Re: [liberationtech] A modest proposal for protecting the work (and freedom) of activists.

2014-01-20 Thread Katy Pearce
Not to be a downer here, but until this is addressed: - security is incredibly easy to use - security does not slow down the internet or the computing power - security does not attract the attention of security services then all the training in the world isn't going to make people take these prec

Re: [liberationtech] A modest proposal for protecting the work (and freedom) of activists.

2014-01-20 Thread Katy Pearce
wrote: > > > Katy Pearce wrote: > >Not to be a downer here, but until this is addressed: > > Your post specifically discussed building a training wizard and I was > simply showing you what we had done here to make a simple, friendly > experience using plain language. > >

Re: [liberationtech] A modest proposal for protecting the work (and freedom) of activists.

2014-01-20 Thread Katy Pearce
nt. I do see a lot of obsolete sites (and is the MIT key > server broken?) that come up first in searches. > > Thanks for reading and commenting, > > Katie > > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Katy Pearce wrote: > >> My point is that, to my understanding, there al

Re: [liberationtech] Telenor Azerbaijan surveillance documentary link?

2014-02-08 Thread Katy Pearce
Yeah, it was Teliasonara. I refer to this in a recent article https://www.academia.edu/5833149/Two_Can_Play_at_that_Game_Social_Media_Opportunities_in_Azerbaijan_for_Government_and_Opposition On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb wrote: > Hi, > > I have been looking for a link f

Re: [liberationtech] US created secret Twitter network in Cuba

2014-04-03 Thread Katy Pearce
I don't see why this is news. Many people and organizations on this list are working on similar projects, funded by AID. The framing of the article with Cuban Spring and all that was problematic. On Apr 3, 2014 6:09 AM, "Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes" < alps6...@gmail.com> wrote: > FYI > > >

Re: [liberationtech] Cuba: 5% Internet penetration

2015-01-05 Thread Katy Pearce
http://www.rferl.mobi/a/why-technology-penetration-rates/24805097.html On Mon, Jan 5, 2015, 4:34 PM Myself wrote: > You are using the Internet now. Are you a slave? Are you more equal than > others to deserve it better and decide for them? > On Jan 5, 2015 7:16 PM, "J.M. Porup" wrote: > >> The

Re: [liberationtech] VOA - Circumventing Censorship guide?

2015-04-13 Thread Katy Pearce
Great points Nick. This is challenging. Up-to-date recommendations are hard to give as services change. And, generally, these guides don't know their target -- are they trying to help a clueless novice user or an advanced user? Both need help! And what about translation? I have yet to see a good

Re: [liberationtech] Academic Literature on Self-Censorship

2016-02-27 Thread Katy Pearce
Actually, there is a lot of excellent theoretically driven work on self-censorship generally, in authoritarian regimes, and in post-Soviet countries. Look first toward the political science literature. This piece of mine focuses on women in Azerbaijan with regard to self-censorship: http://nms.sage

Re: [liberationtech] [TIER] smartphone usage in africa

2016-08-17 Thread Katy Pearce
Also for what it's worth, surveying in much of Africa is incredibly challenging for a variety of reasons. I'd be cautious in trusting it. On Tue, Aug 16, 2016, 9:23 PM Chris Csikszentmihalyi wrote: > Hi Arjuna, > > Just a quick note that usage can be quite different across Africa: it's a > big c

Re: [liberationtech] [TIER] smartphone usage in africa

2016-08-17 Thread Katy Pearce
I wrote this piece a few years back, may be of interest... http://www.rferl.mobi/a/why-technology-penetration-rates/24805097.html On Tue, Aug 16, 2016, 9:27 PM Katy Pearce wrote: > Also for what it's worth, surveying in much of Africa is incredibly > challenging for a variety of reas

[liberationtech] Hacking attacks on activists in Azerbaijan

2016-10-14 Thread Katy Pearce
Hi all. In recent days a number of high profile activists in Azerbaijan report their Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter accounts either fully hacked or multiple logins that were not the owner's were attempted. Additionally, beyond the daily troll army, a few fake profiles with doxxing information have be

Re: [liberationtech] Hacking attacks on activists in Azerbaijan

2016-10-14 Thread Katy Pearce
ery may not be practical, so migrating to a new account and using > > that as an opportunity to activate two-step login, use a password > > manager, etc. would be good. best, Joe > > > >> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Katy Pearce > wrote: > >> Hi all. > &

Re: [liberationtech] First World Internet freedom problem

2012-06-15 Thread Katy Pearce ucsb
Can we please not use the phrase first world? Thanks. On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Doug Schuler < doug...@publicsphereproject.org> wrote: > > FUN FACT! > > British school lunches were the origin of the "yellow matter custard > dripping from a dead dog's eye" line in the "I am the Walrus" s

Re: [liberationtech] First World Internet freedom problem

2012-06-15 Thread Katy Pearce ucsb
fety/Food-and-drink-manufacturers-braced-for-critical-BBC-TV-obesity-series > > Frank > > - Original message - > From: Katy Pearce ucsb > To: Doug Schuler > Cc: Liberation Technologies > liberationtech@lists">liberationtech@lists"> > liberationtech@lists.st