Re: [liberationtech] Trsst Encryption

2014-03-21 Thread Michael Rogers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 20/03/14 19:30, Yuriy Kaminskiy wrote: Note that all above variants may be NOT actually branchless and thus NOT really constant-time (depending on architecture, jvm implementation and options, etc). Most likely, resulting time difference

Re: [liberationtech] Trsst Encryption

2014-03-21 Thread Michael Rogers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 21/03/14 12:52, Michael Rogers wrote: Thanks for the pointer. The Javadoc doesn't say whether this is a constant-time comparison. In OpenJDK 6 it isn't. In OpenJDK 7 it does something similar to my original suggestion. So unfortunately it

[liberationtech] Data Breaches Put a Dent in Colleges’ Finances as Well as Reputations

2014-03-21 Thread SAM ANDERSON
March 17, 2014- chronicle.com Data Breaches Put a Dent in Colleges’ Finances as Well as Reputations At Indiana U.’s data center, in Bloomington, staff members were aghast to learn that the university was 
among several in recent weeks to come upon security breaches in their

[liberationtech] Datarmine protects your privacy

2014-03-21 Thread Christophe Audiat
Dear Everyone, A day ago, I sent an email to encryptallthethings.net to introduce them to Datarmine's solution. In his answer, Michael Carbone told me some of you could be interested in our idea. In Datarmine, we are developing solutions for our users to protect their privacy on the Internet.

[liberationtech] CeDEM14 Programme Available: Join Us 21-23 May 2014

2014-03-21 Thread Noella Edelmann
CeDEM14 Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 21-23 May 2014, Danube University Krems (Austria) (apologies for cross-posting) The CeDEM14 programme - 3 days packed with international keynotes, workshops, presentations, a film viewing (*Blueberry Soup*) followed by a discussion with the

[liberationtech] How a seemingly simple message to students brought digital-age disaster for a Wisconsin professor

2014-03-21 Thread SAM ANDERSON
March 10, 2014- chronicle.com One Email, Much Outrage How a seemingly simple message 
to students brought digital-age disaster for a Wisconsin professor Courtney Perry for The Chronicle Rachel Slocum, an assistant professor of geography at the U. of Wisconsin at La Crosse, 
found herself at

Re: [liberationtech] What ideas did you submit to the Knight News Challenge?

2014-03-21 Thread Marc Juul
We co-submitted a proposal with many of the community-run networks around the world. One-sentence and link: This yet-to-be-named coalition unites representatives from community wireless networks and Internet freedom groups around the world to create venues for cross-cultural collaboration and

[liberationtech] Microsoft in email privacy storm

2014-03-21 Thread Yishay Mor
Microsoft in email privacy storm http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26677607 sent from my phone. -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe,

Re: [liberationtech] What ideas did you submit to the Knight News Challenge?

2014-03-21 Thread Steven Clift
It is great to see all the applications, please ping me with a note if you applied because you learned about this from my post to the mailing list. cl...@e-democracy.org I've heard a few people mention that, and I was curious if there were more. I want to provide some feedback to Knight about

[liberationtech] NSA Surveillance and What To Do About It, Bruce Schneier @ Stanford, April 15

2014-03-21 Thread Steve Weis
Bruce Schneier is speaking about NSA surveillance at the Stanford Law School on April 14th: http://www.law.stanford.edu/event/2014/04/15/cis-evening-event-with-bruce-schneier Open to the public and free admission with RSVP. -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google.

[liberationtech] STRIKE FROM SPACE ..................or When the MARTIANS arrive...

2014-03-21 Thread Techno CAT
STRIKE FROM SPACE ..or When the MARTIANS arrive... ... Earth will be divided into ACRESprecise ACRESwithout regard to mountains, valleys, rivers, or oceans... ... a SPACESHIP will hover 1 mile directly above EACH ACRE...that SPACESHIP will be able to supply INTERNET to/from

[liberationtech] Whitehouse.gov request for inputs on big data and privacy.

2014-03-21 Thread Richard Brooks
The President's review of big data and privacy In January, President Obama spoke about changes in the technology we use for national security purposes, and what they mean for our privacy broadly. He launched a 90-day review of big data and privacy: how they affect the way we live, and the way we