Re: [liberationtech] Bangladesh's new ICT Act and Law

2013-08-20 Thread Md.Rahmatullah Faruque
Dear Hasib Vhai, Thanks for sharing the new ICT Act- 2013. The new act seems to be promulgated to strangle the right of expression of a human being. ICT is an strong instrument to promote and protect human rights but now people will feel unsafe to express their opinion over political augments

Re: [liberationtech] [Dewayne-Net] Are Hackers the Next Bogeyman Used to Scare Americans Into Giving Up More Rights?

2013-08-20 Thread Shelley
Julian, If it weren't for the late, great Howard Zinn, I wouldn't have known the extent of the USA's egregious crimes in Laos. nbsp;They tend to teach a very different version of history here. Your summation of our present situation is spot-on (if somewhat kinder than my own views of the

[liberationtech] Cryptocat: Call for Translators. Please Participate!

2013-08-20 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
Dear Libtech, Echoing Commotion's recent call for translators on this list: Cryptocat is adding cool new features (and modifying some existing ones) over the upcoming weeks, all of which necessitate the translation of various new words and sentences for the user interface. Currently, Cryptocat

Re: [liberationtech] Cryptocat: Call for Translators. Please Participate!

2013-08-20 Thread Amin Sabeti
I'll do the Persian language :) A On 20 August 2013 12:42, Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: Dear Libtech, Echoing Commotion's recent call for translators on this list: Cryptocat is adding cool new features (and modifying some existing ones) over the upcoming weeks, all of which

Re: [liberationtech] Cryptocat: Call for Translators. Please Participate!

2013-08-20 Thread Arif YILDIRIM
I'll do the Turkish Language. -- Dr.Arif YILDIRIM On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Amin Sabeti aminsab...@gmail.com wrote: I'll do the Persian language :) A On 20 August 2013 12:42, Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: Dear Libtech, Echoing Commotion's recent call for translators on

Re: [liberationtech] Seeing threats, feds target instructors of polygraph-beating methods

2013-08-20 Thread R. Jason Cronk
Speech in an of itself is generally not target-able. However, speech that accompanies some action can be. Someone saying I'm going to shoot the president might get you a visit from the Secret Service but not arrested. Someone saying that and buying a gun and flying to D.C. could actually get

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Avaaz in grave danger due to GMail spam filters

2013-08-20 Thread Matt Holland
Hi everyone, this is Matt Holland, head of online stuff here at Avaaz. I would have replied sooner, but just returned from a week away. I've been a member of the list for a while, because I learn a ton from all of you. I haven't had anything valuable to contribute before now, but glad to have the

Re: [liberationtech] Cryptocat: Call for Translators. Please Participate!

2013-08-20 Thread Buddhadeb Halder
I will do Bengali. On Tuesday, August 20, 2013, Neil Blazevic neilblaze...@gmail.com wrote: What would be the process to add other languages? I could potentially round up some Swahili translators one day. Neil Sent from a mobile device On 20 Aug 2013 14:42, Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc

[liberationtech] South-by-Southwest Interactive Workshop on Surveillance, Technology, and Privacy

2013-08-20 Thread Yosem Companys
from: Bobby Chesney rches...@law.utexas.edu http://www.lawfareblog.com/2013/08/south-by-southwest-interactive-workshop-on-surveillance-technology-and-privacy/ In connection with the annual South-by-Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference here in Austin, UT’s Robert S. Strauss Center for

[liberationtech] FYI: SXSW proposed panel discussion

2013-08-20 Thread Nicholas Merrill
NSA and the future of web users and web companies On Thursday, June 6, 2013, the PRISM story broke, shattering any trust we had in the US government with regards to online privacy. At a pinnacle point in technological advancement, the tech industry is now faced with the prospect of National

Re: [liberationtech] Trsst: An Open and Secure Alternative to Twitter

2013-08-20 Thread Rianna Morgan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 08/18/2013 01:47 AM, Edwin Chu wrote: I came across this project in kickstarter. Subscribers of this list may find it interesting. (Btw I am not associated with them) -- Welcome to Trsst: An Open and Secure Alternative to Twitter Post

Re: [liberationtech] Google confirms critical Android crypto flaw

2013-08-20 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Maxim Kammerer m...@dee.su wrote: On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Nathan of Guardian nat...@guardianproject.info wrote: The best description is here: http://armoredbarista.blogspot.ch/2013/03/randomly-failed-weaknesses-in-java.html Unbelievable… It seems