> > The best social solution for this problem is to attack centralized > surveillance, since it seems much more harmful overall than > decentralized surveillance. I can't think of any horrible things > decentralized surveillance has done, but I can think of several positive > things it's done (the Rodney King tape and a large number of similar > tapes, the Russian meteor footage). > >
Don't forget that decentralized surveillance helped catch the Boston Bombers in record time. On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 12:00 PM, < [email protected]> wrote: > Send libreplanet-discuss mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of libreplanet-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Linux.com promoting Google Glass? (Manuel Palomo Duarte) > 2. Re: Ethical non-DRM uses of EME (Andrew Roffey) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 00:03:41 +0200 > From: Manuel Palomo Duarte <[email protected]> > To: Ted Smith <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Linux.com promoting Google Glass? > Message-ID: > <CAGx6HVpQwAXgEr0Ar= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > As I understand the interest of Linux.com (ergo Linux Foundation) is > promoting Linux in all its applications and uses. Of course, preferring > those related to freedom, but linux is just linux > > 2013/5/17 Ted Smith <[email protected]> > > > On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 19:16 +0200, Micha? 'rysiek' Wo?niak wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I find this... disconcerting: > > > http://www.linux.com/news/friday-funnies/the-iron-penguin-part-2 > > > > > > I understand that Google Glass is a Linux-based device that makes > rounds > > in > > > the press and seems to be a very... convenient vehicle of promoting > > Linux, but > > > there is a multitude of problems with it. > > > > > > First off, I don't see Google promoting the fact that it's Linux-based. > > Google > > > doesn't help promote Linux. > > > > Google funds Linux hacking and makes sure there are GNU/Linux ports of > > their non-free software (I see this as worse than libre software on > > Windows, but better than not supporting GNU/Linux at all -- a net > > negative, but not the worst case, and not something I'd note as a > > positive to anyone not subscribed to this list). > > > > > Secondly, Google Glass has a lot of dangerous implications for privacy > > and > > > personal freedom -- the very personal freedom that Free Software is > > poised to > > > protect, although in a bit different area. > > > > Does it? The only implication is that now individuals have an easy way > > to essentially tape a long-running camera to their face. People have > > been doing that for a long time, and your public life has been > > constantly surveilled for much longer. > > > > Google Glass doesn't take away any privacy. It just makes the existing > > privacy losses much more blatant. > > > > There is no technical solution for this problem. It's not clear if the > > technological attacker or defender has a clear advantage at the moment, > > and the arms race will continue for some time. > > > > The best social solution for this problem is to attack centralized > > surveillance, since it seems much more harmful overall than > > decentralized surveillance. I can't think of any horrible things > > decentralized surveillance has done, but I can think of several positive > > things it's done (the Rodney King tape and a large number of similar > > tapes, the Russian meteor footage). > > > > > > -- > > Sent from Ubuntu > > > > > > -- > Prof. Manuel Palomo Duarte, PhD > Software Process Improvement and Formal Methods group (SPI&FM). > Degree Coordinator for Computer Science. > Department of Computer Science. > Escuela Superior de Ingenieria. > C/ Chile, 1 > 11002 - Cadiz (Spain) > University of Cadiz > http://neptuno.uca.es/~mpalomo > Tlf: (+34) 956 015483 > Mobile phone: (+34) 649 280080 > Mobile phone from University network: 45483 > Fax: (+34) 956 015139 > > Aviso legal: Este mensaje (incluyendo los ficheros adjuntos) puede contener > informaci?n confidencial, dirigida a un destinatario y objetivo espec?fico. > Si usted no es el destinatario del mismo le pido disculpas, y le pido que > elimine este correo, evitando cualquier divulgaci?n, copia o distribuci?n > de su contenido, as? como desarrollar o ejecutar cualquier acci?n basada en > el mismo. > -- > Legal Notice: This message (including the attached files) contains > confidential information, directed to a specific addressee and objective. > In case you are not the addressee of the same, I apologize. And I ask you > to delete this mail, and not to resend, copy or distribute its content, as > well as develop or execute any action based on the same. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.libreplanet.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/attachments/20130518/ef8c37c6/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 08:58:41 +1000 > From: Andrew Roffey <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Ethical non-DRM uses of EME > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed > > On 18/05/13 01:20, Joshua Gay wrote: > > On 05/17/2013 08:57 AM, Andrew Roffey wrote: > >> However, I'm aware that EME does help with > >> key exchange on the browser-level, and provides a standard API for > >> dealing with encrypted content. It could also make it easier to handle > >> support multiple cryptosystems (or the lack of one). > > > > > > For general Web Cryptography stuff you can look toward the Web > > Cryptography working group <http://www.w3.org/2012/webcrypto/> or the > > XML encryption spec <http://www.w3.org/standards/techs/xmlenc#w3c_all>. > > I am pretty sure all the things you described can and should be done > > through these working groups/specs. > > Thank you. That is perhaps closer to what I was looking for. I will have > to spend some more time taking a closer look at it. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > > > End of libreplanet-discuss Digest, Vol 41, Issue 14 > *************************************************** >
