Re: [liberationtech] My rant to demandprogress

2012-11-13 Thread Uncle Zzzen
Hi, David. Sorry to hear about all those SANFUs. Nevertheless, I think there should be some methodology or code of conduct for anyone requesting others to put a banner: A banner should never lead to an irrelevant page (at least if nothing major goes wrong). In most cases, a single large link

Re: [liberationtech] Disruption at the Intersection of Technology and Human Rights - Forbes

2012-11-13 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 09:41:05PM -0800, Yosem Companys wrote: http://www.forbes.com/sites/skollworldforum/2012/11/12/disruption-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-human-rights/print/ Look at Benetech’s development of Martus, a human rights database, based in the cloud with highly secure

Re: [liberationtech] Disruption at the Intersection of Technology and Human Rights - Forbes

2012-11-13 Thread Julian Oliver
..on Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 10:50:04AM +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 09:41:05PM -0800, Yosem Companys wrote: http://www.forbes.com/sites/skollworldforum/2012/11/12/disruption-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-human-rights/print/ Look at Benetech’s development of

[liberationtech] Belize Police Seek John McAfee in Murder Probe

2012-11-13 Thread André Rebentisch
WSJ: Belize Police Seek McAfee in Murder Probe Antivirus Software Pioneer Is Sought in Connection With the Shooting Death of His American Expatriate Neighbor http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323894704578115381560005260.html -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at:

Re: [liberationtech] Comments on Internews new information security guide

2012-11-13 Thread Yosem Companys
And we know that not to be true? #Activists: Pls read abt #Skype #security issues potential alternatives http://urlite.de/secVoIP_wiki #secVOIP On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tvwrote: Hi all, I have recently seen Internews' new internet security guide.

Re: [liberationtech] UN Body Wants Control over Internet Governance

2012-11-13 Thread André Rebentisch
Am 12.11.2012 23:35, schrieb Nadim Kobeissi: Hi André, Have you read the ITU's proposal? Would appreciate your insight. Hi Nadim, it is a pleasure. Public draft, later proposals/submission are made available to ITU subscribers:

Re: [liberationtech] Comments on Internews new information security guide

2012-11-13 Thread Peter Fein
The question about Skype's encryption has always seemed somewhat secondary (though still important). The primary concern is who has the keys and who do they share them with. Answer: Skype, and whoever they feel like:

[liberationtech] FFII letter to European Court of Justice on ACTA

2012-11-13 Thread André Rebentisch
FYI, we submitted amicus curiae observations to the Court of the European Union. Regards, André (arebe...@ffii.org) [ ACTA / Economy / Innovation ] = FFII letter to European Court of Justice on ACTA

Re: [liberationtech] B-Corps

2012-11-13 Thread Peter Fein
Are L3C's a viable option? From a quick glance at http://www.lawforchange.org/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEWID=2305 , it seems they're lighter weight more flexible than a non-profit but still qualify as “program related investment” (ie, eligible for foundation support). My use case: I had looked at

Re: [liberationtech] Comments on Internews new information security guide

2012-11-13 Thread Eric S Johnson
Alternatively, since (like OTR) no Skype communication is known to have ever been successfully in-line-intercepted, the question might be one of priorities: what cybersec weakness has most often resulted in compromise of an activist? --hard drive isn't encrypted, computer's confiscated

Re: [liberationtech] Comments on Internews new information security guide

2012-11-13 Thread Jillian C. York
I can't speak to the point about interception, but it should've absolutely been noted that Skype is susceptible to malware attacks: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/06/darkshades-rat-and-syrian-malware -Jillian On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Eric S Johnson cra...@oneotaslopes.orgwrote:

Re: [liberationtech] Comments on Internews new information security guide

2012-11-13 Thread Jillian C. York
Indeed - I just don't think guides like this do anyone any favors by leaving out relevant info of recent exploits. I'm also concerned that the guide references the truly awful Freedom House report on circumvention tools, but that's another story... On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Collin