What about moving to another country? Still not an option? Cheers Yaroslav
On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote: > 1) still don't see the relevance. If better technology is needed, it's > needed - that should be independent of any lobbying preferences. It looks > like you're just pushing tangents again. > > 2) You do realize that the FTC and the FEC are very different > organizations? But again, it seems you just used this statement as an > opportunity to push a tangent. > > Please don't do that. > > Thanks, > Lodewijk > > On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 2:43 PM, James Salsman <jsals...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 1) I don't quite see how your question about servers and switches > relates > > > to Stephen's statement. Could you explain for us mere mortals how you > > link > > > the two? > > > > The NSA surveillance which was reauthorized by Congress can not depend > > on eavesdropping alone with new HTTPS cyphers. It needs compromised > > hardware to work, such as has been included in Dell servers since the > > Foundation started purchasing them, and the design of which was > > overseen by the Foundation's CTO, who worked then at Intel. This > > provides us with the know-how, a teachable moment, and an excellent > > opportunity to specify and acquire replacement open source hardware > > which doesn't have the DIETYBOUNCE / System Management Mode OOB / iAMT > > and related backdoors. > > > > https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/01/nsa_exploit_of.html > > > > > 2) I somehow missed the commitment by the WMF to research "FEC > > requirements > > > of organized advocates for US political candidates' or anything that > > > suggests that the WMF may advocate for specific political candidates > > (which > > > seems a change of course that would be hard to sweep under the rug). > > Could > > > you quote? > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_ > > talk:Conflict_of_interest&diff=prev&oldid=815460492# > > Note_from_Wikimedia_Legal > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Slaporte_(WMF)# > > Research_topic_request > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
