[FSUG-Bangalore] FOR FSUG-BANGALORE: The Tor Project is a Free Software project that helps defend against traffic analysis.

Sun Feb 22 09:29:50 IST 2009

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया]
<fred at bytesforall.org> wrote:
> Hi all: Just a note to say that some techies are passing through Bangalore
> in connection with http://www.informationactivism.org
>
> Please see if you'd like to link up with them, ask them if they have an
> extra day to spare and maybe even talk in the city. Just a thought.
>
> Some of those passing through are:
>
> Jacob Appelbaum <jacob at appelbaum.net> TOR project
> Patrice Reimens <patrice at xs4all.nl> Floss-opher
> Michel Mach CiviCRM/Social Source Foundation michal at civicrm.org
> Among others too....

Dear FN & Friends

Can we Plan a FSUG-Bangalore Bangalore meeting  with our friends?
How long They are in Bangalore? I Know Patrizzo(& Dinos) is staying
back in bangalore some more time. But What about Jacob &  Michel?

Today we are having a meeting to form a National Coalition to Promote
Free Software. (details at
http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/index.php/Events:National_Coalition_for_promotion_of_FOSS
) Is it possible for you to come for it with sunil?

Anivar

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Frederick Noronha [फ़रेदरिक नोरोनया] <fred at bytesforall.org>
> Date: 2009/2/2
> Subject: The Tor Project is a Free Software project that helps defend
> against traffic analysis.
> To: GFD <goa-floss-developer at yahoogroups.com>
>
>
> CAMPERSpeak: Wikileaks is the absolute most important project on the globe
> -- JACOB APPELBAUM
>
> Submitted by fredericknoronha on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 10:57
>
>
>
> Jacob Appelbaum says a hello from Calgary, Canada.
>
> FN: Activist, artist and hacker. Photographer, and writer of Free Software.
> How do you combine all these many roles?
>
> I try to balance all of my roles to create a sense of meaning in life. I try
> to document things with my camera and I try to write software or work on
> projects that will create the change that I want to see in the world.
>
> FN: Tell us why you chose to come?
>
> I attended the summer source camp in Croatia many years ago.
>
> I found the camp to be a really wonderful event with wonderful people. Many
> of the friendships that I forged many years ago are still very strong. When
> I saw that this new camp was happening, I jumped at the opportunity to
> attend.
>
> FN: Could you tell us briefly about the Tor project? Is it known here in
> South Asia? Will your participation at Bangalore help you link up with
> interested others?
>
> The Tor Project is a Free Software project that helps defend against traffic
> analysis.
>
> It's a privacy tool that is utilized by everyone from human rights activists
> to normal people seeking control over their personal information. The best
> description is written here: https://www.torproject.org/overview.html.en
>
> I am hopeful that participation in Bangalore will lead to training more
> users on how to properly use Tor, to better understand the needs of our
> users and hopefully to help grow the Tor network.
>
> FN: What's this concept of Open Source intelligence gathering? Are its
> results visible anywhere?
>
> Open Source intelligence is a method for processing public and known
> information into something useful. Usually this is accomplished by
> aggregating many sets of freely available data into something that allows
> for an actionable result.
>
> It's possible to see results from this in fund raising from non-profits
> (finding the right donors), data mining and de-anonymized datasets (netflix,
> aol search queries) and even with direct governmental responses from fourth
> estate groups such as wikileaks.
>
> FN: Give us an example of your work that you are proud of?
>
> I am proud of helping to deploy the Tor Browser Bundle for users:
> http://torbrowser.torproject.org/
>
> I'm also proud of helping develop other parts of Tor and Tor related
> utilities.
>
> I am also proud of my role in starting the Cold Boot project:
> http://citp.princeton.edu/memory/
>
> And with my role (announced two weeks ago) in helping to create the first
> rogue certificate authority: http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/rogue-ca/
>
> FN: What is the main goal of your campaign or work?
>
> My general life goal is to create the very best secure, privacy conscious
> communications tools.
>
> I strive to attack systems to improve them; from the disk crypto we all know
> and use, to the real time crypto systems we rely on for our own security.
>
> FN: How do you see your work empowering other campaigners?
>
> I ensure that I only work on Free and Open Source software, I publish all of
> my results openly. I strive to keep myself free from any corporate interests
> beyond what is responsible.
>
> FN: What's the biggest challenge you have with handling information?
>
> Actually understanding it to the fullest extent of my abilities. With
> information houses like Wikileaks, I see things that are very difficult to
> understand without proper context and sometimes supporting data.
>
> FN: Which are the areas of the globe which seem to use the tools of Info
> Activism most effectively? And why?
>
> I think that I see Europe and South America has having a very active and
> relevant Indymedia scene. They seem to not only offer an alternative to the
> main stream corporate media, they seem to have an audience.
>
> I do think that at the moment, Wikileaks is the absolute most important
> project on the globe. They seem to be focusing on things that are
> unbelievable and yet they hold the proof for everyone to see. They don't
> filter it for content with the exception of protecting the source by
> removing metadata.
>
> FN: Your previous affiliations are interesting. Which did you find most
> engaging? Why?
>
> I found Greenpeace to be the most engaging. I'd never met so many diverse
> people in one group before working with Greenpeace International. The
> problems were top notch and the people involved were brave effective
> activists with big hearts.
>
> »
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