I didn't know Aaron Swartz personally, but we all have seen what a
wonderful person he was. He was a talented and gifted individual and my
heart goes out to his family and friends. And to all of us ... as we all
lost an amazing advocate.
I posted two different postings on my blog:
The Truth a
Can you add Fran Parker as an individual please.
Thanks.
Nadim Kobeissi wrote:
Added. Thank you!
NK
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 10:18 PM, Martin Johnsonwrote:
GreatFire.org would like to sign. Thanks very much for doing this.
Martin Johnson
Founder
https://GreatFire.org - Monitoring Online
Totally agree! Great job!
Definitely want people to choose their browser rather than detecting it,
or allowing people the choice of choosing.
It is always so frustrating at Oracle's Java page. They don't give you
an easy way on the main page to get the version you want, particularly
if you w
013 at 1:26 AM, Fran Parker wrote:
>> Sometimes people need to download things for others.
> This scenario is irrelevant when installing browser extensions.
>
> --
> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at:
> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liber
Awesome!
On Jan 22, 2013, at 7:39 PM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Fran Parker wrote:
>> Totally agree! Great job!
>>
>> Definitely want people to choose their browser rather than detecting it, or
>> allowing people the choice of choos
8:36 AM EST and https://skypeopenletter.com will not load. Times out.
However, http://www.skypeopenletter.com/ loads fine.
https not working I guess.
Nadim Kobeissi wrote:
It's out, everyone!
NK
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote:
The Open Letter to Skype is launch
No worries, Nadim!
What a great job as noted earlier! Thanks!
Nadim Kobeissi wrote:
My mistake! We do not have an HTTPS version.
NK
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Fran Parker wrote:
8:36 AM EST and https://skypeopenletter.com will not load. Times out.
However,
http
pread this widely and force
Microsoft to respond.
Martin Johnson
Founder
https://GreatFire.org - Monitoring Online Censorship In China.
https://FreeWeibo.com - Uncensored, Anonymous Sina Weibo Search.
https://Unblock.cn.com - We Can Unblock Your Website In China.
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:22 AM, F
Thanks! I signed too!
Kirsten wrote:
Dear all,
In response to the massive corporate lobbying in Brussels against the
data protection reform, European Digital Rights (EDRi), Bits of Freedom
and Privacy International drafted a statement
(http://brusselsdeclaration.net/) geared towards Members of
I would never wish the crapshoot of the court system on anyone where being in
the right can even be subverted.
On Aug 19, 2013, at 3:02 PM, "R. Jason Cronk" wrote:
> As sad as it seems, I hope the do prosecute himnot because I want to see
> him convicted but it would be an excellent test o
Was reading about this earlier today. Very interesting.
On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:26 PM, Yosem Companys wrote:
> Mesh Networks: The Cure for Keeping the NSA Out of Your Computer
> http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/08/mesh-internet-privacy-nsa-isp
> by @pomeranian99
> --
> Liberationtech i
And that is a very noble cause.
On Aug 21, 2013, at 6:33 PM, Lina Srivastava wrote:
> "There's enough heroism to go around. To get a story of this magnitude
> out requires courage from both sources and journalists. And safety is in
> no way guaranteed for anyone involved. Plenty of journalists
Excellent point.
On Aug 21, 2013, at 6:32 PM, Richard Brooks wrote:
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> I guess this is progress.
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> In ancient Greece and the Middle Ages, exposing people to
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Perhaps I should have simply said interesting. ROFL
On Aug 25, 2013, at 12:54 PM, Brian Conley wrote:
> This last bit is a straw man, in my opinion:
>
> "The days where it was possible for two people to have a truly private
> conversation over email, if they ever existed, are long over."
>
>
I use DDG, IXQuick and StartPage (sister site to IXQuick from what I
understand)
On 4/30/12 6:55 PM, Cyrus Farivar wrote:
Hey guys,
I'm working on a piece about privacy-minded search engines. I know of
DuckDuckGo and IXQuick. Any others out there?
Thx,
-C
_
Totally agree, Zack!
It's a tough world out there -- for Advocacy as it is for any other venture.
Keeping the keel and rudder pointed correctly so the advocacy ship
doesn't run aground is not an easy gig. Especially in such a fickle
world where you can't afford to have anyone misjudge your int
Carl Sagan, as the Narrator of Cosmos, describes a statue on the main
wall of the Amsterdam Town Hall:
"Justice, with a golden sword, and golden scales. And who is it that
justice is trampling underfoot? Why, it is avarice and envy, the gods of
the merchants. The Dutch knew that the unrestrain
I am not sure that's the case.
Maybe what Carl Sagan saw was that, despite how he felt, if left
unchecked, greed takes all -- at the expense of all.
Therefore there must at least be *some* checks and balances to prevent
greed from taking all.
But then, you may still be right ...
If giving
Wow, that is the second posting from you Shava that was a wow moment in
this discussion.
So many great thoughts from so many today!
It really does seem that ethics are often sacrificed in the presence of
the influence* of power AND/OR greed regardless of the source
(government, corporate, rel
+1
On 5/10/12 3:29 PM, Jillian C. York wrote:
Sorry, that link would be:
http://jilliancyork.com/2011/12/14/the-definitive-collection-of-thomas-friedman-takedowns/
Jillian is mobile
On May 10, 2012 12:29 PM, "Jillian C. York" wrote:
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liberati
That is excellent news! Congrats to Jennifer Stisa and the Stanford Law
School!
Fran
On 5/30/12 9:11 AM, Yosem Companys wrote:
Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of Jennifer Stisa
Granick as Director of Civil Liberties at the Center for Internet and
Society (CIS). Granick will
Thanks Jillian, I missed this entirely, but your thoughts reflect my
own. So, Yosem, please count my votes as noted below in Jillian's
response today.
On 8/19/12 1:17 PM, Jillian C. York wrote:
I guess I assumed that we were waiting for a proper survey, but here are my
responses:
- doesn
Maybe this is a given but, would it be easier to just zip or tar.gz the
mp3, mp4 or avi files, maybe even the swfs (they could then drag/drop on
a browser window locally)? Could even password protect the zip files if
that would be helpful and not throw up any flags.
It wouldn't help with audio
Great list!
On 10/9/12 12:23 PM, Katy P wrote:
Best practices for traveling to an internet-hostile regime.
There is a lot of variance - obviously the regime's capabilities as well as
one's own visibility come into play.
And, if it isn't obvious, I'm not a security expert. This is not official
Thanks Parker! I was hoping someone would post some of these best
practices as an article or white paper link.
On 10/9/12 1:28 PM, Parker Higgins wrote:
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Hi Katy,
Excellent list. Sorry I'm late to the game, but if you're traveling to
one Internet h
Excellent Julian!
Here's the direct link for all three videos by CircledUp
(http://www.youtube.com/user/CircledUp) over at Youtube:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/8d3wrs6
and raw URL:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhEzawkDTgE&feature=bf_prev&list=ULDhyUkrGcidQ
On 10/12/12 2:16 PM, Julian Oli
I love what they say in the videos. The videos are very well done and
immediately put you at ease. I have dealt with Phil's products for a
very long time, and I would trust that what he says is true as far as he
knows about this product.
However, open scrutiny of the code is the only way to tr
Welcome, Susan!
I hope you know that any comments I have made are made to help, not
hinder or knock Silent Circle. I am actually on the mailing list for
Silent Circle and am excited about it, but do have concerns too.
On 10/12/12 4:26 PM, Yosem Companys wrote:
Susan Alderson, Silent Circle's
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