Re: [liberationtech] Mapping out physical surveillance across a city

2014-06-26 Thread Axel Simon
On 25/06/14 19:03, Blibbet wrote: How would one map an entire city's surveillance anyway? Are the location of police cameras available? And even if they are, how does one map out all the private cameras watching? To the OP, Seattle Privacy http://seattleprivacy.org/ has a map of Seattle.gov's

Re: [liberationtech] Mapping out physical surveillance across a city

2014-06-26 Thread Dan O'Huiginn
On 24/06/14 20:19, Patrick wrote: How would one map an entire city's surveillance anyway? Are the location of police cameras available? And even if they are, how does one map out all the private cameras watching? Is there some tech that could be used to do that? Government cameras may well be

[liberationtech] Fwd: Knight invests $4 Million in next-generation community platform for online news (hopefully more), E-Democracy lessons

2014-06-26 Thread Steven Clift
Any thoughts on how the wider civic tech/open gov community can contribute to this effort? How might we help ensure the code is widely available? Having viable online communities tied to our local news sites seems crucial to promote local democracy. Steven Clift From: Steven Clift

[liberationtech] Soghoian's written remarks for the German Parliament Committee of Inquiry

2014-06-26 Thread Rich Kulawiec
Recommended reading: http://files.cloudprivacy.net/bundestag-testimony-csoghoian-june-26-final.pdf ---rsk -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated:

Re: [liberationtech] New Citizen Lab report on Hacking Team's Government Surveillance Malware

2014-06-26 Thread Rich Kulawiec
I skimmed this earlier today and plan to read it in depth later: it looks like superb work. The most disturbing thing about it is the realization that this can't possibly be the only such project. Surely there are others. Many others. And since there are others, it's necessary to ask: are any

[liberationtech] Tenure track job posting at Citizen Lab / Munk School

2014-06-26 Thread Ronald Deibert
Hi LibTech We have just posted a tenure track position at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto for someone in the area of digital media and global affairs, with a special focus on security and cyberspace. The position is open to any discipline, and applications are welcome

Re: [liberationtech] Knight invests $4 Million in next-generation community platform for online news (hopefully more), E-Democracy lessons

2014-06-26 Thread Lyre Calliope
The Mozilla OpenNews team takes working in the open to heart. Like many projects out of the Mozilla Foundation, perhaps the easiest way to get involved and build bridges with this initiative is to join the public community call that happens every other Wednesday: