Re: [liberationtech] Inauguration lecture Christian Fuchs: Social Media and the Public Sphere

Hi Marisol, Thanks for sharing. Will a video be available? Best, James On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Marisol Sandoval wrote: > Social Media and the Public Sphere > Inauguration Lecture > Christian Fuchs > Wed. Feb 19, 2013, 18:00 > Univ. of Westminster, Regent Street Campus > > More inform

Re: [liberationtech] For everyone and their grad students: Fake, pay-to-publish journals & conferences

I think it's curious how this article frames the journals as "open access" rather than a more appropriate "pay to play" On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Yosem Companys wrote: > From: Nathaniel Poor > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/health/for-scientists-an-exploding-world-of-pseudo-academia

[liberationtech] Commotion Beta is out: Free Wireless Mesh Network Software

Hi All, I wanted to share that OTI released Commotion Beta, free, open source, wireless networking platform this week. This “Developer Release #1” (DR1) makes Commotion’s technology available for testing and feedback and is freely available from the project website: www.commotionwireless.net. I wo

[liberationtech] Microsoft Releases 2012 Law Enforcement Requests Report

>From the blog post: "As noted in the data table (available in the PDF below) in 2012, Microsoft and Skype received a total of 75,378 law enforcement requests. Those requests potentially impacted 137,424 accounts. While it is not possible to directly compare the number of requests to the number of

Re: [liberationtech] Cuba detains Yoani Sanchez

Yoani was detained and released after 30 hours this past October as well: http://www.ifex.org/cuba/2012/10/10/sanchez_released/ On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Yosem Companys wrote: > #Cuba govt detains net activist @YoanifromCuba; demand her release > http://is.gd/qMjFEt > -- > Unsubscribe, ch

Re: [liberationtech] Silent Circle Dangerous to Cryptography Software Development

6:15 PM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: > On 10/11/2012 12:04 PM, James Losey wrote: > > Hi Nadim, > > > > I largely agree with your assessment of Silent Circle and I offer these > > thoughts in an effort to increase my understanding of the issue. The > > product is a pa

Re: [liberationtech] Silent Circle Dangerous to Cryptography Software Development

Hi Nadim, I largely agree with your assessment of Silent Circle and I offer these thoughts in an effort to increase my understanding of the issue. The product is a packaged "solution" clearly targeted towards business customers focused on corporate privacy. And while the company offeres regular tr

Re: [liberationtech] news story, FunkFeuer community mesh network

For those interested in community mesh networks it's worth checking out the International Summit for Community Wireless Networks (IS4CWN) at the beginning of October in Barcelona. The first summit launched what is now called the community broadband movement and this year will bring together partici

Re: [liberationtech] First World Internet freedom problem

Ban has been lifted: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18454800 J On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Bill Woodcock wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/15/girl-photos-school-meals-blog?CMP=twt_gu > > >

[liberationtech] Video cameras coming to an SF bar near you

Hi All, This Fridaya start-up is launching facial recognition cameras in 25 San Francisco bars. The companies goal is to give patrons a sense of the average age, male to female ratio, and popularity of a bar before going

[liberationtech] Young File-Sharers Respond To Tough Laws By Buying a VPN

Hi All, Fascinating article from Torrent Freak on the growing data obfuscation arms race: use of VPNs by younger users is up 40% over the last couple years. I look forward tow reading the full study. http://torrentfreak.com/young-file-sharers-respond-to-tough-laws-by-buying-a-vpn-120501/ Best, Ja