Re: [liberationtech] Tango.me Hacked by the SEA

2013-07-23 Thread IWPR IWPR
Tango hack comes after 2 days of the hack of Truecaller and download of the full data. http://www.sea.sy/article/id/1979/en The Syrian Electronic Army hacked the Truecaller (The global phone directory) website and database The databases content a handred of millions of phone numbers and its

[liberationtech] My Cryptocat talk 24 hours after the latest vulnerability

2013-07-23 Thread Nadim Kobeissi
Libtech, I urge everyone interested in the latest Decryptocat issue to watch the talk and 70-minute (!) QA that followed it. I gave this talk the day right after the bug. The talk and the QA sessions really serve to explain my position on the project and I think they will clarify a lot of

[liberationtech] ENGAGE Open data community

2013-07-23 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Marijn Janssen m.f.w.h.a.jans...@tudelft.nl You are kindly invited to join the ENGAGE community, which is a growing community of researchers, developers, civil servants journalists, entrepreneurs, archivists, librarians and citizens who have professional or personal interest in Open Data

[liberationtech] Viber Hacked

2013-07-23 Thread Bahaa Nasr
After hacking Truecaller and Tango, today the FSA hacked Viber. http://thehackernews.com/2013/07/free-calling-app-viber-website-defaced.html -- -- This electronic mail message and any attached files are intended solely for the named recipients and may contain

Re: [liberationtech] Viber Hacked

2013-07-23 Thread Marcin de Kaminski
The SEA, not the FSA. 23 jul 2013 kl. 20:12 skrev Bahaa Nasr bah...@iwpr.net: After hacking Truecaller and Tango, today the FSA hacked Viber. http://thehackernews.com/2013/07/free-calling-app-viber-website-defaced.html This electronic mail message and any attached files are

Re: [liberationtech] ENGAGE Open data community

2013-07-23 Thread Mikael MMN-o Nordfeldth
On 2013-07-23 19:24, Ben Laurie wrote: PSI? CP? CSA? What are these? PSI is Public Sector Information. It's the common term in European politics on the subject of open data within the public sector. Usually it implies that any data a public sector organisation has or publishes should be freely

Re: [liberationtech] My Cryptocat talk 24 hours after the latest vulnerability

2013-07-23 Thread Kyle Maxwell
Props to you for your honesty and humility here, Nadim. Not everybody would react that way - you set a fine example in your handling of a difficult situation. On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: Libtech, I urge everyone interested in the latest Decryptocat

[liberationtech] International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance

2013-07-23 Thread Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)
Definitively of interests of libtech community https://necessaryandproportionate.org Presented at Share Conference few days ago http://www.shareconference.net/en/news/share-boat-camp-july-rijeka-croatia . Signed by: 1. AccessNow (International) 2. Article 19 (International) 3. AsociaciĆ³n

[liberationtech] Defund Domestic Spying

2013-07-23 Thread Jonathan Wilkes
To any U.S. citizens out there, this might be a good time to act: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/07/tomorrow-congress-votes-amendment-defund-spying-heres-how-you-can-help -Jonathan -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at

Re: [liberationtech] Defund Domestic Spying

2013-07-23 Thread Caspar Bowden (lists)
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 the United States, that's totally fine is it? When the US domestic spying

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

[liberationtech] Interesting Language in Foreign Appropriations Bill

2013-07-23 Thread Collin Anderson
Libtech, Tomorrow is the full committee hearing for the House's State and Foreign Operations Bill for Fiscal Year 2014. Lines 14-18, concerned with the appropriation of funding for the Broadcasting Board of Governors should be of interest to many, although I would caution that the same language

[liberationtech] Video of Governing Algorithms now online

2013-07-23 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Malte Ziewitz m...@nyu.edu The talks from the Governing Algorithms conference are now available online: http://governingalgorithms.org/2013/07/watch-all-the-talks-from-governing-algorithms/ Many thanks again to everyone for making this such a fun and productive event. Best, Malte (On