I think my only complaint (that doesn't seem to be mentioned, though I could
have missed it) is that the email address is generated with your key. This
means that you have to create a whole new email account every 6 - 12 months for
optimal security. I would suggest that you should allow people
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Travis McCrea m...@travismccrea.com wrote:
I think my only complaint (that doesn't seem to be mentioned, though I could
have missed it) is that the email address is generated with your key. This
means that you have to create a whole new email account every 6 -
Hi all,
I'd like to ask list members who are based in London, or *who will be in London
anytime during September*, to participate in my research.
I am exploring the use of mobile apps by investigative journalists, human
rights and NGO workers.
- Are you an investigative journalist, NGO or a
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
