(People interested should RSVP toB Darlene@csl.stanford.edu, to make sureB there is enough lunch.) B B B B B B B B B B B B MobiSocial Seminar B B B B B B B B Monday, October 24, 2011 B B B B B B B B B B 12:15 PM, **Gates 415** B B B B B B B B Lunch will be served at Noon "Commotion, Democracy, and Disruptive Technologies" B B B B B B B B B B B B B B Josh King Commotion is an open source b device-as-infrastructureb communication platform that challenges conventional communication infrastructures both domestically and abroad. This new technology integrates usersb existing cell phones, Wi-Fi enabled computers, and other wireless-capable personal devices to create anonymous, peer-to-peer (mesh) communications networks. Deployment of Commotion is potentially as valuable for dissidents wishing to circumvent repressive regimes as for local activists wishing to support autonomous, low-cost communicative spaces. Josh King, lead technologist for the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation, will discuss the architecture, opportunities, and challenges--both social and technical--of creating a distributed secure network. Bio: Josh King is technical lead for the Open Technology Initiative at the New America Foundation. Prior to joining New America, he was a Systems Engineer for OJC Technologies and also served as an Americorps VISTA Leader. Josh volunteered as a lead technology worker within the Indymedia movement in Central Illinois. _______________________________________________ liberationtech mailing list liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE