Re: [liberationtech] Random number generation being influenced - rumors

2013-09-20 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Maxim Kammerer m...@dee.su wrote: Personally, I wouldn't trust an embedded engineer to implement bubble sort correctly, and see no reason to trust them with security-critical implementations, even if one assumes no malice or subversion of production process. By

Re: [liberationtech] [coreboot] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-20 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Patrick Georgi patr...@georgi-clan.de - Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:49:49 +0200 From: Patrick Georgi patr...@georgi-clan.de To: coreb...@coreboot.org Subject: Re: [coreboot] [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption User-Agent:

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-20 Thread John Sullivan
Blibbet blib...@gmail.com writes: I don't think so -- unless you have a laptop flashed with a free software BIOS / boot firmware that you can inspect and modify. There are a handful of dated possibilities out there like that (Thinkpad x60 models that support coreboot, Lemote Yeelongs), but

[liberationtech] Thirteen Principles Against Unchecked Surveillance Launched, at United Nations

2013-09-20 Thread Katitza Rodriguez
Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release For Immediate Release: Friday, September 20, 2013 Contact: Katitza Rodriguez International Rights Director Electronic Frontier Foundation kati...@eff.org Thirteen Principles Against Unchecked Surveillance Launched at United Nations Privacy

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-20 Thread Blibbet
(We call the bad version of Secure Boot, where the user does not have the ability to modify the set of trusted keys or disable the system, Restricted Boot.) We have discussed the idea of trying to become a root key holder for Secure Boot, working with OEMs to by default trust GNU/Linux distro

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-20 Thread John Sullivan
Micah Lee mi...@micahflee.com writes: I completely disagree. Ubiquitous end-to-end encryption will help protect against *dragnet* surveillance. The fact that smartphones are imminently pwnable doesn't change this fact. Even if you're using a Carrier IQ-infested/baseband backdoored device,

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-20 Thread Micah Lee
On 09/12/2013 04:14 PM, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb wrote: Stefan: Why not? For verification, OpenPGP on smartphones is *possibly* ok. For a device used to sign or encrypt smartphones are totally inappropriate regardless of the potential convenience. No such agency and

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: Firefox OS with built in support for OpenPGP encryption

2013-09-20 Thread John Sullivan
Blibbet blib...@gmail.com writes: (We call the bad version of Secure Boot, where the user does not have the ability to modify the set of trusted keys or disable the system, Restricted Boot.) We have discussed the idea of trying to become a root key holder for Secure Boot, working with OEMs

Re: [liberationtech] Brazil Looks to Break from U.S.-Centric Internet

2013-09-20 Thread Bill Woodcock
On Sep 18, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Bill Woodcock wo...@pch.net wrote: Well, there are a bunch of different concepts being discussed. The primary one is localization of routing, which isn't just possible, it's best-practice, and something Brazil has been doing an excellent job of already for

[liberationtech] Building a Better Future for Civil Societies Around the World

2013-09-20 Thread Yosem Companys
http://mashable.com/2013/09/20/samantha-power-social-good-summit/ Digital tools such as Facebook http://mashable.com/category/facebook/ and Twitter http://mashable.com/category/twitter/ have empowered activists around the world to become revolutionaries. Despite the advances civil society has

[liberationtech] The Whonix Project is looking for a Translations Coordinator

2013-09-20 Thread adrelanos
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hello liberationtech! The Whonix Project is looking for a translations coordinator. Whonix [1] is an anonymous general purpose operating system based on Virtual Box, Debian GNU/Linux and Tor. It has its focus on anonymity, privacy, security and

Re: [liberationtech] The Whonix Project is looking for a Translations Coordinator

2013-09-20 Thread Griffin Boyce
On 09/20/2013 09:59 PM, adrelanos wrote: Hello liberationtech! The Whonix Project is looking for a translations coordinator. Whonix [1] is an anonymous general purpose operating system based on Virtual Box, Debian GNU/Linux and Tor. It has its focus on anonymity, privacy, security and