Re: [liberationtech] My SXSW exposé in the Washington Post!

2013-03-15 Thread Shava Nerad
http://www.theonion.com/articles/sxsw-as-cool-and-as-real-as-it-gets-reports-market,31617/ The Onion scooped you. I think I saw this guy at Burning Man...;) Srsly, good job, but you know, Twitter had their coming out party there in 2007 at the first Interactive and I spoke there - most of the

Re: [liberationtech] Users flock to Japan student's firewall-busting thesis project - Network World

2013-03-15 Thread Andrew Lewis
Not trying to steal Jake or Nadiem's talking points, but why did he roll his own when there are pretty well vetted standards out there? On Mar 15, 2013 10:27 AM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: This story appeared on Network World at

Re: [liberationtech] Here Come the Encryption Apps

2013-03-15 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 10:29:44AM +0700, Nathan of Guardian wrote: Glad to see such a great level of academic investigation and discourse coming out of this esteemed university. I'll give him a pass on rigor, as this is an informal article and not intended to be a journal paper. (Besides, I

Re: [liberationtech] My SXSW exposé in the Washington Post!

2013-03-15 Thread John Adams
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Shava Nerad shav...@gmail.com wrote: Technically, that's a different conference -- SXSW/I is a separate event that doesn't even run the same dates, last time I went (though they overlapped). It is all the same conference, That's why I have a platinum badge

[liberationtech] Stanford Magazine - Can I Get Some Privacy? - March/April 2013

2013-03-15 Thread Yosem Companys
http://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=59976 How much do Internet companies know about us, and what do they plan to do with the information? If only we knew. By Brian Eule, Stanford Magazine ASSUMING YOU POSSESS a cell phone and a computer and a credit card, the

Re: [liberationtech] Here Come the Encryption Apps

2013-03-15 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Rich Kulawiec r...@gsp.org wrote: Sixth, and let me encapsulate it as a principle: If you need a GUI to overthrow your government... you're probably not going to overthrow your government. That's harsh, condescending, snarky...but I think it's

[liberationtech] CfP: Watching Politics: The impact of visual culture on politics

2013-03-15 Thread Yosem Companys
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Watching politics: an interdisciplinary symposium on the impact of visual culture on politics Friday 31 May 2013 Jointly hosted by the Department of Film and Television Studies and

[liberationtech] EFF: National Security Letters Are Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules

2013-03-15 Thread Katitza Rodriguez
Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release For Immediate Release: Friday, March 15, 2013 Contact: Matt Zimmerman Senior Staff Attorney Electronic Frontier Foundation ma...@eff.org +1 415 436-9333 x127 Cindy Cohn Legal Director Electronic Frontier Foundation ci...@eff.org

[liberationtech] Talk to Cuba Dissident Blogger Yoani Sanchez on Reddit TOMORROW, March 16 | Movements.org

2013-03-15 Thread Yosem Companys
http://www.movements.org/blog/entry/yoani-sees-the-worldand-joins-us-for-a-chat-on-16-march-tomorrow/ MARCH 15, 2013 POSTED IN | SHARE In many ways, Cuba is a tough place to get to know, at least if you want independent perspectives. As we've written about here, there are many people (activists,

Re: [liberationtech] Stanford Magazine - Can I Get Some Privacy? - March/April 2013

2013-03-15 Thread Wayne Moore
Interestingly (in a bad way) when I tried to follow the link in the email version of Stanford Report, it was blocked by NoScript because it links you through... wait for it... a tracker ;-[ Would be funny if it wasn't so discouraging. On 3/15/2013 12:09, Yosem Companys wrote:

Re: [liberationtech] EFF: National Security Letters Are Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules

2013-03-15 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
I just want to say that I'm absolutely stunned by this and want to congratulate everyone involved for setting an important precedent not just for the U.S., but the whole world. Amazing stuff. NK On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Katitza Rodriguez kati...@eff.org wrote: Electronic Frontier

Re: [liberationtech] EFF: National Security Letters Are Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules

2013-03-15 Thread Griffin Boyce
Ali-Reza Anghaie a...@packetknife.com wrote: These wins, even if not permanent, are very meaningful. Well done. Well done indeed. -Ali They also give a window in which more positive action can happen. Despite being very busy, I'm asking Twitter for a comment on the ruling. Whether or not