Only plain text on a CD? That seems like a tough life. Maybe it is necessary, but you really have to believe. Maybe there are us

Re: [liberationtech] Changing MAC addresses on mobile devices

2013-11-06 Thread Dan Staples
Even more reason for randomizing your phone's MAC address: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/you-are-a-rogue-device/Content?oid=18143845 You Are a Rogue Device -- A New Apparatus Capable of Spying on You Has Been Installed Throughout Downtown Seattle. Very Few Citizens Know What It Is, and Offic

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy, malware, Laura Poitras, and cats

2013-11-06 Thread Griffin Boyce
Matt Johnson wrote: > Griffin suggested never connecting a USB stick, or external drive or > copying PDFs to the air gap computer. I have asked how that air-gapped > computer would be useful. Apparently the point is too subtle. There are a few aspects to this that I'd like you to consider. With

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread d.nix
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > > Jonathan, I don't think you are following the whole thread. I > understand the value of removing a computer from the network, once > you have installed the software you need and put the data you want > on it. > > Griffin suggested never connect

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread Matt Johnson
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > On 11/06/2013 04:21 PM, Matt Johnson wrote: >> >> Sorry Eugen, I am still not getting it. You will author content in >> isolation, without reference to any information at all? Or perhaps in >> a library with books on paper? When I author som

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
On 11/06/2013 04:21 PM, Matt Johnson wrote: Sorry Eugen, I am still not getting it. You will author content in isolation, without reference to any information at all? Or perhaps in a library with books on paper? When I author something I constantly refer to other material. You know most compute

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread Matt Johnson
Sorry Eugen, I am still not getting it. You will author content in isolation, without reference to any information at all? Or perhaps in a library with books on paper? When I author something I constantly refer to other material. Lets say you write something, then burn it to CD and transfer it to

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Nov 06, 2013 at 10:54:34AM -0800, Matt Johnson wrote: > I fail grasp the utility of such and offline computer. If you keep a You must have nothing to hide, then. Some of us do. > computer air gaped as you describe you will not be able to do much > with it. Gee, how about authoring conten

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread Matt Johnson
I fail grasp the utility of such and offline computer. If you keep a computer air gaped as you describe you will not be able to do much with it. What do you want the air gaped computer for? -- Matt Johnson On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Griffin Boyce wrote: > anon14...@safe-mail.net wrote: >>

[liberationtech] IPP2014 Conference Call: "Crowdsourcing for Politics and Policy"

2013-11-06 Thread Calderaro, Andrea
Dear all, The journal Policy and Internet will be holding its third conference (co-convened by the OII, in collaboration with the ECPR) next 25-26 September in Oxford, on the subject of crowdsourcing. We are currently calling for abstracts. Conference: http://ipp.oii.ox.ac.uk/ Call: http://ipp

[liberationtech] How Much Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand?

2013-11-06 Thread Yosem Companys
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html How Much Surveillance Can Democracy Withstand? by Richard Stallman A version of this article was first published in Wired in October 2013. The current level of general surveillance in society is incompatible with human rights. To reco

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread Griffin Boyce
anon14...@safe-mail.net wrote: > I am really really sorry, but dude, what does **offline** mean to you? Buy a dedicated machine for your offline activities, physically remove the wireless card(s), disable the bluetooth module, and remove all network drivers. If something is fully air-gapped f

Re: [liberationtech] Ubuntu Privacy Remix remix?

2013-11-06 Thread anon14959
d.nix: > On 11/5/2013 2:35 PM, anon14...@safe-mail.net wrote: >> It's about making a box really offline. Privacy is just part of >> the name of the distro from my example. Privacy is coming anyway. >> Security is about not getting my computer stolen. And for that I >> want to have full disk encry

Re: [liberationtech] It's about time we publicly declared privacy was never dead.

2013-11-06 Thread Yosem Companys
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Shava Nerad wrote: > Yosem, can I pull this back to my original call to action in this thread > which was not regarding open source but the question of "Is privacy dead?" > Yes, of course. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations

Re: [liberationtech] It's about time we publicly declared privacy was never dead.

2013-11-06 Thread Shava Nerad
Yosem, can I pull this back to my original call to action in this thread which was not regarding open source but the question of "Is privacy dead?" It's stated as assumptive language (often citing Brin) by the entities who profit directly or indirectly from oversharing, insecure, in-the-moment, cl

Re: [liberationtech] It's about time we publicly declared privacy was never dead.

2013-11-06 Thread Shava Nerad
Right, not your project, Moon. Next time I'll know you're a tangent. SN -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or chang

Re: [liberationtech] It's about time we publicly declared privacy was never dead.

2013-11-06 Thread Yosem Companys
These messages are personal replies that have little to do with technology, other than the references to open source. Let's steer the discussion back to "how information technology can be used to defend human rights, improve governance, empower the poor, promote economic development, and pursue a

Re: [liberationtech] It's about time we publicly declared privacy was never dead.

2013-11-06 Thread Moon Jones
Shava Nerad: > On Nov 5, 2013 8:32 PM, "Moon Jones" > wrote: >> Shava Nerad: >>> If these young people could dream together, on and offline, some >>> hero's journey -- to change their world reasonably peacefully, >>> fighting dragons, taking all that world building F&SF they love >>> and putti

[liberationtech] Setting up your own app store with F-Droid

2013-11-06 Thread Nathan of Guardian
Useful HOWTO and new tools package by Hans for anyone who needs to distribute their own Android software, outside of Google Play, using the excellent F-Droid.org project. Clarification from below: While the US and Google no longer restrict access from Iran, the Google Play service is still unfort