Re: [Wikimedia-l] PRISM

2013-06-13 Thread James Salsman
Do others feel that the letter to US Congress text at https://optin.stopwatching.us/ (for which there does not seem to be a direct URL, sorry) is appropriately worded? I am far more impressed by the text at http://bestbits.net/prism-nsa/ which Jan Engelmann suggested on the Advocacy Advisors

Re: [Wikimedia-l] PRISM

2013-06-13 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Fred Bauder, 12/06/2013 22:47: We hack network backbones – like huge internet routers, basically – that give us access to the communications of hundreds of thousands of computers without having to hack every single one,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiReaders4Kids

2013-06-13 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Victor Grigas, 05/05/2013 06:27: My partner and I just started a campaign on Indiegogo.com to raise funds to buy all remaining WikiReaders and distribute them to schools and kids in places that don't have internet at no charge to the schools and kids. The campaign is here:

Re: [Wikimedia-l] PRISM

2013-06-13 Thread Magnus Manske
I would like to raise the option of a more Wikipedia-like protest. How about, on the English Wikipedia, picking one day to make the Main Page topic-specific, similar to the traditional April 1 selection? Candidates, off the top of my hat: [[NSA]] / [[Black Chamber]] [[PRISM (surveillance

Re: [Wikimedia-l] PRISM

2013-06-13 Thread Fred Bauder
Fred Bauder, 12/06/2013 22:47: We hack network backbones – like huge internet routers, basically – that give us access to the communications of hundreds of thousands of computers without having to hack every single one,

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimediach-l] Wikimedia CH is hiring two new staff

2013-06-13 Thread Chantal Ebongué
Dear all, After my decision to resign, the board of WMCH decided to create an hiring committee (Ilario Valdelli, Frederic Schutz and me) for hiring two staff, CAO and CSO. · The CAO will take care of the RH, administrative and financial management of the chapter. · The

Re: [Wikimedia-l] PRISM

2013-06-13 Thread Fred Bauder
I would like to raise the option of a more Wikipedia-like protest. How about, on the English Wikipedia, picking one day to make the Main Page topic-specific, similar to the traditional April 1 selection? Candidates, off the top of my hat: [[NSA]] / [[Black Chamber]] [[PRISM (surveillance