[liberationtech] Five Days Left to enter HOPE's Young Journalist Contest

2016-06-25 Thread aestetix
"If you're a student journalist and want to attend HOPE XI, the Eleventh Hackers on Planet Earth conference (July 22-24, NYC) you can win free admission (and an interview with me!) by submitting an article about any of the topics come up at HOPE conferences! Get writing!" -- Cory Doctorow

[liberationtech] The Eleventh HOPE announces Young Journalist Hacking Contest

2016-06-09 Thread aestetix
This year, The Eleventh HOPE conference is announcing a contest intended to inspire students and potential journalists to learn more about the world of hacking. For the month of June 2016, we challenge students who are interested in technology and journalism to write an article about the HOPE

[liberationtech] The Eleventh HOPE

2015-11-06 Thread aestetix
This July, we're taking it to Eleven. http://xi.hope.net/ -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by

Re: [liberationtech] European Workshop on Trust and Identity (Vienna, 2-3 December 2015)

2015-10-03 Thread aestetix
AM, aestetix wrote: > https://identityworkshop.eu/ > > tl;dr: This event is an opportunity for privacy conscious people to have > a discussion with governments and corporations. > > For context, it seemed like we needed more discussion with policymakers > in Europe about th

[liberationtech] European Workshop on Trust and Identity (Vienna, 2-3 December 2015)

2015-09-30 Thread aestetix
figure out if there are better ways to handle a lot of the issues we're seeing today. The "real" names issue is a big one, but there are many others (data sharing, lack of accountability, etc). Cheers, aestetix -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list

Re: [liberationtech] Can anyone help me get my account unblocked on Facebook?!

2015-07-05 Thread aestetix
Please let us know how things work out, I will be very interested to see if they reinstate your account (without sending ID). On 7/5/15 5:19 PM, Inna Malina wrote: Thank you, Arzak! They contacted me right away offering help, however it seems they don't have a way around Facebook

Re: [liberationtech] Can anyone help me get my account unblocked on Facebook?!

2015-07-04 Thread aestetix
Is there an appropriate way to call for Facebook to be more transparent about their data security and rentention policies? My concern here is not that Facebook wouldn't use SSL to collect an ID, but why they can demand the ID in the first place. Do they treat the ID (sensitive data) differently

[liberationtech] Discussion of Anonymity and Pseudonymity (April 16th, 3:30pm EST)

2015-04-14 Thread aestetix
it here: https://www.idecosystem.org/content/join-idesg-april-16th-13th-plenary-defining-identity-ecosystem-half-day-virtual-program Please sign up and ask questions! This is a fascinating topic, and everyone has something to say about it. Cheers, aestetix -- Liberationtech is public archives

[liberationtech] NymRights talk at Harvard's Berkman Center on Sep 30th

2014-09-19 Thread aestetix
, and introduce ongoing efforts to make sure your identity is not just a number in a computer. Bio: After being suspended twice by Google Plus during the #nymwars fiasco of 2011, aestetix helped created NymRights, focused on empowerment and education of digital identity. He's spoken on this topic at events

[liberationtech] Ed Snowden to keynote at HOPE X

2014-07-03 Thread aestetix
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 HOPE X will take place from 18-20 July 2014 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. We are happy and honored to announce that Edward Snowden will be participating in the HOPE conference via a two-way video link. Between Snowden, Daniel Ellsberg,

[liberationtech] Daniel Ellsberg to keynote HOPE X

2014-04-03 Thread aestetix
More details here: http://2600.com/?q=content/daniel-ellsberg-keynote-hope-x Also worth noting that the Call for Speakers is still open: http://x.hope.net/#cfs -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated:

[liberationtech] HOPE X Call For Speakers

2014-01-25 Thread aestetix
Attention all hackers, makers, whistleblowers, artists, phone phreaks, rebels, technologists, and free thinkers everywhere! Come and share your ideas, thoughts, and passions with thousands of really bright, creative, and open-minded people in New York City this summer at HOPE X. We have room

[liberationtech] Data Dealer, the new game about digital privacy and online surveillance (nonprofit, under CC)

2013-06-27 Thread aestetix
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Passing this along for some friends of mine... = Data Dealer, the new game about digital privacy and online surveillance (nonprofit, under CC)

[liberationtech] What happens when the government is allowed to spy on you?

2013-06-08 Thread aestetix
that this is a horrible horrible sign and it is time to stand up and say no. aestetix *Link to original post: http://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1fv4r6/i_believe_the_government_should_be_allowed_to/caeb3pl?context=3 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.18 (Darwin

Re: [liberationtech] CryptoParty in Tunis tomorrow (Saturday, 1st December)

2012-12-02 Thread aestetix
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How did they enforce this? Did they simply ask for legal names on a signup-page, or did they require everyone to present a government-issued ID for entry? On 12/2/12 4:02 AM, Marcin de Kaminski wrote: The demand for _real_ names in Tunis was not