[liberationtech] Stanford in Government: Digital Rights Discussion with EFF | Nov19 12-1pm

2014-11-17 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Anna Blue ab...@stanford.edu Speaker: Vera Ranieri Staff Attorney at the EFF Wednesday, November 19, 12-1 pm Old Union, Room 200 EFF is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. The Public Policy Forum organizes a series of informal events on

[liberationtech] Stanford Security: Jeremiah Blocki on Usable Secure Human Authentication (Tue Nov18)

2014-11-17 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Joe Zimmerman j...@cs.stanford.edu Usable and Secure Human Authentication Jeremiah Blocki Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Talk at 4:15pm Gates 463A Abstract: A typical computer user

[liberationtech] Right Now: Hackathon by Harvard Developers for Development

2014-11-15 Thread Yosem Companys
D4D Hack Night! NOW Saturday 11/15 5pm Quincy Bullitt Room Will you be working on a project or pset? Just want to hang out? Come to D4D Hack Night! Everyone is welcomed! We will have chips, kitkat, kisses, reeses, starbursts, skittles, snickers, cookies, mn's, and more! The location and time

[liberationtech] Tech: Problem or Solution? (Saturday at Stanford at 7pm)

2014-11-14 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Stanford Transhumanist Association transhuman...@lists.stanford.edu The Stanford Transhumanist Association is excited to announce our first event of the year: Zoltan vs. Zerzan https://www.facebook.com/events/832564993462598/: Transhumanism and Primitivism. We’re hosting a debate between

[liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech: Max Senges, Emergence of Multistakeholder Internet Governance Based on Democratic Values, on Nov 20 at 4:30 pm

2014-11-14 Thread Yosem Companys
The Emergence of Multistakeholder Internet Governance Based on Democratic Values Max Senges, Program Manager, Research, Google on November 20, 2014 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM at Wallenberg Theater Bldg 160, Room 124 Open to the public. No RSVP required FSI Contact: Kathleen Barcos kbar...@stanford.edu

[liberationtech] PhD program at Syracuse University iSchool

2014-11-10 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Jeff Hemsley jeff.hems...@gmail.com Syracuse University's School of Information Studies welcomes applicants for our doctoral program. Admitted students are assured of at least four year's funding (including summers) along with tuition and other support. The interdisciplinary nature of

[liberationtech] Open Technology Institute Is Looking for Partners

2014-11-10 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Greta Byrum gr...@opentechinstitute.org NEED (SOCIAL) TECH SUPPORT? Get help AND contribute to a handbook for community networking The Open Technology Institute is looking for a few partners as we expand an open-source set of tools and resources for community network organizers. So far

[liberationtech] Stanford HCI Seminar 11/14, Shaowen Bardzell — Utopias of Participation: Working Towards Emancipatory Forms of Computing

2014-11-10 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Michael Bernstein m...@cs.stanford.edu Shaowen Bardzell, Indiana University Utopias of Participation: Working Towards Emancipatory Forms of Computing November 14, 2014, 12:50-2:05pm, Gates B03 · Open to the public CS547 Human-Computer Interaction Seminar (Seminar on People, Computers, and

[liberationtech] Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellows | Mozilla Advocacy

2014-11-07 Thread Yosem Companys
Five nonprofit organizations around the world will be hosting our five Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellows in 2015. During the Fellowship, we will immerse the next generation of leaders in projects that create better technical understanding among civil society and policy makers. It will also create a

[liberationtech] Seeking Feedback for NGO Aid Map

2014-11-07 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Julie Montgomery jmont...@interaction.org Just wanted to let you all know that NGO Aid Map at http://ngoaidmap.org/ was recently updated and now features over 3,300 projects implemented by 94 InterAction members across 151 countries – which represents $5.6 billion in aid. Included in the

[liberationtech] Feedback for debate on encryption with former FBI General Counsel

2014-11-07 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Peter Swire pe...@peterswire.net On Monday, November 17 the New America Foundation will be hosting a debate on the topic of FBI Director Comey’s criticisms of Apple and Google for the encryption changes to their phones. The moderator will be Nancy Libin, formerly of both CDT and the

[liberationtech] Stanford, Friday, Nov. 7 -- Ivan Pustogarov: Deanonymization techniques for Tor and Bitcoin

2014-11-06 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Joe Zimmerman j...@cs.stanford.edu Deanonymization techniques for Tor and Bitcoin Ivan Pustogarov Friday, November 7, 2014 Talk at 3:30pm Gates 463A Abstract: Buying online while staying

[liberationtech] Jobs at Aggrigator

2014-11-03 Thread Yosem Companys
Update and opportunities related to a Stanford start up named Aggrigator. The opportunities are all in Bangalore, India, but Aggrigator is looking for applicants from around the world. * We are a Stanford startup and looking for a team to intern/full time with Aggrigator in Bangalore India

[liberationtech] Stanford Liberationtech Seminar: Paul Duguid on Info Liberation on Nov6 at 4:30 pm

2014-10-31 Thread Yosem Companys
Information and Liberation Paul DuGuid, UC Berkeley November 6, 2014 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Wallenberg Hall 450 Serra Mall, Building 160 Stanford, CA 94305-2055 Open to the public. No RSVP required. For more info, contact Kathleen Barcos kbar...@stanford.edu ABSTRACT We are familiar with

[liberationtech] Stanford WTO/Liberationtech: Jenna Burrell on Nov 3rd at 12pm

2014-10-31 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Bobbi Thomason bobb...@stanford.edu Please join us on *Monday, November 3rd* from *12-1:15* for the next WTO Colloquium in *Spilker 232*. *Speaker:* Jenna Burrell, University of California at Berkeley, School of Information *Title:* On the Importance of Price Information to Farmers and

[liberationtech] OpenUp Corporate Data while Protecting Privacy - Open Up?

2014-10-31 Thread Yosem Companys
OPENUP CORPORATE DATA WHILE PROTECTING PRIVACY October 31st, 2014 *Stefaan G. Verhulst* http://thegovlab.org/about/team/stefaan-verhulst/ and *David Sangokoya* http://thegovlab.org/about/team/, The GovLab, New York University Consider a few numbers: By the end of 2014, the number of mobile

[liberationtech] FSI | CDDRL | Liberationtech: Using ICT Infrastructure to ImproveGovernance in the Education Sector in Pakistan

2014-10-27 Thread Yosem Companys
Using ICT Infrastructure to Improve Governance in the Education Sector in Pakistan Ali Inam, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan October 28, 2014 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Goldman Conference Room, Stanford University Open to the public. RSVP at

[liberationtech] Winter Qtr Course: European Entrepreneurship (ME421) - Mondays 4:30pm - 1 unit Seminar

2014-10-27 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Burton H Lee b...@stanford.edu Stanford Mechanical Engineering will be offering 'European Entrepreneurship and Innovation' once again this coming Winter Quarter. This 1-unit lecture series has been quite popular among the Stanford FSSA community in past years, since we cover a broad range

[liberationtech] Big Data: A Data Driven Society? * 4:15PM, Wed October 29, 2014 in Gates B03

2014-10-24 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Kathleen Barcos kbar...@stanford.edu Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium 4:15PM, Wednesday, October 29, 2014 NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building Room B3 http://ee380.stanford.edu Big Data: A Data Driven Society? Roberto V. Zicari Goethe University Frankfurt

[liberationtech] Digital Destitution: A Mechanism of and for Inequality

2014-10-23 Thread Yosem Companys
Digital Destitution: A Mechanism of and for Inequality Blanca Gordo, International Computer Science Institute, UC Berkeley October 23, 2014 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Wallenberg Hall 450 Serra Mall, Building 160 Stanford, CA 94305-2055 Open to the public. No RSVP required ABSTRACT The result of not

[liberationtech] Kickstarter Cancels Anonabox Funding Campaign - Slashdot

2014-10-17 Thread Yosem Companys
From Slashdot: On Friday, the controversy surrounding Anonabox reached its zenith with Kickstarter officially canceling the project's funding campaign. Anonabox began with a modest goal of $7,500, but quickly reached its goal 82 times over. Then funders and interested parties began to scrutinize

[liberationtech] Liberationtech Seminar: Managing Collective Intelligence in Open Journalism: Power, Knowledge Value

2014-10-13 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Kathleen Barcos kbar...@stanford.edu Managing Collective Intelligence in Open Journalism: Power, Knowledge and Value Tanja Aitamurto, Stanford Engineering October 16, 2014 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Open to the public. No RSVP required ABSTRACT Collective intelligence is channeled to

[liberationtech] With This Tiny Box, You Can Anonymize Everything You Do Online | WIRED

2014-10-13 Thread Yosem Companys
Today a group of privacy-focused developers plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign for Anonabox. The $45 open-source router automatically directs all data that connects to it by ethernet or Wifi through the Tor network, hiding the user’s IP address and skirting censorship. It’s also small enough

[liberationtech] Help make Data.gov better

2014-10-10 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Rebecca Williams rebe...@rebeccawilliams.us Data.gov is approaching its next round of usability testing and is looking for folks to participate (both in person in D.C. and virtually). If you're interested, please sign up here: http://bit.ly/DatagovUsability Also a reminder: you can

[liberationtech] Tomorrow | Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of Korea: New Trends in Acceleration Internationalization

2014-10-08 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Siejen Yin-Stevenson siej...@stanford.edu http://asia.stanford.edu/?page_id=5735 US-Asia Technology Management Center Fall 2014 Seminar Series Thursday, October 9th, 2014 EE402A: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of Korea: New Trends in Acceleration and Internationalization Stanford University |

[liberationtech] Liberationtech Seminar: Distant Witness: Social Media, Arab Spring, Journalism Revolution

2014-10-06 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Kathleen Barcos kbar...@stanford.edu Distant Witness: Social Media, The Arab Spring and a Journalism Revolution Andy Carvin, First Look October 9, 2014 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Open to the public. No RSVP required Wallenberg Hall 450 Serra Mall, Building 160 Stanford, CA 94305-2055 BIO Andy

Re: [liberationtech] Espionge.app's lack of plausible deniability (Was: TrueCrypt Alternatives?)

2014-10-06 Thread Yosem Companys
I think the point has been made. And, substantively, this thread has been interesting. So let's get back to the subject at hand or, if it has run its course, let's move on. Thanks, Yosem (One of the moderators) On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Greg g...@kinostudios.com wrote: Dear Travis, On

[liberationtech] Vietnamese Hacker Scene?

2014-10-05 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Julian Finn jul...@phinn.de so i'm going on a trip to south east asia, mostly vietnam (also laos and cambodia) and was wondering if anybody of you knows anything about a hacker scene in any way? The entries about ho chi minh city / hanoi hacker spaces on the hackerspaces.org wiki seem to be

Re: [liberationtech] TrueCrypt Alternatives?

2014-10-05 Thread Yosem Companys
This is not directed to anyone in particular. But, come on, everyone, let's have a respectful and constructive conversation. There's no need to get snippy. Thanks, Yosem One of the moderators On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Greg g...@kinostudios.com wrote: Dear Rich, On Oct 4, 2014, at 3:50

[liberationtech] New web privacy system could revolutionize the safety of surfing

2014-10-05 Thread Yosem Companys
Researchers from UCL, Stanford Engineering, Google, Chalmers and Mozilla Research have built a new system that protects Internet users' privacy whilst increasing the flexibility for web developers to build web applications that combine data from different web sites, dramatically improving the

Re: [liberationtech] TrueCrypt Alternatives?

2014-10-02 Thread Yosem Companys
We have placed this thread under moderation, as it is now violating guideline #3: 3. To maintain civil discourse, we have a zero-tolerance policy for anyone who posts ad hominems, or otherwise inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages. You are welcome to continue other substantive

[liberationtech] M4D in Uganda: Tomorrow's Liberationtech Seminar

2014-10-01 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Kathleen Barcos kbar...@stanford.edu The Collective Assessment and Feedback Engine: A Mobile Platform for Collaborative Assessment of Maternal Health Programs in Uganda Brandie M. Nonnecke, PhD, UC Berkeley October 2, 2014 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Open to the public. No RSVP required

[liberationtech] Code for America Summit - Sep 23-25 - San Francisco, Webcast, Pre-Conf Networking

2014-09-24 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Steven Clift cl...@e-democracy.org Day two webcast, just started. Goes for four hours: http://bit.ly/cfasummit2014 On 22 September 2014 17:50, Steven Clift cl...@e-democracy.org wrote: Hopefully you marked your calendars for tomorrow's free webcast of the Code for America Summit.

[liberationtech] Beware of Geeks Bearing Grifts « The Berkeley Blog

2014-09-19 Thread Yosem Companys
Beware of Geeks Bearing Grifts by Gene Rochlin, professor emeritus, Energy Resources Group, UC Berkeley | 9/18/14 It seems as if the news media have become a wholly owned subsidiary of the internet technology complex (ITC) these days. No matter which seemingly outrageous new product or system

Re: [liberationtech] Update to: Roclin's Beware of Geeks Bearing Grifts

2014-09-19 Thread Yosem Companys
One of the earliest books to explore this phenomenon is Steve Barley and Gideon Kunda's Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy. If you're interested in the topic, you may want to check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Gurus-Hired-Guns-Warm-Bodies/dp/0691127956

[liberationtech] Ong 2.0 opens an international call to re-invent global aid development

2014-08-04 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Serena Carta sere...@gmail.com I'm an Italian journalist and I'm writing you as a collaborator of the Italian centre for ICT social training for non profits ONG 2.0. We recently have launched a call of ideas to collect contributions from volounteers, aid workers and anyone who wants to

[liberationtech] Stanford CISAC launches seed grant program for security research

2014-08-04 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Shelby Speer ssp...@stanford.edu Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) has established the Security Research Seed Grant Program, which is designed to provide small grants for early-stage, security-related doctoral research at Stanford. The program offers

[liberationtech] Access to Information Recognized by UN Open Working Group

2014-07-31 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Julia Brungs julia.bru...@ifla.org Over the last eight months, IFLA has been updating members on its participation in meetings of the UN Open Working Group (OWG http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/owg.html) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs

[liberationtech] Internet Governance Forum - Call for Public Input

2014-07-27 Thread Yosem Companys
You may recall that the Working Group on Improvements to the IGF in its report identified the development of tangible outcomes as a way for the IGF to continue to perform successfully its intended role of addressing issues related to public policy in a bottom-up, multistakeholder fashion. The

[liberationtech] Code for Nepal to launch its 1st pilot project

2014-07-21 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Ravi Kumar kumar...@gmail.com Next week, Code for Nepal (www.codefornepal.org) will launch its first pilot: a two-week digital empowerment program in Kathmandu, Nepal, for young women who are passionate about journalism, blogging, coding, and social media. Two months ago, we

[liberationtech] eHealth Project of the Bangladesh Knowledge Management Initiative

2014-07-21 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Vanessa Mitchell pa2worr...@gmail.com My name is Vanessa Mitchell and I’m a Senior Program Officer at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (JHU.CCP) in Baltimore, Maryland. I’m thrilled to be able to discuss with you an eHealth pilot which was a large component of a

[liberationtech] Human Rights Watch Website Redesign

2014-07-09 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Jim Murphy murp...@hrw.org We are embarking on a redesign of our website and would appreciate any and all feedback you can provide in this quick survey: http://bit.ly/HRW-survey We value the opinion of this group and know you can make a positive impact on the process. Questions range from

[liberationtech] All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development

2014-07-06 Thread Yosem Companys
Software Prize to Help Children Read in Developing Countries: http://allchildrenreading.org/ -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change

[liberationtech] CIPESA Report on Internet Freedom in East Africa

2014-06-12 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Lillian Nalwoga lill...@cipesa.org Last month, the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) hosted the Forum on Internet Freedoms in East Africa 2014 in Kampala, Uganda. The forum drew participants from Burundi, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda,

Re: [liberationtech] Wicker: Déjà vu all over again

2014-06-10 Thread Yosem Companys
Seems like a good idea. I wonder what journalists on the list think about it. I know there are a number of Knight Fellows and other journalists on the list, so I hope they chime in. BTW, here is the press release received via Twitter in response to an inquiry about Wickr's security:

[liberationtech] Civic-Activism Tools Methods | Help needed!

2014-06-10 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Tim Hughes t...@involve.org.uk *Involve http://www.involve.org.uk and the Building Change Trust http://www.buildingchangetrust.org are collecting examples of tools and methods that can be used by civil society organisations to enable and support civic activism (i.e. involving citizens in

[liberationtech] Wicker: Déjà vu all over again

2014-06-10 Thread Yosem Companys
From: m d 2md...@gmail.com The term open source was missing from the article. I'm curious if any of the other projects mentioned are open source like Indie Box, other than Diaspora. The mention of NDAs by the Wickr founder makes it a non-starter. Their web site doesn't have any download link for

[liberationtech] Wanted: Top-notch filmmaker for TED-prize project

2014-06-10 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Oliver Courtney olivernmcourt...@gmail.com We at Global Witness are looking for a top notch film-maker to help us make founder Charmian Gooch's campaign to end anonymous company ownership catch fire in the public imagination, especially in the US. Charmian's TED Prize wish this year was

[liberationtech] Wicker: Déjà vu all over again

2014-06-10 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Brian Behlendorf br...@behlendorf.com You don't have to; trust, but verify. Or trust those who *can* verify. Microsoft, Google and Apple are at the top of the most trusted brands lists and have been for years, so even in the light of the Snowden revelations, most have tended to give them

[liberationtech] GlobalGiving - 2014 Summit on Social Media Online Giving

2014-06-09 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Robert Rosenthal n...@volunteermatch.org Namaste from Nepal, everyone - Early registration for the July 1-2 conference that I'm working with GlobalGiving to produce is going well. If you have contacts in the NGO community in India or South Asia, please feel free to share. This event will

[liberationtech] Wicker: Déjà vu all over again

2014-06-09 Thread Yosem Companys
Wickr is back in the news in spectacular form: http://www.inc.com/magazine/201407/ceo-of-wickr-leads-social-media-resistance-movement.html ...despite known security problems we've discussed on the list before: https://mailman.stanford.edu/pipermail/liberationtech/2012-June/004239.html Seems as

[liberationtech] Data for Life Prize ($50, 000): Live-saving interventions for children

2014-06-06 Thread Yosem Companys
*Funding Announcement:* We have launched the Data for Life Prize this year focusing on impact evaluation for programs working to reduce child mortality globally. The Data for Life Prize http://www.childrensprize.org/ invites applicants to submit a successful but under-recognized life-saving

Re: [liberationtech] TrueCrypt: Status of Community Effort to keep on developments

2014-06-05 Thread Yosem Companys
Per our list guidelines, this thread doesn't seem to be offering advice, discussing issues, or sharing information. If anything, the past few messages appear to be extraneous or off-topic. As such, the thread has been moderated. Yosem One of the list moderators On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 5:27 PM,

[liberationtech] Department of State - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Internet Freedom Annual Program Statement | Office Of Research Support

2014-06-04 Thread Yosem Companys
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces the availability of funding for programs that support Internet freedom. DRL’s goal is to promote fundamental freedoms, human rights, and the free flow of information online through integrated support for anti-censorship and secure

Re: [liberationtech] Department of State - Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Internet Freedom Annual Program Statement | Office Of Research Support

2014-06-04 Thread Yosem Companys
, Steve Schultze sjschul...@gmail.com wrote: Whoah, what happened here? Some bot seems to have mangled a bunch of Duke language into the announcement that Betsy posted. Anybody who is interested should look at her post. Or am I missing something? On Jun 4, 2014 7:00 PM, Yosem Companys compa

[liberationtech] USAID $10K Prize for Sensors for Development (Deadline: June 7)

2014-06-04 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Eric King ek...@usaid.gov The Global Development Lab has launched a $10K prize for innovative sensor technologies with a potential for impact in the developing world, and I was hoping you wouldn't mind blasting it out to your network. It's a super-accelerated timeline, closing at the

[liberationtech] Hackathon for North Korea in SF / August 2-3

2014-06-03 Thread Yosem Companys
Through its Disrupt North Korea project, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is working with North Korean defectors and refugees to help end the monopoly of information the Kim dictatorship holds over 25 million citizens. Read more about our efforts at Motherboard, The Atlantic, Wired, Ars Technica,

[liberationtech] New film about Ai Weiwei, censored Chinese dissident artist

2014-06-03 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Marija Silk ms...@internationalfilmcircuit.com The run of AI WEIWEI THE FAKE CASE, the film about China’s censorship, has been extended in SF – we’re playing at Roxie Theatre from today until Thursday 6/5! Get your tix: http://ow.ly/xrMib A LIFE LIVED IN SILENCE IS NOT A LIFE. Named

[liberationtech] TODAY | Stanford Cryptofolks Summit 2014

2014-05-28 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Anjney Midha anj...@stanford.edu Stanford Cryptofolks Summit 2014 May 28th, Stanford University 6:30 - 8:00 pm Annenberg Auditorium Register at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cryptofolks-summit-tickets-11612267605 The Cryptofolks Summit brings together Stanford faculty, students, and

[liberationtech] TOMORROW | Stanford Cryptofolks Summit 2014

2014-05-27 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Anjney Midha anj...@stanford.edu Stanford Cryptofolks Summit 2014 May 28th, Stanford University 6:30 - 8:00 pm Annenberg Auditorium Register at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cryptofolks-summit-tickets-11612267605 The Cryptofolks Summit brings together Stanford faculty, students, and

[liberationtech] Hack the Hood

2014-05-22 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Susan Mernit su...@oaklandlocal.com I have some really exciting news to share! You many know that I co-founded an amazing youth leadership and economic development program in Oakland called Hack the Hood in 2012. Hack the Hood provides tech and media skills training to low-income youth,

[liberationtech] Estonia President Toomas Hendrik Ilves at Stanford CDDRL - May 23, 2014

2014-05-19 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Kathleen Barcos kbar...@stanford.edu Evolving into a Genuinely Digital Society *CDDRL Special Event* *Date and Time* May 23, 2014 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Open to the public RSVP by May 19 to *liisi.eg...@stanford.edu liisi.eg...@stanford.edu* Speaker *President Toomas Hendrik Ilves*

[liberationtech] Stanford Cryptofolks Summit

2014-05-18 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Anjney Midha anj...@stanford.edu Stanford Cryptofolks Summit 2014 May 28th, Stanford University 6:30 - 8:00 pm Annenberg Auditorium Register at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cryptofolks-summit-tickets-11612267605 The Cryptofolks Summit brings together Stanford faculty, students, and alumni

[liberationtech] Information as Power: Risk Management, Cybersecurity, and the Electrical Power Grid - FSI Stanford

2014-05-15 Thread Yosem Companys
CISAC SCIENCE SEMINAR Rebecca Slayton - Junior Faculty Fellow, CISAC Information as Power: Risk Management, Cybersecurity, and the Electrical Power Grid DATE AND TIME May 19, 2014 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM AVAILABILITY Open to the public No RSVP required ABSTRACT In the United States (and in

[liberationtech] Open Budgets: The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation and Accountability - CDDRL

2014-05-12 Thread Yosem Companys
http://cddrl.stanford.edu/events/open_budgets_the_political_economy_of_transparency_participation_and_accountability/ STANFORD CDDRL RESEARCH SEMINAR Open Budgets: The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation and Accountability DATE AND TIME May 15, 2014 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

[liberationtech] Chaos and Coercion with Cyber Weapons: Technical and Organizational Dimensions - FSI Stanford

2014-05-12 Thread Yosem Companys
STANFORD CISAC SOCIAL SCIENCE SEMINAR Chaos and Coercion with Cyber Weapons: Technical and Organizational Dimensions DATE AND TIME May 15, 2014 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM AVAILABILITY Open to the public No RSVP required ABSTRACT What's the worst a malicious actor can do on the Internet with 100

[liberationtech] Survey of Urban Digital Infomediaries Civic Hacking

2014-05-06 Thread Yosem Companys
This is an invitation to assist in our research on Digital Infomediaries and Civic Hacking by participating in a survey. Project: Urban Informatics, Big Data and Community Engagement: A Study of Enabling Organizations Sponsor: Institute for Policy and Civic Engagement (IPCE), University of

[liberationtech] Open Government Guide

2014-05-01 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Maya Forster hiyam...@gmail.com I wanted to let you know about some updates to the Open Government Guide ( www.opengovguide.com) developed last year by the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, with many organisations' input. It is now available in Spanish

[liberationtech] Shoshanna Zuboff: Dark Google

2014-05-01 Thread Yosem Companys
30.04.2014 Dark Google We witness the rise of a new absolute power. Google transfers its radical politics from cyberspace to reality. It will earn its money by knowing, manipulating, controlling the reality and cutting it into the tiniest pieces. Von SHOSHANA ZUBOFF Recall those fabled frogs

[liberationtech] Reforming the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Post-Revolutionary Egypt Tunisia

2014-04-28 Thread Yosem Companys
From: ARD Stanford hsal...@stanford.edu Dear Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of Reforming the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Post-Revolutionary Egypt and

[liberationtech] Evolving Pursuit of Security Privacy - FSI Stanford

2014-04-24 Thread Yosem Companys
CISAC Social Science Seminar The Evolving Pursuit of Security and Privacy Scott Charney - Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft Corporation DATE AND TIME May 1, 2014 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM AVAILABILITY Open to the public Please RSVP with camcm...@stanford.edu by April 28

Re: [liberationtech] Save Mexico's Internet

2014-04-18 Thread Yosem Companys
https://docs.google.com/document/d/101sITeSO6WbbOkfTaXkXXAU_ZY9wBv7gFUi_9nqvUoo/edit# On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 12:37 AM, Jillian C. York jilliancy...@gmail.comwrote: Was there supposed to be an attachment? Can we see the text of the letter? On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:47 PM, Yosem Companys

[liberationtech] Berkman Center announces leadership transition | Berkman Center

2014-04-18 Thread Yosem Companys
The Berkman Center for Internet Society has announced a significant leadership transition as Professor William (Terry) Fisher steps down after 12 years as Chair of the Board of Directors and Professor Jonathan Zittrain, the co-founder of the Berkman Center and Vice Dean for Library and

[liberationtech] Save Mexico's Internet

2014-04-17 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Bernardo Gutiérrez bernardobra...@riseup.net I write to this list to communicate the urgency of helping Mexico's activist and civil society with the new Internet Law that president Peña Nieto wants to approve. The new draft Mexican Telecom law is horrible, administrative censorship + NOT

[liberationtech] MSc in ICT4D at Royal Holloway, University of London

2014-04-15 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Royal Holloway ICT4D Centre i...@ict4dc.org International Excellence Scholarships for the 1-year MSc in ICT4D at the ICT4D Centre/UNESCO Chair at Royal Holloway, University of London (for all countries) Santander International Excellence Scholarships (for residents of Venezuela,

[liberationtech] Participate in Research on Social Media in Crisis

2014-04-14 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Linlin Huang lin...@hylinlin.com Do you use social media? Would you be interested in participating in a study about social media use during disaster events? Researchers at the University of Washington are conducting a study of the use of social media in crisis events. Our goal is to better

[liberationtech] Assessing the Impact of the NSA Spy Scandal on American-European Relations - FSI Stanford

2014-04-12 Thread Yosem Companys
http://fsi.stanford.edu/events/assessing_the_impact_of_the_nsa_spy_scandal_on_americaneuropean_relations/ Europe Center, FSI Stanford Special Event Assessing the Impact of the NSA Spy Scandal on American-European Relations SPEAKER Ulrich Wilhelm - Director General, Bavarian Broadcasting

[liberationtech] OpenSSL Heartbleed Vulnerability Patched

2014-04-08 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Todd Greene t...@pubnub.com There has been a lot of news in the past 24 hours regarding the Heartbleed Bug (CVE-2014-0160) as reported by the OpenSSL project. If you are not aware of the situation, the Heartbleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software

[liberationtech] Nominations Open for Latin American Investigative Journalism Award

2014-04-05 Thread Yosem Companys
http://www.transparency.org/news/feature/investigative_journalism_in_latin_america_and_the_caribbean Transparency International together with Instituto Prensa y Sociedad (Press and Society Institute, IPYS) and with support from Open Society Foundation is pleased to announce that the nomination

[liberationtech] Researching Uses of Open Data for Development

2014-04-01 Thread Yosem Companys
From: sle...@worldbank.org I wanted to invite you to participate in a research project looking to capture, analyze, and highlight operational uses of open data for development; this is a collaboration between the World Bank Group Open Finances Inter-American Development Bank's Knowledge

[liberationtech] Liberationtech's Larry Diamond on Is There an Emerging Crisis of Democracy? - CDDRL

2014-03-31 Thread Yosem Companys
http://cddrl.stanford.edu/events/is_there_an_emerging_crisis_of_democracy/ STANFORD CDDRL SEMINAR SERIES Is There an Emerging Crisis of Democracy? DATE AND TIME April 3, 2014 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM AVAILABILITY Open to the public RSVP required by 5PM April 2 SPEAKER Larry Diamond - Stanford

[liberationtech] NSA Spy Scandal's Impact on US-EU Relations on April 15

2014-03-26 Thread Yosem Companys
From: FSI Events snel...@stanford.edu The Europe Center and the Freeman Spogli Institute invite you to attend: Assessing the Impact of the NSA Spy Scandal on American-European Relations with Ulrich Wilhelm Director General of Bavarian Broadcasting (BR) TUESDAY, APRIL 15th 12:00PM - 1:30PM

[liberationtech] Funding Opportunities

2014-03-25 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Alma Aliaj aal...@usaid.gov I wanted to share several exciting funding opportunities with you all, both within USAID and through external patners. As always please share these with your colleagues and interested students! 1 - Conflict and Development at Texas AM has a unique student

[liberationtech] TV show looking for hackers

2014-03-24 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Mitch Altman mi...@cornfieldelectronics.com I talked to these folks for awhile over the phone, and from what I can tell they seem pretty cool (as opposed to trashy reality TV). If you wanna be on TV, please see their casting call, below. Mitch. Casting Notice: *MAJOR

[liberationtech] Shifts in Persian Cyberspace Social Networking in Iran

2014-03-18 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Laura Henderson l...@asc.upenn.edu The Iran Media Program (http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en) announces two new reports that might be of interest to AoIRists: *Whither Blogestan: Evaluating Shifts in Persian Cyberspace: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1607 Between

[liberationtech] Stanford Course on Computer Security Privacy

2014-03-17 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Jonathan Schatz jtsch...@stanford.edu Jonathan Mayer is teaching a course on Computer Security and Privacy: http://lawreg.stanford.edu/stanford/prereg/CourseDetails.asp?cClschedid=+26813 -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will

[liberationtech] Act Now to Protect NSF's Behavioral and Social Science Research Program from Cuts

2014-03-13 Thread Yosem Companys
From: valerie futch valerie.fu...@gmail.com Write Your U.S. Rep. today to Oppose HR 4186 Unless Cuts to NSF's Behavioral/Social Research Are Restored Take Action The House Science, Space and Technology’s Research Subcommittee introduced HR 4186 on March 10th, 2014, that would slash

[liberationtech] Liberationtech Lists at Stanford

2014-03-13 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi All, Per your request, we have created a new list to send call-for-paper (CfP) announcements. The CfP list will be independent of our events list. As such, we now have the following Stanford Liberationtech lists: - Main List: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech

Re: [liberationtech] Internet filtering in the Ukraine?

2014-03-12 Thread Yosem Companys
Hi all, Whether the US government is censoring information about Ukraine is, of course, an important subject. But perhaps a new thread should be started to discuss that. Let's not lose sight of Adam's questions, which were: Does anyone here know the details of Internet filtering in Ukraine? If

[liberationtech] CfP: Societies of Control for Special Issue of New Formations

2014-03-10 Thread Yosem Companys
New Formations Special Issue 'Societies of Control' Call for Contributions Deadline for paper proposals March 31st 2014 Potential contributors: please submit title, full abstract (300 words) and a short c.v. tonfsubmissi...@me.com by this date. Contributors will be notified of acceptance by

[liberationtech] LSE Media Communications PhD Symposium 2014 - Power in Media Communications: Change or Continuity?

2014-03-09 Thread Yosem Companys
LSE Media and Communications PhD Symposium 2014 Power in Media and Communications: Change or Continuity? Date: Thursday 5 June 2014, 09:00–18:00 Deadline for abstracts: Monday 31 March 2014 The role and distribution of power is a central issue to media and communications studies. However,

[liberationtech] White House Seeks Feedback on Big Data and Privacy - Nextgov.com

2014-03-07 Thread Yosem Companys
http://www.nextgov.com/big-data/2014/03/white-house-seeks-feedback-big-data-and-privacy/80029/ The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy is seeking public feedback on how the government can best protect citizen privacy as it and the private sector increasingly turn to big data

[liberationtech] Inventing a New Internet: Learning from Icarus * 4:15PM, Wed March 5, 2014 in Gates B03

2014-03-04 Thread Yosem Companys
*Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium* 4:15PM, Wednesday, March 5, 2014 NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building Room B3 http://ee380.stanford.edu Inventing a New Internet: Learning from Icarus Dewayne Hendricks Tetherless Access *About the talk:* From a future historical

[liberationtech] Fwd: [nncoalition] Net Neutrality @ RightsCon

2014-03-04 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Luca Belli l...@lucabelli.net The RightsCon Session on 'Network Neutrality: How to Identify Discriminations and Advance Solutions will take place in a few hours (from 4 to 5 PM, San Francisco Time). Live stream will be available here: http://new.livestream.com/pemo/rightscon2 All the

[liberationtech] For those of you who can't attend | RightsCon Website - Livestream

2014-03-03 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Access Now acc...@accessnow.org Be a part of Access' premier global summit on tech and human rights! Tune in to the RIghtsCon livestream, and join the conversation on your favorite social media platform. https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cf20/13a55abf/70acf2cd/1de12ce8/1284435279/VEsC/

[liberationtech] John S. Knight Fellowship Pitches Pizzas Mixer

2014-03-03 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Djordje Padejski padej...@stanford.edu Hewlett had Packard... Batman had Robin... Jobs had Woz... Who do YOU have? The John S. Knight Fellows at Stanford are organizing event to meet with the tech community at Stanford. Get funded. Get published. Get entrepreneurial. Change the world.

[liberationtech] RightsCon 2014 Ready to Launch!

2014-03-02 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Access Now acc...@accessnow.org After months of planning and preparing, we're ready to kick off *RightsCon Silicon Valley 2014 https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cf21/13a55abf/70a9a0b6/1de12f22/3666225925/VEsC/*, the premier gathering of tech policy leaders, entrepreneurs, and digital

[liberationtech] Tweet-for-the-Squares (of Cairo and Kiev)

2014-03-02 Thread Yosem Companys
A Message from *Larry Diamond and Jeff Shank* *This March 2nd, 2014...the Day of the OSCARS...* * Tweet-for-the-Squares* (of Cairo and Kiev) *The Square*, about the Egyptian Revolution originating from *Tahrir* *Square*, inspired and gave moral support to Ukrainians...who screened a dubbed

Re: [liberationtech] Tweet-for-the-Squares (of Cairo and Kiev)

2014-03-02 Thread Yosem Companys
PS You may contact Jeff Shank at jvsha...@aol.com. On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: A Message from Larry Diamond and Jeff Shank This March 2nd, 2014...the Day of the OSCARS... Tweet-for-the-Squares (of Cairo and Kiev) The Square, about the Egyptian

[liberationtech] Knight News Challenge to focus on strengthening the free open Internet » Nieman Journalism Lab

2014-02-27 Thread Yosem Companys
http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/02/the-new-knight-news-challenge-focuses-on-strengthening-the-free-and-open-internet/ The Knight Foundation wants to delay the death of the Internet as we know it -- at least for a little while longer. Today Knight is launching the latest installment of its Knight

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