Re: [liberationtech] Any thoughts on the OPERATION CLEAVER reports?

2014-12-07 Thread Michael Rogers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/12/14 01:18, coderman wrote: On 12/2/14, Nariman Gharib nariman...@gmail.com wrote: OPERATION CLEAVER: A new global cyber power has emerged; one that has already compromised some of the world’s most critical infrastructure. The Operation

Re: [liberationtech] Any thoughts on the OPERATION CLEAVER reports?

2014-12-07 Thread coderman
On 12/7/14, Michael Rogers mich...@briarproject.org wrote: ... Was this meant for another thread? The Operation Cleaver report doesn't mention smartphones or baseband exploits. hi Michael, this was indeed a mis-chan; Operation Auroragold a different coordinated and and determined group

Re: [liberationtech] Any thoughts on the OPERATION CLEAVER reports?

2014-12-06 Thread coderman
On 12/2/14, Nariman Gharib nariman...@gmail.com wrote: OPERATION CLEAVER: A new global cyber power has emerged; one that has already compromised some of the world’s most critical infrastructure. The Operation Cleaver report sheds light on the efforts of a coordinated and determined group

[liberationtech] Any thoughts on the OPERATION CLEAVER reports?

2014-12-02 Thread Nariman Gharib
OPERATION CLEAVER: A new global cyber power has emerged; one that has already compromised some of the world’s most critical infrastructure. The Operation Cleaver report sheds light on the efforts of a coordinated and determined group working to undermine the security of at least 50 companies

[liberationtech] Any thoughts on this?

2013-06-22 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Dewald Pretorius, owner of SocialOomph.com The alarming revelations of the extent to which our privacy is being invaded by governments have inspired me to create a free encryption service that is for everyone. It is gratis, it's extremely easy to use, and it's anonymous (no need to sign

Re: [liberationtech] Any thoughts on this?

2013-06-22 Thread Andrew Harris
Uuuufgh, it does the encryption server-side via POST, so it's essentially begging for your trust. So while Total Amnesia is promised, it's really not assured. Neat tool and everything, but I'd prefer to see a local version. Also, it doesn't offer authentication like PGP and OTR do. On Sat, Jun

Re: [liberationtech] Any thoughts on this?

2013-06-22 Thread Seth Schoen
Yosem Companys writes: From: Dewald Pretorius, owner of SocialOomph.com The alarming revelations of the extent to which our privacy is being invaded by governments have inspired me to create a free encryption service that is for everyone. It is gratis, it's extremely easy to use, and it's

Re: [liberationtech] Any thoughts on this?

2013-06-22 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 09:15:45AM -0700, Yosem Companys wrote: From: Dewald Pretorius, owner of SocialOomph.com The alarming revelations of the extent to which our privacy is being invaded by governments have inspired me to create a free encryption service that is for everyone. It is

Re: [liberationtech] Any thoughts on this?

2013-06-22 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
Yeah, this is completely nuts. You're sending the service's owner(s) your password and plaintext in the clear. The person(s) operating this service get(s) all the passwords, all the plaintext, and even which IP address is sending/receiving plain texts at what time with each password. It's