[liberationtech] Rally Against NSA Mass Surveillance | Washington, DC 10/26

Hey everyone, We're now 9 days away from the Rally Against Mass Surveillance in DC on Saturday, October 26th, the anniversary of the passage of the PATRIOT Act. The group behind the rally is StopWatching.Us , a coalition of more than 100 gro

Re: [liberationtech] Naive Question

That is genius. On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Case Black wrote: > There's a more subtle variant to this idea... > > Regularly state ("put up a sign") that you HAVE in fact received an > NSL...with the public understanding that it must be a lie (there's no law > against falsely making such a c

[liberationtech] Operational Impact of NSA Surveillance on Human Rights Work

Hey all, One topic that hasn't gotten enough public attention is the practical impact of surveillance programs on human rights work. This is a subject WITNESS is going to explore in a blog post next week, and I'm curious if any of you are anticipating challenges in communicating and exchanging inf

[liberationtech] Unique Opportunity: Input to CEOs of Smartphone Manufacturers

Hi all, What would you change if you were the CEO of a major mobile device manufacturer? One of my colleagues at WITNESS has a unique opportunity to make a presentation to the CEOs of these companies. He'll be discussing our work around verified video for human rights abuse documentation, but we'd