On 11/8/2016 2:45 PM, COLLIER Ben wrote:
Hello all,
Greetings from (currently freezing cold) Scotland. I'm a researcher at the University of
Edinburgh studying antisurveillance technologies, software development and how these are
shaped at different levels by ideas about crime and surveillance. I'd describe my work as
criminological but with a strong critical dimension - my research isn't about
"fighting crime" or developing cybersecurity policy.
I have a background in (statistical) programming and I'm particularly
interested in finding out how people see these issues playing out in practice
in their work.
While I'd like to carry out more in-depth research in the new year, at this
stage I'm interested in making sure I'm asking the right questions. As such,
I'd be very grateful if anyone involved in Tor development, either as a core
developer or as a volunteer, would be interested in having a chat, or if
possible a short interview. Any discussions would be anonymous and carried out
in accordance with the ethics policy of the University of Edinburgh, and you
would be able to withdraw consent for participation at any time for any reason
- or none at all.
I'll be contactable at this email address (listed in my signature) and on the
IRC channels as JHistone - if you're interested (or just want to say hi or have
a chat) please feel free to get in touch.
Best wishes,
Ben Collier
Doctoral Researcher
The University of Edinburgh
SCCJR profile: http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/about-us/people/ben-collier/
Edinburgh University profile:
http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/research/students/viewstudent?ref=339
Twitter: @JohnnyHistone
Email: s1263...@sms.ed.ac.uk
Hello Ben,
We've heard this tor-talk@lists.torproject.org is not frequented as much
as it used to be by Tor developers & organizational members.
You might want to check these lists, depending on which area you want to
ask questions in a specific area of Tor or Tor network.
https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-onions and
https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-project
https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
Don't know how many Tor organization members you'll find, but you may take a
look at https://tor.stackexchange.com/.
Can't hurt to put out the word there.
I'm interested instead in exploring the power relationships, social and technological
factors which determine how actions and communities are labelled criminal, and include
harms caused by states and other powerful actors which may not traditionally be
considered as "crimes".
>From this perspective, I would like to explore how the values and perspectives
of people who develop software to resist surveillance and promote anonymity online
shape the technologies they work on, and whether this expertise changes how they
see these issues.
I assume you're going to interview people from both sides of the fence, or else
you'll have fairly one sided research?
Law enforcement's / governments' views are much different than activists under
a dictatorial regime.
Good luck.
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