[liberationtech] Big data ethics

2014-03-02 Thread David Johnson
Here's a nice piece by Neil Richards and Jonathan King on developing norms for dealing with big data ... http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/2/gigabytes-gone-wild.html The values we build or fail to build into our new digital structures will define us. If we don’t balance the human

Re: [liberationtech] Big data ethics

2014-03-02 Thread Paul Bernal (LAW)
The academic article behind it is also online, here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2384174 It’s a good piece, I think! Paul Dr Paul Bernal Lecturer UEA Law School University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park Norwich NR4 7TJ email:

[liberationtech] Amazing New Privacy Product for Webcams

2014-03-02 Thread Sal Privacy
How do you provide unhackable privacy protection for 1.8 million people for only $5? Use the newly-released Privacy Patch sold here: http://www.fiverr.com/privacypatch/mail-you-a-bag-of-unhackable-privacy-protection Protect your privacy with the Privacy Patch for $5. Each bag generously comes

Re: [liberationtech] Amazing New Privacy Product for Webcams

2014-03-02 Thread Tony Arcieri
And the same thing could more or less be accomplished with less than $0.10 worth of black tape? -- bascule -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech.

Re: [liberationtech] Amazing New Privacy Product for Webcams

2014-03-02 Thread Guido Witmond
On 03/02/14 20:26, Sal Privacy wrote: More and more people are being spied on. In February, it was announced that *1.8 million *Yahoo! users had their webcams hacked and images intercepted. Allegedly there are backdoors into all *web-connected camera device*, and people can watch you without

Re: [liberationtech] Amazing New Privacy Product for Webcams

2014-03-02 Thread Seth David Schoen
Guido Witmond writes: Blocking a camera (and muting it's microphone) are wise things to do, but here Yahoo had 'forgotten' to implement end-to-end encryption. ... or even client-server encryption between the user and Yahoo. (Disclosure: my employer has a competing webcam privacy tool.) --

Re: [liberationtech] Amazing New Privacy Product for Webcams

2014-03-02 Thread Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
Isn't it reasonable to assume that EVERYBODY IS BEING OR IS BOUND TO BE SPIED ON in the Internet? Shouldn't we just assume that, and move on to other, more interesting, things? :-D (no puedo luchar estoy cansada, si dejo de luchar es cobardía, traigo mi corazón despedazado por conseguir tu amor

Re: [liberationtech] Amazing New Privacy Product for Webcams

2014-03-02 Thread
You may think it's silly all you like, but we'll keep trying anyway. And, yeah- less than .10 worth of duct tape has covered every camera on all my laptops and phones. nbsp;Except for my main phone: nbsp;that has an EFF logo sticker for cover, front and back. nbsp; On Mar 2, 2014 12:13 PM,

Re: [liberationtech] Amazing New Privacy Product for Webcams

2014-03-02 Thread Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
I have an EFF t-shirt, but I REALLY think this list has been hijacked, understandably, by the the NSA- related topic. I look back and I see the name of the list: LIBERATIONTECH! farking MORE, MUCH MORE THAN NSA-RELATED TOPICS! DON'T YOU THINK SO? Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato, Andrés

Re: [liberationtech] Amazing New Privacy Product for Webcams

2014-03-02 Thread
Yes, and I have no idea why someone looking to make a quick buck off of uninformed peoples' fears would post that silly 'product' to *this* list! My comment was just to say that I don't care if you think it's silly and futile to put tape over my (disabled) webcams. nbsp;They'd have nothing to

Re: [liberationtech] Amazing New Privacy Product for Webcams

2014-03-02 Thread Mikael Nordfeldth
2014-03-02 20:39 skrev Tony Arcieri: And the same thing could more or less be accomplished with less than $0.10 worth of black tape? Maybe one should purchase their sticker (even though it uses a proprietary adhesive) and perform some electromagnetic spectrum analysis with a flashlight or

[liberationtech] BASES Presents: Lunch With Joe Lonsdale - Founder of Palantir And Addepar!

2014-03-02 Thread Forrest Browning
APPLY http://bit.ly/joelonsdalelunch FOR JOE LONSDALE / BASES STARTUP LUNCH BASES is hosting an exclusive lunch for 15 Stanford students to meet Joe Lonsdale, Founder of Palantir and Addepar, Founding Partner At Formation 8! We'll provide lunch (Ike's) and there will be an informal, up close and

Re: [liberationtech] Amazing New Privacy Product for Webcams

2014-03-02 Thread Guido Witmond
On 03/02/14 21:13, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes wrote: Isn't it reasonable to assume that EVERYBODY IS BEING OR IS BOUND TO BE SPIED ON in the Internet? Shouldn't we just assume that, and move on to other, more interesting, things? You can safely assume that... ... and give in and

[liberationtech] RightsCon 2014 Ready to Launch!

2014-03-02 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Access Now acc...@accessnow.org After months of planning and preparing, we're ready to kick off *RightsCon Silicon Valley 2014 https://www.accessnow.org/page/m/3717cf21/13a55abf/70a9a0b6/1de12f22/3666225925/VEsC/*, the premier gathering of tech policy leaders, entrepreneurs, and digital

[liberationtech] Tweet-for-the-Squares (of Cairo and Kiev)

2014-03-02 Thread Yosem Companys
A Message from *Larry Diamond and Jeff Shank* *This March 2nd, 2014...the Day of the OSCARS...* * Tweet-for-the-Squares* (of Cairo and Kiev) *The Square*, about the Egyptian Revolution originating from *Tahrir* *Square*, inspired and gave moral support to Ukrainians...who screened a dubbed

Re: [liberationtech] Tweet-for-the-Squares (of Cairo and Kiev)

2014-03-02 Thread Yosem Companys
PS You may contact Jeff Shank at jvsha...@aol.com. On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: A Message from Larry Diamond and Jeff Shank This March 2nd, 2014...the Day of the OSCARS... Tweet-for-the-Squares (of Cairo and Kiev) The Square, about the Egyptian

[liberationtech] RightsCon Monday Sessions on Training - Come Join Us!

2014-03-02 Thread Carol Waters (cwat...@internews.org)
With apologies for the early hour and hearty promises to make it worth your time (we won't drone on as you nap in the aisles), we'd like to warmly invite SF-bound RightsCon attendees to join us for two training-focused workshops at 9 am and 11 am tomorrow in the Fisher East Demo Room (as part

[liberationtech] Making an 'aluburka'

2014-03-02 Thread neiladrian
Hi! This is a bit offtopic for this list, but I couldn't think of another place to ask. I've been wondering how to create a 'Aluburka' myself. I'm unable to find any material on that. Not even the most basic of instructions seem to be available. For those not familiar with the term: