Re: [liberationtech] Renesys: Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

2012-11-29 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
We are tracking and reporting the same. Cell phone, electricity, and landlines reported down in several cities. https://www.facebook.com/Syrian.DS On Nov 29, 2012, at 9:57 AM, Enrique Piraces pira...@hrw.org wrote: http://www.renesys.com/blog/2012/11/syria-off-the-air.shtml Is anyone

Re: [liberationtech] Renesys: Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

2012-11-29 Thread Mohammad Shublaq
this was confirmed, Internet plus mobile and some land line in some areas On 11/29/2012 04:57 PM, Enrique Piraces wrote:

Re: [liberationtech] Renesys: Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

2012-11-29 Thread Robert Guerra
Rafal, Thanks for sharing. Anyway I can access the details - without - having to login to Facebook. Thanks! Robert On 2012-11-29, at 10:03 AM, Rafal Rohozinski wrote: We are tracking and reporting the same. Cell phone, electricity, and landlines reported down in several cities.

Re: [liberationtech] Renesys: Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

2012-11-29 Thread John Scott-Railton
Update via contacts: some mobile calls working for calling into Damascus. Others not. J On Nov 29, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Morgan Marquis-Boire morgan.marquisbo...@gmail.com wrote: Note the following in the Renesys post: http://www.renesys.com/blog/2012/11/syria-off-the-air.shtml Now,

Re: [liberationtech] Renesys: Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

2012-11-29 Thread Amin Sabeti
Akamai graph: https://twitter.com/akamai_soti/status/274163048263057408/photo/1 On 29 November 2012 16:45, John Scott-Railton rail...@ucla.edu wrote: Update via contacts: some mobile calls working for calling into Damascus. Others not. J On Nov 29, 2012, at 11:41 AM, Morgan Marquis-Boire

[liberationtech] How The CIA Uses Social Media to Track How People Feel

2012-11-29 Thread Eugen Leitl
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/11/how-the-cia-uses-social-media-to-track-how-people-feel/247923/ How The CIA Uses Social Media to Track How People Feel By Jared Keller Nov 4 2011, 4:15 PM ET In a nondescript building in Virginia, analysts are tracking millions of tweets,

Re: [liberationtech] Renesys: Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

2012-11-29 Thread J A Munemann
as of 2 mis ago Max Fisher http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/11/29/web-monitor-100-percent-of-syrias-internet-just-shut-down/ Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:09:07 + From: liberationt...@lewman.us To: liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu Subject: Re: [liberationtech]

Re: [liberationtech] Renesys: Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

2012-11-29 Thread Nick Daly
Does anybody know what the Y-axis (vertical) scale is on Akamai's graph? If the scale is in millionths of Mbps (bps) then it's not a very large change. Also, does the Y-axis start at zero, 12-billion, or what? ...You'd think a content hosting company could put together a reasonable usage graph.

[liberationtech] Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

2012-11-29 Thread Joel Harding
Internet Is Off The Air By James Cowie on November 29, 2012 8:31 AM http://www.renesys.com/blog/2012/11/syria-off-the-air.shtml Starting at 10:26 UTC (12:26pm in Damascus), Syria's international Internet connectivity shut down. In the global routing table, all 84 of Syria's IP address blocks

Re: [liberationtech] Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

2012-11-29 Thread Karin Kosina
Now, there are a few Syrian networks that are still connected to the Internet, still reachable by traceroutes, and indeed still hosting Syrian content. These are five networks that use Syrian-registered IP space, but the originator of the routes is actually Tata Communications. Is any of

Re: [liberationtech] Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

2012-11-29 Thread Andrew Lewis
From what I remember those networks were never really in use, or at least firewalled from outside the country. -Andrew On Nov 30, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Karin Kosina ky...@kyrah.net wrote: Now, there are a few Syrian networks that are still connected to the Internet, still reachable by

Re: [liberationtech] Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

2012-11-29 Thread Brian Conley
Has there been any discussion of the fact that Tata communications is an Indian company? What's India's stance on the Syrian conflict? It was an interesting detail to me to note that an Indian global telecom is such a key player here. Id not noticed that previously. On Nov 29, 2012 1:23 PM,

Re: [liberationtech] US State Department comments on Internet Shutdown

2012-11-29 Thread Jill Moss
Joel: Any sense from your IO optic how the technology provided is circumventing the Syrian network ...computers, phones, camerasall designed to be independent from and able to circumvent the Syrian domestic network precisely for the reason of keeping them safe, keeping them secure from

Re: [liberationtech] US State Department comments on Internet Shutdown

2012-11-29 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
We are seeing reports coming out from within Syria. In some cases it's people tweeting that have access to internet capable satellite phones, and other cases relaying via voice to people outside of the country. There is a considerable amount of information coming out from all cities but whether

Re: [liberationtech] US State Department comments on Internet Shutdown

2012-11-29 Thread Jill Moss
Rafal. With land lines running again in Aleppothat means Aleppo TV could resume outreach with its sources, presumably. Joel, I wonder if your contacts know to whom the USG equipment was distributed. I'm curious in whose hands it lies. JAM -Original Message- From:

Re: [liberationtech] US State Department comments on Internet Shutdown

2012-11-29 Thread Joel Harding
You are a stinker for wanting me to disclose the breadth and depth of my USG sources Believe it or not, you are my best source. What sayest thou? Joel Harding Information Operations Holistic Organizer (IOHO) http://toinformistoinfluence.com (703) 362-8582 On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:12 PM,

Re: [liberationtech] US State Department comments on Internet Shutdown

2012-11-29 Thread André Rebentisch
Am 29.11.2012 22:28, schrieb Joel Harding: MS. NULAND: We have been learning from local coordinating councils inside Syria over the last day or so that the regime does appear to be resorting to cutting off all kinds of communication – cellular networks, landlines, as well as internet service

Re: [liberationtech] US State Department comments on Internet Shutdown

2012-11-29 Thread Joel Harding
André, Unfortunately that is based on what the State Department will label 'intelligence sources', so the details will be sparse. I have feelers out within the Intelligence Community. 1 - Any responses I get will be unofficial. 2 - No comment will be the official response. Joel Harding

[liberationtech] SECDEV: Report on Syrian internet shutdown

2012-11-29 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
Dear colleagues, Please find attached a Flash Note from SecDev produced by our Syria operations group, on today's shutdown of the internet in Syria. This shutdown has coincided with heavy fighting around Damascus airport and the reported seizure of key military facilities by rebels. In the

[liberationtech] PhD student positions in Media, Technology, Democracy

2012-11-29 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Deen Freelon dfree...@gmail.com Hi all, Our program is seeking PhD students! We are a good fit for anyone interested in studying the Internet as it pertains to politics, policy, and/or civic engagement. Our location in Washington, DC doesn't hurt for studying those topics either. Best,

Re: [liberationtech] [serval-project-dev] Implementing a different routing protocol

2012-11-29 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Fraser Cadger cadg...@googlemail.com - From: Fraser Cadger cadg...@googlemail.com Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:48:33 + To: serval-project-develop...@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [serval-project-dev] Implementing a different routing protocol Reply-To: