[liberationtech] FW: Short-Term Research Associate Vacancy on Digital Economies and Development: University of Manchester

[Melody Clark]

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Subject: [ciresearchers] Short-Term Research Associate Vacancy on Digital 
Economies and Development: University of Manchester

**Please forward to relevant potential applicants**

We are currently advertising a short-term Research Associate post relating to 
digital economies and developing countries, with an application deadline of 2 
Jan 2017: https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=12606

The post involves support for a research network including research 
dissemination, organisation of workshops and writing research reviews, plus 
opportunities to undertake pilot research and/or write up existing research, 
and prepare bids for future research.

Salary in the range £31,076 to £38,183 per annum.

We welcome applications from those who meet the essential person specification 
criteria, and who would like to join our Centre for Development Informatics 
research team for this exciting new initiative.

Richard Heeks, Director, Centre for Development 
Informatics, Global Development Institute, 
University of Manchester, UK



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Re: [liberationtech] Defending Dissidents from Targeted Digital Surveillance

[Jodi Schneider]

Any chance this will be streamed or recorded?

On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Yosem Companys 
wrote:

> From: Bill Marczak 
>
> *Title:* Defending Dissidents from Targeted Digital Surveillance
> *Speaker:* William R. Marczak
> *Advisor:* Prof. Vern Paxson
>
> *Date:* Friday, Dec 09, 2016
> *Time:* 12PM - 1PM
> *Location:* 205 South Hall, UC Berkeley
> *Food:* Light lunch
> *RSVP requested:* https://docs.google.com/forms/
> d/e/1FAIpQLSfSeROEo6bOTvNzZw6KTf--Lgr5-yP5TFcpT0qY66x9foyHtg/viewform
>
> *Abstract:*
>
> Computer security research devotes extensive efforts to protecting
> individuals against indiscriminate, large-scale attacks such as those used
> by cybercriminals, and protecting institutions against targeted cyber
> attacks conducted by nation-states (so-called “Advanced Persistent
> Threats'').  Where these two problem domains intersect, however---targeted
> cyber attacks by nation-states against individuals---has received
> considerably less study.
>
> In this talk, I will first detail my efforts to characterize this space,
> based on analysis of an extensive collection of suspicious files and links
> targeting activists, opposition members, and nongovernmental organizations
> in the Middle East over a period of several years.  I will present attack
> campaigns involving a variety of commercial “lawful intercept” and
> off-the-shelf tools, and explain Internet scanning techniques I used to map
> out the potential broader scope of such activity.  Based on these first
> efforts, I will present the results of my IRB-approved research study
> involving in-depth interviews with 30 potential targets of abusive
> surveillance in four countries.  The results give insight into potential
> targets’ perceptions of the risks associated with their online activity,
> and their security posture.  Based on my study results, I will propose
> Himaya, a defensive approach I developed that readily integrates with
> targets’ workflow to provide near real-time scanning of a subject’s email
> messages to check for threats.  I will explain Himaya’s architecture and
> provide preliminary data from its beta deployment.
>
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Re: [liberationtech] E-Voting

[Andres]

Rich, the article you link to talks about the risk of one individual voting 
machine being tampered with. That's not a concern with the Estonian system. The 
polling stations still run on ink and paper. When voting online you can use any 
hardware (PC, Mac, Linux, iPhone or Android phone, public or private) to vote 
and later verify your vote.

One device being tampered with will affect only a single (or perhaps a few more 
if shared) voter. It would also be uncovered if the voter verifies the vote on 
any other device.

Andres

> On 1 Dec 2016, at 19:43, Rich Kulawiec  wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 06:02:36PM +0200, Andres wrote:
>> Could Intel and AMD team up and hide a backdoor on the vote counting
>> server's CPU? It certainly is in the realm of possibilities. However,
>> it's extremely cost prohibitive, risky and as a result unlikely.
> 
> It's not cost-prohibitive for someone (not necessarily Intel or AMD)
> to do this.  Not any more.
> 
> Read this:
> 
>   Stealing an Election (Schneier on Security)
>   https://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram/archives/2004/0415.html#4
> 
> A lot of articles and papers and reports been written about the problems
> of e-voting.  That little essay might be the most important one.  If you've
> gotten to this point and haven't read it: read it.  Bookmark it.  Read it
> again later.  And again.
> 
> Now consider that it was written in 2004.  Scale the number up to account
> for 12 years of dramatically increased campaign expenditures and the usual
> inflation.  Factor in that there are no longer merely individuals or
> parties/groups trying to sway the outcome of elections, but nations.
> 
> It is not unreasonable, at this point, to presume an attacker budget in
> the billion-dollar range.
> 
> Which means that lots of things we might once have ruled out as absurdly
> cost-prohibitive...aren't.
> 
> ---rsk
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[liberationtech] Job: Data Scientist (NYC)

[Mary Joyce]

Greetings!

We're seeking a Data Scientist at Harmony Institute
, a NYC-based incubator and applied
media research lab.  The job description is attached and here
.

Our organization aims to solve some of the biggest challenges facing
activists, businesses, governments, and anyone else making big bets on the
social effects of media. To that end, we're seeking an individual with a
background in a quantitative or technical field with superb programming
skills and experience working with large data sets to join our team.  I bet
you know a great person for this position.  Or maybe you *are* that person!

To apply, send a cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to
s...@harmony-institute.org.  Applications will be accepted on a rolling
basis.

Let me know if you have any questions and good luck!

With appreciation,
Mary

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Communications Director
harmony-institute.org 
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