[liberationtech] Berkeley Human Rights Ctr seeks a Tech Human Rights Director
Hi LibTech, I've just received notice of this position, which may be of interest to some on the list. Note that the application date is July 20. The UC Berkeley Human Rights Center is hiring a director for its Technology and Human Rights Program. The job is for an initial year, but we are confident it will continue for many years to come. https://www.law.berkeley.edu/centers/human-rights-center/ For the job posting: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF00770 For more information on the Human Rights Center: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/centers/human-rights-center/ -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] On-line voting
As if made for each other: ACM commentary on risks of on-line voting: http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/185174-computer-security-and-the-risks-of-online-voting/fulltext Commercial trade press saying that Just five years ago, the debate about Internet voting was dominated by classically, appropriately paranoid security professionals saying we shouldn't go down this path, http://www.networkworld.com/article/2946689/security/internet-voting-not-ready-yet-but-can-be-made-more-secure.html Trade press is based entirely on info commissioned by the U.S. Vote Foundation, an organization that helps U.S. residents vote. Presentation with good info on security of voting systems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY_pHvhE4os Of course from a paranoid security professional. -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
Re: [liberationtech] Community Technology in Cuba Report -- corrected link
The correct address for the report is www.peterbmiller.wordpress.com/cuba-project ---pm I send this along in appreciation for the suggestions and responsiveness to my post in April. -peter miller * * * * * alt-rootsofhope.org: Between a Rock and a Hard Place There are a couple of key markers, stopping off points on the Community Technology road between the US and Cuba, and an especially useful one is rootsofhope.org. It’s got prime resources and lessons to teach, about what to do, and what not to do. What’s not to like? — www.rootsofhope.org is a bilingual “international network of students and young professionals working to inspire young people across the globe to think about Cuba and proactively support our young counterparts on the island through innovative means.” As “a nonprofit, nonpartisan movement,” it’s supported with big name endorsers, a funding program, travel support, and a “Tech4Cuba” component, gathering and distributing new and used equipment. The show-stopper for this self-proclaimed “nonprofit, non-partisan” effort is near the bottom of the page: “Right now, 11 million people in Cuba are systematically denied the ability to exercise their most fundamental rights and actualize their full potential. Living under the Western Hemisphere’s last dictatorship, Cuba’s people are denied their most basic rights of free speech, free association and information freedom.” For more, see the full report at www.peterbmiller.wordpress.org/cuba-project — -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
[liberationtech] Community Technology in Cuba Project Report
I send this along in appreciation for the suggestions and responsiveness to my post in April. -peter miller * * * * * alt-rootsofhope.org: Between a Rock and a Hard Place There are a couple of key markers, stopping off points on the Community Technology road between the US and Cuba, and an especially useful one is rootsofhope.org. It’s got prime resources and lessons to teach, about what to do, and what not to do. What’s not to like? — www.rootsofhope.org is a bilingual “international network of students and young professionals working to inspire young people across the globe to think about Cuba and proactively support our young counterparts on the island through innovative means.” As “a nonprofit, nonpartisan movement,” it’s supported with big name endorsers, a funding program, travel support, and a “Tech4Cuba” component, gathering and distributing new and used equipment. The show-stopper for this self-proclaimed “nonprofit, non-partisan” effort is near the bottom of the page: “Right now, 11 million people in Cuba are systematically denied the ability to exercise their most fundamental rights and actualize their full potential. Living under the Western Hemisphere’s last dictatorship, Cuba’s people are denied their most basic rights of free speech, free association and information freedom.” For more, see the full report at www.peterbmiller.wordpress.org/cuba-project — -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu.
