Depending on who/what you're worried about, I'd warn dissidents to avoid
VPSes for anything but anonymous throwaway use.
It's far too easy to 'implant' from dom0 / hypervisor.
Encrypted VPSes can have mounted disks imaged, the RAM imaged for keys or
live implanted for whatever nefarious ends.
Hi
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On 9 September 2015 at 01:27, ganesh
Hi all,
You'd think someone in this mailing list would know the answer already, but
I was wondering what safe email and texting communication platforms are
you recommending these days?
Its for internal and international communications for a group in Venezuela.
The one and only internet company
Hi Patricia,
For texting, I'd highly recommend TextSecure or Signal, which both
encrypt your text messages while being transmitted *and* secure texts in
an encrypted container. However, it requires internet access on the
phone to work. If you are working in low-signal areas, then
Hi Libtech,
Does anyone know of a way to ethically vet tech companies? It'd be really
cool if there was some kind of database that showed ethical history of an
organization (do they encrypt data? which government agencies do they work
with? which countries do they operate in? how and where is
On 09/09/2015 01:53 PM, Zak Whittington wrote:
> Hi Libtech,
>
> Does anyone know of a way to ethically vet tech companies? It'd be
> really cool if there was some kind of database that showed ethical
> history of an organization (do they encrypt data? which government
> agencies do they work
That's my own spin on the subject line.
It is interesting how the different partners display their emphasis.
It will be intriguing to see the mix in the end. Addressing inequities
with open data/open gov/civic tech needs more than lip service and
rarely gets significant investment when it runs
