Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-13 Thread Bernard Tyers
Firstly: I agree with you in principle but these tools need to be available to all. Technology is not used in a sterile, hygienic environment, it is used on the streets, by people who can't write, who use it for their purposes, not necessarily the purpose it was invented for. Hence I

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-13 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Bernard Tyers wrote: Firstly: I agree with you in principle but these tools need to be available to all. Technology is not used in a sterile, hygienic environment, it is used on the streets, by people who can't write, who use it for their purposes, not necessarily the purpose it was

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-13 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 06:39:35PM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Yes, but Firefox OS and Cryanogenmod only control the user facing part of the smartphone. Loading eg Cryanogenmod onto a android phone leaves the software running the radio part of the phone untouched (otherwise the phone

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-13 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
Il 9/13/13 10:39 AM, Erik de Castro Lopo ha scritto: Yes, but Firefox OS and Cryanogenmod only control the user facing part of the smartphone. Loading eg Cryanogenmod onto a android phone leaves the software running the radio part of the phone untouched (otherwise the phone would never have

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-13 Thread Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb
On 13 Sep 2013, at 09:39, Erik de Castro Lopo mle+l...@mega-nerd.com wrote: Bernard Tyers wrote: Firstly: I agree with you in principle but these tools need to be available to all. Technology is not used in a sterile, hygienic environment, it is used on the streets, by people who can't

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-13 Thread Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb
On 13 Sep 2013, at 10:04, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 06:39:35PM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Yes, but Firefox OS and Cryanogenmod only control the user facing part of the smartphone. Loading eg Cryanogenmod onto a android phone leaves the software

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-13 Thread Michael Rogers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 13/09/13 10:04, Eugen Leitl wrote: Baseband processors leave the system wide open to all kind of attacks. Countermeasure would be running the 2G/3G/4G stack in an open source SDR radio, or using an open source VoIP device that connects by WLAN

[liberationtech] JonDonym (was: Security Focused Live Linux Distros)

2013-09-13 Thread Fabian Keil
Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 05:08:10PM -0400, John Love wrote: I'm researching security, privacy, and anonymity focused live Linux environments like Liberté Linux, TAILS, JonDoNYM, and Whonix. There's JonDoNYM is backdoored, and hence not playing in the same

Re: [liberationtech] Linux distribution on encrypted USB?

2013-09-13 Thread Moon Jones
On 12.09.2013 08:54, Brad Beckett wrote: Use a Live USB distro with LOK-IT encrypted flash drives. All crypto and authentication is handed on the drive itself...therefor bootable and works on any OS: I could not find any refference. Only a lot of marketing talk. 1. Which software is used? Is

Re: [liberationtech] Linux distribution on encrypted USB?

2013-09-13 Thread Moon Jones
On 12.09.2013 18:12, The Doctor wrote: For folks that have not yet gone poking around inside a copy of TAILS installed on a USB key, Moon refers to the contents of the file filesystem.squashfs Thank for for the detalied description. Very useful. Myself I did not know all that you have

Re: [liberationtech] Recommended surveillance readings?

2013-09-13 Thread Robert Guerra
A global context would be great. I'll ask around on several country region specific lists that i'm on and share the details back on this list. regards Robert -- R. Guerra Phone/Cell: +1 202-905-2081 Twitter: twitter.com/netfreedom Email: rgue...@privaterra.org On 2013-09-13, at 12:16 AM,

Re: [liberationtech] Recommended surveillance readings?

2013-09-13 Thread Paul Bernal (LAW)
From a legal perspective, an interesting recent piece is Neil Richards' The Dangers of Surveillance: http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/126/may13/Symposium_9477.php On 13 Sep 2013, at 16:09, Robert Guerra rgue...@privaterra.orgmailto:rgue...@privaterra.org wrote: A global context would

Re: [liberationtech] Recommended surveillance readings?

2013-09-13 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Richard Forno rfo...@infowarrior.org Here are some of the better timelines that describe (w/links to sources/articles) of the NSA surveillance programs. Might be helpful, or at least a decent resource for your students. Timeline of NSA Domestic Spying

Re: [liberationtech] Recommended surveillance readings?

2013-09-13 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Greg Wise greg.w...@asu.edu John Gilliom and Torin Monahan's book SuperVision is very student friendly, and a good overview of surveillance issues. I'm teaching it later this Fall. Greg Sent from my iPhone -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-13 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 09:14:27AM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: No such agency and the like are almost certainly able (with the help of carriers and manufacturers) backdoor and exploit all the major smartphone brands and models [0]. Smartphones are horrendously complex, rely heavily on

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-13 Thread Nathan of Guardian
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/13/2013 05:56 AM, Michael Rogers wrote: The Samsung Galaxy Player (Samsung Galaxy S WiFi in some countries) is essentially an Android phone without a baseband. I believe you can run CyanogenMod on it. So is the Nexus 7 (non-GSM/LTE) version

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-13 Thread Nathan of Guardian
On 09/13/2013 01:19 PM, Matt Johnson wrote: I would assume the quality of the voice calls would be pretty bad through this kind of setup. How did that work for you? The reality is we have gotten used to terrible voice quality with our GSM and CDMA voice networks. You would be surprised what is

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-13 Thread Matt Johnson
I would assume the quality of the voice calls would be pretty bad through this kind of setup. How did that work for you? -- Matt Johnson On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Nathan of Guardian nat...@guardianproject.info wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/13/2013 05:56

Re: [liberationtech] Is Dropbox opening uploaded documents?

2013-09-13 Thread Ryan Getz
On Thursday, September 12, 2013, Joe Szilagyi wrote: Found online: http://www.wncinfosec.com/**dropbox-opening-my-docs/http://www.wncinfosec.com/dropbox-opening-my-docs/ -- Joe Szilagyi Interesting, thanks for sharing that. Has anyone else tried to reproduce these results? I'm curious

Re: [liberationtech] Recommended surveillance readings?

2013-09-13 Thread Robert Guerra
Might I also suggest Ron Deibert's new book - Black Code: Inside the Battle for Cyberspace. http://blackcodebook.com http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/how-to-make-cyberspace-safe-for-human-habitation/article11990902/?page=all On 2013-09-13, at 12:32 PM, Yosem

Re: [liberationtech] Is Dropbox opening uploaded documents?

2013-09-13 Thread Patrick Mylund Nielsen
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Ryan Getz ry...@getzmail.com wrote: On Thursday, September 12, 2013, Joe Szilagyi wrote: Found online: http://www.wncinfosec.com/**dropbox-opening-my-docs/http://www.wncinfosec.com/dropbox-opening-my-docs/ -- Joe Szilagyi Interesting, thanks for

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-13 Thread The Doctor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/12/2013 06:06 PM, Stefan wrote: But... PGP/GPG on a smartphone? Are you sure, that you want that? There is enough demand for it that Symantec has published some mobile apps (though they require Symantec's encryption infrastructure software to

[liberationtech] Interactive timeline of the PRISM scandal

2013-09-13 Thread Mitar
Hi! Interesting: http://virostatiq.com/interactive-timeline-of-the-prism-scandal/ Mitar -- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated:

[liberationtech] Hardware trojans, RNGs, and Syphermedia

2013-09-13 Thread Matt Mackall
This paper outlines simple changes that can be made to insert vulnerabilities into silicon that are invisible to current reverse-engineering techniques: http://people.umass.edu/gbecker/BeckerChes13.pdf It uses Intel's random number generator as an example, detailing precisely how it can be

Re: [liberationtech] Recommended surveillance readings?

2013-09-13 Thread Joseph Mornin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I'm working on a journal article on the legal justifications for the NSA programs. I've just written a quick overview of the government's legal arguments from 9/11 until now:

Re: [liberationtech] Recommended surveillance readings?

2013-09-13 Thread Christopher Parsons
Some of the readings from week 4 (Privacy and Security) and week 6 (Surveillance and Censorship) might be appropriate for your class. Link to syllabus: http://www.christopher-parsons.com/Main/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/POLI-456-Syllabus-for-Web.pdf *

[liberationtech] Examples of integrated health delivery using ICTs

2013-09-13 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Atanu Garai atanu.ga...@gmail.com Dear All, ** ** In last few years, several donors announced grants for ICT projects to deliver integrated health services in underserved communities. I am looking for examples of those projects implemented or in the process of being implemented to

Re: [liberationtech] Examples of integrated health delivery using ICTs

2013-09-13 Thread Allen Gunn
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 OpenMRS.org is a great platform and very vibrant open source community focused on supporting healthcare delivery, primarily in Africa. peace, gunner On 09/13/2013 11:57 AM, Yosem Companys wrote: From: *Atanu Garai*atanu.ga...@gmail.com

Re: [liberationtech] Security Focused Live Linux Distros

2013-09-13 Thread adrelanos
John Love: I'm researching security, privacy, and anonymity focused live Linux environments like Liberté Linux, TAILS, JonDoNYM, and Whonix. There's obviously a diversity of needs and preferences, and each of these distros has their own approach and community. Assuming all disrtos are not made