Re: [liberationtech] InvestigatingTrump.com

2017-02-06 Thread Yosem Companys
Murder in the Cathedral - St. Thomas Becket. > > Skywarn® and the Skywarn® logo are registered trademarks of the National > Weather Service "used with permission". > > On Feb 5, 2017 23:50, "Yosem Companys" <compa...@tmp.ucsb.edu> wrote: > >> The list is a

Re: [liberationtech] InvestigatingTrump.com

2017-02-06 Thread Yosem Companys
Power.com, or PresidencyFiles.com or something like that? It > seems that these kind of nowadays fever has more to do with this current > Presidente than with a real interest for truth or decency or solidarity or > even the infosec... (I mean, it looks as a partisan or ideological matter). > >

Re: [liberationtech] InvestigatingTrump.com

2017-02-05 Thread Yosem Companys
ador > > "The last temptation is the greatest treason: To do the right deed for the > wrong reason." Murder in the Cathedral - St. Thomas Becket. > > Skywarn® and the Skywarn® logo are registered trademarks of the National > Weather Service "used with permission". >

[liberationtech] InvestigatingTrump.com

2017-02-05 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Michael Ravnitzky Investigative Reporter Peter Lance has started a website called: http://www.InvestigatingTrump.com Michael Ravnitzky mike...@verizon.net -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you

[liberationtech] Decentralization

2017-02-05 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi All, One of the problems may decentralized startups are confronting in Silicon Valley is that venture capitalists are telling them that they need to be centralized because there is no business model in decentralization. For an example, think Diaspora: The original vision of Diaspora was a

Re: [liberationtech] Should we start a new Stanford liberationtech-news list?

2017-02-05 Thread Yosem Companys
> > Okay, but please start with a clone of the subscriptions > so we don't have to manually subscribe both to recreate > the status quo. > Will do. > I guess most of us absorb the "news" by just grasping what > the subject line says, then decide what is worth digging > into. A digest format

Re: [liberationtech] Should we start a new Stanford liberationtech-news list?

2017-02-05 Thread Yosem Companys
Also, I will see if I can send a digest of the Liberationtech Twitter stream once a day to the list... On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Yosem Companys <compa...@tmp.ucsb.edu> wrote: > My take on this: >> >> - I'd rather have two mailing lists only: one for discussions (all ty

Re: [liberationtech] Should we start a new Stanford liberationtech-news list?

2017-02-05 Thread Yosem Companys
> > My take on this: > > - I'd rather have two mailing lists only: one for discussions (all type > of discussions) and one for announcements. If everything goes into the > same list, at least have the announcements clearly tagged so they can be > easily filtered. > - An e-mail with news

Re: [liberationtech] Liberationtech List Reminder

2017-02-05 Thread Yosem Companys
> > Very related to this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13571893 > > IMDb is deleting its message boards on Feb 20 > http://www.imdb.com/board/announcement > > Cheers, > > JMM. We had a same experience with the draft for General Clark in 2004. Yahoo Groups deleted our message board

[liberationtech] Ugent: Website skills needed

2017-02-03 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Arsène Tungali Dear all, We urgently need few volunteers to help with the current issue (and very urgent one) that we have: *backing up our former website, mailing list and creating a new website (basic) for the IGC.* These tasks *need to be completed before end

Re: [liberationtech] Liberationtech List Reminder

2017-02-02 Thread Yosem Companys
Mateos <ch...@rinzewind.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 09:00:57PM -0800, Yosem Companys wrote: >> >> We also have a series of listservs on topics related to Liberationtech. >> The >> most important lists are the following: >> >> - Events: >&

Re: [liberationtech] Project to support volunteer lawyers at airports

2017-02-02 Thread Yosem Companys
. > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 5:34 PM, Yosem Companys <compa...@tmp.ucsb.edu> > wrote: >> >> From: Erek Dyskant <e...@dyskant.net> >> >> Hey Team: >> >> I'm working with Dulles Justice, a group of volunteer lawyer >> supporting traveler

[liberationtech] Internet Governance Caucus letter to ISOC Cameroon re: Internet Shutdown

2017-02-02 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Arsène Tungali Dear ISOC Cameroon leadership, Please do find attached and copied bellow a statement from the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) with regards to the current Internet shutdown affecting some regions of Cameroon. Best regards, Arsene Tungali, IGC

[liberationtech] Tweets for Change: Apply to Attend Event at Twitter

2017-02-02 Thread Yosem Companys
Hey Students, This is Jon from University Recruiting at Twitter! I want to invite you to a special evening at Twitter -- "Tweets for Change" a speaker series celebrating influencers who use tweets to drive change for communities and amplify causes. We hope you can join us as we host a series of

[liberationtech] Job for Civil Society Protection Online

2017-02-01 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Betsy Cooper Dear Colleagues, In these uncertain times, my organization, the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, is contemplating new ways to help vulnerable civil society organizations, journalists, dissidents, and other vulnerable groups (including refugees) online.

[liberationtech] Happy birthday, Ralph Merkle!

2017-02-01 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Dave Horsfall Ralph Merkle, co-inventor of public key crypto, was born today in 1952. Do you buy things online, with your credit card? Then you can thank Ralph Merkle for making it reasonably safe; he also invented crypto hashing. (Notice that I said "reasonably" safe;

[liberationtech] VISIONS : Online debate on the regulation of technologies

2017-02-01 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Matthias Debievre VISIONS has united 20 european actors of the civic tech, the open source movement and other digital actors in order to build together a political project around new technologies. Our debate on these subjects is open to all, we would be glad to

[liberationtech] How to make the Internet secure

2017-02-01 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Phillip Hallam-Baker One of the big problems I have found in trying to argue for ways we can improve Internet security is that there are two camps. The incrementalists will only look at solutions that provide an improvement on the status qujo in one area and the

Re: [liberationtech] Liberationtech List Reminder

2017-02-01 Thread Yosem Companys
ypted e-mail can be read by anyone! Talk to me in private using > encryption. Here's my PGP public key: https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/ > lookup?op=get=0x919C9EBCA0430B96 > > Yosem Companys <compa...@stanford.edu> schreef op 1 februari 2017 > 06:00:57 CET: > >> We are Stanford

[liberationtech] Refugee Transitions tech support volunteers

2017-01-31 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Dianne Walker Dear all, Refugee Transitions is a non-profit organization that serves refugees in the Bay Area who have come many countries around the world, including Syria, Afghanistan, Burma, Eritrea, and Bhutan. Their offices in San

[liberationtech] Liberationtech List Reminder

2017-01-31 Thread Yosem Companys
We are Stanford Liberatiiontech. Our home page is here: http://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/libtech. To sign up to our 4K-strong mailing list, click here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. We have also curated a list of Liberationtech content at

[liberationtech] Deteinees/banned entry data on airports in the US

2017-01-31 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi All, Please read the thread below. This seems like a problem that we could tackle with the right set of technologies. As mentioned before on the list, I'd be wary of using Facebook and would encourage the organizers to use encrypted technologies. We don't know where this is headed with U.S.

[liberationtech] Update to University of California Campus Community on Immigration Executive Order

2017-01-31 Thread Yosem Companys
This may seem off topic, but it is important for the Stanford Liberationtech program and similar programs at other schools. Immigration bans affect our ability to fulfill the purpose of Liberationtech. Yosem * From: Henry T. Yang January 31, 2017 Dear Members of our

[liberationtech] Adversarial Design: Pushing Back on the Internet of Things, April 5-7, CITP, Princeton + conferences/workshops after the US executive order on travel bans

2017-01-31 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Seda Guerses Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am forwarding a Call for Participation for a design workshop that we are organizing at CITP, Princeton University, which happens to be in the USA. While this is a small event, I am sure that we are already impacted by

Re: [liberationtech] Price of the #MuslimBan

2017-01-31 Thread Yosem Companys
Jay makes a good point. The list is going a bit off topic on this subject, as the list's purpose is to discuss how technology can be used to promote public goods. Discussing the so-called #MuslimBan is OK, so long as there is a technological component to it. For example, how can we design

[liberationtech] Litigation on Trump's Refugee Executive Order

2017-01-31 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Zachary Manfredi Hi All, very quick update re: litigation against Trump Executive Order; I'm on the Yale clinic team that is working on the nationwide class action with an emergency stay in place enjoining Trump's Executive Order. For copies of Judge

[liberationtech] Act Against Trump : COLUMBAE CALL CENTER

2017-01-31 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Manu Chopra The challenge for all of us is continued engagement and action We will unite to combat the hate and fascism rising in our country by staying accountable in our government. WHAT: We want to help you regularly contact your representatives and make your

[liberationtech] Stanford Sanctuary Now: Open Meeting Monday 7pm

2017-01-31 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Emma Hartung Hi everyone, Stanford has issued another statement on immigration, but still hasn't met all our sanctuary campus demands (especially those regarding taking steps to support/protect immigrant workers or providing significant resources to the broader local

[liberationtech] Help for Aspiring Grad Students Banned From USA

2017-01-31 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Kenny Paterson No doubt you've seen the news about the US government ban on people from a list of predominately Muslim countries from entering the US. A lot of young people planning on going to the US to pursue their studies now find their dreams in tatters.

[liberationtech] How do I unblock Symantec's spam service?

2017-01-31 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Alan Septoff Hello all: Any advice for how to get unblocked by symantec's corporate spam filter? We have been, I'm fairly sure based on the code we receive, manually blacklisted. Which would be endurable if we were just blocked from sending to

[liberationtech] Holistic Security for Activists -Trainers Manual

2017-01-31 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Andrea Figari Dear ECF Friends, Following the launch of the Holistic Security Guide in 2016, Tactical Tech is excited to announce the release of the Holistic Security Trainers' Manual, to assist those who would like to train on this topic during their work with

[liberationtech] FOI of NSA's cryptanalysis of DES

2017-01-30 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Alfie John Hi list, Just wondering if anyone has made any attempt at FOI'ing the NSA's cryptanalysis of DES. Alfie -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated:

[liberationtech] Free ebook to learn ethical hacking techniques

2017-01-30 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Sparc Flow Hello List, As a way of giving back to the community, I want to share an ebook about pentesting and ethical hacking. You can have it for free here : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MTDLGQQ It illustrates a (fictitious) full hacking scenario: from

Re: [liberationtech] Price of the #MuslimBan

2017-01-30 Thread Yosem Companys
Also for a little laugh, check out Cantinflas crossing the wall into the USA. It is especially funny for those of you who speak Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7mMueuIAZE On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Yosem Companys <compa...@stanford.edu> wrote: > I second Doc on

Re: [liberationtech] Price of the #MuslimBan

2017-01-30 Thread Yosem Companys
I second Doc on this one. On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Doc Searls wrote: > We are in new territory here, and need to be careful with > characterization—and much more. > > A few days ago I spoke with a woman I know, a hard-core Orange County (CA) > Republican,

[liberationtech] Stanford as a Sanctuary Campus?

2017-01-30 Thread Yosem Companys
Does anyone know what Stanford's status is? Yosem From: Paula Chakravartty As many of you have heard there is increasing pressure to convince the administration to declare NYU a Sanctuary Campus especially given the horrifying events over the weekend and beyond that has already

Re: [liberationtech] Price of the #MuslimBan

2017-01-30 Thread Yosem Companys
There are good Democrats and bad Democrats. There are good Republicans and bad Republicans. And then everyone, depending on their idiosyncratic backgrounds and experiences, has their definition of what good and bad is. The truth is that people -- Democrats or Republicans, Greens or Libertarians

Re: [liberationtech] Price of the #MuslimBan

2017-01-29 Thread Yosem Companys
>From http://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/docs/about_libtech: The Program on Liberation Technology at Stanford's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law seeks to understand how information technology can be used to *improve governance*, *empower the poor*, *defend human rights*, promote

[liberationtech] ACM Expresses Concern About New Executive Order Suspending Visas

2017-01-29 Thread Yosem Companys
The Association for Computing Machinery, a global scientific and educational organization representing the computing community, expresses concern over US President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order imposing a 90-day suspension of visas to nationals of seven countries. The open exchange of ideas

[liberationtech] Cameroon Internet shut down

2017-01-29 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Joash Moitui Having lived in Cameroon for 3 years, I would say that the shutdown in these two region is no different from shutdowns witnessed in Uganda and Gambia for instance. It is simply the political elite using their political influence to prevent the human

[liberationtech] Price of the #MuslimBan

2017-01-29 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Leila Janah Hi there, I've tried to avoid commenting too much on Trump's election to avoid demonizing Republicans and people in my network who support him. But at a certain point, policy transcends politics. No one can avoid speaking out against Trump now that he's made

[liberationtech] URGENT: Actionable Items for SFO + Muslim Ban

2017-01-28 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Elijah Moreau Passing on this message: "Take action from wherever you are, here is a message from AROC: We are asking people throughout the SF Bay Area to contact the following offices and public officials to demand non-compliance with the executive order. Please

[liberationtech] Update on the Situation in Cameroon

2017-01-28 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Martin Tumasang This morning as early as 3 am, security forces surrounded the house of Prof. James Abangma. He escaped from them. They went ahead looking for Dr. Sango to no avail. La Republique should know by now that harassing teachers every now and then will not

[liberationtech] At Stanford on Feb 2nd - Government Hacking: Assessing and Mitigating the Security Risk

2017-01-28 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Stanford Center for Internet & Society https://cis-static.law.stanford.edu/emails/20170202-governmenthacking.html Thursday, February 2, 2017 4:30pm-6:30pm - Room 190 - Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA 94305 Everyone is welcome to attend.

[liberationtech] Idea: Report Hateful / Racist Websites to Their Registrars and Hosting Providers

2017-01-28 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Evan Savage Hello all! I’ve put together a quick guide on reporting hateful and racist websites to their registrars and hosting providers, which you can view here: https://pad.riseup.net/p/EjJlVMGKxF0x (I’m sure all of you already have the requisite technical

[liberationtech] 10 tips to share on data privacy day

2017-01-28 Thread Yosem Companys
From: ISOC - Internet Society January 28 - Data privacy day Last weekend, hundreds of thousands joined Women’s Marches in the US and across the world. They stood up for their rights, and the rights of everyone. We need to do the same on the Internet. The Internet gives

[liberationtech] Internet Connection officially Severed in Anglophone Cameroon Pleaase help

2017-01-28 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Nyangkwe Agien Aaron Dear All It has been roughly a month that the people of the anglophone regions (formerly Southern Cameroons) of Cameroon have had internet cut off. The minister of Post and Telecommunication states that it was for security reasons. MTN the

[liberationtech] White House Comment Line shut down!

2017-01-27 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Paul Saffo The White House comment line ( 202-456- <(202)%20456-> ) has been shut down. It is worth calling just to hear the message telling people to go away and send their comments via Fb messenger! best -p -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on

[liberationtech] If Muslims are blocked by the U.S., should we respond?

2017-01-27 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Dave Burstein I raise the question of whether we should respond to the proposed U.S. ban on nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen. Scott Aaronson reports one of his MIT students will probably have to leave if he can't get his visa removed. We all

[liberationtech] RunForOffice.org

2017-01-27 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Emily Schwartz We launched RunForOffice.org last March but it is oh so much more important now! so flagging it again. RunForOffice.org is a database where you put in your address and we spit out every office you are eligible to run for, how to get on the ballot,

[liberationtech] Net Neutrality Forecast Cloudy

2017-01-26 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Arzak Khan Net Neutrality Forecast: Cloudy It should come as a surprise to no one that the arrival of a new conservative Republican administration means a reordering of telecommunications policy — away from regulation, and towards a freer hand for the

Re: [liberationtech] FTC's IoT Home Inspector Challenge

2017-01-26 Thread Yosem Companys
From: J.J. Snow <jensno...@gmail.com> If anyone is interested in seeing what kinds of grants are available for technology work they can look at this link: <http://www.grants.gov/search-grants.html?agencyCode%3DDOD> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Yosem Companys <compa...@stan

[liberationtech] FTC's IoT Home Inspector Challenge

2017-01-26 Thread Yosem Companys
From: J.J. Snow FTC's IoT Home Inspector Challenge - The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announces a prize competition that challenges the public to create a technical solution (“tool”) that consumers can deploy to guard against security vulnerabilities in software on the

[liberationtech] Innovative approaches to demanding Internet rights in Africa?

2017-01-26 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Elongima Bundu For us SisTec www.sistecsl.org FASTAfrica campaign called on all ISP, Mobile operators and regulators, Internet Cafe's operators, school students and costumers on the way forward and how to improve on our broadband in Sierra Leone. This

[liberationtech] Crypto Party 2017

2017-01-25 Thread Yosem Companys
Crypto Party: Thursday, January 26th, 5-7pm A group of students in the UC Berkeley School of Information are hosting a Crypto Party, a fun, informal event for teaching one another computer security tools. The hosts provide the drinks, snacks and WiFi; attendees come and learn how to protect

Re: [liberationtech] Encryption products online database

2017-01-25 Thread Yosem Companys
gt; *Bram Wets* > co-founder > *Privacy Training Center* > > [image: Privacy Training Center] <http://www.privacytraining.org/> > > www.privacytraining.org > Unencrypted email can be read by anyone! Talk to me in private using > encryption. > Here's my PGP public key

[liberationtech] Private Information Sharing Protocol [P.I.S.P.] Requesting input, thoughts, comments.

2017-01-25 Thread Yosem Companys
From: CANNON *CIOTA * -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Title: Private Information Sharing Protocol [P.I.S.P.] Draft Version 1.1 Author: Cannon Ciota Created: 2017-01-21 Abstract Opt in method of using publicly

[liberationtech] Encryption products online database

2017-01-25 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Covertactions Hey everyone, In case you are not aware I host an encryption software/hardware database online. It allows searching by Type, Country, Cost, Open/Prop, Platform and you can also add search terms or check to see if your product is listed. I started

[liberationtech] Stanford CTF Orientation

2017-01-25 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Applied Cybersecurity Hey all! If you're interested in cybersecurity competitions, but don't know where to start, we're hosting a CTF orientation this Sunday! Most of the competitions we do are Capture the Flags (CTFs), since they usually have

[liberationtech] Stanford FSI Cybersecurity Futures 2020

2017-01-24 Thread Yosem Companys
Weber and Cooper Present "Cybersecurity Futures 2020" at Stanford: January 26, 3:30-5pm What will be the state of digital security in five and ten 10 years? On January 26, Steven Weber, Faculty Director of Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC), and Betsy Cooper, Executive Director, will

[liberationtech] Live from Twitter HQ: Data Privacy Day Event 2017 Tickets, Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite

2017-01-24 Thread Yosem Companys
Data Privacy Day: Jan. 26, 11am-4pm Join the National Cyber Security Alliance to watch TED-style talks, segments, and interviews focusing on the latest privacy issues for consumers and business. The event will be available online for the world to watch on Livestream, Periscope, and Facebook Live.

[liberationtech] Privacy Lab tomorrow! Ask EFF 5:30-7:30pm at Mozilla SF office

2017-01-23 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Stacy Martin We've invited a panel of five experts from the EFF to present a Privacy State of the Union and Wish List for 2017. Each will talk for 5-10 minutes about what they are thinking about for 2017 and then we'll have an open Q EFF Panelists include: Cooper

[liberationtech] Pegasus Exploits Hack Workshop

2017-01-23 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Priyanka Puram Sekhar Our first workshop of the quarter will be a solid intro to practical hacking. Thanks! Hey everyone! Want to learn about the Pegasus iOS spyware that targeted human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor last August? Join us at our hack workshop next

[liberationtech] 2/6 Stanford Forum on Issues from the Internet Governance Forum: The Internet in the Trump Era Prospects for Democratic And Labor Rights In The US And Globally

2017-01-23 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Steve Zeltzer and Todd Davies 2/6 Forum on Issues from the Internet Governance Forum: The Internet in the Trump Era Prospects for Democratic And Labor Rights In The US And Globally Stanford University February 6, 2017 7:00-9:00PM Room 126, Building

Re: [liberationtech] Security Without Borders

2017-01-22 Thread Yosem Companys
Great work, Collin! Everyone should spread the news of this effort far and wide. It's much needed, and it's about time someone took the initiative on this. And I have to say that Collin is one of the best people out there to work on this project. So kudos. On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Nex

Re: [liberationtech] Security Without Borders

2017-01-21 Thread Yosem Companys
Thank you, Cristina. I believe that they are already subscribers to the Liberationtech list, but thanks to Cecilia for forwarding my message to them. Best, Yosem On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 7:35 PM, Cristina [efecto99] <efect...@riseup.net> wrote: > > On 21/01/17 20:51, Yosem Co

Re: [liberationtech] Security Without Borders

2017-01-21 Thread Yosem Companys
Awesome. Critical and needed initiative. A thank you goes out to Claudio Guarnieri, Collin Anderson, and their colleagues for putting this together. I certainly could have benefited from a project like this during the Arab Spring in my advice to pro-democracy activists. Claudio and Collin, if you

[liberationtech] Tor Browser 6.5 is ready for testing

2017-01-20 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Georg Koppen Hi all! We are pleased to accounce that Tor Browser 6.5 is ready for testing. Bundles can be found on: https://people.torproject.org/~gk/builds/6.5-build3/ This is a major release and the first one in the 6.5 series. First of all it fixes the usual

[liberationtech] At Stanford, Pegasus Exploits Hack Workshop

2017-01-20 Thread Yosem Companys
Want to learn about the Pegasus iOS spyware that targeted human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor last August? Join us at our hack workshop next Tuesday! We will be discussing the Pegasus kernel exploits in detail, including a live demo of the exploits in action on OS X. Date: Tuesday, January 24,

[liberationtech] CLTC Offers Cybersecurity Policy Course

2017-01-18 Thread Yosem Companys
Graduate students from across the UC Berkeley campus are invited to enroll in Info 290: Future of Cybersecurity Policy Reading Group (1 unit). This one-credit reading group, sponsored by CLTC, will discuss contemporary cybersecurity policy problems. The seminar will focus on future trends in

[liberationtech] Beyond Access data: Research ICT Africa (RIA) ICT household surveys in 2017

2017-01-18 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Chenai Chair > Although this is Africa specific it might be helpful for anyone looking out > for evidence on internet access and use indicators in the region. > > RIA, a non-profit think tank focused on building evidence for ICT policy and > regulation, will

[liberationtech] Communication, Politics and Culture Vol 49, Issue 2 (2016)

2017-01-16 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Carpentier Nico I am pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of Communication, Politics & Culture: Volume 49, Issue 2 (2016) It can be accessed at: http://tinyurl.com/hkuezso +++ Editorial – Technology, politics and identity (PDF 19 KB)

[liberationtech] IGF Community Public Consultation: Call for Inputs - Taking stock of the 2016 work program and 11th IGF and suggestions for 2017 and 12th IGF

2017-01-16 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Nigel Hickson The following has just been posted on the IGF site. A good opportunity post Guadalajara to give some to the MAG:

[liberationtech] A comparatively efficient software for embedding secret information bits into nataural language texts

2017-01-15 Thread Yosem Companys
From: mok-kong shen WORDLISTTEXTSTEGANOGRAPHY is a new software (employing an extensive English word list) which, while performing linguistic steganography, also involves pseudo-random separation of the word list into two sublists (for denoting 0 and 1 bits) that are

[liberationtech] Microsoft Affordable Access Initiative Grant Fund

2017-01-12 Thread Yosem Companys
The Microsoft Affordable Access Initiative Grant Fund seeks to support, grow and scale innovative businesses that are developing technologies and business models that have the potential to help billions more people affordably get

[liberationtech] $100K opportunity for early-stage developing-market fintech entrepreneurs

2017-01-11 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Temina Madon DFS Lab is an early-stage incubator that supports high potential entrepreneurs refine, grow and launch fintech businesses in developing countries. Focused

[liberationtech] Digital Academy

2017-01-11 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Melissa Foley I wanted to let everyone know about a new program we're launching that pairs digital workshops with one-on-one mentoring. The program is designed to address the needs of organizations with varying budgets, experience and capacity. You can find more info about the New Media

[liberationtech] Global Open Data Index needs submissions for Canada!

2017-01-10 Thread Yosem Companys
From: James McKinney Deadline: Friday, January 20 The Global Open Data Index (one of the most popular measures of the openness of data around the world) needs submissions for Canada for its latest edition! You just need to go to

[liberationtech] New Privacy/HCI Design Challenge by the Department of Health and Human Services

2017-01-09 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Florian Schaub New Privacy/HCI Challenge by the Department of Health and Human Services: Privacy Policy Snapshot Challenge SUMMARY: The Privacy Policy Snapshot Challenge is a call for designers, developers, and health data privacy experts to create an online Model

[liberationtech] Student data challenge on “fake” news detection

2017-01-04 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Stu Shulman DiscoverText is sponsoring a student data challenge on “fake” news detection using a corpus of 20 million “Trump” Tweets collected between April and August 2016. The Challenge – Build a model of fake news on Twitter – Submit the model using a short video

[liberationtech] Chaos Communication Congress

2016-12-27 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Renata Avila Pinto via fastafr...@lists.riseup.net The Chaos Communication Congress (largest non corporate gathering of computer hackers and digital experts) starts today in Hamburg, the program is fascinating, you can watch it online or catch up with the

[liberationtech] Fake News Story Sets Off Israel-Pakistan Twitter Feud

2016-12-25 Thread Yosem Companys
A fake news story has touched off a tense Twitter confrontation between nuclear power Pakistan and Israel, widely believed to have a nuclear arsenal of its own, in an episode that underlines the potentially harmful impact of such stories in sensitive global affairs

[liberationtech] U.S. DHS S Calls for Anti-Jamming Technology Submissions

2016-12-20 Thread Yosem Companys
*S Press Release: DHS S Calls for Anti-Jamming Technology Submissions

[liberationtech] Privacy Hackathon: Tomorrow @ Noisebridge, 2pm-10pm!

2016-12-16 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Steve Phillips via Interested in hacking on Tor and EFF (sub)projects? How about a secure audio recording app that journalists need to protect

[liberationtech] Ethnographic perspectives on human centered design for social change?

2016-12-15 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Misha Quill I'm wondering if any of you could point me towards ethnographic analyses or cases studies (articles. books, grey lit) of development or humanitarian projects that use(d) design principles? I'm planning to teach an undergraduate-level course in

[liberationtech] Video Recording - Women In Tech as Role Models

2016-12-13 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Lillian Achom Hello, I send you very warm greetings. AfChix (www.afchix.org) is seeking to document ten (10) African women in Technology role models from the regions: Southern Africa, North Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa and The Indian Ocean.

[liberationtech] Government website harvesting

2016-12-13 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Joy McNally I was wondering if someone has created a running list of who is harvesting government websites ahead of the US government transition next month. There have been a few articles published in the past couple of days focusing on individual efforts, but it seems

[liberationtech] Technology Entrepreneurship in Kenya

2016-12-13 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Tim Weiss there has been an increased interest and also need to investigate entrepreneurial work outside of well-researched domains. We have taken up the issue and compiled an edited volume that has now been published as part of the Palgrave Studies of

[liberationtech] IGF Report - Rounding up the 11th Internet Governance Forum

2016-12-13 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Ginger Paque How was your IGF? The GIP / DiploFoundation Reports are out, and you may find them helpful for reviewing the IGF, and even cross-checking details for your reports. *Final report:* http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/sites/default/fil

Re: [liberationtech] [Air-L] Fake News

2016-12-13 Thread Yosem Companys
I'm overwhelmed and delighted with the interest in the subject. This is a topic that represents the heart of a free and democratic society, so it is of the utmost importance. A special journal issue sounds amazing. On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Unsworth,Kristene wrote: >

[liberationtech] Open Funding Call for RCTs on Institutions and Economic Development

2016-12-12 Thread Yosem Companys
Request for Applications – Randomized Control Trials Posted on 20/11/2016 By Yasmina Yusuf Randomized Controlled Trials to Evaluate Strategies to Enhance the Effectiveness of Public Institutions in Developing Countries For more information, please see:

Re: [liberationtech] Fake News

2016-12-09 Thread Yosem Companys
ceive the death penalty. > > Fake or false news is a problem all over, not just on social media. I'm > sure that there will be studies coming out as they analyze the election. > > Some of the coverage is so slanted I can't even watch certain cable > channels or read certain websites

Re: [liberationtech] [Air-L] Fake News

2016-12-08 Thread Yosem Companys
le as objective? > > Chris > > On Dec 8, 2016 9:26 PM, "Yosem Companys" <compa...@stanford.edu> wrote: > >> I was emphasizing that the focus of my question is on the sharing of fake >> news via social media. God knows that fake news as a phenomenon has existed &g

Re: [liberationtech] [Air-L] Fake News

2016-12-08 Thread Yosem Companys
news fake? Is this a judgement! > > Chris > > On Dec 8, 2016 8:52 PM, "Yosem Companys" <compa...@stanford.edu> wrote: > >> Anyone know of any academic studies showing that fake (social media) news >> influenced the 2016 p

[liberationtech] Fake News

2016-12-08 Thread Yosem Companys
Anyone know of any academic studies showing that fake (social media) news influenced the 2016 presidential election outcome? Thanks, Yosem -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated:

[liberationtech] Human Rights @IGF2016

2016-12-08 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Marianne Franklin Dear all, Yesterday IRPC with Amnesty International, Article 19, Derechos Digitales, Google, and Mexican bloggers and activists held a very successful, though sobering roundtable as part of our DC Meeting session - "When Death Threats Go Viral"

[liberationtech] Defending Dissidents from Targeted Digital Surveillance

2016-12-07 Thread Yosem Companys
The seminar below shouldbe available on live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytcsTzfRVqw > From: Bill Marczak *Title:* Defending Dissidents from Targeted Digital Surveillance *Speaker:* William R. Marczak *Advisor:* Prof. Vern Paxson

[liberationtech] IGF Day 2 update

2016-12-07 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Joly MacFie Third day in in Guadalajara and things are now truly under way after the official opening session last night. Speakers included Larry Strickling - https://youtu.be/PwQQQLcCq_I?t=3257 and Kathy Brown - https://youtu.be/PwQQQLcCq_I?t=3618 Kathy has published a

[liberationtech] IGF Daily 2 - Reporting from the 11th Internet Governance Forum

2016-12-07 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Marilia Maciel Please find below the IGF daily , with a summary of what was discussed in IGF day 1, data analysis of transcripts and an interview with ISOC's president Kathy Brown. The IGF

[liberationtech] IGF Update, Community Networking, & Links

2016-12-06 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Joly MacFie via ai...@listserv.aoir.org A very good opening presentation from Kathy Brown yesterday where she emphasized Community Networking.In keeping with ISOC's dual emphasis on access and trust, she challenged attendees to build support solutions - in terms of

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