[liberationtech] Quantum computation & communication

2012-12-18 Thread Gregory Foster
After reading Assange, et. al.'s "Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet", wherein classical encryption is presented as a panacea for ensuring privacy in an age of mass surveillance, I found the following article succinct in questioning the long-term viability of that narrative (or

[liberationtech] Online journalist fatalities, deaths in combat both hit record highs

2012-12-18 Thread frank
Speaking of the need, today CPJ released its journalist killed figures for 2012. Two records: A record number of online journalists killed in 2012. And more journalists killed in combat situations in 2012 than in any previous year that CPJ has been keeping records. Syria is the main reason behin

Re: [liberationtech] Forbes recommends tools for journalists

2012-12-18 Thread frank
Thank you Julian and Andrew. > Original Message > Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Forbes recommends tools for journalists > From: liberationt...@lewman.us > Date: Tue, December 18, 2012 7:44 am > To: liberationtech > > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 03:28:31PM -0800, bri...@smallworl

Re: [liberationtech] Forbes recommends tools for journalists

2012-12-18 Thread liberationtech
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 03:28:31PM -0800, bri...@smallworldnews.tv wrote 2.9K bytes in 0 lines about: : Its SSD so its still not a secure wipe, no? Only use fully encrypted disks/filesystems with SSD. Otherwise, assume your data is saved for posterity and forensic recovery on an SSD. This is like

Re: [liberationtech] Forbes recommends tools for journalists

2012-12-18 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 03:28:31PM -0800, Brian Conley wrote: > Its SSD so its still not a secure wipe, no? Indeed. From 'Securely Destroying Data' chapter in The CryptoParty Handbook v1.1: //-> An important note on So