[liberationtech] Announcing the launch of StoryMaker 2!

2016-01-28 Thread Brian Conley
stent. The ability to load content packs from a computer will be key to helping users who are largely offline and receive software largely by manual, offline distribution. Brian Conley, head of training and curriculum at Small World News expressed his excitement at finally releasing the powerfu

Re: [liberationtech] Securing Email Communications from Facebook offering PGP support

2015-06-01 Thread Brian Conley
Further, I'll note that you don't have to trust Facebook can't be coerced for encrypted notifications to be useful. You just have to trust that -your enemies- can't coerce them. For many of Facebook's 1.44 billion users, this is probably true. +1 On Jun 1, 2015 3:48 PM, Matt Mackall

Re: [liberationtech] Burundi

2015-05-19 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] Burundi

2015-05-19 Thread Brian Conley
there is an election in the air. On 05/19/2015 01:00 PM, Brian Conley wrote: Yep, but they aren't technically offline. Yaga Burundi for example may not be posting regularly on their site, but they are coordinating online and members are posting via twitter and other means. With today's

Re: [liberationtech] Burundi

2015-05-18 Thread Brian Conley
The Burundians I am in contact with have not mentioned a new internet issue since blocking of whatsapp and facebook which was easily circumvented with the use of VPNs. I last heard from my colleagues about 8 hours ago. At least one of them was tweeting an hour ago. There is definitely a climate

Re: [liberationtech] Burundi

2015-05-18 Thread Brian Conley
That may be so, but Burundians are definitely online, as I noted one whom I know tweeting within the last hour or so. On May 18, 2015 7:22 AM, Jorge SoydelBierzo berci...@soydelbierzo.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Blackout, 4 days ago

[liberationtech] Whatsapp + textsecure?

2015-05-18 Thread Brian Conley
Anyone know with certainty whether whatsapp has actually implemented the textsecure encryption? There was big talk about this some months back but I haven't seen ajy update mention it nor is it mentioned in the playstore as a feature. Thanks Brian -- Liberationtech is public archives are

Re: [liberationtech] Internet blackouts

2015-04-28 Thread Brian Conley
My colleagues in Burundi report difficulties with whatsapp and some with facebook, but twitter functioning as expected. On Apr 28, 2015 4:01 PM, Richard Brooks r...@g.clemson.edu wrote: Sources in Togo report an Internet blackout. Probably related to expecting problems after reporting results

Re: [liberationtech] Iraq block Social media

2014-06-14 Thread Brian Conley
I spoke with a colleague today briefly via Facebook. He is in Kirkuk and told me he had serious difficulties finding a connection in the city. I can't speak to technical reasons, but have colleagues there And elsewhere in Iraq with good tech know how. I'm happy to help test and assess if anyone

Re: [liberationtech] About Telegram

2014-03-19 Thread Brian Conley
It violates the primary principle many experts here depend on: the most important parts are not open source. I'll echo Natanels comments, no obvious reason not to recommend Chatsecure or TextSecure. What she's telegram have that these don't? Brian On Mar 19, 2014 12:36 PM, sam de silva

Re: [liberationtech] Many VPNs and Psiphon are currently blocked in Iran right now

2014-02-22 Thread Brian Conley
Amin, Do Iranians ever attempt checking the mobile versions of these sites? In my experience even in low bandwidth environments, if you are patient, the mobile sites work much better. Perhaps this is a combination of lack of awareness and lack of patience. I understand Iranian youth and folks

Re: [liberationtech] Many VPNs and Psiphon are currently blocked in Iran right now

2014-02-22 Thread Brian Conley
In-line Amin, Do Iranians ever attempt checking the mobile versions of these sites? In my experience even in low bandwidth environments, if you are patient, the mobile sites work much better. Unfortunately, TOR is famous as a slow tool in Iran! I haven't checked with users inside the

Re: [liberationtech] Many VPNs and Psiphon are currently blocked in Iran right now

2014-02-22 Thread Brian Conley
takes time and effective organizing. I don't care what the tools are in simply asking for more collaboration and data. On Feb 22, 2014 12:42 PM, Collin Anderson col...@averysmallbird.com wrote: On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tvwrote: Sure, and for 25,000 users

Re: [liberationtech] Many VPNs and Psiphon are currently blocked in Iran right now

2014-02-22 Thread Brian Conley
it used to be and I'm no longer willing to work with anyone/everyone under some misguided belief that we all work together or else. On Feb 22, 2014 4:36 PM, Pranesh Prakash pran...@cis-india.org wrote: Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tv [2014-02-22 14:58:22]: Right, but let's not waste our time

Re: [liberationtech] Seed Grants for Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention

2014-02-07 Thread Brian Conley
I believe it's only open to winners of the tech challenge from last year. On Feb 7, 2014 12:54 AM, Lina Srivastava l...@linasrivastava.com wrote: This might be of interest to some on this list. Lina -- Forwarded message -- From: *NPCC GGIS* g...@npccny.org Date: Wednesday,

Re: [liberationtech] 31.170.160.0/22 filtered on ATT? (was Re: Website censorship in the US)

2013-12-19 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] Website censorship in the US

2013-12-18 Thread Brian Conley
further information. I'd encourage anyone else on this list who is interested to see Liberte unblocked should do the same. On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Maxim Kammerer m...@dee.su wrote: On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tv wrote: Have you contacted ATT support

Re: [liberationtech] Survey on the security of human rights defenders, activists and journalists

2013-11-11 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] Sometimes crypto can be easy

2013-10-04 Thread Brian Conley
Perhaps you might provide us insight into your one sentence description? B On Oct 4, 2013 6:50 AM, Nathan of Guardian nat...@guardianproject.info wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am virtually speaking at a conference in Spain later this month, and they asked me to do

Re: [liberationtech] The missing component: Mobile to Web interoperability (in Internet Freedom Technologies)

2013-09-16 Thread Brian Conley
back in the p2p fad days, So before wide adoption of mobile. What does that have to do with it? There are way more average users on the internet now, and they want different things than you and many geeks want. I can already run a Tor hidden service on a laptop and get connectivity

Re: [liberationtech] The missing component: Mobile to Web interoperability (in Internet Freedom Technologies)

2013-09-16 Thread Brian Conley
On Sep 15, 2013 8:19 PM, Michael Rogers mich...@briarproject.org wrote: On 14/09/13 11:03, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote: The user have only those two platform, a browser and a mobile phone with downloadable apps. Everything else requiring to install an application over a desktop computer

Re: [liberationtech] The missing component: Mobile to Web interoperability (in Internet Freedom Technologies)

2013-09-16 Thread Brian Conley
If Fabio isn't talking about privacy and security I must have misunderstood his entire post. Unless I misunderstood, Fabio wasn't claiming that desktop apps are a failure from a privacy or security perspective, but that users won't install them, therefore we must focus on browsers and

Re: [liberationtech] The missing component: Mobile to Web interoperability (in Internet Freedom Technologies)

2013-09-15 Thread Brian Conley
On Sep 15, 2013 2:22 AM, coderman coder...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Lee Azzarello l...@guardianproject.info wrote: We have a federated telephony system... On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Nathan of Guardian nat...@guardianproject.info wrote: ... A truly free

Re: [liberationtech] NSA-resistant Android application 'burns' sensitive messages

2013-09-03 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] From Snowden's email provider. NSL??? (Recipe for Secure Audio, Video, Chat, File Transfer)

2013-08-09 Thread Brian Conley
Griffin, make it so!! On Aug 9, 2013 7:31 AM, Griffin Boyce griffinbo...@gmail.com wrote: Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote: If someone want to make this recipie working, i think that the world would appreciate with an easy to be setup, independently run, audio, video, file transfer, chat

Re: [liberationtech] From Snowden's email provider. NSL??? (Recipe for Secure Audio, Video, Chat, File Transfer)

2013-08-09 Thread Brian Conley
of course!!! Ready and waiting captain! On Aug 9, 2013 10:37 AM, Griffin Boyce griffinbo...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for volunteering to help me test the service ;3 Brian Conley wrote: Griffin, make it so!! On Aug 9, 2013 7:31 AM, Griffin Boyce griffinbo...@gmail.com mailto:griffinbo

Re: [liberationtech] New CryptoCat bug

2013-08-08 Thread Brian Conley
To whom it may concern: RATT(Rodents Against Traumatic Tools) and ADDL(Against Dog Defamation League) hereby express serious concern regarding the insensitive nature of the cryptocat interface. RATT members deserve encrypted chat much as others, but the presence of Cat Facts leads to undue trauma

Re: [liberationtech] going back to Nadim's original question

2013-08-07 Thread Brian Conley
+1 On Aug 7, 2013 6:25 AM, Jurre drw...@gmail.com wrote: Take this off-list. I don't want a drama libtech community anymore, i'm sick of it. Be professional and excellent to each other or fuck each other over off-list. All the best, Jurre -- Liberationtech list is public and archives are

[liberationtech] And now for some completely different flame... Chrome + password management

2013-08-07 Thread Brian Conley
Are they being irresponsible or aren't they? http://mashable.com/2013/08/07/chrome-password-security/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link That is a serous question in interested to hear a variety of opinions on, both for and against Google's position, OK go! Spoiler alert, I think both players are

Re: [liberationtech] StoryMaker - opinions

2013-07-25 Thread Brian Conley
Hi Bill! Thanks for your interest, comments below. snip https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.guardianproject.mrapp The app is open source (+1) and the developers behind it include Free Press Unlimited, The Guardian Project and Small World News so its provenance is indeed sound.

Re: [liberationtech] Iranian Climbers vs. Western Media

2013-07-21 Thread Brian Conley
Hi Amin, Not to dissuade you from being angry, but to give you some perspective, I live in Oregon and hikers get lost almost daily during the fall, for example. This rarely if ever gets noted on national news, much less international. Though it might seem silly, if President Obama's dog died, it

Re: [liberationtech] Ether Rag: Duck Duck Go: Illusion of Privacy

2013-07-14 Thread Brian Conley
On Jul 14, 2013 12:09 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: http://etherrag.blogspot.jp/2013/07/duck-duck-go-illusion-of-privacy.html Duck Duck Go: Illusion of Privacy snip In the larger picture, this is the crux of the problem not just for DuckDuckGo, but the internet as a

Re: [liberationtech] Crowd steps up to fund 'NSA-proof' app

2013-07-12 Thread Brian Conley
If it's not open source we aren't trusting it, so wait and see. On Jul 11, 2013 11:06 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201307112159-0022901 Crowd steps up to fund 'NSA-proof' app In just 36 hours, users contributed $100,000 to fund an app

Re: [liberationtech] Silent Circle experiences rapid growth in wake of NSA surveillance scandal

2013-07-01 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] Help test the new Tor Browser!

2013-06-24 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] Help test the new Tor Browser!

2013-06-24 Thread Brian Conley
Thanks Dragana, But wouldn't that mean there is no new browser bundle for recent macs as only 32 is specified at Jacob's link? Brian On Jun 24, 2013 3:18 PM, Dragana Kaurin kau...@openitp.org wrote: On 06/24/2013 02:53 PM, Brian Conley wrote: Hi Jacob, This is great news, do you know

Re: [liberationtech] Oakland Cryptoparty This Sunday at 1pm

2013-06-17 Thread Brian Conley
Rich and Ernad, If you could reply to the list about what you come up with I and probably others would be grateful. Unfortunately many who need these tools will not even be aware where to begin looking for hardware. Let us know when you finish the book, and I hope it is short and to the point.

Re: [liberationtech] Oakland Cryptoparty This Sunday at 1pm

2013-06-17 Thread Brian Conley
+1 Eleanor. On Jun 14, 2013 6:38 PM, Eleanor Saitta e...@dymaxion.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2013.06.14 18.20, Rich Kulawiec wrote: Now since I have (once again) opened my big mouth, I'll step up as well: if any organizations want to get their email out

Re: [liberationtech] Oakland Cryptoparty This Sunday at 1pm

2013-06-17 Thread Brian Conley
Until you become a nuisance, at which point the state just requests cancelation/blocking/surveillance of your single static IP address? I'm asking, because I'm not clueful on this issue and interested to hear more as you and rich are touting this as all being very easy, which seems unlikely...

Re: [liberationtech] Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data

2013-06-17 Thread Brian Conley
Hold on... On Jun 11, 2013 12:27 AM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.edu wrote: snip The distinction between direct or indirect access is semantic, not substantive, and likely irrelevant to most Americans. snip And then... As I said, a recent NY Times article spoke specifically of the

Re: [liberationtech] Guardian reporter delayed e-mailing NSA source because crypto is a pain

2013-06-12 Thread Brian Conley
+1 Micah +1 Jillian Anne and Paul. On Jun 12, 2013 7:24 PM, micah mi...@riseup.net wrote: Eleanor Saitta e...@dymaxion.org writes: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 2013.06.12 11.54, micah wrote: I'm constantly hearing from people who complain about the UI in

Re: [liberationtech] Cryptocat: Translation Volunteers Needed

2013-06-11 Thread Brian Conley
Catherine, shut out is an active verb indicating intention, which is very different from not available for which implies the potential to become available, unlike shut out which ones a decision to not provide support. That said Nadim, I do find increasing use of opera in areas of low bandwidth

Re: [liberationtech] Boundless Informant: the NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data

2013-06-09 Thread Brian Conley
+1 to the tone comments, but my verdict is still out on greenwald, though until I see the lawyers and privacy people talking a big game (not just executives) I would tend to believe there is more than a grain of accuracy. On Jun 9, 2013 6:45 AM, Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: Jake, I

Re: [liberationtech] NSA whistleblower revealed

2013-06-09 Thread Brian Conley
Easy answer, plenty of flights to hong kong from Hawaii I would bet, and no layovers in problematic countries. B On Jun 9, 2013 5:04 PM, Anthony Papillion anth...@cajuntechie.org wrote: On 06/09/2013 04:43 PM, Matt Johnson wrote: I have to say going to Hong Kong for free speech and safety

Re: [liberationtech] Time to ask again: why are you logging?

2013-06-07 Thread Brian Conley
+1 On Jun 7, 2013 11:57 AM, Anthony Papillion anth...@cajuntechie.org wrote: On 06/07/2013 01:51 PM, micah wrote: The default syslog in Debian, rsyslog just announced that they've added log anonymization capabilities[0]! Almost 12 years now after riseup wrote the initial

Re: [liberationtech] OpenWatch Releases #OccupyGezi Android Application

2013-06-07 Thread Brian Conley
Hi Rich, That sounds pretty cool, have you heard of StoryMaker yet? It's an app we have been building at Small World News, in collaboration with the guardian project and scal.io, along with support from free press unlimited and the open tech fund. StoryMaker helps users tell stories not just

[liberationtech] Anyone else getting spammed by Reporters Without Borders press releases?

2013-04-11 Thread Brian Conley
why RSF decided to start spamming me with this, and my email request for details to the above address have returned no response. Anyone else had success dealing with this? -- Brian Conley Director, Small World News http://smallworldnews.tv m: 646.285.2046 Skype: brianjoelconley -- Too

Re: [liberationtech] Privacy, data protection questions

2013-03-26 Thread Brian Conley
or fundamentally flawed, maybe for another reason, quite frankly all i care about is how your attitude impacts my day. Brian On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Rich Kulawiec r...@gsp.org wrote: On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:57:10AM -0700, Brian Conley wrote: Mostly I'm taking issue with your

Re: [liberationtech] Privacy, data protection questions

2013-03-25 Thread Brian Conley
is a non-starter for an early startup. If it were an easy problem, we wouldn't be having this discussion. I wish you luck in solving it. Regards, Brian On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Rich Kulawiec r...@gsp.org wrote: On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 04:29:38PM -0700, Brian Conley wrote: Nose

Re: [liberationtech] Crypho

2013-03-25 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] Crypho

2013-03-22 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] Privacy, data protection questions

2013-03-22 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] skype

2013-03-21 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] liberation tech and Congress

2013-03-20 Thread Brian Conley
America Foundation Tweeting @loreleikelly cell: 202-487-7728 -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Brian

Re: [liberationtech] Satellite phones for Rohingya in Burma

2013-03-18 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] Qt TorBrowser

2013-03-17 Thread Brian Conley
For anyone interested in digging into this discussion, let me suggest a simple Google search to locate the discussion on the tor list. http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome-mobileie=UTF-8q=torbrowser+randolph+tor+cc I'm not sure why its worth creating more noise on this list, but I

Re: [liberationtech] Interesting legal question about copyright happening right now

2013-02-24 Thread Brian Conley
TV stations likely have a negotiated license or permissions, no? Either way, definitely agree it raises questions as to who is a journalist. Larger news agencies often have huge teams of lawyers that have a say in whether to publish a story or not(or at least help establish the boundaries). But

Re: [liberationtech] Kenyan election

2013-02-24 Thread Brian Conley
us. https://wiki.ushahidi.com/display/WIKI/Uchaguzi+-+Kenyan+Elections+2013 Thanks again Heather On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tvwrote: Hey John, Glad to hear it. Seems you have some flawed data already... see: https://uchaguzi.co.ke/reports

Re: [liberationtech] Kenyan election

2013-02-22 Thread Brian Conley
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[liberationtech] Freeze the memory out of a galaxy nexus?

2013-02-21 Thread Brian Conley
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/02/14/frost-attack-unlocks-android-phones-data-by-chilling-its-memory-in-a-freezer/ -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech

Re: [liberationtech] Freeze the memory out of a galaxy nexus?

2013-02-21 Thread Brian Conley
-security-uses-android-hardware-for-its-own-hack-resistance/ I haven't found much about the capabilities of these HSMs. It's not a silver bullet since they may still be key material exposed in memory, but I think it's a positive development. On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Brian Conley bri

Re: [liberationtech] Freeze the memory out of a galaxy nexus?

2013-02-21 Thread Brian Conley
hrm, also true for the newest line of google nexus i believe. On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Parker Higgins par...@eff.org wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2/21/13 10:32 AM, Brian Conley wrote: Any idea why the researchers would posit that iOS devices may

Re: [liberationtech] Freeze the memory out of a galaxy nexus?

2013-02-21 Thread Brian Conley
Always trust Jake to cut right to the bare honest ugly (and depressing!) truth. thanks! B On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Jacob Appelbaum ja...@appelbaum.netwrote: Brian Conley: hrm, also true for the newest line of google nexus i believe. In any phone where one might be able to open

[liberationtech] Chinas Internet?

2013-02-20 Thread Brian Conley
Photos of the dead sailors, their bodies gagged and blindfolded and some with head wounds suggesting execution-style killings, circulated on China’s Internet. From: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/21/world/asia/chinese-plan-to-use-drone-highlights-military-advances.html?_r=0 I know about the GFW

Re: [liberationtech] Chinas Internet?

2013-02-20 Thread Brian Conley
sphere, such as Sina Weibo communities and so on... NK On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tvwrote: Photos of the dead sailors, their bodies gagged and blindfolded and some with head wounds suggesting execution-style killings, circulated on China’s

Re: [liberationtech] Cryptography super-group creates unbreakable encryption

2013-02-19 Thread Brian Conley
they're automatically crazy and kicked out of the club. -a -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Brian Conley Director, Small World News http://smallworldnews.tv m: 646.285.2046 Skype: brianjoelconley

Re: [liberationtech] Cryptography super-group creates unbreakable encryption

2013-02-13 Thread Brian Conley
Well so we've learned a few things: 1. The limits of completely open/anonymous spaces 2. Why anarchists operate in affinity groups and not everyone has equal right hooray! 3. Someone is obviously threatened by nadim(be proud not frustrated Nadim!) 4. People are still utter douchebags. I'm

Re: [liberationtech] Chromebooks for Risky Situations?

2013-02-12 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] Would like to change my email id

2013-02-11 Thread Brian Conley
Buddha, please use the links at the end of any lib tech mail to change your settings. Sent from my iPad On Feb 11, 2013, at 9:07, Buddhadeb Halder buddhadeb.hal...@unibo.it wrote: Hi, I would like to chnage my email id for this group. Could you please ammend my email id to

Re: [liberationtech] Good examples of software documentation?

2013-02-11 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] Cryptography super-group creates unbreakable encryption

2013-02-07 Thread Brian Conley
article's worth of lip service here, it must be really unbreakable: http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/6/3950664/phil-zimmermann-wants-to-save-you-from-your-phone NK On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tvwrote: I heard they have a super secret

Re: [liberationtech] Chromebooks for Risky Situations?

2013-02-07 Thread Brian Conley
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Jacob Appelbaum ja...@appelbaum.net wrote: Brian Conley: Micah, Perhaps you can tell us the secret to convince all family members and colleagues to become Linux hackers able to be completely self-sufficient managing their own upgrades and modifications

Re: [liberationtech] Chromebooks for Risky Situations?

2013-02-07 Thread Brian Conley
snip My point was for something off the shelf, I know of nothing better and as far as it goes... I'd say it's a step up for a lot people who should be using more secure IT technologies and methods than they are (such as some journalists), and they can take that step with minimal

Re: [liberationtech] Pressure Increases On Silent Circle To Release Application Source Code

2013-02-06 Thread Brian Conley
LOL! At least it implies that one of Silent Circle's customers or their consultants may support open sourcing the code. On Feb 6, 2013 8:09 AM, Nathan of Guardian nat...@guardianproject.info wrote: On 02/06/2013 10:06 PM, Nadim Kobeissi wrote:

Re: [liberationtech] Chromebooks for Risky Situations?

2013-02-06 Thread Brian Conley
and USA and so on it might be a good solution. -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech -- Brian Conley Director, Small World News http://smallworldnews.tv m: 646.285.2046 Skype: brianjoelconley -- Unsubscribe

Re: [liberationtech] Chromebooks for Risky Situations?

2013-02-06 Thread Brian Conley
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Re: [liberationtech] Chromebooks for Risky Situations?

2013-02-06 Thread Brian Conley
Micah, Perhaps you can tell us the secret to convince all family members and colleagues to become Linux hackers able to be completely self-sufficient managing their own upgrades and modifications indefinitely? Otherwise what is your point? It seems like you are being needlessly confrontational

Re: [liberationtech] Cryptography super-group creates unbreakable encryption

2013-02-06 Thread Brian Conley
be really unbreakable: http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/6/3950664/phil-zimmermann-wants-to-save-you-from-your-phone NK On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tv wrote: I heard they have a super secret crypto clubhouse in the belly of an extinct volcano

Re: [liberationtech] Wickr app aims to safeguard online privacy

2013-02-05 Thread Brian Conley
observation of fools amongst many activist and journalist groups. Brian On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Jacob Appelbaum ja...@appelbaum.netwrote: Brian Conley: Apparently Silent Circle is also proposing such a feature now. Such a feature makes sense when we consider the pervasive world of targeted

Re: [liberationtech] Wickr app aims to safeguard online privacy

2013-02-05 Thread Brian Conley
: NK On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tvwrote: In this case, self-destruct would potentially save Joe and Susan from the fool Billy's lazy security culture. In this kind of scenario, adding a self-destruct feature would definitely be useful in preventing

[liberationtech] Sharing children's lives online?

2013-01-08 Thread Brian Conley
Hi all, Perhaps this is not the right forum, but I happen to believe it is. If we care to discuss liberation tech, we ought to discuss the liberation of those who have little or no capacity to choose for themselves, yes? What's concerning me today is a decision by my daughter's preschool. They

Re: [liberationtech] Draft checklist for choosing tools

2013-01-05 Thread Brian Conley
Hi Bob, Thanks for this. Can you clarify whether you intend technical or nontechnical people to use it? There is certainly a need for nontechnical people to have access to such a list. However, I don't believe, in your current text, that this checklist will be accessible to nontechnical users.

Re: [liberationtech] Lune: My new project

2013-01-02 Thread Brian Conley
Cool Nadim! Have you seen poetica.com (poeti.ca) yet? Perhaps there could be some crossover. On Jan 2, 2013 11:44 AM, Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: Dear LibTech, I hope this won't be considered spam, but I would like to announce my new major project, Lune: http://lune.lu I hope

Re: [liberationtech] Skype redux

2012-12-22 Thread Brian Conley
You should also include Guardian's projects: Gibberbot Ostel/ostn no? That said, thus far, neither redphone nor those over listed rivals skype or Google hangouts quality of transmission. This is not meant to detract from them, its more a question, is a revenue based model the only option to

[liberationtech] Google Hangout the new, better skype? Was Re: Skype redux

2012-12-21 Thread Brian Conley
So I guess the question is, is there a more/similarly convenient video/audio chatting tool that can be advocated as a standard? Skype is a problem, hands down. But people will continue to use it, particularly in situations they see as nonthreatening (rightly and wrongly) because it is convenient

Re: [liberationtech] Google Hangout the new, better skype? Was Re: Skype redux

2012-12-21 Thread Brian Conley
On Dec 21, 2012 2:24 PM, KheOps khe...@ceops.eu wrote: Hi everyone :) Le 21/12/2012 17:29, liberationt...@lewman.us a écrit : On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:52:35 -0800 Brian Conley bri...@smallworldnews.tv wrote: So I guess the question is, is there a more/similarly convenient video/audio

Re: [liberationtech] Google Hangout the new, better skype? Was Re: Skype redux

2012-12-21 Thread Brian Conley
Thanks Jacob, How do you consider Adams concerns about Jitsi? Brian On Dec 21, 2012 8:24 PM, Jacob Appelbaum ja...@appelbaum.net wrote: Brian Conley: So I guess the question is, is there a more/similarly convenient video/audio chatting tool that can be advocated as a standard? Jitsi

Re: [liberationtech] Forbes recommends tools for journalists

2012-12-17 Thread Brian Conley
+1 to danny and nathan. I'd also like to note a small detail the author missed. Robert King, the photographer who took the McAfee pic, is the same photographer who was recently in Syria for vice. Let's hope he didn't make the same mistake there. Brian On Dec 17, 2012 9:14 PM, Danny O'Brien

Re: [liberationtech] Forbes recommends tools for journalists

2012-12-17 Thread Brian Conley
Its SSD so its still not a secure wipe, no? On Dec 18, 2012 12:26 AM, Eric S Johnson cra...@oneotaslopes.org wrote: Secure deletion is a problem we could solve in software, by encrypting the data and then destroying the key to render the data unrecoverable, *if* we had a few bytes of

Re: [liberationtech] Where can I find the Twitter censorship handbook?

2012-12-15 Thread Brian Conley
John, So am I mistaken that Twitter blocks (and by blocks I mean does not allow to be visible) certain content in certain countries, in accordance with local regulation? I'm not saying its right or wrong, but unless I'm mistaken about this, its a bit melodramatic to get on your high horse about

Re: [liberationtech] Announcing finalists (and soon winners) for the Access Tech Innovation Prize

2012-12-06 Thread Brian Conley
Thanks all, speaking for Small World News, I'd like to say we have been excited and honored to work with the Guardian Project, as well as our other partners in the development of StoryMaker, Free Press Unlimited and Radio Free Asia, without whom it wouldn't be possible. We look forward to hearing

Re: [liberationtech] Announcing finalists (and soon winners) for the Access Tech Innovation Prize

2012-12-06 Thread Brian Conley
+1 On Dec 7, 2012 12:12 AM, Brian Duggan bcdu...@gmail.com wrote: We also want to say thanks to Access and their hard work on a prize competition that produced and will support such great projects. Access chose a fantastic group of finalists and we wish the best of luck to everyone in the

Re: [liberationtech] Verification of Speak2Tweet Locales?

2012-11-30 Thread Brian Conley
Ben, I've just emailed you some details and a connection with the guys st Google originally behind the service. Brian On Nov 30, 2012 11:02 AM, Ben Connors benjconn...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, Washington Post Journalist here with a verification question. We're looking to do a little blogging

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,

[liberationtech] Libya Telecom blocks Facebook?

2012-11-27 Thread Brian Conley
Apparently Libya Telecom (LTT) may have just blocked Facebook. I'm working on gathering additional details/confirming. Anyone else heard something *specific*? -- Brian Conley Director, Small World News http://smallworldnews.tv m: 646.285.2046 Skype: brianjoelconley public key: http

Re: [liberationtech] Libya Telecom blocks Facebook?

2012-11-27 Thread Brian Conley
Apologies all, seems to be a widespread disruption: http://downrightnow.com/facebook However I can verify it is not blocking all Libyan connections to facebook, as I'm talking with individuals in Tripoli and Ajdabiya at the moment. On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Brian Conley bri

Re: [liberationtech] Libya Telecom blocks Facebook?

2012-11-27 Thread Brian Conley
, Joss Wright joss-liberationt...@pseudonymity.net wrote: On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:49:19PM -0800, Brian Conley wrote: Apparently Libya Telecom (LTT) may have just blocked Facebook. I'm working on gathering additional details/confirming. Anyone else heard something *specific

Re: [liberationtech] Saudi Arabia implements electronic tracking system for women

2012-11-22 Thread Brian Conley
I would be interested to know whether this system involves any automated tracking, such as a database of SIMs that are updated by default via SMS when the relevant women's SIM passes immigration, etc. It seems likely it is simply a database registry, cross referencing contact information of male

[liberationtech] Comments on Internews new information security guide

2012-11-12 Thread Brian Conley
Hi all, I have recently seen Internews' new internet security guide. http://www.internews.org/our-stories/project-updates/speaksafe-new-toolkit-safer-online-and-mobile-practices-media I wonder if anyone else on the list has seen it, or whether anyone knows who authored it? I'd very much like

Re: [liberationtech] SOPA Supporter Considered for Sec. of State

2012-11-12 Thread Brian Conley
Nadim, internet freedom isn't the only issue we should act on, is it? On Nov 12, 2012 11:03 PM, Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: Promoting the business interests of his district at the expense of Internet freedom...? NK On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Collin Anderson

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