Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-20 Thread Nathan of Guardian
On 05/17/2013 06:02 PM, Kevin Poulsen wrote: That's awesome! But you write that the dot-onion can only be reached from mobile Android devices. What about this? I think Mark meant only as in the only way to fly... or perhaps, the only way to reach the service, or any Tor Hidden Service, from

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-18 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
On 5/18/13 6:12 AM, Griffin Boyce wrote: Kevin Poulsen k...@hacknet.com mailto:k...@hacknet.com wrote: That's awesome! But you write that the dot-onion can only be reached from mobile Android devices. What about this? https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onion-browser/id519296448?mt=8

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-18 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
On 5/18/13 12:38 PM, Michael Zeltner wrote: Hmm, interesting. A friend and I have recently discovered an easy Tor configuration hack to do something similar: https://www.cryptoparty.at/tor2tcp Would be interested to hear what you think of that. I haven't delved into why using that instance of

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-18 Thread Michael Zeltner
On 18 May 13:32, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote: On 5/18/13 12:38 PM, Michael Zeltner wrote: Hmm, interesting. A friend and I have recently discovered an easy Tor configuration hack to do something similar: https://www.cryptoparty.at/tor2tcp Would be interested to hear what you think of

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-17 Thread The Doctor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/16/2013 01:37 PM, Griffin Boyce wrote: Kevin Poulsen k...@hacknet.com wrote: Shava Nerad shav...@gmail.com wrote: Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: Jacob Appelbaum ja...@appelbaum.net wrote: Sarah Lai Stirland: My god, literally

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-17 Thread Mark Belinsky
Without taking sides on Strongbox, I made an easy interactive tutorial on how to easily access it from a mobile so that journalists can take a peek for themselves: https://guardianproject.info/2013/05/16/strongbox/ -- @mbelinsky | markbelinsky.com | phone: +1-347-466-9327 | skype: markontheline

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-17 Thread Kevin Poulsen
That's awesome! But you write that the dot-onion can only be reached from mobile Android devices. What about this? https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onion-browser/id519296448?mt=8 On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Mark Belinsky mark.belin...@gmail.com wrote: Without taking sides on Strongbox, I

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-17 Thread Griffin Boyce
Kevin Poulsen k...@hacknet.com wrote: That's awesome! But you write that the dot-onion can only be reached from mobile Android devices. What about this? https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onion-browser/id519296448?mt=8 An Apple app is not the best option. You could set up your own

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-16 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
On 5/16/13 12:05 AM, Eleanor Saitta wrote: Which parts of the Dead Drop architecture do you think are unnecessary for a leaking platform? First of all leaking is not necessarily whistleblowing (it's like cracking vs hacking wording debate :P) . The act of protecting someone identity that

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-16 Thread Jacob Appelbaum
Sarah Lai Stirland: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/05/strongbox-and-aaron-swartz.html http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/backissues/2013/05/strongbox-the-new-yorker-investigates.html Kevin Poulsen suggested I open issues on Github and I've been doing so as 'ioerror'

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-16 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
The technical aspects aside, I find the fact that they're using Aaron Swartz as a marketing asset to be morally problematic. :/ NK On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 6:04 AM, Jacob Appelbaum ja...@appelbaum.netwrote: Sarah Lai Stirland:

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-16 Thread Griffin Boyce
Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: The technical aspects aside, I find the fact that they're using Aaron Swartz as a marketing asset to be morally problematic. :/ NK I was originally conflicted by this as well, but... Considering he was the architect of the project and worked on it, and

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-16 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Griffin Boyce griffinbo...@gmail.comwrote: Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: The technical aspects aside, I find the fact that they're using Aaron Swartz as a marketing asset to be morally problematic. :/ NK I was originally conflicted by this as

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-16 Thread Eleanor Saitta
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2013.05.16 10.45, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote: On 5/16/13 12:05 AM, Eleanor Saitta wrote: Which parts of the Dead Drop architecture do you think are unnecessary for a leaking platform? First of all leaking is not necessarily whistleblowing

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-16 Thread Dave Karpf
I was glad that they marketed it the way they did. Stephen Heymann and Carmen Ortiz have faced no consequences for their prosecutorial zeal. Aaron's Law isn't going anywhere fast, and it would be very easy for the public at large to move on to other things. Any mention of Aaron in the *New

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-16 Thread Shava Nerad
/snark Why, take the positive spin. Think of it as proving the New Yorker's place in this constellation. They can destroy Aaron Swartz' character in one article and use him now to promote their project without a single qualm. And, they can hire Poulsen who has publically compared Tor and Tor

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-16 Thread Kevin Poulsen
Shava, are you talking about this? http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/07/cyber-jihadists/ I was glib, to be sure, but I followed up by posting the entirety of your 500 word response to my 200 word post. Also, 2007. On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Shava Nerad shav...@gmail.com wrote: /snark

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-16 Thread Griffin Boyce
Kevin Poulsen k...@hacknet.com wrote: Shava Nerad shav...@gmail.com wrote: Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: Jacob Appelbaum ja...@appelbaum.net wrote: Sarah Lai Stirland: My god, literally *everyone* lurks on libtech. currently sitting with six people who *all* lurk here, Griffin

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-16 Thread Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
Dios los cría y ellos se juntan, they say in Spanish! :D Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato, Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes a...@acm.org +1 (817) 271-9619 On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Griffin Boyce griffinbo...@gmail.com wrote: Kevin Poulsen k...@hacknet.com wrote: Shava Nerad

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-16 Thread Eleanor Saitta
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2013.05.17 00.05, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote: I like deaddrop uber-paranoid approach. I'm just convinced that's overkill, designed to be excessively scarifying usability efficiency, thus not being suitable for the many uses that we'd

[liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-15 Thread Sarah Lai Stirland
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/05/strongbox-and-aaron-swartz.html http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/backissues/2013/05/strongbox-the-new-yorker-investigates.html -- Sarah Lai Stirland Senior Writer techPresident Tel: 415-859 9749 Twitter:@LaiStirland

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-15 Thread Eduardo Robles Elvira
Hello Sarah: Really interesting! Thanks for the news, I've just proposed to implement the DeadDrop software in our local Pirate Party in Madrid/Spain. Regards, On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Sarah Lai Stirland sa...@personaldemocracy.com wrote:

Re: [liberationtech] New Yorker debut's Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox.'

2013-05-15 Thread R. Jason Cronk
Is there a technical write up of the architecture anywhere? On 5/15/2013 1:17 PM, Sarah Lai Stirland wrote: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/05/strongbox-and-aaron-swartz.html