[DDN] Creating a samizdat bloggers network using SMS text messaging
Hi everyone, Given all the discussions surrounding educational blogs that have been blocked capriciously by Internet filters, I started thinked about what it would take to create the online equivalent of a samizdat network, similar to the system used by Soviet dissidents to disseminate banned documents. It's simple enough to take the content of a banned blog and recreate it elsewhere using RSS aggregators, but what if that new site gets banned as well? So, I came up with a fairly simple strategy to announce new URLs to large groups of people using SMS text messaging. Essentially, I'm combining the functionality of Google Groups and the SMS relay system Teleflip.com, so people can subscribe to a mailing list and receive brief messages via SMS rather than email. While the idea was borne out of educational censorship, there's no reason why the same technique couldn't be used to relay message during other situations, such as public emergencies, protests and the like. For more info, please check out my blog: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/04/creating_a_samizdat.html This particular method will only work in North America, but other SMS relays similar to Teleflip.com would theoretically work elsewhere. thanks, andy -- -- Andy Carvin acarvin (at) edc . org andycarvin (at) yahoo . com http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.andycarvin.com -- ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
Re: [DDN] Creating a samizdat bloggers network using SMS text messaging
Congratulations, Andy, you recreated something similar to the basic Alert Retrieval Cache with off the shelf tools. Andy Carvin wrote: Hi everyone, Given all the discussions surrounding educational blogs that have been blocked capriciously by Internet filters, I started thinked about what it would take to create the online equivalent of a samizdat network, similar to the system used by Soviet dissidents to disseminate banned documents. It's simple enough to take the content of a banned blog and recreate it elsewhere using RSS aggregators, but what if that new site gets banned as well? So, I came up with a fairly simple strategy to announce new URLs to large groups of people using SMS text messaging. Essentially, I'm combining the functionality of Google Groups and the SMS relay system Teleflip.com, so people can subscribe to a mailing list and receive brief messages via SMS rather than email. While the idea was borne out of educational censorship, there's no reason why the same technique couldn't be used to relay message during other situations, such as public emergencies, protests and the like. For more info, please check out my blog: http://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2006/04/creating_a_samizdat.html This particular method will only work in North America, but other SMS relays similar to Teleflip.com would theoretically work elsewhere. thanks, andy -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking for contracts/work! http://www.knowprose.com/node/9786 New!: http://www.OpenDepth.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ Criticize by creating. — Michelangelo ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] Net Neutrality and AOL ...It Begins
Norbert writes: Can anyone suggest a good quotable reference for the fact that this kind of thing is common practice? Norbert unfortunately information in this area isn't so easily forthcoming because of security and proprietary concerns - Organisations that filter email content tend not to advertise the fact - you need to conduct research to get to the facts of the matter. A good place to start is to peruse the discussions held on Email filtering software support forums (SurfControl, Clearswift, SpamAssassin, Policy Patrol etc. etc.). These forums are populated by administrators of large Email networks working under organisational policies rarely publicised, yet made visible through the types of support requested and statistics raised. Alternatively you could simply ask most large-network administrators. Email Content Control is a standard in today's world of Email exploits and Spam, and I doubt there would be many who have not deployed such a system. One of the most common requests received by today's corporate IT Help Desks is that of a request to stop this junk from getting to my inbox (the junk in question could be Spam, activism, requests for a donation, anything at all the recipient does not wish to receive). Mail administrators compile enormous local black-lists that work in tandem with the worlds IP/RBLS and URL/RBLS to block an unimaginable amount of email traffic. The problem is that most people don't know about it and assume Email offers some form of guarantee of delivery. In it's current form, it does not. Don ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] QOTD: Who Owns the Internet? Prospects for Curriculum Integration
CTCs and other efforts intended in some way to Bridge the Digital Divide are naturally the first taste of the Internet for many people around the world. We show them how to use tools involving the Internet: WWW. email.. blogging, podcasting, VoIP and more. We may entice them to further and deeper use by demonstrating what becomes possible on the Internet as platform. But how many of us raise and address the question of what the Internet is in terms of Who Owns the Internet? How often do you as a Digital Divide Activist or CTC staff/volunteer/supporter have this question asked of you? How do you (or how would you) respond? Do you have such issues integrated into your community technology curriculum? ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] NCSI NET Meeting
Reminder: - Note: All those who are interested to attend the talk are welcome, as there were enquiries if it is meant only for IISc or NCSIians. The next NCSI-NET meeting will be held on Saturday, April 22nd 2006. As usual, the meeting will commence with a talk. You are cordially invited for the talk. Topic: Internet Search Engines the Invisible Web What's New? What's Changed? Speaker: Anand T. Byrappa Manager, Library Information Services GE Global Research, Bangalore Time: 10-30 AM. Venue: Seminar Hall, NCSI, IISc, Bangalore Kindly confirm your attendance by sending a mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] With warm regards, Anitha M.K V. Ravi Nandhan. NCSI-NET Coordinators. Regards, V. Ravi Nandhan . Knowledge Coordinator Capco IT Services Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore Ph: +91 80 41997351 Cell: 9980074449 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- - V. Ravi Nandhan Knowledge Coordinator Capco IT Services e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile : 9980074449 Ph.Off.: +91 80 41997351 (Direct) +91 80 41997200 -Ext.:7351 - ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] Net Neutrality and AOL ...It Begins
I administer a mail gateway processing upwards of 7,000 messages per day, and unabashedly can confirm we trash more than 4,000 of these per day unread and without providing notifications as to why. This is common practice throughout Government, corporate's and business, the academy and most other large organisations and institutions. Can anyone suggest a good quotable reference for the fact that this kind of thing is common practice? Thanks in advance! Greetings, Norbert. My organization does multi-stage spam and virus filtering for a variety of agencies, educational institutions, and non-profits. We process around a half-million incoming e-mails a day, and approximately 3/4 of them are filtered out as spam or as virus-infected. Our filtering statistics are publicly available at http://www.wvnet.edu/getmstat.php. Regarding the issue of sender notification, a good overview of a rigorous approach to multi-stage filtering practices is available at http://www.spamhaus.org/effective_filtering.html. As this illustrates, the roughly 80% of spam that is detected in the first stage of multi-stage filtering will result in non-delivery notification to the sender's mail server, which then MAY notify the sender. The other 20% of spam, as well as any viruses, will be detected at later stages. These later stages require inspection of the message content, so the e-mails must be received from the sending mail server before processing can begin. However, as soon as the receiving server accepts an e-mail, the sending server considers its role in delivery to be complete, and it deletes the messages from its outbound queues and disconnects. Some e-mails accepted by the receiving server will subsequently be identified as spam or as infected, and these messages will then be deleted or quarantined, depending on the receivers' practices. However, because the dialog with the sending server has already completed at that point, non-delivery notification is rarely attempted for mail that is intercepted at these later stages. Moreover, most spam and virtually all viruses are sent from either zombies or spoofed addresses. Sending non-delivery reports for mail intercepted at these later filtering stages would add to the general clutter on the Internet and would only confound most recipients of the reports, who are generally either innocent or at least unaware of having sent the offending messages. - Ed Ward ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
[DDN] Community Connect Grant Program
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 10.863 Program web site http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/E6-3575.htm Sponsor USDA Rural Utilities Service Deadlines May 15, 2006 Purpose The purpose of the Community Connect Grant Program is to provide financial assistance in the form of grants to eligible applicants that will provide currently unserved areas, on a community-oriented connectivity basis, with broadband transmission service that fosters economic growth and delivers enhanced educational, health care, and public safety services. USDA Rural Development will give priority to rural areas that it believes have the greatest need for broadband transmission services. Eligibility Only entities legally organized as one of the following are eligible for Community Connect Grant Program financial assistance: An incorporated organization, An Indian tribe or tribal organization, as defined in 25 U.S.C. 450b(b) and, A state or local unit of government, A cooperative, private corporation or limited liability company organized on a for-profit or not-for-profit basis. Siobhan Champ-Blackwell Community Outreach Liaison NN/LM-MCR Creighton University Health Sciences Library 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 402.280.4156/800.338.7657 option#1,#2, then #1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nnlm.gov/mcr http://medstat.med.utah.edu/blogs/BHIC/ http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/siobhanchamp-blackwell ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
RE: [DDN] Net Neutrality and AOL ...It Begins
The problem is that most people don't know about it and assume Email offers some form of guarantee of delivery. In it's current form, it does not. Interesting notion - snail mail offers the same lack of guarantee. When I check my physical mailbox, I employ my own form of SPAM filtering - my eyes - to determine which items I'll open versus which I think are junk. That junk might be from a non-profit in which I have little interest, various financial institutions, other commercial ventures, etc. The sender will never know if I've read their message. Sounds a lot like junk email, doesn't it? I guess the difference may lie in who's doing the filtering. With this Hotmail account, for instance, I can decide to receive mail only from addresses I deem safe and have the rest deleted OR I can have messages from unknown addresses sent into my Junk Mail folder for my review OR I can simply accept everything into my Inbox. I can also report suspicious addresses to MSN and they'll block future messages for me. The question is, are there messages which MSN is withholding that I might want to see? And, furthermore, should I care? Unlike other aspects of the Internet, there is considerable competition for email services, whether I want it for free (Hotmail, GMail), to pay for it (AOL or other ISPs) or to rely on my employer. In short, if I want to get at a message and a message wants to get to me, we'll find someplace to meet. An even better question is whether or not a sender has an unabridged right to access my mailbox, be it real or virtual. My going in position is that they don't. I'm not sure that any of this has anything to do with net neutrality rules, however, since none of the companies I've mentioned here own networks (except for some ISPs, but I don't have to use them for email). I had started writing another entry on that, but I haven't had an opportunity to finish my thoughts. Stay tuned, I suppose. Cheers, Charlie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message Follows From: Don Cameron [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'The Digital Divide Network discussion group'[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [DDN] Net Neutrality and AOL ...It Begins Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:49:01 +1000 Norbert writes: Can anyone suggest a good quotable reference for the fact that this kind of thing is common practice? Norbert unfortunately information in this area isn't so easily forthcoming because of security and proprietary concerns - Organisations that filter email content tend not to advertise the fact - you need to conduct research to get to the facts of the matter. A good place to start is to peruse the discussions held on Email filtering software support forums (SurfControl, Clearswift, SpamAssassin, Policy Patrol etc. etc.). These forums are populated by administrators of large Email networks working under organisational policies rarely publicised, yet made visible through the types of support requested and statistics raised. Alternatively you could simply ask most large-network administrators. Email Content Control is a standard in today's world of Email exploits and Spam, and I doubt there would be many who have not deployed such a system. One of the most common requests received by today's corporate IT Help Desks is that of a request to stop this junk from getting to my inbox (the junk in question could be Spam, activism, requests for a donation, anything at all the recipient does not wish to receive). Mail administrators compile enormous local black-lists that work in tandem with the worlds IP/RBLS and URL/RBLS to block an unimaginable amount of email traffic. The problem is that most people don't know about it and assume Email offers some form of guarantee of delivery. In it's current form, it does not. Don ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ___ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
