Re: [liberationtech] Inauguration lecture Christian Fuchs: Social Media and the Public Sphere

2014-01-08 Thread James Losey
Hi Marisol, Thanks for sharing. Will a video be available? Best, James On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Marisol Sandoval marisol.sando...@uti.atwrote: Social Media and the Public Sphere Inauguration Lecture Christian Fuchs Wed. Feb 19, 2013, 18:00 Univ. of Westminster, Regent Street

[liberationtech] Microsoft Releases 2012 Law Enforcement Requests Report

2013-03-21 Thread James Losey
From the blog post: As noted in the data table (available in the PDF below) in 2012, Microsoft and Skype received a total of 75,378 law enforcement requests. Those requests potentially impacted 137,424 accounts. While it is not possible to directly compare the number of requests to the number of

[liberationtech] Commotion Beta is out: Free Wireless Mesh Network Software

2013-03-21 Thread James Losey
Hi All, I wanted to share that OTI released Commotion Beta, free, open source, wireless networking platform this week. This “Developer Release #1” (DR1) makes Commotion’s technology available for testing and feedback and is freely available from the project website: www.commotionwireless.net. I

Re: [liberationtech] Cuba detains Yoani Sanchez

2012-11-08 Thread James Losey
Yoani was detained and released after 30 hours this past October as well: http://www.ifex.org/cuba/2012/10/10/sanchez_released/ On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Yosem Companys compa...@stanford.eduwrote: #Cuba govt detains net activist @YoanifromCuba; demand her release http://is.gd/qMjFEt

Re: [liberationtech] Silent Circle Dangerous to Cryptography Software Development

2012-10-11 Thread James Losey
Hi Nadim, I largely agree with your assessment of Silent Circle and I offer these thoughts in an effort to increase my understanding of the issue. The product is a packaged solution clearly targeted towards business customers focused on corporate privacy. And while the company offeres regular

Re: [liberationtech] Silent Circle Dangerous to Cryptography Software Development

2012-10-11 Thread James Losey
/11/2012 12:04 PM, James Losey wrote: Hi Nadim, I largely agree with your assessment of Silent Circle and I offer these thoughts in an effort to increase my understanding of the issue. The product is a packaged solution clearly targeted towards business customers focused on corporate

Re: [liberationtech] news story, FunkFeuer community mesh network

2012-09-13 Thread James Losey
For those interested in community mesh networks it's worth checking out the International Summit for Community Wireless Networks (IS4CWN) at the beginning of October in Barcelona. The first summit launched what is now called the community broadband movement and this year will bring together

Re: [liberationtech] First World Internet freedom problem

2012-06-15 Thread James Losey
Ban has been lifted: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18454800 J On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Bill Woodcock wo...@pch.net wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jun/15/girl-photos-school-meals-blog?CMP=twt_gu