[liberationtech] Digital Humanitarians - The Book

2014-12-18 Thread Patrick Meier (iRevolution)
Dear All, Professor Larry Diamond (who co-founded Stanford's Liberation Technology Program) kindly reviewed and endorsed my new book *Digital Humanitarians*, part of which I wrote whilst a pre-Doctoral Fellow at the LibTech Program. Ethan Zuckerman (MIT), Clay Shirky (NYU) and Howard Rheingold

[liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-18 Thread Noah Shachtman
One the one hand, I see US officials leaking word that the North Koreans were involved... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/world/asia/us-links-north-korea-to-sony-hacking.html On the other, I see evidence that points to a hacktivist-type outfit...

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-18 Thread ITechGeek
The rumors I've been hearing from some of my IT Security friends are saying disgruntled ex employees from either a division of Sony Pictures or a key partner and Sony Pictures not taking steps to properly store admin passwords. Haven't noticed any news reports verifying these rumors. In my

Re: [liberationtech] Cuba: 5% Internet penetration

2014-12-18 Thread Myself
Hold your horses, the Cuban government's restrictions haven't changed a bit. This new deal has so far been one sided and overhyped. Satellite, Wi-Fi equipment is still banned at cuban customs and just last week a Cuban was sentenced to three years for providing satellite service. Raids on the

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-18 Thread Erich M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2014-12-18 19:11, Noah Shachtman wrote: One the one hand, I see US officials leaking word that the North Koreans were involved... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/world/asia/us-links-north-korea-to-sony-hacking.html On the other, I see