Re: [liberationtech] Websites with privacy

2013-09-05 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 10:27:54PM -0700, Jillian C. York wrote: Is this spam? No, it is not. Spam is UBE (unsolicited bulk email) and there is no evidence whatsoever that this is bulk. It may be against list policies (that is for the list-owners to decide) but that determination is orthogonal

[liberationtech] US stops jailed activist Barrett Brown from discussing leaks prosecution

2013-09-05 Thread Eugen Leitl
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/04/barrett-brown-gag-order-us-government US stops jailed activist Barrett Brown from discussing leaks prosecution Federal court order prohibits Brown from talking to the media in what critics say is latest in crackdown on investigative journalism Ed

[liberationtech] Spy Files: New WikiLeaks docs expose secretive, unruly surveillance industry

2013-09-05 Thread Eugen Leitl
http://rt.com/news/wikileaks-spy-files-release-402/ Spy Files: New WikiLeaks docs expose secretive, unruly surveillance industry Published time: September 04, 2013 16:06 Edited time: September 05, 2013 10:00 Get short URL Screenshot from a leaked documentScreenshot from a leaked document

[liberationtech] Wikileaks surveillance

2013-09-05 Thread Richard Brooks
For the francophones: http://www.rue89.com/2013/09/04/nouvelles-revelations-lunite-contre-espionnage-wikileaks-245374 -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated:

Re: [liberationtech] NSA Laughs at PCs, Prefers Hacking Routers and Switches

2013-09-05 Thread Eugen Leitl
- Forwarded message from Scott Helms khe...@zcorum.com - Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 10:02:39 -0400 From: Scott Helms khe...@zcorum.com To: Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org Cc: NANOG list na...@nanog.org Subject: Re: [liberationtech] NSA Laughs at PCs, Prefers Hacking Routers and Switches The last

Re: [liberationtech] PayPal freezes MailPile's account

2013-09-05 Thread Al Billings
I figured it was because various studies have shown that Kickstarter projects are generally more likely to be funded and pull in more money than Indiegogo. Kickstarter has the branding and mindshare and makes Indiegogo look like an also-ran. -- Al Billings http://www.openbuddha.com

[liberationtech] Here's your chance to email the NSA review panel | The Verge

2013-09-05 Thread Yosem Companys
http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/5/4697450/heres-your-chance-to-email-the-nsa-review-panel The president's NSA review panel has attracted a lot of criticism in the days since it was announced — but now, citizens will have a chance to send their complaints directly to the source. The office of

Re: [liberationtech] NYTimes and Guardian on NSA

2013-09-05 Thread Daniel Colascione
On 9/5/13 12:32 PM, Richard Brooks wrote: Latest articles: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/us/nsa-foils-much-internet-encryption.html?emc=edit_na_20130905_r=0pagewanted=print http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security I find most of this (if not

Re: [liberationtech] Recommend consultant to discuss pen test?

2013-09-05 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 4:48 AM, Tom O winterfi...@gmail.com wrote: Veracode will gladly pwn you. https://blog.crypto.cat/2013/02/cryptocat-passes-security-audit-with-flying-colors/ http://tobtu.com/decryptocat-old.php -- Maxim Kammerer Liberté Linux: http://dee.su/liberte -- Liberationtech is

[liberationtech] Reasons Not to Open Data

2013-09-05 Thread Yosem Companys
From: Rebecca Williams rwilli...@sunlightfoundation.com Sunlight is collecting reasons to not open datahttp://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2013/09/05/reasons-not-to-release-data/and refuting them. If you have more stories (like these) to share, we'd love to have them for this round up. Feel free

[liberationtech] introduction to online privacy tools

2013-09-05 Thread Jan Schaumann
Hello, Last night I gave a an introductory talk on Online Privacy Tools as part of the San Francisco's One City, One Book[1] program (which covered Cory Doctorow's Little Brother[2]; hence the context). This was targeted towards non-technical people with little experience in this area, but I

Re: [liberationtech] Open Letter To US Customs

2013-09-05 Thread Maxim Kammerer
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Travis McCrea m...@travismccrea.com wrote: http://falkvinge.net/2013/09/04/open-letter-to-us-border-patrol-cbp/ My understanding of the relevant laws is clearly lacking, but the common theme of these border detentions is that apparently one is being held for

[liberationtech] NYTimes and Guardian on NSA

2013-09-05 Thread Richard Brooks
Latest articles: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/us/nsa-foils-much-internet-encryption.html?emc=edit_na_20130905_r=0pagewanted=print http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-gchq-encryption-codes-security I find most of this (if not all) silly. They seem shocked that the NSA does

Re: [liberationtech] Open Letter To US Customs

2013-09-05 Thread Andy Isaacson
On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 12:48:52AM +0300, Maxim Kammerer wrote: On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 11:03 PM, Travis McCrea m...@travismccrea.com wrote: http://falkvinge.net/2013/09/04/open-letter-to-us-border-patrol-cbp/ My understanding of the relevant laws is clearly lacking, but the common theme of

[liberationtech] Next stop: Ethiopia Videos from the field

2013-09-05 Thread Polder, Inc. (OMPT)
Click to view this email in a browser http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/1042685/54b3d9b136/52087/8bf65810b4/ September 2013 Newsletter Expanding the Literacy Boost Project Next Stop: Ethiopia - http://cts.vresp.com/c/?PolderInc.OMPT/54b3d9b136/8bf65810b4/cb5cdc642a This October, One

Re: [liberationtech] NYTimes and Guardian on NSA

2013-09-05 Thread Shava Nerad
Part of the tone is also adopted in order to wake the sleeping baby anti-intellectual giants either side of the pond. The smart magazines can publish smart crypto articles, but mass market newspapers have to bring their audiences along, even the Times and Guardian. Very few stories even bother

Re: [liberationtech] Recommend consultant to discuss pen test?

2013-09-05 Thread Tom O
Posting a news article without context or response from Veracode is weak. Chris Wysopal stated the static crypto checks were run to check if the API's were implemented correctly, not implementation of custom keygen. On Friday, September 6, 2013, Maxim Kammerer wrote: On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at

Re: [liberationtech] Open Letter To US Customs

2013-09-05 Thread teamcol...@gmail.com
While I am not sure what you two are getting at,I think I should clear up the fact that I am a citizen of the United States... And this happened on us soil Travis McCrea +1(206)552•8728 Pirate Party of Canada The Ultimate Ebook Library sorry for inappropriate words which may get injected into my

[liberationtech] who knew US intelligence had their own DHS?

2013-09-05 Thread Shava Nerad
*The US Intelligence Community* I'm just behind the times. Who knew? http://www.intelligence.gov/about-the-intelligence-community/ .gov info needs no permissions so here's the copy: The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) is a coalition of 17 agencies and organizations within the executive