Re: [liberationtech] Meet the 'cowboy' in charge of the NSA

2013-09-09 Thread phryk
On Mon, 09 Sep 2013 11:23:30 +0200 Axel Simon axelsi...@axelsimon.net wrote: Hi, Am I the only one for whom the page is hidden behind an annoying sign up overlay? axel Nope, I got that too. You can remove it with the developer tools/firebug. A bit disappointing that they go all HEY

Re: [liberationtech] Meet the 'cowboy' in charge of the NSA

2013-09-09 Thread phryk
On other sites, yes - that's what I'm used to. But on this site I didn't see anything that even remotely resembles anything approximating a close button; Clicking besides the popup won't do anything either. -- Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. Violations

Re: [liberationtech] Fwd: A hacker's guide to Amsterdam

2013-07-20 Thread phryk
On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 12:38:34 +0200 Jason Gulledge ram...@ramdac.org wrote: There will be people at OHM on the 27th. Guaranteed. Yes, I was told that the 29th is supposed to be for people who don't help on setting up the OHM camp and infrastructure later today, too. Good to hear it from another

Re: [liberationtech] Is Most Encryption Cracked?

2013-07-18 Thread phryk
On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:47:28 -0500 Nick Daly nick.m.d...@gmail.com wrote: I swear I recognize that argument structure from somewhere... strongstrongstrongstrongstrong North Korea /strong/strong/strong/strong/strong is best Korea? :F -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change

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

2013-07-12 Thread phryk
be a software update where the default of one small option was changed… Just my 2cents, phryk [1] http://hemlismessenger.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/first-bunch-of-questions-from-our-funders-answered/ -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator

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

2013-07-12 Thread phryk
On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:03:55 +0200 Axel Simon axelsi...@axelsimon.net wrote: I understand the need for diversity, really Isn't the diversity in crypto especially important in the way that we *need* different applications to do things differently so that in case one is broken, the other

Re: [liberationtech] Resources on electronic voting

2013-07-12 Thread phryk
/david_bismark_e_voting_without_fraud.html Cheers, phryk -- 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

Re: [liberationtech] Resources on electronic voting

2013-07-12 Thread phryk
On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 09:58:36 -0400 Patrick Mylund Nielsen cryptogra...@patrickmylund.com wrote: This file is particularly interesting: https://github.com/vvk-ehk/evalimine/blob/098ff93f9f159c977d60584606a1dabce755f5f1/ivote-server/hes/vote_analyzer.py Ouch. I guess we know where the first fix

Re: [liberationtech] Call for Participants @ Noisy Square - Putting the Resistance back in OHM

2013-06-24 Thread phryk
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:52:01 -0400 Eleanor Saitta e...@dymaxion.org wrote: A lot of people are asking me to change my mind on attending, and it sounds like you guys are going to have a lot of fun, but I'm finding myself pretty unmotivated to change my mind given that much of the organizing

Re: [liberationtech] Call for Participants @ Noisy Square - Putting the Resistance back in OHM

2013-06-24 Thread phryk
After much discussion on the OHM mailinglist and social media storms, the police backed of and decided not to have a village. Instead, like all the previous conferences before, they will be undercover! Just like CCCamp, EMFcamp and all the other hacker conferences. At least we can play spot

Re: [liberationtech] Call for Participants @ Noisy Square - Putting the Resistance back in OHM

2013-06-24 Thread phryk
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:17:16 + Jacob Appelbaum ja...@appelbaum.net wrote: This is a false dichotomy of an argument if ever I've heard one. I keep hearing it too. It bums me out to no end. I understand that removing ourselves from specific discussions removes our voices from those

Re: [liberationtech] Call for Participants @ Noisy Square - Putting the Resistance back in OHM

2013-06-24 Thread phryk
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 23:02:00 + Jacob Appelbaum ja...@appelbaum.net wrote: The 30th CCC Congress is likely to be such a space. Alternatively, we could create a new space that talks about the issues at hand. Works for me. The only thought I'd have about that is if the timeframe is okay; But

Re: [liberationtech] Telecomix Broadcast System - Now including news from Turkey

2013-06-22 Thread phryk
Bulgaria is protesting against their corrupted government, too. Any chance of getting that into Telecomix' Broadcast System or expanding media coverage / awareness for those people? https://medium.com/better-humans/c48a55c30e29 -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password

Re: [liberationtech] to encrypt or not to encrypt?

2013-06-21 Thread phryk
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:55:57 -0400 Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: The solution to this is to make encryption more and more widely used. By increasing the number of people with access to encryption technology for their communications, we dilute this threat. My thought exactly, just

Re: [liberationtech] Bush-Era Whistleblower Claims NSA Ordered Wiretap Of Barack Obama In 2004

2013-06-21 Thread phryk
I have to admit, I find that rather amusing. I wonder if this is actually true and if it might change Obamas opinion on the surveillance machine. And if it does, how will he try to hide the obvious hypocrisy? Actually I have to say that I'm beginning to see the whole phenomenon developing around

Re: [liberationtech] to encrypt or not to encrypt?

2013-06-21 Thread phryk
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:55:57 -0400 Nadim Kobeissi na...@nadim.cc wrote: The solution to this is to make encryption more and more widely used. By increasing the number of people with access to encryption technology for their communications, we dilute this threat. My thought exactly, just

Re: [liberationtech] to encrypt or not to encrypt?

2013-06-21 Thread phryk
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 10:28:51 -0700 Martin Uecker uec...@eecs.berkeley.edu wrote: - email is used a lot (also for important stuff) As far as I can tell, non-techy persons mostly use their email accounts for registering at various websites, online-shopping and that sort of thing, not active

Re: [liberationtech] Decoupling from current power structures

2013-06-19 Thread phryk
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[liberationtech] Decoupling from current power structures

2013-06-18 Thread phryk
I know of the Global Village Construction Set[3] which is a promising project, but seems to depend on classical, inefficient, agriculture. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_farming [2] http://www.contourcrafting.org/ Greetings, phryk -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe

[liberationtech] Decoupling from current power structures

2013-06-18 Thread phryk
I know of the Global Village Construction Set[3] which is a promising project, but seems to depend on classical, inefficient, agriculture. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_farming [2] http://www.contourcrafting.org/ Greetings, phryk -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe

Re: [liberationtech] Decoupling from current power structures

2013-06-18 Thread phryk
On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:40:23 -0400 Bruce Potter at IRF bpot...@irf.org wrote: in a nation of 300 million, and a global system heading for 10 billion, I don't see it. I didn't mean decoupling everybody at once. I am talking about loosening our dependance on them by introducing systems by the

Re: [liberationtech] Decoupling from current power structures

2013-06-18 Thread phryk
On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:40:23 -0400 Bruce Potter at IRF bpot...@irf.org wrote: in a nation of 300 million, and a global system heading for 10 billion, I don't see it. I didn't mean decoupling everybody at once. I am talking about loosening our dependance on them by introducing systems by the

Re: [liberationtech] OHM2013 Hacker Camp: Five Whistleblowing Lectures

2013-06-11 Thread phryk
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:21:49 +0200 Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) li...@infosecurity.ch wrote: We may need to organize a meeting other than those lectures to discuss among all various players and people interested on the topic. Maybe the Free Village[1] could accommodate a meeting like that, it