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maatuska starts voting BadExit
by Linus Nordberg 30 Dec '15

30 Dec '15

Hi, There are three directory authorities voting BadExit (tor26, gabelmoo and moria1). As announced at the dev meeting in Berlin earlier this year, another dirauth (maatuska) will start voting BadExit. This will happen today or tomorrow. maatuska will start out by voting BadExit exactly like the other three are doing now, including AuthDirBadExitCC sy,ir (see ticket #4923). One effect of this is that three out of four voting dirauths will have to vote BadExit in order for an exit to lose its exit flag. I have high hopes in longclaw will start voting too soon, improving the balance some.

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Fwd: [OTF-Talk] Now Open: Request for Information Security Proposals
by isis 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

----- Forwarded message from Dan McDevitt <dan(a)opentechfund.org> ----- > From: Dan McDevitt <dan(a)opentechfund.org> > Subject: [OTF-Talk] Now Open: Request for Information Security Proposals > Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 12:53:46 -0500 > Message-ID: <CAOGASDf_aSAaVxLfj-ORUNUfqutxBwqXPxWQmAbnY4DN=Pea3g(a)mail.gmail.com> > To: OTF-Talk <OTF-Talk(a)opentechfund.org> > Delivered-To: <isis+torproject(a)patternsinthevoid.net> > > Hello OTFers, > > OTF is now soliciting Information Security proposals to provide services > and add depth to OTF's Red Team Lab > <https://www.opentech.fund/lab/red-team-lab> and our Rapid Response > <https://www.opentech.fund/requests/rapid-response-fund> and Digital > Integrity <https://www.opentech.fund/fellowships/difp> initiatives. > > The scope of contract is to provide OTF's supported projects, as well as > in-kind projects, with security assessments based on code review, pen > testing and end-point security. > > Anyone, including all security, crypto and/or infrastructure and > organizational security experts, is welcome to submit a bid. > > *For more info and instructions on how to submit a bid, please check out > our announcement here:* > https://www.opentech.fund/article/request-information-security-proposals > > The full RFP can be viewed here > <https://drive.google.com/a/opentechfund.org/file/d/0B6IGLb5RJPkSTzNlVmNRejF…> > . > > Any questions or comments can be sent to Chad Hurley at > chad(a)opentechfund.org. *NOTE*: Do not email your bid or bid ideas to anyone > at OTF or your bid may be disqualified. > > Best, > Dan > > -- > > Dan McDevitt > Communications and Outreach Coordinator > Open Technology Fund > > office: (202) 587-2059 > cell: (610) 955-4778 > www.opentechfund.org > > > Radio Free Asia > 2025 M.Street NW Ste. 300 > Washington, DC 20036 > > -- > This is now the OTF-Talk mailing list (formally OTF-Projects), where past and current OTF supported projects can share information, ask questions, and more. > > You can continue to post monthly reports here or to OTF-Active (the list for currently supported projects) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OTF-Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to OTF-Talk+unsubscribe(a)opentechfund.org. > To post to this group, send email to OTF-Talk(a)opentechfund.org. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/opentechfund.org/d/msgid/OTF-Talk/CAOGASDf_aSAa…. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/opentechfund.org/d/optout. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- ♥Ⓐ isis agora lovecruft _________________________________________________________ OpenPGP: 4096R/0A6A58A14B5946ABDE18E207A3ADB67A2CDB8B35 Current Keys: https://blog.patternsinthevoid.net/isis.txt

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Fwd: RightsCon Silicon Valley: submission deadline 12/14
by Nima Fatemi 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

Are we submitting anything for Rightscon? Now is the time, if we want to :) The deadline is 11:59pm Pacific Time on December 14, 2015. -- Nima -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: RightsCon Silicon Valley: Extended submission deadline fast approaching Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 18:48:44 +0000 From: Nick Dagostino, Access Now <nickd(a)accessnow.org> Reply-To: Nick Dagostino, Access Now <nickd(a)accessnow.org> To: Nima <nima(a)riseup.net> https://www.rightscon.org/ Dear friends, As someone who has participated in RightsCon (https://rightscon.org/) in the past, we wanted to provide you with the opportunity to help shape (https://rightscon.org/submission) the agenda of the world's leading conference on the future of the internet. Due to popular demand, we've extended our program session submission deadline to Monday, December 14th. That means now is your time to act quickly and help shape the agenda at RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016. You can submit your program session or Demo Room proposal (https://rightscon.org/submission) , and find our special ticket discount policy (https://rightscon.org/tickets) for session organizers and speakers, on our website. Who you're joining: RightsCon speakers to date RightsCon 2016 is shaping up to be better than ever, with some of the world's leading experts on technology and human rights confirmed to speak - including Bruce Schneier (renowned security expert), Nicole Wong (former US Deputy CTO), Salil Shetty (Secretary General of Amnesty International), Mathew Prince (Co-Founder and CEO of CloudFlare), and many more. See here for our complete confirmed speakers list to date! (https://rightscon.org/speakers) For more information on tickets, registration, and more Visit our ticket and event info page (https://rightscon.org/tickets) to find more information about our official venue, or contact me at nickd(a)accessnow.org (mailto:nickd@accessnow.org) with any questions you may have. Looking forward to seeing how your submissions will help shape the RightsCon program! Best wishes, Nick Dagostino, RightsCon Coordinator P.S. The event will take place again in San Francisco (Wednesday, March 30 - Friday, April 1). Be sure to meet Monday’s deadline and don’t forget to grab your early bird tickets here (https://rightscon.org/tickets) ! 2016 Sponsors to date below: https://rightscon.org/sponsors ============================================================ Copyright © 2015 Access, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you attended or registered for RightsCon. Our mailing address is: Access PO Box 115 New York, NY 10001 USA

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Money raised at Hackadon in Paris
by Lunar 12 Dec '15

12 Dec '15

Hi! I have been invited to present Tor at the “Hackadon” [1] organized by Without Model [2] this evening. Sarah Gold [3] did an introduction talk were she addressed topics like privacy and control over computers and data, developping free software tools by working closer with users, cooperation between designers and developpers, funding and sustainability. She very recently started a new company called IF to work on these topics. We most likely will have the chance to meet in Valencia. Six different projects working on open culture and tools then had five minutes to pitch what they were up to. After rounds of questions, the audience was invited to distribute money that the organizers had collected between the projects. 620€ were gathered for The Tor Project and several attendees came to me to say how much the appreciate our work. :) [1]: It's a word play as “don” in French means donation, and as the whole sounds close to “hackathon”. [2]: https://hackadon.org/hackadons2015/paris-withoutmodel.html [3]: https://project-if.com/ -- Lunar .''`. lunar(a)debian.org : :Ⓐ : # apt-get install anarchism `. `'` `-

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Kazahstan will setup MITM goverment SSL CA root from 01.01.2016
by Matthew Finkel 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

This caught my eye... Looks like there are ~8000 direct users, and 100-200 bridge users now. There aren't many details, and the English version of the press release is a direct Google Translate from the original. I couldn't find the step-by-step guide mentioned, I'm thinking it's accessible after you log in but maybe it's not published yet.

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