Re: [liberationtech] Physical Hacks to Protect Privacy/Freedom

2013-07-09 Thread Eric Michaud
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Lorenzo, I'm curious what threat models or other situations you are specifically trying to solve? What do you expect your adversary to do when they realize your device has specific features disabled or inoperative? Are you looking to create

[liberationtech] Physical Hacks to Protect Privacy/Freedom

2013-07-01 Thread Lorenzo Franceschi Bicchierai
Hey guys, A colleague and I are exploring the world of physical hacks to protect privacy and freedom. For example, this is what we mean: IR LEDs Overwhelm Surveillance cameras *http://makezine.com/2008/02/24/led-security-camera-disruptor/* Using makeup and hairstyles to overcome facial

Re: [liberationtech] Physical Hacks to Protect Privacy/Freedom

2013-07-01 Thread Nathan of Guardian
On 07/01/2013 11:21 AM, Lorenzo Franceschi Bicchierai wrote: Any other cool examples you can think of? I'd like to get as many examples as possible, so I thought I'd ask here since you guys must know many more. One idea that I am working on in a *very* rough form, is making smartphones that are

Re: [liberationtech] Physical Hacks to Protect Privacy/Freedom

2013-07-01 Thread Nathan of Guardian
On 07/01/2013 11:30 AM, Nathan of Guardian wrote: Like I said, this idea is early, and perhaps a futile exercise, but I think it is empowering to explore how easy it is for a person to modify the hardware of a smartphone in a privacy-enhancing way. Sorry, I forgot to add that this is inspired

Re: [liberationtech] Physical Hacks to Protect Privacy/Freedom

2013-07-01 Thread Pavol Luptak
Any hacks to make a privacy modification of cellphone where a microphone can be physically disconnected? Something like this http://www.stahlke.org/dan/phonemute/, but for recent phones. Pavol On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 11:30:24AM -0400, Nathan of Guardian wrote: On 07/01/2013 11:21 AM, Lorenzo