[liberationtech] Need Help: Water quality monitor for African sensorweb project

2014-04-22 Thread Justin Arenstein
Hi everyone. One of the grassroots data journalism projects that our Code for Africahttp://codeforafrica.org and Hacks/Hackers Africa https://www.facebook.com/HacksHackersAfrica teams support urgently needs some help. They're trying to find a cost-efficient digital imaging / microscopy solution

Re: [liberationtech] Secure Cloud Computing: Virtualizing the FreedomBox

2014-04-22 Thread Caspar Bowden (lists)
On 17/04/14 20:29, David Solomonoff wrote: This blog post was inspired by a recent breakthrough in homomorphic encryption at MIT: In 2010 I asked Professor Eben Moglen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Moglen to speak to the Internet Society of New York http://isoc-ny.org about software

[liberationtech] FW: Just Net Coalition publication: Delhi declaration and related articles

2014-04-22 Thread michael gurstein
Moving forward the necessary discussion on a political economy of the Internet the essays pointed to below were compiled for NETmundial http://netmundial.br/ – The Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance meeting about to start in São Paulo discussing the future of

Re: [liberationtech] Secure Cloud Computing: Virtualizing the FreedomBox

2014-04-22 Thread Tom Ritter
On 22 April 2014 07:47, Caspar Bowden (lists) li...@casparbowden.net wrote: TAHOE is also cool, but doesn't claim to provide confidentiality. A TAHOE service provider would have no choice but to round-up/backdoor the necessary keys under existing US (FISA/PATRIOT) or UK (RIPA Pt.3) legislation

[liberationtech] Just Net Coalition Response to NetMundial Outcome Document

2014-04-22 Thread michael gurstein
Please find below and attached the Just Net Coalition's response to the draft NetMundial Outcome Document. * Just Net Coalition Response to NetMundial Outcome Document * President Dilma's Speech in the UN General assembly last September, resonated throughout the world. It expressed the outrage

Re: [liberationtech] Secure Cloud Computing: Virtualizing the FreedomBox

2014-04-22 Thread Caspar Bowden (lists)
On 22/04/14 14:05, Tom Ritter wrote: On 22 April 2014 07:47, Caspar Bowden (lists) li...@casparbowden.net wrote: TAHOE is also cool, but doesn't claim to provide confidentiality. A TAHOE service provider would have no choice but to round-up/backdoor the necessary keys under existing US

Re: [liberationtech] Programming language for anonymity network

2014-04-22 Thread Michael Rogers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi Stevens, I think it would be irresponsible to start a new project in C or C++ given the enormous number of security issues caused by memory handling bugs in C and C++ code. Here's a quote from a Debian security advisory I just received, which is

Re: [liberationtech] Programming language for anonymity network

2014-04-22 Thread Peter Lindener
Michael- You have a point C++ in the raw would be a big mistake, Then I was suggesting a Safe, compiler enforced subset. of C++... (still to be determined)... -Peter On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Michael Rogers mich...@briarproject.orgwrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-

Re: [liberationtech] [cryptography] The next gen P2P secure email solution

2014-04-22 Thread Randolph
This thread pertains specifically to the use of P2P/DHT models to replace traditional email as we know it today. *Anonymous Email based on virtual institutions* What about this model? In a network you send your public email encryption key to an virtual institution. The institution is defined

Re: [liberationtech] Secure (but Hackable) Cloud Computing:

2014-04-22 Thread Griffin Boyce
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Computing on a device you have full control over is not necessarily secure, and offloading everything onto a machine (or set of machines) that you have no real control over probably won't improve your security. There's a lot of money to be

Re: [liberationtech] [p2p-hackers] Programming language for anonymity network

2014-04-22 Thread Chas.
You could also try using some of the great tools out there to reduce the security risks. Look at Veracode for their Analysis Center. There are some open source tools you can use as well. C. On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Michael Rogers mich...@briarproject.orgwrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED

Re: [liberationtech] Programming language for anonymity network

2014-04-22 Thread Hannes Mehnert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA384 Hey, On 04/18/2014 10:26, Stevens Le Blond wrote: We are a team of researchers working on the design and implementation of a traffic-analysis resistant anonymity network and we would like to request your opinion regarding the choice of a

Re: [liberationtech] [p2p-hackers] Programming language for anonymity network

2014-04-22 Thread Christof Leng
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22.04.14 11:48, Hannes Mehnert wrote: At the time being I'd suggest to look into OCaml/Haskell/Erlang or Idris (if you need a really expressive type system), maybe write specifications upfront in Coq/HOL/Lem. I don't see any reason these days

[liberationtech] Rift Recon Presents At The 2014 Oslo Freedom Forum

2014-04-22 Thread Eric Michaud
Hi Everyone, Long time lurker, seldom poster. I don't know if everyone here caught the press release (which I'll re-post below) this week but I thought this to be highly relevant to the interests of many members on this mailing list. If anyone is going to make it to OFF please say hi :) or has

Re: [liberationtech] [p2p-hackers] Programming language for anonymity network

2014-04-22 Thread Hannes Mehnert
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA384 On 04/22/2014 21:15, Christof Leng wrote: I was very happy with Standard ML (non-object-oriented 'predecessor' of OCAML) for writing complex P2P systems and even user-land transport protocols. Agreed. I use the Caml part of OCaml. :)

Re: [liberationtech] Open source HW/SW for Distance Learning Telemedicine

2014-04-22 Thread Blibbet
Stop waiting. http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3750 http://www.crowdsupply.com/kosagi/novena-open-laptop On 2/26/14 9:45 PM, Al Billings wrote: I’d wait a few months since Bunnie says they’ll make an announcement when they’re ready for people to do so. From: Blibbet Blibbet Reply:

Re: [liberationtech] Open source HW/SW for Distance Learning Telemedicine

2014-04-22 Thread Al Billings
Yeah, I backed it about two weeks ago when it hit the Internet. Been on vacation? :-) --  Al Billings http://makehacklearn.org On April 22, 2014 at 4:53:57 PM, Blibbet (blib...@gmail.com) wrote: Stop waiting. http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3750

Re: [liberationtech] Open source HW/SW for Distance Learning Telemedicine

2014-04-22 Thread Blibbet
Been on vacation? :-) I wish. It was news to me, sorry if this was old news to everyone. But, as of today, they still need funding, so is not over yet, perhaps re-visit site and fund at a higher level. :-) Thanks. -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations

Re: [liberationtech] Open source HW/SW for Distance Learning Telemedicine

2014-04-22 Thread Al Billings
Sorry, the sarcasm was meant gently! I do think it is a cool project and, yes, they do need more funding so it is good to keep mentioning it. Al --  Al Billings http://makehacklearn.org On April 22, 2014 at 5:00:08 PM, Blibbet (blib...@gmail.com) wrote: Been on vacation? :-) I wish. It

[liberationtech] Saravá Collective protests against data surveillance

2014-04-22 Thread rhatto
Saravá Collective protests against data surveillance Brazil - April 22th 2014 - We from Saravá Group are worried about arbitrary and reckless action of the Public Prosecutor's Office. The Office is requesting access to content we host. Saravá