mesh October 2015

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Mailing list to coordinate responses to FCC ruling on router hacking

by Jenny Ryan

In case it slipped through the radar, please join the conversation and send an email to the FCC by August 16th re: new regulations preventing channel-switching and firmware flashing (eg OpenWRT) on wireless routers. * Mailing List: http://lists.prplfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fcc * Public comments form: http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/proceeding/view?name=15-170 * The talk from BattleMesh: http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/08/07/openwrt-vs-fcc-forced-firmware-lockd… * Current filings: http://apps.fcc .gov/ecfs/comment_search/execute;ECFSSESSION=3nr2V8QKjGWghGDngpFgf6TxvXqFDv94FM4Bz4SxQ6bD2f1BTbJb!-1954627099!-1292486409?proceeding=15-170 If someone from sudomesh could start a pad for writing a collective response, that would be great. I'll have some time on my nightbus ride to Berlin tonight to pitch in but will be unavailable for the next 8 hours. Cheers, Jenny Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

8 years, 1 month

Open networks and NSA

by Mitar

Hi! Great talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/mathias_jud_art_that_lets_you_talk_back_to_nsa_spi… Mitar -- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m

8 years, 5 months

#ISO parking space, will donate $50 to Omni.

by danarauz＠gmail.com

Hello All, I am going in a trip from Nov. 3rd to the 11th and I have no place to park my car for that length of time. If someone in the list living near BART would allow me to park in their driveway or similar; between Richmond to SF Airport I would donate $50 to Omni (https://omnicommons.org/donate.html). It will make me happier knowing that I am donating that money Omni, besides that it will way cheaper than paying the airport! I would share the receipt of my donation with you. Many thanks in advance, Daniel p.s. please feel free to email me directly to my email or ask me for my number if you prefer to call. Thx! -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

8 years, 6 months

Sudomesh General Meeting Tomorrow, Tues Oct 27th - We need node hosts!

by max b

Our last Tuesday of the month general meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday October 27th at the Omni! We've been busy alpha testing the network and have been getting some promising results! More info on that process can be found here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Blog#Alpha_Testing_Network We're especially interested in finding a handful of new folks who would want to host nodes. If you're willing to share some of your home bandwidth, generally reliable, and interested in our project, it's a great way to learn about the network while helping us out a lot with very little initial investment! If you're able to email me in advance of the meeting letting me know that you're interested in hosting a home node, that would be especially helpful, but if not that's ok too. We take notes of our meetings (which everyone is encouraged to check out even if you're not in attendance) here: http://pad.sudomesh.org Feel free to add agenda items if there are things you want to bring up/ask/etc. We're also generally on IRC on freenode servers in channel #peoplesopen.net For information on how to join, check out https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh#Join_Us Hope to see you there!

8 years, 6 months

IDEA: How to bring bits of money to Omni. Easy Way.

by danarauz＠gmail.com

Hello All! Straight to the point: Instead of going to buy a new/used piece of furniture or whatever item from a store, one should ask in their Collecive and or the Omni email list(s). So if a member has it, then the two parties involved will decide the amount of money that the person receiving the item should donate to Omni. This idea is not inclusive to items, it could include services. For example (a real example): I am going in a trip for 11 days (Nov 3 - 11), and I have no place to park my car for that length of time. If I use the parking lot at the airport, it will cost me $18 a day making it a total of $198 plus tax. But, I would be happier if someone in the list living near BART would allow me to park in their driveway or similar; from anywhere in Richmond to North Oakland, or from SF to the SF Airport so that I would donate $50 to Omni. The person doing the monetary donation could do it in person or use the any of these methods online: https://omnicommons.org/donate.html What are your thoughts? Many thanks for reading this email. Daniel p.s. i will send another email with my real #ISO request as an example of what I mean, and perhaps I get some replies. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

8 years, 6 months

Telehash

by Mitar

Hi! I think I found it some time ago, but I found it now again: https://github.com/telehash/telehash.org/blob/master/v3/intro.md Mitar -- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m

8 years, 6 months

Fwd: dan gillmor nails why I just did what I did

by Mitar

Hi! Good thoughts. Mitar -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Dave Taht <dave.taht(a)gmail.com> Subject: dan gillmor nails why I just did what I did From: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/10/15/trans_pacific_partnershi… "Surely our government isn't insane enough to thwart research designed to keep us safer in the emerging “Internet of Things.” Yet tell that, for starters, to the automobile industry, where one of the world's largest car makers, Volkswagen, cheated on emissions testing by tweaking its software. This crime against humanity—not an exaggeration, given the massive contribution this may have made to accelerating climate change—was discovered by researchers who, by good luck, discovered that VW's cars had been spewing vastly more pollutants than the company claimed for years. This almost certainly would have been uncovered much earlier had the industry not relied on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to “protect” its software from analysis; the DMCA made it illegal to circumvent “digital restrictions management.” Yet the automakers continue to adamantly oppose any exception to the DMCA. This TPP provision, assuming it's in the final document—won't it be great when our government allows us to actually see it?—is just one of the many, many terrible “intellectual property” arrangements aimed at giving corporations greater control over their customers. When software is part of a product, as it is in so many things today and almost everything tomorrow, the very concept of ownership becomes an abstraction for the alleged buyer. And when we risk harsh penalties for even attempting to repair a device that's defective, whether that's because of the seller's incompetence or venality, we are in a totally untenable, and frighteningly insecure, position. We need to be going in precisely the opposite direction, and a too-little-noticed proposal this week shows how it might be done. A group of security experts looked into the absolutely horrifying, and willful, lack of security in devices most of us use every day—especially the Wi-Fi routers that let us share one Internet connection among a variety of devices—and asked the Federal Communications Commission to intervene. In a letter to the FCC and a press release explaining their goals, more than 250 people, including Vint Cerf, one of the Internet's creators, implored the agency to make these crucial devices more secure by forcing manufacturers to be more open about how they work. Among other things, the security experts asked the FCC to require that device makers a) provide public access to “source code”—the programming instructions that operate the device—so that it can be analyzed; b) provide ongoing security updates in timely ways; and c) be prevented from selling devices that don't comply with those and other rules designed to ensure security. The FCC should make this happen yesterday. Then, regulators and Congress should extend the compelling logic of this proposal to other devices—notably cars and mobile phones—that are notoriously riddled with flaws. Meanwhile, it's vital that Congress not agree to the TPP as it's currently written. Thankfully, the deal is in trouble. Let's hope the odd-couple combination of a corporate-dominated Obama administration and a Republican-controlled Congress doesn't override common sense and the public good." Scientists and Engineers have a mandate to obey physical law. Lawyers, and lobbyists, not so much. Dave Täht I just lost several years of my life to making wifi better. And the FCC wants to mess all that up. https://www.gofundme.com/savewifi -- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m

8 years, 6 months

(Today Friday 9AM ) videoconference on the fcc vs open firmware

by danarauz＠gmail.com

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dave Taht <dave.taht(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 6:35 PM Subject: [FCC] videoconference on the fcc vs open firmware friday To: bufferbloat-fcc-signers(a)lists.redbarn.org, fcc(a)lists.prplfoundation.org, make-wifi-fast(a)lists.bufferbloat.net, bloat <bloat(a)lists.bufferbloat.net>, Battle of the Mesh Mailing List <battlemesh(a)ml.ninux.org> announcement here. https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cp7g87eq2g5fde8b8i5bn2p8oo0 -- Dave Täht Do you want faster, better, wifi? https://www.patreon.com/dtaht _______________________________________________ FCC mailing list FCC(a)lists.prplfoundation.org http://lists.prplfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fcc -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

8 years, 6 months

Exit Server Updates

by max b

I'm thinking that I'd like to do some updates/maintenance to the (dev alpha test) exit server tonight. Does anyone have any objections/time concerns? I was thinking probably midnight tonight (Thurs 10/15). I know it's a little late notice, but I think it may help with some of the issues we've been experiencing. If everything goes correctly, it should be about 15 min of downtime around midnight. Thanks! Max

8 years, 6 months

Fwd: BREAKING: TPP text leaked

by danarauz＠gmail.com

Hello All, Below a forward email I received today from Fight for the Future in case you interested on reading it; or at least please notice this item: *"Make it illegal to unlock, modify, or generally tinker with a device you own. (Article QQ.G.10)"* "Check it out on WikiLeaks here <http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/c/2wA/ZgwNAA/t.1ra/JRRvvf--QMGuoqxOh…>, or read their overview of it here <http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/c/2wA/ZgwNAA/t.1ra/JRRvvf--QMGuoqxOh…> ." Thank you all of you in these lists that are trying to make this world a better world to live. I sincerely appreciate it your efforts. Daniel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Charlie from FFTF <info(a)list.fightforthefuture.org> Date: Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 9:16 AM Subject: BREAKING: TPP text leaked To: danarauz(a)gmail.com *Last week, WikiLeaks released the final text of the TPP’s intellectual property rights chapter and it is absolutely terrifying.* *These are just a few of its most dangerous pieces:* - Compel ISPs to take down websites without any sort of court order, just like SOPA. (Appendix Section I) - Extend the US’s copyright regime to require copyrights stand for life plus 70 years, preventing anyone from using works that belong in the public domain. (Article QQ.G.6) - Criminalize whistleblowing by extending trade secrets laws without any mandatory exemptions for whistleblowers or investigative journalists. (QQ.H.8) - End anonymity online by forcing every domain name to be associated with a real name and address. (Article QQ.C.12) - Make it illegal to unlock, modify, or generally tinker with a device you own. (Article QQ.G.10) - Export the US’s broken copyright policies to the rest of the world without expanding any of the free speech protections, like fair use. (Article QQ.G.17) *The worst part is that this is just one of the TPP’s 30 chapters. * *The final text confirms our worst fears — click here to take action demanding Congress vote NO on the TPP. <http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/c/2wA/ZgwNAA/t.1ra/JRRvvf--QMGuoqxOh…>* For years, governments have held critics of the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement in a perfect catch 22. Officials brushed off public outcry and concern by claiming that the dissenters didn’t have all the facts. This was by design—the 12 country trade deal was negotiated entirely behind closed doors by industry lobbyists and government appointees, and even now the text of the agreement is still classified. But late last week, WikiLeaks released the final text of the Intellectual Property chapter, meaning those excuses won’t work anymore. *We’re planning to go all out against the TPP, but the first step is to make sure Congress knows just how many people oppose the TPP. * *Click here to take action demanding Congress vote NO on the TPP. <http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/c/2wA/ZgwNAA/t.1ra/JRRvvf--QMGuoqxOh…>* Taking action today is just the beginning, because if all we do is send emails and make phone calls, Congress is not going to reject the TPP. Too many giant industries are seriously invested in making sure Congress ratifies the TPP. *If we’re going to win, we need to go big. Which is exactly what we’re going to do.* *So take action right now. Contact your Congresspeople now and tell them to vote against the TPP <http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/c/2wA/ZgwNAA/t.1ra/JRRvvf--QMGuoqxOh…>*. Then get ready to do more because we’re going to unleash some of our strongest campaigns ever. Already we have plans to work with hundreds of different groups as a massive coalition to fight the TPP, coordinate gigantic on-the-ground protests in key cities across the country, and produce compelling content to spread the word to as many different audiences as possible just what is at stake in the TPP. *To do all that, we need your help — if you can, pledge to chip in $5 every month between now and when the TPP fight ends so that we can run our biggest, boldest, and best campaign yet. <http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/c/2wA/ZgwNAA/t.1ra/JRRvvf--QMGuoqxOh…>* Thanks for all you do, Charlie P.S. Want to read the text of the chapter for yourself? Check it out on WikiLeaks here <http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/c/2wA/ZgwNAA/t.1ra/JRRvvf--QMGuoqxOh…>, or read their overview of it here <http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/c/2wA/ZgwNAA/t.1ra/JRRvvf--QMGuoqxOh…>. It’s long and complicated, so maybe you'll see something that we didn't. If you do, send us an email. (If you would like to unsubscribe, click here <http://list.fightforthefuture.org/mpss/u/2wA/ZgwNAA/t.1ra/JRRvvf--QMGuoqxOh…> .) -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help open a people-powered common space in Oakland, California! https://omnicommons.org/donate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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