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Fwd: [ PFIR ] The "Sharing Economy" Is the Problem
by Zenaan Harkness 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

Perhaps this is worth discussion. Are AirBnB, Uber and Homejoy examples of political anarchism (degenerate or otherwise)? Are we seeing the ultimate in self responsibility (I would say self responsibility is a good thing)? How might we embrace such self responsibility, whilst also manifesting collective empathy/ shared 'responsibility' (perhaps there's a better term here)? Is Lauren Weinstein with his indenting style actually Juan in disguise? Or is it in actual fact the other way around? Z ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List" <pfir(a)pfir.org> Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 09:48:40 -0800 Subject: [ PFIR ] The "Sharing Economy" Is the Problem To: pfir-list(a)pfir.org The "Sharing Economy" Is the Problem http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33720-the-sharing-economy-is-the-prob… It's unfortunate then that these companies and the misnamed "sharing economy" are really just fronts for millionaires and billionaires to opportunistically ride off the backs of everyday people, while also exacerbating many economic inequalities. Avi Asher-Schapiro explains the truth in Jacobin: The premise is seductive in its simplicity: people have skills, and customers want services. Silicon Valley plays matchmaker, churning out apps that pair workers with work. Now, anyone can rent out an apartment with AirBnB, become a cabbie through Uber, or clean houses using Homejoy. But under the guise of innovation and progress, companies are stripping away worker protections, pushing down wages, and flouting government regulations. At its core, the sharing economy is a scheme to shift risk from companies to workers, discourage labor organizing, and ensure that capitalists can reap huge profits with low fixed costs.

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ten year old kid in Syria beheaded yesterday by U.S. supported "moderate rebels"
by Zenaan Harkness 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

Yes, it's USA bashing, and yes, we should (bash the USA that is)! At least US diplomats contemplate that, should this particular beheading be incontrovertible, "it would certainly give us pause". ... Oh. ... Hmm. .. Well then. The upstanding grande ole U S of A, then, eh? "Moderate rebels" eh? What a world the USA is creating. US Considers a 'Pause' in Supplies for Group Beheading a Child http://www.moonofalabama.org/2016/07/us-considers-pause-in-supplies-for-gro… http://russia-insider.com/en/us-considers-pause-supplies-group-beheading-si…

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Terasem on Geoethical Nanotechnology, Bio-Cryptoeconomy
by grarpamp 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

http://turingchurch.com/2016/07/21/video-11th-terasem-annual-workshop-on-ge… http://www.melanieswan.com/ http://www.blockchainstudies.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g2JZ_rAXwU Futurist Melanie Swan gave a talk titled “Philosophy of Biological Cell Repair informs Geoethical Nanotechnology". Melanie is the founder of the Institute for Blockchain Studies to examine the theoretical, philosophical and societal implications of blockchain technology, and the author of “Blockchain: Blueprint for a New Economy,” a book dedicated to advanced future applications of emerging blockchain computing. Melanie talked about nanotechnology and biological cell repair, important advances, and key philosophical aspects from a systems theory perspective. Other keywords: relational process thinking, complexity, Big Data, machine learning, posthuman and transhuman perspectives, nanobots, bio-cryptoeconomy.

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Bunnie, Green and EFF Go After DMCA
by grarpamp 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-lawsuit-takes-dmca-section-1201-rese… https://www.eff.org/files/2016/07/21/1201_complaint.pdf Washington D.C.—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the U.S. government today on behalf of technology creators and researchers to overturn onerous provisions of copyright law that violate the First Amendment. EFF’s lawsuit, filed with co-counsel Brian Willen, Stephen Gikow, and Lauren Gallo White of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, challenges the anti-circumvention and anti-trafficking provisions of the 18-year-old Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). These provisions—contained in Section 1201 of the DMCA—make it unlawful for people to get around the software that restricts access to lawfully-purchased copyrighted material, such as films, songs, and the computer code that controls vehicles, devices, and appliances. This ban applies even where people want to make noninfringing fair uses of the materials they are accessing.

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UK gov says new Home Sec will have powers to ban end-to-end encryption
by Georgi Guninski 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

Hope this is not duplicate, the personal drivels were quite noisy. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/14/gov_says_new_home_sec_iwilli_have_p… > UK gov says new Home Sec will have powers to ban end-to-end encryption Very sound, nice and democratic...

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An important text for understanding the project of the Empire of Chaos
by Zenaan Harkness 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

“Our real enemy is our greatest ally. The ultimate proof” [by Maurizio Blondet] ~ An important short text to understand the project of the Empire of Chaos https://syrianfreepress.wordpress.com/2015/06/23/enemy-ally-blondet/ Here's a small version of linked video (1GiB otherwise): youtube-dl -f 249+242 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeLu_yyz3tc

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Fwd: Call for input to President's Commission on Enhancing Cybersecurity - bridging the trust gap between the IT community and the US government
by Joy 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

- - - Begin forwarded message - - - Date: July 15, 2016 at 3:21:32 PM EDT From: Herb Lin <herblin(a)stanford.edu> To: "'David Farber (dave(a)farber.net)'" <dave(a)farber.net>, ip <ip(a)listbox.com> Subject: Call for input to President's Commission on Enhancing Cybersecurity - bridging the trust gap between the IT community and the US government Dear IPers - You may know that President Obama has established a commission to consider how to strengthen cybersecurity in both the public and private sectors while protecting privacy, ensuring public safety and economic and national security, fostering discovery and development of new technical solutions, and bolstering partnerships between Federal, State, and local government and the private sector in the development, promotion, and use of cybersecurity technologies, policies, and best practices. (See https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/02/09/executive-order-comm….) I am one of the 12 designated commissioners. Recognizing that trust is hard to build and easy to destroy (and a variety of things have happened over the last 20 years have occurred to do the latter), one issue that has come up is the enormous gap of trust between the U.S. government and the information technology (IT) community, from which many IPers are drawn. This rift is not helpful to either side, and I'd like to solicit input from the IP community about what you think the government can do or refrain from doing to help bridge that gap. It would be most helpful if you could three things in your response: 1 - Your best examples of things the government (and what part of the US government) has done to alienate the IT community specifically. (Or, at the very least, show how the examples you provide connect to the interests of the IT community.) 2 - Things that the U.S. government could realistically do in the short and medium term (i.e., 0-10 year time frame) that would help bridge the trust gap. If your answer is "Don't do dumb things!", it would be better and more useful to provide *examples* of what not to do. 3 - Things that the U.S. government could realistically do in the longer term to do the same. Please send your responses to CENCinput1(a)gmail.com. (I set up this email address, but I'd like to keep the traffic separate from my non-Commission work email.) I promise to read as many as I can individually and share what I learn with the commission membership. Also, feel free to circulate this call for input to anyone else you feel would want to comment. Thanks much Herb ======================================================================= Herb Lin Senior Research Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation Research Fellow, Hoover Institution Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 USA herblin(a)stanford.edu 650-497-8600 office || 202-841-0525 cell || 202-540-9878 fax AIM herblin (any time you see me) Skype herbert_lin (usually by appointment) Twitter @HerbLinCyber This message was sent to the list address and trashed, but can be found online. - - - End forwarded message - - -

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#Jakegate Becomes #Torgate [re: Tor Replaces Its Entire Board]
by grarpamp 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/755019531228250112 "Tor operator @LuckyGreen resigns; a collection of leaks (for/against) on the @TorProject 'rape+plagiarism+CIA' saga https://www.oneeyedman.net/?p=2508 Since things seem to be falling apart at the Tor Project, and also in the campaign against Jacob Appelbaum (@ioerror), I’m beginning a list (for my own convenience) of leaked documents.."

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Re: [tor-talk] FBI cracked Tor security
by Mirimir 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/19/2016 12:02 AM, grarpamp wrote: > On 7/18/16, Mirimir <mirimir(a)riseup.net> wrote: >> Anyway, what does Tor Project gain by not mentioning Whonix? > > That's a bit sideways, but in the interest of sideways eventually > moving forward... I'd say "meta" rather than "sideways", but hey ;) > 1) Funding of sorts, which spreads around, to develop TBB, a > sizable prioject, to do decent things a browser should do, > hopefully feeding back to Mozilla. Were certain elements of > security left uninvestigated and just punted to Whonix+FF, well > that's a incomplete partial approach too. If you want funds, you > might not want to publish other partial solutions. Well, Whonix uses stock Tor browser, with a tweak to keep it from launching its own local tor process. It also enforces stream separation for other apps. But the key thing here is that it prevents proxy bypass. > Securing the browser and browser meta is a fine project. And as has > been said, it's still needed to pair the app with defense in depth > and a known line around application land. Just remember TBB and Tor > are not and cannot be that line. Yes, they are for sure not that line. So why not acknowledge that? Maybe key funders have said no to that. > 2) Captured audience dependency. As with publishing, this is > corporate 101. Giving someone an app is well... welcome to apps, > and a torbox to run them on. Like iTunes on iPhone. Right. For most, Tor browser on Windows. Pwnage waiting to happen. But why does Tor Project care about captured audience dependency? People using Whonix, like people using Tails, are still using Tor. And still using stock Tor browser. Maybe goals of key funders are driving this. Deliver lots of Tor relays and users to hide our agents. But make sure that users can't hide from our TLAs. That's what language in Graham's appropriations bill says. Maybe that's been the backroom deal for years, and Tor Project has been pushing back. One does get that sense from the leaked IRC logs. > Giving someone unix is like airdropping a great big box of freedom > their way. Here, have some free beer... > > https://www.freebsd.org/ https://www.openbsd.org/ > https://torbsd.github.io/ > > Or whatever it is penquins drink... https://www.whonix.org/ > https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes https://www.qubes-os.org/ > > Or a fine Javanese app... https://geti2p.net/ > > 3) Like I said, the real reason is probably a bit more mundane... > nobody signed on to update the content. Tor has money, go hire > yourself. I doubt that they hire anons :( But damn, I'd do it for free, if they let me :) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJXjdcZAAoJEGINZVEXwuQ+G24IAKZTOZVxidiX2qEnOokfKh1T pg8BsXRgyMx7395mMc3WDFx16zc1Ylbh14z+YUq+1TOenO2wURjtTT9OCjCAjnOI IL1GRXjM23QLTI0qkRCwiEB04HZsu5t1jq1sJ7F23BUX/UjSBuK1osmtK3Ve3ucb qMTgZVIgmnWwdFkEM1l5fcDltnIYzOxF5VR0jHo5KTQ63l7E/xcNaWD/Y92yUu5C ZLeCYgVc+KdngHhVPDzhphCeWXwrVdpwRO0zqqLiR8ijn/dW0fFA7gOfZzTI1YTw VmVymrDWBfr6RjZ0FVeSIrvhewVRPjHIepTHwOuQQsAde5UGhtNv9lnXt+P7Rq4= =w5Ab -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Lucky Green Quits Tor Hard [re: Tor Replaces Its Entire Board]
by grarpamp 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19690 http://archive.is/T8Hlu (Uncensored version) http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2016/07/18/lucky_green_torpedos_tor… https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/4tectj/tor_veteran_lucky_green_ex… """"" Tonga (Bridge Authority) Permanent Shutdown Notice 2016-07-16T01:06:25Z Dear friends, Given recent events, it is no longer appropriate for me to materially contribute to the Tor Project either financially, as I have so generously throughout the years, nor by providing computing resources. This decision does not come lightly; I probably ran one of the first five nodes in the system and my involvement with Tor predates it being called "Tor" by many years. Nonetheless, I feel that I have no reasonable choice left within the bounds of ethics, but to announce the discontinuation of all Tor-related services hosted on every system under my control. Most notably, this includes the Tor node "Tonga", the "Bridge Authority", which I recognize is rather pivotal to the network Tonga will be permanently shut down and all associated crytographic keys destroyed on 2016-08-31. This should give the Tor developers ample time to stand up a substitute. I will terminate the chron job we set up so many years ago at that time that copies over the descriptors. In addition to Tonga, I will shut down a number of fast Tor relays, but the directory authorities should detect that shutdown quickly and no separate notice is needed here. I wish the Tor Project nothing but the best moving forward through those difficult times, --Lucky """""

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