You may want to take a look at PassLok, which has a special SMS mode to
create encrypted messages that are exactly 160 characters long. I just made
a more secure source server at: https://www.autistici.org/passlok. There is
also a GitHub page at: https://github.com/fruiz500/passlok
Since
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On 08/29/2013 05:00 AM, Andy Isaacson wrote:
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:47:16PM -0400, Sandy Harris wrote:
It gets worse. The US has a Communications Assistance to Law
Enforcement Act (CALEA) that basically makes it illegal for
anyone to sell
On 08/27/2013 09:36 AM, Richard Brooks wrote:
I have colleagues living in a small country, far, far
away with a history of rigged elections who want to
put in place a system for collecting information
using SMS. The local government keeps shutting
down the systems that they put in place.
As
Take the advice *not* to use SMS. I'd also avoid any NGO software that
insists it was written for humanitarian purposes: this branding is
usually skin deep and they are often less secure than off-the-shelf
software. There are exceptions, like much of what Benetech produces,
but if you need to ask
How important is the privacy of people doing the submission? Because the
government can always get SMS records from providers. That said, I worked a
bit on UReport in Uganda which is an SMS based system that allows (mostly
young) Ugandans to respond to surveys on various topics, some of which
Richard Brooks r...@acm.org wrote:
If anyone with an understanding
of SMS, SMS web interfaces, and/or related security issues
would be willing to point me in the right direction
(or discuss potential issues) I (and by extension
they) would be grateful.
SMS is basically insecure. Others in
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:47:16PM -0400, Sandy Harris wrote:
It gets worse. The US has a Communications
Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA)
that basically makes it illegal for anyone to sell
phone switches without wiretap capability in the
US. As a result nearly all such switches have
I have colleagues living in a small country, far, far
away with a history of rigged elections who want to
put in place a system for collecting information
using SMS. The local government keeps shutting
down the systems that they put in place.
I think I understand their needs and wants. SMS is
] On Behalf Of Richard Brooks
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 09.36
To: liberationtech
Subject: [liberationtech] SMS questions
I have colleagues living in a small country, far, far away with a history
of
rigged elections who want to put in place a system for collecting
information
using SMS
Hi Richard,
Depending on the information your colleagues want to collect, and depending on
how onerous the control of the telco system is, FrontLine SMS might be useful.
http://www.frontlinesms.com/
http://www.frontlinesms.com/technologies/frontlinesms-overview/
Hope it helps,
Bernard
On 27
On 2013-08-27 11:36, Richard Brooks wrote:
I think I understand their needs and wants. SMS is
really not my strong point. If anyone with an understanding
of SMS, SMS web interfaces, and/or related security issues
would be willing to point me in the right direction
(or discuss potential
The problem of SMS or any technology that requires phone numbers is that
it is quite easy for a government to shut it down. In small countries
far away they just have to ask the operator to disconnect you. You can
use numbers in another country (international SMS), but then it becomes
too
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On 08/27/2013 07:29 PM, Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb wrote:
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Depending on the information your colleagues want to collect, and
depending on how onerous the control of
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