Re: [liberationtech] Secure and Cheap Provider in Sweden or Iceland?

2013-06-14 Thread h0ost
On 06/14/2013 01:32 PM, Griffin Boyce wrote: > The Doctor wrote: > >> 1984.is have been very helpful to colleagues of mine. The boxen over >> there are said to be very stable. > > > The only downside with 1984 is they require you to order an annual > subscription, rather than monthly. > > >

Re: [liberationtech] Identi.ca, Diaspora, and Friendica are more secure alternatives to Facebook.

2013-06-18 Thread h0ost
Friendica is definitely worth a try. They've done some really interesting work with privacy controls, access control lists for communication using public key crypto, etc. Not to mention that it runs on my Raspberry Pi, among other things. The idea of small servers, distributed throughout the worl

Re: [liberationtech] Terry Winograd and Evgeny Morozov

2013-07-02 Thread h0ost
On 07/02/2013 04:01 PM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote: > [snip] > This. Evgeny Morozov mostly built his career on the practice of being > skeptical about anything and everything, and then expressing his > scepticism in the most provocative and attention-earning manner > possible. If he lasts as more than

Re: [liberationtech] DecryptoCat

2013-07-09 Thread h0ost
On 07/09/2013 06:25 PM, Petter Ericson wrote: >> >>> What are the steps for sending Bob a message using Cables? >>> >>> This isn't rhetorical, I'd actually like to know what the steps are. >> >> Roughly I think this is correct: >> >> 0. Download https://www.dee.su/liberte >> 1. Boot any modern comp

[liberationtech] Interesting new project for decentralized communication

2013-07-23 Thread h0ost
An interesting new project, combining ideas that seem increasingly significant in our times (decentralization, privacy via access control lists and public key encryption, single-sign on, etc.. I think they are the core devs that did the Friendica social network a few years back, and this is their

[liberationtech] NSA Xkeyscore VPN reference question

2013-08-01 Thread h0ost
The pdf Xkeyscore document listed on the Guardian website ( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data ) makes a reference on how the NSA can potentially decrypt VPN traffic and user data. Is there a sense on what this could mean? Are they talking about PPTP-b

Re: [liberationtech] Freedom Hosting, Tormail Compromised // OnionCloud

2013-08-05 Thread h0ost
> Mozilla posted the advisory on June 25th. > https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-53.html and a > TBB update was provided 5 days later: > https://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-browser-bundle-30alpha2-released > - and uses a version of FF that the advisory says fixes the issue. >

Re: [liberationtech] Cloud hosting in Iceland

2013-08-10 Thread h0ost
On 08/10/2013 01:48 PM, Al Billings wrote: > This seems a good week to mention a coop that some people I know, > like Eleanor Saitta, are trying to start (I'm in the group, actually) > to do various kinds of cloud hosting, especially email, on a server > farm in Iceland. We're trying to gather the

Re: [liberationtech] Bill Gates on Project Loon vs malaria

2013-08-10 Thread h0ost
There are two big problems with Gates' position (at least). 1. The solution of massive social issues such as, famine and clean water, are definitely beyond the reach of single individuals. As wealthy as Gates is, his resources are nothing when compared to the resources of states. Thus far in hi

Re: [liberationtech] Lavabit, Silent Circle both shut down

2013-08-10 Thread h0ost
On 08/10/2013 11:37 AM, Arjen Kamphuis wrote: > > No unplanned outages in over 7.5 years with my provider. Another thing > they do well alongside watches and chocolate ;-) > > (disclaimer: I have no relationship with any internet service provider > other that as a satisfied customer) Hi Arjen,

Re: [liberationtech] Announcing Scramble.io

2013-08-23 Thread h0ost
On 08/23/2013 04:53 AM, DC wrote: > * Anyone can run a Scramble server > * It's open source Hi DC, Thanks for sharing this project. I'd like to install it on a server and play with it, but can't find an install doc. https://github.com/dcposch/scramble/blob/master/doc/how.md references a Quick S

Re: [liberationtech] RiseUp

2013-10-18 Thread h0ost
On 10/18/2013 04:57 PM, groente wrote: > Well, let's apply that rhetoric to 99% of the alternatives: > commercial providers. Commercial providers seem pretty radicalized in > wanting to make money. This probably indicates that in their closed > group, they value money at least as highly as technic

Re: [liberationtech] Yoani Sanchez -- LibTech Youtube Video

2013-11-01 Thread h0ost
On 11/01/2013 05:22 PM, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes wrote: > Another example, right here in "America", and very much closer to the > membership of this email list, is "The Plight of the Adjunct Professor". > > "Higher Education" has become almost an oxymoron because, for a very large > per