Re: [liberationtech] US Feds Threaten to Arrest Lavabit Founder for Shutting Down His Service | Techdirt

2013-08-19 Thread Fran Parker
I would never wish the crapshoot of the court system on anyone where being in the right can even be subverted. On Aug 19, 2013, at 3:02 PM, R. Jason Cronk r...@privacymaverick.com wrote: As sad as it seems, I hope the do prosecute himnot because I want to see him convicted but it would

Re: [liberationtech] Inflated expectations?

2013-08-19 Thread Fran Parker
Was reading about this earlier today. Very interesting. On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:26 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: Mesh Networks: The Cure for Keeping the NSA Out of Your Computer http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/mesh-internet-privacy-nsa-isp by @pomeranian99 --

Re: [liberationtech] How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill His Secrets

2013-08-21 Thread Fran Parker
And that is a very noble cause. On Aug 21, 2013, at 6:33 PM, Lina Srivastava l...@linasrivastava.com wrote: There's enough heroism to go around. To get a story of this magnitude out requires courage from both sources and journalists. And safety is in no way guaranteed for anyone involved.

Re: [liberationtech] Bradley Manning's sentence: 35 years for exposing us to the truth

2013-08-21 Thread Fran Parker
Excellent point. On Aug 21, 2013, at 6:32 PM, Richard Brooks r...@acm.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I guess this is progress. In ancient Greece and the Middle Ages, exposing people to the truth would get you killed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version:

Re: [liberationtech] Privacy-minded search engines?

2012-04-30 Thread Fran Parker
I use DDG, IXQuick and StartPage (sister site to IXQuick from what I understand) On 4/30/12 6:55 PM, Cyrus Farivar wrote: Hey guys, I'm working on a piece about privacy-minded search engines. I know of DuckDuckGo and IXQuick. Any others out there? Thx, -C

Re: [liberationtech] Avaaz, is this for real?

2012-05-05 Thread Fran Parker
Totally agree, Zack! It's a tough world out there -- for Advocacy as it is for any other venture. Keeping the keel and rudder pointed correctly so the advocacy ship doesn't run aground is not an easy gig. Especially in such a fickle world where you can't afford to have anyone misjudge your

Re: [liberationtech] Liberationtech Mailing List Survey

2012-08-19 Thread Fran Parker
Thanks Jillian, I missed this entirely, but your thoughts reflect my own. So, Yosem, please count my votes as noted below in Jillian's response today. On 8/19/12 1:17 PM, Jillian C. York wrote: I guess I assumed that we were waiting for a proper survey, but here are my responses: -

Re: [liberationtech] best practices - roundup

2012-10-09 Thread Fran Parker
Thanks Parker! I was hoping someone would post some of these best practices as an article or white paper link. On 10/9/12 1:28 PM, Parker Higgins wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Katy, Excellent list. Sorry I'm late to the game, but if you're traveling to one Internet

Re: [liberationtech] Silent Circle to publish source code?

2012-10-12 Thread Fran Parker
Excellent Julian! Here's the direct link for all three videos by CircledUp (http://www.youtube.com/user/CircledUp) over at Youtube: http://preview.tinyurl.com/8d3wrs6 and raw URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhEzawkDTgEfeature=bf_prevlist=ULDhyUkrGcidQ On 10/12/12 2:16 PM, Julian

Re: [liberationtech] Silent Circle to publish source code?

2012-10-12 Thread Fran Parker
I love what they say in the videos. The videos are very well done and immediately put you at ease. I have dealt with Phil's products for a very long time, and I would trust that what he says is true as far as he knows about this product. However, open scrutiny of the code is the only way to

Re: [liberationtech] Tragic News: Aaron Swartz commits suicide

2013-01-16 Thread Fran Parker
I didn't know Aaron Swartz personally, but we all have seen what a wonderful person he was. He was a talented and gifted individual and my heart goes out to his family and friends. And to all of us ... as we all lost an amazing advocate. I posted two different postings on my blog: The Truth

Re: [liberationtech] Skype Open Letter: CALL FOR SIGNATORIES

2013-01-21 Thread Fran Parker
Can you add Fran Parker as an individual please. Thanks. Nadim Kobeissi wrote: Added. Thank you! NK On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Martin Johnsongreatf...@greatfire.orgwrote: GreatFire.org would like to sign. Thanks very much for doing this. Martin Johnson Founder https

Re: [liberationtech] Cryptocat announces new website

2013-01-22 Thread Fran Parker
Totally agree! Great job! Definitely want people to choose their browser rather than detecting it, or allowing people the choice of choosing. It is always so frustrating at Oracle's Java page. They don't give you an easy way on the main page to get the version you want, particularly if you

Re: [liberationtech] Cryptocat announces new website

2013-01-22 Thread Fran Parker
Awesome! On Jan 22, 2013, at 7:39 PM, Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Fran Parker lilba...@gmail.com wrote: Totally agree! Great job! Definitely want people to choose their browser rather than detecting it, or allowing people the choice of choosing

Re: [liberationtech] Skype Open Letter: Launch Date!

2013-01-24 Thread Fran Parker
8:36 AM EST and https://skypeopenletter.com will not load. Times out. However, http://www.skypeopenletter.com/ loads fine. https not working I guess. Nadim Kobeissi wrote: It's out, everyone! NK On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Nadim Kobeissina...@nadim.cc wrote: The Open Letter to

Re: [liberationtech] Skype Open Letter: Launch Date!

2013-01-24 Thread Fran Parker
I couldn't get there with the link provided so searched for Skype on The Verge and got this link: http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/24/3895002/an-open-letter-asks-whos-listening-in-on-skype-calls Martin Johnson wrote: Actually

Re: [liberationtech] The Brussels Privacy Declaration - CALL FOR SIGNATORIES

2013-01-25 Thread Fran Parker
Thanks! I signed too! Kirsten wrote: Dear all, In response to the massive corporate lobbying in Brussels against the data protection reform, European Digital Rights (EDRi), Bits of Freedom and Privacy International drafted a statement (http://brusselsdeclaration.net/) geared towards Members