Re: [liberationtech] Why Metadata Matters
Well if there was no privacy-invading information to be gleaned from the metadata then the NSA would not go to such lengths to obtain it. Inherent in the action of obtaining it, is the admission that the metadata is valuable to the NSA to spy on you. Obvious, innit. G. On 06/06/2013 01:44 PM, Griffin Boyce wrote: I see a lot of people wondering why metadata matters. But they don't know *what* you're doing there! So I'll give a short example to illustrate how metadata can be used to not only determine who someone is talking to, but also to invade their privacy and uncover the most intimate details of their life. Jane is at 16th L Street for an hour. Carla is at 16th L Street for four hours. She's had a short visit previously. James is at 16th L Street for twenty minutes. He comes back at the same time every week. Kris is at 16th L Street for ten hours. Rick is at 16th L Street for eight hours every night. Samantha has been there for three days and four hours. 16th L Street is the address of a Planned Parenthood in Washington, DC. Jane is having a physical. Carla is having an abortion. James receives his medication there. By visit time, location, and frequency, he is likely a trans guy. If his appointments were every two weeks, the metadata would indicate that James is a trans woman. Kris is protesting there. Rick works in an office in the same building. Samantha dropped her phone in the Farragut West Metro Station and has been looking for it ever since. And that's just location data. If one calls a physician every day, perhaps they have a major medical problem. If a crime happens on the other side of town, and you suddenly start calling attorneys... did you do it? There are numerous explanations for either of those scenarios, but this kind of metadata in isolation can be used to tell almost any story you want. Stay safe out there. best, Griffin Boyce -- Gustaf Björksten Technology Director Access Now اكسس ناو تونس https://www.accessnow.org GPG ID: 0xFEB3D12A GPG Fingerprint: C10F FC31 B92A 3A32 40A0 1A72 43AC A427 FEB3 D12A -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
[liberationtech] Announcing finalists (and soon winners) for the Access Tech Innovation Prize
Hi everybody, The finalists of the Access Technology Innovation Prize have been announced. The projects selected by the judges as finalists are: Blackout Resilience Award: Briar, Linux en Caja + BogotaMesh + RedPaTodos + Hackbo, Project Byzantium, RePress - Greenhost Making Crypto Easy: Enigmail, GPG Clipboard - Open Technology Institute, HTTPS Everywhere - Electronic Frontier Foundation, LEAP Encryption Access Project Freedom of Expression Award (Golden Jellybean 1): Free Network Foundation, Initiative for China + Tahrir Project, Open Observatory for Network Interference (OONI), Project Gulliver - Greenhost, Storymaker - Small World News and Guardian Project Grassroots Technology Award (Golden Jellybean 2): Flashproxy - Open Technology Institute, Haroon Rashid Shah, Interactive Voice Response-Based Market Information System - Marye, Mengistu Miskir, Maletsabisa Molapo, Reticle - Malice Afterthought Facebook Award: Map Kibera Trust, BigWebNoise, Seven Sisters, Social Media for Democracy For further information on the projects please follow the link below: https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2012/12/04/announcing-the-access-tech-innovation-prize-finalists The winners will be announced this Monday 10th December at an awards party in New York City. All welcome to attend (please RSVP to r...@accessnow.org). The official invitation for the awards ceremony and party can be found at the following location: https://www.accessnow.org/TIP-awards All the very best, -- Gustaf Björksten Technology Director Access https://www.accessnow.org GPG ID: 0xFEB3D12A GPG Fingerprint: C10F FC31 B92A 3A32 40A0 1A72 43AC A427 FEB3 D12A -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
Re: [liberationtech] OpenITP and ISC's Circumvention Tech Summit - Tunis Nov 26-28, 2012
On 10/13/2012 04:02 PM, Dragana Kaurin wrote: OpenITP and ISC's Circumvention Tech Summit Tunis, Tunisia November 26-28, 2012 After the success of the Circumvention Tech Summit in Rio de Janeiro last June, the value of gathering together those working on anti-censorship and anti-surveillance tools has become clear. Therefore, we are pleased to announce that OpenITP and the Information Security Coalition (ISC) will be hosting a second summit on November 26-28 in Tunis, Tunisia. This summit will be unique, as we are bringing together both developers working on Internet Freedom tools and Syrian activists who are using these tools in their efforts to effect change in Syria. Increasing dialog between developers and users will help projects identify how they can best serve the real and immediate needs of the Syrian people, as well as other at-risk populations. Ultimately, our goal is to promote collaboration among technical projects that implement and preserve the principles of a free and open Internet. We aim to help attendees increase access to users and testers, eliminate duplicative effort, increas e inter-project infrastructure, and promulgate open standards and best practices. We encourage you to attend if you're interested in discovering what others in this field are doing, both in the Middle East/North Africa region and internationally. Attendees will share best practices from their projects, learn about new and related projects, and receive direct feedback from Syrian activists using their tools. We're excited to continue supporting the work of tool developers, and we anticipate this event helping to advance your project, as high-bandwidth cross-project discovery and communication are best done in person. Please contact us if you would like to attend by November 1st, 2012. Travel subsidies of varying amounts are available on a case-by-case basis for members of the circumvention tech community. Note that our travel budget is limited, so we urge attendees who have their own financial means to fund their attendance directly so that others with fewer options may still be able to attend. We look forward to seeing you all in Tunis! Please RSVP to kau...@openitp.org and tell us what you plan to work on, and what kind of projects and people you hope to meet. Regards, OpenITP the ISC Hi Dragana, I would love to be in Tunisia for this event. Please reserve me a spot ;) All the very best, -- Gustaf Björksten Technology Director Access https://www.accessnow.org GPG ID: 0xFEB3D12A GPG Fingerprint: C10F FC31 B92A 3A32 40A0 1A72 43AC A427 FEB3 D12A -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
