As part of our Open Wireless Movement, we set out to create router software that would make it easier for people to safely and smartly share part of their wireless network. Protecting hosts, so their security is not compromised because they offer open networks, is one of the goals of the router software we released. However, as research published by Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) and others has shown, almost every popular home router has serious security flaws.
Daily Archives: 4. August 2014
Tor on Campus, Part II: Icebreakers and Risk Mitigation Strategies
In part one of this blogpost, we discuss why it makes good sense to contribute to the Tor project on university campuses, and we offer some examples of students who have been able to set up relays or exit nodes in recent years.
Tor on Campus, Part I: It’s Been Done Before and Should Happen Again
German newspapers recently reported that the NSA targets people who research privacy and anonymity tools online—for instance by searching for information about Tor and Tails—for deeper surveillance. But today, researching something online is the near equivalent to thinking out loud. By ramping up surveillance on people simply for reading about security, freedom of expression easily collapses into self-censorship; speech is chilled; people may become afraid to research and learn.
A university president gave up $90,000 to give his minimum wage workers a raise
The lowest paid workers on campus currently make $7.25 per hour, the federal minimum wage. They‘ll now make $10.25 per hour, an increase that will stay in effect even after the university hires a new full-time president.
House Whip Sends Bible To Every Hill Office For ‚Decision-Making‘ Guidance
Lynn said in response to Palazzo‘s letter. „When it comes to religion, our nation is pluralistic and diverse. Rather than look to the Bible or any other religious book to craft our nation‘s public policy, we would do well to examine another source instead, one that was actually created to guide governance.
It‘s called the Constitution.“
In Fatal Flash, Gaza Psychologist Switches Roles, Turning Into a Trauma Victim
“You are,” he said, “like a prison doctor treating a victim of torture, making the prisoner healthy to be interrogated and tortured again.”
Mexico: Electoral Reform Threatens the Self-Determination of Indigenous Peoples
At the end of May, Mexico’s National Congress approved a political-electoral reform that will organize federal and local elections for the year 2015. Such a reform represents a step backward for indigenous towns in Mexico because it does not consider the way in which they elect authorities through their own system of „uses and customs“ legitimate.
Video: Norman Finkelstein & 25 Others Arrested at Israeli U.N. Mission Protesting Gaza Assault
In New York City, a group of demonstrators blocked traffic by laying down in the streets outside Israel’s Mission to the United Nations on Tuesday. Twenty-six people were arrested after refusing police orders to disperse. The action was organized by the author and scholar Norman Finkelstein.
Henry Siegman, Leading Voice of U.S. Jewry, on Gaza: „A Slaughter of Innocents“
Born in Germany three years before the Nazis came to power in 1933, Siegman’s family eventually moved to the United States. His father was a leader of the European Zionist movement that pushed for the creation of a Jewish state
“Man fühlt sich sich an die Lobeshymnen im Märchen ´Des Kaisers neue Kleider´ erinnert”
Die Rede von Dr.-Ing. Hans-Jörg Jäkel, Gruppe Nordlichter, heute auf der 232. Montagsdemo der Bürgerbewegung gegen das urbane und regionale Umbauprogramm “Stuttgart 21″ (S21).
Tag der Mobilmachung
(1. August 2014) Es wirkt wie grausamer Hohn, daß Wilhelm II., dem selbst die radikalsten Gegner der Monarchie bezeugen, daß er ehrlich den Frieden der Völker so sehr gewollt hat, daß ihm von anderer alldeutscher patriotischer Seite der Vorwurf der Zaghaftigkeit – um es gering auszudrücken – nicht erspart worden ist, im sechsundzwanzigsten Jahr seiner Regierung das deutsche Volk zu den Waffen rufen muß, zu den Waffen in einem Kriege, der, keine Spitzfindigkeit der Welt kann es wegdisputieren, ein reiner Verteidigungskrieg ist, denn es gibt keinen Staat in Europa, dessen Friedensliebe so echt und so bewahrt ist wie des Deutschen Reiches.
Israel, your brand is tanking
Over the last day or so there have been more and more signs that Israel’s image is tanking due its latest massacres in Gaza.
Dear Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Al Franken,
Bernie, I have had a strong connection with Vermont since my college crowd founded a hippy farm in Vermont. They are still there, pillars of their communities now, some grandparents, and all of them supporters of yours. I will be talking to them about how you have compromised every principle that you say guides you, how you failed to reject the disgusting AIPAC and its resolution calling this Israeli barbarism “self-defense.”
President Obama Claims CIA Torture Was Okay Because People Were Scared And The CIA Is A ‚Tough Job‘
On Friday, we wrote briefly about President Obama‘s „admission“ that „we tortured some folks.“ At the time I was going off of the press reports of the conference, but now that I‘ve read the full transcript of his statement, it‘s much worse than just that brief comment. Here‘s the relevant portion:
Elie Wiesel plays the Holocaust trump card in Gaza
Call if cognitive dissonance – using Jewish suffering as a rallying call while Jews causing suffering to others in the name of that suffering is too confusing for most folks. Say the Holocaust and people think Gaza. It isn’t a comparison. It’s a deep revulsion to violence in the name of innocents suffering.
@RepSteveIsrael Some Bosnian Serb politician, circa 1994: „Why isn‘t anyone talking about Rwanda!!“ Is that really the best you‘ve got?
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To those who send me angry tweets about my supporting Israel in Gaza, where‘s your anguish @ deaths of 170k Syrian civilians? Why silent?
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8 US Congresspeople who voted NO on Israel
The four Democrats were Keith Ellison (MN-05), Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), Jim Moran (VA-08, and Beto O‘Rourke (TX-16).
The four Republicans are Justin Amash (MI-03), Walter Jones (NC-03), Tom Massie (KY-04), and Mark Sanford (SC-01).“
Ken Loach slams BBC coverage of Israel‘s war on Palestine at broadcaster‘s Bristol HQ
Celebrated film-maker claims many BBC staff embarrassed by their employer‘s pro-Israeli bias
Millions of people‘s personal details, including income, qualifications and energy use could be shared across Whitehall
Millions of people could have details of their income, benefits, qualifications, criminal past and even energy use shared between government departments, under radical plans being drawn up in Whitehall.
Ministers claim the plan could prevent fraud, cut energy bills and save families money.
But it risks reigniting the debate about privacy and what the state knows about everyone in the country.
Israeli official calls for concentration camps in Gaza and ‚the conquest of the entire Gaza Strip…
Moshe Feiglin is Deputy Speaker of the Israeli Knesset
Devil’s Game: How the U.S. Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam
The great historianScreen Shot 2014-08-03 at 11.10.28 PM Robert Dreyfuss’ latest book, “Devil’s Game,” is about the fallacy of our foreign policy, how we precipitate hatred, misunderstood the radical Islamists, and how it’s partially our fault. It’s a very interesting book.
Doppelbild-Rätsel: „Krone“ verwendet Kriegsfoto
Da es derzeit anscheinend nicht genügend Kriegsschauplätze gibt, musste ein Foto aus Afghanistan herhalten, aufgenommen wurde es im August 2013. Die „Krone“ hat fünf Fehler „eingebaut“, verändert wurde beispielsweise der Gewehrkolben eines Soldaten.
Student group participates in ‚Texas Stands with Gaza‘ protest
Students on both sides of the issue said that UT students should be proactively educating themselves on the conflict.
Standing up for tolerance on Tisha Be‘av
The Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance is trying to act responsibly in the face of threats; the complicated social fabric of Jerusalem will not be torn apart by brotherly hatred.
Tisha‘a BeAv, a jewish day of fast commemorating the destruction of the temple. Expect massive vandalism of Pal‘ property in E.Jerusalem.
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A right-wing march will take place tonight in east Jerusalem to mark Tisha beAv
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