[liberationtech] Seeking a digital safety hacker/cybersecurity expert for a unique job opportunity in Canada

2016-12-20 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
nada-based, what with extensive international travel. https://secdev-foundation.org/jobs/cybersecurity-expert-digital-rights/ Rafal Rohozinski Senior fellow & co-founder SecDev Foundation World Exchange Plaza 45 O'Connor Street, Suite 1150 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1A4 e: r.rohozinski@sec

[liberationtech] Death by Dollars: How Money Censors Online - Digital Report

2015-03-20 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
Internet users in Belarus and Russia will soon see access to many of their favourite resources threatened. The government will not be the censor this time, but rather the economic crisis will serve sufficient, forcing editors to impose financial restrictions to help their projects to stay solvent.

[liberationtech] SecDev Foundation RFI for comprehensive cyber service is extended to 20 March

2015-02-24 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
SecDev Foundation has extended the deadline for responding to its RFI for comprehensive cyber services to 20 March 2015. The RFI is open to not-for-profit, and for-profit entities. Follow the URL here: http://new.secdev-foundation.org/jobs/rfi-comprehensive-cyber-services/ Sent by SecDev

[liberationtech] Brace for the Quantified Society

2015-01-13 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
in this space matters, with implications on our day-to-day lives and freedom There are no simple answers. But whatever you do, be prepared to brace on impact. Rafal Rohozinski Principal The SecDev Group complexity.engaged World Exchange Plaza 45 O'Connor Street, Suite 1150 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1A4 t: +1

[liberationtech] OpenNet Eurasia - SecDev Foundation successor to ONI in the Eurasia region

2015-01-01 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
OpenNet Eurasia is a multi year program of research and engagement with governments in the Eurasian region on issues of cyber security, and freedom of access to cyberspace. http://new.secdev-foundation.org/what-we-do/digital-safety-and-the-right-to-communicate/open-net-eurasia/ We are looking

[liberationtech] Looking for a talented TOR/VPN developer/ops manager

2014-10-29 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
I'm posting this notice on behalf of the SecDev Foundation, a Canadian non-for profit think/do tank. They are looking for a talented developer/operator to help manage and develop niche VPN solutions for at risk communities across a number of regions, focused mostly on conflict zones. SecDev

Re: [liberationtech] Looking for a talented TOR/VPN developer/ops manager

2014-10-29 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
Thanks to both. Graphic will be changed, you have a good point about reinforcing stereotypes. Yes on the TOR / Tor. difference, and I apologize on behalf of Siri and my iPhone for insisting on that mistake :-) R Sent by SecDev secure mobile. Please excuse typos or other oddities. On Oct 29,

[liberationtech] Last Call !!! Project Manager - Syria Conflict Region (SalamaTech Syria)

2014-10-08 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
The SecDev Foundation is looking for a highly motivated project manager for the SalamaTech Syria Conflict Region Initiative. Arabic: http://www.salamatech.org English: http://en.salamatech.org The right person needs a sense of mission, commitment, integrity, and judgment. If selected, you

[liberationtech] The Syrian Opposition Is Disappearing From Facebook - Atlantic Mobile

2014-02-04 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
A good article from the Atlantic highlighting Syria's Facebook Wars. Secdev Foundation supports digital safety and security for nonviolent actors in Syria under a DRL supported program of assistance. The Secdev foundation is a Canadian registered not-for-profit foundation. It operates

[liberationtech] OPC - Special Report to Parliament, Jan 2014sr_cic_e.pdf

2014-01-28 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
Dear LibTech colleagues, Attached is a report from Canada's privacy Commissioner addressing the issue of privacy and oversight in the era of cyber surveillance. Rafal -- Liberationtech is public archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated:

Re: [liberationtech] OPC - Special Report to Parliament, Jan 2014sr_cic_e.pdf

2014-01-28 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
Apologies, I forgot this list scrubs attachments. Here is the link to the report on the office of the privacy Commissioner's website. http://www.priv.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2014/nr-c_140128_e.asp Sent by SecDev secure mobile. Please excuse typos or other oddities. On Jan 28, 2014, at 13:30, Rafal

[liberationtech] Black Bloc Rising: Social Networks in Brazil

2013-10-09 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
View this email in your browser Black Bloc Rising: Social Networks in Brazil Brazil was convulsed by massive digitally-enabled protests between June and August 2013. While largely peaceful, a militant anarchist group emerged during this period – the Black Bloc – which has seized the public

[liberationtech] Spying Games - comment on Canada's adventures in Brazil - and what it means

2013-10-08 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
Spying Games Rafal Rohozinski and Robert Muggah Gentlemen do not read each other's mail. With those words then U.S. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson ended the operations of the Cipher Bureau. Also known as the “Black Chamber”, the Cipher Bureau was a signals intelligence agency

[liberationtech] Syria's Hacker Wars

2013-10-08 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
Analysis of the growing significance of hacking groups in the war in Syria. View this email in your browser Syria's Hacker Wars Internet hacking groups increasingly significant in Syrian war 8 October 2013. Internet hacking groups are a significant and growing feature of the war in

Re: [liberationtech] Internet off in Syria?

2013-05-08 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
The SecDev's Syria Operations Group detected 60 of 67 net blocks returning at 1600 hrs. local time. Connectivity is restored in most major cities and governorates with the exception of those with damaged infrastructure (see embedded map). Circumvention systems are back online.Sources in Syria

[liberationtech] SECDEV: The internet in Syria: down, but not out

2013-05-08 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
View this email in your browser The internet in Syria: down, but not out On 7 May 2013, Syria disconnected from the global internet for the third time since the beginning of the conflict. On 8 May, internet connectivity was restored. While analysts

[liberationtech] SECDEV FLASHNOTE: Syrian Regime Tightens Access to Secure Online Communications

2013-04-24 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
The latest Flash Note from SecDev on the Syrian regime tightening access to secure online communications. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Syrian Regime Tightens Access to Secure Online Communications SecDev Flash Note 23 April 2013 The Syrian regime continues

[liberationtech] Syria Digital Security Monitor

2013-04-03 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
The SecDev Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the Syria Digital Security Monitor. This site maps and visualizes reports of disruption to critical infrastructure in Syria which includes internet, telecommunication, electricity and water, and reports on cyber threats. The project

Re: [liberationtech] New report on Internet Censorship and Surveillance in Turkmenistan

2013-01-08 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Jacob Appelbaum ja...@appelbaum.net wrote: Rafal Rohozinski: John, With respect to SORM-II, the signatures are based upon the technical characteristics of the system rather than something that's detectable by protocol scanning. What are the technical characteristics

Re: [liberationtech] New report on Internet Censorship and Surveillance in Turkmenistan

2013-01-08 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
Jacob: As you know, I've been involved with ONI for the past decade, and I know you've taken a very keen interest in these issues in the last few years (by you, I also mean the TOR project). Well, I've tried for the better part of ten years to learn about the internal methods of ONI.

Re: [liberationtech] New report on Internet Censorship and Surveillance in Turkmenistan - back on topic

2013-01-08 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
Libtech, Just in case there are people out there still interested in Turkmenistan :-) One of the contributors to our report recently started up a Facebook page which has become quite popular amongst the Turkmenistan opposition. It can be found here: www.facebook.com/salamturkmen and

[liberationtech] SYRIA’S INTERNET GOES DARK DURING PRESIDENT ASSAD’S SPEECH

2013-01-07 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
The Syrian Internet went dark at the same time as President Assad was giving a speech reassuring supporters of his intention to stay in power. Latest SecDev FlashNote can be downloaded here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4_SBxiVQGUOaWdHclRVeUlhZDA Rafal -- Unsubscribe, change to digest,

Re: [liberationtech] New report on Internet Censorship and Surveillance in Turkmenistan

2013-01-06 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
: does Secdev have plans to make data / methodology / code behind Black Watch and the other components of Secdev's measures and study of openness available for peer review replication? All the best, John On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Rafal Rohozinski r.rohozin...@psiphon.cawrote: Hi Colin

Re: [liberationtech] New report on Internet Censorship and Surveillance in Turkmenistan

2013-01-05 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
that a technical replication of their work was reasonably straightforward. If your team has had any problems replicating these results, I'd be to happy to direct them toward relevant materials. -Morgan On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Rafal Rohozinski r.rohozin...@psiphon.cawrote: Hi Eva, Thanks for your

Re: [liberationtech] New report on Internet Censorship and Surveillance in Turkmenistan

2013-01-05 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
, however, technical data would clearly be of democratic benefit to a number of researchers on this list. Cordially, Collin On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Rafal Rohozinski r.rohozin...@psiphon.cawrote: Morgan, Thanks for your note. I use the term interview euphemistically. Obviously we used

[liberationtech] New report on Internet Censorship and Surveillance in Turkmenistan

2013-01-02 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
The SecDev Group has released a study of Internet censorship and surveillance in Turkmenistan. The report was commissioned and financially supported by the Open Society Foundations. It is posted on the ONI Website , and can also be downloaded from here Neither Here Nor There: Turkmenistan’s

[liberationtech] Internet back in Syria

2012-12-01 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
Secdev detected BGP announcements from Syria as of 7:30 AM Eastern standard time. For our initial monitoring we look at the updates that are broadcast, because dumps of those are available every 15 minutes. However a more complete status is available every two hours, which will provide better

[liberationtech] Syria Re-connects - Secdev Flashnote (v1) 1.12.2012 12:37EST

2012-12-01 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
On December 1st at approximately 14:30 GMT x-apple-data-detectors://1, SecDev's Syria Operations Group monitoring the Syrian Internet witnessed a substantial amount of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route update announcements related to Syrian Internet Protocol (IP) blocks. The announcements were

[liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
This pic has just been posted on twitter. It was picked up by the Secdev Syria Operation Group. It is allegeldy a picture of internet censorship hardware taken inside a telecom hub (exchange) in Damascus, http://twitter.com/AmaraaBaghdad/status/274919986399703040/photo/1 It looks like the

Re: [liberationtech] Censorship hardware - BLUECOAT IN SYIA

2012-12-01 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
features of some ZTE kit. Based on searches ZTE have in the past hired for telecoms engineers and account managers for clients in Damascus. Regards, Bernard Rafal Rohozinski r.rohozin...@psiphon.ca wrote: This pic has just been posted on twitter. It was picked up by the Secdev

Re: [liberationtech] SECDEV: Report on Syrian internet shutdown -III

2012-11-30 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
University of California, Los Angeles Quoting Rafal Rohozinski r.rohozin...@psiphon.ca: As this list strips PDF's - you can down load the report from here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4ox3LYQcooBVUlfMkUzZUJmTTQ Rafal On Nov 29, 2012, at 10:47 PM, Rafal Rohozinski r.rohozin

Re: [liberationtech] Renesys: Syrian Internet Is Off The Air

2012-11-29 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
We are tracking and reporting the same. Cell phone, electricity, and landlines reported down in several cities. https://www.facebook.com/Syrian.DS On Nov 29, 2012, at 9:57 AM, Enrique Piraces pira...@hrw.org wrote: http://www.renesys.com/blog/2012/11/syria-off-the-air.shtml Is anyone

Re: [liberationtech] US State Department comments on Internet Shutdown

2012-11-29 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
We are seeing reports coming out from within Syria. In some cases it's people tweeting that have access to internet capable satellite phones, and other cases relaying via voice to people outside of the country. There is a considerable amount of information coming out from all cities but whether

[liberationtech] SECDEV: Report on Syrian internet shutdown

2012-11-29 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
Dear colleagues, Please find attached a Flash Note from SecDev produced by our Syria operations group, on today's shutdown of the internet in Syria. This shutdown has coincided with heavy fighting around Damascus airport and the reported seizure of key military facilities by rebels. In the

[liberationtech] SECDEV: Focus on cyber security, empowerment and transnational crime in Latin America

2012-06-06 Thread Rafal Rohozinski
for further information about this project. Rafal Rohozinski Principal, The SecDev Group Robert Muggah Principal, The SecDev Group Research Director, Igarapé Institute The SecDev Group complexity.engaged World Exchange Plaza 45 O'Connor Street, Suite 1150 Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1A4 Office: +1