Re: [liberationtech] [TIER] smartphone usage in africa

2016-08-21 Thread Danny O'Brien
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 11:22:48AM -0700, Jenna Burrell wrote: > When considering usage, don't forget to think about phone sharing. There's > a piece I wrote a while back (pre smartphone) that discusses practices > around phone sharing in rural Uganda and the related gender dynamics: > --

[liberationtech] The future of Digital Rights in the EU: Meet with MEPs Marietje Schaake, Kaja Kalals in SF, July 18th, 6PM

2016-07-05 Thread Danny O'Brien
Libtech folks: This month's San Francisco Techno-Activism Third Monday has two very special guest speakers, who I thought you would all appreciate: MARIETJE SCHAAKE, one of the leading lights in Internet issues in the European Parliament, and KAJA KALLAS, who as a Parliamentary member for

Re: [liberationtech] TrueCrypt Alternatives?

2014-10-06 Thread Danny O'Brien
On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 05:56:59PM +0100, Eleanor Saitta wrote: On 2014.10.06 01.56, Bill Cox wrote: I will have an impact on the code going forward. Also, I am entirely a pragmatist. I am an engineer, not a cryptographer, and I build stuff that works in the real world. Can you explain a

[liberationtech] Obama's review group on surveillance seeking public comment, including impact on foreign policy

2013-09-10 Thread Danny O'Brien
(Apologies if you get this via a few mailing lists. I've tried to spread it widely yet thinly. And of course, feel free to forward yourself, if only so I get less blame for over-forwarding) The newly created Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies is seeking public comment on

Re: [liberationtech] WC3 and DRM

2013-08-01 Thread Danny O'Brien
tech expertise is more highly distributed right now across Amsterdam and Nevada than usual, but it might make sense to meet soon to discuss some of these developments. Local and cloud security has never looked so precarious, nor attacks more well-funded. d. On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Danny

Re: [liberationtech] Defund Domestic Spying

2013-07-23 Thread Danny O'Brien
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:14:59AM +0100, Caspar Bowden (lists) wrote: So the spying on the rest-of-the-world's data sent to the US, including information with respect to a foreign-based political organization or foreign territory that relates to the conduct of the foreign affairs of

Re: [liberationtech] WC3 and DRM

2013-07-17 Thread Danny O'Brien
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 01:27:27AM -0400, Catherine Roy wrote: Hi Jonathan, On 2013-07-16 02:04, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: Hi Catherine, Thanks for the link! I didn't know about that effort until now. It seems like there are two fronts-- one, which you address by jettisoning EME in

Re: [liberationtech] WC3 and DRM

2013-07-17 Thread Danny O'Brien
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 09:52:06AM -0400, Joseph Lorenzo Hall wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed Jul 17 01:27:27 2013, Catherine Roy wrote: Also, has the EFF's formal objection had any effect? To my knowledge, no information has yet been made public

[liberationtech] A question from a journalist regarding Zimbabwe

2013-02-12 Thread Danny O'Brien
I received this message from a colleague; they've given me permission to ask on open forums, provided I maintain their anonymity. I can field questions about their project, although I think the threat model here is targetted traffic surveillance by existing centralised security services, and the

[liberationtech] Come to Technoactivist Third Mondays, Noisebridge, 6PM, Jan 21st, 2169 Mission St SF !

2013-01-18 Thread Danny O'Brien
--- Forward as much as you like --- Hey everyone, Every month, a group of hacktivists in New York working on anti-censorship and anti-surveillance team meet up to collaborate, meet new friends, and recruit for projects. We're starting a cousin event here in San Francisco, and

Re: [liberationtech] was: Forbes recommends tools for journalist; is now: depressing realities

2012-12-19 Thread Danny O'Brien
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 05:26:05AM +, Jacob Appelbaum wrote: Hi, fr...@journalistsecurity.net: But if you're getting information security advice from a Forbes blog, that will be the least of your worries. Where would you suggest we get information security advice from? This

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: [b2g] open-source vs proprietary RIL stack

2012-10-16 Thread Danny O'Brien
On 10/15/2012 05:55 PM, Lee Fisher wrote: FYI, Mozilla clarifies policy on B2G RIL blobs. [The platform might become a handset option, someday, in some countries, starting with Latin America, AFAIK. Today you can dual-boot it on a few Android v4 phones.] https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/RIL